In case anyone was interested in Chris Martin’s top 25 LPs of yesteryear. Spotted at DJ Premier Blog.
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
Stans remember you don’t have to agree just because its premier and haters(as few as there are) its his opinion….anyways some good and bad selections on this list. Pretty solid.
goddamn primo ! dope as ur beats
where Kanye’s ?
Dat list wuz the shit! Good albums
i mostly agree but Meta-Historical was SHIT!!!! also I am the west was pretty mediocre, pilot talk 1 & 2, 1212, revolutions per minute, villa manifesto, i fucking hate rappers, recovery, distant relatives, death of a pop star, the hunger for more 2, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, the good sun, oj simpson, the war report 2, dinner and a movie, from the black pool of genius, sir lucious left foot and the reset are all much better albums than those two choices
^^^ Premo list is better. Just sayin
Preem‘s feelin Thank Me Later, but he didn‘t include Kanye‘s album on his listÉ Seems like he might be sour cos his contributions got left off of the project. No shots. Dude‘s legendary, but as much as I love Ghost, Meth, and Rae, that album was a disappointment. Also, even if he does like Ross, #8 seems a bit high. I feel like he‘s trying to place a beat on the guy‘s next album or something. The rest seems straight. Stimulus Package and Marcberg were slept on pretty much.
yeah he’s on that boom bap shit, of course.. haha drake? glad to see tdot burnin shit up..
I can’t help but feel that Kanye has been left out just for the sake of being controversial
THUMBS DOWN. where the hell is MBDTF? Premo mad coz his beats weren’t good enough for the album
^^yeah wasn’t he hyping that album an everything last summer?
Wu Massacre? Are you serious? That was one of the biggest disappointments of the year IMO…
strange list…no Kanye, no Em, Celph so low, Wu Massacre so high, At Last lower than Thank Me Later, You Need This Music behind the eXXecution, I Am The West (which for me is the biggest disappointment of ’10) on the list. I’m a bit suprised, but whatever…I still love Preemo!
^^^^^AHAHAHAH classic.
Oh, look what the #2 of the year was! It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, it’s me, it’s me, it’s me, it’s me again…POLITICS AS USUAL
Leaving Kanye off is just stupid.
no kanye? no blackmilk? hmm im confused…
Leftback was absolute garbage though, just a bunch of recycled tracks, I dont know what Premier was thinking there…
THUMBS DOWN. where the hell is MBDTF? Premo mad coz his beats weren’t good enough for the album!
It’s called a HIP HOP list, not a popularity list. Get the fuck off Kaynes nuts. There is a reason the man left R-n-B off the list. Get a clue fuck twats. He got this list close to perfect. Minus the Drake and Rick Ross, those could have been replaced with something else, but meh.
Premo aint mad at Kanye , his beats wouldnt fit on Kanyes album cause Ye was goin in new direction. He mite have forgot to put it on the list. Maybe he made the list on the spot. If you mad at Drakes album why ? Hes still in the top ten hip hop albums 6 months after it came out. Just sayin
No Reflections. No spitta.
On a side note, Big Ghostface’s post is hilarious.
Premo shouted out probably THE most overlooked album of the year & that’s Strong Arm Steady x Madlib’s In Search of Stoney Jackson. #3!!! Thank you Preem! that was a hot album. so sad it got slept on.
Big up Ghost Deini!
It’s called a HIP HOP list, not a popularity list. Get the fuck off Kaynes nuts. There is a reason the man left R-n-B off the list. Get a clue fuck twats. He got this list close to perfect. Minus the Drake and Rick Ross, those could have been replaced with something else, but meh.
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So Kanye, Drake, and Ross don’t deserve to be on the list because they’re really popular. Were you wearing your backpack as you typed this?
Remember, this isn’t a mainstream hip-pop album list! Best end of the year list I’ve seen. Get off the mainstream pop shit you fags!
Eternia & Moss was the shit so was the Skyzoo and Illmind and many others.
yall people cryin and screamin for MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED, album didn’t work besides ALBUM SALES ,ok,sound like back in the days,but ..AND???? i don’t care. but oh yeah rick ross is shit,get out my face
sir lucious left foot >>
this album is grossly overlooked, if not by critics, then by consumers.
^ co-sign.
BIG GHOSTFACE, post of the year.
“I Am The West”? are u serious? No Kanye? and i no preemo is biased but his album is def shouldnt be on the top of the list lol decent but not amazing
^ ummm what the fuck?
LMFAO @ BIG GHOSTFACE.
Its pretty much a bunch of shout-outs, i doubt it’s his honest opinion
Fat Joe? The Darkside, #10?! Primo U bullsh!ttin w/ this list big homie. List seems a little too suspect for me.
