GZA/GeniusIZIA, Wu-Tang Clan, Suprême NTM, Assassin, Nirvana, IAM, Bob Marley & The Wailers, La Spirale, Django Reinhardt, Squarepusher, The Prodigy, Necro, Ill Bill, Cypress Hill, Craig Armstrong, Heather Nova, La Coka Nostra, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Keny Arkana, Bérurier Noir, Birdy Nam Nam, System of a Down, dead prez, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Alpha & Omega, House of Pain, Seth Gueko, Aphex Twin, Profecy, DJ Krush, Prefuse 73, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rage Against the Machine, Laurent Garnier, Dead Can Dance, Kool Keith, High Tone, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Erik Truffaz, Portishead, Wax Poetic, Johnny Cash, Foreign Beggars, Lady Sovereign, Sinéad O'Connor, Vitalic, Radikal Dub Kolektiv, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jan Garbarek, Svinkels, Love Spirals Downwards, KRS-One, Dave Clarke, DJ Cam, The Doors, Clint Mansell, Lisa Gerrard, Fat Jon, Les Gourmets, The Beatles, Johannes Heil, KoЯn, Sleater-Kinney, Wax Tailor, B-Real, J Dilla, Filastine, Two Fingers, Asian Dub Foundation, Eminem, Jefferson Airplane, Autumn's Grey Solace, Gym Class Heroes, Shpongle, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Rockin' Squat, Mike Patton, Björk, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Waldeck, Millencolin, Massive Attack, This Ascension, Lordz of Brooklyn, Ensemble Badila, Snoop Dogg, The Problemaddicts, Dub Syndicate, Groundation, Wolf Myer Orchestra, Beth Orton, Oh No, Edward "Kid" Ory, The Offspring, Venetian Snares, Alexander Kowalski, Rageous Gratoons, Noir Désir, Ben Harper, Nas, Ideal J, Verbose, Micropoint, The Black Seeds, Metallica, General Elektriks, Buraka Som Sistema, The Chemical Brothers, Thom Yorke, Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Ayọ, EZ3kiel, Amon Tobin, Mano Negra, King of Conspiracy, Bob Marley, Moondog, 25G, Jimi Hendrix, Bauchklang, Moderat, Sigur Rós, DJ Muggs & Planet Asia, Louis Armstrong, Son Doobie, Tryo, Kronos Quartet, Iration Steppas, Looptroop, Mysa, Nine Inch Nails, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Olympic Gramofon, Leftfield, Fairy, Joy Division, 2Pac, Peace Orchestra, Eek-A-Mouse, Snowgoons, Heiko Laux, The Temptations, Le Trio Joubran, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Guru, Flunk, Earl Hines, Erykah Badu, Burning Spear, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Oi Va Voi, 80kidz, Infected Mushroom, Animal Collective, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, NOMAK, Year of No Light, Horace Andy, The Cinematic Orchestra, Red Snapper, Nneka, Leila, NOFX, Lucky Thompson, Cal Tjader, Le Klub des 7, Jeff Buckley, Manu Chao, Wagon Christ, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin, Barney Wilen, Ol' Dirty Bastard, UNKLE, Erik Truffaz & Sly Johnson, The Blue Stars, Underworld, Shurik'N, Arsonists, Madeleine Peyroux, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Nostalgia 77, Terry Callier, Medine, Fingathing, Big Daddy Kane, Macka B, Keith Jarrett Trio, Iration Steppas Meet D. Rootical, De La Soul, Chali 2na, Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, John Coltrane, DJ Food, Sergent Garcia, Rockamovya, Antonio Vivaldi, Notorious B.I.G., Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter, Tracy Chapman, Angélique Kidjo, EPMD, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Clarke, RJD2, René Thomas, Soul Assassins, Deftones, Kaophonic Tribu, Linkin Park, The Skatalites, Muse, Belleruche, Sunflower Caravan, Les Reines Prochaines, DJ Shadow, Mass Hysteria, múm, Кочани Оркестар, Israel Vibration, Jurassic 5, Gelka, Lionel Hampton, Lost in Hildurness, Hilight Tribe, Shadow Dancer, Elek Bacsik, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tânia Ârab, Troublemakers, William Orbit, Plastikman, The Specials, CunninLynguists, dead prez & DJ Green Lantern, Mansfield.TYA, Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Smooth, Kery James, DJ Muggs vs. GZA/Genius, Love Is Colder Than Death, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, YAS, Chet Baker, Pendulum, Claude Bolling, Hubert Rostaing, Georges Brassens, Refractory, Scarface, Bill Coleman, Funkdoobiest, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lightning Bolt, Morcheeba, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Tricky, Hafdís Huld, Sidsel Endresen & Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Akhenaton, Alif Tree, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maurice Meunier, TAT, Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald, Stéphane Grappelli, Black Uhuru, Kid Loco, Common, Ellen Allien, Roots Manuva, Joris Voorn, Method Man, Jah'licious, Hux Flux, Toots Thielemans, Blockhead, Rokia Traoré, Max Romeo, Cœur de Pirate, Method Man & Redman, RND, Volta & FX909, Venetian Snares & Speedranch, The Rolling Stones, BHASS Project, Orchestre National de Jazz, Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Michel Legrand, Sayag Jazz Machine, Emilie Simon, Late Night Fruit, Buddy Banks, Pan•American, Booba, DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Jeff Mills, Ulytau, ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir, Ematom, Harmonic 313, Freestylers, The Gladiators, Control Machete, The Bush Chemists, Twista, Orange Street, The Roots, Michael Jackson, Los Hermanos, Dub Incorporation, RZA, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Da Taz, Thelonious Monk, Limp Bizkit, Mr. Oizo, 雅-miyavi-, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Minty Fresh Beats, Gus