1-Big KRIT-Alarm
2-Rockie Fresh-No Fear
3-Nicki Minaj-Champion
4-Ace Hood-I kno
5-Don Trip-Guerrilla
6-DJ Khalid-Take it to the head
7-Dom Kennedy-New Jeeps
8-Scienze & King I divine-Peace
9-Mickey Factz- The Arts
10-Mac Miller-America
11-School Boy Q-My hating joint
12-Young Gliss-My Addiction
13-Epiphany-Standing Ovation
14-Young Gliss-She loves it
15-Slum Village-Special
16-Add 2-Love Jones
17-Stalley-Island Hoping
18-Bei Maejor-I fall to pieces
19-Ryan Leslie-5 min freshen up
20-Bei Maejor-Special
21-Co$$-Insanely Free
22-recess-the gentleman
23-Flying Lotus-Visions of Violet
24-Szjerdene-lead the way
25-Fly moon royalty-Lemonade
26-Madcon-Beggin
27-Bei Maejor-Enterlude
28-Boom Clap Bachelors-Lob Stop Sa
29-Mar Variations-2u4u
30-Mar Variations-Avril 14th
31-Sonnymoon-Just before dawn
1-Common-Misunderstood
2-J.Cole-Grew up fast
3-Yelawolf & Ed Sheeran-you dont know (for fuck sake)
4-Sene-Backboards
5-D1-Greyhound Love
6-Frank Ocean-White
7-The Roots-The otherside
8-Robert Glasper-Afro Blue
9-Ryan Leslie-Glory
10-BJ The Chicago Kid-King Kong
11-Melanie Fiona-This Time
12-Big KRIT-Red Eye
13-Chris Skillz-Young man
14-Rockie Fresh-Respected
15-Dom Kennedy-Dream to me
16-Childish Gambino-Heartbeat
17-Nipsey Hussle-Sound of my ceremony
18-Jay Rock-Boomerang
19-Gilbere Forte-Money Deux
20-A$AP Rocky-Palace
21-Big KRIT-Sky Club
22-A$AP Rocky-Trilla
23-Don Trip-Allen Iverson
24-Chiddy Bang-Breakfast
25-Epiphany-Save My Life
26-Royce Da 5’9-My own planet
27-Estelle-International
28-Scienze & King I divine-Cant Describe
29-Scienze and King I divine-we rise
30-Young Gliss-100 on the dash
31-Chris Skillz-Shadows
32-Wiz Khalifa-California
smiling while hanging upside down
1-Nazzy-Smiling
2-Jesse Boykins 3 & Gora Sou-The Perfect Blues
3-Jae Millz-Magazine Cover
4-Chip tha Ripper-25 Wives
5-Boog Brown-My love
6-Tokimonsta-Darkest Dim
7-Oddisee-Clara Bartan
8-Start your own Rebellion-Let it go
9-Stacy Barthe-Find your way
10-John Legend-Tonight (Best you ever had)
11-Q Tip-Say something for me
12-Omen-lift me
13-Scienze-Above the Cloud
14-Joe Budden-Unison
15-Tokimonsta-Smoke & Mirrors
16-Little Brother-Let it Go remix
17-No I.D.-State to State
18-Stalley-Harsh Ave
19-Fabolous-Never let it go
20-Boog Brown-U.P.S.
21-Emilio Rojas-Breaking Point
22-Nickelus F-Praise the 808’s
23-Wale-The Problem
24-Childish Gambino-Heartbeat
25-Lupe Fiasco-SLR
26-Pharrell-Young Girl
27-Young Jeezy-Leave you Alone
28-Omen-Numb
29-Jesse Futerman-A tribute to Horace
These are albums that are on my radar that should be on yours if you consider yourself a fan of good music
Lupe Fiasco long awaited junior album LASERS, is a banger. All songs are in constant rotation but specifically. He hits you with a message in every song. He is definitely more mature in his raps than most if not all rappers out here to date. His delivery is impeccable and I can say I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him live and he knows how to rock a crowd. Instant classic, I can listen to this from start to finish without out skipping. I just wish it was more songs on it.
Favorite Tracks
Pac Div (aka Pacific Division) has a new mixtape Mania (2011) that gives you that classic Cali flow, nice bass and beats, and a touch of comedy within head bobbing lyrics of men in there 20’s just trying to succeed in life. I’ll be seeing these dudes later this month live and am looking forward to it
Favorite Tracks
Stalley’s Lincoln Way Nights-Intelligent Trunk Music, is quite impressionable. I didn’t know anything about this dude before listening to it and it has more than a few tracks on it that I can feel and are thought provoking. I’m riding to this and I’ll be keeping an ear out for some more of his work.
Favorite Tracks:
Chip Tha Ripper is killing the mixtape game right now. The Cleveland Show was the shit and This new one Gift Raps is a good follow up. With tracks produced by” the Cool Kid’s” Mickey Rocks. It definitely has the hard beats with some simple yet clever lyrics that just get you amped or make you laugh. He may never get the national play cause he doesnt make radio music but regionally he is a good look for hip hop and he just raps about how most black dudes feel or think.
Favorite Tracks:
North Carolina’s Kooley High is continue a tradition of smooth, thoughtful hip hop coming out of that state. Their New Album Eastern Standard Time is a good introduction for people who don’t know there work as individual artist or as a collective. I didn’t know who they were two months ago but I’m interested in them now, they make good music.
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If you have a chance chick out these recommendations. Support good hip hop and good music.
To give you a brief history on how I got introduced to such great music. My roommate in Cusco, Santi worked with this Australian guy Sam who has traveled all over the world and listens to everything. He told Santi that Gilles Peterson radio show was the best show in the world to hear trend-setting music from all over the world that you probably wont hear anywhere else. Santi eventually told me and I tried I listened. I want to say it was a little over a year ago. It just so happened to be an episode with Andreya Triana as a guest dropping two tracks- Lost Where I belong and Town Called Obsolete ( I eventually bought the album the day it came out and love it). But from that episode I was hooked.
I must say its one of the few things that I look forward to every week; Tuesday nights (could be Wednesday morning depending on where in the world you live; his broadcast our from London, UK).
I’ve listened for a year now and its only been one episode where I was scratching my head like what the fuck am I listening too. Other than that every episode has been on point. I say that because I’m listening to it now and he’s played music from Japan, Canada, Nigeria, UK, U.S., and various places and it all blends together so well. It’s all fresh and funky.
I don’t personally hear this on my local radio and know I never will. He’s probably put me on to 100+ new artist in the past year. I love music like never before because of his selections.
Check him out, you can listen to his most recent episode for 7 days on what is called the Iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yyd4f#synopsis
This dude has saved me from passing out at my desk at work, kept me motivated to do some work, and knows how to rock a party (even a party of 1).
http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Peterson