Top 10 Hip-Hop Projects of 2012
- Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- Nas - Life Is Good
- Joey Bada$$ - 1999
- Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred
- Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground
- Action Bronson & Alchemist - Rare Chandeliers
- Wu-Block - Wu-Block
- PRO ERA - P.E.E.P.: The aPROcalypse
- Big Boi - Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors
- Alchemist - Russian Roulette
Schoolboy Q - Habits & ContradictionsCurren$y - Stoned ImmaculateEl-P - Cancer For CureT.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The HeadO.C. & Apollo Brown - TrophiesG.O.O.D. Music - Cruel SummerFreddie Gibbs - #BFKApollo Brown & Guilty Simpson - Dice GameAb-Soul - Control SystemCurren$y & Harry Fraud - Cigarette BoatsBlu & Exile - Give Me Flowers While I Can Still Smell ThemKiller Mike - R.A.P. MusicWale - FolarinMayday - Take Me To Your LeaderThe Man With The Iron Fists (OST)
Honorable Mention (no order): Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca, Torae - Off The Record, Roc Marciano - Reloaded, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist, Sean Price - Mic Tyson, 9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Solution, Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't, Slaughterhouse - Welcome To Our House, Lil' Fame & Termanology- