Like every year DJ Premier presents to you his top 20 albums of a year on LiveFromHQ, also in 2009 he did that. But instead of top 20 it’s now top 25. Check out Premos top 25 of 2010:
Rank:
25. Ice Cube – I Am The West
24. Bun B – Trill OG
23. Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now
22. KRS-One & True Master – Meta-Historical
21. Nottz – You Need This Music
20. Little Brother – LeftBack
19. Roc Marciano – Marcberg
18. Murs & 9th Wonder – Fornever
17. Eternia & MoSS – At Last
16. The Roots – How I Got Over
15. The Left – Gas Mask
14. Rah Digga – Classic
13. Gangrene – Gutter Water
12. Skyzoo & !llmind – Live from the Tape Deck
11. Drake – Thank Me Later
10. Fat Joe – The Darkside Vol. 1
09. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx – The eXXecution
08. Rick Ross – Teflon Don
07. Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package
06. Statik Selektah & Termanology – 1982
05. Scarface – Dopeman Music
04. Meth, Ghost & Rae – Wu Massacre
03. Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson
02. DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records – Get Used To Us
01. Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids
Voila. Sorry Kanye West, Nas, Eminem & Talib Kweli.
Last year note from DJ Premier himself:
I judge my list based on dope beats, dope rhymes, scratchin’ and cutting, creativity, uniqueness, originality, and overall packaging of the product’s integrity. I don’t care if you sold a million copies, that does not make it dope. I went through more than 60 LP’s released in ’09 on major and indie labels over and over to get it as close as i possible could to being satisfied with the list so here it is along with the list.
“Be Glad or Be Mad” -DJ Premier
Wut abt reflection eternal and distant relatives? Dope albums I thought
Just by having Wu-Massacre number 4 makes me not take this list seriously. I love the Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon and Ghostface are some of my favorite rappers. I actually bought the Wu-Massacre album but I’m sorry, it really does not deserve to be up there. Taking into account this statement: “creativity, uniqueness, originality, and overall packaging of the product’s integrity.” This album fails at that.
Would of thought he would put Ice Cube album higher up the list, Same with the roots.
But this is DJ Premier and he knows his hip hop
Rakaa album was strong. Deserved attention!
I thought I was gonna see Recovery & MBDTF on here, but Preem knows whats best.
well if this list is really based on “dope rhymes, dope beats, cuttin and scratchin”, then why is the left’s gas mask only on 15 (IMO the best hip hop album, opinions are like assholes tho
), whereas teflon don is in his top 10??? i know it’s preem’s list, but i can’t take this seriously. the 1982 album was boring, and i agree with dude…, the wu massacre was not that dope… apollo kids on 1? well we all kno preem is a die hard ghostface (wu-tang) fan, so i guess that’s why his top 5 consists of 2 wu tang albums. however this is based on his taste so you can’t hate on that, but i’m surprised that he obviously has a total different taste that i was expecting
we can prepare for a “best year round records albums of 2011″ list instead of “best rap albums of 2011″ I guess
where the hell is the scratchin’ and cutting in Drake’s thank me later???????, Fat Joe’s The Darkside Vol.1 was boring as hell too, Ice Cube’s I am the west was the weakest album of 2010 i’ve heard.
real real, we dont need no kanye west/emenim pop rap thanks.
braaaaap big up ya seldf premier. nuff love!
SMH @ these fools trying to front like they should’ve made this list. IT’S DJ PREMIER, you knuckleheads; this man has been one of the only people keeping REAL Hip Hop alive while y’all stayed buying wack shit and bigging up wack artists.
Besides, it’s HIS LIST, not yours. Go start your own blog and write your top 25 list…. Too bad no one will care what you think tho, because YOU AIN’T PREMIER. This man has paid his dues in the game, his opinions hold weight.
Drake’s higher than The Roots? Seriously?
what about black milk – album of the year?
Rhymefest’s “El Che” was dope too!
how is celph titled and buck not album of the year…the whole album is filthy
A lot of the ones that made the cut on your list aren’t quite my cup of tea, but I appreciate how hard it is to make this lineup. Luckily, 2010 had a lot of good albums to choose from.
looot of things to say about this list…
-First of all, HOW THE FUCK DOES DRAKE COME UP IN THE LIST with his commercial ass pop gay shit (preem you lack of money nowadays or what, come on man this aint serious)
-I’m very, very disappointed about the nineteen ninety now & marcberg ranks, they were both top 5 hands down, no negociations about that, everybody who paid attention to real hip hop shit in 2010 recognized it…
- Also, WU MASSACRE WAS A JOKE, period=>only miranda and a couple of other joints were holdin it down + Rae is more like a guest than the actual third of the crew (however he be tearin the ish down on miranda)
- ICE CUBE??? dude gotta go take his medecine and go read a book in his couch, can’t even hold the mic right on a whole LP by now …
-LOL @ preemo puttin his own label compilation, which was actually damn good but cmon man just set your work aside for this kinda top …
-What about the Veterans Assassins (some dudes from Greensboro, NC) album, shit was mad smooth and nice, preem i thought you was a street DJ, don’t you supposed to be ahead of everybody else when it comes to freshness, and make us discover new artists?
