DJ P.R.’s 2017 Year-End List

Here are my favorite joints of 2017.

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DJ P.R.’s 2016 Year-End List

2016 was a good year for rap music! Wouldn’t you agree? Here are my favorite projects of the year.

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DJ P.R.’s 2015 Year-End List

Here are my 20 favorite LP’s of 2015. Leave your thoughts in the c-section. 01. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly 02. Joey Bada$$ – B4.DA.$$ 03. Dr. Dre – Compton 04. Jay Rock – 90059 05. ASAP Rocky – At.Long.Last.ASAP 06. Pusha T – King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude 07. The Game – The Documentary 2 / 2.5 08. The Underachievers – Evermore: The Art Of Duality 09. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06 10. Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise 11. Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD – Sour Soul 12. Redman – Mudface 13. Raekwon – Fly International Luxurious Art 14. Method Man – The Meth Lab 15. Statik Selektah – Lucky 7 16. Apollo Brown – Grandeur 16. Blended Babies – The Anderson .Paak EP 17. Mac Miller – GO:OD AM 18. Big Grams (Big Boi & Phantogram) – Big Grams 19. Dom Kennedy – By Dom Kennedy 20. Dam-Funk – Invite The Light Stay tuned for my favorite mixtapes of 2015!

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DJ P.R.’s 2014 Year-End List

Here are my favorite project’s of 2014. Leave your thoughts in the c-section. 01. Wu-Tang Clan – A Better Tomorrow [LP] | Stream / Buy 02. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2 [LP] | Stream / Buy 03. PRhyme – PRhyme [LP] | Stream / Buy 04. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive [LP] | Stream / Buy 05. Mobb Deep – The Infamous Mobb Deep [LP] | Stream / Buy 06. Jhene Aiko – Souled Out [LP] | Stream / Buy 07. Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo [LP] | Stream / Buy 08. ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron [LP] | Stream / Buy 09. Ghostface Killah – 36 Seasons [LP] | Stream / Buy 10. Common – Nobody’s Smiling [LP] | Stream / Buy 11. Calez – Ceito [Free LP] | Stream / Download 12. Stalley – Ohio [LP] | Stream / Buy 13. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead [LP] | Stream / Buy 14. Junia-T – Eye See You [Free LP] | Stream / Download 15. Cozz – Cozz & Effect [LP] | Stream / Buy 16. Dilated Peoples – Directors Of Photography [LP] | Stream / Buy 17. Souls Of Mischief – There Is Only Now [LP] | Stream / Buy 18. The Doppelgangaz – Peace Kehd [LP] | Stream / Buy 19. 50 Cent – Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win [LP] Stream / Buy 20. Black Milk – If There’s A Hell Below [LP] | Stream / Buy 21. YG – My

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DJ P.R.’s 2013 Year-End List

These are the joints that rocked my world in the last 12 months! Check out my favorite albums below, and hit the jump to find out which mixtapes and video games made my year-end list. Albums: 01. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off [LP] | iTunes 02. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris [LP] | iTunes 03. Tyler, The Creator – Wolf [LP] | iTunes 04. Drake – Nothing Was The Same [LP] | iTunes 05. Kanye West – Yeezus [LP] | iTunes 06. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail [LP] | iTunes 07. Danny Brown – Old [LP] | iTunes 08. ASAP Rocky – Long.Live.ASAP [LP] | iTunes 09. J. Cole – Born Sinner [LP] | iTunes 10. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die [LP] | iTunes 11. Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric – Czarface [LP] | iTunes 12. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 [LP] iTunes 13. Lorde – Pure Herion [LP] | iTunes 14. Beyonce – BEYONCE [LP] | iTunes 15. 7 Days Of Funk – 7 Days Of Funk [LP] | iTunes 16. Dynasty – A Star In Life’s Clothing [LP] | iTunes 17. Talib Kweli – Gravitas [LP] | kweliclub.com 18. Pusha T – My Name Is My Name [LP] | iTunes 19. ASAP Ferg – Trap Lord [LP] | iTunes 20. Megaloh – Endlich Unendlich [LP] | iTunes 21. Prodigy & Alchemist – Albert Einstein [LP] | iTunes 22. Troy Ave – New York City: The Album [LP]

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DJ P.R.’s 2012 Year-End List

