TM20

The year that dropped, Kanye, Drake, Danny Brown, Pusha T, Mac Miller, Jay Z, Big KRIT, J Cole, Lil Wayne, Joey Badass and Run The Jewels all dropped as well.
And yet, the best rap project of that year is a mixtape by a New York underground trio, the Flatbush Zombies, though this may be because it was an overall weak year for rap, I'd say this is still very impressive.

Taking equally from the Gravediggaz and the New York sound of the time, these guys manage to make a dark, gritty, horrorcore ... read more

Though this isn't bad in any sense of the word, the feature list has "classic" written all over it, so it's a shame it missed that mark by a good amount.

The moment these two really came into form, while their first album was just average, this is a classic, and they made more of those after this. This is a consistent, fun and bar filled adventure through the genius that is DJ Premier and Guru.

This is THE jazz rap album to me, the greatest there is, yes, better than anything Tribe made and better than TPAB.

It's fun, funky, makes an hour seem like a breeze. The beats are so funky and the basslines are extremely upbeat and lively, definitely gonna be returning to this one often, as it's a great experience that cheers me up!