RR’s ’09 Best Albums (Final List)

And the winner is Hov…

Finding it hard to keep up with our lists? OK, you’re right. Here’s comes some full recaps of this week’s festivities just so you can go argue with your friends over the weekend. Shit, traffic’s up. Turn that naysayer talk down. You don’t like our choices. Make some better ones. Y’all a bunch of suckers for these shits.

#1 Jay-Z Blueprint 3

#2 Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

#3 Kid Cudi Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

#4 Clipse Til The Casket Drops

#5 Fabolous Loso’s Way

#6 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct

#7 Eminem Relapse

#8 Gucci Mane The State vs. Radric Davis

#9 Rick Ross Deeper Than Rap

#10 Mos Def The Ecstatic

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  1. bkallday says:

    yn why you keep talking shit with your smart comments?
    ol e-thuggin camel sippin ass nigga

  2. mikey says:

    i would have had relapse higher

  3. mr. vengeance says:

    2009 was a pretty solid year for hip hop. all the albums here are dope

  4. dman says:

    acceptable but id place relapse above of BISD

  5. So Icy Boi! says:

    @mr. vengeance no its wasnt a solid year for hip-hop …everybody album FLOPPED!!! ..besides Eminem and Jay-z

  6. tim duncan says:

    JAYZ NUMBA ONE SHOCKING POST RIGHT HEREE

  7. and the last shall be first…

    still don’t get how The Ecstatic wasn’t #1, but ah well.

  8. Patrick says:

    What no Bow Wow Greenlight 2??

    Over 5 million downloads?

    This Cant Be Life

  9. Interscope Employee says:

    tim duncan says:
    Friday, January 08 2010 at 8:01 PM EST
    JAYZ NUMBA ONE SHOCKING POST RIGHT HEREE
    ———

    LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  10. RJ says:

    That is a good looking list, I can’t argue at all with the top 4 being where they are, although Blueprint 3 wasn’t my #1.

    Here’s mine..

    1. Raekwon – Cuban Linx 2
    2. Clipse – Til The Casket Drops
    3. Skyzoo – The Salvation
    4. Curren$y – This Ain’t No Mixtape/Jet Files
    5. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
    6. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon
    7. Cage – Depart From Me
    8. Tanya Morgan – Brooklynati
    9. Jay – Blueprint 3
    10. Royce Da 5’9″ – Street Hop,

    other great ones: Fashawn – Boy Meets World, Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse, Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One – Parallel Universes, J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid, Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap, Wale – Attention Deficit..

    A few of those should’ve definitely been on yalls list or at least been recognized in some fashion.. but as for order and such, no one’s gonna be the same.. I actually never peeped the Fab album and it seems like I only read good things so I’ll get on that. 50’s album… eh. It’s decent, but not one of the year’s best. Same for Em, by his standards that album was disappointing. Gucci Mane is hype in the form of a 90’s era build your own rapper kit. We so off that.

  11. So Icy Boi! says:

    @Patrick “DEAD”

  12. RJ says:

    oh yeah.. Joe Budden – Escape Route, Brother Ali – Us, Blackroc, KRS and Buckshot – Survival Skills, Slug and Murs – Felt 3… all those were great too

  13. So Icy Boi! says:

    @RJ most of dem niggaz on ya list is LAME and unheard of

  14. Vajra says:

    Fuck this guy, he hates on Christianity and Judaism, he should be stricken down by God! Jay Z = one of the Celebrity Deaths of 2010 YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!

  15. Mark says:

    tongue firmly up jays ass as usual.

  16. Can says:

    Relapse? Even Em doesn’t like Relapse. I feel like I’d heard every single thing he did on that album done before, when it was actually shocking. All the songs and beats just came off as interchangeable to me. I think Deja Vu is brilliant, I think everything he’s done since has been great. But nothing else really said “I’m a legend who needed to make this album, this needed to be added to my discography and the hip-hop canon at large” to me off Relapse. High hopes for R2.

    He should have just called it The Warm-Up (no Cole) and released it as a mixtape.

  17. Austin says:

    FIGURES. RAPRADAR ARE JAYZ DICK RIDERS. NO ONE CAN DENY…

  18. fgh says:

    GUCCI MAINE OVER MOS DEF??!????…..FUK OUTTA HEREEE

  19. sleepingBeauty says:

    @Mark “tongue firmly up jays ass as usual.” keep your sexual fantasies at home?

