The best of 2010 Hip Hop according to Coldrockdaspot...

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:37 pm

http://coldrockdaspot.blogspot.com/2010 ... ng-to.html

Edit: This has been updated to Top 10 singles/tracks and Top 10 albums of 2010, according to me.

Peace

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:55 pm

step one · Post by **step one** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:59 pm

I dunno man, that Bun B track wasnt even Primo's best this year. Sounded kind of rushed and unfinished. Hopefully they'll do something proper in the future.

Fat Joe 'Im Gone' slays it.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:05 pm

step one wrote:I dunno man, that Bun B track wasnt even Primo's best this year. Sounded kind of rushed and unfinished. Hopefully they'll do something proper in the future.

Fat Joe 'Im Gone' slays it.

100% disagree, it was the combo of Bun and Premo that made it for me, Fat Joe is garbage these days.

step one · Post by **step one** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:10 pm

Jaz wrote:
step one wrote:I dunno man, that Bun B track wasnt even Primo's best this year. Sounded kind of rushed and unfinished. Hopefully they'll do something proper in the future.

Fat Joe 'Im Gone' slays it.
100% disagree, it was the combo of Bun and Premo that made it for me, Fat Joe is garbage these days.

it was more the fact that the sample didnt sit right on the drums, it didnt sound mixed down/mastered properly, the lack of a decent scratch/hook on the chorus and the phoned in lyrics that meant it didnt really do it for me. Joe's track was solid (as was 'That White' with Preme from a couple of years back)

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:32 pm

What a balanced list.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:35 pm

waddup Jaz?

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:00 pm

about 20 co-signs in, I still have no desire to download something from a dude named damu the fudgemunk

jazztomovethatass · Post by **jazztomovethatass** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:08 pm

DLG wrote:about 20 co-signs in, I still have no desire to download something from a dude named damu the fudgemunk

you should have jumped that wagon after the second cosign.

dirtee · Post by **dirtee** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:09 pm

^he's a pretty dope producer. this list sucks though.

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DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:24 pm

I'm pretty sure I know what it sounds like just by looking at the cover.

pale attempt to recapture the classic 90s essence of hip hop?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:29 pm

Serious question, not baiting:

Is there anything to be gained by listening to Damu's album that can't be achieved by listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient?

Honor_Blackman · Post by **Honor_Blackman** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:48 pm

Thun wrote:Serious question, not baiting:

Is there anything to be gained by listening to Damu's album that can't be achieved by listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient?

main ingredient = gold medal in the olympics

damu = gold medal in the special olympics

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:53 pm

Thun wrote:Serious question, not baiting:

Is there anything to be gained by listening to Damu's album that can't be achieved by listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient?

If you enjoy beats that are crafted well, layered and nice samples and have smooth melodies and sound like something from the mid 90's then you will enjoy Damu The Fudgemunk.

Serious answer.

That Damu LP in my list is all older beats by the way.

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:09 pm

People not having Distant Relatives on their lists is straight :fail:

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:31 pm

Jaz.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:33 pm

Welcome back, Jaz

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:39 pm

Thanks Moolah and Spartan in the words of EPMD "I took time off, now I'm back to work"...

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:48 pm

No Kanye, no lookie.

I have to agree with DLG, hell it's bad even for an indie list.

Qwel & Maker, Shad, Jay, Curren$y, Big Boi, The Roots, The Left, ....

Actually there are only two lists there but both a pretty bad.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:06 pm

Nav wrote:No Kanye, no lookie.

I have to agree with DLG, hell it's bad even for an indie list.

Qwel & Maker, Shad, Jay, Curren$y, Big Boi, The Roots, The Left, ....

Actually there are only two lists there but both a pretty bad.

Lol no Kanye, no lookie?...why did you check it then? and Shad and Curren$y?...best of the year? haha.

Qwel and Maker was dope, but I listened to the others album a lot more, if you used your eyes you would have seen Maker listed as a top producer.

The Left is a dope album, but again I listened to the others album a lot more and I did list Apollo Brown as a top producer as well if you bothered to look.

CHANCE RANDOM · Post by **CHANCE RANDOM** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:51 pm

People give props to the production on Marcberg but shit on Damu? You have to be kidding me.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:04 pm

Jaz wrote:
Thun wrote:Serious question, not baiting:

Is there anything to be gained by listening to Damu's album that can't be achieved by listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient?
If you enjoy beats that are crafted well, layered and nice samples and have smooth melodies and sound like something from the mid 90's then you will enjoy Damu The Fudgemunk.

Serious answer.

That Damu LP in my list is all older beats by the way.

You know, Thun is actually almost spot on with his observation. I think some mutal friends of mine and his that know him had this same conversation. Still, Damu is dope and makes some good shit.

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:26 pm

Damu hate? Before I went on hiatus from the P, this place loved throwback shit. Now it's all about tumblr rap and marble mouth MCs.

Thank god for borks.

CHANCE RANDOM · Post by **CHANCE RANDOM** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:31 pm

vinylpops wrote:Damu hate? Before I went on hiatus from the P, this place loved throwback shit. Now it's all about tumblr rap and marble mouth MCs.

Thank god for borks.

Seriously. I mean.. what are the Sounds Like The 90's comps all about then?

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:42 pm

QWALMS wrote:
vinylpops wrote:Damu hate? Before I went on hiatus from the P, this place loved throwback shit. Now it's all about tumblr rap and marble mouth MCs.

Thank god for borks.
Seriously. I mean.. what are the Sounds Like The 90's comps all about then?

I need to take a look at those more often.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:44 pm

making throwback rap and being boring as fuck are not mutually exclusive concepts

in fact, they often go hand in hand

plenty of other throwback stuff gets love on here

battlecatmeowstab212 · Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:05 pm

I give them props for mentioning Markey Fresh's passing.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:07 pm

ardamus wrote:
Jaz wrote:
Thun wrote:Serious question, not baiting:

Is there anything to be gained by listening to Damu's album that can't be achieved by listening to Pete Rock & CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient?
If you enjoy beats that are crafted well, layered and nice samples and have smooth melodies and sound like something from the mid 90's then you will enjoy Damu The Fudgemunk.

Serious answer.

That Damu LP in my list is all older beats by the way.
You know, Thun is actually almost spot on with his observation. I think some mutal friends of mine and his that know him had this same conversation. Still, Damu is dope and makes some good shit.

Yeah I wasn't trying to suggest that the resemblance to Pete Rock and CL Smooth made it bad per se, just wondering what else Damu has to offer besides channeling his influences. For what it's worth, I like imitation Pete Rock and CL smooth if it's done well. I've had enough of Gang Starr and Native Tongue imitations, though.

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:13 pm

drizzle wrote:making throwback rap and being boring as fuck are not mutually exclusive concepts

in fact, they often go hand in hand

plenty of other throwback stuff gets love on here

Not as much as it used to, but I'm just talking shit and sticking up for Damu who gets called boring a lot, but has to be one of the cleanest producers out there. Match him up with more exciting MCs than Insight (I think Insight is dope, I'm assuming a good chunk disagree) and I think he would get more love.

I wish he had the rights to release the album with OC.

CHANCE RANDOM · Post by **CHANCE RANDOM** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:14 pm

drizzle wrote:making throwback rap and being boring as fuck are not mutually exclusive concepts

in fact, they often go hand in hand

plenty of other throwback stuff gets love on here

As far as I know, he pretty much works exclusively with Insight. Otherwise he's making instrumental shit. And Insight is too skilled to be boring.. no one doing "throwback rap" these days has the skill to make a track like "Seventeen Emcees".