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Ben's Top 40 Albums of 2006 (Albums Done / Other Lists On The Way)
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LMAO now there will be TWO Canadians pissed off at/with me. TERRIFIC.
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Worst Single Of The Year
Jurassic 5 featuring Dave Matthews-Work It Out
ugh, what a flaming piece of **** this is. I have enjoyed Jurassic 5's De La Soul ripoff act over the years, but this is just straight up terrible. this is them trying to sell out like Black Eyed Peas, and get a hit. they tried everything they could to get this thing to hit even appearing on America's Got Talent. but nothing happened, and you know why? THE SONG IS *******. J5 completely fell off beyond belief and are trying to get soccer mom's into their music by putting Dave Matthews on the hook. their rhymes are horrible, the hook is lame, everything just reaks of trying too hard.
in a year when terrible **** like Blue October's "Hate Me" and Hinder's "Lips Of An Angel" came out, this is king. cause unlike those 2 artists, J5 were decent. now they are just written off of every true hip-hop head's radar. and seeing as they couldn't even get the Soccer Mom's on their side as much as they tried, it doesn't look like they have many fans left.
#3 up tonight
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Originally posted by Uncle O'Grimacey
Worst Single Of The Year
Jurassic 5 featuring Dave Matthews-Work It Out
ugh, what a flaming piece of **** this is. I have enjoyed Jurassic 5's De La Soul ripoff act over the years, but this is just straight up terrible. this is them trying to sell out like Black Eyed Peas, and get a hit. they tried everything they could to get this thing to hit even appearing on America's Got Talent. but nothing happened, and you know why? THE SONG IS *******. J5 completely fell off beyond belief and are trying to get soccer mom's into their music by putting Dave Matthews on the hook. their rhymes are horrible, the hook is lame, everything just reaks of trying too hard.
in a year when terrible **** like Blue October's "Hate Me" and Hinder's "Lips Of An Angel" came out, this is king. cause unlike those 2 artists, J5 were decent. now they are just written off of every true hip-hop head's radar. and seeing as they couldn't even get the Soccer Mom's on their side as much as they tried, it doesn't look like they have many fans left.
#3 up tonight
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Not to mention it was also on the NBA Live 07 Game 
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^That soundtrack was f.ucking awesome except for a few exceptions. Thrill Of It, A Bit of Shh, Crazy, Hand Clap <3
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Such a brilliant write up about The Killers.
It's so true, no?
And I love listening to it with Enterlude right before it - because it leads in so perfectly.
BEN LOOKS A THING LIKE JESUS.
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Woo Hoo for Lupe Fiasco and T.I.. They are by far the best rappers of 2006. Great, Great, Great!
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Food & Liquor <333333 such an amazing album.
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#3
03.The Roots-Game Theory
The Roots are the most unappreciated group in music today. Yes, people may think they know them cause they see ?uest before Monday Night Football, or playing for Jay-Z on Unplugged or on his Fade To Black concert, but not many people know their own material. they just see them like HA HA THATS CUTE, A HIP-HOP BAND!! I definitely see the Roots as being a band that people will come back 20 years from now, and just then discover the absolute genius of all of their albums. their newest album "Game Theory" just might be their best to date.
everyone stepped it up for the album. Black Thought continues to show growth as an MC (even though he's still criminally underrated. I mean he probably has the best breath control out of ANY MC now). ?uesto's drums pound hard, and make it feel like a rock record, and Captain Kirk and the rest all give 110% to the album. the album also has the great returns of Malik B, and Dice Raw who both were with the group until 2000. also guesting on the album shockingly is Peedi-Peedi (formally Peedi Crack). the news of him on thee album got a lot of the Okayplayer's confused and thinking "WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING?!?", but he is perfect on probably the best song on the album ,"Long Time".another highlight is "Can't Stop This" which uses J Dilla's "Time: The Donut of the Heart" beat from Donuts, and does a tribute track to him followed by a lot of answering machine messages left by artists who worked with the late great producer. it has to be one of the deepest and most touching songs of the year.they also sample Radiohead's "You And Whose Army?" on the song "Atonement" which is crazy, cause NO ONE samples Radiohead.
this album also has to be the best produced and mixed album of the year (outside of the #1 album). ?uesto and crew do such an amazing job at producing it and letting it flow flawlessly, and it's one of the few albums today where it truly feels like a REAL cohesive album. sadly the album didn't do well on the charts, even though people expected it to since it's their first on Def Jam. but as was the case with other Def Jam releases over the year, it got 0 promo and had to fend for itself. when the band asked to do a second video for the album, Def Jam said no sadly.
looking through other best of lists (not talking about this board's, but magazine/publication lists), I see this album is strangely absent. when this album is just as good as any other album released this year. not even Q Magazine, a magazine that has supported the legendary Roots Crew in the past, put it on their top albums list, and it really bummed out ?uesto. I know, as I said in the beginning of this writeup, this will be an album that people will come back to years from now and realize "why the hell didn't we pay attention to this?" with this writeup, I hope you aren't one of those people, and pays attention to it right now.
Best Songs
1.Long Time featuring Peedi-Peedi and Bunny Sigler
2.Can't Stop This
3.Here I Come featuring Malik B and Dice Raw
so there's #3. some other things will come up before I post #2.
any predications for the top two?
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I cant' say I honestly got all the way through "Game Theory", but your review is indication that I should?