It’s called a HIP HOP list, not a popularity list. Get the fuck off Kaynes nuts. There is a reason the man left R-n-B off the list. Get a clue fuck twats. He got this list close to perfect. Minus the Drake and Rick Ross, those could have been replaced with something else, but meh.
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So Kanye, Drake, and Ross don’t deserve to be on the list because they’re really popular. Were you wearing your backpack as you typed this?
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Yeah and I’m about to chuck it at your mainstream ass self. I’m glad he didn’t put DTF on there. Shit isn’t hip-hop, it’s hip-pop, theatrical play bullshit. Kanye West is taking advantage of all the idiots out there who think what he’s doing is new and innovative.
stop cry for kanye west,dude is stagnant as hell. got “new sounds”(new sounds for kanye of course) but no better energy.
@Mecha Shark , whoa Kanyes album isnt a new style then whos hip pop is he biting ? And to people mad at the list , you gotta look at Premos age and production style and who hes a fan of.
Power , Devil n a blue dress , Runaway and So Appalled are pop records now ? WTF
DJ Premier’s salty Kanye didn’t use the beat he made for him for “My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy”. Nor did Kanye use the track that Premier did scratches on “Mama’s Boyfriend”.
Appollo Kids is BANANAS!
Co-sign Mecha Shark
Kids, don’t worry about what’s POPular star listening to hip-hop, your missing a lot of raw, real, true underground releases and this is what Preem’s list touches on whether it’s a shout-out list or his true opinion.
Can’t believe everyone is so gassed on Kanye, Drake and all this other mainstream POP music.
Where is Big Boi? Where is Kanye? Hell where is Eminem? Big Boi and Kanye delivered two of the best albums last year and they don’t even make the top 25? Bullshit.
I bought about half of those albums and they’re dope fuck, and to the Meta-Historical hater, quit hatin’ and listen to it again.
Really there are alot of albums that are better than Kanye and Drakes album but that doesnt mean those two albums are wack. If Dark Fantasy was slept on and Drake was still underground , yall would be sayin how dope they are. When J cole and Jay Elec sell records in a mainstream arena , people gone say theyre pop and wack also. Thats BS. Kanyes album = great come back. Drakes album = breathe of fresh air because of dope lyrics about life shit instead of talking about killing everybody and selling kilos all day. Like alot of underground hip hop.
Some really bad albums in this list…
@PremosTruth
oh so its a HIP HOP list yet the biggest rnb singer/rapper Drake is in the top 11? naw nigga shut the fuck up you emotional faggot quit being a fucking idiot, Premo’s list sucks just face it nigga nobody man not even God could get it through my head that DRAKEs and FAT JOEs albums are in any way better than Distant Relatives, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or Sir Luscious Left Foot
so shut the fuck up you ignorant white piece of trash
and bitch ass Premo obviously didn’t put Kanye on there coz his beats didn’t make the final cut, don’t you faggots remember Premo hyping the album up like crazy a few months before it actually came out? He was calling it another game changer n shit, nigga mad coz his ass got old n his new beats suck n obviously werent good enough to make the final cut of the album
The only solid choices on that list in their respective positions are “Appollo kids”, the Roots “How I got over” and maybe “Teflon Don” IMO. But then again, he’s the legend.
@BIG GHOSTFACE: Your imagery is commendable…
@BIG GHOSTFACE
i love you, god. word is bond, i bump fi– what am i doing? i know you’re not really ghostface. the real ghost deini is out grinding, writing rhymes, and fucking mad bitches, all colors of the rainbow. word is bond. (your comments make my day though)
about time somebody recognized In Search of Stoney Jackson. That should be album of the year.
dfuck! I Am The West wasn’t average it was straight GARBAGE bruh
some good joints but a lot of wack joints too. apollo kids is fire, but wu massacre was trash (number 4??? really?) also, LB’s leftback? No. And I love LB but that shit was half assed. Much respect to Preme but this public list is obviously to promote his Year Round Records project and take a subliminal shot at Yeezy for playing him.
