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50. OutKast - Stankonia
49. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
48. MF Grimm - The Hunt For The Gingerbreadman
47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
46. Count Bass D - Act Your Waist Size
45. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
44. Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
43. Cat Power - The Greatest
42. Atmosphere - when life gives you lemons you paint that shit gold
41. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
40. Insight - Blast Radius
39. Soul Position - Things Go Better with RJ and Al
38. Jay-Z - The Black Album
37. Santogold - Santogold
36. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
35. Oh No - Dr No's Oxperiment
34. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
33. Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
32. MF Grimm - Scars & Memories
31. The Killers - Sam's Town
30. Mos Def - The New Danger
29. DANGERDOOM - The Mouse & The Mask
28. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
27. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
26. Jaylib - Champion Sound
25. Felt - A Tribute To Lisa Bonet
24. Blueprint - 1988
23. Edan - Primitive Plus
22. Eminem - Marshall Mathers Lp
21. Santogold - Santogold
20. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
19. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
18. Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
17. Soul Position - 8 Million Stories
16. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
15. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
14. Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
13. MF DOOM - MM..Food
12. Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
11. MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
8. Cat Power - You Are Free
7. J Dilla - Donuts
6. Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
5. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
4. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
3. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
2. Madvillain - Madvillainy
1. Edan - Beauty & The Beat

Started listening to hip hop in around 2001 (I was 7 haha) and actually got into it in 2006.

TOP 5:
J Dilla - "Donuts"
Madvillain - "Madvillainy"
Edan - "Beauty & The Beat"
Kanye West - "Late Registration"
Deltron 3030 - "Deltron 3030"

The Rest: (in no order)

J Dilla - "The Shining"
Kanye West- "College Dropout"
Kanye West - "Graduation"
Percee P - "Perseverance"
Jay-Z - "The Black Album"
Jay-Z - "The Blueprint"
Eminem - "Marshall Mathers Lp"
MF DOOM - "MM..Food"
DANGERDOOM - "The Mouse & The Mask"
Common - "Be"
Oh No - "Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms"
Oh No - "Dr.No's Oxperiment"
Jaylib - "Champion Sound"
Lupe Fiasco - "The Cool"
Lupe Fiasco - "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor"
Mos Def - "The Ecstatic"
Q-Tip - "The Renaissance"
Raekwon - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II"
Ghostface Killah - "Fishscale"
Quasimoto - "The Unseen"
Quasimoto - "The Further Adventures of Lord Quas"

party in the usa

Animal CollectiveSonic YouthBlack DiceSunn O)))John ColtraneAlbert AylerOrnette ColemanBoards of CanadaKayo Dotmaudlin of the WellFuck ButtonsDevendra BanhartBig BloodWilliam ParkerKoenjihyakkeiBurialAntipop ConsortiumBinary StarCannibal OxMadvillainViktor VaughnSupersilentDJ /ruptureLowStendeckAnimal CollectiveJohn FaheyRachel'sTim HeckerBlackaliciousTortoiseA Silver Mt. ZionMutyumuRobert AshleyDerek BaileyNew York Art QuartetBattlesEdanBonnie 'Prince' BillyThe NationalM83Nurse With WoundKevin DrummJim O'RourkeWhite RainbowXiu XiuGhostface KillahCurrent 93Wadada Leo SmithDirty ProjectorsThe xxPeter KingPortisheadRadioheadGyörgy LigetiSix Organs of AdmittanceNatural Snow BuildingsVenetian SnaresGang Gang DanceAnthony BraxtonHammockUnwoundThe MicrophonesYo La TengoScott WalkerMilford GravesGasThe AvalanchesWorld's End GirlfriendMorton FeldmanAutechreBroadcast and The Focus GroupStars of the LidKashiwa DaisukeWilliam BasinskiGodspeed You! Black EmperorJoanna NewsomHave a Nice LifeThe Fall

...and the artists are:
Pinback
Minus the Bear
Madvillain
Four Tet
MGMT

read the full article here and let me know what albums you can't wait for! :)

NOTE: To keep things more interesting i limited myself to 1 album per artist

Please comment.

50. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There are Mountains (2009)
49. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
48. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister (2006)
47. Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles (2004)
46. The Unicorns - who will cut our hair when we're gone (2003)
45. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts (2002)
44. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, & Blue (2008)
43. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
42. St. Vincent - Actor (2009)
41. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
40. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
39. Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You (2001)
38. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)
37. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You (2008)
36. The Knife - Silent Shout (2006)
35. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (2007)
34. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)
33. Man Man - Six Demon Bag (2006)
32. No Age - Nouns (2008)
31. The Books - The Lemon of Pink (2003)
30. Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (2001)
29. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
28. The Notwist - Neon Golden(2002)
27. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
26. Boris - Pink (2005)
25. Menomena - Friend & Foe (2007)
24. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (2004)
23. Mastodon -Leviathan (2004)
22. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
21. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008)
20. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (2006)
19. The Antlers - Hospice (2009)
18. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (2005)
17. Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances (2008)
16. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands (2004)
15. Fennesz - Endless Summer (2001)
14. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)
13. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
12. Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (2001)
11. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (2000)
10. Interpol -Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
8. mclusky - mclusky Do Dallas (2002)
7. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007)
6. Why? -Alopecia (2008)
5. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
4. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary(2005)
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
2. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2(2001)
1. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

100.) The Streets - A Grand Don't Come Around for Free
99.) Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
98.) The Clientele - Suburban Light
97.) Kanye West - Late Registration
96.) Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
95.) The Strokes - Is this It?
94.) Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
93.) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
92.) Liars- Drums Not Dead
91.) The Notwist - Neon Golden

90.) Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
89.) mia- Kala
88.) Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
87.) Boards of Canada - Geodaii
86.) The Rapture - Echoes
85.) Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
84.) Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
83.) King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
82.) The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
81.) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

80.) Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
79.) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
78.) Daft Punk - Discovery
77.) The Microphones - It Was Hot We Stayed In the Water
76.) The xx - xx
75.) M83- Saturdays = Youth
74.) The National - Boxer
73.) The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
72.) Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
71.) Eminem- The Marshal Mathers Lp

70.) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
69.) The Streets - Original Pirate Material
68.) Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
67.) Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird
66.) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
65.) of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
64.) The White Stripes - Elephant
63.) The National - Alligator
62.) Ms. John Soda - No P. or D.
61.) Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

60.) Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
59.) The Knife - Silent Shout
58.) Clinic- Internal Wrangler
57.) Feist- The Reminder
56.) Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
55.) Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons
54.) PJ Harvey- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
53.) múm- Yesterday was Dramatic - Today was Okay
52.) Radiohead- In Rainbows
51.) OutKast- Stankonia

50.) Burial- Untrue
49.) The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
48.) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
47.) The Walkmen - You & Me
46.) Man Man - Six Daemon Bag
45.) Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
44.) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
43.) Battles- Mirrored
42.) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
41.) No Age - Weirdo Rippers

40.) Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
39.) Sigur Rós - ()
38.) Interpol- Turn On The Bright Lights
37.) Atlas Sound - Logos
36.) Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
35.) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
34.) Brian Wilson - SMiLE
33.) Raekwon- Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. II
32.) The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America
31.) Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury

30.) Deerhunter- Cryptograms
29.) Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
28.) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
27.) Luomo- Vocalcity
26.) Deerhoof- The Runners Four
25.) Madvillain- Madvillainy
24.) Jens Lekman - Nightfalls Over Kortedala
23.) Portishead - Third
22.) Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
21.) Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

20.) The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
19.) Joanna Newsom - Ys
18.) Jay-Z - The Blueprint
17.) Björk- Vespertine
16.) Japandroids - Post-Nothing
15.) The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
14.) TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
13.) No Age - Nouns
12.) The Avalanches - Since I Left You
11.) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

10.) The Wrens - Meadowlands
09.) The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
08.) Junior Boys - Last Exit
07.) Radiohead - Kid A
06.) Sonic Youth - Murray Street
05.) Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
04.) The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
03.) Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
02.) Deerhunter - Microcastle
01.) Arcade Fire - Funeral

1. Radiohead - Kid A [00]
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [02]
3. Arcade Fire - Funeral [04]
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois [05]
5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion [09]
6. Deerhunter - Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont. [08]
7. Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances [08]
8. The Strokes - Is This It [01]
9. Broken Social Scene -You Forgot It in People [02]
10. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam [07]
11. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends [07]
12. The National - Alligator [05]
13. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House [06]
14. The Avalanches - Since I Left You [00]
15. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [09]
16. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World [01]
17. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [07]
18. Atlas Sound - Logos [09]
19. Madvillain - Madvillainy [04]
20. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies [06]
21. Panda Bear - Person Pitch [07]
22. Spoon - Girls Can Tell [01]
23. Radiohead - Amnesiac [01]
24. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale [06]
25. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
26. Beck - Sea Change
27. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala [07]
28. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver [07]
29. J Dilla - Donuts [06]
30. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods [05]

1.How did you get into 29? (Air)
I guess it was when Sexy Boy & Kelly Watch the Stars got a lot of airplay on MTV in the late 90's.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by 22? (The Radio Dept.)
Not entirely sure, but I vaguely remember seeing them live on a festival in Sweden in 2004, which is probably when I heard their music for the first time. (Mind you, it was at a boozy music festival after all, so it's all a bit of a blur really...)

