Top 25 Picks of 2000-2009
(Note: I really wanted to add Dr Dre’s “2001” but it was actually released in 1999, I should know because I helped “work” that release. This list is a combo of 12’s, full lengths and in betweens)
D’angelo | Voodoo
Ghostface Killah | Supreme Clientele
N.E.R.D | In Search of (Note: I still love the demo version but not mad at the final!)
Q-Tip | Kamaal The Abstract Ep (you clowns slept like the sheep you are….good luck finding it..)/The Renaissance
White Stripes | Elephant
Slum Village | Fantastic v2
Pete Rock | Petestrumentals
Dj Spinna | (take your pick..literally)
J Live | All Of The Above
Three Chairs | 3 Chairs
Mr Ali ft Carla Prather | Midnite Interlude 12′
Dwight Trible | Love Is The Answer
Scott K & Cole Medina vs James Brown | Im Satisfied 12′
Aloe Blacc | Shine Through
Theo Parrish | (take your pick..literally)
Micheal Jackson | Invincible
Peven Everett | Studio Confessions/Kissing Game (ok I cheated..)
Dj Technic | Chant of The Caribou 12′
The Roots | Phrenology
Little Brother | The Minstrel Show
Karizma | A Mind Of Its Own
Four Track Minds | God’s Gift 12′
Sa Ra Creative Partners | The Hollywood Recordings
Si Se | More Shine (Dj Center Remix)
Rich Medina | Connecting The Dots
Top 10 Albums of 2009
Foreign Exchange | Leave It All Behind
Nicolay | Shibuya
Amy Serrata | Self Titled
Keys N Krates | Live Remixes
Grand Puba | Retroactive
Mayer Hawthorne | Self Titled
Dam Funk | Toeachizown
Nailah | Life In Session
Joy Jones | Godchild
Erik Rico | The Reworks Project
Marvin Gaye was ahead of his time…