2010 GOON POLL results: The Top 30 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums of 2010

The GOON POLL was held off-board via secret ballot conduced by goon poll presidents Whiney G. Weingarten and J0rdan S. The electorate was chosen for their your powerful, inimitable contributions to goondom in 2010.

Our panel:
a hoy hoy, The Brainwasher, deej, flopson, forksclovetofu, J0rdan S., lex pretend, rennavate, The Reverend, some dude, surfboard dudes get wiped out totally, tpp, upper mississippi sh@kedow, Whiney G. Weingarten, zvookster.

(Apologies to /\/K/\/\, we'll get you next year)

Please find our results both smashing and banging.

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30. Wooh Da Kid - Black Out

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29. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package

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28. Styles P and DJ Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project

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27. Meek Mill - Mr. Philadelphia

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26. Travis Porter - Proud 2 Be A Problem

#1 PUFF DADDY AND THE FAMILY - WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE

why is forks able to lock threads?

because forks is a mod

he always seems to be doing the most amazing thing

i know, right?

hahah

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25. Raekwon - Cocainism Vol. 2

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24. Starlito - Renaissance Gangster

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23. AG - Everything's Berri

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22. Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol 1

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21. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection

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20. NhT Boyz - Power Triangle Vol. 1

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19. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

wanna go on record as stating i did not do icecram's temp ban, just the comedy post modding.

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18. Rick Ross - Teflon Don

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altho i typically find ice cr?m funny, other times he is the king of smug unfunny trolling, imo. like, i picture him chuckling w/ self-congratulations every time he made a post & leaning back in his chair w/ steepled fingers. made lurking in both threads really unpleasant, whatever whiney's insecurities.

ilx break had to get cut short bcuz i wanted to see poll results -- so much http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leftkrHJkw1qf8yek.gif -- anyway im out ~vanishes into fog~

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17. Lil B - Red Flame/Blue Flame

u know i actually posted comments and links in the old thread b4 ppl demanding stats and ur hissyfit, feel like that's actually the point of a msgboard & u cld have carried on there.

also it was a funny thread to me

then i fucked your bitch

i was surprised that the flames got more love than 'everything based' tbh, which was the better tape cuz it had all his dope shit from earlier this year

j0rdan's re-entrance to the other thread was amazing, kept hearing it in an angry mother voice

tbh if i hadn't agreed to go to lunch w/ my grandmother today i could've diffused the bomb in the other thread but oh well

now you know better

don't go out to eat with your grandmother anymore, ilm needs you

it felt like you were walking into the kitchen to find the kids playing dodgeball with the wedding china

ok so whats number 16

naw, everything based feels kind off like some tossed together odds and ends compared to the flames and also too reliant on his "hoes on my dick" tracks, whereas the flames had more variety

i should listen to 'blue flame' again

but like -- rich bitch, pretty boy, insane, age of information, t-shirt and buddens, wanton soup, the summer <--- that is lil b in 2010 for me, which is why i voted for 'everything based'

I just read through the locked thread. LAWLZ all around.

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16. J Stalin - Prenuptual Agreement

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15. Lil B - Everything Based

Rich Ho
Based God
The Trap
Blue Flame
Cold War
Im Paris Hilton
I'm Burning

^^^all off blue flame

"wanton soup" most overrated lil b track of the year imo

my main problem w/ all the cooking dance songs is that the jonboy track "let that boy cook" is >>>> all of the b cooking dance songs

swag

woo

chef

knife

blue flame is a good cross section though. everything based has more hoes on my dick/cooking songs probably

blue flame has a chunk of based freestyles

"age of information" isn't on everything based anyway

also it's fuckin Trap-A-Holics and it has that classic cover. it's safe to say that was the first time a lot of real hip hop fans saw Lil B pop up in their interent travels

oh i thought they threw it on there xp

the flame covers are obv amazing

xxxp yeah, it just gets too thematically monotonous. i like b better when he's breaking it up with some of his og rapping like the ogs shit

the flame covers are obv amazing

obv

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14. MellowHype - BlackenedWhite

my #2 ^

that was in my top 15 overall of the year

Blue Flame + Blackenedwhite are my first two votes to show up.

no idea what MellowHype is

me neither

is he one of those odd future kids

y

aw man I made a spreadsheet and everything

does Wale have a deep song about race relations that samples the Seinfeld black & white cookie episode?

finally getting some SWAG into the list

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-B0_H3NCOM

i think we're gonna be the only list w/ two odd future releases but no tyler

btw i don't know what the results are

listened to the mellowhype once, didn't get into it. should prob give it another try. i know odd future and lil b are doing important and innovative and admirable things but i can never bring myself to really care about gonzo/punk shit :(

i know odd future and lil b are doing important and innovative and admirable things but i can never bring myself to really care about gonzo/punk shit

well.... the music isn't really the same -- like i could give someone an odd future release and it would just scan as normal rap music, albeit violent/abhorrent etc

lil b is a different realm, musically speaking

i put domo pretty high up on my list. i also put tyler in it.

did tyler get disq'd because it was 09?

tbh I wouldn't really expect you to like either just because they are so gonzo/punk xps

no we didn't disq tyler

still haven't heard ANYTHING by odd future yet; what's the OPO track?

who is the one poster who is a total nazi about release dates?

xpost, the Earl video def

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_loMbmKJ8

what's really special about odd future beyond the horrorcore element?

every so often lil b really hits the spot for me - totally get the whole #BASED thing, his whole aesthetic, i'm just rarely in the mood to actually listen to it, and it's not something you can really force

I need to check out the MellowHype. I'd rate the OFWGKTA releases I heard this year as Radical > Tyler > EARL.

what's really special about odd future beyond the horrorcore element?

the rapping is often very good on a technical level

i.e. EARL

what i like about odd future are when the actual touching moments pop up, like Tyler going off about his read dad, etc, it comes as a curveball amidst all the horror stuff

lex, you get #based but you don't get kids who are actually rapping?

what's really special about odd future beyond the horrorcore element?

well, the whole horrorcore element is really only tyler and earl, but there's this whole vulnerability lurking just beneath the veneer + dudes are just really talented rappers plus they have a dope lo-fi aesthetic.

HOW THE FUCK I FIT AN AXE IN A SATCHEL?
SLIP CAPSULES IN HER DRINK, SHE DIZZEE RASCAL

hard to find as retarded kids at harvard it's
wolf gang barking keep u up like car alarms and shit

odd future was also the most inspiring music to me this year as well -- there was an umatched excitement for me in terms of kids creating something w/ such a defined and identifiable aesthetic

why is the "kids" part important. i mean they're not that much younger than a lot of other people out there making music are they?

yeah, they're like 16-19 instead of like 22-27

which is a gulf of time when you're that age

iirc

Face it, me and Ace is sick like malaria carriers
Jim Carrey her to the cemetary to bury her

the earl video is...this is why i don't listen to, like, metal or punk or whatever

earl is 16!

there was an umatched excitement for me in terms of kids creating something w/ such a defined and identifiable aesthetic

didn't this happen the year before with jerk? and actually happens quite a lot in hip-hop?

yeah, they're like 16-19 instead of like 22-27

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, January 7, 2011 1:06 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

which is a gulf of time when you're that age

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, January 7, 2011 1:06 PM Bookmark

this is otm

on a technical level tho regardless of age a lot of odd future's raps just killed it

idk it's a lot because they rap from teen pov, not grown man shit, and also technical precociousness on some "nas and az were teenagers when they made life's a bitch"

i don't think jerk had it's own font, dude

idk it's a lot because they rap from teen pov, not grown man shit, and also technical precociousness on some "nas and az were teenagers when they made life's a bitch"

― zvookster, Friday, January 7, 2011 1:09 PM Bookmark

^^^

basically all that deliberately gross/scatological teenage boy shit really bores me. and they have rape jokes on top of that? right.

forgive me if i'm not judging scenes by their fonts

yeah, they're like 16-19 instead of like 22-27

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, January 7, 2011 4:06 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

everyone else making music is 22 or older?

weren't most of the jerk kids teenagers too?

god you are a stubborn dipshit sometimes, al

my main problem w/ all the cooking dance songs is that the jonboy track "let that boy cook" is >>>> all of the b cooking dance songs

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 7, 2011 3:35 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

late on this but otm

most rappers i dig are at least 8-10 years older than odd future

Yeah but the rapping itself is really good. And the beats too. Yeah their horrorcore steez isn't for everyone, but remember, Method Man once threatening to sew an man's asshole shut and keep feeding and feeding him.

like people call Avi Buffalo "impossibly young" and that dude is like 21. The most visible member of this group is 16 years old—like old enough to be sent to fucking boot camp by his mom.

also i voted for a rapper at least 6 years younger than odd future

i'll gladly take that kind of harsh criticism from someone who's basically 3 hours removed from one epic hissyfit (xpost)

xpost, well i voted for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IiLZ0dvDWU

also at the end of "earl" they tell the 2dopeboyz dude's non-existent daughter that they killed his dad, which is hilarious

er, that they killed her* dad

what's #13?

yeah but method man wasn't just about horrorcore. and three 6 mafia actually made their horror sound genuinely overwhelming and dark and menacing - w/odd future as j0rdan said earlier, if you're not paying attention you'd just think it was any hip-hop mixtape w/above-average rapping but no real energy or sense of fun

xps

is jerk over already? lol past tense

yeah whiney you suck at this

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13. Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6

if you're not paying attention you'd just think it was any hip-hop mixtape w/above-average rapping but no real energy or sense of fun

lol i didn't say exactly this & i totally disagree w/ the last part

no real energy or sense of fun

?? the sense of fun is like the most obvious thing about it!

loooool someone just sent me this

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyMdOiZvE6Y&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fx9uZ2yOWc

if u dont like the horrorcore realness that tyler and earl bring u might still like the mellowhype album - it has the same unburdened, anarchic joy but its not as dark

lol lex

?? the sense of fun is like the most obvious thing about it!

oh ok i guess teenage boys do find things like sub-jackass body grossness and rape jokes "fun"

i can't imagine not liking horrorcore shit

Yes, fun is the whole point. These are just kids goofing off, being deliberately provocative and having a great time doing it.

yup

god lex you're so grown up

like if you can't sit down and watch Evil Dead with me, fuiud for real

yeah mellowhype is odd future's take on southern rap, that might be more agreeable

Yes, fun is the whole point. These are just kids goofing off, being deliberately provocative and having a great time doing it.

yeah i get this, i hated that kind of fun when i had to be around teenage boys and still hate it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwkhXeF6U70&feature=related

What a beat.

not grown man shit

I really think this is the most succinct capture of their appeal anybody's said about them.

it's not like i hate the horrorcore steez by default, though comparing odd future to prime three 6 really isn't a good look for them

Yeah but most grown man shit is fucking boring.

horrcore isn't exactly right tho

curious @ what kind of teenage boy was lex? Be and my best friend would watch Troma shit, John Waters shit, Sam Raimi ish all day long. Blast Ministy and Anthrax records and play Mortal Kombat and fuck yeah dude

I don't see how odd future's horrorcore silliness is any less enjoyable/more offensive than standard coke-dealer gangster shit. if anything the latter's more offensive cuz it takes itself so much more seriously

it really is just teenage boy skater/class clown shit filtered thru 'slim shady lp'

seriously

there's two diff things at play

1. do you think skater pranking shit like this is fun personally? this is debateable
2. is there a sense of fun in odd future's music? i think this is not v debateable

Be and my best friend would watch Troma shit, John Waters shit, Sam Raimi ish all day long. Blast Ministy and Anthrax records and play Mortal Kombat and fuck yeah dude

^^^yeah I did this too

And southern-by-way-of-El-P beats.

Plus like with the "Earl" video... it's so obvious they DON'T drink that drug concoction (it would probably literally kill everyone who did) and half of their "bleeding" is obviously just for shits and giggles. The seizure, too, obvs fake.

1. do you think skater pranking shit like this is fun personally?

yeah i basically think this is the worst shit

this conversation has actually made me dislike odd future way more than i did based on the music!

it's so obvious they DON'T drink that drug concoction (it would probably literally kill everyone who did) and half of their "bleeding" is obviously just for shits and giggles.

well yeah duh but it's not funny

horrcore isn't exactly right tho

yah its not like that video deej posted of dudes gangraping some girl during a home invasion or w/e - its a more muted/straightfaced take on like louis logic-style shock lolz, maybe?

as a teenage boy i read a lot of books and listened to erykah badu and tori amos?

amazed at the amazement that lex does not like o.f.

it's so obvious they DON'T drink that drug concoction (it would probably literally kill everyone who did) and half of their "bleeding" is obviously just for shits and giggles.

well yeah duh but it's not funny

― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Friday, January 7, 2011 2:25 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark

Well, I'm not saying it's necessarily funny, but there's a difference between "funny" and "fun."

BTW... Louis Logic. He put out two great records then fell off the face of the planet.

yah its not like that video deej posted of dudes gangraping some girl during a home invasion or w/e

link plz

alright post #12 whiney

im cool w/ people being defensive about odd future, its weird to me though when you guys try to make the case that its somehow 'superior' to 'other rap' -- like this weird strawman gangster rap that takes itself soooo seriously ... the biggest gangster rap hero on this board for the last few years has been gucci who doesnt take himself seriously whatsoever. and odd future dudes repeatedly claim inspiration from the gangster stuff that shakey would *r m d e* at i.e. waka.

i think the punk ethos by way of rapping makes sense as a defense but itt lex is being pretty reasonable about explaining why he doesnt like it. i feel similarly altho more 'i would have loved this when i was 16 ... but im not' than 'i never would have loved this'

its also weird to me that like ... "it's so obvious they DON'T drink that drug concoction (it would probably literally kill everyone who did) and half of their "bleeding" is obviously just for shits and giggles."

so whats so great about insincerity & irony exactly? they're tools used just as sincerity is used by lil boosie, it doesnt make one inherently better than the other like i feel that post is arguing

yah its not like that video deej posted of dudes gangraping some girl during a home invasion or w/e - its a more muted/straightfaced take on like louis logic-style shock lolz, maybe?

― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Friday, January 7, 2011 3:25 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

to be clear i posted this w a tsk tsk not as an endorsement

pretty xxtreme stuff ... look up yukmouth / bogus boys on youtube

its weird to me though when you guys try to make the case that its somehow 'superior' to 'other rap'

has anyone here done this?

I don't see how odd future's horrorcore silliness is any less enjoyable/more offensive than standard coke-dealer gangster shit. if anything the latter's more offensive cuz it takes itself so much more seriously

― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, January 7, 2011 3:22 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its weird to me though when you guys try to make the case that its somehow 'superior' to 'other rap'

this is a weird statement to make considering this thread is gonna bear out that most of us actually like 'gangster rap' more than odd future this year

so you mean shakey

yeah let's have THAT argument again...
xp

also the beats i've heard from odd future aren't the sort that automatically push my pleasure buttons and override all of this (like jerk or three 6 mafia or WAKA) - they're the kind i actually need to be into the lyrics and aesthetic to appreciate

I'm pretty hard to offend tbh - I was referring to lex being offended by odd future in case that wasn't clear

xp

this has been a disaster

i'm not really offended, i'm just grossed out (and think being grossed out is a bad thing not a fun thing you bunch of 13-yr-old boys)

this is a weird statement to make considering this thread is gonna bear out that most of us actually like 'gangster rap' more than odd future this year

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 7, 2011 3:32 PM (19 seconds ago) Bookmark

? i dont think gangster is 'better' than odd future either, and i wasnt saying 'everyone in this thread thinks oddfuture>gangster rap.' although i do have an ideological/political bias arguing that theres a good reason the drama around drug crime / drug prohibition is so central to rap

most of us actually like 'gangster rap' more than odd future this year

^^^also this. I find Odd Future entertaining but I haven't bothered beyond youtubes whereas rap albums I paid money for this year = E-40, Ghostface, DJ Quik

xp

its also weird to me that like ... "it's so obvious they DON'T drink that drug concoction (it would probably literally kill everyone who did) and half of their "bleeding" is obviously just for shits and giggles."

so whats so great about insincerity & irony exactly? they're tools used just as sincerity is used by lil boosie, it doesnt make one inherently better than the other like i feel that post is arguing

― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Friday, January 7, 2011 2:29 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I wasn't trying to say that at all. I wasn't making a value judgment, nor saying that there's anything insincere or ironic about the video.

hey whiney post #12

but keep fightin them strawmen deej! it's clearly yr calling

xp

shakes are you talking about blaqkout?

