bigted

Ja Rule Feat. Ronald Isley "Daddy's Little Baby"

LL Cool J Feat. Tamia "Don't Be Late, Don't Come Too Soon"

I think Game has improved over the years, when he first came out about 5 years ago I thought he was kinda annoying but he's turned out to be one of the better mcs in hip hop, when he started beefing with 50 he got motivated and started coming out with some fire music which actually helped his career, he's only improved since that battle... I thought his last album was right up there as one of the top albums of 2008 up with Nas', LL's, and Ice Cube's last albums, it was up to that caliber to me, sure he got a big ego but who doesn't, lol, I just enjoy the music....

Talib Kweli "Wishing On A Black Star", this new Hi-Tek/Talib Kweli mixtape with Statik Selektah is FIRE!!! http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/11108/talib_kweli_hitek_reflection_eternal.html

Lupe Fiasco "Superstar"

JJFP "You Saw My Blinker"

Busta Rhymes Feat. Swizz Beatz and KRS-ONE "New York S***"(Remix), I never knew this hot track existed until I found this DJ Clue mixtape: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/166/best_damn_remixes_pe.html

The first thing I did when the clock struck 2010 was watch the "Will 2K" video ha ha Right now I'm listening to LL Cool J "I'm That Type Of Guy"

Brian Mcknight "Angels We Have Heard On High"(Feat. Josh Groban)

Skillz has turned into the Marv Albert of the rap game, I'm digging this

Kool Moe Dee "Look At Me Now"

Rev. Run: The Story Behind "Christmas In Hollis" By Grouchy Greg Watkins Although Hip-Hop Christmas records do not get as much airtime, the genre has produced a number of notable holiday records. There‘s “Christmas Rappin’” by Kurtis Blow, “Santa’s Rap” by The Treacherous Three and Doug E. Fresh and one of the most creative, “Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa” by De La Soul. But by far, Hip-Hop’s most popular Christmas record is “Christmas in Hollis” a 1987 hit for world famous rap group Run-DMC. The group, now members of The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is known as The Beatles of Hip-Hop because of their worldwide success and their list of achievements in making rap music the global phenomenon it has become. They were the first Hip-Hop group to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, the first to have gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums, the first with an endorsement deal (“My Adidas”) and the first to gain regular airplay on MTV. Rev Run. is even the first person in Twitter's history to reach over 1 million re-tweets, due to his popular "Words of Wisdom" messages that are sent out daily to his hundreds of thousands of followers. “Christmas In Hollis” was originally featured on the Special Olympics charity album, A Very Special Christmas, which boasted cameo appearances from artists like Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Sting, Whitney Houston and numerous pop star of the day. The record was crafted by music genius Rick Rubin, producer of legendary artists like The Beastie Boys, Metallic, Danzig Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and many others. Reverend Run was kind enough to reveal to AllHipHop.com, for the first time, the story behind “Christmas in Hollis.” Reverend Run: As told to AllHipHop.com: I was sitting there eating breakfast one morning and I got a call from my [legendary Def Jam ] publicist, Bill Adler. He said “Joe you have to make a Christmas record for the Special Olympics. You have to make a Christmas record. I was like OK. Just being my crazy self, eating breakfast, maybe smoking, being run. I sat there with the eggs, bacon, toast with Jelly, a piece of paper close by. When he hung up, I was eating breakfast, I wrote it in that same seat and within 20 seconds the song was written. It was a moral thought. I almost felt like I was a preacher back then somewhere in my heart. All I could think of was, suppose I saw Santa on Hollis . And I didn’t know it was Santa. Supposed I thought the dog was really a reindeer. Suppose Santa dropped his wallet. Man, I would never steal Santa’s wallet. I’d love to deliver it back to him. I bet you God is so good, that he will make Santa lose his wallet and if you give it back, God would say it was meant for you. But if you keep that wallet, then you are a loser, a sucker. So that’s where my mind was as the song was flowing out of me. [breaks into verse]: It was December 24th on Hollis Ave in the dark/When I seen a man chilling with his dog in the park/I approached very slowly with my heart full of fear/Looked at his dog, oh my God, an ill reindeer/But then I was illin because the man had a beard I see this right now and imagine myself in the park on 192 park on 25th Street, all of this happening and I am getting chills now as I recite this verse: And a bag full of goodies, 12 o'clock had neared/So I turned my head a second and the man had gone/But he left his driver's wallet smack dead on the lawn/I picked the wallet up then I took a pause/Took out the license and it cold said "Santa Claus"/A million dollars in it, cold hundreds of G's/Enough to buy a boat and matching car with ease/ But I'd never steal from Santa, cause that ain't right/So I'm going home to mail it back to him that night/But when I got home I bugged, cause under the tree/Was a letter from Santa and all the dough was for me And that’s how I imagine life, I imagined God to be in that rhyme, I wrote it in 20 seconds and I think it’s truthfully the best rhyme I’ve ever written as far as the poetic aspect of it, the spirit of it. I have written some dope rhymes, but that one has every element of a “Dr. Seuss.” Now a lot of other stuff I have written over the years and I’ve never said this before, but that might be the most poetic, Hip-Hop, B-Boy Dr. Seuss verse ever. I mean Dr. Seuss would never say “ an ill Reindeer,” so I imagined myself to be the new modern Dr. Seuss for that verse. When I finished and we gave the record into the Special Olympics and these big artists like Cyndi Lauper had submitted a traditional songs like “Jingle Bells.” I didn’t know any better to do that. I would have never done that. I didn’t think to not write a new song. We aren’t singers anyway, so there was no way I was singing anything, it would have been wack. I was blessed as a poet at that moment and god blessed me.

In recent years TI's actually been one of the better mainstream rappers, if Q-Tip, Mos Def, or Common don't win anything I wouldn't mind if he won something, and yes I agree that DOA and Run This Town are overrated singles just mostly everything Jay-Z released in the last 10 years beside the Blueprint and Black Album eras, Jay-Z is a talented rapper but he's not the rap savior that people make him out to be

Outkast is a lot like Nas, they can't seem to make anything on the same level as their 1st albums but really not many have, Outkast is probably the best hip hop group besides Run-Dmc and Nas is like the second coming of Rakim, btw I'll take the worst Outkast album over the best Kanye West album anyday for the record

Montell Jordan "Never Alone"

Kool Moe Dee "Death Blow"

De La Soul "He Comes" Feat. Ghostface Damn I was forgetting how great this "Grind Date" album

Yeah almost half of these songs are actually good, how can you diss the "Thong Song"

Yeah I put a lot of thought into that list I made, I'm interested to see what other members on here think were the top albums of this decade

Merry Christmas JJFP.com Fam!!!!!

I can deal with him not releasing any films for a year to be with his family, that's cool, but 2009 was the 4th straight year he hasn't released any music which is more disturbing since that's the longest he's gone after saying he "found" himself back with it

Word, Merry Christmas Turntable! I'm now listening to: LL Cool J Feat. Jim Jones, Method Man, KRS-ONE, & Lil' Kim "5 Boroughs", damn that Def Jam for real, this should been the lead single for "Exit 13" and them idiots didn't even put it on the album, this woulda been a huge hit

Statik bringing that heat

One of my favorite songs is that song Da Brat did with Biggie "On The 'B' Side" on the "Bad Boys" soundtrack

You could be right about that, the internet was gonna come along and take away record sales anyway no matter what, even Game's losing his popularity already that's why he's saying things for attention, lol...