And I have NO clue on who's gonna be the top 2; Gnarls Barkley? (can't quite remember if they've been posted and my headache is preventing me from looking) 
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surprise pick there, and good words. can't wait for top 2
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#2
02.Ghostface Killah-Fishscale
I like this version of the cover better then the official one. it's more gully.
this should be a surprise to no one that this is on the list. GFK has been one of my all time favorite rappers for years now, so any new project he comes out with I am there in full force behind him. surprisingly a lot of critics loved it too. I mean critics have always loved GFK, but everyone loved this. even ****in NPR and **** loved it. also quite odd that they would, cause besides a couple pop songs the label wanted for singles, this album is HARD. all about selling that fishscale (very refined cocaine). it's funny to picture Bob Edwards (yes I know he is on XM now, but I don't know anyone else on NPR) or some NPR person bumping this in the studio.
the album is just amazing. GFK set up such a great production lineup that included close friend MF DOOM (sadly no rapping from him on it, but I guess we'll have to wait for Swift & Unchangeable for that), Just Blaze (Producer of 2006) , Pete Rock, Lewis Parker, and some beats from the late great J Dilla that were on his Donuts album. the best song on the album, "Shakey Dog", has better storytelling then most movies that came out this year. also great is that lots of tracks feature Raekwon who share such amazing chemistry together. another highlight is "9 Mill Bros." which is a classic Wu Tang posse cut, which has the whole clan on there including the late O.D.B. speaking of the Wu, it goes to show how well the production is on this album when you forget the RZA doesn't produce anything on here. if the RZA did produce something, this album would quite possibly have the greatest production lineup for an album since Illmatic.
now one thing I see a lot of when I read about this, is that this is Ghost's best in a while. which I agree to a point, but everything Ghost has dropped has been a classic or close to it. even "Bulletproof Wallets", the black sheep of the GFK discography, is very underrated and got messed up only due to the label ****ing it up for Ghost.
with this album though, it proves something that I would of said with The Pretty Toney Album, that GFK has to be the most consistant rapper in the entire hip-hop game now. with Fishscale now, that fact just got cemented right into the ground.
Best Songs
1.Shakey Dog
2.Underwater
3.Whip You With A Strap
now there is only one album left (obviously.) I know a lot of you were expecting it to be Fishscale, so this might of messed you up.
before I get to #1 I will do Artist Of The Year.
any predications for #1?
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Yeah, what's the deal? What's the deal y'all?
I need y'all *****z to buckle up one time
Fasten your seatbelts, I'm a take y'all on some real ****
This Theodore ****, y'all *****z know what time it is and ****
Y'nah mean? It's real mother****in' ****, you know
Yo, making moves back and forth uptown
60 dollars plus toll is the cab fee
Wintertime bubble goose, goose, clouds of smoke
Music blastin' and the Arab V blunted
Whip smelling like fish from 125th
Throwin' ketchup on my fries, hitting baseball spliffs
Back seat with my leg all stiff
Push the ****in' seat up, tartar sauce on my S Dot kicks
Rocks is lit while I'm poppin' the clips
I'm ready for war, got to call the Cuban guys
Got the Montana pulled in front of the store
Made my usual gun check, safety off, come on Frank
The moment is here, take your ****in' hood off and tell the driver to stay put
**** them *****z on the block they shook, most of them won't look
They frontin', they no crooks and **** up they own juks
Look out for Jackson 5-0 cause they on foot
Straight ahead is the doorway, see that lady that lady with the shopping cart
She keep a shottie cocked in the hallway
Damn she look pretty old Ghost, she work for Kevin, she 'bout seventy seven
She paid her dues when she smoked his brother in law at his bosses' wedding
Flew to Venezuela quickly when the big fed stepped in
3 o'clock, watch the kids, third floor, last door
You look paranoid that's why I can't juks with you
Why? Why you behind me leery?
Shakey Dog stutterin', when you got the bigger cooker on you
You is a crazy mother****er, small Hoodie dude
Hilarious move, you on some Curly, Moe, Larry ****
Straight parry ****, Krispy Kreme, cocaine, dead bodies, jail time you gon' carry it
Matter of fact, all the cash, I'm a carry it
Stash it in jelly and break it down at the Marriott
This is the spot, yo son your burner cocked?
These ****in' maricons on the couch watchin' Sanford and Son
Passin' they rum, fried plantains and rice
Big round onions on a T-bone steak, my stomach growling yo I want some
Hold on, somebody's comin', get behind me, knocked at the door
Act like you stickin' me up, put the joint to my face
Push me in quickly when the bitch open up
Remember you don't me, blast him if he reach for his gun
Yo who goes there? Tony, Tony one second homie
No matter rain, sleet or snow you know you suppose to phone me
Off came the latch, Frank pushed me into the door
The door flew open, dude had his mouth open
Frozen, stood still with his heat bulgin'
Told him Freeze! lay the **** down and enjoy the moment
Frank snatched his gat, slapped him, axed him
Where's the cash, coke and the crack? Get the smoke and you fast
His wife stood up speakin' in Spanish, big tittie bitch holdin' the cannon
Ran in the kitchen, threw a shot, then kicking the four fifth
Broke a bone in her wrist and she dropped the heat
Give up the coke! But the bitch wouldn't listen
I'm on the floor like holy ****! Watchin my man Frank get busy
He zoned out, finished off my man's wiz
He let the pitbull out, big head Bruno with the little shark's teeth chargin'
Foamin' out the mouth, I'm scared
Frank screamin', blowin' shots in the air
Missin' his target, off the Frigidare, it grazed my ear
Killed that ******** pit, ran to the bathroom butt first
Frank put two holes in the doorman's Sassoon
The coke's in the vacuum, got to the bathroom, faced his bad moves
The big one had the centipede stab wound
Frank shot the skinny dude, laid him out
The bigger dude popped Frankie boy, played him out
To be continued...
****ing brill, best rap song of the year imo, too bad he couldn't release it. I so thought this would be your #1 though :-o.
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