It’s that time of year again where we celebrate those who are important to us and give thanks for all the blessings in life. One of the things I’m grateful for is my 7th Boro fam and the artists who support the site as well as the readers who come back for the fresh posts.
In this post, I want to highlight some of the albums that I’m most grateful for. These may not be considered classics in your eyes but they are great albums to me and deserve a look if you haven’t peeped them already.
The first album I want to start off with is Moe Pope’s “Life After God” album. This album here was produced entirely by Rain and is a perfect album in my opinion. Listen to the second verse on this track to get an idea of Moe’s lyrical ability to paint a picture. One of my favorite verses in Hip Hop history.
The next album I’m grateful for is Q-Unique’s “Heaven or Hell” album. Every man has a dark side in which they battle on a daily basis. This album is one of Q’s best in terms of lyrics and production. His ability to capture the listener is second to none. This is one of those albums that is timeless and will still be amazing fifty years from now.
Next is Talib Kweli’s “Gravitas” album. This album is great lyrically and is very well produced. It also features one of my favorite Kweli tracks of all time. You can listen to it below.
The line where he says, “I grew up loving Hip Hop, Now all her daughter got is Love and Hip Hop” and the one where he says, “Stop giving them your soul, gift wrap, prepackaged fabricated shit rap.” A million words in two lines. Genius.
“I grew up loving Hip Hop, Now all her daughter got is Love and Hip Hop”
The next album is the product of someone being very hungry and writing their way out of the projects. Joell Ortiz: The Brick Bodega Chronicles is a masterpiece. This is an album that everyone should own and refer to if you ever doubt Joell lyrically. G Rap was definitely right about the Puerto Rican from Cooper Projects.
The next album is from Detroit’s own Danny Brown. Now Danny has changed A LOT since this album. Some would say for the better and some would say for the worse but there is no denying that “The Hybrid” is a solid album. Danny’s ability to change flows and go in drastically different directions with his music is what makes him special.
The last project was released as a mixtape but is definitely worth your time.
Elzhi’s “Leftovers” are better than most MCs albums. El delivers on every track and with production from Oh No, Apollo Brown, Black Milk, and DJ Spina you’re a sucker if you don’t own this. You can get this one for free right here.
Now these are a few albums that I’m grateful for. I could of written about another fifty albums but I tried to keep it more on the obscure side for those who may not have heard these albums. Hopefully you’ll give these albums a look and enjoy them for yourself. Peace and Happy Thanksgiving.
*This post does not reflect the thoughts or opinions of the other writers on this site.
