Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Hip-Hop Anniversaries, Part VII (Plus, the 2010s in Review)

 Looking Back on Classic Albums as Well as a Review on the Decade


25-Year Anniversary (1994)


Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East

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Da Brat - Funkdafied

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient 

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Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

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Craig Mack - Project: Funk Da World

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Common - Resurrection 

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Scarface - The Diary

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Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

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Nas - Illmatic

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Gang Starr - Hard to Earn

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Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda


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Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

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20-Year Anniversary (1999)


Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

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Dr. Dre - 2001

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Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

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Nas - I Am.....

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The Roots - Things Fall Apart

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Prince Paul - A Prince Amongst Thieves

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MF Doom - Operation Doomsday

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Q-Tip - Amplified

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15-Year Anniversary (2004)


Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition

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Slum Village - Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)

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The Foreign Exchange - Connected

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Eminem - Encore

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Nas - Street's Disciple

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Madvillain - Madvillainy

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De La Soul - The Grind Date

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The Roots - The Tipping Point

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MF Doom - mm FOOD

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10-Year Anniversary (2009)


Brother Ali - Us

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K'Naan - Troubadour

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Mos Def - The Ecstatic 

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Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt. II

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5-Year Anniversary (2014)



Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata

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Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica 

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J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive

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PRhyme - PRhyme

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Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron

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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

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10 of the Best Rap Albums of the Decade

Phonte - Charity Starts at Home (2011)

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Nas - Life is Good (2012)

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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (2017)

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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)

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De La Soul - .....And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)

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A Tribe Called Quest - We got it From Here: Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)

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J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)

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The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)

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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

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Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (2017)

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10 of the Best Mixtapes of the Decade

Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)

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Big K.R.I.T. - 12 for 12 (2016)

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Logic - Undeniable (2012)

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Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)

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Joey Badass - 1999 (2012)

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Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva (2011)

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Noname - Telefone (2016)

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J. Cole - Friday Night Lights (2010)

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Lou & Maze Rockwell - Let's Obliterate the Universe Vol. 1 (2011)

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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels (2013)

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10 of the Most Disappointing Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade


Logic - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2019)

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Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (2012)

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50 Cent - Animal Ambition (2014)

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Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

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Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Iz Here (2019)


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Common - Nobody's Smiling (2014)

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Eminem - Revival (2017)

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Nas - Nasir (2018)

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Chance the Rapper - The Big Day (2019)

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Schoolboy Q - CrasH Talk (2019)


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Five Best Rappers of the 2010s


Kendrick Lamar


J. Cole


Chance the Rapper


Big K.R.I.T.


Kanye West


Five of the Most Underrated Rappers of the 2010s


Big K.R.I.T.


Jay Rock


Freddie Gibbs




 
Schoolboy Q


J.I.D.