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“I love her with all my heart Every vein, every vessel, every bullet lodged...”

– The Coolest x Lupe Fiasco (via mrbatmantoyou)

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1. Watch The Throne - Jay-Z x Kanye West

…. you were surprised?…. seriously? Watch the Throne is my favorite album of the year, hands down. Two of my favorite artists of all time come together to join their talents to make a complete Hip-Hop experience. From the jarring beats of Kanye, to the complex metaphors of Jay-Z, the album is completely balanced. Though the album spends a large amount of time talking about wealth and high...

Dec 15th

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2. Goblin - Tyler, the Creator

It’s hard to beat Bon Iver’s classic album, but remember this is a list of my personal favorite albums of 2011. With that said, Tyler, the Creator’s Goblin, is my pick for 2nd best album of the year. This album embodies the frustration of a young adult trying to find his place in a world that strives to control their young. The album tackles Tyler’s frustration with women, school, society, the...

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3. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Classic. Period. This album comes from the mind that helped to guide Kanye West during the creation of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The album has a haunting sound that resonates in the head of all those who have heard it. It’s not so much an album that you must listen to but rather experience. Bon Iver takes it listeners on a journey to a musically land that is seldom seen by a majority of...

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4. Take Care - Drake

One of the year’s most anticipated albums, turned out to be worthy the wait. Drake’s Take Care was a great album that told the story of a young adult coming to turns with success, regrets, and failed relationships. With production from a various Toronto-based producers the overall sound of the album was consistent and complete. Drake plays to his strengths on this album and showed maturity by...

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5. 21 - Adele

When I originally put together my list, I had a feeling that I was rushing through it and only thinking about the hip-hop albums that I enjoyed. Then I remembered an album that I listened to on high rotation that wasn’t a hip-hop album that deserved a spot amongst my favorites. That album was 21. It wasn’t Adele’s vocal strength or the catchiness of her songs, but it was the intimate delivery of...

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6. House of Balloons - The Weeknd

House of Balloons is a music collective that truly defined the independent music experience of 2011. With a cosign from Drake, The Weeknd was evaluated to stardom off the strength of House of Balloons. This mixtape, which is the first of three, showcased The Weeknd’s powerful vocal range and sound. It exposed the listener to story of drug-induced euphoric nights and sexual encounters. House of...

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7. Nostalgia, Ultra - Frank Ocean

Nostalgia, Ultra was one of this year’s musical surprises that got audience talking the second it hit the Internet. Frank Ocean’s situation on Def Jam was not unlike many artists in today’s music community where he is signed but not being used by the label effectively. It wasn’t until he aligned himself with Odd Future did Ocean take matters into his own hands and construct Nostalgia, Ultra. The...

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8. Cole World: The Sideline Story - J. Cole

Audiences waited 2 years after J. Cole was signed to Roc Nation before they got his debut album, and it was worth the wait. Cole World: The Sideline Story was as complete as any debut album could have been. While the album lacked and massive mainstream hit, the songs on the album flowed effortlessly together and almost of the songs were produced by J. Cole himself, he had complete creative...

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9. Hell: The Sequel - Bad Meets Evil

I have a difficult time calling this an EP. It feels like another destructive album by Eminem with the only difference being that he brought along his partner in crime Royce 5’9. This EP has everything Royce and Eminem have been known for in the past: dark comedy, aggressive lyrics and powerful punch lines. All and all this is one of the music collectives that need to be added to every Hip Hop...

Dec 14th

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10. Section.80 - Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80 was an album that came out of left field and surprised those who had never experienced Lamar’s amazing wordsmith skills. Lamar’s talent for using thought provoking lyrics and social commentary separates him from a large portion of his peers. Section.80 is the tale of young man seeing the world from his personal perspective, and understanding his surrounding with...

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Israel Lattiboudeaire's Top 10 Music Collectives...

2011 has been an extremely solid year in regards to music in general. No matter the genre, everyone came with quality projects and effectively reached out and touched not only their audience, but humanity as a whole. A great example of this being Adele who had hip hop fan going wild to “Rolling in the Deep”. With that, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite albums/mixtape/EP/musical collectives of...

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“Wash The Brain, Don’t Brainwash”

– Kanye West

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The Darcys “Don’t Bleed Me”

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"It's Hard To Say No...."

It is always best to give a series of listening sessions to an album before you begin to criticize it and take it apart. Listen to it too few times, and you will miss key parts that can make it very appealing. Listen to it too many times and you will begin to build a bias towards the album that normally wouldn’t exist. After 23 days, I am finally sitting down to write about Drake’s latest album,...

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