Gus, Gideon, Themselves, Parabellum, K2R Riddim, Easy Star All-Stars, Rhythm & Sound, The Toraia Orchestra Of Algiers, Lee "Scratch" Perry & King Tubby, Keziah Jones, Ataraxia, TTC, Immortal Technique, Coldcut, A Tribe Called Quest, Lali Puna, Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke, Iron Maiden, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Michelot, Umek, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, DJ Muggs, Orbital, OutKast, Anthony Rother, Donald Byrd Quintet, Diego, Igorrr, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Dream Theater, Anoushka Shankar, Sonny Criss, The Smashing Pumpkins, K's Choice, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, The Herbaliser, Blakroc, Lenny Kravitz, Cujo, Cosma, Killarmy, Big Punisher, Jamiroquai, Charles Mingus, Missak, Burial, Bernard Peiffer and his Saint-Germain-des-Prés Orchestra, Albert Nicholas, Édith Piaf, Mix Master Mike, Maceo Parker, Rae & Christian, Steel Pulse, Hocus Pocus, Opeth, Dee Nasty, Tom Waits, DJ Fresh, Manu le Malin, Khoiba, Animaltek, Peter Tosh, Steppenwolf, Alter Ego, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Boards of Canada, Red Hot Chili Peppers9, Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes, Ill Bill & Necro, Sublime, Crystal Distortion, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, GZA/Genius, Salmonella Dub, Harold Nicholas et son Orchestre, Grems, Missy Elliott, Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson, The Herbaliser Band, Ghostface Killah, Cranes, Slaine, Necro & Ill Bill, Lars Klein, Outlines, Saïan Supa Crew, John Dahlbäck, Junior Murvin, Delinquent Habits, Dubians, Arom & Gourmets Beatclub, Afu-Ra, Slide Hampton, Agoria, 2Pac & The Outlawz, Archive, The Alchemist, Somogo, Toots and The Maytals, Philip Glass, Ray Charles, Sia, Marcel et son Orchestre, Trust, Aretha Franklin, Sinsemilia, Public Enemy, Buck Clayton, James Brown, Zenzile & High Tone, The Streets, Adam F, Oscar Peterson, The Abyssinians, Improvisators Dub, Yuksek, Alanis Morissette, Alici, CAKE, Up, Bustle and Out, Art Blakey, Scan X, DMX, Etikal Lab, Lady B, Keith Jarrett, David Carretta, Cocteau Twins, Lhasa de Sela, Jacques Brel, Charlie Singleton, Dimitri from Paris, Bonobo, Emmanuel Top, CéU, Kosheen, Jungle Brothers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Nada Surf, Cercle Rouge, Monolake, Marilyn Manson, Rachid Taha, Alain Goraguer, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Archey, Pat Metheny, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, Jimmy Riley, Wailing Souls, Taigaz, Air, Triston Palmer, Donald Byrd, Promoe, Ice Cube, Gang Gang Dance, Barbara Morgenstern, Technasia, Dubmood, Josh Wink, Eddy Louiss, Africa Combo & Bugge Wesseltoft.
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Best of 2009 - 500 artists list
Dez 3 2009, 14h39 por mr_maxis
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The Best Wu-Tang Related Albums
Nov 5 2009, 20h10 por Renegadesteve2
My favourite Wu-Tang related albums. Recommend me any that I haven't mentioned.
25.
The Pillage -- Cappadonna
24.
Whut? Thee Album -- Redman
23.
Blackout! -- Method Man & Redman
22.
8 Diagrams -- Wu-Tang Clan
21.
Uncontrolled Substance -- Inspectah Deck
20.
Digi Snacks -- RZA
19.
Beneath The Surface -- GZA/Genius
18.
Fishscale -- Ghostface Killah
17.
Nigga Please -- Ol' Dirty Bastard
16.
No Said Date -- Masta Killa
15.
Wu-Tang Forever
14.
Heavy Mental -- Killah Priest
13.
The Pick, The Sickle And The Shovel -- Gravediggaz
12.
The Last Shall Be First -- Sunz of Man
11.
Tical -- Method Man
10.
6 Feet Deep -- Gravediggaz
9.
Dirty Weaponry -- Killarmy
8.
Iron Flag -- Wu-Tang Clan
7.
The W -- Wu-Tang Clan
6.
Supreme Clientele -- Ghostface Killah
5.
Iron Man -- Ghostface Killah
4.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... -- Raekwon
3.
Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version -- Ol' Dirty Bastard
2.
Liquid Swords -- GZA/Genius
1.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) -- Wu-Tang Clan
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Top albums as of last year
Nov 3 2009, 1h14 por MRJones47
MRJones47's top albums (overall)
1. Calexico - The Black Light (286)
2. Ennio Morricone - The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music (disc 1) (250) 
3. Ghostface - Ironman (233) 
4. She & Him - Volume One (225) 
5. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (206) 
6. Prince Far I - Voice of Thunder (204) 
7. Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley (200) 
8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (191) 
9. GZA/Genius - Pro Tools (177) 
10. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (171) 
11. J.J. Cale - Naturally (170) 
12. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (167) 
13. DJ Shadow - The Private Press (164) 
14. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (159) 
15. Willie Nelson - Essential Willie Nelson (154) 
16. Tortoise - TNT (154) 
17. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (153) 
18. Edan - Beauty and the Beat (152) 
19. Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (148) 
20. Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il west (141) 
21. Tortoise - Standards (140) 
22. Calexico - Spoke (138) 
23. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (136) 
24. Calexico - Hot Rail (136) 
25. Neko Case - Blacklisted (131) 
26. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (131) 
27. Tortoise And Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Brave and the Bold (128) 
28. Tom Waits - The Black Rider (126) 
