West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: The 18th Letter on December 15, 2006, 05:37:41 AM
-
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
-
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.
-
these are my favorites this year
Trae - Restless
Z-Ro - Iīm Still Livin'
The Game - The Doctorīs Advocate
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Ludacris - Release Therapy
-
overall iīm 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 wouldīve 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 canīt 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 thatīs 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.
-
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)
-
I love 2006!
-
I'm still waitin for Nas.
-
I love 2006!
for sure, 2006 has been a splendid year.
-
I also added a sneak peak list on 07 8)
-
2006 was great, 2007 looks even more heated.
-
2006 was a very good year for Hip Hop.
-
07 looks a lil better.
-
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
-
not a bad year compared to 05
-
2006 was a very good year for Hip Hop.
-
2006 has been a good year, especially in the 4th quarter... Overall I just think we all have to enjoy the good music instead of bitchin about the wack one, what it's real hip hop or not ect , Pissin pretty sums my thoughts up on that matter... and 2007 looks FIRE
-
2006 has been a good year, especially in the 4th quarter... Overall I just think we all have to enjoy the good music instead of bitchin about the wack one, what it's real hip hop or not ect , Pissin pretty sums my thoughts up on that matter... and 2007 looks FIRE
Ye 07 is _FIRE_ 8) ;)
-
I love 2006!
-
2006 was good.
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
DMX - Year Of The Dog... Again
Obie Trice - Second Rounds On Me
Method Man - 4:21
The Roots - Game Theory
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Those were/will be (for Nas) my 2006 albums that I copped. Apart from DMX and Obie, which I'd say were just 'decent', I'd say all those were damn solid releases. (Well I assume Nas' new shit is solid, based on the songs I've heard.)
There's a bunch of others too on there that I'd say are worthwhile releases, but not exactly my forte. E-40 did his thing, Lupe put out something original, to me even those Ying Yang Twinz singles sounded pretty good... All in all, despite all the wack ass releases that seem to flood the radio these days, 2006 was a good year.
My wish for 2007 - rappers coming with the best lyrics and best flows they can. Producers being the best they can be and not just focusing on pleasing the crowds.
Albums looking forward to getting:
Talib Kweli
Papoose
WC
Rakim
Ice Cube
Bishop Lamont
Raekwon
Redman
Kanye West
...should they come out, that is. Some of those are the "it'll drop when it'll drop" kind. And of course anything worth getting that happens to come along.
And of course, like I think it's with pretty much everybody, somewhere at the back of my brain I'm waiting for that Detox to drop. If not next year, then some day...
-
I think '07 is gonna be better!!
For '06....
Albums:
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
Styles P. - Time Is Money
Ice T - Gangsta Rap
Hi Tek - Hi Teknology 2: The Chip
Mixtapes:
Busta Rhymes - New Crack City
Mick Boogie & Busta Rhymes - King of The Remixes
DJ Green Lantern & Kay Slay - On My New York Shit
Papoose - 1.5 Million Dollar Man
Papoose - Second Place Is The First Loser
Papoose - Fourth Quarter Assassin
DJ E. Nyce & Cory Gunz & The Militia - The Call Of Duty
DJ E. Nyce & Jae Millz - Last Of The Best
Maino - King Of The City
J Hood - The Countdown: Tales From The Hood
DJ Scoob Doo - Lost In Yonkers 5: The Usual Suspects Mixtape
J Hood - The Beginning Of The End
Shinobi - Back Against The Wall
Mixtape Messiah - Mpire Records Mixtape
DJ Kool Kid - From The Bar To The Yard 2
DJ Block & DJ Hpnotiq & Jae Millz - 142nd & Lennox
DJ Kay Slay & Busta Rhymes - Countdown To The Big Bang
-
In 06 all of Dipset's releases were fire so you know I love 06! And Busta, Game, and The Wayne/Baby albums were very good aswell.
-
2007 will be way better. Looking forward to that Suga Kain album especially, and all those G-Unit releases, Crunk Rock and hopefully Detox.
-
Simply off that list (I'm sure your missing some more underground releases I thought were dope), these were my fav. of 2006
First Quarter:
T.I. - King (dope ass album. Solidifies himself as the king of the south).
Second Quarter:
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later (His best in a while if you ask me. I'd even maybe rate this has is 3rd or 4th best solo so far).
I'd like to add I was MAD disapointed with Ras Kass' Revenge Of The Spit. Very few good tracks.
Third Quarter:
Pharrell - In My Mind (not great, but not to bad. 3/5.)
Rick Ross - Port Of Miami ^^
Obie Trice - Second's Rounds On Me (pretty dope. Not 1 track got less then 3/5 for me, and their was a handlful of 4-5/5 tracks on here).
Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta (same as Pharrell & Ross' situation).
Chingy - Hoodstar (Liked it, in a very cheesy way).
Ludacris - Release Therapy (alright. Bothered me how I thought it started off as a banger, but got worse and worse as it went on).
Fourth Quarter:
Xzibit - Full Circle (decent. Not 1 of his best, but enough to be on the list).
The Game - Doctor's Advocate (in the future: simply a classic).
Akon - Konviced (3 outta 5. Some tracks suprised me).
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment (solid 4/5 stats. Best solo he's had in a while).
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (7 CLASSIC Hip-Hop tracks).
Lil' Scrappy - Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live (not bad. solid 3.5/5).
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration (agian, pretty average, but good enough to be on the list).
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (kinda disapointed, but still not bad).
Top 10 (off that list):
1. Doctor's Advocate
2. Hell Hath No Fury
3. King
4. Laugh Now, Cry Later
5. The Blue Carpet Treatment
6. 2nd Round's On Me
7. Release Therapy
8. Full Circle
9. Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
10. The Inspiration
Keep in mind, I've yet to listen to nas' l.p.
Looking forward to in 2007:
8Ball & M.J.G.
Young Buck (little hope)
Chamillionaire
Dr. Dre
50 Cent (hoping will be decent)
T.I.
Kanye West
Bishop Lamont
Ludacris
Tony Yayo (little, to no hope, but will give it a shot)
D12 (These dudes should be HUNGRY)
Ice Cube (Although I still think this is simply a rumour)
David Banner
Obie Trice
G-Unit is releasing another group album?
Some NOT on your list:
Knoc-Turn'Al
Crooked I
One-2
Big Syke
-
Told ya i might had forgot someone
-
06 got better as the year went on.
Top 5:
1. Busta Rhymes-The Big Bang
2. Ghostface-Fishscale
3. Nas-Hip Hop Is Dead
4. Game-Doctor's Advocate
5. The Roots-Game Theory
Honorable mention: Hi-Tek-Hi-Teknology 2
Best debut: Lupe Fiasco-Food & Liquor
Producers: Dre, Neptunes, Just Blaze, Will I Am, Hi-Tek
Most dissapointing: LL Cool J-Tood Smith
Most over rated: T.I.-King
Songs of the year: I Got A Dream-Common feat. Will I Am
Can't Hold A Torch-Busta Rhymes feat. Q-Tip
Still Dreamin'-Nas feat Kanye West
Music For Life-Hi Tek feat Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes, and J Dilla
Worst song of the year: Peanut Butter & Jelly-Cadillac Don
Chicken Noodle Soup
Walk It Out
Out of nowhere track: Jim Jones-We Fly High
What ever happened to?
Rakim-The Seventh Seal
Tribe Called Quest album rumours
Biter: Termanology on Watch How It Go Down. Bit a line from Pac and Pun in the same track
Rest In Peace-J. Dilla We will forever miss you.
-
Looking forward to:
Common, Kweli, Dre, whatever's hot.
-
Boot Camp Clik was the best by far underground independan tartists smoked all compition withTHE LAST STAND
-
Albums that I've already bought this year
Dilated Peoples - 20/20
E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Thug Stories
Xzibit - Full Circle
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Tupac Shakur - Pac's Life
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment
Albums that I'll be buying this Tuesday
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
-
Rakim-The Seventh Seal
Rakim is coming this summer :sun: :sun: :sun:
-
Dope Albums This Year:
T.I. - King
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
DMX - Year Of The Dog... Again
Obie Trice - Second Rounds On Me
Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liqour
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
-
daaamn cant wait for these albums:
Juvenile - Gang Bang
Ice Cube - Last Throw Of Tha Dice
Twista - Adrenaline Rush 2010
Bishop Lamont - The Reformation
Busta Rhymes - The Devil's Cry
Kanye West - Graduation
Petey Pablo - Same Eyez On Me
M.O.P. - Yearly Physical
T.I. - T.I. Vs T.I.P.
Lil Wayne - The Carter III
Dr. Dre - Detox
Juelz Santana - Back To Buisness
Papoose - The Nacirema Dream
Chamillionaire - The Ultimate Victory
Obie Trice - Bottom's Up
Three 6 Mafia - Tha Last Walk
-
To be really honest? 2006 kinda sucked for me. Thank God I've been digging deep into the crates of musical history to keep me satisfied. This year's hip-hop has barely been noteworthy at all to me; just a few albums deserve a mention here:
The Roots - Game Theory
Kinda weird musically, and at first I didn't really like it a lot, but it grew on me rapidly. Album of the year to me.
