Album of the Year - 2011 Edition

[fahfee]

.::Album of the Year - 2011 Edition::.

The year is almost done I guess we can start throwing in our nominations...
This year has actually been good so far what you say? 

Album of the Year - 2011 Edition
NOMINATIONS:
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9th Wonder - The Wonder Years   A
Action Bronson - Dr Lecter   A
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well Done   A
AG (of D.I.T.C): BERRI TV   M
AKA - AltarEGO   A
Akua Naru - A journey aflame    A
Apathy - Honkey Kong   A

Bambu - Exact Change Reloaded    M
Beneficence - Sidewalk science    A
Big K.R.I.T - Return of 4eva   A
Black Milk & Danny Brown - Black & Brown (2011)   A
Black UP - Shabazz Palaces   A
Blaq Poet - Blaq poet Society    A
Bronze Nazareth – School For The Blindman (2011)   A

Canibus - Lyrical Law   A
Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety More   A
Cunninglynguists - ONEiROLOGY    A
Curren$y - Verde Terrace   M
Curren$y & Alchemist - Covert Coup EP   EP

Danny Brown - XXX   M
Das Racist - Relax   A
Dunc & Toine DTMD - Makin Dollars   A

Elzhi - Elmatic   A
Evidence - Cats & Dogs   A

Fashawn - Higher Learning 2   A
FREDDIE GIBBS - COLD DAY IN HELL MIXTAPE 2011   M
Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah - Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away   EP

Game - R.E.D.   A
Gangrene - Greenberg   A
Gym Cla** Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles II (2011)   A

H.O.P.E - Believe In Hope Wright [Mixtape]   M
Halo - Blind poet   A

Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz - Heavy metal kings    A
Immortal Technique - The Martyr   A

J.Cole - Cole World: Sideline story   A
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The throne   A
Jean Grae - Cookies or Comas   M
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violence Begets Violence   A
J-Live - S.P.T.A   A

Kaimbr and Kev Brown's Al Green   A
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80   M
KOOL G RAP: Riches, Royalty, Respect    A

Little Vic - Apocalypto    M
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers   A
M.O.P. & Snowgoons - SPARTA!   A
Mac Miller - Kids    A
Median – The Sender   A

NO I.D. - Cocaine 80's: “Summer Madness”[The Pursuit EP]   EP

Pete Rock & Smiff & Wesson - Monumental   A
Pharohe Monch - W.A.R   A
Phonte - Charity Starts At Home   A
Planet Asia -"CRACK BELT THEATRE"   A
PLANET ASIA + TRISTATE: Each Step Becomes Elevated   A
Pr1me - [Unttaged] [Mixtape]   M
Prodigy - The Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson EP   EP

R.E.K.S - Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme   A
Raekwon - Shaolin vs Wu Tang   A
Random Axe-Random Axe   A
Rapsody - Thank her now   M
Reef The Lost Cauze & Snowgoons – Your Favorite MC   A
ROB ONE - AFRICAN!   A
Royce da 5'9 - Success is certain   A
RuthlesTulz - The Dark Age   M

SAN & KRITIK - CLa**IC DIRT    A
Schaik & Definition Baroque - Butterfly    EP
Skyzoo - Great debater    M
Slaine & Statik Selektah - State Of Grace (2011)   A
Smoke Dza - Rolling Stoned   M
Statik Selektah – Population Control   C
Styles P – Master Of Ceremonies (2011)   A

Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows   A
The 58's - The 5'8's   A
The Away Team – Scars & Stripes   A
The Federation - Hardcore Styles…(HSFSRP)   A
Timbo King - "FROM BABYLON to TIMBUK2"    A
Tumi - POWA   M

Will Sessions - Real Sessions   C
Wu Tang - Legendary Weapons   C
Wu Tang Vs Jimi Hendrix - Black Gold   M
XV - Zero Heroes   A


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Will split list later into: (Albums,Compilations,Mixtapes,Africa/Local:)

[K'niep Tang]

Africa:
Tumi - POWA
AKA - AltarEGO
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Has any body heard this AKA album yet?

