2010 Mechy Awards: Instrumental Hip Hop Album of the Year

The Nominees:

• Clutchy Hopkins - The Story Teller
• Maker - Maker vs. Now-Again
• Oddissee - Traveling Man
• Paul White - Paul White & The Purple Brain
• RJD2 - Inversions of The Colossus
• Rob Swift - The Architect

And the winner is...

Rob Swift - The Architect

Rob Swift is the best DJ ever in a conceptual sense. While I think he could have executed the classical music concept of The Architect better, Rob Swift at 90% is still better than most. Without any real standouts in instrumental hip hop in 2010, The Architect was good enough to be the best.