29. Tom Waits - Blood Money (125) 
30. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (124) 
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Top albums as of last year
Nov 3 2009, 1h13 por MRJones47
MRJones47's top albums (overall)
1. Calexico - The Black Light (286)2. Ennio Morricone - The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music (disc 1) (250) 3. Ghostface - Ironman (233) 4. She & Him - Volume One (225) 5. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (206) 6. Prince Far I - Voice of Thunder (204) 7. Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley (200) 8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (191) 9. GZA/Genius - Pro Tools (177) 10. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (171) 11. J.J. Cale - Naturally (170) 12. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (167) 13. DJ Shadow - The Private Press (164) 14. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (159) 15. Willie Nelson - Essential Willie Nelson (154) 16. Tortoise - TNT (154) 17. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (153) 18. Edan - Beauty and the Beat (152) 19. Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (148) 20. Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il west (141) 21. Tortoise - Standards (140) 22. Calexico - Spoke (138) 23. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (136) 24. Calexico - Hot Rail (136) 25. Neko Case - Blacklisted (131) 26. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (131) 27. Tortoise And Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Brave and the Bold (128) 28. Tom Waits - The Black Rider (126) 29. Tom Waits - Blood Money (125) 30. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (124)
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A Hip Hop Album For Every Year I've Been Alive
Out 26 2009, 23h30 por Music-Ninja
1990
Public Enemy
1991
A Tribe Called Quest
1992
Dr. Dre
1993
Wu-Tang Clan
1994
Nas
1995
GZA/Genius
1996
DJ Shadow
1997
Rakim
1998
Black Star
1999
Mos Def
2000
dead prez
2001
Immortal Technique
2002
2003
Immortal Technique
2004
Masta Ace
2005
Geto Boys
2006
CunninLynguists
2007
KRS-One & Marley Marl
2008
Ice Cube
2009
Mos Def
What About You ? -
bands seen live
Out 19 2009, 2h54 por rhinowing
bands I've seen more than once:
10+ times:
Elsinore - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Illini Union 9/29/06, Taste of Champaign 2007, Sweetcorn Fest 2007, Urban Outfitters 8/24/08, Pygmalion 2008, Record Store Day 2009, IMCFest 2009, Green Music Fest 2009, Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09, Pygmalion 2009
Headlights - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07, Canopy Club 3/6/08, IMC 4/18/08, Canopy Club 6/6/08, Urban Outfitters 8/29/08, Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 3/14/08, IMCFest 2009, Pygmalion 2009
eight times:
Morgan Orion - IMC 11/5/06, Red Herring 3/8/07, Red Herring 3/29/07, Red Herring 7/6/07, UIUC Main Quad 8/8/07, IMC 8/20/07, Cloud Factory 9/22/09, Channing-Murray 10/14/09
Zmick - Red Herring 4/14/07, Red Herring 5/5/07, Red Herring 11/2/07, Canopy Club 1/25/08, Sweetcorn Fest 2008, Canopy Club 8/23/08, Canopy Club 9/1/08, Canopy Club 9/22/08
seven times:
New Ruins - Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07, Red Herring 5/5/07, Pygmalion 2008, Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08, Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09, Courtyard Cafe 9/4/09, Pygmalion 2009
Common Loon[artist] - IMCFest 2007, IMC 5/4/08, Pygmalion 2008, IMCFest 2009, Record Store Day 2009, Taste of Champaign 2009, Pygmalion 2009
six times:
Me, Him and Charlie Miller - Iron Post 5/16/07, Iron Post 10/6/07, IMC 10/19/07, IMC 11/16/07, IMC 1/11/08, Iron Post 8/15/08
five times:
Mit'n - Red Herring 4/14/07, Iron Post 5/16/07, Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07, Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07, IMC 5/4/08
four times:
Nine Inch Nails - Assembly Hall 2/10/06, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 7/3/06, Scottrade Center 8/20/08, Bonnaroo 2009
Duke of Uke - IMC 11/5/06, Iron Post 4/20/07, IMC 10/19/07, Espresso Royale 5/27/08
Fireflies - IMC 9/13/06, IMC 10/27/06, Red Herring 3/8/07, IMC 11/10/07
Organic Flow - house show 1/25/08, Taste of Nevada 8/24/08, Courtyard Cafe 9/13/08, IMCFest 2009
World's First Flying Machine - Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 3/14/08, Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09, Caffe Paradiso 10/2/09
The Hood Internet - Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 12/13/08, Bonnaroo 2009, Pygmalion 2009
three times:
David Bazan - Pygmalion 2006, Caffe Paradiso 9/23/06, Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08
Shipwreck - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Krannert Art Museum 1/24/08
Yo La Tengo - Pitchfork 2006, Lollapalooza 2007, Pygmalion 2008
The Dresden Dolls - Metro 10/15/05, Lollapalooza 2006, Vic Theatre 10/20/06
Kaki King - Wall to Wall 2005, Highdive 10/13/06, Wall to Wall 2007
The Roots - Area: One 7/15/01, Lollapalooza 2007, Kirkland PAC 3/29/08
Triple Whip - Iron Post 2/18/07, Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07, Red Herring 5/5/07
Ryan Groff - Iron Post 2/18/07, Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07, Pygmalion 2009
Spoon - Foellinger Hall 10/28/07, Pitchfork 2006, Lollapalooza 2007
KiKi and PeePee - Living Room 12/14/07, Living Room 1/4/08, Red Herring 1/25/08
Good Night & Good Morning - Error House 1/12/08, Error House 1/19/08, Pygmalion 2009
Krukid - Red Herring 11/2/07, Kirkland PAC 3/29/08, Canopy Club 12/13/08