im just opposed to statements that seem to imply to me that theres some kind of 'high ground' for rejecting the basic framework around a scene in rap that has been vital for decades now

you bunch of 13-yr-old boys

only at heart

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12. The Jacka & Laroo- Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks: Season 1)

re: the quik album you bought this year

ftr I have no idea why everyone is jumping all up and down on deej's dick again aside from the fact that that argument was posted under the name "deej"

but keep fightin them strawmen deej! it's clearly yr calling

xp

― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, January 7, 2011 3:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you're the one who posted the gangster rap is more offensive because they're more sincere which is clearly absurd -- i never made any statement about what you voted for or whatever! relax dude - this is exactly why i wanted to take an ilx break -- if u guys dont want me sharing my opinions then fuck it, im out

shakes are you talking about blaqkout?

yes (and yes I know it was not from this year)

i voted for this one! was a big big part of my summer. i love how pretty it sounds - "don't be scared" and "get on 1" are prob my favs off it

xps re: jacka & laroo

i liked odd future more than 'other rap' this year w/ i guess the exception of e-40 and like 'hard in da paint' but its not a general case or anything

i mean odd future works w/ a sensibility & 'language' thats a lot closer to the other music that i primarily listen to - its v much a subjective thing - so i 'get' why i gravitate towards it way more than freeway or w/e but i wouldnt make the case that its inherently 'better' just that its successful and compelling when taken on its own terms

The thing is, there's only so much I can listen to Odd Future, too. It's the same reason I was never into Slim Shady LP-era Eminem, or songs like "Kim" (which I detest); much like Lex, that aesthetic just doesn't do much for me. I love a lot of Odd Future stuff, but I never play it over and over, if that makes sense.

you're the one who posted the gangster rap is more offensive because they're more sincere which is clearly absurd

man yr reading comprehension failure rate never fails to astound

also just wanna say that youth was also important to jerk, and it's not like no one ever mentioned the youth element of various emergent cultures. and this is rather like jerk was produced by one group of teens, crewing up like teens do, with whatever youthful virtues of energy & fun & etc. and with sophisticated raps & technical chops, which jerk was always (charmingly?) deficient in. so i guess 1) it's not like youth wasn't important to jerk 2) there are unsurprising reasons ppl mention they are kids from time to time

But I mean, at the same time, when ISN'T youth important to music, period?

OK GUYS all the quivering vaginas re: OF go in the OF thread

stfu

But I mean, at the same time, when ISN'T youth important to music, period?

what kind of question is this

it's important to varying degrees, and is usually mentioned in rough proportionality to those degrees

if you still can't decide whether murder fantasies are for you, raise your hand so i can chop it off

lol

zvookster otm. youth isn't really important/relevant to, say, the mid-70s work of Willie Nelson.

But I mean, at the same time, when ISN'T youth important to music, period?

what kind of question is this

― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, January 7, 2011 2:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

I dunno.

let's talk about how good the jacka/laroo album is

and this is rather like jerk was produced by one group of teens, crewing up like teens do, with whatever youthful virtues of energy & fun & etc. and with sophisticated raps & technical chops, which jerk was always (charmingly?) deficient in

i guess the biggest difference is class - not social class but, y'know, what ~type~ of kids the jerk kids were vs. the odd future kids - ie kids who love dancing, dressing up, chatting shit about sex and status, vs. kids who like being gross and watching jackass

jerk kids def seem more well-adjusted heheh

kids who love dancing, dressing up, chatting shit about sex and status, vs. kids who like being gross and watching jackass

this is like some silly T/S teenage girls vs. teenage boys dichotomy

chatting shit about sex and status

tbh i'd much rather have talked about "gross" than "status" at any age in my life, sex always tho

jacka/laroo album is really good and i think anyone would like it not just rap-heads

let's talk about how good the jacka/laroo album is

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 7, 2011 2:46 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

I put it too low on my ballot, unfortunately.

lol @ jerk vs. odd future

jerk has cooties but odd future pull ponytails

talk about jacka & laroo plz

so addicted to picking out the organ in this

jacka & laroo "about me"

i dunno, i was not well-adjusted at that age, to say the least. like... i would definitely been more likely to hang out with the of kids than the jerks.

i liked jacka/laroo a lot because i think there is a perfect balance there -- be it laroo or andre nickatina, i think jacka's style works best when it's overtly contrasting someone more deep voiced/typical

lol @ jerk vs. odd future

we were specifically discussing why it was important that they were young, don't be a dick

would have derided the jerks as the fucking popular kids.

so addicted to picking out the organ

sounds like an odd future lyric

the jacka & laroo was one of those records where the first track started and i just thought, oh i am gonna love this

would have derided the jerks as the fucking popular kids.

^^^lol perhaps the ILX Heathers thread is relevant here

i would def have identified more w/ odd future socially but jerk wd be my aesthetic guilty pleasure

http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.6/images/DilworthApt2.gif

11. Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa

i love all the light, airy synths on the jacka & laroo album that make it feel like you're cruising around on a cloud or something - it feels really opulent, but super-casual too. one of those albums i had to rebuy just for the higher quality.

shakey: what is that?

lol about what rappers you would have hung out in high school. they would have probably thought you were all fucking dorks

yay, another one of my picks. glad that did well.

the jacka & laroo was one of those records where the first track started and i just thought, oh i am gonna love this

i love how suddenly the album starts! like, BANG just straight into this sweet, sweet chorus

pot kettle black

xxpost

yeah, 'don't be scared' just has 'summer jam' written all over it xps

weird derails aside this is a great list so far btw (/goonthreadlurker)

lol about what rappers you would have hung out in high school. they would have probably thought you were all fucking dorks

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, January 7, 2011 3:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

projectinnnnng

uh yeah i was a fucking dork in high school deej

but please tell us more about how you were one of the cool non-music kids on the hockey team before you discovered El-P freshman year of college

we all are, can we move on to the countdown? i want to see the dl links for some of this stuff i haven't heard

i liked roachy balboa but didn't go back to it much, but "pop off" BLEW ME AWAY - incredible, incredible track, the way he rides every detail of the beat is so great - v yelawolfy

xp i'd start by googling roachy balboa

i was a nerd too but its not like odd future are these uber hip guys -- disparaging yrself like that was a lil o_O

also,

but please tell us more about how you were one of the cool non-music kids on the hockey team before you discovered El-P freshman year of college

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, January 7, 2011 3:58 PM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

is this because i talked once about how i liked sports as a kid on ilx? is that really so alien to you?

xxp meaning, it's good, you should download it

not, hey google it yourself

anyway sorry for derailing. keep posting albums or talk about roach gigz

she dreamin bout my palace, reality is different
i'm stayin in the slums but she don't know the difference
get it? she don't go where i'm livin
if i was in prison, she would have a different dick in

okay I don't know why I dismissed Odd Future based on the way you guys talked about them before, but based on you all essentially being like "they're like a young black better version of ICP" here I looked up "Orange Juice" and holy shit I should have been up on this earlier

also the energy on SO FUCK AROUND AND POP OFF FOR YOUR WHOLE TOWN~~

shakey: what is that?

there's a thread on ILX right now about the movie Heathers (the central plot of which involves gruesomely murders of the popular kids)

xp

is this because i talked once about how i liked sports as a kid on ilx? is that really so alien to you?

― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Friday, January 7, 2011 5:00 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol, i didn't even know that, i just guessed

my fav roach gigz off that tape is 'gold' -- so i love the amelodic spindly beats too but it makes 'gold' seem that much better when it comes in

hmm yeah Dan woulda figured odd future would appeal to yr goofy goth side

xp

lol and by proxy I now like "Lemonade" a lot more than I ever did

although I still hate the way Gucci sounds

roach gigz - pop off

"they're like a young black better version of ICP"

lol

i really like "Respect It" and "Goomba Pimpin" because.... SLAPZ

my faves on the roach gigz tape are "respect it" and "goomba pimpin'"

ha xp

i was gonna say in Gun Sounds. my early hope for th '12 thread is ROLLING SLAPS

wishful thinking

would be down with^^^

if DJ Fresh makes half the cd's he threatens to it might just be

those are good too, goomba pimpin was an immediate highlight to me but for some reason 'let me breathe' & 'gold' hit me harder now for how conceptually consistent they are

"Magic Gas"

period the end

roachy balboa is a really exciting tape, another one that feels like something new, like cohesive and aggressively lyrical but totally zany and fun and pop i guess?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxo2vjhqdW1qb0fx9o1_500.jpg

10. Tyler, The Creator - Bastard

consistent's the wrong word, they're just topical where respect it & goomba are more train-of-thought type ish

going back to roachy balboa now and it's way more exciting than i remember - these beats are kind of nuts and he's just rampant on them

(those are xps to my other post -- the tape itself is super consistent)

yeah, like i have no idea why he would go back to normal beats after a whole album of bonkers ones

not sure how goomba isn't topical?

