My 20 Favorite Hip-Hop Albums EVER! #13
Written by willshoob on Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 5:24 pm
As some of you may know by now, I’m in the process of counting down my 20 favorite hip-hop albums of all time. Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3 came in at #14. Remember that I grew up on late 90’s and early 00’s music, so my hip-hop views are probably a lot more modern than a lot of “old school” hip-hop fans.
Continuing the trend of mixtapes, and starting a trend of everybody screaming at me and questioning my credibility (like I have any), we have Kid Cudi’s mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi.
Ok start screaming and freaking out. Yes, this mixtape came out in summer ‘08 but that just shows how good it is. Kid Cudi is bound to be a superstar. The mixtape is full of great choruses and clever rhymes. He’s already starting to get big, and it’s only a matter of time before you start mentioning him with the biggest names in hip hop. I’m sure if you take away the name and year of this album, many people would agree with me that this whole mixtape is amazing. Anyways, let’s begin.
We start with the second song, “Down and Out.” Kid Cudi raps over OutKast’s “Chonkyfire”, which happened to be on an earlier hip hop list. He immediately gets down to business with this great first track (excluding the intro) and really sets the bar for the rest of the album.
Highlight of the song:
See the lord adore me
He met me half way
No guts no glory I always say
So until I reach what I came here to find
Along with inner peace my life will always be a grind
Proceed to the next track, and you get a view of what the future of hip hop will be like. This song called “Is There Any Love?” features Wale, who will also be a huge rapper in the future. It features a simple beat, and really picks up once Wale’s verse kicks in.
Highlight of the song:
You nigga’s so so like seamstress
Kid Cudi- Is There Any Love (Feat. Wale)
Skip a song, and we arrive at “Man on the Moon (The Anthem).” This is one of my favorites on the album, but then again I have a lot of favorites. Anyways, this song features a really nice beat that just makes me happy. This song has a great chorus, but then again what Kid Cudi song doesn’t have a great chorus?
Highlight of the song:
It’s a curtain call come one come all
All I do is try and make it simple
The one’s that make it complicated never get congratulated
I’m something different all aspects
Don’t want a woman just to love her assets
Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon (The Anthem)
Go to the very next track, and we arrive at “The Prayer.” Another one of my favorites, “The Prayer” features “The Funeral” by Band of Horses. Quite a few of Kid Cudi’s songs revolve around death, and this one is no different.
Highlight of the song:
And If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take
But please don’t cry
Just know that I have made these songs for you
And If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take
Because I’m ready for a funeral
We arrive at the very next track, which happens to be “Day N Nite.” This happens to be Cudi’s most popular song, he even played it at the MTV Music Video Awards (who cares if it never aired). Another thing Kid Cudi obsesses with is weed, and this song is about a “lonely stoner.”
Highlight of the song:
The pain is deep
A silent sleeper you won’t hear a peep
The girl he wants don’t seem to want him too
It seems the feelings that she had are through
through
Cuz day n nite
The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night
He’s alone through the day n nite
The lonely loner seems to free his mind at night
At at at night
We once again go to the very next track, which is “Embrace the Martian” featuring Crookers. This is currently my favorite song on the mixtape. It features an absolutely bomb beat from Crookers, and an infectious chorus from Cudi.
Highlight of the song:
License to ill
I promise I won’t turn the whole world to Cloverfield
On the real yes I will
I’ll destroy it and then rebuild
Just for thrills
Kid Cudi- Embrace the Martian (Feat. Crookers)
Just so I don’t end up talking about the whole album, we’ll skip to the last song “Heaven at Nite.” The topic of death once again comes up, as Cudi raps over Ratatat’s “Tacobel Cannon.” This song features an infectiously haunting beat, and once again, an amazing chorus. Every time I hear this song, I like it more and more.
Highlight of the song:
Have you ever been to heaven at night
Closing your eyes the feeling so right
At first you might see just one bright beam of light
P.S. I just found a video of him rapping over “Someone Great” by LCD Soundsystem. Shit’s fire.
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Comment by Confusion
Made Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 6:10 pm
Hey man your top 20 is lookin crazy right now. Still can’t decide if I love it or hate it but I like the fact that you’re doing you. Peace from Pigeons and Planes.
Comment by gzabriel
Made Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 9:06 pm
you are so fucking crazy
Comment by Nicolas
Made Friday, 31 of October , 2008 at 11:26 pm
Great pick! I also think it’s one of my favourite hip hop albums actually, as it’s so consistent thourghout the album and it doesn’t sound like anything else. Cudi really has his own way of rhyming/singing, and i’m really looking forward to his debut album.
Comment by Jared
Made Wednesday, 7 of January , 2009 at 11:11 am
great choice!! i don’t know if I would consider this mixtape hip-hop enough to constitute putting him on a top ever list, and also he’s about to drop a killer album in 09. (and make note: “embrace the martian” is a crookers track ft. kid cudi, not the other way around)
