Best Hip Hop Album (Unsigned/Independent) of 2009

Reader Pick		Staff Pick
Joe Budden "Padded Room"		Blitz The Ambassador "Stereotype"

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! Runner Up: KRS-One & Buckshot "Survival Skills"		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.

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djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 2883	djblaze's Top Rated Songs I wasn't impressed by either of these albums...Max B Public Domain 6 was better! Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

d mac DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 802	d mac's Top Rated Songs Stereotype blew me away. Can someone please hit me up with the instrumental version?!? Follow @DJBoothCEO
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Dj Baer Resident DJ Total Ratings: 431	Dj Baer's Top Rated Songs Blitz's album was amazing. Love it.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

joshL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1471	joshL's Top Rated Songs i went w/Krs and Buckshot.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Burmy DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 515	Burmy's Top Rated Songs 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...
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

HoamBoy Resident DJ Total Ratings: 544	HoamBoy's Top Rated Songs Loved Padden Room, never listed to Stereotype but I will now.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

JayCL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 735	JayCL's Top Rated Songs Pray for me is one of the most lyrical songs in 09, can't deny that. Padded room was beasty
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

tdotraza Resident DJ Total Ratings: 909	tdotraza's Top Rated Songs "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.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Aussie_Pride Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1177	Aussie_Pride's Top Rated Songs Padded Room was sick, enough said.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

marizza Mizz .delt@ DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 4	marizza Mizz .delt@'s Top Rated Songs hey! watz popin everyone this bee's your gurl marissa and justed wanting to tell everyone diz @*#$! be poppin u digg
	Posted on Jan 14, 2010

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