  20. dashadyonee1 says:

    wtf ?! i knew jayz wass gna b numba 1
    bt h0w da fuck 50 album betta den relapse
    datz a muthafukin liee nd y0u kno it

  21. THUNDERKUSH says:

    Albums missing from the top 10

    – Slughterhouse
    – Blakroc
    – N.A.S.A
    – Wale (Attention Deficit)

    @ Gucci ? ? ? ? <—wtf? you gotta be kidding

  22. e20 says:

    Am I the only one shocked that Fabolous trash album made the list?

    Fabolous album belongs on the same the list as Jadakiss album, the weak list.

  23. joe camel ! says:

    my top 5 album in no particular order are jay z , 50 cent ,fabolous , eminem and rick ross.

    don’t hate my opinion

  24. 3Stacks says:

    Familiarity breeds contempt.

    It ain’t Rap Radar’s fault that Jay-z continues to dominate the genre.The only person you should be mad at is your favorite rapper,for not stepping they game up.

    This ain’t a democracy,Jigga held you down 11summers!

  25. 3Stacks says:

    @e20
    Co-sign!!!!
    Fab’s album was a big disappointment,shocked it made the list only 3-4 joints worth listenin’ to on loso’s way.

  26. So Icy Boi! says:

    My Top 10 Albums Of The Year
    1. Gucci Mane – The State vs Radric Davis
    2. Young Money – We Are Young Money
    3. OJ Da Juiceman – Tha Otha Side of The Trap
    4. Lil Boosie – Superbad
    5. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
    6. Dorrough – Dorrough Music
    7.Fabolous Loso’s Way
    8. Eminem Relapse
    9. 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
    10. Jay-Z Blueprint 3

    Couldnt think of any other albums so some of these i just added for fun…..

  27. DatMartian says:

    HOw is it that ya’ll ain’t put Raekwon at number one really thats a shame Jigga did his thing but Reakwon put out the best hip hop/rap Album in like 4 years.

  28. dman says:

    i hope R2 makes his legacy bigger with shit like lose yourself,stan,way i am somethin u can look back on and say yeah thats eminem..

  29. RawRaw says:

    SO FAR GONE is DA FUCKN BEST

  30. Dan says:

    So Icy Boi! says:
    Friday, January 08 2010 at 8:33 PM EST
    My Top 10 Albums Of The Year
    1. Gucci Mane – The State vs Radric Davis
    2. Young Money – We Are Young Money
    3. OJ Da Juiceman – Tha Otha Side of The Trap
    4. Lil Boosie – Superbad
    5. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
    6. Dorrough – Dorrough Music
    7.Fabolous Loso’s Way
    8. Eminem Relapse
    9. 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
    10. Jay-Z Blueprint 3

    Couldnt think of any other albums so some of these i just added for fun…..
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    http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cam-true-mag.jpg

  31. Hovys home says:

    #1 Jay-Z (DEFINITELY) IF you DISAGREE YOU SOME HATER.

  32. villyvillz says:

    Jay definatly did not deserve da number spot. Blueprint 3 was among the weakest jigga albums. I liked nigger better den dat shit.

  33. THANKS FOR GOING THROUGH MY TWITTER ACCOUNT says:

    HOVA IS STILL THE TOP DOG. CAN’T ARGUE THAT. BP3 WAS VERY GOOD, NOT THE BEST OUT OF THE TRILOGY IN MY OPINION THOUGH.

  34. mithritades says:

    don’t act like yall didn’t know who was gonna be #1

  35. dashadyonee1 says:

    @soiccyboy yu lil bitch bahhh
    fCK gucci dis hip hop muthafuka
    how yu gna throw dat nigga in da mix

  36. money says:

    okay on this list but i dont think raekwon should have been so high .. eminem should have def. been higher because I’m still bumpin’ that shit and def. slaughterhouse should be on this list no doubt

  37. Nick says:

    So the Gucci Mane album was better than Slaughterhouse, Maino, Ghostface, and Mos Def. I really need to hear the copy that you heard, because the one I heard was worse than some of the mixtapes.

  38. King Jo says:

    That is the truth right there, even though I wouldn’t have had Relapse on there i’m too grown to be listening to that shit. I’m 21

  39. yesrrir2 says:

    ITS RAPRADAR PPL…CMON CANT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY…ITS JUS THEIR LIST THEIR OPINION…AND OF COURSE JAYZ IS NUMBER..DATS THEIR BOY…LOL….SHIT WASNT VEEN A RAP ALBUM…SHIT WASNT EVEN MOTIVATIONAL BUNCHA FEATURES FROM PPL WHO SUPPOSE TO BE HOT RIGHT NOW…ALREADY STOPPED LISTENING TO BP3…STILL BUMPIN EM’S, 50 CENT, RAEKWON ALBUMS…..RICK FALSE??? MADE THE LIST LMAO COME SON!