I think the thing I am most furious about right now is that I've only checked out two things on this list and I've loved them both, completely throwing into disarray my baseline assumption that I hate modern hip-hop.

(the other being "Respect It")

not sure how goomba isn't topical?

― i don't even vacuum, i'm roomba pimpin (The Reverend), Friday, January 7, 2011 4:10 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its a story track that goes all over the place & doesnt like have a 'point'
theres nothing necessarily wrong w/ that -- its just that the more focused ones grew to become my faovrite

i didn't know roach gigz was nicaraguan!

trying to find the backstory that would match the pic for bastard

"goomba pimpin" could be described, technically, as gas

someone link DJP to the LIGHTWEIGHT JAMMIN thread & we may have converted him to full autogoon lol

okay I am kind of hating "Goomba Pimpin", my place in the universe has been restored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0KwOj5A_CU

lol never mind xp

check out "pop off" dan i think you'd like!

somehow didn't notice "respect it" was a "paper planes" sample until now

i was gonna ask what that was, ugh

magic gas - nice vid!!

lower tier rap videos are the best ads for affordable hd cam rental

i love the line "I was pickin my vegetables out of my cup o noodles"

yes!

me with "magic gas" on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CgT4N0zU1M&feature=player_embedded

alright on to #9

lol at jordan trying to kitten wrangle.

http://www.streetgangs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rocky_marciano-739532.jpg
9. Roc Marciano - Marcberg

should be higher imo, maybe too trad for a lot of tastes?

love individual tracks on this a lot, have a lot of trouble listening to more than a few in a row personally, but its all pretty good

i d/led that the other day but still haven't listened

i guess top ten is p good

excited that this means french montana must be top ten

yes "pop Off" is pretty great

I think there's a certain momentum level in modern rap needs to attain otherwise it's like kryptonite to me; possibly I can blame my "faster FASTER" rave/jungle/dnb years on this since a lot of these tracks reappropriate a lot of the same sonic palette so I expect way more aggressive energy and a faster tempo in the beats than I'm going to get.

never really got into it

lol @ french montana. how things have changed

i love how french montana has the first guest verse on FLockaveli and ends it with I'm a shooter like Chris Paul"

did that sound like it was gonna rhyme with anything when he wrote it down?

his tape has some jams for real though -- check 'money weed blow' & the song w/ fat joe

pretty sure i know 8 things that are much more assured of spots than french montana but i'm not going to spoil them.

on 'money weed blow' he has some line about 'blood on ya mink' this hits really smoothly for some reason i cant quite articulate yet

lol the post abt french montana was a joke

its a for real good record tho

unevenly good, but occasionally great

yeah i fuck with coke boyz

Prenuptial Agreement should have been way higher

http://www.stereogum.com/img/jean-k-jean.jpg
8. Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris

love this album but i barely consider it 'rap'

http://static2.aintitcool.com/images2008/HarrySurvives5Bullets.jpg

7. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Was Here

Yeah, this made it #15 on my list, because of that very reason, deej.

dudes my work day ends in 45 minutes, lets keep plugging

...and by this I mean the Diddy.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x87/deathgrndfeend/Advice-Dog-SMOKE-WEED-EVERY-DAY-1.jpg

6. Curren$y - Pilot Talk/Pilot Talk II

Chea! Jet liiiiiiiiiiife. Listening to Return to the Winners Circle right now.

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/_herbs.jpg

5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

HarrySurvives5Bullets.jpg

whoa chill whiney

currensy ive said too much about already -- krit album is great alternating w the most generic ish ... im glad theyve been promoting all the good songs, ppl are talking 'classic' about it lately but i think they are giving passes to stuff that sounds like bland ugk rehashes as well as the more inspired stuff. i also think the buzz has gone up lately cuz they promoted the great songs as singles

whoa chill whiney

― i don't even vacuum, i'm roomba pimpin (The Reverend), Friday, January 7, 2011 4:47 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otoh what is there to say about this last batch of records

sorry, i got 13 minutes left on the computer. Should I dump em or
hand the reigns over?

currensy i have the least things to say about it ... its the best record that generates the fewest interesting things for me to talk about, lol

http://news.bmezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kllo2uz81.jpg

4. Earl Sweatshirt - Earl

im leaving work when whiney does post em away i say

go head

also lol @ herbs.jpg

ppl are talking 'classic' about it

About KRIT Wuz Here? Really? I think KRIT has much more ahead of him yet...

dump em

so odd future is basically pwning this list after all

Raining in England at no. 1 eh

to ppl who voted for krit - do you like this better than 'the last king'?

I wonder if I was the only one to vote for Thank Me Later.

damn, i had no idea about purple basil. i just didn't know.

k3vin: about equally. they work in different ways tho

http://www.breakfastclubquotes.com/images/nightshift2.jpg

3. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift/Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift

gonna hope xxxp

but both are in my top 3 rap releases of their respective years

E-40 should get TWO spots!

i hope everyone posts their individual ballot

can we just take a quick straw poll

day > night

to ppl who voted for krit - do you like this better than 'the last king'?

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, January 7, 2011 4:50 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think as a whole its less enjoyable to listen to front to back but his best songs are def on 'krit wuz here'

re: 40 water xp

but like ... i dont think 'last king' is a very fully realized krit tape either. its def relatively amateurish, just got a great sense of momentum & sequencing

day has the best songs, night plays better front to back

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~tomhart/images/redneck.jpg
2. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik/Trunk Muzik 0-60

i think as a whole its less enjoyable to listen to front to back but his best songs are def on 'krit wuz here'

― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Friday, January 7, 2011 5:53 PM (11 seconds ago)

i have to revisit then cuz not much stuck with me and i adored the last king

deej otm

i'll go with day > night too, though tbh i still don't really feel like i've fully digested either - i'm not sure i can even process double albums any more

can we just take a quick straw poll

day > night

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, January 7, 2011 3:53 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

Night > Day for me. But it's so close tbh.

yes, day>night bust just barely

lol at waka winning this

worthy #1

http://www.nodjzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/waka-mask.jpg

1. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

ehhh, i voted for it but not really imo

Waka was on 14 of the 15 ballots, btw

sad

i think WAKA is a very appropriate winner, approve

30. Wooh Da Kid - Black Out
29. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
28. Styles P and DJ Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project
27. Meek Mill - Mr. Philadelphia
26. Travis Porter - Proud 2 Be A Problem
25. Raekwon - Cocainism Vol. 2
24. Starlito - Renaissance Gangster
23. AG - Everything's Berri
22. Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol 1
21. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection
20. NhT Boyz - Power Triangle Vol. 1
19. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
18. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
17. Lil B - Red Flame/Blue Flame
16. J Stalin - Prenuptual Agreement
15. Lil B - Everything Based
14. MellowHype - BlackenedWhite
13. Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
12. The Jacka & Laroo- Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks: Season 1)
11. Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa
10. Tyler, The Creator - Bastard
9. Roc Marciano - Marcberg
8. Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
7. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Was Here
6. Curren$y - Pilot Talk/Pilot Talk II
5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
4. Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
3. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift/Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift
2. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik/Trunk Muzik 0-60
1. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

No wait, waka was on 13 of the 15 ballots

idk i find it fitting and a v proper & admirable reflection of goon taste

xp yeah lex

it feels like a 5 seed won the ncaa tournament

not a bad thing

voted for 9/30

day > night but night has a bunch of the standout songs still

I've heard eleven of these actually, more than I expected.

i have to revisit then cuz not much stuck with me and i adored the last king

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, January 7, 2011 4:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

'moon and stars' 'gumption' 'children of the world' 'small as a giant' theres a few others i really like.

should we start posting ballots now or give the results some breathing room?

breathing room

imo

wanna know who the non-waka voters are

ha i remember "children of the world" being real corny for some reason but maybe i'm misremembering and projecting based on the title

naw it's super-dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvBKD3dGnF8

why were currensy records combined?

alright i was wrong that song is the shit

fav krit still either "hometown hero" or "big brother"

why were currensy records combined?

