Indie Hip-Hop Album of The Year

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:04 pm

Haven't been a KA fan previously, but the Dr. Yen Lo album is everything I like about Roc Marciano, Madvillain and Max B in 1.

That it was produced by someone who previously worked with godamn Mos Def makes it all the more impressive.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:06 pm

Pretend Black Guy wrote:Haven't been a KA fan previously, but the Dr. Yen Lo album is everything I like about Roc Marciano, Madvillain and Max B in 1.

That it was produced by someone who previously worked with godamn Mos Def makes it all the more impressive.

doesn't sound like madvillain

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:29 am

It doesn't, but I see where he's coming from with the comparison. It's an insular album, existing in its own world.

Was happy to see Yen Lo leading 5-0 when I voted. This one should be a shoe-in.

Maybe now that everyone's on board with the Ka-Preservation combo, heads will go back and revisit 1200 B.C.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:10 pm

From the list Dr Yen Lo.

Gibbs is pretty good too but has a few duds and feels more like a zipfile of good songs then a cohesive album.

Junglepussy, The Outfit, Maxo Kream, Tree's Trap Genius. Denzel Curry could all get it otherwise, a few others i'm forgetting too

ChaMerZ · Post by **ChaMerZ** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:06 pm

Haven't listened to any of these except maybe for Cherry Bomb, but I try to pretend like that album doesn't exist. I still have a lot of time before end of year though !

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:20 am

How's that Ras Kass album?

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:46 am

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:23 pm

Yen Lo is the "right" answer, but damned if I didn't vote for the new shiny object in Cavanaugh. I wish it was longer, but I love the shit out of it.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:31 pm

drizzle wrote:The Outfit, Maxo Kream, Denzel Curry...

Denzel Curry and The Outfit, TX are in the Tastemaker's Choice thread, the Maxo Kream is in the Mixtape of the Year thread.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:10 pm

Cleanhobo wrote:How's that Ras Kass album?

I haven't given it a true full listen but from what I heard its equivalent to a double stack off a Wendy's value menu.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:56 pm

Days with Yen Lo is certainly a deserving album, and Today, I Wrote Nothing is actually pretty dope too.

Right now I'm really riding with Bad Neighbor so I had to go with that. I didn't know what to expect given that Blu has been a bit of a letdown and historically I'm not the biggest MED fan, but Madlib really came through on the beats again and I feel like both of MED & Blu did a great job of matching the vibe.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:23 pm

Spartan wrote:

Cleanhobo?

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:44 pm

How is Earl's album not on this list?

ROBBERY.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:43 pm

Yen lo for me too.

ChaMerZ · Post by **ChaMerZ** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:16 pm

Employee wrote:How is Earl's album not on this list?

ROBBERY.

It's been nominated for AOTY which is arguably a greater accolade

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:18 pm

I still stand by Yen Lo as a runaway, but looking at

Supastition - Gold Standard 5% 5% [ 2 ]
PRhyme – PRhyme 5% 5% [ 2 ]
Oddisee - The Good Fight 8% 8% [ 3 ]

and to an extent

MED, Blu & Madlib – Bad Neighbor 5% 5% [ 2 ]
Apollo Brown – Grandeur 3% 3% [ 1 ]
The Alchemist & Oh No – Welcome to Los Santos 3% 3% [ 1 ]

makes me think that these could splitting the vote among more traditional fans who might've been turned off by Yen Lo's lack of drums. As much as that boggles the mind, I'd be interested to see which of these would rank highest if not all of them were included.