2010 GOON POLL results: The Top 30 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums of 2010

having relistened to roachy balboa last night i'd have def voted for it, probably as high as 5th - i really don't know why i failed to go back to it this year!

yeah my two favorite tracks by him this year ("ain't a thang to me" & "usually do") didn't make the album either, but there's some good stuff on there ("wake up," "crimesquare," "beat knockin',"the greatest," etc.). I thought it was just okay at first but I've been coming back to it a lot

Lady Leshurr - 01:21 Mixtape
Young Lyric aka Lyrikkal - 2 Lyrikkal
Na'Tee - Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinne

have to check still for all of these, & somehow totally forgot abt rah digga's return, even tho i think i posted the lead leak track to swag

it had something abt chickenheads rapping liek robots in it iirc ;)

yeah it's plausible to think of the entire rah digga album as motivated by being pissed off with nicki minaj

young lyric is best consumed thru her youtubes. such swag!

The Na'Tee is great, something else I might have voted for if I'd heard it earlier.

na'tee just released a travis porter remix on twitter - http://tinyurl.com/2cd5ocr

lolling @ "t.mix"

"last of the best" sounds amazing there compared to the youtube we thought was hot imo

if money is cheese, i love it, i'm italyyy

also: the first young lyric interview http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=9579&more=1&c=1

Last question: Hillary or Michelle Obama?

Both!! I'm global like Hillary and the new First Lady like Michelle!! Seriously though, they are 2 of my top role models because they are smart, strong, beautiful women who prove that girls can be leaders of the world and do anything boys can do (only better).

I'm global like Hillary and the new First Lady like Michelle!!

this is a great line

I think "Switch" is my favorite on the Na'tee

listening to switch omg

yeah

Okay loving this Na'Tee mix-tape, thanks goon crew.

these r all on itunes right?

Some of em. About half are just out there legally for free.

guyz i cant really stand e-40's voice either

Don't really want to post my ballot because I forgot two of my favourite releases (The Pack Is Back & Incarcerated would have knocked RAWSE off and I'd look cooler.)

'Lito was my #1. Burn One has to be the best DJ/Producer in the game atm, everything he does is gold. And Starlito is surprisingly tight writer for such a laid back voice. The pair together just *click* and Ren. Gangster is sublime.

I like this list. I find the Waka exhausting and cannot listen to it in 1 go but I totally love like half of it, at least.

2010 seems like a proper turning point creatively. The rise of creative+control type vids, dudes paying more attention to artwork, trying to have direction in their music such as limiting how many producers they'll have on a record to keep the sound on point. New gen got vision. Heres to it continuing in that direction.

guyz i cant really stand e-40's voice either

― gr8080, Saturday, January 8, 2011 7:45 AM (2 hours ago)

alright intervention time for some of yous

tho i used to be the same way with boosie tbh

is lex the only one to vote for pink friday?

thought about you guys whilst reading national geographic this morning. a giant cave was "swagged in flowstone".

I wasn't a voter in this poll, but here's my top 15 (posted in another thread last week.)
A lot of overlap with these results:

Big Boi- Sir Lucious Leftfoot...
Yelawolf- Trunk Muzik
Curren$y- Pilot Talk 2
E-40- Revenue Retreivin'
Nas & Damien Marley- Distant Relatives
Big KRIT- KRIT Wuz Here
Waka Flocka Flame- Flockaveli
Freeway & Jake One- The Stimulus Package
Raekwon- Cocainism Vol. 2
Roc Marciano- Marcberg
Kanye West- My...Fantasy
Kno- Death is Silent
The Roots- How I Got Over
J. Stalin- Prenuptial Agreement
Curren$y- Pilot Talk

"My...Fantasy" is my favorite abbrevvi for that album's title since ilxor's "My Beautiful D"

my top 15 was
so ready for 2011

1. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
2. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin
3. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
4. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
5. Roc Marciano - Marcberg
6. Lil’ Boosie - Incarcerated
7. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Vado - Slime Flu
10. De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - De Lachende Derde
11. Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
12. Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik
13. Dion Masé - SPFenomeen
14. French Montana - Coke Boyz
15. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection

lols aside i'd just like to extend a big thanks to the goons for doing this--v. valuable resource for the rest of us.

opinion -- is the major event rap album over, or just in a standing-eight count?

that was a question i think actually

It seems that there are just different categories of "event albums" now-- the major label hit event (Kanye, Drake, Carter IV), the cross-generational comeback event (Cuban Linx 2, Big Boi, Detox) and now the event mixtape (Kush & OJ.)

The Brainwasher was the only vote for Vado
lex was the only vote for Vado

#31 was Scarface - Dopeman Music [2 ballots]

lex was the only vote for nicki minaj i mean

lol i thought you were on some ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS IS TRUE

hahaha

if ppl like the production on the meek mill tape(s) they should check out legendary, most of the production on both is by jahlil beats like top 4 producers out right now for sure. my ballot

waka flocka flame - flockavelli
e-40 - revenue retrievin
yelawolf - trunk muzik
nht boyz - power triangle
earl sweatshirt - earl
z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2
roach gigz - roachy balboa
travis porter - proud 2 be a problem
soulja boy - legendary
gucci mane - mr zone 6
meek millz - flamerz 3
husalah - tha furly ghost vol 3
yo gotti & zedzilla - cocaine muzik 4
tyler, the creator - bastard
lil b - everything based

z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2

^^yeah this was hot too forgot all about this

dig your list

that was a question i think actually

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Saturday, January 8, 2011 11:54 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I meant i was soliciting y'alls opinions

thx man. had a blast listening to rap music & reading rolling stupid fruity crazy swag last year

z-ro, jdawg, & lil c - i aint takin no loss 2 <--i left this off bc it had some old stuff on it but i still love the freestyles and "new york minute" is kind of a hit in my circle

world of young ppl

haha need a catchy "world of three or or four friends who dig this"

DJ Premier's List:

25. Ice Cube – I Am The West
24. Bun B – Trill OG
23. Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now
22. KRS-One & True Master – Meta-Historical
21. Nottz – You Need This Music
20. Little Brother – LeftBack
19. Roc Marciano – Marcberg
18. Murs & 9th Wonder – Fornever
17. Eternia & MoSS – At Last
16. The Roots – How I Got Over
15. The Left – Gas Mask
14. Rah Digga – Classic
13. Gangrene – Gutter Water
12. Skyzoo & !llmind – Live from the Tape Deck
11. Drake – Thank Me Later
10. Fat Joe – The Darkside Vol. 1
09. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx – The eXXecution
08. Rick Ross – Teflon Don
07. Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package
06. Statik Selektah & Termanology – 1982
05. Scarface – Dopeman Music
04. Meth, Ghost & Rae – Wu Massacre
03. Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson
02. DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records – Get Used To Us
01. Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids

wow @ all this boom bap + drake

i would have voted drake!

The Left – Gas Mask <--anyone know anything abt this?

i said this in gun soundz but for anyone else, his time 4 change tape has some of the same beats and even verses as get used to us and is a million times more dope

i would have voted drake!

― gr8080, Saturday, January 8, 2011 1:41 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and u hate e-40! ban gr8080