Happy New Year and welcome to 2010! After our many lists of 2009 from yesterday, I wanted to take a moment and recap the 2000’s, since we are now in a new decade. What started off as a Top 10 list, turned quickly into a Top 20, and then just really got out of control. So instead of a “list,” I’ve decided to just pay homage to my personal favorite albums of the past decade. Some are obvious, some are more underground. In no particular order, the follow albums prove that hip hop was very much alive in the 2000’s.
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Outkast – Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway
Scarface – The Fix/Made
Raekwon – OB4CL2
Wu-Tang – The W
Kanye – College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation
Can’t think right now.
UGK – UGK
Wifey put me onto Little Brother and their work is incredible but Ghost…GFK his shit is redunkulous – this was definitely his decade. I hate the Patriots but they got 3 Super Bowls so its their decade and in the hip-hop arena the only person coming close to GFK’s CONSISTENT quality output is Kanye
Ok, so its a tie: GhostFace Killa & Kanye
Nice list very close to what mine would be. Cuban Linx 2 and The Fix were good shouts from Thomas as was the Wu’s The W (underrated).
Was defo GFK’s decade, the most consistent output on the hip hop landscape. That said in more general rap terms Jigga defo took it and is huuuge at the moment. He also had a good output as well that just tended to see saw in quality: The blueprint, bp2, black album, kingdome come, american gangster and the bp3 lol
Save for a few disagreements, this list is on point, but I don’t think there was a better alum this decade then Scarface – ‘The Fix’
Tanya Morgan
so dope
and every Little Brother piece of work available
Thanks for putting me and Ryan on the list, Kevin. We are humbled!!
Second Eminem’s album
blackalicious – the craft
zion i – mind over matter
zion i – true and livin
Zion i – The Takeover
Masters of Illusion
Motion Man – Clearing the Field
Motion Man – Pablito’s Way
KutMasta Kurt – RedNeck Games
Demigodz – The Godz Must Be Crazier
Pete Philly & Perqusite – Mindstate
Pete Philly & Perqusite – Mistery Repeats
Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
…………
I think I will make a complete list and put it on my myspace.
Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
1. Kanye West- Late Registration
2. Little Brother- the Minstrel Show
3. Jay-Z- the Blueprint
4. J Dilla- Donuts
5. Common- Be
6. Slum Village- Fantastic Vol. 2
7. Ghostface Killah- the Pretty Toney Album
8. Kanye West- College Droput
9. Lupe Fiasco presents… Food & Liquor
10. Madvillain- Madvillainy
*Honorable Mentions:
Outkast- Speakerbox/ The Love Below
the album would’ve made number 6 if it was just ‘The Love Below”
Little Brother- The Listening
this would be number 11. but there’s no 11 spot in a top ten list.
Lupe Fiasco presents… the Cool
it wasn’t better than Food and Liquor… that’s all i’m gonna say.
Ghostface Killah- Fishscale
on some real shit, Toney ain’t never made a whack Def Jam album.
Cam’ron Presents the Diplomats- Diplomatic Immunity
easily the most underrated looked over album of 2003.
the Heatmakers in their coming out party provided Dip-Set an extrordinary backdrop
for their flambouyant yet gritty rhymes about crack, whips, and how they ain’t bitch.
lmao…
Freeway- Philadelphia Freeway
the second most underrated album of 2003. Just Blaze provided Leslie with some heat
and it showed like a mufucka.
AZ- Aziatic
2002’s most overlooked album. i was totally geeked when i heard “the Essence”
was nominated for a Grammy… Nigga you James Bond!
Jay-Z- American Gangster
no comment.
i’m done.
—a dying metaphor—
talib kweli – quality was a big disappointment to me. i bought it on vinyl before listening to it because at this point i thought everything from kweli must be dope!
Word! Didn’t expect to see Mr J Mederos on the list. Not because it wasnt dope but didn’t think he would be on your radar.