Only 6 more days till New Year’s Eve! So, here is my 2012 year-end list! Any thoughts? 01. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city | iTunes 02. Nas – Life Is Good | iTunes 03. Big Boi – Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors | iTunes 04. Kanye West presents G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer | iTunes 05. ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions | iTunes 06. Marsimoto – Grüner Samt | iTunes 07. RZA presents The Man With The Iron Fists (O.S.T.) | iTunes 08. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music | iTunes 09. 50 Cent – 5 (Murder By Numbers) x The Lost Tape | Free Download 10. Ab-Soul – Control System | iTunes 11. Wu-Block – Wu-Block | iTunes 12. Roc Marciano – Reloaded | iTunes 13. Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground x 4Eva N A Day | iTunes / Free Download 14. Action Bronson & The Alchemist – Rare Chandeliers | Free Download 15. The Alchemist – Russian Roulette | iTunes 16. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t | iTunes 17. Game – Jesus Piece | iTunes 18. Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them | iTunes 19. Joey Bada$$ – 1999 | Free Download 20. Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – Dice Game | iTunes 21. Brother Ali – Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color | iTunes 22. Murs & Fashawn – This Generation | iTunes 23. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange | iTunes 24.

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DJ Premier’s Top 25 Albums Of 2011

Here are Premier’s Top 25 albums of 2011. What do you think? I posted my year-end list a few weeks ago. You can peep it right here. My regular Top 10 returns next Sunday with the first edition of 2012. 25. Large Professor & Neek The Exotic – Still On The Hustle 24. Edo G – A Face In The Crowd 23. Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz – Heavy Metal Kings 22. Greneberg – Greneberg 21. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Well Done 20. Apathy – Honkey Kong 19. The Away Team – Scars And Stripes 18. Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch The Throne 17. Torae – For The Record 16. Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah – Lyrical Workout 15. Common – The Dreamer, The Believer 14. Maffew Ragazino Sr. – Rhyme Pays 13. Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel 12. Drake – Take Care 11. Statik Selektah – Population Control 10. Random Axe – Random Axe 09. Malcolm And Martin – Life Doesn’t Frighten Me 08. Royce da 5’9″ – Success Is Certain 07. Phonte – Charity Starts At Home 06. 50 Cent – The Big 10 05. Reks – R.E.K.S. 04. M.O.P. & Snowgoons – Sparta 03. Evidence – Cats & Dogs 02. 9th Wonder – The Wonder Years 01. Game – The R.E.D. Album Honorable Mentioning: Fresh Vetz “Fresh 2 Def”, Pharoahe Monch “W.A.R.”, Raekwon “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang”, Rasheed Chappell “”Future Before Nostalgia”, Sadat X “No Features”, Showbiz & KRS-One “Godsville”, Skyzoo “The Great

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DJ P.R.’s Top 20 Of 2011

    Here’s my Top 20 of 2011. I think it was a good year for hip-hop! What do you guys think?   01. Common – The Dreamer / The Believer [LP] | iTunes 02. Kendrick Lamar – Section.80 [Mixtape] | iTunes 03. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Deluxe Edition) [LP] | iTunes 04. Drake – Take Care (Deluxe Edition) [LP] | iTunes 05. Raekwon – Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang [LP] | iTunes 06. J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story [LP] | iTunes 07. 50 Cent – The Big 10 [Mixtape] | Free Download 08. Slim The Mobster – War Music [Mixtape] | Free Download 09. Game – The R.E.D. Album [LP] | iTunes 10. Saigon – The Greatest Story Never Told [LP] | iTunes 11. Evidence – Cats & Dogs [LP] | iTunes 12. Action Bronson – Dr. Lecter [LP] | iTunes 13. ASAP Rocky – Live.Love.ASAP [Mixtape] | Free Download 14. The Roots – Undun [LP] | iTunes 15. M.O.P. & Snowgoons – Sparta [LP] | iTunes 16. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – Lost In Translation [Mixtape] | Free Download 17. Elzhi – Elmatic [Mixtape] | Free Download 18. Asher Roth – Pabst & Jazz [Mixtape] | Free Download 19. Tyler, The Creator – Goblin [LP] | iTunes 20. Pharoahe Monch – W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) [LP] | iTunes   Honorable Mentions: Mac Miller – Best Day Ever [Mixtape] | Free Download Jay Rock – Follow Me Home [LP] | iTunes Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun – Monumental

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