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, January 7, 2011 5:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what do results look like if u uncombine?

i have no idea but they're different records arent they? what's the point other than to ensure he gets top 10?

yo i'm such a sucker for rappers spitting a few final bars a cappella at the end of their songs - love how "children" goes out

only reason Pilot Talk 1 & 2 has one shared entry and Mr. Zone 6 & Jewelry Selection don't is the latter don't have similar titles i guess?

this is my favorite roach gigz, but its on roachy balboa 2 that just came out this week, not the one on this list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=208zbUoQcas

"Neva Go Back" is another good one off the KRIT album.

I'm kinda sold on Can I Rap

yeah that's definite slap

the non-Waka voters were forks and zvook

didn't vote for waka, kanye or big boi

missed the leaks or release dates and after a few weeks of chatter there was no urgency to hear em somehow and i still haven't hear em except for big boi in other ppl's homes.

i'm a big fan of hard n the paint, o let's do it, fo yo sorrows & shine blockas so will prob be down with those records. otoh the stuff i've heard off the kanye doesn't interest me at all.

i assumed yelawolf was some p4k buzzband on sna

Yela was on 12/15 ballots

I guess I should get that altho I wasn't really getting why everyone what everyone thought was so special about his verse on the Big Boi album

jeesuz fuck that makes less sense than a deej post

I guess I should get that altho I wasn't really getting what everyone thought was so special about his verse on the Big Boi album

maybe just hearing him on a big boi record as opposed to being just some mixtape dude back in jan

I like his verse on the Big Boi album but it's.....different. He's really experimenting with his style there in a way that may or may not be successful in the eye of his beholder. He doesn't usually rap like that tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Dj4A0GD7M

haha okay damn

had no idea he was white

TRUNK

MUZIK

...

why did you think his name was "Yelawolf"

gahhhhh got a flat tyre on the way home only just made it back...what did i miss? oh

haven't actually heard yet:

30. Wooh Da Kid - Black Out
29. Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
27. Meek Mill - Mr. Philadelphia
22. Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol 1
20. NhT Boyz - Power Triangle Vol. 1
8. Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
25. Raekwon - Cocainism Vol. 2

really need to hear the diddy thing and the raekwon

voted for:

26. Travis Porter - Proud 2 Be A Problem
24. Starlito - Renaissance Gangster
23. AG - Everything's Berri
18. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
16. J Stalin - Prenuptual Agreement
15. Lil B - Everything Based
13. Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
12. The Jacka & Laroo- Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks: Season 1)
2. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik/Trunk Muzik 0-60
1. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
6. Curren$y - Pilot Talk/Pilot Talk II
4. Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
9. Roc Marciano - Marcberg

didn't vote for:

28. Styles P and DJ Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project
i'm a huge styles p fan but me and this album didn't get along

21. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection

good tape could've voted for it really but didn't

19. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

goons please

17. Lil B - Red Flame/Blue Flame

both pretty good but 'everything's based' is the one i burnt for my car and the one i listened to most

14. MellowHype - BlackenedWhite

only a couple of good tracks imo

11. Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa

don't really get roach gigz :(

10. Tyler, The Creator - Bastard

great album but tyler is so annoying on twitter i decided not vote for it

7. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Was Here

liked this but it fell out of rotation pretty quickly - lack of personality?

5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

brilliant album felt bad about not voting for it but honestly didn't listen to it as much as the albums i voted for

3. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift/Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift

i don't like e-40 *ducks*

obv forks was non waka

xp sb

was i the only one who voted for 'trap or die 2'?

sb me all you like but there's just something about e-40's rapping style that puts me off! srsly i've never made it through day shift/night shift i have to turn it off

flopson is like that, really baffling to me i gotta say

lex my first reaction to odd future was similar to yours but earl is just insanely good + this is totally otm:
technical precociousness on some "nas and az were teenagers when they made life's a bitch"

i actually had a huge change of heart re e-40 & revenue retrievin ended up my #2

not entirely unrelated to your & rev's prodding tbh

sad i missed this thread. then again, kind of lame this had to be the thread where lex discovers odd future. where is the original & what happened w that?

obviously aggregates make for flatter & more boring results but this is still a cool list. i hope people listen to that nht boyz tape

flipflopson

haha

nht tape was nice but my 1st exposure was that joint deej posted to autogoon & they never topped that

u mean 6 in tha mornin? couldnt disagree more man there are so many jams i've got a new favourite every week. power triangle is now a classic among my friends. one dude is rly obsessed & told me he listened to it back to back non stop for the entire duration of a 6 hr train ride. so excited to hear what they do next

nah "from there" - agree that power triangle is solid & consistent

I'm out bowling. I'm MR LANE 6

I had a feeling I'd be a very centric voter and that held true. 12 of my 15 votes made it, all of them in the top 17, and I voted for the whole top 8.

Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift/Night Shift

Curren$y - Smokee Robinson
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 2
Tyler the Creator - Bastard
Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

Mellowhype - Blackenedwhite
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Sun of Chico Dusty
Shabazz Palaces - Shabazz Palaces/Palaces of Light
Wiz Khalifa - Kush & OJ
Lil B - Blue Flame

my ballot

waka flocka flame - flockaveli
diddy-dirty money - last train to paris
gucci mane - mr. zone 6
kanye west - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
earl sweatshirt - earl
yelawolf - trunk muzik
big boi - sir luscious left foot
mellowhype - blackenedwhite
e-40 - revenue retrievin
lil b - everything based
roach gigz - roachy balboa
curren$y - pilot talk 2
wooh da kid - blackout
big krit - krit was here
the jacka & laroo - neva be the same (20 bricks season 1)

e-40 - revenue retrievin'
raekwon - cocainism 2
roc marciano - marcberg
roach giggz - roachy balboa
tyler - bastard
the jacka & laroo - neva be the same
scarface - dopeman music
earl sweatshirt - earl
curren$y - pilot talk ii
yelawolf - trunk muzik
nht boyz - power triangle
a.g. - everything's berri
fat joe darkside vol 1
jadakiss - the champ is here 3
davinci - the day the turf stood still

no vado in the countdown, i thought ppl were digging that this year

yeah i was gonna ask if any of you remembered that face, really solid tape i feel got overlooked

no one gave boosie any love either huh

davinci - the day the turf stood still

want to check this out on title alone

my ballot reads so

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Return of Chico Dusty
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik / 0-60
Big KRIT - KRIT wuz here
Luca Brazi - Brainfood
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' - Night Shift/Day Shift
Curren$y - Pilot Talk I and II
Devin tha Dude - Suite #420
Pill - 1140 The Overdose
Das Racist - Sit Down Man

Shit i shoulda listened to more but instead just downloaded over the course of the year, spun once or twice and got distracted instead and I tried to jam all this shit again at once over the past week and I really need to listen a few more times to determine if I love it and o I'm going to hell i guess and if you wanna you can put these on my fifteen but i guess they're not really? or they're just on my mind. or something :
ZRo - Heroin
The Roots- How I Got Over
Dave Banner/9th Wonder - Death of a Pop Star
Black Milk - Album of the Year
Freeway/Jake One - Stimulus Package
Cypress Hill - Rise Up

Shit I'm tempted to nominate just to fuck with deej and anyway I DID kinda like it but not enough to have it crack a top ten:
Asher Roth - Seared Foi Gras with Quince and Cranberry

also everything lil b did this year that i heard. but not the albums so much.

BONUS INFO: Fucka Wacka

in retrospect, I woulda put Dave Banner/9th Wonder up above the Devin album

and maybe the black milk before pill

what is Luca Brazi?

unsigned dude I listened to (along with yelawolf) all through november/december
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=2928
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdi2rmmmjdg
credit where credit is due: deej obliquely turned me onto him by linking this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1FflPePenU

when you hear a song about Lemons/you’ll know I’m sickenin’/to the stomach with this jigaboo rubbish that our younguns bump religiously/are you fucking kidding me

#allshots #duckdown

grocerybag posting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMNuwX_NnCw
^CHRONO TRIGGER SAMPLE IS u+k^

can we keep it kind of chill with the embeds tho, was nice to be able to open both iterations of this thread, now they're comin thick and fast in the deaththroes

fair enough; i should point out that once you're a mod, your default (and unchangeable) view is images/youtubes off, so I never notice embeds like ever.

i've been images off for like 18 months now best decision i ever made

no one gave boosie any love either huh
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.)

the main boosie I listened to this year was Superbad (like kinda a lot) and I was told explicitly not to include that as it's an '09 album

well yeah that was like mid 09 iirc

that was great too

incarcerated was his '10 alb

wiki says "Return" was released mid september (tho i'm sure it leaked earlier/was mostly mixtape collected) but i didn't get it till end of the year and didn't really start listening till start of '10

lol having images off has made me want to turn images off for the rest of the internet

ilx will be great in like four years when every website is just a bunch of rotating videos w/ :30 ads in between

for the uninitiated: click "Preferences" below and then uncheck "Show Images"; it's the first radio button under "View Options"

yeh i like imgs on ilx thx

if there was a way to disable just youtube embeds i would be so happy

altho it's nice to open a wdyll w/ the ability to choose whose faces you want to look at this month

daaaaamn

lol

oh snap

was i the only one who voted for 'trap or die 2'?

