Monday, December 28, 2009

The Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2005





1. Common - Be
2. Zion I - True & Livin'
3. Kanye West - Late Registration
4. Gorillaz - Demon Days*
5. The Game - The Documentary
6. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
7. Think Differently Music - Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture
8. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
9. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
10. AZ - A.W.O.L.



11. Cage - Hell's Winter
12. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Welcome to Jamrock**
13. Talib Kweli - Right About Now (The Official Sucka Free Mix CD)
14. Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
15. Proof - Searchin' for Jerry Garcia
16. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
17. One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
18. Felt - A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
19. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
20. Black Market Militia - Black Market Militia


*With production by Danger Mouse and contributions by MF DOOM & De La Soul, I'd say this is a proper hip hop-ish album. Worthy of placement on this list. (Plus I played it at least 40 times - no exaggeration!)
**Even though it's reggae, I consider this a hip hop album as well.

10 comments:

  1. Funk 'Yes im commenting on all these posts' DocDecember 28, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    Graduation >>>>>

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  2. Agreed on the Damien Marley rationale. When him and Nas ripped "Road to Zion" @ Rock the Bells that was one of the dopest concert experiences ever. Hyped for Distant Relatives btw.

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  3. first of all, your right to include gorillaz its pure hiphop

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  4. Ha ha Graduation! My mishtake. It was late and I..... messed up.

    Still, Late Registration >>>>>>>

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  5. Late registration is my fav Ye album

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  6. little brother and sigel top ten man

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  7. Thug Motivation 101????????

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  8. how is little brother not in the top 3 ..that album never gets the respect it deserves

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  9. Hhh u kidding right 50 cent - the massacre . Is the best

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