Best of The Year

[Blockhead]

no love for the danny brown album, block?

I like it but only half of it. Can you guess which half?
Also, I definitely forgot some names on my list...
OME had a great year and I forgot Illogic's album came out this year too...Oops!

[AWAE]

danny brown
alchmist
asap rocky
yeezus
action bronson
ka
roc marciano
earl
bishop nehru

[Hair of the Dog]

Album of The Year
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
Illogic & Blockhead - Capture the Sun
Armand Hammer - Race Music
YC the Cynic - GNK
Billy Woods - Dour Candy
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Kanye West - Yeezus
Danny Brown - Old
Black Milk - No Poison, No Paradise
Ka - The Night's Gambit

Rapper of The Year
Elucid
YC the Cynic
Billy Woods
Earl

Producer of The Year
Blockhead
El-P
Alchemist
Adrian Younge

Mixtape of The Year
Oddisee - Tangible Dream
Big K.R.I.T. - King Remembered In Time
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
Mr. M'fin Exquire - Kismet

Worst album of The Year
RA the Rugged Man - Legends Never Die

[Larry2times]

a few more under the radar ones:

Tay Tay - Thats Me
Tadoe - I Love Money ft. Jay Macc & Tony Gunnz

(top 3 beat of the year imho)
Bleezy Da Kidd - 4 Dem Racks ft. Yamir

[Comedy Quaddafi]

Album of the year is Da Krazies 2 by Ampichino.

[Comedy Quaddafi]

Damn.

I thought that Chicago rap would have stopped being blog-sexy by now.

You guys can't seriously like that shit.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

Adrian gave me the hit list, like, ‘For this track, I want you to talk about this. For this track, I want you to talk about this.’ I didn’t have that much time to really brainstorm how I usually do [...] it came out decent.

http://www.complexmag.ca/music/2013/05/ ... ons-to-die

[TheTed]

Album of The Year
Young Fathers - Tape Two
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
Danny Brown - Old
Milo - Things That Happen At Day/Night
Spark Master Tape - SWOUP Serengeti
Serengeti - SAAL
Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever
ASAP Rocky - Live.Love.ASAP
Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
Billy Woods - Dour Candy

Rapper of The Year
Danny Brown
Earl Sweatshirt

Producer of The Year
Paper Platoons
Paul White

Song of The Year
Pusha T - Numbers on the Boards
Alchemist feat. Despot, Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren & Roc Marciano -1010 Wins
Spark Master Tape - Half of Nepal
Kanye West - Blood on the Leaves
Earl Sweatshirt - Hive feat. Vince Staples & Casey Veggies

Mixtape of The Year
Jonwayne - Cassette 3: Marion Morrison Mixtape
The Underachievers - Indigoism

Worst album of The Year
Jay Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail

[COOLEHMAGAZINE]

Quelle Chris- Ghost at the Finish Line
Armand Hammer- Race Music
Billy Woods- Dour Candy
Ka- Nights Gambit
Run the Jewelz- s/t
Cult Favorite- For Madmen Only
Earl- Doris

[manwhore]

i'm a bit surprised more people didn't give the new killah priest a listen, tho I was initially just as skeptical as most of you, especially being a double lp.

however it's easily the best wu release in a long ass time and far superior to ghosts and decks latest.

i'd even rank it up there with heavy mental. definitely give it a once over at least.

[artMajor]

[Versive]

$amhill's album actually came out?

I figured eps went in this category.

Rapper of the year: Elucid

[manwhore]

http://www.sharebeast.com/4sxzemclvijs

[Versive]

i'm a bit surprised more people didn't give the new killah priest a listen, tho I was initially just as skeptical as most of you, especially being a double lp.

however it's easily the best wu release in a long ass time and far superior to ghosts and decks latest.

i'd even rank it up there with heavy mental. definitely give it a once over at least.

Easily an AOTY candidate

[drizzle]

it's a great album in approximately 10 song intervals. after more than 10 in a row it starts to get a bit samey

[Philaflava]

ghostface 12 reasons to die

even ghost admitted in an interview that this album is terrible

you got a link?

[Comedy Quaddafi]

The new KP is boring nerd rap. It's not on the same planet as Heavy Mental, and not anywhere near as good as Black August or The Offering.

[Versive]

Nah. It's great.

[Echo Leader]

I've yet to listen to The Night's Gambit. I've been putting it off forever, for no good reason at all.

Changing that today.

[sleazy_j]

albums i still revisit (rdio/spotify links)
Denzel Curry - Nostalgic 64
Willie The Kid and Alchemist - Masterpiece Theatre
Freddie Gibbs - ESGN
Quelle Chris - Ghost At The Finish Line
Gore Elohim - Electric Lucifer

mixtapes i still revisit (datpiff/hnhh/audiomack stream/dl links)
Main Attrakionz and Tynethys
Maxo Kream - QuiccStrikes
Cam'Ron - Ghetto Heaven Vol 1
Trinidad James - 10 PC Mild
Spark Master Tape - The #SWOUP Serengeti
Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story
Nickelus F - Vices
Lucki Eck$ - Alternative Trap

[drizzle]

Oh that reminds me, Willie The Kid's Aquamarine def one of the better mixtapes for me

[intuition]

I like Chance's album the best probably.

same here. surprised it's getting next to no love in this thread.

[unclebengi]

I thought last year was great and this year's been even better IMO. These are generally ranked in order of what I listened to the most-

Armand Hammer- Race Music
billy woods- Dour Candy
Ka- Night’s Gambit
Serengeti- Saal
Serengeti- Kenny Dennis LP
Cult Favorite- For Madmen Only
Boldy James- My 1st Chemistry Set
Vince Staples- Stolen Youth
Earl Sweatshirt- Doris
Danny Brown- Old
Aeon Grey- Lead Breakfast
Natti- Still Motion
YC The Cynic- GNK
Chance The Rapper- Acid Rap

EP’s
Open Mike Eagle- Sir Rockabye
Homeboy Sandman- Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent
Homeboy Sandman- All That I Hold Dear
MarQ Spekt- Broken Mazes

billy woods is the rapper of the year and Alchemist is the producer of the year, honorable mention to Serengeti, Elucid, Homeboy Sandman on the rap side and blockhead on the producer side.

[ardamus]

Earl - Doris
Homeboy Sandman - All That I Hold Dear
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Ka - Night's Gambit

[SpecialAFFEX]

Best rapper this year (for three years in a row actually) : Roc Marciano.

Best album so far: Ka - The Night's Gambit.

Best producer: The Alchemist.

Best mixtape: Roc Marciano - Pimpire Strikes Back.

Most dissappointing album: Kanye West -Yeezus.

[blastmaster]

Best song is that pusha t mase joint.

[Escobar305]

song of the year - fuckwittmeuknoigotittt

[blastmaster]

Actually it's Boston George and Boo Rossini's "Strip Club" Sorry for the confusion.

[ChaMerZ]

earl sweatshirt and it isn't even a competiton

[Combo7]

The Psychic World of Walter Reed is not only Priest's best album, it's probably the best double LP in rap history and is a top ten Wu album.