HERE ARE MY TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2012! These are in order starting with what I thought was the best album (left to right). I made this list based on creativeness, replay value, and being dope. Peep the list. Honorable mention include: Ab-Soul “Control System”, Joe Budden “A Loos Quarter”, Nas “Life Is Good”, Aesop Rock “Skelethon”, Murs x Fashawn “This Generation”

With one month left in 2012, these are my top 5 projects currently. I’m sure it will change by the end of December. Honorable mention include: JJ DOOM “Keys to the Cuffs” and EL-P “Cancer 4 Cure” and Oddisee “People Hear What They Wanna See”

1.Blu-Below The Heavens

2.Fashawn-Boy Meets World

3.Common-BE

4.MF Doom and Madlib- Madvillainy

5a.Nas-Illmatic

5b.Common-Like Water For Chocolate

6. Jay-Z-Reasonable Doubt

7. Mos Def-Black On Both Sides

8.Outkast-Aquemini

9.J.Dilla-Donuts

10.Nas-It Was Writen

11.The Roots-How I Got Over

12.Outkast-ATLiens

13.50 Cent- Get Rich or Die Tryin’

14.The Game-The Documentary

15.Madlib-The Unseen

16.Lupe Fiasco-Food and Liquor

17.Eminem- Marshall Mahers LP

18.Slum Village-Fantasic Volume 1

19.Little Brother-The Minstrel Show

20.Mos Def and Talib Kweli-Blackstarr

Top 5 Albums of 2012 (Thus Far)

No order, just 50 songs I bumped constantly throughout the year or if they just came out I havent stopped playing them:

1. Ab-Soul (ft. Kendrick Lamar)- Turn Me UP
2. Ab-Soul- House Party 5
3. Action Bronson- The Rainmaker
4. Action Bronson- Cliff Notes
5. Asher Roth- Common Knowledge
6. Asher Roth (ft. Kids These Days and Casey Veggies)- Hard Times
7. Big K.R.I.T- Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed and Encouraging Racism
8. Big K.R.I.T- King’s Blues
9. Big K.R.I.T- American Rapstar
10. Blu- 4 U
11. Blu- Keep Ush Inn
12. Blu (ft. Nia Andrews)- My Sunshine
13. Blu- Seasons
14. Blu- More Out Of Life
15. Co$$- Spaceman
16. Co$$- Pot Ash
17. Common- Sweet
18. Common (ft. Nas)- Ghetto Dreams
19. The Cool Kids (ft. Asher Roth, Chip Tha Ripper, and Boldy James)- Roll Call
20. Cunninlynguists (ft. Freddie Gibbs)- Hard As They Come
21. Cunninlynguists (ft. Big K.R.I.T)- Murder (Act II)
22. Curren$y (ft. Freddie Gibbs)- Scottie Pippen
23. Dom Kennedy- Ice Cream Truck
24. Dom Kennedy- Goodbye
25. Drake (ft. Rihanna)- Take Care
26. Drake- Look What You’ve Done
27. Elzhi- Memory Lane
28. Elzhi- One Love
29. Fashawn (ft. J.Cole)- Nothing For The Radio
30. Fashawn (ft. J.Cole and Omen)- Relaxation
31. Freddie Gibbs- My Homeboy’s Girlfriend
32. J.Cole- Sideline Story
33. J.Cole- Breakdown
34. Jay-z and Kanye West- Primetime
35. Kendrick Lamar- Hol’ Up
36. Kendrick Lamar- Ronald Reagan Era
37. Kendrick Lamar (ft. GLC)- Poe Mans Dream
38. Kendrick Lamar- Rigamortus
39. Pac Div- High Five
40. Pac Div (ft. TiRon)- She
41. Phonte (ft.Elzhi)- Not Here Anymore
42. The Roots (ft. Greg Porn and Truck North)- Kool On
43. Schoolboy Q- Figg Get Da Money
44. Schoolboy Q- #BETiGOTSUMWEED
45. Tanya Morgan- Whatever That’s Mine
46. Thurz (ft. Cheryl Johnson)- Prayer
47. Thurz (ft. BJ The Chicago Kid)- Hell’s Angel
48. TiRon and Ayomari (ft. Yummy Bingham)- All My Love
49. Blu- She Said It’s Ok
50. TiRon and Ayomari (ft. DRUGS and ThunderCat)- If I Had You

My Top 5 Emcees in 2011… This list is composed of 5 artists that put together a great year in my eyes and I’m expecting ALOT from in 2012.

These are my top 25 projects of the year in order… If you have been sleeping on any of these albums/mixtapes I suggest to check them out.

1. Kendrick Lamar - “Section 80”

2. Blu & Exile - “Give Me Flowers While I Can Smell Them”

3. Elzhi - “Elmatic”

4. Asher Roth - “Pabst and Jazz”

5. BIG KRIT - “Return Of 4 Eva”

6. Common - “The Dreamer/The Believer”

7. Thurz - “LA Riots”

8. Freddie Gibbs - “A Cold Day In Hell”

9. The Roots - “Undun”

10. Co$$ - “Before I Awoke”

11. Drake - “Take Care”

12. Action Bronson - “Well Done”

13. Pac Div - “The Div”

14. J.Cole - “Cole World: The Sideline Story”

15. Phonte - “Charity Starts At Home”

16. DOM KENNEDY - “Westside With Love II”

17. Schoolboy Q - “Setbacks”

18. Curren$y - “Covert Coup”

19. Blu - “Jesus LP”

20. The Cool Kids - “When Fish Ride Cicycles”

21. Fashawn - “Higher Learning Volume II”

22. Blu - “NoYork!”

23. Jay-z and Kanye West - “Watch The Throne”

24. TiRon and Ayomari - “A Sucker For Pumps”

25. Danny Brown - “XXX”

This is going to be used for music strictly since I writ about sports and tweet about them all the time. Stay tuned for my top 25 projects of the year coming SOON

1. Blu- “Below The Heavens”

2. Fashawn “Boy Meets World”

3. Common- “Be”

4. Kendrick Lamar- “Overly Dedicated”

5. Mos Def “Black On Both Sides”

6. Jay-z “Reasonable Doubt”

7. The Roots “How I Got Over”

8. Common “Ressurection”

9. Eminem “Slim Shady LP”

10. Little Brother “The Minstrel Show”

1. Kendrick Lamar- Section 80

2. Big KRIT- ReturnOf4Eva

3.Elzhi- Elmatic

4. Drake- Take Care

5. Thurz- LA RIOTS

6. Freddie Gibbs- Cold Day In Hell

7. Pac Div- The Div

8. Blu- NoYork!

9. J.Cole- Cole World: The Sideline Story

10. Dom Kennedy- Fro The West Side With Love II