In this video we take you through every year in hip hop from from 2000-2009 to debate what the best album was, in each year. We spoke about albums such as Eminem’s The Eminem Show, Kanye West’s Graduation, Jay-Z’s The Blueprint and more.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:12 2000
3:02 2001
4:47 2002
7:09 2003
9:42 2004
12:21 2005
15:46 2006
19:05 2007
22:08 2008
24:48 2009
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Ima have the best album.
Love your podcast guys! I think you're right on alot of choices here even though I'd like to share my opinions.
2000: MMLP (duh). HM: Deltron 3030 (shame you didn't talk about it) & Like water for chocolate
2001: Stillmatic (sorry i'm a Nas fan first before jay). HM: Blueprint, Disposable art by Masta ace
2002: The Eminem Show. HM: God's son & Lost tape
2003: The Black album. HM: GRODT
2004: hot take perhaps but imma go with A Long Hot Summer by Masta Ace. If you haven't listened to that album I highly recommend it. HM: College dropout
2005: Be. HM: Late registration
2006: A Piece of Strange by Cunninlynguist. Again, if you haven't listened to this album. Make yourself a favor. Slap youself, open spotify and thank me later. HM: Food & Liquor, Servents in Heaven kings in hell by JMT & Hip-hop is Dead
2007: Below heavens by Blu & Exile. Soooo happy that you guys included it fuck yeah! HM: Graduation
2008: the Renaissance by Q-tip
2009: Relapse
2010: Death is Silent by Kno. I know its not MBDTF but Death is silent changed my life and if you haven't listened to it, I suggest you do before throwing me under the bus. HM: MBDTF, How I got over, Recovery & The reset by Apollo brown
My List:
2000: The Marshall Mathers LP
2001: The Blueprint / Stillmatic
2002: The Eminem Show
2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2004: College Dropput / Kiss of Death
2005: Be / Tha Carter II
2006: Food and Liquor
2007: Graduation
2008: Papertrail / Carter 3
2009: Blackout 2 / Only Built For Cuban Links.. Pt 2
You guys should definitely do 90s version.
donuts is the best album of 2006
Dr. Dre did 3 beats on TES lol. Em did the rest
U 2 made my day….*2 white guy really obsessed with hip hop*
Same here 🔥🔥
I will leave a long comment since the 2000's is one of my favourite decades of hip-hop. I have chosen 3 albums per year. Some are obvious choices but I would like like to draw some attention on less known albums that are amazing IMO.
2000 🥇 Marshall Mathers LP absolutely flawless.
🥈Train Of Thought by Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek collaborative work) The album has a positive vibe from beginning to end and the lyrics are so beautiful. I highly recommend this one if you love rap.
🥉 Like Water For Chocolate by Common. A musical masterpiece. I love how organic it is.
2001 🥇 The Blueprint by Jay-Z
The production is on point and Jay-Z is on top form throughout the project.
🥈 The Realness by Cormega
This album was one of the first rap albums that I discovered on the internet around '05 or '06. I didn't know who Cormega was at that time, but in some rap forums and magazines his name appeared several times and I downloaded this album. The lyrics are brilliant, the rhymes are on point and the album has a reflective aura that makes you think about what's important in life, it was one of those albums that really made an impression on me.
🥉 The Best Part by J-Live
Super underrated, in my mind is a hidden gem of rap. Great rhymes and beautiful flow. One of the great underground records of all time.
2002 🥇 The Eminem Show
This was the first CD I ever bought. Eminem abandoned his Slim Shady alter ego and gave us a more adult and mature version of himself.
🥈 The Lost Tapes by Nas
The beats here are quite different to the rest of Nas' discography. The rhyme schemes are incredible and Nas displays all his rapping skills on this album.
🥉 The Future Is Now by Non Phixion
Another underground gem from the early 2000's I thought they were black for a long time, lol. Hardcore rap, amazing record.
2003 🥇 Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
This one is full of hits, I can listen to this record several times in a row and I wouldn't get bored.
🥈The Listening by Little Brother
9th wonder's production here is impeccable and the rappers' style fit into the beats perfectly. Fresh, creative, and inspiring.
🥉Shadows In The Sun by Brother Ali
This one grew on me over the years. At first I enjoyed a couple of songs but after some time and with more knowledge of hip-hop culture it really blew me away. The rhyme patterns are incredible and the lyricism is remarkable.
