New Music Tuesday: September 30, 2008

It’s finally here…. the day hip hop fans go broke everywhere! LOL… We’ve actually been looking forward to this day; a day where we have some very dope albums all dropping on one day.  Yeah, all of the albums above have leaked and most of you have heard them, but which ones will you be shelling out your hard earned cash for?  Which ones are worth the dough?

I’m not gonna tell you which ones to buy; however, I will give my recommendations…

The last couple of weeks, we ran a poll asking you which album would you be supporting today.  Here are the results…

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I was happy to see Murs in the lead.  This is one that I will definitely be coppin’.  Best Buy has it for $9.99, so there’s no excuse… that’s cheap!  For those of you willing to lay down a little extra cash, it’s also being released as a Special Edition, which includes a DVD with a short half-hour “spy” movie starring Murs.  Should be interesting… I may have to get the special edition.

Next in the polls is the new album from Heltah Skeltah.  I’ve heard a lot of people are really feeling this album.  I too was looking forward to it.  However, I just wasn’t feeling it.  I know both Deez and Thomas were digging it, so maybe they can chime in with their thoughts on D.I.R.T.

Coming in very close behind Heltah Skeltah is the new Madlib album!  I actually have not heard this one.  Nice to see lots of Madlib suporters on the site though.  Anyone heard it?  How is it?

T.I.’s Paper Trail comes in fourth place.  Beleive it or not, I am a T.I. fan.  King, Trap Muzik, and Urban Legend were all very good albums.  His last album, T.I. vs. T.I.P. left me a little stale; however, I feel that one was much better than his latest effort.  I honestly couldn’t get through Paper Trail.  I just wasn’t feeling it.

Termanology is the next album that I personally will be purchasing today.  I was really impressed with this album.  When I first saw the production credits a month ago, I tried not to get my hopes up too high.  But this album really delivers.  Read Deez’s review for his take on it.

The next album up is the new one from Large Pro.  This one actually leaked online nearly two months ago!  I was pretty sad to see that happen, but happy to hear it of course.  You really cannot deny some Large Pro production.  This album, called Main Source, literally takes us back to that boom bap from the 90s.  You KNOW I plan to buy this album today!

Bringing up the bottom three, we have Jean Grae‘s Evil Jeanius, Robin Thicke‘s Something New, and Ayatollah‘s Drum Machine.  Out of those three I have only heard the new Robin Thicke. Yeah, I know it’s not a hip hop album, but it is one that I have been looking forward to for a while. His last album, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, is probably my favorite R&B album of this decade.  And Something New is not bad at all; Robin does his thing.  But after buying Murs, Termanology, and Large Pro, my pockets will be empty.  I’ll pick this up in a couple of week.

The Ayatollah album, I have not heard.  But looks like there aren’t too many people interested in it.  The new Jean Grae?  You know how I feel about that one.  Jean apparently does not support it, so I won’t be either.  And I recommend that no one goes out and buy it.  In fact, fuck it, download that shit.  Fuck the label… Jean Grae, get yours!