Inveigh: 2011: The Year In Hip Hop

fulgrim 12.24.11	good list. I haven't listened to anywhere near enough hip-hop from this year, will check some of these out.
Inveigh 12.24.11	damn you JK1 the Supernova and your tricky album title anyways yeah you should get these albums. honorable mentions to: Black Milk and Danny Brown - Black and Brown Murs - Love and Rockets Vol. 1 9th Wonder - The Wonder Years Wu-Tang Clan - Legendary Weapons Sole and the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World Wugazi - The 13th Chamber Lil B - I'm Gay Elzhi - Elmatic IMAKEMADBEATS - IMAKEMADBEATS
Inveigh 12.24.11	damn, I was too slow on the draw with my comment. thanks dudes, I'll hit those recs up.
Inveigh 12.24.11	also feature plz ty
aok 12.24.11	cool list. seems like a lot of different styles have come out or become more prominent in hip-hop this year that have people either upset or thrilled with perceived new directions
Inveigh 12.24.11	true dat. OF, Lil B, Death Grips, Shabazz, etc.
Electric City 12.24.11	lwh- the tape hiss hooligan TRUST ME BRUH
Inveigh 12.24.11	from pictures i can't tell if this .l.w.h is a dude or a chick but w/e sounds cool i'll check it out
wabbit 12.24.11	Tha carter iv
puma35 12.24.11	did you listen to ASAP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP. ???? One of my favorite hip-hop releases of the year by far
Inveigh 12.24.11	man I actually got that record last week but keep forgetting to listen to it. then I subsequently forgot to put it on this list.
Counterfeit 12.24.11	goblins muh shit
taxidermist 12.24.11	Check out 'Blu-No York' That hasn't gotten much love this year and it's pretty good.
pcar 12.24.11	> Mac Miller LMAO NIGGA GET REAL
fantastica566 12.24.11	stalley-lincoln way nights g-side-the one.....cohesive
Inveigh 12.25.11	keep meaning to get that G-Side album, I dig their last two
cvlts 12.25.11	yeah Elzhi keeps getting better and better. good to see domo on here. pretty underrated release imo
Cells 12.25.11	What a good list.
Inveigh 12.25.11	Dante if you liked Domo's release this year then definitely check out that Dela album. shit rules, and is similarly jazzy. definitely like Elzhi too, he's always good on Little Brother-affiliated releases too. thanks Cells.
cvlts 12.25.11	didn't know they put elmatic on a vinyl release, so swooped it up when I saw it. Dela looks like something id be into. you check out that Nujabes yet?
Inveigh 12.25.11	shit, no I didn't... gonna get it right now though.
FromDaHood 12.25.11	I really didn't like this year's hip-hop that much. ASAP was the only one that really stood out to me, although I never did get around to listening to Big KRIT
Inveigh 12.25.11	I listened to that ASAP disc earlier. definitely cool, but probably wouldn't have cracked my top 10 even if I'd listened to it earlier.
FromDaHood 12.25.11	He's not really my style but the production is just so good and he's pretty talented.
Recspecs 12.25.11	13 is damn good.
MisterTornado 12.25.11	ArtOfficial - Vitamins and Minerals, god damn it.
Tyrannic 12.25.11	no bad meets evil? tech n9ne? oh but you didn't put the carter 4 we all good.
twlight 12.25.11	Sweet list, check out Blazo- colors of jazz
Urinetrouble 12.25.11	goblin was bad and wheres SPACEGHOSTPURRP?
Deviant. 12.25.11	"also feature plz ty" Got ur back
jefflebowski 12.25.11	i thought Saigon's debut might've got a look in
qwe3 12.25.11	tecka neena?
luci 12.25.11	list is sorely missing asap rocky, main attrakionz, and l.w.h.
random 12.25.11	Merry Christmas!
Tyrael 12.25.11	lol 18 Good list except for that one though
FromDaHood 12.25.11	SPACEGHOSTPURRP is so silly
Adabelle 12.25.11	Big Boi and Beastie Boys ruled, js. EDIT: Meant Big K.R.I.T. not Big Boi.
dman121989 12.26.11	No tech?
Inveigh 12.26.11	Tech N9ne 6's and 7's was on here at one point but when I was making it realized I needed to put some other stuff on. Must have forgotten it in my "honorable mentions" comment. thanks Dev, you'll always be my OG sputnik homie Hep - which albums are you referring to? I know you were big on Coolroy, which I thought was ok but it never really grabbed me. anything else I missed? Goblin was one of those albums I wasn't really a big fan of but thought it was important to include because it's going to be one of the hip hop albums 2011 is remembered for, so if you're looking for a picture of what was both good AND important in 2011 for rap, I tried to make this list a good reference point.
Inveigh 12.26.11	really outside of the top 10 this is very loosely ranked. I am digging that ASAP disc a little more now. Like most have said, it's more about the beats than the raps.
gervin 12.26.11	Epidemic--Illin Spree Rashad and Confidence--The Element of Surprise Doc Singe--Kiss Of The Beat Top three for me. I like your list. I really love 5 and 7
Inveigh 12.26.11	^haven't heard a single one of those. will have to check them out though.
