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12 Favorite Hip Hop Releases From The Bay Area

Posted on July 4, 2014

  • A-1 – The Thurl Tape (s/r)
  • Aesop Rock – Skelethon (Rhymesayers)
  • Aisha Fukushima – RAPtivism (s/r)
  • DaVinci – The MOEna Lisa (SWTBRDS)
  • E-40 – The Block Brochure (Heavy on the Grind)
  • 40Love – Dreams Don’t Sleep (s/r)
  • Gift of Gab – The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
  • Iamsu! – KILT (s/r)
  • JB Nimble & Poe - Candlespit Collective Presents JB & Poe in…The Park (Ear Peace)
  • Kero One – Color Theory (Plug Label)
  • Le Vice – Neverland (s/r)
  • The Coup – Sorry to Bother You (Anti-)

20 Favorite Hip Hop Releases

  • Action Bronson / Party Supplies – Blue Chips (Fool’s Gold)
  • Add-2 – Save.Our.Souls (s/r)
  • Aesop Rock – Skelethon (Rhymesayers)
  • Ana Tijoux – La Bala (Oveja Negra)
  • Apollo Brown & O.C. – Trophies (Mello Music Group)
  • Big K.R.I.T. – Live from the Underground (Def Jam)
  • Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Colour (Rhymesayers)
  • Dark Time Sunshine – ANX (Fake Four Inc)
  • El-P – Cancer 4 Cure (Fat Possum)
  • Homeboy Sandman – First of a Living Breed (Stones Throw)
  • Kendrick Lamar – good kid M.A.A.D. city (Aftermath)
  • Killer Mike – R.A.P. Musik (Williams Street)
  • Lushlife – Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl)
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Hei$t (s/r)
  • Marcus D – Melancholy Hopeful (s/r)
  • Nas – Life is Good (Def Jam)
  • Oddisee – People Hear What They See (Mello Music Group)
  • Sene – Brooklyknight (Plug Research)
  • Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred (Duck Down)
  • Quakers – S/T (Stones Throw)

20 Favorite Outside of Hip Hop (OOHH) Albums

  • Actress – R.I.P. (Honest Jon’s)
  • Asbjørn – Sunken Ships (s/r)
  • B.Lewis – A Lion’s Aperture (s/r)
  • Breakbot – By Your Side (Ed Banger)
  • The Chromatics – Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
  • Debo Band – S/T (Next Ambiance)
  • Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
  • Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes (Warp)
  • Four Tet – Pink (Hostess)
  • Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Island Def Jam)
  • Jessie Ware – Devotion (Island)
  • John Talabot – Fin (Permanent Vacation)
  • Lee Fields & the Expressions – Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
  • Lone – Galaxy Garden (R&S)
  • Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream (RCA)
  • Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro – Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
  • Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (Blue Note)
  • Snarky Puppy – Ground Up (s/r)
  • Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)
  • Thriftworks – Rainmaker (s/r)

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