Top 10 Albums of 2002

[UG Fiend]

Yeah, I'm sure this has prolly been covered, but fuck it. Here's my list.

1. El-P - Fantastic Damage
2. Insight - Updated Software
3. RJD2 - Dead Ringer
4. MF Grimm - Downfall of Ibiliyis
5. Mr. Lif - I Phantom
6. People Under the Stairs - O.S.T.
7. PSC - Justify the Means
8. Motion Man - Clearing the Field
9. Planet Asia - Still in Training
10. Copywrite - The High Exalted

I've gone back and forth all year between Fan Dam and Software, but Fan Dam's 'fucked-up-ness' (for lack of a better term), clinches it. El-P steps up his lyrical content as well.

Dead Ringer was a classic as well, but I don't feel right ranking an instrumental (for the most part) album as the best.

[ooombar]

i take it you mean hiphop right? well, if so then.......


eyedea - the many faces of oliver hart...
sage francis - personal journals
aesop rock - daylight ep
cills - pixel love
oddjobs - drums
rjd2 - deadringer
murs - varsity blues ep
atmosphere - godlovesugly
extended famm - happy fuck you songs ep
mr lif - i phantom

[S...]

In no particular order.......


J-Live - All of the Above (#1)
RJD2 - Dead Ringer
Insight - Updated Sftwr.
Five Deez - Koolmotor
Lone Catalysts - The Catalyst Files
Beastie Boys - Sounds of Science
St. German - Tourist
Little Brother - The Listening
El Da Sensei - Relax Relate Release
Harmonic 33 - Extraordinary People.

Also, though i haven't heard them yet, I'm guessing Cut Chemists "Rare Equations" and the new Special Herbs are both roastin....

Pz.

[the pm]

Little Brother - The Listening
Scarface - The Fix
Nas - God's Son
LuckyiamPSC - Justify The Means
The Grocuh - CFJ
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Dj Jazzy Jeff - The Magnifficent
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Ray Luv - A Prince In Exile
50 Cent - Guess Whos Back

[LBFam]

top 10(in no particular order):

nasir jones-'gods son'
clipse-'lord willin'
little brother-'the listening'
jazzy jeff-'the magnificent'
talib kweli-'quality'
devin the dude-'just tryin ta live'
xololanxinxo-'marketing the monsters'
dead prez-'turn off the radio'
motion man-'clearing the fields'
mf grimm-'downfall of Ibiliyis'

[UG Fiend]

Nice lists, guys.

Never gave EP's a thought. Have to include Skhoolyard's New Way of Thinking, along with Aesop's Daylight EP, somewhere in the Top 10; removing Planet Asia and Copywrite from my list.

Little Brother won't be officially released until next month, so I didn't include it. Sue me for being a technical asshole. :-)

PM's not shitting about the Scarface album. Get's an honorable mention (along with GZA, Atmosphere, etc.) from me.

[Rod]

01. J-Live - All of the Above
02. Eydea - the Many Faces of Oliver Hart
03. Grouch - Crusader for Justice
04. Bootcamp Clik - The Chosen Few
05. PSC - Justify the Means
06. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
07. RJD2 - Deadringer
08. Cage - Movies for the Blind
09. Mr. Lif - I Phantom
10. Extended F@mm - Happy Fuck You Songs

[JamesKellyDawson]

crusader, justify, god's son, gandalf 2, felt, varsity blues, wc ghetto heisman, mums the word, talib just off the top of my head.

[Ipatch]

1. Five Deez- Koolmotor
2. Scarub and Very- Afro Classics
3. Count Bass D- Dwight Spitz, vinyl version (I'll stick a schmuck, just to make a buck!)
4. D Styles- Phantasmagorea
5. Insight- Updated Software
6. RJD2- Dead Ringer

Everything else has songs I skip...

[Lynx]

Non Phixion-The Future is Now
Cormega-True Meaning

2 dope albums i didnt see in anyone list and as for eps...

Murs-Varisty Blues

[Blue]

I'd have to put:

#1 El-P - Fantastic Damage
#2 MF Grimm - The Downfall of Ibliys
#3 Doug Martsch - Now You Know
#4 Grouch - Crusader For Justice
#5 Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (reissue double CD)
#6 Aesop Rock - Daylight
#7 Rjd2 - Dead Ringer
#8 DJ Shadow - The Private Press
#9 Mum - Finally We Are No One
#10 (I'm not gonna put anything here cos all I can think of is Mr. Lif and Atmosphere, and of those two Atmos deserves the #10 spot more, but I still don't wanna put them down. I wish I've heard that Boom Bip album, but it's too damn expensive.)

[Loud]

my humble 10 top albums 2002

cypha 7 - tha inner g
xololanxinxo - marketing the monsters
hip hop kclan - thomakazee
busdriver - temporary forever
the grouch - crusader for justice
elusive - audio
anacron - one with the elements
awol 1 - #3 on the phone
themselves - the no music
ttc - ceci n'est pas une disque

in no particular order cuz there ain't no best album or best mc or shit like that cuz there's always just the right music for the right mood, and this year i've been in the mood for this type of stuff

[ankle breaker]

No Order:
J-Live
El-P
Lazerus Jackson
Common
Roots
J5
Jazzy Jeff
Elon.is
Eminem
Nas- G.S.

[S...]

I forgot about the new J5 and The Magnificent JJ.

Those both go on my list as well. You can't fade "For the Love of the Game"

That song is the knock.

[duffalocious]

j live
murs & slug
murs
sleep(old dominion)
grouch
lif
blackalocious
psc
non phixon(it was either 01-02 it was realesed)
j 5
in no order