2012 Hip Hop

[spoolin215]

There have been some good releases this year for music in general, but I feel like I haven't found any good hip hop. Please post up your favorite hip hop releases from this year. Thanks!

[JimmyD]

So you've never seen jubei208's threads?

If not, check out these threads for 2012 hip hop releases:

Released and Upcoming Albums For January 2012 (Hip Hop)

Released Albums For February 2012 (Hip Hop)

Released and Upcoming Albums For August 2012 (Hip Hop)

Released and Upcoming Albums For September 2012 (Hip Hop)

[spoolin215]

Thanks for the links, but I don't have time to listen to all of that ****. If you noticed in the OP I asked for people to post up their favorite hip-hop albums from the year, not every single album that came out each month.

[twerked]

some of my favorites from this year..

joey bada$$ - '1999'
action bronson - 'blue chips'
curren$y x harry fraud - 'cigarette boats'
ray vicks - 'dgk'
jarren benton - 'huffing glue with hasselhoff'
domo genesis x alchemist - 'no idols'
xv - 'popular culture'
crooked i - 'psalm 82:6'
childish gambino - 'royalty'
smoke dza - 'rugby thompson'
chuck inglish - 'WRKOUT.'

and from what i've listened to smoke dza's new mixtape, 'K.O.N.Y.' it's gonna be in that list...

[jubei208]

some of my favorites from this year..

joey bada$$ - '1999'
action bronson - 'blue chips'
curren$y x harry fraud - 'cigarette boats'
ray vicks - 'dgk'
jarren benton - 'huffing glue with hasselhoff'
domo genesis x alchemist - 'no idols'
xv - 'popular culture'
crooked i - 'psalm 82:6'
childish gambino - 'royalty'
smoke dza - 'rugby thompson'
chuck inglish - 'WRKOUT.'

and from what i've listened to smoke dza's new mixtape, 'K.O.N.Y.' it's gonna be in that list...

I agree with those listed twerked.

spoolin215 I put up those list to give people an idea of what is usually coming out retail. I barely put up all the good quality free material that is out there. I listen to it as well and I can start making a list. Believe there is a lot of quality Hip Hop that has come out each year so far. I'm glad to see someone ask this on here. It's been a while.

[jubei208]

Let me start, but I can't finish this list right now. These are projects/albums/ep/mixtapes (free & retail) I have enjoyed listening to from 2012. Everyone doesn't have the same taste. Like I said before each year there has been good music coming out sometimes it's free. I'll post more when I get the chance.


Bishop Lamont – The Layover (Mixtape)
Uptown XO – The Color Grey (Mixtape)
Mikkey Halsted - Castro
The Militia (South African Producer) – Timeless Classic EP
The Audible Doctor (of Brown Bag Allstars) – I Think That… EP
CurT@!n$ – 23
Paper Tiger (of Doomtree) – Beat Tape (Instrumental LP)
Thelonious Martin – MCMXCII (Instrumental LP)
Amerigo Gazaway (of Gummy Soul) - Bizarre Tribe (A Tribe Called Quest x The Pharcyde) – A Quest To The Pharcyde (Mixtape) + Instrumentals

Illogic & Blockhead – Preparing For Capture 2
Blak Madeen & Tragedy Khadafi – Militant Minds EP
Chuuwee – Chez!!?…Chill!!! (Mixtape)
Rich Kidd – Kiddstrumentals (Instrumental Tape)
Joey Bada$$ – Rejex (Mixtape)
Fresh Vetz – The Tape Effect (Mixtape)
Brown Bag AllStars – Brown Label 2 EP
Twista – Reloaded (Mixtape)
Nino Bless – R.O.A.M: Latin Marksman 2 (Mixtape)
THURZ (formerly of UNI) – 517 W Queen Tape (Mixtape)
Talib Kweli – Attack The Block (Mixtape)
The Doppelgangaz - Beats For Brothels, Vol. 2
The Doppelgangaz - 2012: The New Beginning (Mastered)
The Cafeteria Line (TiRon & Ayomari) presents HNGRY

