JMS: The best of 2010 Hip Hop according to Coldrockdaspot...

Edit: I was missing some dope LP's and singles that need to be mentioned, so I have changed it to Top 10's of 2010 :)

Peace all, I felt like getting this done now, so here it is...the dopest Hip Hop music etc from this year according to this blog.

It has been a year of some really dope albums and tracks, a lot of new groups and Old School cats taking real Rap back to the esscence, hopefully in 2011 we get many more and Hip Hop continues to grow.

These are the artists that cared about the art form and culture and repsected all of the elements of Hip Hop, there were no gimmicks in their music, no auto tune, cheesed out beats, and the rhymes made sense and meant something, these albums and tracks are Hip Hop with a soul, and that is sadly missing a lot these days.

These are the albums, singles and tracks and moments that made me still love and appreciate Hip Hop, they defined what Hip Hop is all about and stayed true to the art form for me.

Top 10 Singles/Tracks of 2010:

Over a hard beat lifted straight from the legendary Buckwild's vaults, all MC's bought the goods to the table and delivered very hungry and memorable performances, it was hard to choose who bought it the most, but I have always sat on Diamond-D followed by Grand Puba, I did feel that Lord Finesse was missing but the rest of them were just incredible regardless.

This was on my stereo pretty much everyday in 2010 as were the other 9 listed here...

1-Celph Titled ft OC, AG, Sadat-X, Grand Puba & Diamond-D-There Will Be Blood (Produced by Buckwild)2-Meyhem Lauren-New York Where Ya At? (Produced by PF Cuttin)
3-Blueprint ft Illogic-Pain (Produced by Blueprint)
4-Smiley The Ghetto Child-I Am Legend (Produced by DJ Premier)
5-Black Milk-Welcome (Gotta Go) (Produced by Black Milk)

6-Bun-B & DJ Premier-Let 'Em Know (Produced by DJ Premier)
7-LCA-Welli Girls (Produced by Kase)
8-Qwel and Maker-The Game (Produced by Maker)
9-The Roots ft Joanna Newsome & STS-Right On (Produced by Alectrick.Kom)
10-Roc Marciano-Panic (Produced by Roc Marciano)

Top 10 LP's of 2010:

1-Celph Titled and Buckwild-Ninety Ninety Now *

2-Oddisee-Traveling Man

3-Roc Marciano-Marcberg

4-Gangrene (Oh No and Alchemist)-Gutter Water

5-Qwel & Maker-Owl
6-The Left-Gas Mask
7-Damu The Fudgemunk-How It Should Sound Vol 1 & 2
8-DJ Premier-Presents Year Round Records-Get Used To Us

9- The Roots-How I Got Over
10-Madlib-Medicine Show: No: 5 History of The Loop Digga, 1990-2000

Special Mention: Evil Mule-P-Hood Prophecies, it wasn't technically released in 2010, but it was a dope album that I was introduced you to this year and played all through out the year.

LP Re-issue of the year:

Re-issue LP of the year:

Truth be told, I got a bit bored with Celph and his whole stlye, but he got some really dope unreleased dope beats from the great Buckwild and went to work hard, resulting in a mad fat LP of classic beats and samples and loops, amusing and tight braggadocio rhymes, odes to what Hip Hop was all about in the 90's and a series of guest MC's that all bought their A-Game, I loved every track on this album.

You cannot wrong with that superb re-issue of such a classic and timeless album from Pete Rock and CL Smooth, the re-issue came up with instrumentals, accapellas, remixes and exclusives, a 20 page booklet, a full sized poster, printed dust sleeves and a remastered version of the classic album, Traffic Entertainment did it really big this time.

Get it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Mecca-Soul-Brother-Deluxe-Smooth/dp/B003XIO7QE

EP release of the year:

Printmatic sampled not just sounds but also vocals and speeches from The Who, added his trademark dope beats and got busy, a superb and essential EP, the whole EP is such a great listen from start to finish.

Download it for Free here:

http://printmatic.bandcamp.com/album/blueprint-who-free-version

Producers of the year:

The one and only DJ Premier...

Oddisee

Madlib

Damu The Fudgemunk

Oh No

Black Milk

Apollo Brown

Maker

Marco Polo

RawDeal & ATS (Evil Mule)

Kase (LCA)

Ridge Jaggers (Dues Paid)

Kev Brown

Alchemist

Pete Rock

DJ Muggs

Lord Monsta
M.D. (Martel Ruffin)

Proh-Mic

Dopest live shows:

Talib Kewli and Jean Grae
The Beatnuts
DJ Premier and Sir Vere
Masta Ace, EDO.G and Marco Polo

R.I.P.(Farewell to the true talents we lost in music)

Melvin Bliss

DJ Premier and Pete Rock LP

Tef and DJ Premier-Contraband

Showbiz and KRS One-Godsville

New Evil Mule album and solo ATS album.

