Open Mic: What’s the Best Hip-Hop Album of 2009?

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Gumbo

Published on September 23, 2009 with 102 Comments">102 Comments

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Let’s face it, all the “quality” albums have either dropped or leaked at this point. So, assuming you still disagree with Nasir’s early Album of the Year pick, what other hip-hop albums* made you feel warm and tingly inside? Sound off.

[* No Drake mixtapes, please]

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  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO

    DOOM – Born Like This

  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO RAP NOW

    DOOM – Born Like This

  • Negrostotle

    Slaughterhouse, with OBFCL2 and Ecstatic running not too far behind.

  • Negrostotle

    Slaughterhouse, with OBFCL2 and Ecstatic running not too far behind.

  • Erock Lazron

    Mos Def
    K-OS
    Raekwon

    U-God
    Doom

  • Erock Lazron

    Mos Def
    K-OS
    Raekwon

    U-God
    Doom

  • kazeiro

    Brother Ali – Us is the best

    but Raekwon and Hilltop Hoods are close

  • kazeiro

    Brother Ali – Us is the best

    but Raekwon and Hilltop Hoods are close

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  • Dom Corleone

    Doom
    Brother Ali
    Raekwon
    Mos Def
    Keelay & Zaire
    Exile
    J Dilla

    .. Off the top of the dome.

  • Dom Corleone

    Doom
    Brother Ali
    Raekwon
    Mos Def
    Keelay & Zaire
    Exile
    J Dilla

    .. Off the top of the dome.

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    Rick Ross > all other rap albums

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    Rick Ross > all other rap albums

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    1. Rick Ross shit was tight
    2. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
    3. Quik & Kurupt – BlaQKout

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    1. Rick Ross shit was tight
    2. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
    3. Quik & Kurupt – BlaQKout

  • jigga

    Blueprint fo sho

  • jigga

    Blueprint fo sho

  • B Hyphen

    Relapse
    Slaughterhouse
    The Blueprint 3

  • B Hyphen

    Relapse
    Slaughterhouse
    The Blueprint 3

  • Ross

    I peed my pants from laughter at these Slaughterhouse picks…that album is garbage. I would go with any of Rae, Jay, Mos, Kid Cudi, Mayer Hawthorne, BLK JKS, or Q-Tip right now.

  • Ross

    I peed my pants from laughter at these Slaughterhouse picks…that album is garbage. I would go with any of Rae, Jay, Mos, Kid Cudi, Mayer Hawthorne, BLK JKS, or Q-Tip right now.

  • derr3alex

    U-God? Maybe I’ll pick that up.
    OB4CL2 is really good. But the M.O.P – Foundation is good one also.

  • derr3alex

    U-God? Maybe I’ll pick that up.
    OB4CL2 is really good. But the M.O.P – Foundation is good one also.

  • Episode

    Creates an Ecstatic and there you have it.

  • Episode

    Creates an Ecstatic and there you have it.

  • ATI

    k-os – Yes!
    K’naan – Troubador
    Mos Def – The Ecstatic

  • ATI

    k-os – Yes!
    K’naan – Troubador
    Mos Def – The Ecstatic

  • sscearcely

    Slaughterhouse, followed by kid cudi- man on the moon

  • sscearcely

    Slaughterhouse, followed by kid cudi- man on the moon

  • B3N

    Ali is hot. BK-One and Felt will be ill. But the best so far is still P.O.S. He’s incredibly innovative, and I lovelovelove those grungy, chunky punk-/drum ‘n bass-inspired grooves!

  • B3N

    Ali is hot. BK-One and Felt will be ill. But the best so far is still P.O.S. He’s incredibly innovative, and I lovelovelove those grungy, chunky punk-/drum ‘n bass-inspired grooves!

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_ em2wice

    Toki Wright-A Different Mirror
    Brother Ali-US
    OBFCLII
    DOOM-Born Like This
    Dub Fx-Everythinks A Ripple
    Dilla
    Mos Def

    Lookin’ 4ward 2 Kimbo Price and Mic Tyson

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_ em2wice

    Toki Wright-A Different Mirror
    Brother Ali-US
    OBFCLII
    DOOM-Born Like This
    Dub Fx-Everythinks A Ripple
    Dilla
    Mos Def

    Lookin’ 4ward 2 Kimbo Price and Mic Tyson

  • Asanto

    ob4cl II

  • Asanto

    ob4cl II

  • georgeburns

    ROSS said slaughterhouse was garbage??..kids deaf

  • georgeburns

    ROSS said slaughterhouse was garbage??..kids deaf

  • Ross

    beats are entirely generic…only royce has versatility…they try to do the same thing on each track, and the result is monotonous…its like a mixtape, which are 99% awful…plus, they are the worst live act i have ever seen…and that doesnt help their cause.

  • Ross

    beats are entirely generic…only royce has versatility…they try to do the same thing on each track, and the result is monotonous…its like a mixtape, which are 99% awful…plus, they are the worst live act i have ever seen…and that doesnt help their cause.

  • djp

    Gotta be Brother Ali – Us. Feels like the man poured his soul into that one. OB4CL2 is next. Mos Def and DOOM are up there too, but you gotta give it to Ali.

  • djp

    Gotta be Brother Ali – Us. Feels like the man poured his soul into that one. OB4CL2 is next. Mos Def and DOOM are up there too, but you gotta give it to Ali.

  • t0p

    I’m really feeling Us, OB4CL2, The Ecstatic and Man On The Moon, but Cudi’s isn’t on the same level (yet). OB4CL2 is so much more than I expected to hear from the (aging) Wu-Tang camp, but it comes down to Ali and Mos for me. I need some more listening time with Ali to fall on one side or the other.

  • t0p

    I’m really feeling Us, OB4CL2, The Ecstatic and Man On The Moon, but Cudi’s isn’t on the same level (yet). OB4CL2 is so much more than I expected to hear from the (aging) Wu-Tang camp, but it comes down to Ali and Mos for me. I need some more listening time with Ali to fall on one side or the other.

  • Denial

    Mos Def
    Grouch & Eligh

    Haven’t heard the new Brother Ali yet though.

  • Denial

    Mos Def
    Grouch & Eligh

    Haven’t heard the new Brother Ali yet though.

  • Anonymous

    RELAPSE MOTHERFUCKERS

  • Anonymous

    RELAPSE MOTHERFUCKERS

  • e

    P.O.S.
    k-os
    DOOM
    K’naan
    Juice Aleem
    Mos Def
    Raekwon
    DJ Quick and Kurupt
    Sage Francis
    Sole

  • e

    P.O.S.
    k-os
    DOOM
    K’naan
    Juice Aleem
    Mos Def
    Raekwon
    DJ Quick and Kurupt
    Sage Francis
    Sole

  • Anonymous

    Wale’s
    Attention: Deficit
    we knew it was coming i didnt think it would be so ground breaking

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