Skillz - Rap-Up '08

the 08 rap- up is short, everytime i click on it, it ends at the marion jones line

i heard the full song and it's tight, i love when he does this every year what's so great is he gets sweeter each year he needs to put out an album once he reach 2016, that's if he still rappin' by then

Beautiful

Skillz definitely delivered with this one.....VA STAND UP

This is tight! I like the message of the song, and Skillz is fire! This is 4.5 out of 5. Can't wait to hear next year's.

HE KILLED IT

Dope; 100% Real

He sums up 2008 perfectly. Great lyrics and great message! I love this song!!

alright they fixed it the whole song is playing now. he did great on this. had me laughin. great song. 4.5 stars.

skillz did it on this one
he got it
he told alot in this song
yep this does have a good message

Hahahaha 50!!....Anyway, the only thing I didn't like about this song is the beat....but, I did like the rapping/lyrics. It's a 3.

Its Here !!! I was just listening to the whole series (02 -07 so far) & each & every one of em is str8 dope 0 Real i.e CLASSIC .....
Beat on this one is not as good as it should have been considering the hype & status this Year-End Wrap Ups have reached but still a CLASSIC.....ohhh weeee...

Oh in btw HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the members of djbooth.net who im sure are keep on helping me to learn the A & Z's of Hip-Hop .....

Count on Skillz to deliver! Fave lines were the pop champagne one, shoe-sanated and McCain trying to put his hands up. Lmao.

MY OPINION ON 08!! It's gonna be kinda long, haha.

:::Best of '08 - Releases (Mixtapes & Albums):::
01. Untitled (Nas)
02. 808's & Heartbreak (Kanye West)
03. Freedom (Akon)
04. Not 4 Sale (Kardinal Offishall)
05. The Renaissance (Q-Tip)
06. The Mixtape About Nothing (Wale)
07. Emetrius (Scarface)
08. Paper Trail (T.I.)
09. Theater of the Mind (Ludacris)
10. L.A.X. (The Game)
Honorable mentions; II Trill (Bun B), Year of the Gentlemen (Ne-Yo), Raw Footage (Ice Cube).

:::Best of '08 - Tracks:::
01. Y'all My N*ggas (Nas)
02. Inhale (Common)
03. The Crazy (Wale)
04. Slideshow (T.I. feat. John Legend)
05. Hero (Nas feat. Keri Hilson)
06. Welcome To Heartbreak (Kanye West feat. KiD CuDi)
*06. The Slave & The Master (Nas)
**06. The Artistic Integrity (Wale)
07. My Life (The Game feat. Lil Wayne)
08. The Show (The Roots feat. Dice Raw & Common)
09. Number One (Tide Is High) (Kardinal Offishall feat. Rihanna)
10. Magic Hour (AZ feat. CL Smooth)

:::Best of '08 - Production:::
01. Inhale (The Neptunes)
02. Magic Hour (Tone Mason)
03. Welcome To Heartbreak (Kanye West)
04. My Life (Cool & Dre)
05. Cool, Relax (Jay Electronic? Or Benzi?)
06. Clap Again (Akon)
07. The Crazy (Best Kept Secret)
08. Over The Edge (Akon)
09. The Slave & The Master (DJ Toomp)
10. Slideshow (Blac Elvis)

:::Best of '08 - Collaborations:::
01. Cool, Relax (Kidz In The Hall feat. Jay Electronic)
02. The Show (The Roots feat. Dice Raw & Common)
03. Magic Hour (AZ feat. CL Smooth)
04. Fried Chicken (Nas feat. Busta Rhymes)
05. Black President (Remix Pt. 2) (Green Lantern feat. Wale, Rhymefest, Christina K. & Royce da 5'9")
06. Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden feat. Joell Ortiz, Nino Bliss, Crooked I & Royce da 5'9")
07. Freeze (T-Pain feat. Chris Brown)
08. Announcement (Common feat. Pharrell)
09. Make The World Go 'Round (Nas feat. Chris Brown & The Game)
10. Change (T-Pain feat. Akon & Mary J. Blige)

Don't forget to vote everyone!

Nice :) No we reminess XD

hot

I love skillz rap ups. Ive been listening to em since 2003...

dis song iz jokes, no lie!

I was waiting for this!

Hahaha....Dre's headphones.

Hahaha....he had Hotstylez messed up.

"No second single looking boys"

OH, WHY DID HE USE THE C.O LINE! That's mine! Dang...I guess I'll still use it on the ALREADY RECORDED TRACK!

