Your favorite 2011 rap album from the west coast

[Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation)]

 i forgot

MESSY MARV - Kocaine Balladz


fuck a hater, the production was awesome. highly recomended 

[Si-Chiggedy]

is the Erk Tha Jerk and Ab-Soul shit any good? and is it like 20 songs?

The beats on Erk's were better than on the prequel, so you may should give it a try.

As for your posting of a Messy Marv in such a thread in the year 2011 you got to be insane though. I'm not saying anything about the beats, he used to have dope beats in all these years. But himself got fucked up badly. That's no artist to me.

[pixtr]

WC Revenge of the Barracuda OG Daddy V - The Original Hustla   and Chillafornia by The Chill

[StrEiht Up Menace]

No Glasses Malone?

[Okka]

You should include all the other West Coast mixtapes from 2011 too, since you included "War Music" on it.

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Lol at mentioning Messy Marv. This is why I don't take some of your opinions on music seriously. Beats are important, but if you mention Messy Marv in a favorite album thread you may as well give Soulja Boy's music a chance.

[V2DHeart]

I voted Soopafly. Kendrick would have been but I just didn't find the album great. Granted it was solid, and good "quality" music, I just aint into that alternative Hip Hop sound. I think too many on the forum jump on the band waggon with that one though

Jay Rock not far behind

[Hoodlum204]

For Me It's A Tie Between Schoolboy Q's Setbacks & Kendrick Lamar's Section 80.....But I Voted For Setbacks!!
As Of Today Mistah Fab's 'I Found My Backpack' Is Def In My Top Releases This Year!!

Slept On IMO: 'Zumbi (of Zion I) - Versus'

[Sickaluffa]

i forgot

MESSY MARV - Kocaine Balladz


fuck a hater, the production was awesome. highly recomended 

[Stan]

You should break it up into major releases vs minor/independent

Usually big difference in sound and production... Half those weren't even on my radar but maybe I'll give em a shot. 

Nah, the west coast already is a minority imo, so it doesn't matter if I split it into Snoop / Game / E-40 vs. the rest. It's only about how good the music is on these records, no matter if there's more money behind the production or not. Overpolished production doesn't necessarily mean good music.

On the production tip, true.  STILL, there is good and bad beats, period.  DJ Premier doensn't have polished sounding production but his beats are fuckin dope!  And for the most part everyone is hating on Doggumentary but that album has beats.  On a big budget album they have the $$ to buy beats from established beat-makers. 

I'm sorry but beats makes up 50% (at least) of all rap music so if you leave that shit out, then you basically got some dope ass rhymes that could be a freestyle.  I hate listening to albums with shitty or no mastering/mixing jobs.  I previewed a few songs off of Kendrick Lamars album and was not impressed by the beats at all.  SOunded like a different artist compared to the fire he spit on Game's The CIty. 

[b.laden]

no one have mentioned big hutch only God can judge me .. solid album but not on the ATL's level !
and yeah , you should include mixtapes, nowadays ,some local and unknown rapper can make better music than  big name

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

The Locksmith album was slept on. I think only a couple people from here even listened to it. lol Lock needs to get a cosign from a legend to get some attention.

[Si-Chiggedy]

Shit, I definitely forgot to put Big Hutch's album on the list, same went for Dom Kennedy's record (even though the lyrics are ass). As for some of the albums you've mentionend, e.g. Locksmith or Zumbi, I haven't even heard of those records. Again, to anyone who thinks Messy's album should be on the list, well I never thought anyone would seriously put a record of him past 2007 in any list regarding good or quality music.

As for the claim of some records I put on the list to be mixtapes: I don't know... nowadays it's not really clear what a mixtape, a street album, an EP or an LP is anymore. People and artists drop those terms like girls drop panties inna strip club. I figured Slim's record to be something more like an album because it is produced like one. I consider everything a mixtape that's got dj's yelling on it.

[Black Excellence]

a mixtape called troubleman by 9th wonder's artist from oakland GQ.

[Si-Chiggedy]

push - 37 votes ain't enough! come on dubcc!