2009 album of the year?
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
- Fashawn - Boy Meets World
- P.O.S. - Never Better
- Mos Def - The Ecstatic
- CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume One
- Brother Ali - Brother Ali
- Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
- Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract
- Uochi Toki - Libro audio
- J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
- Oh No - Oh No vs. Now Again
- Finale - A Pipe Dream and a Promise
- Elevated Ruffians - The Magnificent Soul LP
- MF Doom - Born Like This
- Strong Arm Steady & Madlib - In Search of Stoney Jackson
- Esoteric - Saving Seamus Ryan
- Lone - Ecstasy & Friends
- Sole and the Skyrider Band - Plastique
- WWW - Tanec Sekyr
- La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust
- Dälek - Gutter Tactics
- Cyne - Water for Mars
- Sleep - Hesitation Wounds
- CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Two
- Skyzoo - The Salvation
- Blame One - Days Chasing Days
- Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium
- Huss und Hodn - Der Stoff, aus dem die Regenschirme sind
- Blockhead - The Music Scene
- Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse