100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade (2006-7)

*Sinatra voice* When I was 21 (2007), it was a very good year..

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Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2006

1. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale

2. J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Donuts

3. T.I. – King

4. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury

5. Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead

6. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor

7. Cam’ron – Killa Season

8. The Roots – Game Theory

9. Jay-Z – Kingdom Come

10. Rhymefest – Blue Collar

Honorable Mentions: The Coup – Pick A Bigger Weapon, Cunninlynguists – A Piece of Strange

Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2007

1. Kanye West – Graduation

2. Talib Kweli – EarDrum

3. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens

4. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool

5. Jay-Z – American Gangster

6. Little Brother – Getback

7. Black Milk – Popular Demand

8. Redman – Red Gone Wild (Thee Album)

9. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth  

10. UGK – Underground Kingz

Honorable Mentions: 50 Cent – Curtis, Common – Finding Forever, Pharaohe Monch – Desire, Hell Razah – Renaissance Child

Only 1 more year left, then we’ll close it out with a treat ’09. Stay tuned..

100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade (2002-3)

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Let’s continue with my picks for the Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade, 10 from each ’02 and ’03.

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Best Albums of 2002

1. GZA / Genius – Legend of the Liquid Sword

2. Eminem – The Eminem Show

3. Scarface – The Fix

4. Clipse – Lord Willin’

5. Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly

6. Styles P – A Gangster and a Gentleman

7. Nas – God’s Son

8. The Roots – Phrenology

9. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse

10. Talib Kweli – Quality

Honorable Mentions: Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow, DJ Shadow – The Private Press, Nas – The Lost Tapes

Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2003

1. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’

2. OutKast – A Love Below / Speakerboxxx

3. Jay-Z – The Black Album

4. Jaylib (J Dilla & Madlib) – Champion Sound

5. Little Brother – The Listening

6. The Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity

7. Gangstarr – The Ownerz

8. T.I. – Trap Muzik

9. Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain

10. Joe Budden – Joe Budden

Honorable Mentions: Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun, Madlib – Shades of Blue

Next Up: Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2004-5, keep it locked..

Sound Table 8/25/09

Y’all know who.. (c) The Roots

Beanie Sigel – All For It

Birdman ft. Lil’ Wayne & Drake – Money To Blow

Brother Ali – Breakin’ Dawn

Clinton Sparks ft. Pitbull & Fatman Scoop – On To You (Main)

DJ Jaycee – Afternoon Delight (RIP Aaliyah Mix)

Fly Gypsy ft. Nas, 2Pac & David James – Imagination

Jay-Z – Reminder prod. Timbaland

Kid Cudi – Cudi Zone (Rough)

Little Brother / Foreign Exchange – BBC Radio 1 Live Session [Shout to Nicolay!]

MAGr ft. Blu – Laminated Looseleafs prod. DistantStarr

Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface – 10 Bricks

Raekwon ft. Lyfe Jennings – Catalina

Rhymefest – Binary Code prod. BKS

Rick Ross ft. The-Dream, Twista & Krayzie Bone – All I Really Want (Remix)