Top 10 albums of 2013

Andy_rse

Since 2013 is nearly done I though it would be a good time to share your favourite albums of the year.

For me there has been a crazy amount of great releases. Even the last month or 2 had been awesome.

1. Sadistik - Flowers For My Father (Favourite by a country mile, don't think its left my car stereo for more than a couple of days at a time! Incredible album.)
2. Soulcrate Music - Welcome Back From Wherever You've Been
3. Czarface - Czarface
4. The Procussions - The Procussions
5. R.A. The Rugged Man - Legends Never Die
6. Blame One - A Walk In The Sun
7. No Bird Sing - Definition Sickness
8. Natti - Still Motion
9. Demigodz - Killmatic
10. Wax - Continue

Damn that was tough! Could've made it a top 20.

baddebt

tough to pick a top 10 indeed ,
but here goes , no particular

Boldy James - my 1st Chemistry set
Masta inda Cypha (self titled album)
RO. Capture the essence (deemed a mixtape by some)
Papoose Nacirema Dream
Pete rock and Camp lo - 80 blocks from tiffanys pt2
Demigodz
Killah Priest - Pwowr
Spit gemz - end the tv
Ra the rugged man - legends never die
Styles P - Float

so many others , and with a few gems to come , list label to change
I've just beeing listening to the new spit Gemz "end the TV" mixtape ( striaght into my top 10 , loving it)

HighClass

Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Flatbush Zombies - BetterOffDead
Big K.R.I.T - King Remembered In Time
Kanye - Yeezus
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Mr. Mutha****in Exquire - Kismet
Ghostface Killah - 12 Reasons To Die
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Danny Brown - Old

There's about 5 or 6 others that could be on the list depending what mood I'm in tbh. Best year in recent memory for hip hop.

Not sure how many fans of UK hip hop are on here but this is my favourite UK albums of the year. I probably listen to more UK stuff than American at the minute.

Taskforce - MFTC5
Lee Scott - 'Sh!t trilogy' Happy Sellout Sh!t, Grumpy Underground Comeback Sh!t, Stupid Poignant Sh!t.
Dirty Dike - Return Of The Twat
Verb T - I Remain
Giggs - When Will It Stop
Herrotics - Se Con D Dr Op
Trellion & Sniff - North Luna
Res & Datkid - Drugs, Booze & Dental Issues
Dirty Dockerz - 2LiT EP
M.I.A - Matangi

TheMza

1. Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons to Die
2. Pusha T - My Name is my Name
3. Eminem - MMLP2
4. Wale - The Gifted
5. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP
6. Danny Brown - Old
7. Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric - CZARFACE
8. A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord
9. Crooked I - Apex Predator
10. U-God - Keynote Speaker

Jezek

Includes Mixtapes:

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

Pusha T - My Name Is My Name

Kevin Gates - Stranger Than Fiction

Ghostface Killa - 12 Reasons To Die

Action Bronson / Party Supplies - Blue Chips 2

Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap

Juicy J - Stay Trippy

A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP

Danny Brown - Old

Eddie B / Harry Fraud - Horsepower

baddebt

HighClass wrote: »

Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Flatbush Zombies - BetterOffDead
Big K.R.I.T - King Remembered In Time
Kanye - Yeezus
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Mr. Mutha****in Exquire - Kismet
Ghostface Killah - 12 Reasons To Die
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Danny Brown - Old

There's about 5 or 6 others that could be on the list depending what mood I'm in tbh. Best year in recent memory for hip hop.

Not sure how many fans of UK hip hop are on here but this is my favourite UK albums of the year. I probably listen to more UK stuff than American at the minute.

Taskforce - MFTC5
Lee Scott - 'Sh!t trilogy' Happy Sellout Sh!t, Grumpy Underground Comeback Sh!t, Stupid Poignant Sh!t.
Dirty Dike - Return Of The Twat
Verb T - I Remain
Giggs - When Will It Stop
Herrotics - Se Con D Dr Op
Trellion & Sniff - North Luna
Res & Datkid - Drugs, Booze & Dental Issues
Dirty Dockerz - 2LiT EP
M.I.A - Matangi

Loved that VERB T stuff
have you checked out RO's stuff ? his mixtape Capture the essence is top notch.
and if you youtube IMPACT (although only 17) , His stuff is pretty good

Boom_Bap

I just started to put my top 10 list together, it ended up as 38 albums/mixtapes, and I'm pretty certain I've missed a few as well.
Great year for Hip Hop this year.....if the Childish Gambino album is any use i'll be up to 39.

