Rap Critics Poll 2008 Results

The results have been in for a lil' while for the 3rd annual Rap Critics Poll, organized by the homie Rizoh over at The Rap Up with help from some good peoples - Ivan at Hip Hop Is Read and Zillz at Zilla Says.

Check out the overall results here at HipHopCritic.com and my personal picks right here.

So how did I compare to the pack?

Six of my Top 10 albums made the Top 10 Overall - Q-Tip's The Renaissance, Nas' Untitled, The Roots' Rising Down, Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III, Elzhi's The Preface and Jake One's White Van Music. I was buggin 'cause I knew I should've included Black Milk's but I hadn't listened to the whole thing when I submitted my picks. Notice that I included Black's album at numero cuatro on my HFTB favorites, which I compiled after my submissions to the poll.

Three of my Top 10 song choices made the cut for Top 10 Overall - Lil' Wayne's "A Milli," KiD CuDi's "Day N Nite," and Nas' "Hero." One thing I can't believe is that Jay-Z's "History," which I ranked first, came in at a lowly #34. WTF? Oh well, just wait 'til Blueprint 3 is the album of the year in '09.

Finally, three of my mixtape picks made the Top 10 Overall - Wale's Mixtape About Nothing, Re-Up Gang's We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3: The Spirit of Competition, and Mick Boogie & Terry Urban's Viva La Hova. Wale definitely deserved the top spot here, he was on his grizzly in '08.

Once again, shouts to Rizoh for organizing the poll. I look forward to participating once again this year, hopefully we get some fresh hip-hop goodness all throughout '09!

Only Gettin One Life..

So I gotta live it up

.. That's right fam, I'm livin' right now. Just got back from my office's holiday party early and I'm lovely. I got the dopest present - but don't get it twisted, I had to earn it.

We had an NFL pool throughout the first 14 weeks where we would try to pick the winners for the games every Sunday, and you're boy tied for first place in the whole office.

What was my prize, you ask? Well, let's just say I'll be gettin' my Ron Browz on this New Years with this here bottle of Vueve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut! I can't find my digital camera right now or else I would have posted a real pic, my bad but I'm so amped, chyea!

Also, I got to kick it with the one-and-only homie William Cooper a.k.a Booth 'cause he dates one of my co-workers. For those that don't know, he's a producer/rapper from Jersey who has worked with Wu-Affiliates, 9th Prince, Tragedy Khadafi, Black Market Militia, and other dope underground MC's. He gave me the inside scoop on his debut album coming soon - he's got appearances from Nature, Ill Bill and possibly Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks so I'll keep you all updated on the album's progress, good looks Coop!

Other than that, I'm off work early so I'm coolin - bout to clean my car and knock off some more of the must-listen hip-hop before I compile my year-end lists and submit my picks to the Rap Critics Poll. Here's how I'm doin (I added a couple that I want to peep):

88-Keys - Death of Adam (Check, it's aight but waaay over-hyped)

Akrobatik - Absolute Value

Astonish - From Now Until Forever (Check, I'm feelin it)

Big Jess - High Rule

Braille - The IV Edition (Check, definitely some deep shit here)

Common Market - Tobacco Road

Elzhi - The Preface (Check, this is goooood)

Grip Grand - Brokelore

Jazz Liberatorz - Clin d'oeil (Check, I'm lovin' the jazz-hop)

Kanser - Future Retro Legacy

Knonam - Length of the Blade (Check, dude is real powerful on the mic)

Moe Pope - Moe Pope and Headnodic are Megaphone (Listening now)

Murs - Murs For President (Check, probably my favorite so far, Murs is a microphone fiend)

Reks - Grey Hairs (Check, it's not bad)

The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction

The Mighty Underdogs - The Prelude

..So, I'll probably get through the rest of Moe Pope & Headnodic's today and move onto Big Jess and Kanser later on. I'll be round, holla!