Mordechai in the Mirror - IMC 5/4/08, Caffe Paradiso 10/3/08, IMC 5/30/09
Decibully - Pygmalion 2008, Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09, Pygmalion 2009
two times:
Incubus - Area: One 7/15/01, Assembly Hall 10/13/02
Jeffrey Lewis - IMC 11/5/06, Channing-Murray 10/14/09
My Morning Jacket - Foellinger Auditorium 12/5/06, Bonnaroo 2008
The Chemicals - IMC 10/27/06, Sweetcorn Fest 2007
Silversun Pickups - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Lollapalooza 2007
Caleb Engstrom - Pygmalion 2006, Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Lollapalooza 2006, Assembly Hall 3/3/07
Ohtis - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Pygmalion 2009
Andrew Bird - Lollapalooza 2006, Pygmalion 2007
Death Cab for Cutie - Lollapalooza 2005, Foellinger Auditorium 10/13/05
Dustin and the Furniture - UIUC Main Quad 8/8/07, Living Room 1/4/08
Corn Desert Ramblers - Red Herring 4/14/07, Iron Post 1/16/09
painkillers - Iron Post 6/16/07, Iron Post 1/16/09
The Decemberists - Foellinger Auditorium 4/15/07, Millennium Park 7/18/07
Withershins x2 - Red Herring 5/5/07, Living Room 12/14/07
Charles Joseph Smith - Red Herring 5/5/07, Red Herring 11/2/07
Alleyway Sex - IMC 6/30/07, Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Lollapalooza 2007, Bonnaroo 2009
Megan Johns - IMC 8/20/07, Living Room 12/14/07
Dark Meat - Sweetcorn Fest 2007, Pygmalion 2008
Sonny Landreth - Wall to Wall 2007, Blues Brews and BBQ 2009
Smashing Pumpkins - Braden Auditorium 10/4/07, Adler Theatre 8/8/08
Man Man - Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07, Canopy Club 10/16/08
Kenny Knowles - Red Herring 11/2/07, Red Herring 1/25/08
Yeni Raki - Red Herring 11/2/07, IMC 11/16/07
Hathaways - Red Herring 11/2/07, Pygmalion 2009
The Beauty Shop - IMCFest 2007, Krannert Art Museum 1/24/08
Maritime - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08, Green Fest 2009
Company of Thieves - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08, Courtyard Cafe 1/25/09
Broken Social Scene - Bonnaroo 2008, Foellinger Auditorium 10/19/08
Derek Trucks Band - Bonnaroo 2008, Ellnora 2009
Jonathon Childers - Canopy Club 8/23/08, Pygmalion 2008
You & Yourn - Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08, Pygmalion 2009
Oceans - Courtyard Cafe 3/13/09, Pygmalion 2009
Maserati - Courtyard Cafe 3/13/09, Pygmalion 2009
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Courtyard Cafe 9/4/09, Rocket House 9/4/09
Peninsula - Cloud Factory 9/22/09, Channing Murray 10/14/09
The Avett Brothers - Canopy Club 9/7/08, Canopy Club 10/22/09
one time:
The Who - Deer Creek 7/26/97
OutKast - Area: One 7/15/01
Moby - Area: One 7/15/01
Hometown Hero - Assembly Hall 10/13/02
Doris Henson - Pageant 7/7/05
The Crimea - Pageant 7/7/05
Billy Corgan - Pageant 7/7/05
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Lollapalooza 2005
M83 - Lollapalooza 2005
Liz Phair - Lollapalooza 2005
CAKE - Lollapalooza 2005
Billy Idol - Lollapalooza 2005
Primus - Lollapalooza 2005
Pixies - Lollapalooza 2005
Weezer - Lollapalooza 2005
Saul Williams - Lollapalooza 2005
Dinosaur Jr. - Lollapalooza 2005
Ben Kweller - Lollapalooza 2005
Drive-By Truckers - Lollapalooza 2005
Arcade Fire - Lollapalooza 2005
Dandy Warhols - Lollapalooza 2005
Dave Mason - Brookhaven Amphitheater 8/19/05
Eric Burdon - Brookhaven Amphitheater 8/19/05
Andy Summers - Wall to Wall 2005
Vernon Reid - Wall to Wall 2005
Youth Group - Foellinger Auditorium 10/13/05
Mucca Pazza - Metro 10/15/05
Faun Fables - Metro 10/15/05
Mary Timony - Foellinger Auditorium 10/28/05
Moving Units - Assembly Hall 2/10/06
Phat Phunktion - Mills Recital Hall 6/26/06
Theory of Everything - Aroma Cafe 7/13/06
Nels Cline Singers - Pitchfork 2006
Bonde do Role - Pitchfork 2006
CSS - Pitchfork 2006
Aesop Rock - Pitchfork 2006
Mission of Burma - Pitchfork 2006
Os Mutantes - Pitchfork 2006
The M's - Lollapalooza 2006
Stars - Lollapalooza 2006
Mute Math - Lollapalooza 2006
Secret Machines - Lollapalooza 2006
Sleater-Kinney - Lollapalooza 2006
VHS or Beta (DJ Set) - Lollapalooza 2006
Ween - Lollapalooza 2006
Be Your Own Pet - Lollapalooza 2006
The Go! Team - Lollapalooza 2006
Peeping Tom - Lollapalooza 2006
Particle - Lollapalooza 2006
Calexico - Lollapalooza 2006
The Flaming Lips - Lollapalooza 2006
The New Pornographers - Lollapalooza 2006
Manu Chao - Lollapalooza 2006
Catfish Haven - Lollapalooza 2006
Manishevitz - Lollapalooza 2006
Benevento-Russo Duo - Lollapalooza 2006
Matisyahu - Lollapalooza 2006
Queens of the Stone Age - Lollapalooza 2006
Watery Domestic - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06
Psalters - IMC 9/13/09
mewithoutYou - IMC 9/13/06
Danielson - Pygmalion 2006
Lorenzo Goetz - Illini Union 9/29/06
Ostinato - Illini Union 9/29/06
The Kingdom - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06
Viva Voce - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06
The Red Paintings - Vic Theatre 10/20/06
Sxip Shirey - Vic Theatre 10/20/06
1090 Club - IMC 10/27/06
Irving - IMC 10/27/06
The Slip - Foellinger Auditorium 12/5/06
scurvine - Iron Post 1/19/07
Nonagon - Iron Post 2/18/07
Gnarls Barkley - Assembly Hall 3/3/07
Hinter - Red Herring 3/8/07
Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Krannert Center 4/5/07
Greg Spero Trio - Red Herring 4/14/07
My Brightest Diamond - Foellinger Auditorium 4/15/07
The Living Blue - Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07
Lynn O'brien - Boneyard Arts Fest 4/21/07
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Virginia Theatre 4/29/07