-Apollo Kids is a very suprising choice but gotta admit it was nice, even if its definitely not better than both nineteen ninety now or marcberg (for example) …
-strong arm steady @ rank 2=> i don’t know what to say anymore, ain’t no much bangin drums
on it, its just your basic soulful hip hop album, with several weed carriers, and somehow, some boring beats (just like the stimulus package & 1982, amongst others) …
there is a lot of other points to debate on about this list, lot of the albums ranked on it ain’t even fillin in the conditions but anyway, several weird choices. Anyway, still give mad respect to premier but his list for this year was inappropriate and, on some points, kinda wack…
Eternia and Moss album, Strong arm steady album, wu massacre??? Even the Rah Digga and KRS joints were whack. Oh and Drake is a joke. Premo is a the best Boom Bap HH producer to walk the planet but he is a sell out at times!
I completely agree with the placement of
Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson – Amazing album, Madlib at its finest.
But that’s about it. Just because Dj Premier knows Hip-Hop doesn’t mean he’s top 25 is legit.
lol he obviously got a good ear for music. But to each his own.
Wow, not mentioning Kanye’s MBDTF shows how bitter you are that he left you out! Haters gonna hate I guess..
YES PEACE TO PREEMO , BUT THEN DRAKE SHOULDNT MAKE THE LIST IF DISTANT RELATIVES DIDNT MAKE IT . ALSO ICE CUBES ALBUM IS WEAK.BUT THAN ITS THE GOD PREEMO.
A lot to talk about here.
I thought Celph Titled & Buckwild’s Ninety Nine Now was the best of the year.
Props to Premier for making the list in the first place and Gim for putting it up there.
tight list! but where’s kanye???????????? ahhahaa just kiddin
2011 is gonna be ILL!
peace
This is real wack…It’s Nineteen Ninety Now…
he said “Be Glad or Be Mad” Im not mad or glad..I’m just confused -.-
YOOOOOO,
Strong Arm Steady def deserves that spot or higher. Drake? def forgettin reflections eternal, ski beatz 24 hour karate school. but I love you anyway Premo.
… so according to Premo, Teflon Don is a better album than The Roots, Roc Marciano, The Left, and Buckwild / Celph Titled ……. lol wow …… and no love for El Da Sensei ??!! ….. Dope Beats, Dope Rhymes, Scratchin’, and Cutting …… I can’t think of another album that came out this year that literally defines just that …. GT2: Nu World ……. no Damu The Fudgemunk ? ……. “Don’t Do It” was one of the best records of 2010 ! …….. first the Drake comment, and now this ! lol …… Don’t Do It Preem !!
dope list….i would of also included reflection eternal, distant relatives, recovery, kanyes album, and mood muzik 4 (not the retail version the free one there was more tracks)…..and id take out drake, krs one, fat joe, freeway, and the ruste juxx or the rick ross album…everything else can stay
^^^ ohh and also vinnie paz season of the assasin lol dope
Drake is on this list and whats worse is that hes high than celph titled really??? drake isnt hip hop he’s pop. celph titled is a beast he should have been in the top ten atleast
premiers a legend and a pioneer so ima have to check some of these out since i havnt heard em…but i gotta say rakims seventh seal should of been in that list
celph titled’s and Bucks album is most def in top 10.. hands down!! think u need to give it another listen premo..
@ wallie
seventh seal came out in 2009
can’t wait for the upcomin’ YR releases, 2011′s gonna be a crazy year, tho 2010 was a very good one for hip hop, alotta dope releases imo
23. Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now
11. Drake – Thank Me Later
yeah okay….
cya later premier
Nice list, though I guess you didn’t hear the Wisemen album “Children of a Lesser God.”
FLAMES. Right up there with Apollo Kids.
wouldn’t be surprised if all these albums were garbage/subpar.
I heard parts of the Gas Mask. Weak, boring backpacker shite. The KRS album was even worse. That was trash.