garbo list
I AGREE WIT @THE DELOREAN DRIVER…HIPHOP FANS SUCK..Y’ALL DONT KNO WUT Y’ALL WANT…WAIT TILL SOMEBODY UNDERGROUND SELLS, THEN THEY POP…IT’S STAGNANT, BUT THEN Y’ALL TURN AROUND AND LISTEN TO ARTIST WIT THE SAME BEATS AND CONCEPTS….90 PERCENT HATE MAINSTREAM….JUSSST BECAUSE IT’S MAINSTREAM…AND LOVE UNDERGROUND…JUSSST BECAUSE IT’S SMALL N OBSCURE AND U THINK UR SPECIAL CAUSE UR PEEPIN AN ARTIST NOOOOBODY KNOWS ABOUT…HIPHOP IS ACTUALL MUSIC N TOO BIG FOR Y’ALL TO BOX IT IN THE BOOM BAP REALM LIKE THAT….I HATE UNDERGROUND STANS, Y’ALL THE TYPE OF NIGGAS TO BE AT A PARTY IN THE CORNER SINGING LYRICS VS. GETTIN LAPDANCES N TWERKS BY GIRLS
THIS CAN´T BE A PREMO LIST, IF SO THEN HE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO GANGSTARR´S STEP INTO A ARENA OR MOMENT OF TRUTH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
no nas or reflection eternal? and he put left-back on there when that shit sounded like it was put together overnight with recycled/old songs. very hit or miss list.
I agree with the number 1 spot. Apollo Kids is fucking dope and so overlooked.
oh and cosign the drake dude talking in all caps above me^
good list preem. real hip-hop throughout the list, way it should be. no kanye, way it should be.
thats an old mans list right there
1. this is prob the best list ive seen so far
2. i wuda had marcberg a lil higher
3. dont cry about kanyes album its got more than enuff praise already …SHEESH.
4. thank God he aknowledged scarfaces dopeman music
5. Ghostface……hahhahahahahalooofokdggjfhfhjj
cherubims on da gods shoulders…lol.
Kanye is missing, ok.
But where the fuck is Reflection Eternal???
@Billy ^^^^
Even though Kanye’s album got “enough praise”, doesn’t justify it not being on the list..
HermesGod i wuda put kanye on there but guess he had reasons..i was happy sum1 aknowledged scarfaces contribution n roc marce. but yea i agree tho sum questionable choices.
he’s an old school dude so not seeing ye’s album is expected…you can look at his list and tell too so relax on the bashing lol…wu massacre was fire to me but not that high…top 20 though
EH YO
I WANNA BE SEEING A MUTHAFUKIN BIG GHOSTFACE WEEKLY COLUMN ON DIS HERE SHITS YO. NO DOUBT.
lmao @ everyone upset because Kanye wasn’t on it. I forgot it was law every rapper/producer has to suck Kanye off constantly -___-
Well at least Pusha T understands that law
The Left – Gas Mask ftw
EH YO
I WANNA BE SEEING A MUTHAFUKIN BIG GHOSTFACE WEEKLY COLUMN ON DIS HERE SHITS YO. NO DOUBT.
@cosign that
that fool needs a spotlight
why the fuck is Drake and Rick Ross on there??
No Eminem or Kanye.. interesting picks. But it is what it is.
Word @stupidgreedy
Big Ghostface deserves a column or something man. That imagery is oto ill and makes me laugh all the time. Dude is too funny.
kanye album was wack as fuck why yall trippin? shit was forgettable as hell
im shocked no joe budden – mm4 that shit was incredible same goes with doc ish – first treatment them both sick album same with joell ortiz – free agent but preemo has a sick list just a few albums i felt were weak on the list but still dude knows hip hop music
oh noez Premo didnt like ur fav album…. stfu
lol @ kanye’s album being whack
Good list preemo,keep it hip hop,
He hit alot of low key releases that didn’t get hella press. This is legit
Premo liked a Rick Ross album… The Fuck ? :S
“Tears bust out a nigga wig cos that shit just hit a nigga in his heart yo. I seen cupids on the god shoulders when I went over to the mirror n shit tryna wipe the gods tears so I could thank you Preem.”
From now on I will always describe crying as tears bustin out a nigga wig.
lol at the guy shocked there is no joe budden on the list. seriously? As for no Kanye, i thought Kanye made a pretty dope album. But if you get butt hurt when someone else doesn’t put the kanye album on their top list there is something wrong with you. Just because kanye made a good cd does not mean it is acceptable to whine when someone else doesn’t feel it. This is dj premier, let his list be whatever he wants and dont bitch about it; god damn.
This is his Top 25 top LP’s why are you critiquing it as if your Top 25 is in the right ascending order. Almost everyone’s top 25 differs. Just because Kanye and Em aren’t on there you stans are gonna spazz out ?