Jose Gonzalez - Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07
Santa - Red Herring 5/5/07
Dorian Minor - Red Herring 5/5/07
Water Between Continents - Iron Post 6/14/07
Carbomb Lottery - IMC 6/30/07
OUTCAST TO SOCIETY - IMC 6/30/07
Vexed Youth - IMC 6/30/07
Hollowed Out - IMC 6/30/07
Slint - Pitchfork 2007
GZA/Genius - Pitchfork 2007
Sonic Youth - Pitchfork 2007
The Polyphonic Spree - Lollapalooza 2007
Electric Six - Lollapalooza 2007
Blonde Redhead - Lollapalooza 2007
LCD Soundsystem - Lollapalooza 2007
Daft Punk - Lollapalooza 2007
I'm From Barcelona - Lollapalooza 2007
Silverchair - Lollapalooza 2007
Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Lollapalooza 2007
Patti Smith - Lollapalooza 2007
Interpol - Lollapalooza 2007
The Postmarks - Lollapalooza 2007
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Lollapalooza 2007
The Black Angels - Lollapalooza 2007
TV on the Radio - Lollapalooza 2007
Pearl Jam - Lollapalooza 2007
A Drum and an Open Window - IMC 8/20/07
Michael Kammin - IMC 8/20/07
Poster Children - Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07
Oh Astro - Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07
Toubab Krewe - Wall to Wall 2007
Campbell Brothers - Wall to Wall 2007
Yohimbe Brothers - Wall to Wall 2007
Harry Manx - Wall to Wall 2007
Tony McManus - Wall to Wall 2007
Alex de Grassi - Wall to Wall 2007
John McLaughlin - Wall to Wall 2007
[artist]Jorma Kaukonen[artist] - Wall to Wall 2007
Banning Eyre - Wall to Wall 2007
Buddy Guy - Wall to Wall 2007
Dianogah - Pygmalion 2007
Weird Al Yankovic - Assembly Hall 9/28/07
The Bravery - Braden Auditorium 10/4/07
The Extraordinaires - Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07
Bob Dylan - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Elvis Costello - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Amos Lee - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Western Civilization - Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07
Mount Eerie - Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07
Too Much to Carry - Red Herring 11/2/07
Michael Malinsky - IMCFest 2007
Infinite Imagination - IMCFest 2007
JigGsaw - IMCFest 2007
Kilborn Alley Blues Band - IMCFest 2007
Candy Foster and Shades of Blue - IMCFest 2007
Murali Coryell - IMCFest 2007
Shirley King - IMCFest 2007
Matt Rocks - IMC 11/16/07
Jenny is a Boy - Living Room 1/4/08
Toby Foster - Living Room 1/4/08
white. wrench. conservatory - IMC 1/11/08
Zachary Morris - Error House 1/12/08
Wabash - Error House 1/12/08
Clever Coil - Error House 1/12/08
The Fix - Error House 1/12/08
1999 - Error House 1/19/08
The Signal - Error House 1/19/08
The Drastics - Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Mustard Plug - Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Inspector Owl - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08
Egon's Unicat - Courtyard Cafe 3/1/08
Manic Sewing Circle - Courtyard Cafe 3/1/08
Evangelicals - Canopy Club 3/6/08
Tall Tale - Canopy Club 3/6/08
The Guess Who - EPCOT Center 3/20/08
Kronos Quartet - Krannert Center 4/3/08
Unwed Sailor - Courtyard Cafe 4/12/08
Ryan Lindsey - Courtyard Cafe 4/12/08
Corn tha Coon - IMC 4/18/08
Islands - IMC 4/18/08
Stars of the Lid - Staerkel Planetarium 4/22/08
Christopher Willits - Staerkel Planetarium 4/22/08
Jookabox - Canopy Club 6/6/08
MGMT - Bonnaroo 2008
Battles - Bonnaroo 2008
Fiery Furnaces - Bonnaroo 2008
Minus the Bear - Bonnaroo 2008
!!! - Bonnaroo 2008
M.I.A. - Bonnaroo 2008
Chris Rock - Bonnaroo 2008
Metallica - Bonnaroo 2008
Les Claypool - Bonnaroo 2008
Soul Rebels Brass Band - Bonnaroo 2008
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Bonnaroo 2008
Gogol Bordello - Bonnaroo 2008
B.B. King - Bonnaroo 2008
Levon Helm - Bonnaroo 2008
Sigur Ros - Bonnaroo 2008
The Morningbell - Bonnaroo 2008
The Coup - Bonnaroo 2008
Bela Fleck - Bonnaroo 2008
Ladytron - Bonnaroo 2008
Robert Randolph - Bonnaroo 2008
Aimee Mann - Bonnaroo 2008
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Bonnaroo 2008
Jake Shimabukuro - Bonnaroo 2008
Grizzly Bear - Verizon Wireless 8/3/08
Radiohead - Verizon Wireless 8/3/08
Identity Crisis - Iron Post 8/12/08
Beat Kitchen - Iron Post 8/15/08
A Place to Bury Strangers - Scottrade Center 8/20/08
Foghat - Sweetcorn Fest 2008
The Brother Whys - Canopy Club 8/23/08
Snowsera - Canopy Club 8/23/08
Herbert Wiser Band - Canopy Club 9/1/08
Justin Gordon - Canopy Club 9/7/08
Jaik Willis - Courtyard Cafe 9/13/08
Coco Coca - Pygmalion 2008
Times New Viking - Pygmalion 2008
Eureka Sky - Pygmalion 2008
Everthus the Deadbeats - Pygmalion 2008
Pontiak - Pygmalion 2008
Wye Oak - Pygmalion 2008
Robots Counterfeiting Money - Pygmalion 2008
Monotonix - Pygmalion 2008
Dan Deacon - Pygmalion 2008
The Lonelyhearts - Pygmalion 2008
Kid, You'll Move Mountains - Pygmalion 2008
Gentleman Auction House - Pygmalion 2008
Pattern Is Movement - Pygmalion 2008
Titus Andronicus - Pygmalion 2008
Black Mountain - Pygmalion 2008
Centaur - Pygmalion 2008
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Pygmalion 2008
High Places - Pygmalion 2008
Animate Objects - Pygmalion 2008
Asobi Seksu - Pygmalion 2008
Peter Piek - Canopy Club 9/22/08
Passafire - Canopy Club 9/22/08
Hopewell - Aragon Ballroom 9/27/08
My Bloody Valentine - Aragon Ballroom 9/27/08
The Abacinators - IMC 10/5/08
Dizzy Chair Time - IMC 10/5/08
Roberta Sparrow - IMC 10/5/08
The Independents - IMC 10/5/08
The Queers - IMC 10/5/08
Tim Fite - Canopy Club 10/16/08
Land of Talk - Foellinger Auditorium 10/19/08
CX Kidtronik - Canopy Club 11/5/08
The Death Set - Canopy Club 11/5/08
Girl Talk - Canopy Club 11/5/08