  40. […] Rap Radar :: RR's '09 Best Albums (Final List)@Patrick “DEAD”. RJ says: Friday, January 08 2010 at 8:07 PM. oh yeah.. Joe Budden – Escape Route, Brother Ali – Us, Blackroc, KRS and Buckshot – Survival Skills, Slug an… […]

  41. […] Rap Radar :: RR's '09 Best Albums (Final List)@Patrick “DEAD”. RJ says: Friday, January 08 2010 at 8:07 PM. oh yeah.. Joe Budden – Escape Route, Brother Ali – Us, Blackroc, KRS and Buckshot – Survival Skills, Slug an… […]

  42. BLADE says:

    Relapse – #7?! Wrong!!! Relapse must be at #1!!!

  43. _MTHRFCKR_BTCH_KISSMYASS_ says:

    YAWA MONG TANAN! paghilom mo

  44. Peekay says:

    Brother Ali – US. Blows my mind how this guy’s always overlooked.

  45. Gay-Z says:

    Blueprint 3? fuck out of here that shit is trash… Jay sold his soul a long time again.

  46. el_davido says:

    Mos’s album made me love hip hop again…real talk

  47. andreas says:

    I Hate these dumb list who cares? everyone’s opinion’s different n e way

  48. FUCK U AND YO MUTHAFUCKIN' MOMMA says:

    Jay-Z 4 LIFE NIGGAS. THE ROC IS STILL ALIVE. DIAMONDS UP IN THE AIR BITCHES!!!!

  49. WE NEED KANYE'S NEW SHIT TO DROP ASAP says:

    WE NEED NEW KANYE SHIT ASAP IN 2010 UMG/VIACOM/WHO EVER!!!!!!!!

  50. Ruse901 says:

    Slim Thug – Boss of All Bosses has to be top 10 for 2009!

  51. Sin says:

    This ain’t a democracy,Jigga held you down 11summers!

    ^

    11 summers?
    if I’m not sure vol 3 kame out 11 summers ago

  52. clos1881 says:

    This list is bullshit Jay z fans didnt even like bp3 till the casket drops deeper than rap cuban linx 2 top 3 albums

  53. TH says:

    DAMN no SLAUGHTERHOUSE????????????????

  54. BULLSHIT!!!!!!! OK, I HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THIS SHIT. EM’S ALBUM OUTSOLD AND OUTRAPPED EVERYONE ELSE’S ON THAT LIST, TILL THE CASKET DROPS WAS GUD BUT IT DIDNT EVEN COME OUT UNTIL JANUARY 2010. NOW, EVEN I FORGET A FEW ALBUMS WHICH SHOULD BE ON HERE BUT SERIOUSLY, THIS SHOULD BE THE LIST.
    1-Relapse, Eminem (with or without Refill)
    2-Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
    3-K.O.D-Tech N9NE
    4-Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse
    5-Gangsta MC, Horseshoe G.A.N.G
    6-The Ecstatic, Mos Def
    7-OB4CL, Raekwon
    8-So Far Gone, Drake (his illegaly leaked album was actually better)
    9-Troubador, K’Naan
    10-Attention Deficit, Wale

    Honorable Mentions to: 50 Cent, his album was gritty and awesome. Asher Roth, pretty decent album and a great debut. Young Money, half the album was great but the other half was crap, I blame Wayne for that. Lastly, Snoop Dogg, who put out a decent album which is an accomplishment for his age.

    Em’s shit was the best, plus he released the follow up the same friggin year. bp3 was great but not as great as Em’s. KOD could easily be contested for number one if it sold more but that’s because tech’s an underground rapper and doesnt have a major distribution deal like all these other rappers. Slaughterhouse were beast and most of the songs on their album were freaking amazing. Horseshoe GANG had the most underrated album of the year, there were only a couple sub par songs and the rest were really really good, I was bumpin dat shit for months. Mos Def is always impeccable with his style. Raekwon did great, but there was a little filler in his album. Drake had a great album which leaked illegaly but he pulled it from the shelves, then he put out these 7 songs and called it an official album, the songs were mostly great but I think he should have rereleased the original songs too. K’Naan represented Somalia to the fullest and brought Somali hip hop to America, his songs were truly inspirational. Wale put DC on the map as a real threat, his album was stellar. All in all these albums should be the top ten, not most of the crap which RR put on it. You guys really fucked up the list. Terrible.

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