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• ‘Ebony Godfathers’ - John Robinson & Lewis Parker Another all-round nice head-nodder.
• ‘The Carpenter’ - Homeboy Sandman I’ma keep my eye on this cat, he’s got some interesting flows.
• 'Action' - Solomon Childs Already said I wasn't crazy about Pollen: The Wu-too-many Titles, but this was a standout.
• 'Return Of The Renaissance' - Hell Razah (feat. R.A. The Rugged Man) This LP wasn't as good as I was hoping, but R.A. eats that beat.
• 'Two Africans And A Jew' - A.R.M. Yeah, I'll admit it.  I had to peep it because of the title.
• 'Paradise Life Relaxin' - Creed Chameleon (feat. Bambu & Geo)
• 'Stop Fuckin' Around' - Amad-Jamal (feat. Maaya Ota aka Lady Dragon)
• 'Gutter Water' - Gangrene (feat. Raekwon) Rae came hard this year on the guest spot tip.
• 'How We Live' - The Left (feat. Hassaan Mackey)
• 'Capital Murda' - Nems
• 'Everyday In The Street' - El Da Sensei & The Returners (feat. Sean Price & Bekay)
• 'A.D.I.D.A.S.' - Ras Kass & DJ Rhettmatic (feat. Frankie Finch)
• 'Unapologetic' - Open Mike Eagle (feat. Nocando) Best cut off of a best-of-year LP.
• 'Sit Down, Man' - Das Racist (feat. El-P) I can't really get with Das Racist.  It's like they're for people who think Aesop Rock is too sincere or something.  They can flow, but it's enough already with the internet references all over the place and the Ellen DeGeneres jokes and the beats are kinda grating.  El-P kills it on this track though.
• 'Tijd' - Ciph Barker Wish I knew what homeboy was talking about, because this song is dope.  And mostly in Dutch.
• 'Chain Swinging' - Gangrene
• 'Step Correctly' - Celph Titled & Buckwild Buck's done better beats and Celph's definitely dropped tighter verses with better punchlines.  Disappointing LP of which this was a standout track.
• 'DC Joint (Guru Dedication)' - Damu The Fudgemunk
• 'From The Top' - Stik Figa (prod. Oddissee) If I'd done that Fitty Songs/Fitty States series, this would definitely represent Kansas.
• 'Snow' - Roc Marciano Ill beat.  Love to have the instro of that.  The remix is also pretty nice.
• 'Spear of Destiny' - June Marx
• 'Cool' - Earl Sweatshirt & Mike G Tyler's beats are really out there.  Earl brings a flow to it that's sloppy in a good way.
• 'The Gift (Oh No Ethio Remix)' - Whitefield Brothers (feat. Edan & Mr. Lif) It's that ill.
• 'How To Make Fire' - Virtuoso
• 'Barkside Corners' - Shabazz Palaces I'ma speak on Ishmael Butler's (née Digable Planets) new crew in the new year.  Peep this below in the meantime.

...why not to 50?  Because fuck round numbers, and this is too goddamn laborious.  Fat link in the comments.

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