The Offspring of the Native Tongues LP
Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele 2
GZA-Liquid Swords 2

Blueprint-Adventures In Counter-Culture

Joel Ortizz-Free Agent
Meyhem Lauren-Self Induced Illness

J-Rocc-Some Cold Rocc Stuff
Blue Scholars-Cinemetropolis

The Beatnuts-The Planet of The Crates

Talib Kweli-Gutter Rainbows

Pharoah Monch-WAR

Madlib - Low Budget High Fi Music
DJ Premier - Beats That Collected Dust v.2

Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental

Unreleased Gang Starr...

J-Live-S.P.T.A.
Saigon - Greatest Story Never Told Plus: MED and Oh No are scheduled to drop new albums.
Madvillain 2?

Hail Mary Mallon (Rob Sonic, Aesop Rock & DJ Big Wiz) LP
Random Axe (Black Milk, Sean Price and Guilty Simpson) LP
Bumpy Knuckles?

Happy New Year good people, I am talking a small break and will be back in 2011 with interviews from the legendary Simon Harris and new dope kids...Martel Ruffin and Calcei and Meyhem Laruen

Stay tuned...

Peace

Feedback

Copywrite-Read it and love it. Fuck those morons talkin shit about u "giving away free music". They'll complain no matter what u do. I've known camu longer than anyone in any crew he was ever in and I know he would love to be remembered for the obsession he put into his music and art. Much love fam. U even had "hear me talkin to you". A lot of people slept and never checked that out. Props fam. I'm gonna check the przm one out too. I miss both these people daily.
D.Lynch (Solid Scheme)-Thanks for the write up, you really did your homework. Thanks for taking me for a trip down memory lane. As for not seeing any photos of Solid Scheme your correct Chris and I were really on the low. We just made beats. Chris Passed away on March 9th 2001 of a suddden heart attack he was only 31That was my Dog! As for me I'm still making beats living in Los Angeles though originally from Brooklyn.
Hitman Howie Tee-Jaz, Your da man. Thanx for da hook up, what more can I say, but BIG BIG Thanx man. I'm in Orlando, FL now just chillin with the fam. I have maadd trax, but Hip-Hop is NOT the same, it's ALL about the money. When you do hip hop for the money, you make the money, But when you do hip hop for the love of hip hop, you make HISTORY (the money will come). Think About, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five did not get the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame becouse they made money. Hollaback
Salaam Remi-I Came across the blog u did on me while surfing the net,thanx a lot, appreciate it.
Scotti aka DJ Ace of Ace and Daquan-Jaz thanks for the respect, i was reading some comments you said about me,concerning give it up and hard to the core-Yeah i can't believe where all the time went....but those were the days of crazy creative Hip Hop. I no longer go by the name of DJ Ace but I am still producing-
The LG Experience-Jaz Whats Good.I want to thank you for your post on my work. Its crazy cause i've had your blog as a favorite for a while,but didn't check it for a min. I was copying links from some of the best sites I fuck wit to send to my boy in detroit & came across the post. I appreciate your interest dogs. I'm still makin heat.I'm currently workin on albums by Malay Sparks,Baby Blak,& B.A.M.
Yeshua dapoED-yo i absolutely love ur blog and this piece on guru...and the other awesome shit ur writng about..big ups man.. good shit

6 comments:

Unknown said...: I think K-Murdock should've been on the the list for one of the producers of the year; January 2, 2011 at 6:21 AM
Elijah Gregory said...: I think you mean Random really. And agree, famicom Forever was gutsy, and hits home for a lot of the geekier hop hop heads.; January 5, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Elijah Gregory said...: Oh, I would like to follow up my last comment by identifying myself as a nobody who can't even keep Random and K-Murdock straight.; January 6, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Sweet Tooth said...: Very comprehensive post Jaz, thanks for sharing, I've always admired your taste in music, even if you don't dig all of mine :P; January 6, 2011 at 11:56 PM
imperial said...: Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Looking forward to 2011!; January 7, 2011 at 12:24 AM
Unknown said...: I really appreciate all of the comments, lol Zach thanks fam, if we all liked the same thing, it would make for a dull World right? ;); January 7, 2011 at 8:37 AM

The best of 2010 Hip Hop according to Coldrockdaspot...

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