What Y'all Think Of 2006?

[The 18th Letter]

First Quarter:

Dem Franchize Boyz - On Top of Our Game
Dilated Peoples - 20/20
Bizzy Bone - Thugs Revenge
Ne-Yo - In My Own Words
Juvenile - Reality Check
Capone - Menace 2 Society
E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Ghostface Killah - Fish Scale
T.I. - King

Second Quarter:

Bubba Sparxxx - The Charm
LL Cool J - Todd Smith
Cam'Ron - Killa Season
Young Joc - New Joc City
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
Ras Kass - Revenge Of The Spit

Third Quarter:

Pharrell Williams - In My Mind
DMX - Year Of The Dog... Again
Rick Ross- Port Of Miami
Obie Trice - Second Rounds On Me
Outkast - Idlewild
The Roots - Game Theory
Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta
Chingy - Hoodstar
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liqour
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Thug Stories
Ludacris - Release Therapy

Fourth Quarter:

AZ - The Format
Lloyd Banks - Rotten Apple
Diddy - Press Play
Xzibit - Full Circle
Jibbs - Jibbs Feat. Jibbs
Pitbull - El Mariel
Birdman & Lil Wayne - Like Father, Like Son
Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Akon - Konvicted
Fat Joe - Me, Myself & I
Tupac Shakur - Pac's Life
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment
Ying Yang Twins - Chemically Imbalanced
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Jim Jones - A Dipset X-Mas
Lil Scrappy - Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration
Bow Wow - The Price Of Fame
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Trick Daddy - Back By Thug Demand
Styles P - Time Is Money
Eminem Presents - The Re-Up
Ghostface Killah - More Fish

So do y'all think we had a good music year? Maybe i missed a couple of albums.
What's your favourite release this year? And what release in 2007 do you see forth to?

Sneak Peak on 2007!

Lil Jon - Crunk Rock
Lil Flip - I Need Mine
Trey Songz - Trey Day
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
8Ball & MJG - Ridin' High
Young Buck - Buck The World
Ghostface Killah & MF DOOM - Swift & Changeable
LL Cool J - Todd Smith Pt. 2: Back to Cool
Chamillionaire - The Ultimate Victory
Usher - The Untold Story
Redman - Red Gone Wild
Common - Finding Forever
Papoose - The Nacirema Dream
Dr. Dre - Detox
Juelz Santana - Back To Buisness
50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
Stat Quo - Statlanta
T.I. - T.I. Vs T.I.P.
Lil Wayne - The Carter III
Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses
Petey Pablo - Same Eyez On Me
M.O.P. - Yearly Physical
Ca$his - A Talk With Ca$his
Kanye West - Graduation
Paul Wall - Get Money, Stay True
Bishop Lamont - The Reformation
Busta Rhymes - The Devil's Cry
Ma$e - Harlem's Finest
Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind
Tony Yayo - T.O.N.Y.
D-12 - The Ambition
Young Hot Rod - Fast Lane
G-Unit - Locked & Loaded
J-Kwon - Louisville Slugger
Twista - Adrenaline Rush 2010
Nick Cannon - Stages
Ja Rule - Love Is Pain
Juvenile - Gang Bang
Ice Cube - Last Throw Of Tha Dice
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Strenght And Loyality
Young Joc - The Jocumentary
T-Pain - R&M: Rhythem & Music
Jermaine Dupri - Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 2
David Banner - From The Bottom, To The Top
Three 6 Mafia - Tha Last Walk
Bobby Creekwater - A Brilliant Mistake
Obie Trice - Bottom's Up
Rakim - The Seventh Seal
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II

[Lord Funk]

Cool list. I picked up:

E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
Ras Kass - Revenge Of The Spit
Rick Ross- Port Of Miami
Lloyd Banks - Rotten Apple
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

The year got better towards the end, I thought. Not all of the big albums lived up to the hype (Jay's was nowhere close), but it was a cool fourth quarter - seemed like there was a big release to look forward to every week or so.

I probably spent more time listening to 'new' records this year than for a few years now, so I guess hat's a good thing. But I don't know if that means the music is getting better again or I'm just getting used to today's styles, LOL.

Overall, I liked it. I know people knocked D4L and Franchise Boys and whatnot, but I can't comment because I literally never heard a thing by those acts. The records I took an interest in and dropped the notes for were generally pretty cool.

[ABN]

these are my favorites this year

Trae - Restless
Z-Ro - I´m Still Livin'
The Game - The Doctor´s Advocate
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Ludacris - Release Therapy

[ABN]

overall i´m pretty pleased with this year and for the first time in a while there were releases from all over that were jammin'. i just wish that Trae and Ro would´ve settled their differences before Ro got locked up and hit us with an official ABN album. the south did their thing this year and allthough there are a lot of weak acts coming from down there you can´t deny that they got a hell of a lot of artists putting out quality music aswell. and NY should stop complaining like a gang of bitches that´s had too much cum to swallow and just copy these southern cats' grind and go out there and get their own shit popping instead of waiting on these fuck boy labels to do everything for them.

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

I've picked up more R&B albums this year... My choices for 2006:

Hip Hop:

Snoop - TBCT
Game - DA
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Jay-Z - Kindome Come
Diddy - Press Play
Pharrell - In My Mind
Lake featuring Cormega - Brother's Keeper
N.O.R.E. - Y La Familia

R&B:

Brooke Hogan - Undiscovered
Cassie
Letoya Luckett
Danity Kane - DK
Jeannie Ortega - No Place Like BKLYN
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Ciara - The Evolution
Tamia - Between Friends
Sammie
Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O.
Jagged Edge
Cherish - Unappreciated
Nelly Furtado - Loose
Beyonce - B-Day
Kelis - Kelis Was Here
Monica - Makings Of Me

Mixtapes:

Warlord - Get Ya Block Knocked Off
Lake - Lake's Home
BWS Street Journal 1
All Out war 3
M:I: III Mixtape
Outlawz Retribution

Fav ol' skool track this year:

Hammer - Too Late Playa (My personal 2006 summer anthem)

[Nima - Dubcnn.com]

I love 2006!

[K.Dub]

I'm still waitin for Nas.

[Chief]

I love 2006!

for sure, 2006 has been a splendid year.

[The 18th Letter]

I also added a sneak peak list on 07 

[Meho]

2006 was great, 2007 looks even more heated.

[SGV]

2006 was a very good year for Hip Hop.

[The Kryptonian]

07 looks a lil better.

[Diabolical]

E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Ghostface Killah - Fish Scale
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liqour
AZ - The Format
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Styles P - Time Is Money
Jay-Z - Kindome Come
Inspectah Deck - The Resident Patient
Sunz Of Man - The Old Testament
Masta Killa - Made In Brooklyn
Method Man - 4:21... The Day After
ODB - A Son Unique
Raekwon - The Davinci Code The Vatican Mixtape Vol. 2
Raekwon - Prelude To Cuban Linx 2
DJ Shadow - The Outsider
J Dilla - The Shining

[everlast1986]

not a bad year compared to 05

[westkoastanostra]

2006 was a very good year for Hip Hop.