Dr. Octagon - The Return of Dr. Octagon
...a really odd mixture of electronic sounds with hip-hop.
Jay Dee - Donuts
A beat tape, but so damn enjoyable it's unheard of.
Ghostface - Fishscale
Smooooooooth on the rhymes and beats. I liked it.
Army of the Pharaos - The Torture Papers
Emceeing is alive! A large pack of rappers: a great bunch of talented ones, although there's clearly some less talented ones also part of the group... A satisfying result overall, and unfortunately this project was majorly overlooked...
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Funny how Nas managed to stir up a hype simply by the name of his album. The content is rather consistent: there's very few standout tracks, while at the same time there's no weak spots on the album. The question remains: why the hell is Snoop on this album? Funny to note on the other hand how Game and Nas make a very good combination for verse trading, and how about Chrisette Michele's soulful hook on "Can't Forget About You"? I'm definately looking to hear more from her. HHID has some good verses by Nas, but it's never outstanding. That's typical for the state of rap music if you ask me.
M-1 - Confidential
Kinda weird because M-1 took the spice out of the album to make it easier to digest for the masses... Yet what remains are some spiritually uplifting rhymes, mostly spit on smooth beats. Could have been so much more; ended up as "simply a nice album".
And then there's the vast majority of the albums that could be listened to without having to force yourself to skip to the next track... K-OS, Jay-Z, J Dilla's "The Shining", AZ, Hi-Tek, Busta Rhymes, Murs, OutKast, The Game... All could have been so much more. I have yet to listen to the new BCC and JMT albums. I'll be attending their concerts in 2007, so I hope they bring some heat...
All in all, there's only one conclusion for me to pull out of all this. The album of the year 2006 to me isn't a hip-hop album. Koop's nu-jazz effort "Koop Islands" (with an extremely gay album cover) easily takes the title, with its touching rhythms and spiritual lyrics.
-
So Detox is coming in 2007.
.
Well, as for '06, I haven't been listening to a lot of hiphop, but I liked most albums that I bought this year. But that's stuff like Arctic Monkeys and Thom Yorke which doesn't really fit this topic...
my fav HipHop album of 2006 tho (of the few I've heard): Game Theory
-
2006 has bin a good year! I picked up:
E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
Tha Dogg Pound - Cali Iz Active
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Busta Rhymes - Big Bang
DMX - Year Of The Dog... Again
Obie Trice - Second Rounds On Me
Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta
Ludacris - Release Therapy
Xzibit - Full Circle
The Game - Doctor's Advocate
Jay-Z - Kingdome Come
Snoop Dogg - The Blue Carpet Treatment
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Eminem Presents - The Re-Up
Lookin 4ward 2 these 4 nxt year tho!
Young Buck - Buck The World
Chamillionaire - The Ultimate Victory
Redman - Red Gone Wild
Dr. Dre - Detox
Stat Quo - Statlanta
Ca$his - A Talk With Ca$his
Kanye West - Graduation
Bishop Lamont - The Reformation
Busta Rhymes - The Devil's Cry
Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind
D-12 - The Ambition
Ice Cube - Last Throw Of Tha Dice
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Strenght And Loyality
Bobby Creekwater - A Brilliant Mistake
Obie Trice - Bottom's Up
Rakim - The Seventh Seal
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II
-
Lookinh forward to these:
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Ghostface Killah & MF DOOM - Swift & Changeable
Redman - Red Gone Wild
Common - Finding Forever
Papoose - The Nacirema Dream
Dr. Dre - Detox
Bishop Lamont - The Reformation
Ice Cube - Last Throw Of Tha Dice
Rakim - The Seventh Seal
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II
-
I'm surprised to see some people are actually thinking Redman's ever dropping :D
-
^^ yep Redman, Joe Budden , Saigon, Crooked I won't drop, I doubt Pap will too.. same with Raekwon
-
^^ yep Redman, Joe Budden , Saigon, Crooked I won't drop, I doubt Pap will too.. same with Raekwon
Raekwon is defintive dropping, can't see why it shouldn't
-
^ And I can't see why Papoose wouldn't either? ???
-
Ye, Papoose will definitive drop his album.. And that album is gna be sick, the freestyle with hot rod that recently got on the net that was nuthin' but fire. I wonder how he breathed towards the end :o he spitted those words like sum' fuckin' automatic.. Unbeliveable
-
^^ yep Redman, Joe Budden , Saigon, Crooked I won't drop, I doubt Pap will too.. same with Raekwon
Raekwon is defintive dropping, can't see why it shouldn't
One word: Aftermath
Means it might drop around March 2008 if we're lucky.