Like every year DJ Premier present to you his top 20 albums of a year on LiveFromHQ, also in 2008 he did that. Here is Premo's top 20 of 2009 guys, on DJPremierBlog:Rank:
20. DJ JS-1 - Ground Original 2: No Sell Out
19. La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust
18. Method Man & Redman - Blackout! 2
17. 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
16. M.O.P. - Foundation
15. Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
14. KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
13. Saigon & Statik Selektah - All In A Day's Work
12. Diamond District - In the Ruff
11. Canibus & Keith Murray - The Undergods EP
10. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
09. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
08. Statik Selektah - The Pre-Game EP
07. Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel
06. Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop
05. Obie Trice - Special Reserve
04. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts And Entertainment
03. OC & AG - Oasis
02. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
01. Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint
Honorable mentioning: Alchemist "Chemical Warfare", Fashawn "Boy Meets World", Termanology "Hood Politics IV", Beanie Sigel "Broad Street Bully", Apathy "Wanna Snuggle?", Grand Puba "Retroactive", Skyzoo "The Salvation", Warren G "The G-Files", Bekay "Hunger Pains", DJ Spinna & Sucio Smash "Sonic Smash".
Note from DJ Premier himself:
I judge my list based on dope beats, dope rhymes, scratchin' and cutting, creativity, uniqueness, originality, and overall packaging of the product's integrity. I don't care if you sold a million copies, that does not make it dope. I went through more than 60 LP's released in '09 on major and indie labels over and over to get it as close as i possible could to being satisfied with the list so here it is along with the list."Be Glad or Be Mad" -DJ Premier
Next week is DJ Eclipse filling in on LiveFromHQ!
