10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2006
Thursday December 28, 2006
It's that time of the year again. This year, we persuaded some of your favorite hip-hop bloggers to take a break from hawking blogads and help us select the year's best ten albums. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2006, as decided upon by 12 respected hip-hop bloggers. (Nas' Hip-Hop Is Dead and other late 06 releases didn't make the list because we only considered albums that dropped between November 2005 and November 2006.)
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No Blue Carpet Treatment on anyone’s list? Once again anti-West Coast bias rears its ugly head.
No Blue Carpet Treatment on anyone’s list? Once again anti-West Coast bias rears its ugly head.
^Calm down. lol
I thought that if tracks 11-19 were taken out of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, it would definitely be up there with the best. Sadly, they weren’t and listeners were treated to a good 25 minutes of filler.
Yeah, damn that anti-West Coast bias. The Game’s on there; the Coup is on there; Murs was nominated–that’s so biased.
Seriously, I count 3 from NY; 2 from the West Coast; 2 from Chicago; and 1 each from Philly, Atlanta, and Virginia. I’d say that’s pretty good regional diversity.
^Real talk, Joey.
I liked Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, but there were too many songs I could do without on that album. Nero even said that in his review: http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/SnoopBlueCarpet.htm
I was only joking about the anti-West Coast bias thing – sorta. But the fact that K-Fed’s debut release didn’t make anybody’s top 10 list is a gosh damn crime.
^Haha, I knew you were joking. Digged your R&B version of the list by the way.
Once Hip Hop Is Dead drops, people are gonna have to start revising their lists.
Finally someone said it. Dec.19th is still this year people!Should of held the poll off a couple more weeks.
Its not a poll but you know.My brains fried after listening to blunt ashes too many times.It took me more than a couple rewinds to get everything he was saying.
Food & Liquor should be in the top 3 =D
#1 for me was A Piece of Strange.
yeaaa a piece of strange should be there somewhere
@No.12: Did you even read the list? Food & Liquor is No.3.
Yeah, I voted for A Piece of Strange, but one vote wasn’t enough to get it in the top 10.
Busta Rhymes had the MOST slept on album of 2006… I challenge anyone who says different.
yeah, too early for this list, Nas’s “HHIS” should EASILY be on this, and how does Busta’s album not make ANY of your lists?!?! dude easily had one of the best albums of the year, career-saving if you ask me.
Too early for the list? So, we’re all supposed to stand still for Captain Nas to drop his album, then make our lists? Wow.
Can’t be serious…no, Nas- “Hip Hop is Dead”? Sorry but if that album isn’t on the list, then it has no credibility!
“Too early for the list? So, we’re all supposed to stand still for Captain Nas to drop his album, then make our lists? Wow”
It’s not about standing still for Captain Nas, it’s about making including all of the albums of the year and picking the “10 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2006″ out of those. Otherwise your list is really just the best albums from January through December 18th, 2006. lol
yo, whoever has Diddy on that top 10 list, the rest of your pics arent credible after that. “Press Play” #2?? are you serious?
reecie has a point
I bought “hip hop is dead” yesterday. The album would be good if Nas didnt say anything. The rap is crap, the beats are hot, and I’ll take Jeezy’s new one over that garbage any day.
Its official, this b-mac guy has lost all credibility as a rap fan.
lol at b-mac
Henry i reckon you ought to change your list for Captain Nas now lol.
Anyway, my top 3 for 06 would be:
Hip hop is dead
Food and Liquor
A piece of strange
Why in the hell is Jay-Z’s album on there? I can name 10 albums that are more than worthy to take its place…
Meth- 4:21 the day after
Ghost- More Fish
Nas- Hip Hop is dead
AOTP- Torure Papers
Jedi Mind Tricks-Servents in Heaven, Kings in Hell
Snoop – Blue Carpet Treatment
Ok thats 6 but still quality albums that are well beyond Jay’s album
Big Fish I’ll take you up on that challenge. Method Man’s album is alot more slept on than Busta’s. Busta’s album atleast went gold and had atleast a single and vid. Mef got nothing. And his album brings alot of heat, enough to rival Tical 2000. But still 421 is no Tical.
Jay deserves to be on there.
He also executive produced the best album of the year. Food and Liquor
and he put out Fishhcale
I can’t beieve Lil Boosie didnt make the list I know yall zoomin! LOL
Jays album was way below par..Nas’s album is great,and Game did a class job without the Doc and the rest of Aftermath excluding Busta etc..But Snoops album has some off the hook songs,but alot of sh## ones too..
NO HI-TEK ON THE TOP 10!!! GAY I WOULD TAKE OFF THE CLIPSE AND FILL HI TEK IN THAT SLOT HELL HATH NO FURY IS NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS LORD WILLIN’
yo’ll f…ing nuts, nas- hip hop is dead i definatly #1
yea who ever made this dosent No anything about hip hop
i think we can all agree a lot of good cds were missing
ice cube laugh now cry later number 1
and then nas hip hop is dead
jayz cd sucked dick by the way
and half of those cd i would never listen 2 in a million years