In my opinion Thank Me Later is no where near album of the year and might be outside of my top 10 of the year if I sit back and really rank albums. Kanye's album initially I was feelin it but as time grew it's just a solid album. And to me it's his least cohesive piece. Even though I hated 808's it flowed like a true album. This album just seems thrown together and out of place a little.
The best album this year in my opinion was Big Boi's. After that it's hard to choose because you have Banks, Em, Nas & Marley, Rick Ross, and some others I can't think of at the moment.
I liked all of the albums mentioned. If anything it just needs to come down to more than 2.
Recovery, Sir Luscious, and MMII deserve to be mentioned along with. I haven't heard all that much new hip hop this past year though honestly. B.O.B's was good too if that was 2010.
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