Fotosputnik - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
The Hentchmen - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
The Fleshtones - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
Starflyer 59 - Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08
Ice Water - Canopy Club 12/13/08
Tractor Kings - Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08
Hum - Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08
Frightened Rabbit - Courtyard Cafe 1/22/09
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Courtyard Cafe 1/25/09
Matter of Face - Red Herring 1/30/09
Jackhammer Hoganson - Red Herring 1/30/09
The Night Brigade - Red Herring 1/30/09
Wastebasket - Red Herring 1/30/09
Checkerboard Stalemate - Red Herring 1/30/09
Eugene Mirman - Courtyard Cafe 2/14/09
Pomegranates - Canopy Club 3/14/09
John Vanderslice - Courtyard Cafe 4/2/09
The Mountain Goats - Courtyard Cafe 4/2/09
The War on Drugs - Courtyard Cafe 4/3/09
The Hold Steady - Courtyard Cafe 4/3/09
Five Peace Band - Krannert Center 4/7/09
The Butts - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Soy City Stranglers - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Obi Wan Kenblo Mi - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
River City Rebels - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
The Casualties - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Sunset Stallion - IMCFest 2009
We Landed on the Moon! - IMCFest 2009
The Ruckus - IMCFest 2009
Faux Coup - Illini Union 4/30/09
Crazy/Agile - Illini Union 4/30/09
Local H - Illini Union 4/30/09
Light Pollution - Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09
The Foundry Field Recordings - Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09
John Hoeffleur - Iron Post 6/2/09
Ave Marling - Iron Post 6/2/09
Your Yellow Dress - The Stanley 6/8/09
Passion Pit - Bonnaroo 2009
Motion Potion - Bonnaroo 2009
Tobacco - Bonnaroo 2009
Dirty Projectors - Bonnaroo 2009
Animal Collective - Bonnaroo 2009
St. Vincent - Bonnaroo 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bonnaroo 2009
David Byrne - Bonnaroo 2009
Pheonix - Bonnaroo 2009
Mynameisjohnmichael - Bonnaroo 2009
Chairlift - Bonnaroo 2009
Katzenjammer - Bonnaroo 2009
Robin Hitchcock - Bonnaroo 2009
Bon Iver - Bonnaroo 2009
of Montreal - Bonnaroo 2009
Wilco - Bonnaroo 2009
The Mars Volta - Bonnaroo 2009
Russian Circles - Bonnaroo 2009
Bruce Springsteen - Bonnaroo 2009
High on Fire - Bonnaroo 2009
Erykah Badu - Bonnaroo 2009
Okkervil River - Bonnaroo 2009
Neko Case - Bonnaroo 2009
Phish - Bonnaroo 2009
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Pinetop Perkins - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Bob Margolin - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Brilliant Pebbles - Green Music Fest 2009
Sybris - Green Music Fest 2009
Say Hi - Green Music Fest 2009
Tapes 'n Tapes - Green Music Fest 2009
Art Brut - Green Music Fest 2009
Heyokas - Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09
Hot Cops - Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09
Pet Lions - UIUC South Quad 8/23/09
Tosche Station - Terror House 8/23/09
Moons - Terror House 8/23/09
Straight No Chaser - Terror House 8/23/09
Cloud Mouth - Terror House 8/23/09
Cougar Den - Terror House 8/23/09
Nurses - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
Throw Me the Statue - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
The Brunettes - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
War - Sweetcorn Fest 2009
My Werewolf Diary - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
The Beets - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
Vivian Girls - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
Chicha Libre - Ellnora 2009
Frank Vignola - Ellnora 2009
Junior Brown - Ellnora 2009
The National - Ellnora 2009
Yea Big + Kid Static - Parkland 9/13/09
Matt and Kim - Parkland 9/13/09
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band - Pygmalion 2009
Owen - Pygmalion 2009
Japandroids - Pygmalion 2009
Liz Janes - Pygmalion 2009
Brooke Waggoner - Pygmalion 2009
Joe Pug - Pygmalion 2009
Skream - Pygmalion 2009
Girls Next Door - Pygmalion 2009
Low - Pygmalion 2009
The Antlers - Pygmalion 2009
Autolux - Pygmalion 2009
Zach May & The Maps - Pygmalion 2009
The Horse's Ha - Pygmalion 2009
The Books - Pygmalion 2009
Iron And Wine - Pygmalion 2009
Porno Galactica - Pygmalion 2009
YACHT - Pygmalion 2009
gazelle - Pygmalion 2009
RJD2 - Pygmalion 2009
Thankful Tree - Cloud Factory 9/22/09
City Center - Cloud Factory 9/22/09
The Vertebrats - Amara Yoga 10/1/09
Bunny Zewt Suit - Channing Murray 10/14/09
David Sedaris - Virginia Theater 10/16/09
Infirmary - Terror House 10/24/09
DOTK - Terror House 10/24/09
Cloud Burial - Terror House 10/24/09
Maltross - Terror House 10/24/09 -
Top 10 Hip Hop Albums by Year (1979-2006)
Out 18 2009, 16h28 por Flesh-n-Bone
1979-1985:
10. Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin'
9. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
8. Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang
7. Whodini - Whodini
6. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
5. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock
4. The Treacherous Three - the treacherous three
3. Whodini - Escape
2. LL Cool J - Radio
1. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
1986:
10. Just-Ice - Back to the Old School
9. Schoolly D - Schoolly D
8. 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
7. Too $hort - Born to Mack
6. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - Oh, My God!