― whitney from mtv's the city (tpp), Friday, January 7, 2011 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

::raises hand::

here's my ballot:

Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
Styles P. & DJ Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
Dirt Platoon - Deeper Than Dirt
Los - Shooter
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
Rome Cee - Tunnel Vision (FreEP)
Backland - Block Work: None Better
Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol. 1
Young Jeezy - Trap Or Die II: By Any Means Necessary
Scarface - Dopeman Music
Mickey Free - Last Of The Tight Wiggers

Last Of The Tight Wiggers

http://i41.tinypic.com/296111k.jpg

los had a mixtape out last week btw, something about vuitton, was gonna post it to yr releases thread

haaaaaaaaa

really tho?

xp

my ballot:

Big K.R.I.T - Krit Wuz Here
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Roc Marciano - Marcberg
Vado - Slime Flu
Gucci Mane - Mr.Zone 6
L.E.$. - The Beautiful Struggle
Fat Joe - Darkside Vol. 1
Meek Mill - Mr. Philadelphia
Lil B - Everything Based
Rick Ross - Albert Anastacia
Young Jeezy - The Last Laugh
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
Yo Gotti - Cocaine Music 4.5
Soulja Boy - Legendary
Styles P - Green Ghost

new los mixtape is dope, he KILLS "6'7"

yeah i haven't gotten to it yet but the newer Los is another freestyle tape, he's great at those but Shooter's cool because it's his first album-y mixtape with all original beats. (xpost)

my ballot -

Diddy - Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
The Jacka & Laroo - Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks: Season 1)
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik/0-60
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Lady Leshurr - 01:21 Mixtape
Young Lyric aka Lyrikkal - 2 Lyrikkal
Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection
Na'Tee - Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinner
Meek Mill - Mr. Philadelphia
Rah Digga - Classic
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin'
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
Soulja Boy - The DeAndre Way
J. Stalin - Prenuptial Agreement

i kiiiiinda agree w/tpp re: e-40's voice :/

not so much that it's stopped me enjoying his career and these albums, but it's prob why i'm not a megastan for him

none of the vado trax i really jammed this year ("polo (remix)", "kick in tha door", the one w/mavado) ended up on slime flu for some reason?

having relistened to roachy balboa last night i'd have def voted for it, probably as high as 5th - i really don't know why i failed to go back to it this year!

yeah my two favorite tracks by him this year ("ain't a thang to me" & "usually do") didn't make the album either, but there's some good stuff on there ("wake up," "crimesquare," "beat knockin',"the greatest," etc.). I thought it was just okay at first but I've been coming back to it a lot

Lady Leshurr - 01:21 Mixtape
Young Lyric aka Lyrikkal - 2 Lyrikkal
Na'Tee - Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinne

have to check still for all of these, & somehow totally forgot abt rah digga's return, even tho i think i posted the lead leak track to swag

it had something abt chickenheads rapping liek robots in it iirc ;)

yeah it's plausible to think of the entire rah digga album as motivated by being pissed off with nicki minaj

young lyric is best consumed thru her youtubes. such swag!

The Na'Tee is great, something else I might have voted for if I'd heard it earlier.

na'tee just released a travis porter remix on twitter - http://tinyurl.com/2cd5ocr

lolling @ "t.mix"

"last of the best" sounds amazing there compared to the youtube we thought was hot imo

if money is cheese, i love it, i'm italyyy

also: the first young lyric interview http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=9579&more=1&c=1

Last question: Hillary or Michelle Obama?

Both!! I'm global like Hillary and the new First Lady like Michelle!! Seriously though, they are 2 of my top role models because they are smart, strong, beautiful women who prove that girls can be leaders of the world and do anything boys can do (only better).

I'm global like Hillary and the new First Lady like Michelle!!

this is a great line

I think "Switch" is my favorite on the Na'tee

listening to switch omg

yeah

Okay loving this Na'Tee mix-tape, thanks goon crew.

these r all on itunes right?

Some of em. About half are just out there legally for free.

guyz i cant really stand e-40's voice either

Don't really want to post my ballot because I forgot two of my favourite releases (The Pack Is Back & Incarcerated would have knocked RAWSE off and I'd look cooler.)

'Lito was my #1. Burn One has to be the best DJ/Producer in the game atm, everything he does is gold. And Starlito is surprisingly tight writer for such a laid back voice. The pair together just *click* and Ren. Gangster is sublime.

I like this list. I find the Waka exhausting and cannot listen to it in 1 go but I totally love like half of it, at least.

2010 seems like a proper turning point creatively. The rise of creative+control type vids, dudes paying more attention to artwork, trying to have direction in their music such as limiting how many producers they'll have on a record to keep the sound on point. New gen got vision. Heres to it continuing in that direction.

guyz i cant really stand e-40's voice either

― gr8080, Saturday, January 8, 2011 7:45 AM (2 hours ago)

alright intervention time for some of yous

tho i used to be the same way with boosie tbh

is lex the only one to vote for pink friday?

thought about you guys whilst reading national geographic this morning. a giant cave was "swagged in flowstone".

I wasn't a voter in this poll, but here's my top 15 (posted in another thread last week.)
A lot of overlap with these results:

Big Boi- Sir Lucious Leftfoot...
Yelawolf- Trunk Muzik
Curren$y- Pilot Talk 2
E-40- Revenue Retreivin'
Nas & Damien Marley- Distant Relatives
Big KRIT- KRIT Wuz Here
Waka Flocka Flame- Flockaveli
Freeway & Jake One- The Stimulus Package
Raekwon- Cocainism Vol. 2
Roc Marciano- Marcberg
Kanye West- My...Fantasy
Kno- Death is Silent
The Roots- How I Got Over
J. Stalin- Prenuptial Agreement
Curren$y- Pilot Talk

"My...Fantasy" is my favorite abbrevvi for that album's title since ilxor's "My Beautiful D"

my top 15 was
so ready for 2011

1. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
2. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin
3. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
4. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
5. Roc Marciano - Marcberg
6. Lil’ Boosie - Incarcerated
7. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Vado - Slime Flu
10. De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - De Lachende Derde
11. Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
12. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
13. Dion Masé - SPFenomeen
14. French Montana - Coke Boyz
15. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection

lols aside i'd just like to extend a big thanks to the goons for doing this--v. valuable resource for the rest of us.

opinion -- is the major event rap album over, or just in a standing-eight count?

that was a question i think actually

It seems that there are just different categories of "event albums" now-- the major label hit event (Kanye, Drake, Carter IV), the cross-generational comeback event (Cuban Linx 2, Big Boi, Detox) and now the event mixtape (Kush & OJ.)

