1/11/2010

Bloggerhouse & WYDU's Year In Review: Trav's Favorite 50 Albums


This week, we'll be wrapping up the year 2009 with our "Bloggerhouse & WYDU 2009 Year In Review". This will be one of the few times you'll see the same posts on WYDU as Bloggerhouse and vice versa. We kick off the week with my PERSONAL Top Fifty albums of the year 2009. Meaning, these were my favorites, and not what I think the overall best were. I listened to around 400 mixtapes, EPs, and albums, as far as I can tell this past year. That mean these were my favorites, ones that got more than one play then was forgotten about. It's important to point out that there was no limitations on this list. There are EPs, instrumental albums, mixtapes, and albums all mixed in here. Hell, there is even something that might be classified as a 12 inch vinyl single, but this was the best of everything.

I'm still debating the quality of the '09 year. Obviously I was bombarded with music and actually felt overwhelmed a few times and probably didn't give some quality projects the amount of time they deserved. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to build relationships with albums that didn't hit me right off the bat. Sometimes albums take a few listens to get acquainted to, but that just wasn't possible this year unless you already had a proven track record. An album like Brother Ali, which I didn't really feel right off the bat, got another listen just because he's had some decent material in the past. And it worked, but others, if it didn't grab me right that first listen and this was my first time listening to your work, it might have been swept to the side. It's unfortunate, but that's the way it goes these days.

As I pointed out, all this week will feature the best 2009 had to answer. We'll cover my 100 favorite tracks of the year (with an extra 100 more that you should heard as well) and we'll feature the fourth annual WYDU & Bloggerhouse awards, so stay in tune.




50. Wu-Tang Clan - Chamber Music



49. Murs & Slug - Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez



48. Apathy - Wanna Snuggle?



47. RADIx - MonSTAPLEx



46. MF Doom - Born Like This



45. Damu The Fudgemunk - Kilawatt V1



44. Elzhi - The Leftovers (Unmixedtape)



43. 14KT - Nowalataz



42. Quite Nyce & Raydar Ellis - Champs Vs. The League



41. Mr. SOS - How Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb



40. Blu - Open (theInstrumentalLP): ForTheHeadsWhoNeedBeats



39. Superstar Quamallah - The Invisible Man



38. Notes To Self - A Shot in the Dark



37. Ace & Edo - Arts & Entertainment



36. Quite Nyce - Through My Eyes



35. Pugs Atomz & Rashid Hadee - Stormy



34. Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol 2



33. Low Budget - LaserDisc



32. Sene & Blu - A Day Late & A Dollar Short



31. 5 '0 Clock Shadowboxers - The Slow Twilight


30. Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson



29. People Under The Stairs - Carried Away



28. Pseudo Slang - We'll Keep Looking



27. Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint



26. Illogic - Diabolical Fun



25. DJ JS-1 - Ground Original 2: No Sell Out



24. Diamond District - In The Ruff



23. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt II



22. Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel



21. Nite People - What Do You Mean You Peolple?



20. Finale - A Pipe Dream and a Promise



19. LoveJones & Phys Edison - Sunday Drive



18. Tha Connection - Love Royale



17. Kid Hum - Fossil Fuels



16. Exile - Radio



15. Diz Gibran - Soon You'll Understand
(Free Download: http://diznmoon.com/)



14. Dynas - The Apartment



13. Drumz & Llingo - BlakMarket



12. Skyzoo - The Salvation



11. Fashawn - Boy Meets World



10. Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati



9. Blame One - Days Chasing Days



8. Aarophat & Illastrate As Black Noise - The Black Noise LP



7. Blueprint - Sign Language



6. Brother Ali - Us



5. Diego Bernal - For Corners


4. Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol 1



3. J Dilla - Jay Stays Paid



2. Poorly Drawn People - Motion Not Emotion



1. Paten Locke - Super Ramen Rocketship





1 comments:

Commish CH said...

Yes yes yall. Complete listing there brah. Been feeling the Fashawn joint lately. CHeers.

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