One thing I definitely have decided on, is the song of the year.
Action Bronson x Harry Fraud - Strictly 4 My Jeeps.

baddebt

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I just started to put my top 10 list together, it ended up as 38 albums/mixtapes, and I'm pretty certain I've missed a few as well.
Great year for Hip Hop this year.....if the Childish Gambino album is any use i'll be up to 39.

One thing I definitely have decided on, is the song of the year.
Action Bronson x Harry Fraud - Strictly 4 My Jeeps.

jayssss , song of the year , dunno where to being for that .

Raoul

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I just started to put my top 10 list together, it ended up as 38 albums/mixtapes, and I'm pretty certain I've missed a few as well.
Great year for Hip Hop this year.....if the Childish Gambino album is any use i'll be up to 39.

One thing I definitely have decided on, is the song of the year.
Action Bronson x Harry Fraud - Strictly 4 My Jeeps.

Its not

Jezek

Raoul wrote: »

Its not

I get it, you prefer Mr. Baklava on Party Supplies beats

Raoul

Big Donald Glover fan, loved all his other stuff but I don't like the album.

HighClass

Song of the year goes to Mac Miller for me.

I really can't praise this album enough. Took me by surprise when it came out, never thought Mac would be making music to this quality.

A$AP Rocky - 1 Train is a close second though.

Talib Fiasco

I might make a proper list some time soon...I'll just throw out random albums I really enjoyed.

Billy Woods - Dour Candy
Dessa - Parts of Speech
Oddisee - Tangible Dream
Tanya Morgan - Rubber Souls
Blame One - Walk In The Sun
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome
Shad - Flying Colours
Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise
Kid Tsunami - The Chase
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
Qwel & Maker - Beautiful Raw
Talib Kweli - Prisoner of Conscious
R.A the Rugged Man - Legends Never Die

SeaDaily

I'm surprised Ces Cru's "Constant Energy Struggles" hasn't been mentioned here yet. No.1 album of 2013 for me without a doubt.

HATCHET IRL

was flowers for my father released this year?

Talib Fiasco

HATCHET IRL wrote: »

was flowers for my father released this year?

Yeah February. Leaked in January though if I remember correctly.

Andy_rse

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Yeah February. Leaked in January though if I remember correctly.

Yep, had to double check though before I posted. Had to check the wax one too which came out in January. Seems so long ago!

mufcboy1999

I really dont have 10 albums this year that iv liked that much, honestly dont think it was that good a year but thats just my personal opinion. I hated yeezus and mmlp2 and magna carta was meh to say the least, 3 albums i was expecting a lot from.

I have on the other hand a lot of mixtapes that I've enjoyed but the album scene really didnt deliver for me this year especially with schoolboy q's album being pushed back till 2014 the same with 50s so ye not a great year for me.

off the top of my head in no particular order...

pusha t - my name is my name
kid cudi - Indicud
j cole - born sinner
N.O.R.E - student of the game
Havoc - 13

I must give this ghostface album a listen tonight too! seems to be popular.

Boom_Bap

F*ck it, i'm not going to try top 10 it, but the best things i've heard this year are:

Alexander Spit - A Breathtaking Trip To That Otherside
Mixed Blood Majority
No Bird Sing - Definition Sickness
Big KRIT - King Remembered In Time
Saheed & Numonics - Not for Nothing
GI Black Tuna
Flatbush Zombies - BETTEROFFDEAD
DFD - Old Boy Jon
The Uncluded - Hokey Fright
Ghostface - 12 Reasons
Curly Castro - Fidel
Oddisee - The Beauty In All/The Tangible Dream Mixtape
Tanya Morgan - Rubber Souls
Johnny Polygon - The Nothing
Swerve & SYG - Cold Winters & Warm Whiskey 2
Danny Brown - OLD
Run The Jewels
Pusha T
Sadistik - Flowers For My Father
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Illogic & Blockhead - Capture The Sun
Black Milk - Synth or Soul
Qwel & Maker - Beautiful Raw
Shad & Scratch Bastid- The Spring Up
The Underachievers - Inigoism
EARL - Doris
Castle - Gasface
Tyler - Wolf
Starker - U.S.A.
Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever
Spark Master Tape - The #SWOUP Serengeti
Clear Soul Forces - Gold PP7
Alexander Spit - Dillinger
Budo - Finger & The Moon
Delusional Thomas
jonwayne - Rap Album One
Bitter Rocc MXIII (1 & 2)
Pac Div - GMB
Zill Rocca & Shadow Bovers - Weak Stomach EP

