While trying to finish up my top 50 songs of 2008, I wanted to sneak my top 40 albums in while I’m working on the last half of the songs. In actuality, I’m too much of a freak to let a day go by without posting some kind of post, so I’m trying to squeeze these in, in hopes that it doesn’t take long and I won’t feel guilty for skipping a day. More than likely, in my attempts on making it better than I should, it’ll end up taking me twice as long as I planned and I will waste a night I could have worked the songs. Yeah, oh well…..Enough of me and my wacky attitudes toward this blog, which could end up being the death of me one of these days.
Alright, it’s the end of the year and we are smack dab in the middle of my personal lists. By the time we get done with all the 2008 recap, it’ll be time to start the 2009 stuff. So let’s get all the disclaimers and that BS out of the way. Once again, these are just MY personal favorites. Read: They are albums that I personally liked. They are opinions. That doesn’t mean I think they are the best ones. They are simply ones that I personally liked the most. It doesn’t mean that I don’t think Lil Wayne doesn’t belong the top 40 hip hop releases (I don’t, but that’s another argument). They are my personal opinions, so you are free to disagree with me on the basis that you personally weren’t feeling it, but I could care less if you think I’m “wrong”, cause there is no “right” or “wrong”.
Alright, now that we got that out of the way…..I actually had to narrow the list down from the 89 albums that I listed as stuff that I listened to more than once. Okay, more than a week or so. No, really, these top 40 albums (which is a mix of EPs, mixtapes, instrumental albums and retail albums) are all things that find a home in my iPod and stayed there through out the year. I know a lot of people say this was a shitty year, and some ways it wasn’t up to par. In other ways, while I don’t think there was great albums such as “Below The Heavens” or the fact that Cunninlynguists didn’t drop a jewel on us like they have the past two years, there was more “very good” albums. I remember last year my list really tailed off after about the top 40, not so this year. I’m not sure if I just listened to a whole lot more music this year than years past, but as I said, I had a hard time getting this down to 40, I really did.
Anyway, enough of my babble, on to the list. Sorry, no write ups on these, as I said I’m trying to save time and plus I’ll have enough to say about most of these albums when the FINAL wrap of 2008 is posted up later this week or weekend. As always, feel free to disagree or agree. That’s the good thing about lists, they spark conversation, and this is a better site with the talk……
40. Cee & Bekah – The Soul Movement Vol 2
Free Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/y0vuiu
Their Blog: http://ceeandbekah.blogspot.com/
Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ceeandbekah
39. 88 Keys – The Death of Adam
38. Little Vic – Each Dawn I Die
37. Small Professor – Slowbus
36. Madlib – Beat Konducta Vol 5. Dil Cosby Suite
35. Atmosphere – Sad Clown Bad Spring 12
34. The Knux – Remind Me In Three Days
33. Prolyphic & Reanimator – The Ugly Truth
32. Ill Poetic – Joe Budden Meets Portishead
31. Poorly Drawn People – Shoot For The Stars, Hit The Ceiling
Free Download:http://www.sendspace.com/file/w55gbq
Their Blog: http://poorlydrawnpeople.blogspot.com/
Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/poorlydrawnpeople
30. Guilty Simpson – Ode To The Ghetto
29. Tha Connection – Universal Dominance
Free Download: http://sharebee.com/84c39acd
Their Myspace: www.myspace.com/theconnectionteam
28. One Be Lo – The R.E.B.I.R.T.H.
27. 14KT – The Golden Hour (Soundtrack)
26. Tha Connection – Trapeze
25. Invincible – Shapeshifters
24. Common Market – Tobacco Road
23. Now On - Tomorrow Already
22. Blue Sky Black Death – Late Night Cinema
21. DXArmy – Progression
20. Batsauce – The Gypsy Diaries
His Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/batsauce
Free Download: http://www.spooney.net/gypsy_diaries/
19. Akrobatik – Absolute Value
17. (Tied) Has-Lo – Small Metal Objects
Free Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/144294138/Has-Lo_-_Small_Metal_Objects_EP.rar
17. (Tied) Has-Lo & Small Professor – Fuck Has Day: Remixed But Still Fucked
Free Download: http://sharebee.com/11b67078
http://www.myspace.com/loreso
http://www.myspace.com/smallprofessor
16. Blu & Mainframe – Johnson & Jonson<
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15. 9th Wonder & Jean Grae – Jeanius
14. Buff 1 – There’s Only One
13. Blue Sky Black Death & Jean Grae – The Evil Jeanius
12. Black Milk - Tronic
11. Pacewon & Mr. Green – The Only Color That Matters is Green
10. Kooley High – The Summer Session EP
9. Shawn Jackson – First Of All……
8. J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla – Live At The Liqua Store
7. eMC – The Show
6. Elzhi – The Preface
5. Has-Lo – Fuck Has Day
Free Donwload: http://sharebee.com/d636c37b
4. Grip Grand – Brokelore
3. Dagha – The Divorce
2. Nicolay & Kay – Time:Line
1. Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold
Tags: Best of 2008
