Beat Club, what are your favorite albums from 2008?

[FrostBite]

What are your favorite albums that dropped this year? List them. All genres welcome.

In no particular order, mine are...

Zo! & Tigallo - Love the 80's
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds
Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind the Melody
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
John Legend - Evolver
J*Davey - The Beauty in Distortion/The Land of the Lost
Santogold - Santogold
The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
Anthony David - Acey Duecy
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

[Drumkitz]

The Roots Rising Down!!!

[Nabs]

ABN (Z-Ro & Trae) - It Is What It Is (Not the retail version, but the original unreleased one)
Nas - Untitled
G-Side - Starshipz & Rocketz

my list is bulimic.

[Thirty3 Degrees]

2008 sucked.

Untitled, I guess...:smh:

[P.U.R.E.]

Plant Asia and DJ Muggs - Pain Language

Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5 & 6

Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.

[Thirty3 Degrees]

Oh, and GZA's album was pretty good too.

[Imo Reign]

Techn9ne Killer

Honestly, there wasnt too many good albums out this year, the shyt is gettin depressin lol.

[MACADO]

Carter 3

Ego Trippin

Theatre Of The Mind

Terrance Martin - Locke High

Mykestro - Emotion On My Sleeve

[T O N Y M.]

i think that there were more albums that i liked this year than most recent years. a few albums that got me excited (no homo)

q-tip
luda
ill bill
killer mike
the roots

i was listenin to that tech n9ne album it was pretty good. there has been good **** this year don't sleep

[eboknows]

scarface emeritus
black milk tronic
Jake ONE WHITE VAN MUSIC = **** is the realest album
Elzhi PREFACE
Dela Changes of Atmosphere

[Nabs]

good picks

one slept on lp is that DJ Babu one. I really liked that comp :yes:

[Roxx the King]

recession, paper trail, carter 3, 808s...

[the puppetmaster]

Emeritus
LAX
Paper Trail
Carter 3
Tronic



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[illwittdeez]

Emeritus
LAX
Paper Trail
Raw Footage
We Mean Business
Rising Down
The Show 2k8 :whistle:

[Aje]

I'ma have to go with..

Q-Tip - Renaissance Man
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Black Milk - The Tronic

and I actually dig that Game album :guilty:

[Drumkitz]

recession, paper trail, carter 3, 808s...
r u serious about 808s??.. cuz that cant b in the catgory for best albums this year... i wont except that roxx!!

[Roxx the King]

r u serious about 808s??.. cuz that cant b in the catgory for best albums this year... i wont except that roxx!!

i have to say i relate to too much of the music on there and the melodies were dope to me. i think its just good music. i never let anything interfere with how i feel about music. if i likes, i likes. i thought it was dope how he just made what he felt like making and given what he's been thru, the music reflected that. besides he saved us from a sad ass rap album, lol

[UkaremaBeatz]

I think for the 1st time in history I haven't listened to nobodies album that came out in 2008 in its entirety or on purpose. Everything i listen to is just old vintage stuff from 70's 80's and 90's. I'm trapped in 3 early decades of muzik and can't relate to SOME of the new shyt out now, fukk it.

[Drumkitz]

I think for the 1st time in history I haven't listened to nobodies album that came out in 2008 in its entirety or on purpose. Everything i listen to is just old vintage stuff from 70's 80's and 90's. I'm trapped in 3 early decades of muzik and can't relate to the new shyt out now, fukk it.
i can definitely feel u on this 1 fam.. im definitely searchin and listening to everything 1991 and before... im not gonna say music.. but im so in tuned wit hiphop it makes up the majority for me.. and i dont think hip hop has been good for at least 3 yrs..actually since black album.. rap has took a serious dive.. but the roots always manage to make me respect what they do everytime.. thas why my vote was only for The Roots-Rising Down album.. incredible..

[UkaremaBeatz]

i can definitely feel u on this 1 fam.. im definitely searchin and listening to everything 1991 and before... im not gonna say music.. but im so in tuned wit hiphop it makes up the majority for me.. and i dont think hip hop has been good for at least 3 yrs..actually since black album.. rap has took a serious dive.. but the roots always manage to make me respect what they do everytime.. thas why my vote was only for The Roots-Rising Down album.. incredible..

Yea The Roots new album has been swept under the rug, like most of there albums. I still listen to Illadelph Halflife & Do you want More the most out of all they stuff and a bunch of unreleased material as well. I need to really finish listening to the Rising down album tho, the few trax i did hear from it were dope tho.

[Roxx the King]

i almost turned into a music snob around the turn of the century but what happened was the hot boys. it was so ignorant and they were so dumb but that goddammit mannie fresh was undeniable!!!! since then i told myself i can't ever let my knowledge of music and opinions get in the way of ENJOYING music. i can name every dope album that came out after wu tang forever but ill be goddamned if i cant have fun when "bird walk" or "pop champagne" come on in the club. u gotta learn to feel it and critique it separately. 808s makes me feel the music. the sonic soundscape reminds me of the emotions I have had when going thru some of things that kanye has gone thru. when i make music i have to try hard to not over think the music because the more simple it is along with the more it conveys, the more brilliance i see in it. kanye didn't use a million raps to make his point, he sang four lines before the hook and you got it. to me thats genius

[Tic Tac T O]

Black Milk - Tronic
Dwele - Sketches of A Man
Raheem Devaughn - Love Behind the Melody
Illa J - Yancey Boys
Reks - Grey Hairs
Elzhi - The Preface
Prodigy - HNIC 2
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
T.I. - Paper Trail
Zo! and Tigallo - Love the 80s
The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind

[DjayCas]

Ice Cube Raw Footage

not biased either, even minus the track me and my partner did for it
its a dope album

[Dean_Keaton2k]

D.I.R.T from Heltah Skeltah is the hottest album to come out in 2008

[Thirty3 Degrees]

Black Milk - Tronic
Dwele - Sketches of A Man
Raheem Devaughn - Love Behind the Melody
Illa J - Yancey Boys
Reks - Grey Hairs
Elzhi - The Preface
Prodigy - HNIC 2
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
T.I. - Paper Trail
Zo! and Tigallo - Love the 80s
The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
Even though Prodigy fell off, HNIC 2 was pretty solid. Illuminati's the best cut IMO.

[The Nastiest]

The Recession, Paper Trail, Untitled, Evolver, Raw Footage, LAX, Theatre of the Mind, We Mean Business


i still haven't gotten around to listening to Q-Tip's new joint all the way through for some reason and Musiq's new album was very good on first listen. Raphael Saadiq and Robin Thicke's albums disappointed me, and so is Jamie Foxx's so far (only on track 5 though).


Bobby Creekwater's album was pretty good on the low, too

[DJ TEKNIK]

Black Milk - Tronic
Reks - Grey Hairs
Elzhi - The Preface
Prodigy - HNIC 2
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
T.I. - Paper Trail
Zo! and Tigallo - Love the 80s
The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind

dope list

i'll add EPMD & Q-tip

[Tic Tac T O]

Even though Prodigy fell off, HNIC 2 was pretty solid. Illuminati's the best cut IMO.
yeah, the old Prodigy is long gone but this is still a dope album.
The Recession, Paper Trail, Untitled, Evolver, Raw Footage, LAX, Theatre of the Mind, We Mean Business
i still haven't gotten around to listening to Q-Tip's new joint all the way through for some reason and Musiq's new album was very good on first listen. Raphael Saadiq and Robin Thicke's albums disappointed me, and so is Jamie Foxx's so far (only on track 5 though).
Bobby Creekwater's album was pretty good on the low, too
alot of people on SOHH say they were feelin the Raphael Saadiq album but i didnt like it at all. he is capable of much much better. havent heard Robin Thicke's album but i guess i'll skip it

The Renaissance was good on first listen but now i only bump 4-5 songs off it. Leave it All Behind was the exact opposite for me, i hated it at first.

[The Nastiest]

yeah, the old Prodigy is long gone but this is still a dope album.
alot of people on SOHH say they were feelin the Raphael Saadiq album but i didnt like it at all. he is capable of much much better. havent heard Robin Thicke's album but i guess i'll skip it
The Renaissance was good on first listen but now i only bump 4-5 songs off it. Leave it All Behind was the exact opposite for me, i hated it at first.
I get what Saadiq was trying to do with the album. It has a really old school 60's feel to it. I just don't want to hear him make an entire album like that. If u think u might like that vibe, I suggest u give a try. It's not necessarily a bad album if u can accept the whole premise of taking it back to that time for no real reason.

[Tic Tac T O]

I get what Saadiq was trying to do with the album. It has a really old school 60's feel to it. I just don't want to hear him make an entire album like that. If u think u might like that vibe, I suggest u give a try. It's not necessarily a bad album if u can accept the whole premise of taking it back to that time for no real reason.
word, the thing is, i seen him on Leno performing one of the songs and just thought thats the vibe he went with for the single but then i heard the full joint and it was all like that which was a letdown for me. Ray Ray was my sh!t too, one of my favourite R & B albums

[Big Jo]

Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
:yes:

[illstrick5]

Nas Untitled
Madlib King of the Wigflip
Ill Bill even though only listened once
Erykah Badu New Amerykah
Big Shug
Illstrick5 Counseling Sessions Even though it was mostly trash, I like it because I made it.
Honorable Mention to the Thorobred album, dude flow better than most rappers I heard in a while.
Can't think of anything else Peace and stay up

[pimpadelic]

Triple Darkness - Anathema
Tech N9ne - Killer
Funkoars - The Hangover
Terra Firma (Oz) - Music To Live By
Reks - Grey Hairs
Rhyme Asylum - State Of Lunacy
Nas - Untitled
Murs & 9th Wonder - Sweet Lord
Killer Mike - I Pledge Allegience To The Grind 2
K Rino - Triple Darkness Vol 1 & 2
Ice Cube - Raw Footage
Immortal Technique - 3rd World
Heltah Skeltah - DIRT
Drapht - Brothers Grimm
Devin The Dude - Landing Gear
Rhymefest - Man In The Mirror

[Big Jo]

I get what Saadiq was trying to do with the album. It has a really old school 60's feel to it. I just don't want to hear him make an entire album like that. If u think u might like that vibe, I suggest u give a try. It's not necessarily a bad album if u can accept the whole premise of taking it back to that time for no real reason.

that's actually why i loved the album. i can't think of another project like it, and if there is i'd like to know about it.

saadiq completely ignored the idea of "neo-soul" and just did a brand new record that sounds completely vintage. personally i didnt think it was overkill. it's like nothing i've heard (that came out recently), and i thought from a musical and songwriting aspect it was amazing.

granted there was a gimmick, but he totally pulled it off. and i think that concept (throwback records that sound so authentic) is missing from the music industry, crazy it took soo long for a mainstream artist to try it.