Tumi's POWAMixtape gets spun regularly round here. It's too nice. But why you gotta put him in the album section too?

Elzhi - Elmatic gets a nomination

[oints]

WHOO...this is gon be a messy one, cos this year, this year was HEAT fam...got so many, dont really know where to start...off the top, you gotta have

"ONEiROLOGY" by CUNNINGLYNGUISTS
"CRACK BELT THEATRE" by PLANET ASIA
"FROM BABYLON to TIMBUK2" by TIMBO KING

and...hmm, what else i been listening to ....il come back 

[oints]

Action Bronson - Dr Lecter (just for shits & giggles really, not that innovative but i like the way he put a newer twist on a style GHOST FACE brithed)
Akua Naru - a journey aflame (dope emcee out of Africa but based in Germany, shes butta peaking with the bars plus i liked what JR & PH7 did on the beats)
Blaq Poet - Blaq poet Society (not really much of a poet fan, but i really dig his choice of BEATS on this record, it makes his rather stagnant type of raps sound newer)
Beneficence - Sidewalk science (this deserves a mention from me, if anything, cos its TRUE SKOOL & forms part of my foundation)
Royce da 5'9 - Success is certain (i dont think anyone right now is dropping flow like Royce, as much as unique goes, il have to say he's carving out his own niche and flow pattern, although some would argue Eminem patented it)
R.E.K.S - R.E.K.S (one of the best out there right now)
Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz - Heavy metal kings (i think it deserves a mention, they rep the horror core pretty well, although the music reaches satiation pretty quick after the first rotation)
SAN & KRITIK - CLa**IC DIRT (dope & comprehensive record, if i do say so myself)
Pete Rock & Smiff & Wesson - Monumental (this whole year, i dont think anyone has managed to MASTER the SWING like Pete Rock did on this record)

mixtapes:

Little Vic - Apocalypto (no one has raps & flow like Vic, no one, ask his manz Emilio, Skyzoo, Chaundon, Joey Budden and em)
Rapsody - Thank her (shouts to the earth, shes really pulling her weight & proving her worth, id say keep checking for her)
Bambu - Exact Change reloaded (without a doubt, Bam is my favourite emcee for the 2010-2011 timeline)

[DesperateLowlifes Fanatik]

Folks, is it just me or does the fact that there are still four months left in the year sort of makes the subject of Album of The Year a bit  impetuous?? or at the least, premature?

[illmas]

WHOO...this is gon be a messy one, cos this year, this year was HEAT fam...got so many, dont really know where to start...off the top, you gotta have

"ONEiROLOGY" by CUNNINGLYNGUISTS
"CRACK BELT THEATRE" by PLANET ASIA
"FROM BABYLON to TIMBUK2" by TIMBO KING

and...hmm, what else i been listening to ....il come back 

That Timbo King is one of my favs this year. R.E.D Album is also one of the Best commercially

[oints]

Folks, is it just me or does the fact that there are still four months left in the year sort of makes the subject of Album of The Year a bit  impetuous?? or at the least, premature?

whose still to drop worth checking for....i stay on the wire daily, i dont see anyone who hasnt dropped now that can really shifting the balance....!

[oints]

lets tick em off shall we.....

Georgia Anne Muldrow - VWETO (LP) [pre order now]
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne [January 11]
Madlib – Madlib Medicine Show No. 11: Low Budget High Fi Music [January 18]
DJ Premier – Beats That Collected Dust Volume 2 [Vinyl Release] [January 18]
Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows [January 25th]
9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Solution [January 25]

Elzhi - Elmatic [February TBA]
Aspect 1 - Black History [February 1]
Strong Arm Steady - Arms & Hammers [February 1]
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse: The EP [February 8]
Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental [February 8]
Saigon - Greatest Story Never Told [February 15]

Slaine - A World With No Skies [February 15]
Blu – Amnesia [February 15]
Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) [February 22]
Apollo Brown – Clouds (Instrumental) [February 22]
Travis Barker - Give The Drummer Some [February 22]

