best major label rap album of 2009

rae

i would ask you to rank other favorites but i guess i could do that from your top 100

mos > 50 > everything else. still somehow not heard the rae

1. ugk
2. gucci mane
3. kid sister
4. busta rhymes [this has several true bangers on it! underrated]
5. raekwon

enjoyed lil boosie, gorilla zoe and rick ross in a noncommittal sort of way too

of the ones i've heard:

Lil Boosie > UGK > Gucci Mane > Raekwon >>> Fabolous > Twista > Jadakiss >>>>>>>>> Jay-Z

when i first tried to load this poll it stopped after

Ace Hood - Ruthless
Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle
Birdman - Pricele$$

and i thought oh i see a hilarious joke poll

now i see

i would go on, some dude, but my "centimeter-deep knowledge of rap this year" means I only listened to 39 of these

This is kind of sad. Less than one album a week.

you being the one person who's heard that many means you should definitely, y'know, post at length instead of taking shots at someone who's not even on the thread

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although if nothing else i'd love to know what your candidates for worst would be

from this list:

Ten best
1. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
2. UGK - UGK 4 Life
3. Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis
4. Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
5. Cam'ron - Crime Pays
6. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
7. New Boyz - Skinny Jeans And A Mic
8. Juvenile - Cocky & Confident
9. 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
10. Birdman - Pricele$$

Five worst
1. Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle
2. MIMS - Guilt
3. Timbaland - Shock Value 2
4. Kid Sister - Ultraviolet
5. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

UGK over Gucci, New Boyz, Ghost, Ross

Albums I had no idea existed:

Fat Joe - Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2)
Maino - If Tomorrow Comes...
Playaz Circle - Flight 360: The Takeoff

i need to do my whineygo trip top 25, which would basically be that list plus Quik/Kurupt, Tanya Morgan, Camp Lo, Cormega, Skyzoo, Blaq Poet, etc

oh, add Mims to that list

b.g. isn't on there, but from the list it's either ugk or mos def for me

This is kind of sad

my feelings exactly

surprised that Quik/Kurupt album wasn't major label

I guess B.G. counts, I thought of it as an independent since it's through E1/Koch but apparently Atlantic had something to do with it? So we can make that the 'other' write-in if you wanna vote for that.

ok of the ones i've heard

top 5

1. gucci
2. boosie
3. rae
4. ugk
5. ross

bottom 5

5. cam'ron
4. jay-z
3. clipse
2. asher
1. kid cudi

still wanna hear that young money album

lol @ mims

you can catch me on my avenue i show you what that money do

that fucking mims album is so goddam bad

rick ross, cam'ron, raekwon, then ugk

that's it the rest sucked

boosie was OK

the state vs radric davis was probably my favorite actually. don't know why i completely forgot about that

of the ones i remember

UGK - UGK 4 Life
Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
>
Lil Boosie - Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz
50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
>>
Fabolous - Loso's Way
Gorilla Zoe - Don't Feed Da Animals
OJ Da Juiceman - The Otha Side Of The Trap
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Cam'ron - Crime Pays
K'naan - Troubadour
Clipse - Til The Casket Drops
>>>>>>>>
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Jim Jones - Pray IV Reign

yeah ghost was really disappointing.

50 was actually OK too.

Fast Life has like 10 serious bangers on it btw

that cam'ron album is dogshit

xp which is the title of the Paul Wall album that you meant s.d.

get money stay true was from 07

probably the worst collection of beats of the year

i lol'd at your screen name but smh'ed at your misguided judgement of Crime Pays

you need to CURVE

my main problem with that album is that - "i hate my job" aside - there were very few bouncy soul beats a la "soap opera" or "hey lady"

the four songs i kept from that album are

silky (no homo)
i hate my job
get it in ohio
cookin up

the last two are def bangers

soooo not enough songz 4 da ladiez?

those aren't for the ladies really - pretty much every beat on that album is tinny and unpleasant

no i meant soap opera and hey lady

those are like my two least favorite songs from that album, probably haven't not skipped them since 05

i love those songs

Boosie's my favourite (of those I heard - not a huge amount)

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how many lurkers voting for Blueprint 3 are we gonna be rolling our damn eyes at?

tbh this poll will get <15 votes but i doubt bp3 will win

obv gucci is gonna win

lurkers plus wgw

obv raekwon is gonna win

obv wgw said upthread that he likes raekwon best

lex: what tracks do yo like from back on my b.s.? i still kinda hold a torch for busta's ability on freestyles and features and such like, bt i don't even check for his official releases. I'd quite like to make a playlist of busta in 2009 tho with good cuts from the album along with some of these things (royce feature, renaissance rap remix, kay slay freestyle over "nutmeg", feature with billy danze etc.)

it's more cuz they're really addictive beats to bump to with great guest spots...busta himself is enjoyably generic, mostly, rather than mindblowing. but..."conglomerate" (the version with jeezy not wayne), the "hustler's anthem" remix with gucci mane, "kill dem" with tosh, "world go round" with estelle. i remember a couple of other nice enough autotune/dancehall tracks too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KC-aahsuOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHCm36nn5yo

Ranking the ones I've heard, best to worst:

Raekwon
Mos Def
Ghostface Killah
Clipse
UGK
Jay-Z
Kid Cudi

thx lex.
wow at estelle's new (?) haircut looking like that one chick from en vogue. busta doing handbag house is kinda why i avoid the official releases tbh, not that it's terrible but js the feeling that it shouldn't be busta doing it. kill dem is fun tho! dancehall style can make me nervous tho like bopping around to elephant man or something (apologies to e man if he's cool) and someone looks at you coldly and says "you know that's about killing gay ppl with fire, right?" and you're like um no ermmmm. i remember that "respect my conglomerate" track. seems like it's from such a long time ago.

1) gucci
2) lil boosie
3) raekwon
4) ugk
5) rick ross

surprised at how few of these i have heard though (only clipse, jadakiss and kid sister other than the above) :(

patting myself on the back for going the whole year without hearing the blueprint 3 once

Shock Value 2 was released? Where are the hits?

it came out in November, same week as Rihanna and Lady Gaga as part of that 'super monday' promotion, and sold 37k. the song w/ Drake is getting a tiny bit of R&B radio play but other than that, no hits.

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tbh this poll will get <15 votes

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love ugk but no way would i vote their album best this year -- i voted gucci but coulda gone for boosie or even rae

Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day 2

this is how many of my ears i would cut off if forced to listen to this album again

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 1

heartening

52 is a lot more than 15!!!!

really pleasantly shocked that the poll's top 4 is the same as my own top 4, if in a slightly diff't order.

Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. 3

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I hadn't heard the Rick Ross album....really like it, thank you this thread.