It’s been a while since I’ve been to a big stadium/arena sized concert like this. Previously, I had seen Kardinal Offishall perform in this same building during halftime at the Raptors’ 2011 season opener, but the only other actual concert I’ve been to that was this big (or even bigger) was in 2010, at the first…
My #8 Favourite Album of 2013: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge/Apollo Brown – Twelve Reasons To Die/The Brown Tape (tied)
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* The reason I have both of these in the same post is they’re essentially the same…
My #9 Favourite Album of 2013: Tech N9ne – Something Else
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* Some may say that Tech N9ne has been reaching to the mainstream audience over the past couple years, but it seems more like…
My #10 Favourite Album of 2013: The Godfathers (Kool G Rap & Necro) – Once Upon A Crime
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* This right here is a prime example of why any new rapper claiming to be the “King of New York” sounds ridiculous. New…
My #11 Favourite Album of 2013: Hopsin – Knock Madness
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* Hopsin took a lot of time to work on this album, with its release coming three years after the critically acclaimed Raw. Right from…
My #12 Favourite Album of 2013: Swollen Members – Beautiful Death Machine
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* This was my first time listening to a Swollen Members album, even though they’ve been around for over a decade. I remember seeing…
My #13 Favourite Album of 2013: Esoteric & Stu Bangas – Machete Mode
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* If skills sold, truth be told, we’d probably hear Esoteric’s the Emcee of the Year. The reason I say that is this is…
My #14B (tied) Favourite Album of 2013: ¡Mayday! – Believers
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* I’m gonna just go ahead and say it: ¡Mayday! is the best hip-hop act to ever come out of Miami (although the only…
My #14A (tied) Favourite Album of 2013: Ces Cru – Constant Energy Struggles
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* Ces Cru, a duo made up of Godemis and Ubiquitous, should be getting nominations for best new artist with this debut album. This is just a really good example of…
My #15 Favourite Album of 2013: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* When this album first came out, I did a more in-depth review of it, which you can read here. What’s changed since then is I’ve been able to hear all…
My #16 Favourite Album of 2013: K-OS – BLack On BLonde
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* I know I clown a lot on rappers who dive into the pop realm, but K-OS is one of the few who can pull it off and make it sound…
My #17B (tied) Favourite Album of 2013: JJ DOOM – Key to the Kuffs (Butter Edition)
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* I was conflicted on how I should rank this one, it almost feels like I’m cheating just to write about one of my favourite rappers ever. The original Key to…
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