Deviant. 12.26.11	Well of course I'd feature a list that had Dela on it haha
Urinetrouble 12.26.11	main attrakionz blake come on
gervin 12.26.11	@Inveigh If you like a mid-90s east-coast feel then you should love those three albums
gabethepiratesquid 12.26.11	there's no Lil B so this list sucks. also, one of my favorite hip-hop releases this year is frankenstein . - rappin ass nigga . just this cool, lo-fi hilarious mixtape and the guy can seriously spit, obvious southern influence even though the kid is from California. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R4XpSm14NE&feature=related ur welcome
Maniac! 12.26.11	Woo 11
Inveigh 12.26.11	yeah Maniac that EP rules, I really need to check out his other one. I'll hit up that Frankenstein and Main Attrakionz ish
iFghtffyrdmns 12.26.11	Inveigh, sir, I trust that this is indeed a good and reputable list. However, 25 is all I've heard from it, and while I do find it to be a generally appealing record, I have very little drive or desire to hear any of the remaining 24 records. Just so you know. Okay.
Inveigh 12.26.11	huh you could've read the description and thread and avoided having to write that entire comment
iFghtffyrdmns 12.26.11	could have, should have, didn't brb too much coffee gotta poop
Inveigh 12.26.11	yeah i'm in that same boat, good ol morning coffee dukes
gabethepiratesquid 12.26.11	Main Attrakionz MondreMAN frankenstein . Fat Trel DaVinci G-side Killa Kyleon Stalley Tabi Bonney Spaceghostpurrp Lil B Soulja Boy You should check out those niqqas' releases this year
onereallysillygoose 12.26.11	ASAP Rocky?
theacademy 12.27.11	i definitely gotta hear 3 and 13 no bad meets evil???
Inveigh 12.27.11	whoa acad you haven't heard 3? get on that asap doggie only listened to Bad Meets Evil once, for some reason never had the desire to go back to it. I'm not the biggest Em fan post-MMLP, but I do love me some Royce.
BigHans 12.27.11	North Korean BBQ must have really grown off you. Great list. Surprised to see Phonte #1 considering how nuts you went over Raekwon when it came out.
Inveigh 12.27.11	yeah it was a tough call between Rae and Phonte -- and maybe it's because Phonte's just newer/fresher right now. idk though, the lyricism on Charity Starts at Home is just so ridiculous. NKBBQ definitely grew off, but that might have something to do with other things Mac Lethal's been doing lately (shitty interviews with Ryan Seacrest, three shitty leaked songs from Irish Goodbyes). It seems like he's trying to appeal exclusively to high school emo kids and lame frat boys now, which is a complete 180 from what he was like when I first started listening to him.
BigHans 12.27.11	Yeah I understand. Im listening to the song Jake and Olive off Irish Goodbyes right now. Its sappy, even for Mac. I mean its not bad or anything..
Inveigh 12.27.11	yeah I guess they're not really terrible, but they're super sappy/cheesy. it just doesn't really sound like the same dude anymore.
BigHans 12.27.11	yeah he actually sounds, gasp, happy.
Inveigh 12.27.11	lol
Counterfeit 12.27.11	cook with me now cook with me now uhh im makin pancakes
Counterfeit 12.27.11	if the rerelease for mellowhype didnt take some of the best songs off id def have that on my list
BigHans 12.27.11	I see his Facebook page friends total has jumped enormousy lately
Inveigh 12.27.11	yeah MellowHype made my list last year so I didn't feel it necessary to include them again. and like you said, the rerelease sucked a lot of the awesome out of that album.
Counterfeit 12.27.11	didnt even see it
frigyourgenre 06.25.14	Nessasary bump 2011 was an amazing year for hip hop
Inveigh 07.02.14	hell yeah man, although I'd order this list differently if I was to redo it today (Danny Brown and Random Axe higher, Astronote lower, etc)
Greyvy 07.02.14	haven't heard 2 in since like 2011, i loved it though. need to hear it soon.
Phlegm 07.02.14	dammn palaces higher too yo! what are your guys hip hop highlights so far this yearrrr?
Inveigh 07.02.14	damn I left A$AP Rocky, Blu and J. Cole off this list... and fuck yeah dude that Raekwon record rules hard
Inveigh 07.02.14	hip hop in 2014 has been pretty lackluster so far for me... honestly my favorites so far are probably Gibbs/Madlib and the new Rick Ross lol
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 07.03.14	forgot death grips
Inveigh 07.03.14	death grips blow dicks
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 07.03.14	ya don't discriminate
Inveigh 07.03.14	ok sorry *death grips make shitty music : )
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 07.03.14	well you included the roots so
Inveigh 07.03.14	lol fair enough, but at least I disclaimed that the records at the bottom weren't things i necessarily liked all that much, more just semi-important releases of the year. although i'm still not sure i should've included undun...