Albums of 2009
Better late than never, here it is. Overall, a bit weak on (non-instrumental / non-mixtape) hip-hop in 2009:
- Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
- Animal Collective - Merriwhether Post Pavilion
- Bitte Orca - The Dirty Projectors
- Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
- Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
- Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
- Sleigh Bells - Sleigh Bells (not a “real” album, but strong enough)
- The xx - xx
- Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
- Nosaj Thing - Drift
- St. Vincent - Actor
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
- Major Lazer - Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do
- 2562 - Unbalance
- Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
- Oh No - Dr No’s Ethiopium
- Flaming Lips - Embryonic
- DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
- The Dead Weather - Horehound
- DOOM - Born Like This
Mixes & Mixtapes of note:
- Jay Electronica - ElectroChemicals
- Justice - Cool Cats
- Kid Cudi - Dat Kid from Cleveland
- Hercules & Love Affair - Sidetracked
- DJ Sega - Live at the Bowery Ballroom
- Danny! - Where Is Danny?
- Pill - 4180: The Prescription
- Freddie Gibbs – midwestgangstaboxframecadillilacmuzik
- Joker - Purple Wow Sound