And just after sneaking in:
Franz Diego - Retrograde


Then there are loads of albums i've forgotten what they are like (Aceyalone, Ces CRU) and others that I havent listened to yet (Grayskul, Chuwwee, Curren$y, Grip Grand, Hodgy Beats, MellowHigh, Marco Polo, Rob Sonic, Serengehti....maybe i did listen to that...Tony Touch, White Mandingos, Phillip Morris)

SeaDaily

Boom_Bap wrote: »

F*ck it, i'm not going to try top 10 it, but the best things i've heard this year are:

Alexander Spit - A Breathtaking Trip To That Otherside
Mixed Blood Majority
No Bird Sing - Definition Sickness
Big KRIT - King Remembered In Time
Saheed & Numonics - Not for Nothing
GI Black Tuna
Flatbush Zombies - BETTEROFFDEAD
DFD - Old Boy Jon
The Uncluded - Hokey Fright
Ghostface - 12 Reasons
Curly Castro - Fidel
Oddisee - The Beauty In All/The Tangible Dream Mixtape
Tanya Morgan - Rubber Souls
Johnny Polygon - The Nothing
Swerve & SYG - Cold Winters & Warm Whiskey 2
Danny Brown - OLD
Run The Jewels
Pusha T
Sadistik - Flowers For My Father
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Illogic & Blockhead - Capture The Sun
Black Milk - Synth or Soul
Qwel & Maker - Beautiful Raw
Shad & Scratch Bastid- The Spring Up
The Underachievers - Inigoism
EARL - Doris
Castle - Gasface
Tyler - Wolf
Starker - U.S.A.
Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever
Spark Master Tape - The #SWOUP Serengeti
Clear Soul Forces - Gold PP7
Alexander Spit - Dillinger
Budo - Finger & The Moon
Delusional Thomas
jonwayne - Rap Album One
Bitter Rocc MXIII (1 & 2)
Pac Div - GMB
Zill Rocca & Shadow Bovers - Weak Stomach EP

And just after sneaking in:
Franz Diego - Retrograde


Then there are loads of albums i've forgotten what they are like (Aceyalone, Ces CRU) and others that I havent listened to yet (Grayskul, Chuwwee, Curren$y, Grip Grand, Hodgy Beats, MellowHigh, Marco Polo, Rob Sonic, Serengehti....maybe i did listen to that...Tony Touch, White Mandingos, Phillip Morris)

Haha good lord man how do you have enough time to listen to all this?! Id say I've only listened to six or seven albums properly this year..

HATCHET IRL

Ya know what I have listened to that Sadistik album so much feels like i have been listening to it with years, absolutely brilliant. I cant remember who recommended it again but thank you:)

Boom_Bap

SeaDaily wrote: »

Haha good lord man how do you have enough time to listen to all this?! Id say I've only listened to six or seven albums properly this year..

That's only a minor portion of what I've listened to this year.
I have the luxery of being able to listen to music in work which helps alot.

weemcd

Just got around to CZARFACE after having it on the list for a while

6 tracks in and I've fell in love with hip hop all over again

Rjd2

They can be a bit hit and miss but I'l throw in a vote for Blue Sky Black Death Glaciers, gorgeous stuff from that and probably their best work since and up their with Late Night Cinema in terms of quality.

SeaDaily

Rjd2 wrote: »

They can be a bit hit and miss but I'l throw in a vote for Blue Sky Black Death Glaciers, gorgeous stuff from that and probably their best work since and up their with Late Night Cinema in terms of quality.

I had a listen there and they're decent but is that classed as hip-hop?

cert2009

Nice to see alot of stuff ive heard on here

RA rugged man - legends never die
Oddisee- tangible dream
Demigodz
Vinnie paz- carry on tradition(song is happiness just a word, was song of year for me)
Snowgoons- black snow 2
Sicknature- nature of the contaminated
Quasimoto album
marco polo album
statik selektah extended cut

tons more i cant remember

Rjd2

SeaDaily wrote: »

I had a listen there and they're decent but is that classed as hip-hop?

Good question:)

I still do even if the rapping is a bit minimal, most of their other work and they produce a **** load of rap so it counts!