2009!

What's good CRDS readers?



I was just going through all of the releases that I really enjoyed from this year and I have to say that it was a pretty dope year for underground Hip Hop, these are my top 5 albums that stayed on heavy rotation through out 2009.



Really great album from Diamond District that I went (and go back) to time and time again, the production was really ill (Oddisee is one the greats as far as I am concerned) and Yu, Oddisee and X.O. were ill on the mic devices, the whole album is very consistent and has a truly great sound, my favourite album of 2009 with "Streets Won't Let Me Chill" being the highlight cut for me, that cut reminds of me some golden era DITC type beats.



Oh man Exile's beats on this were so dope and Fashawn has a great voice and flow, there wasn't a weak track on this and I can't tell you how many times I had "When She Calls" on repeat this year, which was actually my favourite track of 2009, the production on that gave me chills down my spine...and don't forget to check out the bonus cuts.



I was really pleased that Doom took some time off, because we got this dope album after his absence, I loved it and I mean all of it...Doom was in top form and the production was nuts, the only gripe I had was a credited Kurious guest appearance that was well... nothing, Doom/Zev has been one of my favourites for over 20 years now.




This fat album just came out of nowhere for me, and what an album it was, solid production and great rhymes, I had heard some other Aarophat tracks before, but I think it was Illastrate's diverse and dope production that really made me pay attention, a great album that should have been released as a physical product, really dope Midwest Hip Hop from those Midwest Kids.



Yep more Diamond District dopeness, there was just something about this free album from D.D. member Yu that just became addictive to me, again, great and diverse production (Kev Brown, Slimkat 78, Oddisee, Yu and others) dope rhymes and a consistent album that was enjoyable from front to back.

and the rest...

Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
DJ Spinna-Sonic Smash
Big Tone-The Art Of Ink
Cyne-Water For Mars
Abstract Rude-Rejuvination
Atmosphere-Leak At Will
BK One-Radio Do Canibal
Blame One-Days Chasing Days
Blaq Poet-Tha Blaqprint
Blockhead-The Music Scene
Brother Ali-Us
De La Soul-Are You In?
DJ Mistu The Beats-A Word To The Wise
Finale-A Pipe Dream and A Promise
J-Dilla-Jay Stay Paid
Macro Polo & Torae-Double Barrel
Felt (Slug & MURS)-Felt 3
Jazz Liberatorz-Fruit Of The Past
J-Rawls and John Robinson-Jay Are
Mos Def-The Ecstatic
Odissee-Mental Liberation
Peanut Butter Wolf-Straight To Tape
Mr Lif-I Heard It Today
Qwel & Maker-So Be It
Sene and Blu-Day Late and A Dollar Short
Thaione Davis-Still Hear
Paten Locke-Super Ramen Rocketship
Del & Tame One-Parellell Uni-Verses
Diego Bernal-For Corners
PUTS-Carried Away
Jason The Argonaut-Casting Couch
J.R. & PH7-The Standard
Qwel & Jackson Jones-Jump The Gun
Sojourn-Sojournalism
Souls of Mischief-Montezuma's Revenge
Superstar Quam-Allah-Invisible Man
Trek & Oddisee-New Money-The Remixes
Substatntial & Burns-Substantial/Burns
Muamin Collective-World B Free
Emskee-Hardly Seen, Rarely Heard
Freestyle Professors-Gryme Tyme
Greenhouse-Electric Purgatory EP
J-Period/Q-Tip-The Abstract Best
Cormega-Born and Raised
Dres-From The Black Pool Of Genius EP
Kev Brown-Presents Random Joints
The Black Sunn-The Sun Is Black EP
Large Professor-The LP (Finally!)

what were your top albums and EPs of 2009?

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Savant (of RAREBREED)

I got sent this dope EP by Savant and felt that it deserved a post...

Tucson, AZ resident, by way of El Paso, TX and Chicago, IL, Gregory "Savant" Daggett has always possessed a passion for music and literary arts. Involved in general music since age 7, and a trumpet player since age 10, he wasn't officially exposed to hip hop until age 12. Although no particular emcee caught his ear right away, he was intrigued with the entire concept of an individual or a group of people speaking over instrumentation in an intensely rhythmic lyrical form, oftentimes telling semi-autobiographic tales relating to a fictionalized counterpart. He became inspired to write and partake of the art of emceeing after hearing the 1999 classic "Black on Both Sides" by Dante Smith and honed his emceeing chops at the lunch room ciphers of Chicago high schools Whitney M. Young Magnet and George Washington Carver. He has since dedicated every verse, every bar and every word to achieving the ever elusive sense of balance in this hallowed art form. His debut release, "The Delayed Entry EP" serves as proof.