Sha Stimuli - The Calling EP (1 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The Chills EP (2 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The March EP (3 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The TrueMan Show EP (4 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The Emcee EP (5 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli The Old Me: How I Met Your Baby Mother EP (6 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The New Me: Sherod Khaalis EP (7 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - The Savior EP (8 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Sha Stimuli - 9 To 5 EP (9 of 12 #THERENTTAPESERIES)
Trae Tha Truth – Tha Blackprint (Mixtape)
Skyzoo – Theo Vs. J.J. (Dreams Vs. Reality) (Mixtape)
Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred
Torae – Off The Record EP
Rapsody – The Idea Of Beautiful
Hannibal King – OG Sour Cream and Onion (Beat Tape)
The Kid Daytona – Summer Games: The Kid With The Golden Pen
JJ DOOM (Jneiro Jarel x MF DOOM) – Key To The Kuffs
Dice Raw – The Greatest Rapper Never: The Mixtapes v.1 (Mixtape)
Baby Blak – Blaker Than Midnight EP
Gotham Green & Quickie Mart – Haze Diaries v.4 (Mixtape)
DJ Concept – Sonidos Para Tu Alma (Beat Tape)
Focus… – Focal Point: 1172
AWAR - The Laws of Nature
Rich Kidd – We On Some Rich Kidd Sh@t Vol. 6: City On My Back (Mixtape)
TenDJiz – CommoNasm (Common and Nas Meet Soviet Soul/Jazz) (Mixtape)
Nottz Presents D.M.P – Live From Early Street (Mixtape)
The Official Rock the Bells Mixtape 2012 (Mixed by DJ Muggs)
Jon Connor – While You Were Sleeping (Mixtape)
SonReal – Good News (Mixtape)
Reks & Numonics – REBELutionary (Produced entirely by Numonics)
Reks - Straight, No Chaser (Produced entirely by Statik Selektah)
Shad – Melancholy And The Infinite Shadness EP
Masta Ace x MF DOOM – MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne
Nemo Achida – Conversations With Myself
Sani (of 2008ighties) – NCTRN (Beat Tape)
Juan Deuce – No Sweat (Mixtape)
Sean Boog (of Away Team) – Sean Boogie Nights
St. Joe Louis x Flying Lotus – St. Joe Lotus EP
Lute - West1996
ForeverFC – 704 (Mixtape)
Chase N. Cashe (of Surf Club) – Verde (Beat Tape)
Parallel Thought – Articulation EP
Meyhem Lauren – Respect The Fly Sh*t
Montage One - 10.6.3 OGX
Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa
Ab-Soul - Control System
Brother Ali - Mourning in America & Dreaming in Color (Produced entirely by Jake One)
Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart EP (Prod. by Jake One & Ant)
Nitty Scott, MC - The BoomBox Diaries Vol. 1
Blu & Exile - Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them (Produced entirely by Exile)
Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) - Vodka & Ayahuasca
Sean Born - Behind The Scale
Planet Asia - Black Belt Theatre
14KT - A Friendly Game of KT
Mello Music Group - Self Sacrifice
Mayday - Take Me To Your Leader
DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - Kolexxxion
Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) - The Next Logical Progression
Quakers - Quakers
Apollo Brown & O.C. - Trophies (Produced entirely by Apollo Brown)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (Produced entirely by El-P)
Blockhead - Interludes After Midnight
I Self Devine - The Sound of Low Class Amerika
El-P - Cancer For Cure
Oh No - Ohnomite
Oddisee - People Hear What They See
Wordsworth - The Photo Album
Bazooka Joe (Truck Jewels) - The Slang Parade
House Shoes - Let It Go
Large Professor - Professor @ Large
Del The Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought - Attractive Sin
Snowgoons - Dynasty
Nas - Life Is Good
Damu The Fudgemunk - Redef Remixes
Alchemist - Russian Roulette
Luv NY (Roc Marciano, Kool Keith, AG, OC, Kurious, Ray West) - Luv NY
La Coka Nostra - Masters of the Dark Arts
Ron Artiste (Roc C & Chali 2na) - R.I.D.S.
Substantial - Home Is Where The Art Is
Homeboy Sandman - First of a Living Breed
Chino XL - RICANstruction: The Black Rosary
MURS & Fashawn - This Generation
Typical Cats - 3

[spoolin215]

sweet I'll start to sift my way through some of those.

[JimmyD]

Thanks for the links, but I don't have time to listen to all of that ****. If you noticed in the OP I asked for people to post up their favorite hip-hop albums from the year, not every single album that came out each month.

Fair enough.

Let me start........

Great post!

[VWBoraDriver]

http://thespecktators.com/ "About that life" Free download.

This dropped yesterday. Unknown but I feel this could be there "coming out" album.

[Haynie]

I grew up on hip hop, and was a party DJ in the 80s and 90s.
lately i have not liked any new hip hop. but Kendrick Lamar is pretty good.







***also, if you eat a lot of snacks, and buy a Porsche, this is what happens:

[Sean A]

Kendrick Lamar is fantastic. New album on the 22nd.

[crannky]

Check out my crew. Released in March.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-...to-your-leader




First video off it:

[VWBoraDriver]

Check out my crew. Released in March.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-...to-your-leader




First video off it:

No need to open these ears, already a huge fan.

[jubei208]

Check out my crew. Released in March.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-...to-your-leader

Sweet! Member of Mayday is on vortex. Been listening to you guys since I first found out directly from Wreckonize. I think it was 2006 or 2007 when the track with Ras Kass was out. I met Wreckonize and he was talking about the group. I own the self-titled album, Stuck On An Island and Technology EP. Those recent remixes I heard are nice. I didn't pick up the new album yet. Spent too much money on music this year. I'll buy it soon though.

[jubei208]

BTW crannky. Which member are you?

I still have more to add to this list. Kendrick Lamar is nice, so are other members of Black Hippy (Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q). They all have their own style. I started out listening to Jay Rock years back before any of the other guys then K.Dot (now known as Kendrick Lamar). Good to see these guys have become successful and the same goes to Mayday.

[crannky]

Sweet! Member of Mayday is on vortex. Been listening to you guys since I first found out directly from Wreckonize. I think it was 2006 or 2007 when the track with Ras Kass was out. I met Wreckonize and he was talking about the group. I own the self-titled album, Stuck On An Island and Technology EP. Those recent remixes I heard are nice. I didn't pick up the new album yet. Spent too much money on music this year. I'll buy it soon though.

Haha, good ****, man. I'm the drummer.