Notes To Self - A Shot In The Dark (2009)

01 04:34 Yellow and Grey
02 04:30 Midnight Oil
03 04:42 A Shot In The Dark
04 03:48 Shrink Rap
05 05:21 Days Like These
06 04:09 Heirlines
07 04:13 Lifelines
08 05:13 Jetlagged
09 04:12 Throw Your (Hands Up)
10 03:46 Dont Try This At Home
11 04:09 Nobody Feat Evidence
12 05:21 What I Am
13 03:46 Yellow and Grey Remix Feat Dilated Peoples
14 05:42 Negative Space (Bonus Track)

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Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009)

Noticed this came out earlier this year, but didn't check it out. I gotta be in a certain mood to listen to ATCQ or Q. But since it's the end of 2009, it's prolly bout time.

01. Feelin' 4:32
02. Do YoU Dig U? (Featuring Gary Thomas And Kurt Rosenwinkel) 7:19
03. A Million Times 4:16
04. Blue Girl 5:20
05. Barely In Love 4:03
06. Heels 3:07
07. Abstractisms (Featuring Kenny Garrett AKA Truth) 5:19
08. Caring 1:40
09. Even If It Is So 5:30
10. Make It Work (Bonus Track) 3:59

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J.J. Brown - Connect The Dots [2009]

With all the muthafuckin free time I had this year, how I miss this? Granted, I ain't never heard of the cat before and the cover is an instant buyer repellent, but really! Shit is hot.

01 01:55 Pure Grind (Feat. Reef The Lost Cauze)
02 04:03 That's Me
03 03:25 The World's A Stage
04 04:48 Froze Prose (Feat. Block McCloud & Celph Titled)
05 03:17 Gender Bender (Feat. Eternia & Miz Metro)
06 04:15 Crybaby (Punk MF) (Feat. Nola Darling)
07 01:19 Upstate Connect (Feat. Awar)
08 02:54 Grand Groove (Feat. Dezmatic & Travis McCoy)
09 05:33 Fantastic Four (Feat. Figures Of Speech)
10 01:18 Ode To Jay
11 02:32 You & Me (Bombay)
12 03:33 He Is I (Feat. Louis Logic)
13 03:26 It (Feat. Poison Pen)
14 03:21 Brother In Arms
15 04:15 Watch The Star Shine
16 03:50 Froze Prose Pt. 2 (Feat. Block McCloud, King Magnetic, Jonny October & Craig G.)

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Apathy - Wanna Snuggle (2009)

This cover screams 2 things. Underground hip-hop. And white boy. That's what this cover tells me. Also, I vaguely remember this guy being affiliated with someone in Wu-Tang, but I could be wrong. Maybe I saw him in an old XXL years ago. Anyway, this seems to be one of the more decent albums out this year.

1. Hell's Angel
2. Money Orientated (feat Emilio Lopez)
3. Gov't Cheese
4. On And Off The Mic (feat Blacastan)
5. Back In L.A (feat Ryu & Veze Skante)
6. Shoot First (feat B-Real & Celph Titled)
7. I'm A DemiGod
8. True Love (feat Phonte)
9. Mind Ya Business (feat Chip-Fu)
10. Thinkin'
11. This Is The FOrmula (feat J-Live)
12. Guys & Girls (feat Blue Raspberry)
13. Anyday (feat King Magnetic)
14. Candy (feat Dose)
15. Run, Run Away
16. No Sad Tomorrow (feat Holly Brook & Mike Mass)
17. Rhose Island (feat Emilio Lopez)
18. What Goes Up
19. Hard Times On Planet Earth
20. Slave (feat Motive)
21. Victim (feat Holly Brook)

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T-K.A.S.H. - Brains All Over The Streets (2009)

Political hip-hop from the Bay. Not a big fan of Islam (religion period actually) or conspiracy theories, but you gotta take what you can get when it comes to the genre and politics. Lightyears better than any anarcho-rapper I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.