Distant Relatives at least had “Patience” on it, which as a record, is probably better than most of the albums on this list. Granted Distant Relatives was a misfire though.
and fuck outta here with Eminem. One of the most overrated rappers of all time, because he’s white. Not saying he doesn’t have skills (he does, obviously), but he makes crappy music. Pretty much always has. He coasts on shitty records, because he’s white.
His first two LPs were aight though. But man… Em has really put out some trash. Yet I see some of these internet groupies (white people who didn’t listen to rap until they saw Eminem doing it) put Em in the top 5, sometimes as the GOAT. lmao.
Anyway, I’d prefer a Top 5 album list. That way, it’s more competitive and I don’t have to waste my time going through mediocre albums. 19-ninety now was stale on arrival. 1 or 2 decent beats and below-average Celph.
I haven’t heard a single rap album from 2010 that’s impressive. Feel free to suggest/correct me, but half of the ones Preem put on that list are boring and if they were made in the 90s, even like 2000/2001, would be unlistenable.
Preem must have been high and havin some kind of good memory from something he was doing while Drake was playing. Agree Celph Titled too far down that list. Too many subpar albums beating out The Roots. HIGO wasn’t Preem’s kinda rough beats but the album was still raw.
11. Drake – Thank Me Later
LOL…Preem really?
dope beats, dope rhymes, scratchin’ and cutting, creativity, uniqueness, originality
where is all that on that Drake wackness exactly?
Rick Ross?…oh come on Preem, come on.
For years now, Primo’s “Top Albums Of The Year” have pretty much been whatever. Anyways, I think that Little Brother album was VERY disappointing… Not that much of an Ice Cube fan anymore so I didn’t listen to that album… Drake is fuckin garbage and I really can’t stand him… Rick Ross is cool for “Mainstream” type shit, but it’s not something I’d buy or listen to in my spare time… That Meth, Ghost & Rae was pretty disappointing… And I didn’t listen to that Scarface.
I mean, his list isn’t THAT bad, but yeah, the order is all fucked up.
I was the only phone call Primo took last night when Primo was doing his radio show live and counting down his albums. I told him my favorite album of the year was the Celph Titled & Buckwild and he said he really liked it too, but wished it was various emcees spittin over those beats and not just Celph Titled. haha
Here’s my picks of the year for 2010, but I’m only counting albums that were released on Vinyl or CD.
My Top 10 Hiphop albums of 2010 in alphabetical order…
Apollo Brown – The Reset (MelloMusicGroup)
Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now (No Sleep Recordings)
Damu the Fudgemunk – Supply For Demand (Redefinition Records)
DJ Lord Ron – Environmental Shape Sounds (String Note Recordings)
DJ Premier Presents: Year Round Records – Get Used To Us (Year Round Records)
The Left – Gas Mask (MelloMusicGroup)
Lewis Parker & John Robinson – International Summers (Project Mooncircle)
Roc Marciano – Marcberg (Fat Beats Records)
The Roots – How I Got Over (Def Jam Recordings)
Ruste Juxx & Marco Polo – The eXXecution (Duck Down Music)
My 8 Honorable Mentions…
Blee – Cosmos Road (Blee/HipHopPlaya)
Dysfunkshunal Familee – Family Reunion (Narcata Records)
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids (Def Jam Recordings)
JR & PH7 – The Update (Soulspazm)
Marco Polo – The Stupendous Adventures Of Marco Polo! (Fat Beats Records)
MindsOne – Self Reliance (Soulspazm)
Strong Arm Steady – In Search Of Stoney Jackson (Stones Throw)
Tzarizm Presents: Mbodiment – The Heart & Brain (Domination Recordings)
My 5 most disappointing Hiphop albums this year…
Black Milk – Album Of The Year (Fat Beats Records)
Rakaa Iriscience – Crown Of Thorns (Expansion Team/Fat Beats Records)
Meth, Ghost & Rae – Wu-Massacre (Def Jam Recordings)
Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute (Warner Bros Records)
Skyzoo & Illmind – Live From The Tape Deck (Fat Beats Records)
And here’s 5 albums I like, but wish were better…
Blacastan – Blac Sabbath (Brick Records)
Black Sheep – From The Black Pool Of Genius (Bum Rush Records)
Boog Brown & Apollo Brown – Brown Study (MelloMusicGroup)
Eternia & MoSS – At Last (Fat Beats)
Statik Selektah & Termanology – 1982 (Showoff Records/Brick Records)
It’s a sloppy list Premo. This proofs you’re on the wrong side in the game. A few names are great but you forgot the rest.
