Best Hip Hop Album (Unsigned/Independent) of 2009
Reader's Pick
Joe Budden "Padded Room"
This year, Jersey emcee Joe Budden broke free of Def Jam, the label that had repeatedly foiled his attempts to release a sophomore album, and settled with indie Amalgam Digital to finally get a new project into listeners' hands. Padded Room was dark, lyrically-focused and more than a little crazy – in other words, exactly what Budden fans had been waiting for!
Staff Pick
Blitz The Ambassador "Stereotype"
In addition to Best Hip-Hop Album from an independent artist I'd like to award Blitz the completely unofficial and completely uncoveted Most Slept on Album of the Year award. An album that combined dope, meaningful and memorable flows with some of the best live instrument production we've heard since The Roots glory days, Stereotype was the kind of album we'll still be playing in a year, in five years, in a decade. Stop sleeping.
Best Mixtape/Street Album of 2009 |
Best R&B/Pop Album of 2009 |
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Member Reviews and Ratings
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 7960 |
I wasn't impressed by either of these albums...Max B Public Domain 6 was better!
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 904 |
Stereotype blew me away. Can someone please hit me up with the instrumental version?!?
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 433 |
Blitz's album was amazing. Love it.
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker |
i went w/Krs and Buckshot.
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew |
Stereotype has that feeling which cult classics (at least) are made of. The underground will regard this as one of their "classics" before too long...
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 544 |
Loved Padden Room, never listed to Stereotype but I will now.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 736 |
Pray for me is one of the most lyrical songs in 09, can't deny that. Padded room was beasty
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 908 |
"Stereotype" was amazing, honestly. Most slept on of the year is something he deserves. Was Ali's "Us" here? Lol, if so, that's what I voted for.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1189 |
Padded Room was sick, enough said.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member |
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2010 |
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