THE R.KELLY LINE IS A TRUTH!

Props to T.Pain! I AGREE!


Skillz always comes off! No doubt! Classic!

BTW, here is my picks for 08:

First of all, to peep my video blog about my top 8 albums, you can check it out here:

http://vimeo.com/2685943

Here's my lists:

Top 8 Albums of 2008

1. T.I’s “Paper Trail
2. Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak
3. Common’s Universal Mind Control
4. Nas’ “Untitled”
5. Gnarls Barkley “The Odd Couple”
6. Ludacris “Theater of the Mind”
7. Lil Mama’s “VYP: Voice of the Young People
8. Cherish’s “The Truth

Top 8 Mixtapes/EPs Of 2008

1. Quest’s “Where’s My Rhymebook
2. Rhymefest and Mark Ronson’s “Man of the Mirror”
3. Wale’s “The Mixtape About Nothing”
4. Big Sean’s “Finally Famous”
5. Slink Proper’s “Free Slink Proper”
6. Mally The 612’s “The Moment”
7. Big Quarter’s “Fall in Love” EP
8. Infamouz’s The Halloween Makes Me Happy Mixtape

Top 8 Album Singles of the Year

Paris Tokyo
Live Your Life
Love Lockdown
No Matter What
Heartless
Universal Mind Control
Jordin Sparks’ One Step At A Time
The Roots’s “Rising Up”

Honorable Mentions for the Top 8 Album Singles of the Year

Lil Mama’s What It Is
The Foreign Exchange’s Day Keeper
Common’s Universal Mind Control
Ferras’ Hollywood’s Not America
Wale’s Nike Boots
Rihanna’s Disturbia
Busta Rhymes & Linkin Parks “We Made It”
Yael Naim’s “New Soul”


Top 8 Mixtape/Unreleased Singles

1. Drake’s “Say What’s Real”
2. Charles Hamilton’s “Brooklyn Girls”
3. Drake’s Sooner Than Later
4. Drake’s Ransom (feat. Lil Wayne)
5. Auburn’s “She’s Happy”
6. Big Quarters “Ladies Know”
7. Gemstones “Skeletons (featuring Sarah Green)
8. Kid Cudi’s “Day & Night”

Skillz is the man

skillz always brings it this year is no exception

love the song.

But how do ya'll leave the album that sold the most records outta ya'lls list????? That makes NO sense at all to be quite honest. I'm pretty confused wit that

lmao brilliant.

HAHAHAHA THIS IS THE TRUTH
WHO EVA GAVE THIS LESS THAN A 5 IS OUTTA THEIR MIND YA DIG!!

Beat kills...

this is sick. five stars

You forgot a few collabs Muzzie,

1. On top of the world - T.I ft. B.o.B & Ludacris
2. I Do it for hip-hop - Ludacris ft. Nas & Jay Z
3. Just like me - Jamie Foxx ft. T.I

^All great collaborations and should've been mentioned, just don't know where to fit those three in, haha.

In my opinion,

Albums:
1) Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
2) Nas - Untitled
3) T.I. - Paper Trail
4) Tech N9ne - Killer (CHECK THIS OUT)
5) Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III
6) Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentlemen
7) Bun B - II Trill
8) Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

Songs:
1) Last of a Dying Breed - Ludacris & Lil' Wayne
2) Slideshow - T.I. & John Legend
3) Everyone Nose (Remix) - N.E.R.D., Kanye, Lupe & Pusha
4) A Milli - Lil' Wayne
5) Heartless - Kanye West
6) Hero - Nas & Keri Hilson
7) My Life - The Game & Lil' Wayne
8) If I Die II Night - Bun B & Lyfe Jennings

Mixtapes:
1) Mixtape Messiah 4 - Chamillionaire
2) The Preview - Ludacris
3) The Mixtape About Nothing - Wale
4) Where's My Rhymebook? - Quest
5) Man of the Mirror - Rhymefest

Newcomer:
Wale

Honorable Mention Albums:
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Evolver - John Legend
The Game - L.A.X.
Young Jeezy - The Recession
The Roots - Rising Down
Common - Universal Mind Control

BayouSwag45, it makes PERFECT sense. Hip hop is not about sales! Period. I dug the Lil Wayne album, but he didn't make my list over the ones I named. It's that simple.

MuzzieBoi, that distorted Lupe cover is fly!