Gangrene, Strong Arm Steady and Celph Titled & Buckwild.
But what about:
Ide & DJ Connect – Ideology
ESQ & Chikaramanga – The Succession
Qwel & Maker – Owl
Greymatter – Greymatter
W. Draztik & Sleepy Biggs – Smokers Cough
Nems – Prezident’s Day
Guilty Simpson – OJ Simpson
The Heart & Brain – Mbodiment
Moe Pope & Rain – Life After God
Lewis Parker & John Robinson – International Summers
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill – Kill Devil Hills
Dumhi – The Jungle
Raw Nature – The Direction
Blacastan – Black Sabbat
DJ Lord Ron – Environmental Shape Sounds Of DJ Lord Ron
Click Animosity – Feeders Of The Flamez
Collective Efforts – Freezing World
Von Pea – Pea’s Gotta Have It
DJ Cut Chemist – Sound Of The Police
E The Real – The Wall Street Project
Smoovth – Little Boy Blue
Tiff Da Gift – Cool, Calm , Chill
Rozewood – 2012
And so on…..
no doubt a questionable list, even if it does come from one of the best producers ever to grace the game. if we can’t challenge the views of others, whats the point of having an opinion?
i was mainly disappointed with how low he ranked Celph Titled’s attempt and The Left’s Gas Mask. These are two real albums which grab the listener on every track tell them something.
I also didn’t like the way the top 5 consisted of veterans to the game. We need to be encouraging the new, younger talent so why neglect there efforts and instead promote those guys arguably in there twilight years?
and just to add, no eligh?! DUDE?! one of the illest albums of the year no doubt
Everyone’s bitching bout this list like it’s their list, ha.
I had GFK – Apollo Kids in the #1 spot too.
-The Buckwild & Celph Titled album was number 1 for me by a long way.
-The Ghost album is great but not number 1.
-Wu-Massacre was meh
-The Left and The Roots albums should have been higher
-Drake – LOLZ
my top 3 album of the 2010:
- Kool Sphere – Integritty
- Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now
- DJ Premier Presents: Year Round Records – Get Used To Us
boom bap!!
THIS LIST IS CRAZY CRAP BUN B BUNK DRAKE FAKEIN DA FUNK ICE CUBE GET SNUFFED!PREMO NEEDS TO GIVE IT UP HIS TASTE IN MUSIC IS CRAP IM SURPRISED HE HAD THE LEFT ON THERE AND 90 NOW 25 GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont agree with the list as well, but dont get all emotional over it. dmn
I am gonna get emotional over it, because when cats think real Hip Hop they think Primo and if he’s givin props to those wack rap acts what’s next????? the worlds really goin to hell in a hand basket when Primo gets things twisted! No wounder these young cats dig Drake and skinny jeans! 90 NOW…BiTCHES!
WTF with the pic of Premo in the BABY SHOWER chair lmao…Guess its true the dude listens to more rock then hip hop…Damn thats a shit list..90 NOW, DISTANT RELATIVES, BETWEEN HEAVEN & HELL!!!!!
Some of the comments on this board demonstrate just how sad this hip hop shit has become.
I don’t like Drake either, but dude has made BETTER MUSIC on his album than most of the people on this list. Yeah his stuff is poppy and not really hip hop, but at least it’s sorta different. You can see the dude is putting in some kind of effort. Yeah it’s hit or miss, but some tracks have a decent melody e.g. “Miss Me.”
You underground cats want to get props for doing the most BASIC shit. Still rhyming about the same shit, manipulating soul records in the same way…and with way lower skills than cats had in the 90s.
Most of the new underground cats can’t rhyme or make beats to save their lives. Then add on the fact that they have no personality on wax and you’ve got stale, imitation ‘boom bap’.
I don’t want second-rate imitation boom bap. I want that real shit!
Bottom line, stop complaining about Drake and step your game up!
Overall though, the list is good. It’s so hard to make one in the first place and it’s 100% guaranteed that there’s going to be people complaining such as me earlier on. Wu-Massacre was just so average that I found it suprising that it was number 4. I’m glad Strong Arm Steady was put so high up, it was a great album. I feel like it’s missing Kno’s “Death Is Silent” though. Rick Ross and Drake’s albums were good to be honest, nothing amazing but they had some good songs so I find it perfectly understandable to see them on there. Other mainstream albums like “Recovery” could have made it up there and definitely “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”. “Leftback” was just all right and “Revolutions Per Minute” could have been on there too. Not bad, not bad…