Best 2011 Rap Albums

Doublechinlolz · 18-12-2011 11:45PM

My list isn't really anything striking but hey:
Tyler the Creator- Goblin.
Royce Da 5'9- Success Is Certain. I don't think this album got as much attention as it deserved tbh.
Mac Miller- Blue Slide Park. Didn't expect it to go #1 but fair play, Mac is only 19 and really decent, having released his mixtape Thank you, Thank you, Thank you this year too.
Drake- Take Care. Took me a few listens but I love it, can't wait for his concert.
Yelawolf- Radioactive. Probably my overall favorite this year, so many different sounds and great features.
The Roots- Undun. Mac Miller actually directed me to this album and I don't regret anything!
Crooked I- In none we trust. Haven't really listened to most of it but it has potential.
Bad Meets Evil- Hell The Sequel. Brilliant songs on this I still love it as much as I did when it came out.
Tech N9ne- All 6's and 7's & Welcome To Strangeland. There are both great but I think I prefer 6's and 7's

Forgot Professor Green At Your Inconvenience. Not much seem to like him around here but personally I love him, flow lyrics and all.

Boom_Bap · 19-12-2011 10:29AM

2 late additions for me:

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
The Roots - undun

Picked both of them up yesterday and they are both excellent. I love the production on Shabazz Palaces and Ish/Butterfly is brilliant as usual on everything he touches.

surball · 19-12-2011 03:01PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

2 late additions for me:

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

The two ep's he released over the last year or so are worth getting too. Production is quality a bit like some of jneiro jarel's stuff.

Rjd2 · 22-12-2011 01:29PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

2 late additions for me:

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
The Roots - undun

Picked both of them up yesterday and they are both excellent. I love the production on Shabazz Palaces and Ish/Butterfly is brilliant as usual on everything he touches.

What did you make of No Kings?

Boom_Bap · 22-12-2011 08:23PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

What did you make of No Kings?

Love it, the new sound is excellent. I've been nerding it up a bit and when listening trying to pick out the bits that each producer contributed to the track. It's kinda taking my focus off the lyrics, so I need to pay more attention there.
But there are some amazing songs on the album.

ghostface ste · 24-12-2011 02:08AM

The Roots album is excellent and up there with the best of the year, not sure what the aim or the point of the last 3 musical tracks were tho?? Still haven't got my hands on the No Kings album

Rjd2 · 24-12-2011 04:00PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Love it, the new sound is excellent. I've been nerding it up a bit and when listening trying to pick out the bits that each producer contributed to the track. It's kinda taking my focus off the lyrics, so I need to pay more attention there.
But there are some amazing songs on the album.

Aye it takes a while to really get into the lyrics!

The last 2 verses on the closer Fresh New Trash from Dessa and Mike are probably the best so far for me.
First 4 tracks are the best for me so far.

Its here to listen to...

http://doomtree.bandcamp.com/releases

24-12-2011 07:05PM

I am liking Lupe Lasers so far, I know most people did not like it and Lupe ended up not liking it really but its a good album as much as I have heard so far.

The beats and the choruses are shambolic though, unless you are a j cole or a drake fan of course.

A V A · 24-12-2011 11:48PM

tyler - goblin
asap rocky - liveloveasap
drake - take care
lil wayne - sorry for the wait
gucci mane and waka flocka - ferrari boys

Jimmy Iovine · 25-12-2011 12:58AM

A V A wrote: »

drake - take care
lil wayne - sorry for the wait
gucci mane and waka flocka - ferrari boys

I'm sorry but these three shouldn't be anywhere near this thread. When you have people like Elzhi, Curren$y, Blu, The Roots and Childish Gambino putting out the albums that they have then you can't say that any of them guys are of the same quality.

Bobby Baccala · 25-12-2011 01:08AM

It's opinion based man, I agree with you though.

A V A · 25-12-2011 01:45AM

god yea i know man , buts its my opinion and my personal taste thats all

Shapey Fiend · 25-12-2011 03:54PM

If I was going to choose a Gucci tape I'd say Writings On The Wall 2 is much better than Ferrari Boyz.

I'm just going to say Danny Brown - XXX is album of the year. I'm too hungover to go listing 20 of them.

A V A · 25-12-2011 06:39PM

but ferrari boys is waka flocka and gucci and its an album not a mixtape even tho they are considered the same thing:rolleyes::cool:

wrting on the wall 2 is good tho

wotzgoingon · 05-01-2012 09:23PM

Kendrick Lamar "Section 80"

Very good album. I actually got it a while ago and listened to it very briefly and didn't like it but one day i just said i will listen to it. And sure enough i was like this actually very good.

HATCHET IRL · 06-01-2012 10:56PM

cant believe no one has mentioned daily bread, bangin album..

baddebt · 11-01-2012 01:25PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

Aye, so as the title says what's been the highlights of 2011 so far for all of ye?:)

Mu number 1 was Astronautalis - This Is Our Science.:)

Others that rocked for me were in no order.
Sims "Bad Time Zoo"
Blu "Nu York",
EMINEM and Royce "Bad Meets Evil",
Blueprint "adventures in counter culture".
Doomtree, " No Kings"
Kendrick Lamar "Section 80"

Still haven't listened to The Roots despite linking it in another thread:o
So over to ye.:)

May fav;s where

The Martyr By immortal Technique (he's an absolute legend)
Cats and Dogs by Evidence
Monumental by Pete rock and Smif n Wessun
Violence begets Violence by JMT ( at first I thought this would flop considering stoupe wasn't involved , but its real good )

11-01-2012 05:33PM

Did not realize JMT released a new album, gutted that Stoupe is gone off elsewhere.

baddebt · 12-01-2012 11:58AM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Did not realize JMT released a new album, gutted that Stoupe is gone off elsewhere.

yeah Violence begets Violence was relseased in October 2011

was listening to an interview recently on conspriacyworldwide radio with JMT , and basically stuope simply was not interested in working with them ,
jus Allah was commmenting that if you ask stoupe to come with a beat , it could take him 6 months to respond ,

I think the guy on the album (c-lance I think ) was producing a tonne of beats on a weekly basis for them , hence the reason he was used ,
albums pretty good ,

looking forward to the new AOTP album due out this year

Boom_Bap · 12-01-2012 12:14PM

I think that Stoupe's concentrating more on his solo stuff rather than JMT.

His album from last year or the the year before is supposed to be ace. I still have to listen to it.

baddebt · 12-01-2012 12:34PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I think that Stoupe's concentrating more on his solo stuff rather than JMT.

His album from last year or the the year before is supposed to be ace. I still have to listen to it.

I must check that album out indeed

12-01-2012 04:47PM

I must give it a go, his beats were a very big reason I liked JMT.

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