Top 5 albums per year

[CrashBand]

As there are a lot of misconceptions around the interwebz that 2000's hip-hop sucked, my last thread made me want to get a more refined feel of what is the best year in hip-hop..

We'll go every year from 2000 to 2012. And then the albums from 2013 you like so far.

Go.

If you can...

[LIL_B]

in, gonna do later

[CrashBand]

Me too, I didn't wanna spoil the fun.

[LIL_B]

2000:

1. Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
2. Sad Clown Bad Dub II - Atmosphere
3. Masters of the Universe - Binary Star
4. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
5. Like Water For Chocolate - Common

2001:

1. The Blueprint - JayZ
2. Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox
3. Disposable Arts - Masta Ace
4. Labor Days - Aesop Rock
5. Stillmatic - Nas

2002:

1. God Loves Ugly - Atmosphere
2. The Eminem Show - Eminem
3. Quality - Talib Kweli
4. Phrenology - The Roots
5. God's Son - Nas

2003:

1. The Black Album - Jay Z
2. Vaudeville Villain - MF Doom
3. Speakerboxxx / The Love Below - Outkast
4. Shadows on the Sun - Brother Ali
5. Champion Sound - Jaylib

2004:

1. The College Dropout - Kanye West
2. Madvillainy - MF Doom
3. Purple Haze - Cam'ron
4. Mm.. Food - MF Doom
5. A Long Hot Summer - Masta Ace

2005:

1. Late Registration - Kanye West
2. SONOGRAM - One Be Lo
3. The Ministrel Show - Little Brother
4. Be - Common
5. The Further Adventures of Lord Quas - Quasimoto

2006:

1. Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
2. A Piece of Strange - Cunninlynguists / Mood Musik 2 - Joe Budden
3. Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
4. Fishcale - Ghostface Killah
5. Donuts - J Dilla

2007:

1. Below the Heavens - Blu
2. American Gangster - Jay Z
3. The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
4. Graduation - Kanye West
5. Undisputed Truth - Brother Ali / The Old Prince - Shad

2008:

1. When Life Gives You Lemons - Atmosphere
2. 808's & Heartbreak - Kanye West
3. Johnson&Jonson - Blu
4. Untitled - Nas
5. The Renaissance - Q tip

2009:

1. Boy Meets World - Fashawn
2. By the Throat - Eyedea
3. Her Favorite Color - Blu
4. The Ecstatic - Mos Def
5. Born Like This - MF Doom

2010:

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2. TheGodleeBarnes LP - Blu
3. A Badly Broken Code - Dessa
4. Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty - Big Boi
5. KRIT wuz here - Big Krit

2011:

1. Watch The Throne - The Throne / Im Gay - Lil B
2. Charity Starts at Home - Phonte
3. Take Care - Drake
4. XXX - Danny Brown
5. Oneirology - Cunninlynguists

2012:

1. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
2. Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them - Blu
3. We Don't Even Live Here - POS
4. Habits & Contradictions - Schoolboy Q
5. Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color - Brother Ali

probably have missed some albums, that was painful

[CrashBand]

Didn't realise you were such a Blu stan.

Are you Blu? lol.

[LIL_B]

Didn't realise you were such a Blu stan.

Are you Blu? lol.

yes im blu, thats your turn now
make your list.

[CrashBand]

2001:
Eyedea – The Many Faces of Oliver Hart
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Aesop Rock – Labor Days
Atmospere – Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP’s
Nas – Stillmatic

2002:
Eminem – The Eminem Show
Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
Slug & Murs – Felt: A Tribute to Cristina Ricci
Xzibit - Man vs. Machine
Cam'ron - Come Home with Me

2003:
Jay-Z - The Black Album
OutKast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Atmosphere - Seven's Travels
Brother Ali - Shadows Of The Sun
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’

2004:
Eyedea & Abilities - E&A
Kanye West - College Dropout
k-os – Joyful Rebellion
Royce da 5’’9 – Death is Certain
Mos Def – The New Danger

2005:
Common - Be
Shad - When This is Over
Kanye West - Late Registration
Game - The Documentary
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

2006:
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liqueur
The Roots – Game Theory
Nas – Hip Hop is Dead
T.I. - King
k-os - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco

2007:
Spoonfull - Drawn With an Eraser
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Shad - The Old Prince
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

2008:
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Rhyme Asylum - State Of Lunacy
Sadisitik - The Balancing Act
T.I. - Paper Trail
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks

2009:
Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat
Eminem - Relapse
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day
J. Cole - The Warm Up
Tech N0ne – KOD


2010:
Spoonfull - Keep The Change
Copywrite - The Life and Times of Peter Nelson
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Hopsin - Raw
Rhyme Asylum - Solitary Confinement

2011:
Grieves - Together/Apart
J. Cole - Cole World
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
Lowkey - Soundtrack to the Struggle
Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel


2012:
Homebrew - Homebrew
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Yelawolf & Ed Sheeran - The Slumdon Bridge
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
@Peace - @Peace

2013:
@Peace - Girl Songs
Sadisitik - Flowers For My Father
Watsky - Cardboard Castles
Ces Cru - Constant Energy Struggles



Unlucky to miss out due to strong years in 2007 and 2010:
Kanye West - Graduation
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 3.5

Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan
Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy
Bliss N Eso - Running On Air
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 4
Nas & Damien Marley - Distant Relatives

[LIL_B]

@CrashBand

i have never heard of ''Spoonfull'' which project should i begin with?

and nice to see ''Seven's Travels'', severly underrated.

[PAINKILLƎR]

@CrashBand

i have never heard of ''Spoonfull'' which project should i begin with?

and nice to see ''Seven's Travels'', severly underrated.

Drawn with an eraser, Here EP, and Keep the Change m8. Solace knows a link where you can dl his whole discography ask him.

[Dante]

Didn't realise you were such a Blu stan.

Are you Blu? lol.

yes im blu, thats your turn now
make your list.

You will never be Blu.

[CrashBand]

@CrashBand

i have never heard of ''Spoonfull'' which project should i begin with?

and nice to see ''Seven's Travels'', severly underrated.

Block introduced him to the forum. He is as underground as you'll get.

Drawn With an Eraser, Keep The Change and Here EP are all great.

You can download his whole discography from purevolume.

My favourites would probably be:
Brooklyn Heartbreak
Upon The Surface (ft. Sadistik)
Maple Leaves
Hope Island
Alright
A Girl Named Crown
Backpacker
Pillow
Finally Awake
Hey Friend
Keep The change

[CrashBand]

Yeah, I had a few in there that a really making up the numbers.

[Solace]

Spoonfull is amazing. I suggest you watch his music video for Pillow immediately.

CrashBand, do you have a last.fm? If so, post it so I can add you. If not, oh well. You just seem like the type of person who would have one.

[CrashBand]

Nah I don't unfortunately. Even though it seems I've got that "collectors gene".

I might start, but, it seems so daunting starting from scratch.

[CrashBand]

Solace, give us your list mane.