Top selling hip hop albums of 2009

Wow.  I think if I was any indication of Billboard‘s top selling rap albums for 2009, this list would look a lot different.  I’m shooting at around 30% ownership of these ten albums, as a matter of fact.  you guess which ones.  For a list of the top selling hip hop albums of all time, [...]

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Best of 2009 :: PopularLemonade edition

I feel like ‘best of’ lists are a bit overrated – everyone ends up putting on their bad ass hats and bitching about the placement of the exact same 10 albums within the list.  Instead of boring you all with a bunch of diatribe and bullshit, I’d rather show you exactly what has been keeping [...]

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Best mixtapes of 2009

I love a good mixtape, and this year has been one of the best as far as pushing the envelope with creativity goes but also in redefining what a mixtape actually is.  For this reason, I have broken the mixtape category into three sections:  dj-based, emcee-based, and production-based.  Ratings are based purely on what has [...]

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Skillz :: 2009 Rap Up

Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past few years, you should know that the end of the year also marks the coming of an annual “rap up” from VA emcee Skillz which covers the year in hip hop history.  Due to an excessive hype on Twitter, I was truly expecting the world… Download [...]

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Sound Session #239 (12-27-09) :: Best of 2009

I kind of have a dj crush on Dj Hyphen after listening to his best of 2009 mix right here… Did I just say that?  Anyway, be sure to download & check this mix, throw it on your iPod, whatever.  Be sure to check our Sound Session every Sunday evening on Seattle’s Kube93 from 10:45pm [...]

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