Dear Hip Hop 2010

So the year is over. And once again, another ratchet of a year if you are a hip hop fan. Why do I say ratchet? Have you continued to hear all the terrible music? (My finger is still pointing towards the South) You have had an artist or two who have made it acceptable to make batty boy music. (GAY) Which is cool if that is your thing, but let’s not call that shit hip hop. The underground still gets no love and it seems like when people reach a certain age, they need to stop emceeing. Well that’s what the critics say, but for real, fuck the critics. Let’s just get into my top ten hip hop album of the year and Frisbee throwers for the year. Now mind you that I did not listen to every hip hop album that came out this year and I know I am missing some good stuff. So let me give you the list of things I missed out on, but will listen to…….eventually.

Black Milk: Album of the Year

DJ Premier: Year Round Records: Get Used To Us

Vinnie Paz: Season of the Assassin

9^th Wonder: 9^th Opus

Celph Titled: Nineteen Ninety Now

Here’s my list of albums that were good, but did not make the cut.

Big Boi: Sir Luscious Left Foot

Black Sheep: From the Black Pool of Genius

Pack FM: I Fucking Hate Rappers

Wu-Massacre

Now here are my top ten albums of the year. (That I heard in no particular order)

10. Rah Digga: Classic

9. El Da Sensei: GT2: Nu World

8. Fat Joe: The Darkside, Vol. 1

7. Freeway: The Stimulus Package

6. Ghostface Killah: Apollo Kids

5. Little Brother: LeftBack

4: Rick Ross: Teflon Don (I know some of you are like, “What the fuck, but the man did put out a good LP. I’m far from bias.)

3: Skyzool & Illmind: Live From the Tapedeck

2: Slum Village: Villa Manifesto

1: Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982

Now there was some stuff that my hip hop heads up and I just didn’t get into it (Roc Marciano), but it is not as bad as this list I am about to drop on you. Now once again, let me make this clear. Some shit, I will not listen to because I know it is going to be bad. So let me give you the list of, “I Know It’s Shit List, But I Don’t Like Doo Doo In My Ear List)

4: Drake: Thank Me Later

3: Ice Cube: How The West Was Won

2: Nelly: 5.0

1: Nicki Manaj: Pink Friday.

Besides Ice Cube who has just plain old lost it, I wish you could put these other three clowns. You know what, I’mma say two. No one gives a fuck about Nelly anymore. I never have to begin with, but put that bi-polar bitch and Droopy the Dog looking dude on a sky rocket straight to another planet where they can make gay love all night. I know you don’t think Drake is straight, right?

Now for my top 5 Frisbee throwing albums of stuff I heard this year. And this list might shock a lot of you. It shocked me, but hey, my ears were the judge of it. This is in no order.

5: B.O.B: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Now I don’t even know why I listened to this piece of shit to begin with and wow, was I mad I wasted about an hour of free time when it could have been dedicated to something else.

4: Inspektah Deck: Manifesto. It hurts me to put this on the list. It really does since I know homeboy personally. But Deck, I need to rap to you about your beat selection and some of these guests you put on here. I NEED A WU TANG ALBUM, not a “Let me do what everybody else is doing” album.

3: Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Let’s not forget that this has over 100 fucking people on it and homeboy couldn’t come solo on some of the songs. But when this nigga started making songs geared towards the gay club, that’s when he lost me. But then again, this might finally be his coming out party that he has wanted to do for years.

2: The Roots: How I Got Over. I thought this album was one long ass depressing song. Every song sounded the same and like I said, if I had a gun and I was going through some shit at the moment, I would have killed myself. This album was more depressing than that song, “Ain’t No Sunshine Until She Comes.”

1: Redman: Reggie. Now Redman, if this was an experiment, it failed and get back to what we know. I don’t know what the fuck you were thinking with this bull shit. Maybe it was the weed you were smoking. But even you said it was an “Experiment.” With that being said, get back to that Muddy Waters shit.

And there you have it. I know some will be like, “Well where does so and so fit? If it’s not on MY top ten, it fits somewhere 11 on back. Peace. And support real hip hop.