Where the fuck is eminem??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHY ISNT HE ON THIS LIST!!!!!! Im dissapointed primo
Wu-Massacre so high up… wtf
I could start arguing with you all about Preem’s list because I don’t agree with any of you, or his list, but that’s too common a theme in here right now lol. All I wanna say is the only reason I’m reading comments is them BIG GHOSTFACE posts! Shits got me fallin the fuck out!
yo love strong arm steady but stoney jackson was one of the most sonically horrible albums i’ve heard since madslib put out that pile of shit sequel guilty album, the guy makes increadable beats but has no follow thru making them knock.
macberg should be 2nd
yall complaining like its your list
Drake and joe on the top of the list and Bun,Cube,the roots on the last!!? damn nigga what happned to kanye?? this list is bullshit
Where is FREE AGENT!? AGREED WITH WU-TANG ,BUT THE REST OF THIS LIST IS REALLY WACK
Drake on the top?? thats bullshit,ross album was wack ass shit, @ Capitan Rivera ,yes where is free agent!?
lol @ the Kanye haters. you think DJ Premier’s list is just “raw underground hip hop”? Then what the fuck are Drake’s “Thank Me Later,” Ice Cube’s “I Am The West” and Bun B’s “Trill OG” doing there? Those albums were full of cliche commercial bullshit, complete with AutoTune T-Pain hooks and cheesy “I love you girl” club songs. Raw hip hop, my ass. Dark Twisted Fantasy was more dark/raw than “you fancy, huh, you fancy, huh, you fancy huh?”
Also, if you don’t like Kanye’s new album, fine, but don’t try to classify it as ‘not hip hop.’ I don’t like coleslaw. Should I say it’s not food?
And unless you’re joking, calling an album you don’t like “gay” says a lot about age (12) and/or socio-economic status. (i.e. you must live in the ghetto/boondocks). Just sayin’, you might want to think twice, before writing something that makes you look retarded. Or, if you’re just going to keep being an all-out retard, please appear in the next Sasha Baren Cohen movie so we can all laugh at you.
Oh, and Premier is a lame for 1) saying his favorite albums were the ones he worked on (lol) and 2) including Drake & Ice Cube’s mediocre shit, while excluding Kanye & Big Boi. He’s probably just listing Drake b/c he wants to work with him on his next album. Actually, this list is probably more “Top 25 Rappers DJ Premier Wants To Work With 2011.”
The only good news out of this list is that maybe Ghost and Premier will do a track a together.
are you pussy little girls really asking why he left kanye off. kanye is for little kids, he is NOT hip hop. he fell off when he tasted his first dick. fucking kanye? you you kids are hilarious
Kanye didnt fall off cause POWER was the hardest beat in 2010. Im I lying ?
Ayo where da fuck is Curren$y n Kendrick Lamars shit at? N SMH at Preem liking Drake. U better than dat Preem
Premo explained to everyone several times why he likes Drake , how did you miss that. Premo likes his flow
smh @ peeps calling Preemo a “bitch ass”, your favorite lyrical joints were probably produced by that “bitch ass”. Too much hate from these keyboard thugs.
haha big ghostface’s post is genius
oh… and i can’t believe people have the temerity to 1] diss a man who helped shape hip hop (ask kanye) & 2] think that everybody must love kanyes album… shame on you (hehe)
KANYE’S ALBUM WASN’T THAT GOOD ANYWAY, BUT BLACK MILK’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR WAS BETTER THAN HALF THIS LIST.
BESIDES, IF YALL MOTHAFUCKAS DISAAGREE, THAN MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN LIST.
SHOUTS TO PREMO.
Saying Kanye’s music is “for little kids” is one of the stupidest comments on the Internet, ever.
“Put the pussy in a sarcophagus” -> yeah, that line would fit in perfectly on a Miley Cyrus song. smh
Are you really that retarded? Like, for real? You can’t even to Dark Twisted Fantasy with your parents around, let alone little kids. Every song’s full of swearing, the N-word, and references to sex.
This is why the Kanye haters don’t get any respect, and are being rapidly left in the dust. Let’s see how far your precious tired selling coke/shoot-em-up boom-bap takes your favorite rappers in 2011. Oh yeah, that’s right: Nowhere.
Grandpa Simpsons, as far as the eye can see. Sad.
Saying Kanye’s music is “for little kids” is one of the stupidest comments on the Internet, ever.
“Put the pussy in a sarcophagus” -> yeah, that line would fit in perfectly on a Miley Cyrus song. smh
Are you really that retarded? Like, for real? You can’t even list to Dark Twisted Fantasy with your parents around, let alone little kids. Every song’s full of swearing, the N-word, and raunchy references to sex with women. (How gay.)
This is why the Kanye haters don’t get any respect, and are being rapidly left in the dust. Let’s see how far your precious tired selling coke/shoot-em-up boom-bap takes your favorite rappers in 2011. Oh yeah, that’s right: Nowhere.
Grandpa Simpsons, as far as the eye can see. Sad.