freddie dropped hella shit in 2009 and brought the grimey grimey to the rap blogosphere.
BEST OF 2009: FREDDIE GIBBS
BEST OF 2009: MAJOR LAZER
diplo’s weird yet great dancehall/electro album kilt it.
Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Feat. Mr Lexx and Santigold) from Mad Decent on Vimeo.
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BEST OF 2009: JAY ELECTRONICA - EXHIBIT C (PROD. JUST BLAZE)
BEST OF 2009: MISTA B & B.CAUSE - RECORD HATERZ
earlier this year, 4onefunk dj’s mista b & b.cause dropped a monumental bay area rap mixtape. this mix has it all - ray luv, young lay, pac, san quinn, 3xkrazy, too $hort, spice 1, etc. (peep the full tracklist here).
you can still download it for free or purchase a cd version over at b.cause’s blog.
BEST OF 2009: STREETMEDIA (SELF-TITLED)
StreetMedia - “$ Orientated” (Music Video) from Sweetbreads Creative Collective on Vimeo.
one of the hottest hip-hop albums of 2009 is also one of the most slept on. emcee e.l.s. (stockton) teamed up with producer/dj ammbush (oakland) to form the group streetmedia and dropped a highly-underrated project. listen for yourself.
BEST OF 2009: FAT JOE - HEY JOE
leave it to fat joe to come out with an amazingly unforgettable street single, only to follow it up with an easily forgettable album.
BEST OF 2009: GHOSTDINI - WIZARD OF POETRY
probably the only rapper who can pull off an r&b album is ghostface killah aka ghostdini.
(sorry hov, best of both worlds is one of the most garbagest albums ever. and truth be told, i wasn’t even mad at the t-pain that raheem devaughn used on the album! ron browz, or “ether boy” (as he likes to call himself), is still garbage though.
BEST OF 2009: STARS & STRIPES (WHITE STRIPES MEETS HIP-HOP)
adrian champion presents: stars & stripes - the white stripes reimagined is easily one of the dopest music projects to come out all year.
if you haven’t heard of it or don’t have it, then you’re slipping. download it in high quality for free here.
BEST OF 2009: CITY OF GOD’S SON
as 2009 comes to a close, i’m reminded of some of the dopest projects to come out in the past year…
city of god’s son blew my mind. artist kenzo digital put together an amazing audio narrative by combining classic hip-hop sound bites, original production, sound design & effects, and dialogue clips from seminal films to create a “movie for the blind”. he even got the legendary joe bataan to tell the story. know about it.