5. Stetsasonic - On Fire
4. Whodini - Back in Black
3. Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee
2. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
1. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
1987:
10. Just-Ice - Kool & Deadly
9. MC Shan - Down By Law
8. Spoonie Gee - The Godfather Of Rap
7. N.W.A - N.W.A. & The Posse
6. Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
5. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
4. Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
3. LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
2. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
1. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
(NOTE: Since hip-hop is getting better year by year, from now I will also find some use of a "honorable mentions" list which names all left out albums that could make a top 10 spot)
1988:
10. Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
9. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
8. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It
7. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
6. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
5. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
4. EPMD - Strictly Business
3. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Honorable mentions: Goin' Off, Straight Out the Jungle, In Control, Vol. 1, In Full Gear, The World's Greatest Entertainer, Life is... Too Short, Act A Fool, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, Power, It Takes Two
1989:
10. Low Profile - We're In This Together
9. LL Cool J - Walking With A Panther
8. Kool Moe Dee - Knowledge Is King
7. Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
6. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
5. Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
4. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
3. EPMD - Unfinished Business
2. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches
1. Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing
Honorable mentions: Done by the Forces of Nature, Big Tyme, 3 Feet High & Rising, Paul's Boutique, The Biz Never Sleeps, Nice & Smooth, No More Mr. Nice Guy
1990:
10. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician
9. X-Clan - To the East, Backwards
8. Above the Law - Livin' Like Hustlers
7. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive
6. Masta Ace - Take a Look Around
5. EPMD - Business as Usual
4. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
3. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
2. Brand Nubian - One for All
1. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Honorable mentions: It's a Compton Thang, Holy Intellect, Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Edutainment, Short Dog's in the House, Sex Packets, At Your Own Risk, Taste of Chocolate, Hispanic Causing Panic, The Geto Boys
1991:
10. Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
9. Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
8. Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back
7. DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name
6. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
5. Main Source - Breaking Atoms
4. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
3. N.W.A - Niggaz4Life
2. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
1. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Honorable mentions: Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, Naughty By Nature, Bitch Betta Have My Money, A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, Straight Checkn' Em, We Can't Be Stopped, Organized Konfusion, Ain't A Damn Thing Changed, Prince of Darkness, 2Pacalypse Now, The Ruler's Back
1992:
10. Showbiz & A.G. - Runaway Slave
9. Redman - Whut? Thee Album
8. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
7. Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby
6. Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
5. EPMD - Business Never Personal
4. Ice Cube - The Predator
3. Gang Starr - Daily Operation
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Live and Let Die
Honorable mentions: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop, Dead Serious, Guerillas In Tha Mist, Way 2 Fonky, Spice 1, Shorty the Pimp, Too Hard To Swallow, Don't Sweat The Technique, Reel To Reel, Psycho Active, Return of the Funky Man
1993:
10. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
9. 2Pac - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
8. Onyx - Bacdafucup
7. KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
6. Masta Ace Inc. - Slaughtahouse
5. Big Daddy Kane - Looks Like A Job For...
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
3. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Honorable mentions: No Pressure, The World Is Yours, Tha Triflin' Album, No Need For Alarm, 21 & Over, Here Comes The Lord, 93 'til Infinity, Black Mafia Life, Lethal Injection, Buhloone Mindstate
1994:
10. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
9. Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of da Siccness
8. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
7. Method Man - Tical
6. MC Eiht - We Come Strapped
5. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
4. Scarface - The Diary
3. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
2. Gang Starr - Hard To Earn
1. Nas - Illmatic
Honorable mentions: Daddy's Home, To the Death, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Regulate... G Funk Era, The Main Ingredient, Thug Life: Volume 1, Resurrection, The Most beautifullest Thing in This World, Behind Bars, Word...Life, Shock of the Hour
1995:
10. AZ - Doe Or Die
9. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
8. Group Home - Livin' Proof
7. DJ Quik - Safe & Sound
6. Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin'
5. KRS-One - KRS-One
4. 2Pac - Me Against the World
3. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
1. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Honorable mentions: Neva Again, 4, 5, 6, Operation Stackola, Mack 10, Curb Servin', Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, Soul Food, Dogg Food, Sittin' on Chrome, E. 1999 Eternal, Real Brothas
1996:
10. Jeru the Damaja - Wrath Of The Math
9. Fugees - The Score
8. Westside Connection - Bow Down
7. Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
6. M.O.P. - Firing Squad
5. OutKast - ATLiens
4. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
3. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
2. Xzibit - At the Speed of Life
1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Honorable mentions: Nocturnal, Illadelph Halflife, The Coming, Ridin' Dirty, Stakes Is High, Death Threatz, Muddy Waters, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Tha Doggfather, It Was Written, The Awakening, Autobiography of Mistachuck, Da Storm, Soul on Ice
1997:
10. Scarface - The Untouchable
9. Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes
8. O.C. - Jewelz
7. Mack 10 - Based on a True Story
6. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art of War
5. EPMD - Back In Business
4. Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
3. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
1. Rakim - The 18th Letter
Honorable mentions: The War Report, I Got Next, For the People, The Art of War, The Villain in Black
1998:
10. DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
9. Brand Nubian - Foundation
8. Black Star - Blackstar
7. WC - The Shadiest One
6. Big Daddy Kane - Veteranz Day
5. Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
4. Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz
3. M.O.P. - First Family 4 Life
2. OutKast - Aquemini
1. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
Honorable mentions: Roots of Evil, Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, Heavy Mental, Shut 'Em Down, Ruthless for Life, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, IV
1999:
10. Kurupt - Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha
9. Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
8. Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
7. Nas - I Am...
6. GZA/Genius - Beneath The Surface
5. EPMD - Out Of Business
4. Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling
3. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
2. Dr. Dre - 2001
1. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Honorable mentions: No Mercy, No Remorse, Immobilarity, Amplified, The Master, Section 8, ...And Then There Was X, Still i Rise
2000:
10. Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones
9. Wu-Tang Clan - The W
8. Big L - The Big Picture
7. DJ Quik - Balance & Options
6. Xzibit - Restless
5. OutKast - Stankonia
4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2.Common - Like Water for Chocolate
1. M.O.P. - Warriorz
Honorable mentions: Tha Eastsidaz, Both Sides of the Brain, Mind Over Matter, From the Darkness Into the Light, 2000 B.C., NIA
2001:
10. DMX - The Great Depression
9. Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders
8. Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
7. Grand Puba - Understand This
6. Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
5. KRS-One - The Sneak Attack
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
3. Nas - Stillmatic
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
1. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Honorable mentions: Priesthood, Word of Mouf, Genesis, Revolutionary Vol. 1, The Realness, Digital Bullet
2002:
10. Eminem - The Eminem Show
9. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
8. Cormega - The True Meaning
7. Xzibit - Man Vs. Machine
6. Royce da 5'9" - Rock City
5. Kool G Rap - The Giancana Story
4. GZA/Genius - Legend of the Liquid Sword
3. Talib Kweli - Quality
2. Nas - God's Son
1. Scarface - The Fix
Honorable mentions: Revolverlution, Power in Numbers, The Lost Tapes, Better Dayz, Aziatic, Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$, Spiritual Minded, Under Tha Influence, Trinity (Past, Present And Future), Ghetto Heisman, The Chosen Few
2003:
10. Westside Connection - Terrorist Threats
9. Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
8. OutKast - Spearboxxx/The Love Below
7. KRS-One - Kristyles
6. Craig G - This Is Now
5. DMX - Grand Champ
4. Black Moon - Total Eclipse
3. Jay-Z - The Black Album
2. Canibus - Rip The Jacker
1. Gang Starr - The Ownerz
Honorable mentions: Joe Budden, Black August, Shadows Of The Sun, Godzilla, The Listening
2004:
10. KRS-One - Keep Right
9. De La Soul - The Grind Date
8. Cypress Hill - Till Death Do Us Part
7. The Roots - The Tipping Point
6. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
5. Masta Killa - No Said Date
4. Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
3. Nas - Street's Disciple
2. Royce da 5'9" - Death Is Certain
1. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Honorable mentions: Tical 0: The Prequel, The Hard Way, The Beautiful Struggle, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Fire in the Hole
2005:
I have listened to only four or five albums from this year so a list is pretty much impossible to make. If you feel like submitting your own "top albums from 2005", then send me an inbox message and I'll put it here with your name credited.
2006:
10. Method Man - 4:21... The Day After
9. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
8. The Game - [album artist=The Game]The Doctor's Advocate
7. The Roots - Game Theory
6. Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
5. Xzibit - Full Circle
4. Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
3. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
1. Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Honorable mentions: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Release Therapy, Year Of The Dog...Again, 20/20, The Format
2007:
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my show list|2009
Out 15 2009, 23h03 por senseoffenders
8 Nov 2008 - FUNFUNFUN This Will Destroy You, Fuck Buttons, Alaska In Winter, Why?, Nick Thune, Strange Boys, The Riverboat Gamblers, Mission of Burma, Crystal Castles, GZA/Genius, Whitest Kids U’Know @ Waterloo Park
7 Nov 2008 - FUNFUNFUN Sugar & Gold, Young Widows, Russian Circles, James Husband, Red Sparowes, mc chris, Melt-Banana, Ssion, Death, Yeasayer, Les Savy Fav, Ratatat @ Waterloo Park
3 October 2008 - Grizzly Bear, Beach House @ Emos (outside)
2 October 2008 - Broken Social Scene, Generationals, Corto Maltese @ Austin Power Plant
26 September 2009 - {{{Sunset}}}, Desolation Wilderness @ Baby Blue
24 September 2009 - Ra Ra Riot, Maps & Atlases @ Emos (outside)
2 September 2009 - Fruit Bats, Death Vessel @ Mohawk (inside)
9 August 2009 - Free Press Buxton, Wild Moccasins, Voxtrot, What Made Milwaukee Famous, of Montreal @ Buffalo Bayou Park Houston, Tx
8 August 2009 - Free Press Young Mammals, Octopus Project, The Sword, Broken Social Scene, Explosions in the Sky @ Buffalo Bayou Park Houston, Tx
1 August 2009 - Belaire @ The Parlor
11 June 2009 - Bonnaroo (day1) White Rabbits, Hockey, Chairlift
12 June 2009 - Bonnaroo (day2) Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Amadou & Mariam, Beastie Boys, Phoneix, Crystal Castles
13 June 2009 - Bonnaroo (day3) -
This past week's (09/20/09 - 09/2709) Recommend List / Artist Cloud
Set 28 2009, 4h59 por cma3DGTL
My recommendations areAZ Beanie Sigel Big L Big Punisher Black Moon Blaq Poet Cam'ron Capone-N-Noreaga Cappadonna Clipse Cormega GZA/Genius Ghostface Killah Gravediggaz Havoc Hell Razah Heltah Skeltah Inspectah Deck J Dilla J. Cole Jadakiss Jay-Z Joe Budden Joell Ortiz Killah Priest Killarmy Kool G Rap Kool G Rap & DJ Polo La the Darkman M.O.P. Marco Polo & Torae Masta Killa Method Man Method Man & Redman Mobb Deep Nas Ol' Dirty Bastard RZA Rakim Redman Royce da 5'9" Saigon Sean Price Shyheim Slaughterhouse Smif-N-Wessun Sunz of Man The Alchemist U-God Wu-Tang Clan
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Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php -
Top 50 Albums (Recommend me albums based on my taste)
Set 24 2009, 19h30 por Betterdayz502
Betterdayz502's top albums (overall)
1. Reks - Grey Hairs (897)
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (702) 
3. Usher - Here I Stand (640) 
4. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (603) 
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (562) 
6. Sublime - Sublime (557) 
7. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (551) 
8. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (510) 
9. Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All (506) 
10. Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom (497) 
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (484) 
12. Bob Marley - Legend (466) 
13. Lyfe - Lyfe 268-192 (463) 
14. Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi: The Mixtape (462) 
15. Charles Hamilton - The Pink Lavalamp (428) 
16. Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change (421) 
17. Donell Jones - Where I Wanna Be (409) 
18. Murs - Murs for President (403) 
19. AZ - Doe Or Die (391) 
20. The Killers - Sam's Town (387) 
21. J Dilla - Donuts (375) 
22. Charles Hamilton - DJ SKEE Presents Death Of The Mixtape Rapper (355) 
23. The Roots - Game Theory (334) 
24. Masta Ace - Disposable Arts (333) 
25. Wordsworth - Mirror Music (331) 
26. Nas - Untitled (310) 
27. Charles Hamilton - Outside Looking (308) 
28. N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds (301) 
29. Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe 268-192 (299) 
30. Dispatch - Bang Bang (285) 
31. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy (275) 
32. System of a Down - Toxicity (272) 
33. Murs - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (270) 
34. GZA/Genius - Pro Tools (264) 35. Ne-Yo - In My Own Words (263) 
36. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (262) 
37. The Roots - Rising Down (260) 
38. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (257) 
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