2004 🥇Madvillainy by Madvillain
MF DOOM's weird style matches amazingly well with Madlib's unconventional beats. Two rare artists produced one of the best hip hop albums of all time. Pure rhymes, pure beats, bars everywhere, not a single chorus on the entire project, no bulls***.
🥈 A Long Hot Summer by Masta Ace
English is not my first language and I gotta say that Ace's diction and pronunciation is crystal-clear. I could understand every single word that this dude says at the first listening. The storytelling here is insane. Every rhyme is vivid. Underrated MC
🥉 3:16 by Murs
It amazes me how many underground records from the early 2000's are really great. 9th wonder produced this one. Murs delivers clever rhymes and superb wordplay while describing the trials and tribulations that young men must face in this life. If you are a working class man or have been through some really difficult times, you can totally identify with many of the issues that Murs rap about on this record.
2005 🥇Modal Soul by Nujabes
This japanese artist really reach my mind, my heart, my soul, everything with his beats. I put this at this position because it's maybe Nujabes' best album. I don't know how his music could be so melancholic and yet so joyful at the same time. Some artist really gave us jewels that make our life's better and Nujabes is definitely one of them.
🥈 Be by Common
The guys of the podcast already said it the album is so beautiful and so positive, it really stands out just by its vibe. One of Commons' masterpieces.
🥉 Monkey Barz by Sean Price
Sean Price is the complete opposite of Common. He is one of the rawest rappers I've ever heard. The guy doesn't gave a fu** about what people might think. He seemed to be true to himself and genuinely authentic. This album might not be his best album but is so raw and the rhymes are so heartfelt that it deserves some praising.
R.I.P Sean P!
2006 🥇A Piece Of Strange by Cunninlynguists
This album is kind of unique on its own the beats are low paced for the most part and some of them have a calmness that is rare to find in other rap albums. The lyrics are outstanding as well.
🥈 Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell by Jedi Mind Tricks
The album's title was what caught my attention and it didn't disappointed me. Vinnie Paz is amazing on the mic and his delivery is outstanding, the lyrics are truthful, direct and outspoken.
🥉Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
I really appreciate this album because I think it brought back consciousness and clever rhymes to mainstream hip-hop after some time. Quality content.
This is my perspective as a person who is from outside of the US, and English is not my native language. I really love Hip-hop, I learned a lot of what I know of English through rap, it is my favourite genre and my life wouldn't have been the same without it. If I have time I will put my favourite albums from the last part of the decade.
Greetings from Argentina! 🇦🇷
You guys are so young haha
6:07 Dr. Dre had 3 beats on that album
personally my album for 2005 is the Minstrel Show by Little Brother…..an album with no skips for me and produced by Ninth Wonder
Stillmatic was better than Blueprint. The Stillmatic intro is better than anything on the Blueprint
personally found Below the Heavens around 2009 as i was graduating High School trying to figure out who I was. The themes of struggle in rthe process of building your own dream resonated heavily in a way that few albums have ever hit. Not to mention Exile just crushing the production. Really really happy to see that album on this list with such heavy hitters as it's always in my top 10 when talking albums.
Be is one of my fav albums ever. JDilla and Kanye prod. With croon at his best.
The Eminem show was produced by Eminem not Dr Dre. Eminem's first 3 albums Dr Dre only produced 25% of it the rest was produced by Eminem himself and the Bass Brothers, get your facts straight. stop down playing Eminem.
2000 – Supreme Clientele
2001 – Disposable Arts
2002 – Fantastic Damage
2003 – The Love Below
2004 – Madvillainy
2005 – Late Registration
2006 – Hell Hath No Fury
2007 – Below The Heavens
2008 – The Preface
2009 – Man On The Moon
Man Eminem 02 na sorry
2000: Supreme Clientele
2001: The Blueprint
2002: The Eminem Show
2003: Get Rich Or Die Tryin
2004: The College Dropout
2005: Late Registration
2006: Food & Liquor
2007: Graduation
2008: 808’s and Heartbreak
2009: Relapse
Best album of 2006 is KING by TIP point blank period and Paper Trail better be album of the year for 2008. TIP had a heck of a run and these boys don't be putting enough respek on my boys lol I guess I have to consider they were born in 2000 and I was born in 1991 🤐
2006 Was a hard year to choose from. I picked Nas.
2000: Stankonia
2001: Blueprint
2002: Eminem Show
2003: Black Album
2004: College Dropout (Madvillainy is like top 5 from the decade though)
2005: Be
2007: Graduation
2008: Carter 3
2009: MOTM
You guys are only 22 wow
you guys should do best albums from the 2020 decade so far