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Some years in music are always better than others. It's almost like the artist or corporations sit down together and say "ok this year will be the good music year." The year 2011 was definitely one of those years for hip hop. So I asked myself, if I could only buy 1 of these albums which would it be? After carefully deliberating for a few days, going back and forth from album to album, I chose Section 80. Here's why: Section 80 was the debut album for Kendrick Lamar, and if that album would've been any other Kendrick album I would not care for him too much. As a first album Section 80 instantly grabbed my attention and forced me to place Kendrick in an above standard category. Section 80 was different from the music we we're currently listening to, and was flawless in my eyes. After choosing Section 80 would be Take Care, then WTT, and finally Ambition.  Watch The Throne (WTT) is easily the best collaborative album of the generation. People who weren...

What a nice Valentine’s Day treat we received from Kanye West, with the release of his highly anticipated 8th album   The Life of Pablo.   After several name changes Kanye finally stuck with Pablo as such a fitting title for the album. As always the entire production on the album was incredible. Kanye painted murals of each instrument as feelings like they were scenes from an old time movie. If a movie was used to describe the album I would instantly envision an old time black & white movie.   The Life of Pablo   is a fusion of old   College Dropout   Kanye,   MBDTF,   and a dab of   Yeezus   all mixed into one. Honestly I haven't concluded my exact feelings towards the album. The intro "Ultra Beam" was uplifting, "No Parties" was incredible and as predicted the best song on the album, "Wolves" was great also, but it still feels like there's something missing in this album. Unlike all of his other masterpieces   The Life of ...

Day 20 My music shuffled  Jay Z & Kanye West - Murder to Excellence My initial thought was "Dag what happened to Kanye", how do you go from creating this great song to making Facts? Kanye has proven in No Parties that he still "got it" but Watch The Throne is and iconic legendary album. One of the best collaborative albums ever created. From the lyricism, to the beat, the album is pure golden, with not a single song that's worth skipping. The album not only addresses constant struggles that we as humans are fighting for, but also displays a story of the creation of man and where it currently stands. Frank Ocean - Thinking about you Instantly I thought “WHERE TF IS FRANK OCEAN"?!??! I've been waiting on a follow up album for Channel Orange since 2012. Frank has literally been absent from the music industry for about 5 years at this point. I feel mislead, deprived, and distraught from words. Thinking about you was the lead singl...