1. Dead Man Walking 5:23
2. Fright Night 4:04
3. Back Home 5:26
4. Pardon Me 4:18
5. Peace To My Enemies 3:34
6. That's Gangsta 4:45
7. Good Morning America 4:00
8. Better Days 4:25
9. Ol' English 5:10
10. Sign Language 4:47
11. American Made 3:39
12. Someday 4:54
13. Terror Sells 2:19
14. So Low 6:33

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Keelay & Zaire - Ridin' High (2009)

"Versatility is the only constant in today's music movement, which is the prized calling card for up and coming production duo Kyle 'Keelay' Pierce & Tim 'Zaire' Lewis. The potent team operates with only one concrete rule; creating music with unlimited range. Complementing each others styles with precision, Kee & Zee work as a sole production machine that spawns gritty classic hip-hop, soulful r&b, and any other medium that requires an exclusive sound from the team.

Kee & Zee are now upon completion of their debut LP, 'Ridin High', which promises to deliver an incredible look into the music and lifestyle of the multifaceted team. Coming along for the smoke filled journey is an extraordinary supporting cast of passengers such as Sole Vibe representatives Slo-Mo, Mario Dones, The A.V.E., J.Fish, Phonte of Little Brother, Supastion, Blu, Cali Agents, Darien Brockington, Tash of Tha Liks, Torae, Saafir, Khizman, Fortilive, Jonathan Moore, Emilio Rojas, Surreal, Jony Fraze, Tiff any Paige as well as many others. From hard hitting, scratch heavy rap to smoke traced r&b rhythms, Keelay & Zaire swerve right into the fastlane with ease with their versatile talents, creating their own lane to ride out to."

01 The Intro Feat.Gravedigga Jones
02 Take A Ride Feat.Slo Mo, Mario Dones, and Av
03 Addicts For Real Feat. Tunji (Of Inverse)
04 Cali 2 Ny Feat. Hassaan Mackey, Rasco, PlanetAsia, and Slo Mo
05 I Used To Ride Feat. Fortlive and Saafir
06 Wake Up Feat. Emilio Rojas, Silent Knight, Av,Tiffany Page, and Brian Francis
07 Im On Swerve Feat. Tash(Of Tha Liks), Da Evangillest and E. Jenks
08 Sole Ides (Interlude) Feat. Slo Mo
09 Alright With Me Feat. Dminor and Phonte(Of Little Brother)
10 05 The Times Feat. Blu, Fortlive, and Nino Moschella
11 Nurf To The Turf Feat. Prophit
12 Trapped Feat. Supastition and Slo Mo
13 We Made It Feat. Mario Dones
14 Beautiful Feat. Surreal and Darrien Brockington
15 Ridin High Feat. Femi
16 Do What It Do(Bonus Track) Feat. Nightclubber Lang and Jern EyeTotals

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Che Grand - Everything's Good Ugly (2009)

01. Bless’d feat. Jacob Soul
02. Gift Wrap
03. Swing
04. Walking Under Ladders feat. Elucid & Spec Boogie
05. Gold Chains Part Deux
06. Too Much Too Soon feat. Colin Munroe
07. City On Fire
08. R E S T A R T (Original)
09. Celebrate We
10. People Bowling feat. Tanya Morgan
11. Crash
12. Girls Talk feat. DbM (of Sankofa)
13. I Know You Still Want Me
14. Life’s Grand feat. N.icky (of Heavy)
15. Large Hadron Collider
16. Chateau Gold
17. Soraya’s Jam feat. Benny Sings
18. Across The Sky

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Dynas - The Apartment (2009)

01. Intro [00:42]
02. Higher Definition [03:10]
03. Challenges of L.O.V.E. (Leaving ones virtues exposed) [04:13]
04. The Future (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff) [03:57]
05. Illa's DVD (Skit) [00:38]
06. Crown Royal [03:50]
07. Totally Tanya [04:20]
08. The Apartment [05:14]
09. Family Jewels (feat. Slick Rick) [03:16]
10. Becky vs Illa (Skit) [00:42]
11. It's my turn [04:52]
12. 90 Degrees (feat. Wrekonize, LMS & Rich Medina) [05:59]
13. The Apartment 2 [03:44]
14. Brad & Becky (Skit) [01:13]
15. Come along (feat. Tiye Phoenix) [03:47]
16. Hey Sister (feat. Tone Trezure) [03:51]
17. Think it over [03:39]
18. Outro [01:16]

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Paten Locke - Super Ramen Rocket Ship (2009)

Don't really know much about this guy, except that I saw this album at the top of some random Best of 2009 hip-hop list and the preview on Amazon sounded tight.