The Brainwasher was the only vote for Vado
lex was the only vote for Vado

#31 was Scarface - Dopeman Music [2 ballots]

lex was the only vote for nicki minaj i mean

lol i thought you were on some ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS IS TRUE

hahaha

if ppl like the production on the meek mill tape(s) they should check out legendary, most of the production on both is by jahlil beats like top 4 producers out right now for sure. my ballot

waka flocka flame - flockavelli
e-40 - revenue retrievin
yelawolf - trunk muzik
nht boyz - power triangle
earl sweatshirt - earl
z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2
roach gigz - roachy balboa
travis porter - proud 2 be a problem
soulja boy - legendary
gucci mane - mr zone 6
meek millz - flamerz 3
husalah - tha furly ghost vol 3
yo gotti & zedzilla - cocaine muzik 4
tyler, the creator - bastard
lil b - everything based

z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2

^^yeah this was hot too forgot all about this

dig your list

that was a question i think actually

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Saturday, January 8, 2011 11:54 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I meant i was soliciting y'alls opinions

thx man. had a blast listening to rap music & reading rolling stupid fruity crazy swag last year

z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2 <--i left this off bc it had some old stuff on it but i still love the freestyles and "new york minute" is kind of a hit in my circle

world of young ppl

haha need a catchy "world of three or or four friends who dig this"

DJ Premier's List:

25. Ice Cube – I Am The West
24. Bun B – Trill OG
23. Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now
22. KRS-One & True Master – Meta-Historical
21. Nottz – You Need This Music
20. Little Brother – LeftBack
19. Roc Marciano – Marcberg
18. Murs & 9th Wonder – Fornever
17. Eternia & MoSS – At Last
16. The Roots – How I Got Over
15. The Left – Gas Mask
14. Rah Digga – Classic
13. Gangrene – Gutter Water
12. Skyzoo & !llmind – Live from the Tape Deck
11. Drake – Thank Me Later
10. Fat Joe – The Darkside Vol. 1
09. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx – The eXXecution
08. Rick Ross – Teflon Don
07. Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package
06. Statik Selektah & Termanology – 1982
05. Scarface – Dopeman Music
04. Meth, Ghost & Rae – Wu Massacre
03. Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson
02. DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records – Get Used To Us
01. Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids

wow @ all this boom bap + drake

i would have voted drake!

The Left – Gas Mask <--anyone know anything abt this?

i said this in gun soundz but for anyone else, his time 4 change tape has some of the same beats and even verses as get used to us and is a million times more dope

i would have voted drake!

― gr8080, Saturday, January 8, 2011 1:41 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and u hate e-40! ban gr8080

i never said i hate him. grow up you suffering dick bag /whiney

idk if we can handle another deej/third-party beef

jokes bro

guess i'm just not cut out 2 b a goon

same here :)

(xpost)

is lex the only one to vote for pink friday?

that was a bit of a "real talk" vote - i was as dismissive as anyone when it came out (not so much disappointed cuz i expected how watered down it'd be - or seem, anyway) - i'm just not going to front on how much i came back to a lot of that album, esp with the bonus tracks, and how GREAT it is when it's good

i mean sure the rah digga album, say, is "better", but at the same time there's nothing on it that's clocking up the last.fm scrobbles a tenth as much as the best stuff on pink friday

My ballot:

E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' Day Shift/Night Shift
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 1 & 2
Drake - Thank Me Later
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
Tyler the Creator - Bastard
Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
Wiz Khalifa - Kush and Orange Juice
DaVinci - The Day the Turf Stood Still
The Jacka and Laroo - Neva Be the Same
Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Roc Marciano - Marcberg
Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris

Only vote for Thank Me Later?

didn't vote but here's my top 15 :

all-star - starlito's way 3
big boi - sir lucious left foot the son of chico dusty
danny brown - the hybrid
davinci - the day the turf stood still
earl sweatshirt - earl
e-40 - revenue retrievin
gucci mane - mr zone 6
lil b - 6 kiss
lil boosie - incarcerated
roc marciano - marcberg
travis porter - proud 2 be a problem
tyler the creator - bastard
waka flocka flame - flockavelli
yelawolf - trunk muzik 0-60

+ cutthroat - the takeova

is that ranked sis?

i tried to listen to danny brown's mixtape before the album and it was boring as fuck tbh

The Gangrene album is another good one I got on too late.

Been bumpin this many times tho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_HgHukLo

is that ranked sis?

― zvookster, samedi 8 janvier 2011 21:44 (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

yes, alphabetically.

I think danny brown's personality is the opposite of boring

gangrene was on a whiney ballot

well it was just a cursory listen, to some of detroit state of mind 4, so u cld be right. i think i'd confused him with someone else in my head and was expecting something diff

na'tee is incredible but that mixtape is an old school definition of a mixtape, im not sure she even really reinvents any songs on it -- shes just a great rapper
looking forward to new shit from her tho

lol @ premo's first record to get 5 mics since... life after death? coming at the butt end of his list.

honest question: does "5 mics" still mean anything? i have no idea.

Fuck 5 mics, I'd rather have... a fan base I could tour form?

*from

honest question: does "5 mics" still mean anything? i have no idea.

― gr8080, Saturday, January 8, 2011 3:42 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dunno if you noticed (prob not) but i thought it was pretty lol #shotsfired that tom b. at pfork gave bun's album 5/10 after the source gave it 5 mics

'the number was right, its just the scale that was off'

i guess thats what i mean-- like does anyone give a shit what the source has to say anymore

does anyone give a shit what the source anyone has to say anymore

is this the real life
is this just fantasy

i dunno what whiney's point is, but in terms of editorial direction, no one cares what teh source has to say no

but like do dudes still rap about being the "next 5 mics" and shit is what i'm asking

well maybe, but only as a metaphor for "give me my credit" or w/e -- rappers don't actually care about the source/critics & there are really no influential rap critics right now

critics now are more influential in creating/forming a narrative or pushing an unknown artist -- i.e. noz w/ lil b or xxl w/ their freshman stuff -- but no critic/publication can affect an actual album/mixtape

i'm like mike, the greatest i need five mics
and five dykes to sit next to me fight night

^^

five dykes more helpful than five mics in that scenario.

unless he means five men named mike

fuck 5 i want a hundred and eight mics

yo son

thnx this thread for hepping me to big krit. dope as fuck.

agreed.
also: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/01/billy-jams-best-of-2010.html

i thought the rap up's were played out, esp. when he stopped going over a hit which was part of the whole point. that said, it's kind of a return to form this year imo so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9V_2OiixrY

happy w/ results itt.

here was my ballot, i guess i missed the thread discussion.

PICKS:

Roc Marciano - Marcberg

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

Mr. Pookie & Mr. Lucci - 10th Anniversary - The Classicc

AG - Everything's Berri

Earl Sweatshirt - Earl

Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik

Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here

Black Milk - Album of the Year

Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

Freeway/Jake One - Stimulus Package

Dessa - A Badly Broken Code

Raekwon - Cocainism Vol. 2

Stone's Throw Podcast - Adventures with Paul White

Skyzoo & !llmind - LIve from the Tape Deck

Celph Titled & Buckwild - Nineteen Ninety Now

Mr. Pookie & Mr. Lucci - 10th Anniversary - The Classic

i have this & still havent had a chance to listen

i like it alot obv...but yeah i don't know my list is def more "this is what i felt like listening to this year" than "this defines the year" kinda stuff...

one album on there in particular i was too chicken to even mention on ilx lol

Nineteen Ninety Nerd?

hahahah no dessa, basically it's like "jagged little pill" for a generation of girlz that grew up on atmosphere

actually found out about that celph/buck thru the goon thread

Dessa from Doomtree? Post the best track, I would be interested in hearing it, tbqphaf

u def posted abt dessa btw

ah good! i can't remember all this shit i post tbh

yep dessa from doomtree, it's def (like i said) a lot more singer/songwriter type stuff than straight up hip hop

i like this one a lot, probably my fav

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-v9Ej8rkxE&feature=related

some of it's more singing style like this, my pal jess produced the music for this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8Jys3K6rI&feature=related

and finally i like this one alot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSxSCv7Cegc&feature=related

aaaanyway, this is all i guess corny and about as far from goon approved jams as possible, but i dunno, i ended up liking it a lot

saw DJ Premier nominate Ice Cube's "I am the West". I'd heard similar good comments on it, even though nobody said it was like amazing or anything.

after first listen, I'm bored to tears. dude just likes to throw up half-assed quick little verses and then run annoying choruses into the ground now.

i really enjoyed it the first listen and then... never felt inclined to listen to it ever again.

Ok, so far Marcberg is awesome.

I like some low-key menace in my NYC rap, I do.

For those who are still curious, here's an alphabetized by artist list of all the albums/mixtapes discussed on this thread. Folks who want to know about hip hop in 2010 could do worse than start here.

