Best of 2011: a Hip Hop mix by ulix
My dear friends, after I didn't do one last year (because I listened to too much Soul & Funk) for 2010, I recently finished my Best of 2011 Hip Hop mix.
And here it is.
Let me just say that 2011 was an exceptionally good year for underground and indie Hip Hop.
On this mix you'll almost exclusively find US rappers, but also some dudes from other English-language countries. Only two female rap parts this time...
Mostly Boombap straight from the underground.
Should have something for every Hip Hop lover, from melodic, organic instrumentals to hardcore, dirty and raw ones. From slow and articulated storytelling to razorsharp rhymes and flows.
And obviously all the tracks (or at least the LPs I took them from) were released in 2011.
If you like this, feel free (and encouraged) to share this with everyone you know who might also appreciate it.
Playlist
1 The Beast*** ft. John Robinson & Jocelyn Ellis - Keep your Worries
2 MED (aka Medaphoar) ft. Aloe Blacc (Oh No*) - Where I'm from
3 Reason ft. Cammee (?*) - Youth
4 Talib Kweli ft. Iron Solomon & Jean Grae (Ty Neg*) - Chicken Soup
5 Zumo Kollie (Beatnick* & K-Salaam*) - Times of our Lives
6 Phonte (9th Wonder*) - The good Fight
7 Playdough ft. Gift of Gab (For Beat's Sake*) - Franks & Beans
8 Tanya Morgan (Aeon*)- Rock the Bells
9 Luck One (Chi Duly*) - Sounds of my City
10 Killer Mike (Smiff N Cash*) - So glorious
11 Jack Flash & Wizard* - Steamrolling
12 Rapsody ft. Tab One, Charlie Smarts (aka Koolie High) & Phonte (9th Wonder*) - One Time
13 Edo G (Explicit One*) - Righteuos Way
14 DTMD (Dunc*) ft. Quartermaine - '95 Live
15 Strange Fruit Project ft. Verbal Seed & Tone Trezure (S1*) - Freedom
16 The Away Team (aka Sean Boog & Khrysis*) feat. Jay Rush - I ain't mad
17 Green Street (Renaissance*) ft. Cavalier - Abundance
18 Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown* - Dollar Bill Hill
19 Pete Rock* & Smif-N-Wessun ft. Tyler Woods - Monumental
20 Danny Brown & Black Milk* - Jordan VII
21 The Four Owls (aka Verb T, Fliptrix, BVA & Leaf Dog**) - Original
22 Reef the Lost Cauze & Snowgoons* ft. Jus Allah & Sicknature - Euthanasia
23 Sonnyjim (Pete Cannon*) - If you don't know
24 Robot Robinson (aka Robot Koch* & John Robinson) - The Planet is my Canvas
25 Lotek** ft. Jimmy Screech - Dreader than Dread
26 Kaimbr & Kev Brown* - Songs
27 Has-Lo (Kev Brown*) - Never was yours
28 Torae (DJ Premier*) - For the Record
29 Superstar Quamallah & Deqawn (Izznyce*) - Feels good right?
30 J Rawls** - Why you do
31 J-Live ft. Enniece Cousin (The Audible Doctor*) - The me & you
32 Kids These Days*** - Darling
33 Classified** - High Maintenance
34 Blue Scholars (aka Geologic & Sabzi*) ft. Macklemore - Tommy Chong
35 Rashad & Confidence* - Rumors of War
36 Apathy** ft. Ill Bill - The Villain
37 Moke & Tone (Team Genius*) - Shit is a Trip
38 Cunninlynguists ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Kno*) - Murder (Act II)
39 Lowkey (Show N Prove*)- Hand on your Gun
* = Producer
** = Raps & Production
*** = Live Instrumentation
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Enjoy!