Ras G – Beat Soup V3 [March 1]
J. Rocc – Some Cold Rock Stuf [Vinyl Release] [March 8]
Raekwon – Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang [March 8]
MF Doom – Operation: Doomsday [Deluxe Edition] [March 22]
John Robinson & Robot Koch – Robot Robinson [International Release] [March 29]
Common - The Dreamer, The Believer [March 29]
Jean Grae – Cake Or Death [March 2011]

J-Live - SPTA [April 5]
Royce Da 5'9" - Success Is Certain [April 26]
Finale – TBD [April 26]

Apollo Brown & Ha**aan Mackey – Daily Bread [May 17th]

TBA 2011 releases:
Blakroc - Blakroc 2
Method Man - The Crystal Meth
Jehst - Dragom Of An Ordinary Family
Asaviour - Play To Win 3
Black Milk & Melanie Rutherford - Searching For Sanity
Nas - The Lost Tapes: Vol 2
DJ Premier Vs Pete Rock
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx 3
Redman - Muddy Waters II
Ghostface & Sheek - Wu-Block
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele IIKRS-One & Showbiz - Godsville
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bip
DJ House Shoes - King James V2
Fashawn - The Ecology
Talib Kweli - Prisoners Of Conscious
Diamond District - March On Washington
Oddisee - People Hear What They See
Jay Electronica - Act II
Oh No - Ohnomite
Phife Dawg - Songs in the Key of Phife
GZA/RZA – Liquid Swords 2: The Return Of The Shadowboxer
Busta Rhymes – Extinction Level Event 2
Waajeed x Invincible - TBA
MED - TBA
Nas - TBA
Melanin 9 - TBA
Cyrus Malachi - TBA
7thDan x Endemic - TBA
Task Force - TBA
Dr. Dre - Detox TBA
Q-Tip - The Last Zulu TBA
J. Cole - Cole World TBA
Evidence - Cats & Dogs TBA
Andre 3000 TBA
Apollo Brown x Guilty Simpson - TBA
Random Axe (Guilty Simpson, Sean Price & Black Milk) - TBA
Othello One x 14KT - Taking L's [Spring 2011]
Apollo Brown - Clouds (Instrumentals) [Spring 2011]
Redman/Method Man - Blackout 3 [Summer 2011]
M-Phazes - Phased Out [Winter 2011]

[fahfee]

Folks, is it just me or does the fact that there are still four months left in the year sort of makes the subject of Album of The Year a bit  impetuous?? or at the least, premature?

we are ahead of our times

Just think of it as the Album Of The Year So Far thread then. I thought we might as well start early this zear since this place is usually dead after mid-November?

[fahfee]

Dr. Dre - Detox TBA

Supposed to drop this Year? LOL

[oints]

Dr. Dre - Detox TBA

Supposed to drop this Year? LOL

LOL, thats the JOKE that killed HEATH LEDGER...!

[fahfee]

I bet Dre doesnt really care about rap right now especially after the lack-lustre response to the Kush single. When last did he even produce a track for a mainstream album and I dont mean taking a DJ Khalil beat and slapping his name on top of it!?_

 

[oints]

I bet Dre doesnt really care about rap right now especially after the lack-lustre response to the Kush single. When last did he even produce a track for a mainstream album and I dont mean taking a DJ Khalil beat and slapping his name on top of it!?_

DRE is a rubix cube right now, all i know is, hes more on a talent scouting expedition than he is really on tryna be "the ace"....KHALIL is a beast no doubt, but now, now the mainstream is talking more about ALEX THE KID, cat who produced "i need a doctor" joint...if "detox" ever drops, itl be more of a SPOTLIGHT typa album, showcasing production talent from the new skool than from DRE himself..!

[fahfee]

Heard these are worth checking out. Havent got to the Dza yet. Anyone?

Smoking Dza - Rolling Stoned


Curren$y - VT
http://www.datpiff.com/Curreny-Verde-Terrace-mixtape.262815.html

[fahfee]

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