01- Soup For One
02- Breakthru
03- Good Muse
04- Ash On Em
05- Auto Reverse
06- Brava
07- Funky Hit Record
08- Tentilation
09- Wadaap
10- Til The Dawn
11- Just Me
12- Super Ramen Rocketship
13- Off The Grid
14- Alter You

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Street Sweeper Social Club - s/t (2009)

Tom Morrello + Boots Riley = Enough fuckin said.

1. (00:03:32) Street Sweeper Social Club - Fight! Smash! Win!
2. (00:04:00) Street Sweeper Social Club - 100 Little Curses
3. (00:04:23) Street Sweeper Social Club - The Oath
4. (00:03:11) Street Sweeper Social Club - The Squeeze
5. (00:03:53) Street Sweeper Social Club - Clap for the Killers
6. (00:03:18) Street Sweeper Social Club - Somewhere in the World It's Midnight
7. (00:02:39) Street Sweeper Social Club - Shock You Again
8. (00:03:18) Street Sweeper Social Club - Good Morning, Mrs. Smith
9. (00:03:45) Street Sweeper Social Club - Megablast
10. (00:02:29) Street Sweeper Social Club - Promenade
11. (00:04:11) Street Sweeper Social Club - Nobody Moves (Til We Say Go)

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Jay Electronica - Exhibit C (Radio Rip) Produced by Just Blaze

Holy christ. Track of the year.

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Chumbawamba - Never Mind the Ballots (1987)

01- Always tell the voter what the voter wants to hear
02- Come on babu (lets do the revolution)
03- The wasteland
04- Todays sermon
05- Ah-men
06- Mr. Heseltine meets his public
07- The candidates find common ground
08- ...Here's the rest of your life

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Chumbawamba - Slap! (1990)

Slap! is a 1990 album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was a radical redefinition of the band's sound and attitude. The songs now inspired dancing more than moshing, and the lyrics were celebratory as opposed to victimist.

01. Urlike
02. Tiananmen Square
03. Cartrouble
04. Chase PC's Flee Attack By Own Dog
05. Rubens Has Been Shot!
06. Rappoport's Testament: I Never Gave Up
07. Slap!
08. That's How Grateful We Are
09. Meinhof

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The Ex - Pokkeherrie (1985)

"The Ex, with 'Pokkeherrie' have produced a masterful killer weaponof raw power that rattles up the spine into numbed pink brain cells and fills the vacuum with social issue. "
"They've done it again. While they maintain melody, dissonance, moodiness, and a hard edge, they continue to grow and encompass many styles. (...) Their integrity is rock hard and dependable."
Possibly their best LP.Avant punk at it's best!

1. "Nurse!"
2. "Soviet Threat"
3. "Mmm Crisis"
4. "1,000,000 Ashtrays"
5. "Pokk"
6. "White Liberals"
7. "Everything We Never Wanted"
8. "Friendly Neighbours"
9. "Hit the Headlines"
10. "Rumours of Music (The Original Soundcrack)"


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The Ex - History Is What's Happening (1982)

Dutch anarchist punk/post-punk

1. "Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" - 0:56
2. "Barricades" - 1:03
3. "Life Live" - 1:38
4. "Machinery" - 0:46
5. "E.M.Why" - 1:47
6. "Moving Pictures" - 1:32
7. "Shoes" - 1:45
8. "Watch-Dogs" - 1:49
9. "Dutch Disease" - 1:21
10. "Blessed Box at the Backseat" - 1:14
11. "Who Pays" - 2:44
12. "Strong & Muscled" - 1:30
13. "Grey" - 2:22
14. "Equals Only" - 1:46
15. "H'wood - W'ton" - 0:56
16. "Sports" - 1:02
17. "$" - 0:56
18. "Pep Talk" - 1:58
19. "Attacked" - 1:55
20. "148" - 2:25


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