Bloggerhouse & WYDU’s Year In Review: Trav’s Favorite 50 Albums
Posted by: Travis // Category: Year End Lists (’09)
This week, we’ll be wrapping up the year 2009 with our “Bloggerhouse & WYDU 2009 Year In Review”. This will be one of the few times you’ll see the same posts on WYDU as Bloggerhouse and vice versa. We kick off the week with my PERSONAL Top Fifty albums of the year 2009. Meaning, these were my favorites, and not what I think the overall best were. I listened to around 400 mixtapes, EPs, and albums, as far as I can tell this past year. That mean these were my favorites, ones that got more than one play then was forgotten about. It’s important to point out that there was no limitations on this list. There are EPs, instrumental albums, mixtapes, and albums all mixed in here. Hell, there is even something that might be classified as a 12 inch vinyl single, but this was the best of everything.
I’m still debating the quality of the ’09 year. Obviously I was bombarded with music and actually felt overwhelmed a few times and probably didn’t give some quality projects the amount of time they deserved. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to build relationships with albums that didn’t hit me right off the bat. Sometimes albums take a few listens to get acquainted to, but that just wasn’t possible this year unless you already had a proven track record. An album like Brother Ali, which I didn’t really feel right off the bat, got another listen just because he’s had some decent material in the past. And it worked, but others, if it didn’t grab me right that first listen and this was my first time listening to your work, it might have been swept to the side. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it goes these days.
As I pointed out, all this week will feature the best 2009 had to answer. We’ll cover my 100 favorite tracks of the year (with an extra 100 more that you should heard as well) and we’ll feature the fourth annual WYDU & Bloggerhouse awards, so stay in tune.
50. Wu-Tang Clan – Chamber Music
49. Murs & Slug – Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez
48. Apathy – Wanna Snuggle?
47. RADIx – MonSTAPLEx
46. MF Doom – Born Like This
45. Damu The Fudgemunk – Kilawatt V1
44. Elzhi - The Leftovers (Unmixedtape)
43. 14KT – Nowalataz
41. Mr. SOS – How Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
40. Blu – Open (theInstrumentalLP): ForTheHeadsWhoNeedBeats
39. Superstar Quamallah – The Invisible Man
38. Notes To Self – A Shot in the Dark
37. Ace & Edo – Arts & Entertainment
36. Quite Nyce – Through My Eyes
35. Pugs Atomz & Rashid Hadee - Stormy
34. Cunninlynguists – Strange Journey Vol 2
33. Low Budget - LaserDisc
32. Sene & Blu – A Day Late & A Dollar Short
31. 5 ’0 Clock Shadowboxers – The Slow Twilight
30. Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson
29. People Under The Stairs – Carried Away
28. Pseudo Slang – We’ll Keep Looking
27. Blaq Poet – Tha Blaqprint
26. Illogic – Diabolical Fun
25. DJ JS-1 – Ground Original 2: No Sell Out
24. Diamond District – In The Ruff
23. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt II
22. Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
21. Nite People – What Do You Mean You Peolple?
20. Finale – A Pipe Dream and a Promise
19. LoveJones & Phys Edison – Sunday Drive
18. Tha Connection – Love Royale
17. Kid Hum - Fossil Fuels
16. Exile - Radio
15. Diz Gibran – Soon You’ll Understand
14. Dynas - The Apartment
13. Drumz & Llingo - BlakMarket
12. Skyzoo – The Salvation
11. Fashawn – Boy Meets World
10. Tanya Morgan – Brooklynati
9. Blame One – Days Chasing Days
8. Aarophat & Illastrate As Black Noise – The Black Noise LP
6. Brother Ali – Us
5. Diego Bernal – For Corners 
4. Cunninlynguists – Strange Journey Vol 1
3. J Dilla – Jay Stays Paid
2. Poorly Drawn People – Motion Not Emotion
1. Paten Locke – Super Ramen Rocketship
Tags: Best of 2009
January 12th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Yes yes yall. Complete listing there brah. Been feeling the Fashawn joint lately. CHeers.