Drop a review of your current favourite album of this year (2010)...

[rip.dilla]

^^^ My second fave this year

KanYe West somehow outdid himself on this one. There have been numerous glowing reviews on this album, but I only trust my EARDRUMS.

Every fucking song on this album is a masterpiece in song-writing and production. Eclectic, Psychedelic, Operatic, Soulful, Jazzy, Electronic, Rock all rolled into one.

And the best thing about it is the album GROWS on your senses everyday.

"Let's make a toast..."

 

[RuffDraft]

^^ Nice pick, I enjoyed the album as a whole, the production is kinda outdoing everything of this year, his versatility as you state is something to admire and he does have the ability to craft something out of this world. But for substance lyrically, I don't think it's up there with The Roots and that's why How I Got Over got my pick.

 

[RuffDraft]

hhhmm im still bumping HFM2 & MBDTF ill post a review on them after im finished.

What happened to Banks having a monotonous voice that nobody could stand for a whole album? I haven't checked it.

 

[nyq_guru]

Even though Kanye has been the one getting most plays as of lately (first GOOD Fridays and now MBDTF) I'm going to have to go with either "Distant Relatives" or "How I got over".

The above post on The Roots basically says it all so I won't add much to it. IMO Black Thought is one of the best MC's to ever pick up a mic and his lyrics are often precisely what I want hip hop to be. The same can be said about the sound and feeling that I get with a Roots album, just pure hip hop at its finest.

With DR, I think Nas and Damian created something really special. JR Gong certainly brought some thought provoking verses and it seemed that Nas didn't want to do anything less. "Patience", "Friends" and "Tribal War" (shout out to K'naan) are some of my favorite tracks from this year. I think they managed to combine their respective styles into a great piece of work that transcended both genres and ended up being simply good music.

With that said, I'm probably going with "How I got over" though. Also, Kweli gets a nod for "RPM". I saw both Nas & Damian and Kweli & Hi-Tek this summer, something that I think elevated my opinion of both albums.

I also wanna give J.Cole an honorable mention for "Friday night lights" (I know it's a mixtape but I don't really care). Can't wait for him to drop so we can see what he's capable of when it comes to crafting an entire album.

 

[RuffDraft]

Even though Kanye has been the one getting most plays as of lately (first GOOD Fridays and now MBDTF) I'm going to have to go with either "Distant Relatives" or "How I got over".

The above post on The Roots basically says it all so I won't add much to it. IMO Black Thought is one of the best MC's to ever pick up a mic and his lyrics are often precisely what I want hip hop to be. The same can be said about the sound and feeling that I get with a Roots album, just pure hip hop at its finest.

With DR, I think Nas and Damian created something really special. JR Gong certainly brought some thought provoking verses and it seemed that Nas didn't want to do anything less. "Patience", "Friends" and "Tribal War" (shout out to K'naan) are some of my favorite tracks from this year. I think they managed to combine their respective styles into a great piece of work that transcended both genres and ended up being simply good music.

With that said, I'm probably going with "How I got over" though. Also, Kweli gets a nod for "RPM". I saw both Nas & Damian and Kweli & Hi-Tek this summer, something that I think elevated my opinion of both albums.

I also wanna give J.Cole an honorable mention for "Friday night lights" (I know it's a mixtape but I don't really care). Can't wait for him to drop so we can see what he's capable of when it comes to crafting an entire album.

Nice review, I'm definitely with you on your comments. I too, saw Nas and Damian live, which did help in my appreciation of the album. But I have to say, it's not to my tastes, even though I can appreciate it and have listened to it quite a lot, I can't fall in love with it like others have.

That said, Kanye is definitely my most played at the moment, I've listened to the album about 6 times now. Bought it on Saturday too.

But How I Got Over is just a standout for the conscious rhymes from Black Thought and their approach with the album, I love the vocals that they have on there and the way they even put the tracks together is genius, the whole album is seemless and their approach to life and how they 'got over' instead of telling the struggle as most would do is really original and slick. I'm glad that it's got its praise and hasn't been slept on.