AG - Everything's Berri
All Star - Starlito's Way 3
Backland - Block Work: None Better
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Big KRIT - KRIT Wuz Here
Black Milk - Album of the Year
Bun B - Trill OG
Celph Titled and Buckwild - Nineteen Ninety Now
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
Cutthroat - The Takeova
Cypress Hill - Rise Up
Danny Brown - The Hybrid
Das Racist - Sit Down Man
David Banner and Ninth Wonder - Death of a Pop Star
DaVinci - The Day the Turf Stood Still
De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - De Lachende Derde
Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
Devin the Dude - Suite #420
Diddy Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris
Dion Mase - SPFenomeen
Dirt Platoon - Deeper than Dirt
DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records - Get Used to Us
Drake - Thank Me Later
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift
Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
Eternia and MoSS - At Last
Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol 1
Freeway and Jake One - The Stimulus Package
French Montana - Coke Boyz
Gangrene - Gutter Water
Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids
Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection
Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6
Husalah - The Furly Ghost 3
Ice Cube - I Am the West
J Stalin - Prenuptual Agreement
Jadakiss - The Champ is Here 3
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kno - Death is Silent
KRS-1 and True Master - Meta-Historical
Lady Leshurr - 01:21 Mixtape
LE$ - The Beautiful Struggle
Lil B - 6 Kiss
Lil B - Blue Flame
Lil B - Everything Based
Lil B - Red Flame
Lil Boosie - Incarcerated
Little Brother - LeftBack
Los - Shooter
Luca Brazi - Brainfood
Marco Polo and Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution
Meek Millz - Flamerz 3
Meek Millz - Mr. Philadelphia
MellowHype - BlackenedWhite
Methodman, Ghostface and Raekwon - Wu Massacre
Mickey Free - Last of the Tight Wiggers
Mr Pookie and Mr Lucci - 10th Anniversary: The Classicc
Murs and Ninth Wonder - Fornever
Nas and Damien Marley - Distant Relatives
Na'Tee - Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinner
NhT Boyz - Power Triangle Vol. 1
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Nottz - You Need This Music
Pill - 1140 The Overdose
Raekwon - Cocainism Vol 2
Rah Digga - Classic
Rick Ross - Albert Anastacia
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa
Roc Marciano - Marcberg
Rome Cee - Tunnel Vision
Scarface - Dopeman Music
Shabazz Palaces - Shabazz Palaces/Palaces of Light
Skyzoo and !llmind - Live from the Tape Deck
Soulja Boy - Legendary
Soulja Boy - The DeAndre Way
Starlito - Renaissance Gangster
Statik Selektah and Termanology - 1982
Stone's Throw Podcast - Adventures with Paul White
Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson
Styles P and Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project
The Jacka and Larooo - Neva Be the Same (20 Bricks - Season 1)
The Left - Gas Mask
The Roots - How I Got Over
Travis Porter - Proud 2 Be a Problem
Tyler the Creator - Bastard
Vado - Slime Flu
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
Wiz Khalifa - Kush and OJ
Wooh Da Kid - Black Out
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik: 0-60
Yo Gotti - Cocaine Music 4.5
Yo Gotti and Zedzilla - Cocaine Music 4
Young Jeezy - The Last Laugh
Young Jeezy - Trap or Die II: By Any Means Necessary
Young Lyric aka Lyrikkal - 2 Lyrikkal
ZRo - Heroin
ZRo, JDawg and Lil C - I Ain't Takin No Loss 2

we should totally rank them to make it easier for people to know where to start

... um i think we just did that?

/tuomas

I Am the West is so terrible

Cube doesn't spit a hot verse on it, and runs lame choruses into thr ground. Regret that purchase

what big '10 releases didnt make that list?

b.o.b., the roots...

oh no wait the roots are there, under t not r

did em have an album last year?

Lil Wayne, Drake, lots more

drake, sadly, got a vote :(

ha, t.i. :(

drake, sadly, got a vote :(

― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:36 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA.

lol Drake. every time I see his name I think of that terrible "what's the square root of 69? 8 something?" rhyme and I'm just like arrrgh this fuckin guy

Am I giving Drake too much credit in thinking there's a pun in that line? "What's the square root of 69? 8/ATE something?"... doesn't really make any more sense, but I like to think that's what he meant.

well yea, but it's also a dirty dad joke that's been told since before I was born

really feelin that Styles P

Am I giving Drake too much credit in thinking there's a pun in that line? "What's the square root of 69? 8/ATE something?"... doesn't really make any more sense, but I like to think that's what he meant.

― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:40 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the next line is 'im trynna work it out'

Yeah, as in, he's trying to go fulfill the joke/question by actually going down. Yes, I know I'm reaching.

not sure there's "lot's more", whiney was maybe thinking abt the poll results themselves than forks' list?

the j. armz mixtape of araabmuzik instros & the alley boy tape, by no means big releases, and uk dude tinie tempah is a rapper if not rap music, that's all i got

brotha lynch hung

^^^^^^^^ man forgot about that dude. used to spin Season of Da Siccness

going thru a folder picking out listenable stuff -- playboy tre - last call, droop e's sade tape, killa kyleon's natural born killa (kinda too full on for me, need a mixtape of his features), jay elect unofficial tape of old stuff victory, max b - wave called yes (old stuff)

i almost put victory on my list, kinda regret leaving it off

i put Young L p Young L.E.N. on my ballot how come hes not on that big list

i put Domo Genesis olling Paper pretty high up on my list

also Cam'ron and Vado BOAB 2.5

Lil B - Blue Flame
MellowHype - BlackenedWhite
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockavelli
Lil B - Red Flame
Lil B - Everything Based
Waka Flocka Flame - Lebron Flocka James 2
Domo Genesis - Rolling Papers
Tyler, the Creator - Bastard
J Stalin - Prenuptial Agreement
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
Cam'Ron and Vado - Boss of All Bosses 2.5
E-40 - Revenue Retreivin'
Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik 0-60
Young L - Young L-E-N

because u never posted your ballot in the thread

ah there u go xp

i totally forgot j stalin came out this year

playboy tre - last call

was this '09 or did it just drop off the face of the crit-earth already

nah was mid-2010 iirc

critics drop dudes like that so fast. i can already hear Pill fading

just missed my list:

Issue

Droop-E
Rick Ross
Alley Boy
Starlito
Fab
Wiz
Juicy J

by Juicy J i mean whichever one of the three projects i decided to put down...prob the Convicted Felons mixtape

when did 6 kiss come out?

J Stalin was like last January, right? I played "Red & Blue Lights" throughout the year.

how did i miss a killa kyleon dj drama tape? gotta hear that thanks zvookster

xxp late dec. 09

idk why i rationalized putting Bastard but not 6 kiss on my list. they just felt like from different calendar years

J Stalin was like last January, right? I played "Red & Blue Lights" throughout the year.

― President Keyes, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:52 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

this is still one of my favorite albums of the past few years. i fuckin love it. it should have been higher. my list was like impossible to decide on

fyi i finally finished my list of the best Baltimore mixtapes of '10 featuring all the random shit nobody's heard of that was on my ballot for this:

http://governmentnames.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-20-baltimore-hip-hop-releases-of.html

beat on d.p shit is d[-_-]b

im finally listening to that twista album, was that on your ballot? "darkness" is amazing

i never got around to hearing it, which is ridiculous because i've heard every other post-Kamikaze Twista album nobody repped for and this one actually seemed to have some positive buzz

woulda voted for j stalin but honestly had forgot it came out in 2010

al you'll def feel it -- some traxster beats

the whole thing is traxter just about

i wasn't really into the whole thing really though - first song is really great and i like "make a movie" but then there's "i do" and that ridiculous song about the mayans and 2012 and the album never really recovers after that

a twista stan should at least listen tho, it's not bad

that ridiculous song about the mayans and 2012

wait what? link?

Marcberg >>>> OB4CL2

This shit go hard for real.

Marcberg >>>> OB4CL2

― banjee trillness (The Reverend), lundi 7 février 2011 07:16 (3 days ago) Bookmark

easily

YES, great album

was my #1

(surprise!)

thanks for the Marcberg rec guys, d/led tis and it's the type of East Coast shit that I've been eating like hotcakes since a hot minute. great pick.

Is there a rolling 2011 rap/hip-hop thread?

no :(

r.i.p. rolling rap threads

nycnative:
it's called the rolling gun sounds thread

shhhh, no it's not. that thread is supposed to be #secrete

yes keep secret deej vs whiney beefs hidden from n00bs

n/j when i first started reading ilx c. 2008 i thought rolling ringtone thread was some dumb shit like "what song did u put as your ringtone" and never openned it and always wondered why there was no rolling rap thread

haha

prob a good thing 2 u jerks would've eaten a poor lil naive 17 y/o me alive

Yeah, i was confused by the ringtone thing too. I keep my head down tho

it goes:

2007 - snap
2008 - ringtone
2009 - autogoon
2010 - stupid fruity crazy swag
2011 - gun sounds

i think one of my formative ilx moments was when i figured out what snap and ringtone were

bummer, dude.

oh sorry, I read "formative" as "favorite"

still, bummer.