Best Hip Hop Songs, Latest Hip Hop Music, Hip Hop Music Videos - WeLiveThis » foreign exchange http://www.welivethis.com/newsfeed Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:07:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DJ Premier’s Top 20 Albums of 2008 http://www.welivethis.com/newsfeed/2009/01/04/dj-premiers-top-20-albums-of-2008/ http://www.welivethis.com/newsfeed/2009/01/04/dj-premiers-top-20-albums-of-2008/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:45:49 +0000 Charley Brown http://www.welivethis.com/newsfeed/?p=1055

HONORABLE MENTION-----(NOT IN ORDER) 1. GZA—PRO TOOLS 2. REKS—GRAY HAIRS 3. DEVIN THE DUDE—LANDING GEAR 4. LARGE PROFESSOR—MAIN SOURCE 5. NAS--UNTITLED 6. PRODIGY--HNIC 2 7. TRICK TRICK—THE VILLIAN 8. YOUNG MAYLAY—THE REAL COAST GUARD 9. THE GAME—L.A.X. 10. BLACK MILK—TRONIC 11. TORAE—DAILY CONVERSATION 12. VAST AIRE—DEUCES WILD

With that being said... there are few opinions about hip hop that I really respect and believe are worth reading... DJ Premier falls in that category. His top twenty falls much in line with my own with a few glaring exceptions. One album that I can't believe is missing from the top twenty AND the honorable mention is the Foreign Exchange album. That album may very well be in my top five this year. Another worthy project that was left off was Generation Gap 2 by Ali Vegas. I'll give Premier a pass on that though because it didn't drop until the last month of the year. Aside from missing those two albums, his top ten is pretty much on point... EXCEPT Lil Wayne? I can't deny that he moved a lot of units and his face is splattered everywhere in hip hop... but I find it hard to accept that Premo is falling for this fabricated suburbanite love affair with him. But it is what it is... I think Reks deserved a spot in the top twenty, as did Large Professor and maybe Black Milk... but as I said, overall, the list is the best I've seen from 2008. Peace to DJ Premier.]]> 1. DJ REVOLUTION–KING OF THE DECKS (Duck Down)
2. EVIDENCE–THE LAYOVER EP (Decon)
3. STATIK SELEKTAH–STICK 2 THE SCRIPT (Showoff/Traffic)
4. SCARFACE–EMERITUS (Rap-A-Lot/Asylum)
5. D.I.T.C. presents THE MOVEMENT (D.I.T.C./Traf fic)
6. JAKE ONE–WHITE VAN MUSIC (RHYMESAYERS)
7. EMC–THE SHOW (M3/ TRAFFIC)
8. P BROTHERS–THE GAS (IMPORT)
9. LIL WAYNE–THE CARTER III (CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL)
10. HELTAH SKELTAH–D.I.R.T.(Da Incredible Rap Duo) (DUCK DOWN)
11. LUDACRIS–THEATER OF THE MIND (DEF JAM/UNIVERSAL)
12. BIG SHUG–OTHER SIDE OF THE GAME (TRAFFIC)
13. TERMANOLOGY–POLITICS AS USUAL (NATURE SOUNDS/EMI)
14. GUILTY SIMPSON–ODE TO THE GHETTO (STONES THROW)
15. Q-TIP–THE RENAISSANCE (MOTOWN/UNIVERSAL)
16. ICE CUBE–RAW FOOTAGE (LENCH MOB/EMI)
17. CRAIG G–OPERATION TAKE BACK HIP HOP
18. EPMD–WE MEAN BUSINESS (EP RECORDS)
19. 88 KEYS– THE DEATH OF ADAM (DECON)
20. ILL BILL–THE HOUR OF REPRISAL (FAT BEATS)

HONORABLE MENTION—–(NOT IN ORDER)
1. GZA—PRO TOOLS
2. REKS—GRAY HAIRS
3. DEVIN THE DUDE—LANDING GEAR
4. LARGE PROFESSOR—MAIN SOURCE
5. NAS–UNTITLED
6. PRODIGY–HNIC 2
7. TRICK TRICK—THE VILLIAN
8. YOUNG MAYLAY—THE REAL COAST GUARD
9. THE GAME—L.A.X.
10. BLACK MILK—TRONIC
11. TORAE—DAILY CONVERSATION
12. VAST AIRE—DEUCES WILD

With that being said… there are few opinions about hip hop that I really respect and believe are worth reading… DJ Premier falls in that category. His top twenty falls much in line with my own with a few glaring exceptions. One album that I can’t believe is missing from the top twenty AND the honorable mention is the Foreign Exchange album. That album may very well be in my top five this year. Another worthy project that was left off was Generation Gap 2 by Ali Vegas. I’ll give Premier a pass on that though because it didn’t drop until the last month of the year. Aside from missing those two albums, his top ten is pretty much on point… EXCEPT Lil Wayne? I can’t deny that he moved a lot of units and his face is splattered everywhere in hip hop… but I find it hard to accept that Premo is falling for this fabricated suburbanite love affair with him. But it is what it is… I think Reks deserved a spot in the top twenty, as did Large Professor and maybe Black Milk… but as I said, overall, the list is the best I’ve seen from 2008. Peace to DJ Premier.

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