I’m a little late with this, but I was determined not to blog yesterday. But every year my dude Rizoh asks bloggers around the net to send in votes for the best hip-hop albums of 2008. He compiles the lists and from that, we pretty much have a list of the best sh!t in hip-hop over the last year. This year included best albums, mixtapes and songs, along with the most disappointing albums of 2008. I sent in my picks, but none of the sh!t I liked really made the list. Luckily, I have my own blog, so I can voice my opinions and post my own favs (click the link to view the list Riz compiled, and hit the jump to view my fav picks).
Update: My bad, ya’ll. That link to the Rap Up isn’t the compiled list, it’s Rizoh’s own personal list. The compiled list will be up later. Yeah, I’m still in vaca mode. I apologize.
The Best Rap Albums, Mixtapes, & Songs of 2008 (via The Rap Up)
My picks after the jump.
R.E.’s Picks
Top 5 Mixtapes
1. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
2. Nas – The Nigger Tape
3. Kid Cudi – A Kid Named Cudi
4. The Clipse – Road Till The Casket Drops
5. Charles Hamilton – (Anyone of the 20 mixtapes he dropped this year)
Top 10 Songs
1. Young Jeezy ft. Nas – “My President Is Black”
2. Young Jeezy ft. Kanye West – “Put On”
3. Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Raekwon – “Royal Flush”
4. T.I. – “No Matter What”
5. Kid Cudi – “Day N’ Night”
6. T.I. ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Jay-Z “Swagger Like Us”
7. Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
8. Joe Budden – “Who Killed Hip Hop”
9. The Roots ft. Chrisette Michelle & Wale – “Rising Down”
10. Q-Tip – “Getting Up”
Top 10 Albums
1. T.I. – Paper Trail
2. Nas – Untitled
3. Q-Tip – Renaissance
4. 88 Keys – The Death of Adam
5. Young Jeezy – The Recession
6. Black Milk – Tronic
7. Elzhi – The Preface
8. The Roots – Rising Down
9. The Game – LAX
10. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
Top 10 Wackest Albums
1. Rocko – Self Made
2. VIC – Beast
3. LL Cool J – Exit 13
4. Three Six Mafia – Last 2 Walk
5. Soulja Boy – iSouljaboytellem
5. Nelly – Brass Knuckles
6. Shawty Lo – Units In The City
7. Trina – Still Da Baddest
8. Flo Rida – Mail On Sunday
9. Foxy Brown - Brooklyn’s Don Diva
10. Ace Hood – Gutta
January 1st, 2009 - 5:28 pm
I agree wit everything except dat Rocko, Self Made was gator. Ace Hood was da worst album
January 1st, 2009 - 6:53 pm
Nah, man. Can’t feel you on that. Rocko’s shit was super wack. That nigga is ass on the mic.
January 1st, 2009 - 10:34 pm
Calling Rocko Ass on the Mic, is truly an understatement. But he’s still not as horrible as Baby or Shawty Lo
January 2nd, 2009 - 12:01 am
i need a link for that kid cudi tape ive been waiting so long for that and the one on the site dont work on my comp
January 2nd, 2009 - 12:29 am
come on now killa mike jont iz betta tha carter 3 its a betta body of work!!!
January 2nd, 2009 - 12:09 pm
I can co-sign all those mixtape picks homie! Gucci Mane did a Gangsta Grills before went to jail called “The Movie” that rides too. I’d have to put Snoops “Ego Trippin’” album on the best list, dude. And, in my humble opinion, “What up!” was a better song than “Here I stand”…also R.I.P. to the word “SWAGGER”.
January 2nd, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Noooo, this isn’t the Rap Critics Poll, my dude. That’s coming up on an entirely different website. I’ll keep you posted this week.
January 2nd, 2009 - 4:47 pm
i didnt love that trina album but i didnt hate it either.
January 2nd, 2009 - 6:31 pm
Oooooops, my bad Riz. I half read it. I’m still in vaca mode.
January 5th, 2009 - 10:51 pm
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