Whether he's spitting over a rock-influenced sonic or dishing social insight on a soul palette, MC Kool Nerd always has his Steve Urkel-esque eyeglasses tightly-fixated on the big picture. Meet Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, the year's best debut by one of rap's future greats.
Individual Lists:
Ketchums (Speech Is My Hammer)- Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
- Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- The Roots - Game Theory
- The Game - Doctor's Advocate
- Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
- Ludacris - Release Therapy
- Obie Trice - Release Therapy
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
- Ghostface - Fishscale
- Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- T.I. - KING
- The Game - Doctor's Advocate
- Rhymefest - Blue Collar
- Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
- The Roots - Game Theory
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
- Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip
- Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
- Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor
- Boot Camp - The Last Stand
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
- AZ - The Format
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II
- Ghostface Killah & Trife da God - Put It on the Line
- Young Dro - Best Thang Smokin'
- Obie Trice - Second Round's on Me
- Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
- Sway - This Is My Demo
- Ghostface - Fishscale
- Louis Logic & J.J. Brown - Misery Loves Comedy
- T.I. - King
- The Roots - Game Theory
- Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
- Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
- Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
- J Dilla - Donuts


