In Dennis Coles We Trust. #1 Ghostface Killah Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City #2 Maino …If Tomorrow Comes #3 Method Man & Redman Blackout! 2 #4 Wale Attention Deficit #5 UGK UGK 4 Life

Hate it or love it, a hit record still trumps everything. Advice for the young MCs: Make one. #1 Drake “Best I Ever Had” #2 Jay-Z “D.O.A.” #3 Jamie Foxx x T-Pain “Blame It” #4 Jay-Z x Alicia Keys “Empire State Of Mind” #5 Young Money “Every Girl” #6 Fabolous x Drake “Throw It In The Bag” (Remix) #7 Maino “All The Above” #8 Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Rock” #9 Drake x Trey Songz “Successful” #10 Jay Electronica “Exhibit C”

The 18th Letter is obviously a first ballot Hall of Famer but his latest is a disservice to his legacy. #1 Rakim The Seventh Seal #2 Bow Wow New Jack City II #3 Triple C’s Custom Cars & Cycles #4 Fat Joe J.O.S.E. 2 #5 Lil Wayne Rebirth

Sorry Sean. But you won’t let this song die. Move on, Black man, move on. #1 Dirty Money “Angels” #2 Ron Browz “Jumping Out The Window” #3 Busta Rhymes x T-Pain “Hustler’s Anthem ’09” #4 Gucci Mane x Usher “Spotlight” #5 New Boyz “You’re A Jerk” #6 Birdman x Jay Sean “Written On Her” #7 Game “Big Money” #8 T.I. x Mary J. Blige “Remember Me” #9 Robin Thicke x Nicki Minaj “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy” #10 Jadakiss x OJ […]

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 […]

What more can I say to you? You heard it all. Hov already told you it’s his “album” of the year. (At least before BP3 dropped. Ha.) Okay, you love to hear the story again and again so here goes. Aubrey Graham was a child actor who became a rap star with the right music at the right time. The masses made “Best I Ever Had” and “Successful” hits before anyone got Drizzy’s name on the dotted line. But it […]

The Grammy Committee will disagree, but The-Dream’s Love vs. Money was the best Rhythm and Blues album of 2009. On his sophomore disc, Dream lived up to his Radio Killa alias with “Rockin That Shit” and then showed no mercy by “Walkin’ On The Moon” with Kanye West. Next, Mr. Nash showcased his slow groove majestry on “Put It Down” and “Sweat It Out”. But it’s on the dramatic “Fancy” where Dream truly proves his excellence. For a steady six […]

The Grammy Committee will disagree, but The-Dream

Don’t front you know Ed got you open this past year, coining one of hip-hop’s strongest new catchphrases. It’s a daily operation of today’s stars doin’ dumb shit and now two words sum up our collective feelings: C’mon son. Here’s a salute to the dubious ones who kept us chitter-chattering about them in the last year of the past decade. Watch the video and then get your vote on here.

Before coming off Roc Nation’s bench, J.Cole runs practice drills on, The Warm Up. From the opening whistle, Cole declares he was ready for the big leagues on “Grown Simba” and proves he can handle his own over daunting tracks (“Dead Presidents II”). Elsewhere, he gives direction to black girls lost on “Light’s Please” while looking for the perfect match on “Dreams”. Then, over a calm horns, Cole lets hope float on “I Get Up” and “Dollar & A Dream […]