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (José González)
Maybe these ones from Broken Arrow:
"Summerlove left this town
It was too cold to bathe and the leaves turned brown
The sun went down
And with it the love we found
That's the way things are sometimes
Most of the time"

4. How did you get into 49? (Björk)
Well, seeing that I'm Scandinavian she was a pretty big deal there with her debut album (called Debut). The first track I heard was Human Behaviour, but I didn't start listening to her stuff properly until the late 90's.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (MF DOOM)
Two (Operation Doomsday & MM Food).

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (M83)
Graveyard Girl.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (RJD2)
Not that I can think of, or maybe One Day.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (El-P)
Tasmanian Pain Coaster is pure genius.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Sage Francis)
Sea Lion.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Alias)
Not really, I wouldn't exactly say Alias is famous for his feelgood-tracks. Maybe Dr.C by Alias & Tarsier.

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Coldplay)
Violet Hill no doubt. Can't stand it. I never understood how it could be released as a first album single.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Sia)
Breathe Me, followed by Death By Chocolate.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Sole)
I remember being on a road trip with my brother and he'd brought 'Selling Live Water' which had recently been released. I had never heard of Sole, but I loved what I heard.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (CunninLynguists)
It's a tie between Seasons (Remix) and Don't Leave (When Winter Comes). The beat for the remix of seasons is amazing and fits the lyrcs perfectly.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Murs)
The Night Before is nice. Bad Man! is a good party tune.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Feist)
Yep. Let It Die, The Park & How My Heart Behaves. To name a few.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Jean Grae)
Love Song.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Bat for Lashes)
From Good Love:
"In the night time we are found
Misty sorrow swoop unbound
Whisper you mean it, say you'll stay
Hold my heart till brighter days"

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Aesop Rock)
Ian Matthias Bavitz (aka Aesop Rock). Tricky one that.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Why?)
Gemini (Birthday Song) and A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under both put a smile on my face.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Burial)
I listened a lot to Burial when I initially moved to London, so maybe that.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Regina Spektor)
Samson was the first song I heard by her, and I absolutely loved it. Still find it amazing. But she's done so many incredible tracks, other favourites are Ode To Divorce and Somedays.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Radiohead)
Creep, back in the day. Not really feeling their recent stuff.

24. What is your favourite album by 18? (The Clash)
London Calling - one of the greatest albums ever made imo.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Madvillain)
Accordion.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Masta Ace)
Beautiful.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Death Cab for Cutie)
Plans. Even quality throughout, not one bad song on the entire album.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Sigur Rós)
Probably Með suð í eyrum or Saeglopur. A lot of good songs to choose from though.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Boards of Canada)
Music Is Math was featured in a Swedish movie, and that's what made me start listening to them.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (The Album Leaf)
We Need Help.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Bon Iver)
None, but I'd love to. Hopefully within the next year.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Lykke Li)
Everybody But Me (Christoffer Remix). The lyrics are depressing as anything, but it's still that instant party anthem.

33. How did you get into 12? (Madlib)
Through Jaylib's Champion Sound.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Buck 65)
Kennedy Killed the Hat (which a lot of people seem to love)

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Groove Armada)
My friend, yet again on MTV back in High School. I still remember the video.

36. What was the first song you ever heard by 48? (Koushik)
Lying in the Sun.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (One Be Lo)
None.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (The Shins)
New Slang & Sea Legs.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Cat Power)
The Greatest

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (J Dilla)
Donuts! A classic.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (P.O.S.)
Goodbye. Great beat.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Zero 7)
Simple Things.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Azure Ray)
Rise. (In fact the song with the most plays in my entire library.)

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Dosh)
I listened a lot to Wolves and Wishes when I went to Tokyo last year, and listening to that album still reminds me of the good times I spent there.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (DJ Shadow)
Stem/Long Stem, hands down. Amazing track.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (The Streets)
I guess the easy answer here would be to mention any song off Everything Is Borrowed. But I'm not really a big fan of Mike Skinner going all happy-go-lucky, so I'd have to say Fit But You Know It and Don't Mug Yourself.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Atmosphere)
Lucy Ford, followed by God Loves Ugly.

48. Who is your favorite member of 37? (Bloc Party)
Don't have one.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Band of Horses)
The Funeral. Still reckon it's one of their best songs.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (The Roots)
You Got Me. High school memories right there.