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I don't agree with some omissions from this list, but I "In 2009, we spent so much time putting together our retrospective of the last decade (click here for our “Best of the 2000s” series) that we almost forgot about all the memorable things that happened this year. Well, 2010 ain’t here yet, so we’re spending the last week looking back at all our favorite stuff, including albums, movies, girls, video games, sports moments, books, style trends, and websites. Sure, everyone has already dropped their ’09 lists, but no one has taste quite like Complex. Who else spent 2009 bumping everything from Nicki Minaj to Animal Collective? Look back on all our favorites with the Top 25 Albums of 2009 countdown…"
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This is a crazy track. I mean, the lineup would tell you that. Press play.
Goodness. This is Exhibit C here, and all I can say is wow. I would post a download link, but you guys know what will happen...(or maybe you are unaware.) I'll see what I can do though. Just Blaze of course on the beat. This might be my favorite one...In case you don't know Jay Electronica, he's from N.O. and sounds a lot like Nas. Just Blaze just happens to be one of the best producers. You should know that though. Press play.
Here is the record Drake wrote off of Alicia Keyes' Element of Freedom. This guy is truly talented to write this record for A.Keyes. This is produced by Krucial Keyes, Alicia Keyes, and "40" from So Far Gone fame. Seriously, this is a top 5 song of 2009. Press play.
Apparently this is off of the mixtape Enemy of the State: A Love Story dropping on Thanksgiving day. Can't wait for this, and his verses here are dope. Press play.
"Common is returning to his roots. After linking with The Neptunes for the majority of last year’s dance friendly Universal Mind Control, the Chi-town MC is reuniting with Kanye West and No I.D. for his ninth studio album, The Believer.
During the benefit show for his Common Ground Foundation over the weekend, Com told XXLMag.com that he has already recorded tracks with Kanye and No I.D. for the project, which he expects to hit stores sometime next spring.
Common also said he has been in the studio with beatsmith Twilite Tone, who he hasn’t worked with since One Day It’ll All Make Sense. Like I.D. Twilite also produced a lot of songs on Com’s debut."
-XXLmag.com
"HS: G.O.O.D. Music has a laundry list of heavy hitters on their roster. Line up aside; what sold you on signing with the label?Finish reading the rest of the article from Highsnobiety.
H: Um, I don’t think I had much choice. Did I? In honesty, I was a little bit lost at that point. I had made the first album. Didn’t know what I was going to do and it just made a lot of sense. Going through G.O.O.D. Music was really just a formality because Kanye was like (in so many words) “look, I’m going to look out for you, I’m going to produce your record. You make the music and I’ll make you famous.” It was simple. Even when we were talking about production and who to bring in for different pieces of the album he said – you just sing really well and I’ll make some beats. That was the plan. End of conversation. Just starting another cookie here… "
"Billionaire Boys Club offers a look into their full Blueprint 3 collaborative release. With a total of 3 different graphics (okay let’s be honest, 1 graphic with 3 different text options) BBC offers a significant amount of real estate to Jay-Z’s latest album. Each shirt features a moonman print on the front, the BBC logo on the back, three red bars on the sleeve and a different slogan: either “ABC”, “SO AMBITIOUS” or “I’M ON A MISSION” overtop the moonman. Two of the three shirts also carry over the text to the back. Available September 23, 2009 at BBC/Ice Cream."
-HighsnobietyDope shirts.
Really have high expectations for this. But on another note @Wale is one of the best people to follow on Twitter.
New joint from Diddy's "group" Dirty Money. Don't know if this is gonna be on Last Train To Paris or the Dirty Money album but I respect him for taking chances musically. I'm really looking forward to this project even though this song right here is merely lukewarm. The album itself is supposed to be a fusion of a bunch of different genres such as hip hop, soul, r & b, house, and electronica. Interesting. Press Play.
-The post game is really intuitive this year, and I don't think it is being appreciated enough at this point. It's the first time where I really think 2K might have found something that works for good. I struggled the first game because I had to get used to the new controls, but after that, I really started to understand the way to manipulate the controls and started to do some nice moves. And the great part is the moves aren't overly canned and extended, so you will really feel like you are the one doing the up and under, rather than pressing a two-button combo to do it.Really don't know how someone could still be playing Live...I am also ICoachToWin on 2K too. Again, Kobe showing others how its done. Read the entire preview at OperationSports
-I do think if you have a dominant post player, you will WANT to feed him more than you did in the past because it's just more enjoyable during that interaction.
-You don't have to hold a trigger to post up, now it automatically goes into a post up if the scenario is right. To get out of a post up, you just push away from the basket with the left stick.
(CNN) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77.Read the entire article from CNN.
"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," a family statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice."
This joint just dropped a couple of days ago. Love the beat, and the song has a nice feel to it. Something that I would bump late at night in the whip. By the way, I've been keeping my ear to the 
1. What We Talkin’ About (Feat. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun) (Produced By Kanye West)
Looks good and Drake and J.Cole made the album. Why did Swizz have to make it though? I hope for the best...Sept. 11, 2009 people.
ACT 1 - THE END OF DAY
1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As…
ACT 2 - RISE OF THE NIGHT TERRORS
4. Solo Dolo (nightmare)
5. Heart of A Lion (KiD CuDi Theme Music)
6. My World Feat. Billy Cravens
ACT 3 - TAKING A TRIP
7. Day N Nite (nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part 1)
ACT 4 - STUCK
10. Alive (nightmare) Feat. RATATAT
11. CuDi Zone
12. Make Her Say Feat. Kanye West & Common
13. Pursuit of Happiness (nightmare) Feat. MGMT & RATATAT
ACT 5 - A NEW BEGINNING
14. Hyyerr Feat. Chip Tha Rapper
15. Up Up & Away (The Wake & Bake Song)
“I'm on about 6 tracks and the original concept for the album came when me and Kanye were in New Orleans last summer. He was like why don't you come and work on this Jay album with me and we can do a couple of tracks. And we never really did stuff like that before so I was like O.K. And our synergy was so good off the top that I told him, “Hey man, I don't have an ego. Let's do like Dre and Mel-Man would do and let's do the whole album” which eventually lead to us working on 808s & Heartbreak together. First it was just gone be me and him doing it and then over time with Kanye touring and all that, other people got involved with the album. So we got 7 or 8 on there and I'm on like 6 of them and one was me all by myself which was “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune.)”Unfortunately...
“From a beat perspective it's closer back to The Black album level from Jay- Z but a little more Blueprintish in a sense of it having a little more Jay-Z soul which you come to expect. But then Timb had some stuff on there, Swizz was on there. It's a really solid Jay-Z album to me and I think that musically its gonna deliver, point blank period.”Goodness. Lord why. Read the rest of the article form HipHopWired.