TRACK IS DOPE,MUZZIE BOY I LIKE UR LIST,LAX ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!G UNOT

Ain't it? And he's right, Bayou, on every point. It was a decent release, just to me not as strong as some of the ones I mentioned.

Some other things to add..

I've decided to put Letter to the King (totally forgot about it) at #6 in my list, so everything else gets pushed down, and Magic Hour taken out. Then Green Light over Slaughterhouse and nothing moved down or up.

Comeback of '08: Q-TIP
Videos of '08: Paris, Tokyo, Why Me? & Karaoke (lmao)
Remixes of '08: The Music Industry, Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)& Game's Pain
Emcee of '08: Nas
Rookie of '08: Wale
Takeover '09: Konvict! Eminem and Dre if they get their stuff released.
Needs to die in '09: Autotune songs not from the usual. Give T-Pain his props, like this song says.
Looking Forward To: The Believer! The Kanye album if it comes, Blueprint 3, Venom and 50's (just to see what he delivers this time). I was looking forward to B.O.M.B., but not as much as before. I'm not looking forward to LupEND, because I don't think Hip Hop is ready to say peace to Lupe...

:::Verses of '08:::
01. America (Third Verse, Nas)
02. The Crazy (Second Verse, Wale)
03. Letter to the King (Third Verse, The Game)
04. Royal Flush (Third Verse, Andre 3000)
05. Letter to the King (Second Verse, Nas)
06. Inhale (First Verse, Common)
07. Last of a Dying Breed (Third Verse, Ludacris)
08. The Show (Third Verse, Black Thought)
09. The Show (Second Verse, Common)
10. Slaughterhouse (Third Verse, Crooked I)

:::Best SINGLES of '08:::
01. Hero (Untitled)
02. My Life (L.A.X.)
03. Homecoming (Graduation) (Released in '08)
04. Rising Up (Rising Down)
05. Green Light (Evolver)
06. Paris, Tokyo (The Cool) (Released in '08)
07. Why Me? (Raw Footage)
08. I'm So Paid (Freedom)
09. Heartless (808's & Heartbreak)
10. Universal Mind Control (Universal Mind Control)

Other things that didn't make my lists, but worth mentioning; Da Cameo King & If Heaven Was A Mile Away from Termanology, Mixtape Messiah 4 & 5 from Cham of course, Bar Exam 2 from Royce, The New Deal from 10Deep & Benzi and I'll just say so much more.

I'm on a roll here, damn. But I'll finish it with the bars of '08...

Lace the Macy's, don't have it / A hatred addict / I need faces mad with frowns, when I'm around, or I wasted fabric

Honestly 3.3

THESE ARE ALWAYS CLASSICS and THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT! Too bad Skillz other songs are WAAAAAAY too wack to carry a meaningful album. He has found his Niche and he should keep it there! Excellent work as usual!

Michael Hannah - I am definitely with you for T.I. Being the BEST ALBUM of '08. It was a close finish between Luda, TI, Lil Wayne, and Nas...I really wanted to give it to Nas for his album but there is still just too many songs that I skip to say its the best all together. TI's album can be played through from start to finish, along with Ludacris' album. T.I. takes it and Lil Wayne comes in a close second to me because the impact of the album is just CRAZY and it was just a great album from a GREAT MC. Nas comes in 3rd because he actually had an EXCELLENT Message for the American People. Song of the year has to be Lollipop because it broke barriers and is like the poster-child song for the new Hip-Rock type style that is starting to emerge...

so nice.....

He speaks THE TRUTH... i would give it a 5 just 4 the lyrics

Man I from east San Jose, CA. and that was that didnt have to be hifey cause that was tha shi....!

loll bush went to iraq and almost got a-shoe-sinated

The beat on this one tops 07. Skillz comes correct as usual.

LUVIN DIS ONE!

AHAHA! MAD LOVE, HOT!

ITS A CLASSIC

Just @*#$! hot, period.

dis track wuz alright

went hard on this one

This song is great,,,it should be #1 for sure,,,you know, I personally think NOT ALL, but MOST of the #1's that come out every week SUCK!!! I highly never listen to the #1's unless I know the artist,,,chuncky09585,,,what do u mean this is alright,,,this song is the bomb,,,it is NOW my fav. song,,,

Whoever gives this song a bad rating(1-3) is gay

haha amazing cant wait till the next one already

damn he went real hard on this one id like to hear more shit like this stright hood realtalk