I had a hard ass time trying to come up with my top 5 of the past year yo....
Not because there was so much ish to sift through, but because I can honestly only vouch for 1 album fully....
Now I'm not one to talk bad about Hip Hop music, especially in a day and age when most people b!tch about rap more than they big it up, but this past year's releases SUCKED! I probably downloaded more free ish that I vibe out to than vibe out to ish I actually bought (and IF? you know me, I buy A LOT of music)....
I don't know, man. I really, really hope this year's release schedule has more in store for we the listener than 2009....Seemingly the year of wet dream collabs (which is frESH, but some of these collab projects could have been a bit better in regard to quality).
Anyhow, here's my top 5 releases of last year....St.ARTing with the absolute best record I've purchased since
Opio's "Vulture's Wisdom" in 2008 and before that,
Cool Calm Pete's "Lost" in 2005 (Ouch!)....
Paten Locke "Super Ramen Rocket Ship"
My two favorite MCs ever
Del & Tame One collab'ed on an album I still swear is 85% to 95% freestyle
"Parallel Uni-verses"
Then there was the
Ed OG & Masta Ace collab album
"Arts & Entertainment"
Yet another super-collab,
Souls of Mischief & Prince Paul with
"Montezuma's Revenge"
And rounding out my weak list is yet another blessing outta the Hiero camp, Opio's FREE "EveryBody Loves The Sun" EP (follow up to last year's "Vulture's Wisdom"). Ope's like the Sean P of Hiero all of a sudden, huh?
So in conclusion (heh)....3 albums of Hiero affiliation, 4 collab projects, and one truly dope and slept on release from someone I can honestly say I've met a few times (No,
Therapy, you cannot have a "cigar"...We call them Ls up here, homey)....
I hope this year sounds a lot better than last...At least
DJ AlBums and company got to toss out some wax in the name of Rhode Island/Southern New England....
Anyone out there wanna agree, disagree, argue, relate, comment, or complain?
Just comment or hit me
HEREPeace.