enjoy the EP here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uaa1c7


1) The Lyricist ThreeMix feat. SimONE (prod. by RJD2, Cease & Eka the Madd Samplist)
2) Illest You've Never Heard (Could We Go) (prod. by V-Sharp)
3) Concrete Techniques feat. Three60 the Universal Ruler (prod. by Oren J.)
4) You Know feat. Rich Jones & Kasparov (prod. by Montana Macks)
5) Bottom To the Top (prod. by Satchill Head)
6) 'Til Death Do Us Part (prod. by DJ Jesaya)
7) Marry a Memory (prod. by prod. by Grandpa-J®)
8) Perfect Profession (prod. by DR+)


http://twitter.com/savantRAREBREED
http://youtube.com/savantRAREBREED
http://myxer.com/artist/1622
http://nerdyrottenscoundrels.com
http://myspace.com/savantofRAREBREED
http://facebook.com/savantRAREBREED

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CRDS Presents-Da Best of 09 Vol 1

And yes y'all...Here are some of my favourite joints from 2009, these are some of the joints that boomed out of my speakers and my fat headphones and these are some of the joints I got a real kick out of while rocking them on the Weds Nite Jam show (Wellington, New Zealand), I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.



http://sharebee.com/b8b956a4

1. arablak - the deed
2. big tone - business
3. oddisee - hip hop's cool again
4. pugs atomz - roof top
5. blame one - more fiyah
6. doom- absolutely
7. dj js-1 ft-large professor-like this
8. finale ft invincible - the waiting game
9. mos def ft slick rick- auditorium
10. raekwon ft ghost and meth-wu- ooh
11. dj spinna ft torae-lyrics is back
12. j dilla feat. lil fame-blood sport
13. capone-n-nore-grand-royal
14. ghostface and doom-chinatown wars (remix)
15. meyhem-got the fever

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Another legend has gone...

Rapper Pimp C, an influential hip-hop figure credited with helping launch the popularity of Southern rap, was found dead Tuesday morning at an upscale hotel on the Sunset Strip.

Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics responding to a 911 call found the 33-year-old native of Port Arthur, Texas, lying on his bed at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood.

"It appears that he died naturally," said Capt. Ed Winter of the county coroner's office. "There were no signs of trauma, no signs of drug paraphernalia."

An investigation is pending.

Pimp C, whose real name was Chad Butler, was a member of the Texas hip-hop duo UGK, which scored a No. 1 album earlier this year.


I will admit that I am not a fan of a great deal of what comes from the South these days, but UGK were one of those groups that had it and I enjoyed a lot of their material...especially the Too Hard To Swallow (1992) and Ridin Dirty (1996) albums.

Bun B has lost his partner in rhyme and a good, close friend and Hip Hop has lost yet another rap legend.

I admired Pimp C for his straight up way and telling it like it is and he had an amusing rant earlier this year going hard at Lil Troy and so many others...damn it....if it wasn't for cats like Pimp C a lot of the clones wouldn't have careers.

read it here

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z140/ghubacek/ozonepimpc.jpg

His death has affected a great deal of people all around the World and my good friend George heard the news from me via text and said that Hip Hop was finished and that he was shattered..

I was at George's place a while ago and we rocked some UGK on his fat system and I have fond memories of that night, I remember getting a dub of the banned tape years ago and used to play that a lot,my Dad hated it when my bedroom door was open though.

UGK's music was made for riding and getting high too, I can recall some years with a UGK tape in a friends stereo while the bass thumped in the back and Pimp and Bun's southern flows just sounded so dope over the sometimes minimal but effective production.

Pimp's My Space page has been flooded with RIP and sad comments from fans and forums all over have been shocked and dismayed at his passing, most fearing that it was a murder.

It's just so sad and senseless that after so many years of hard work and great records, The UGK finally have a number one album with their 7th album Underground Kingz this year and now Pimp C has gone... off to join the long,long, long list of fallen Hip Hop legends.

RIP Pimp C and thanks for the dope music and being a straight up and real dude...you will be sadly missed.

http://www.myspace.com/pimpcofugk

http://www.discogs.com/artist/UGK

Here is some UGK, make sure you have a fat system to feel those bass drops...

UGK-Choppin Blades
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M30OXQ3K

UGK & Outkast-International Players Anthem
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S86WIOYY

UGK-Wood Wheel
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1CV4TFKL


UGK ft Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap-Next Up (Produced by Marley Marl)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GCJTG27A

Peace

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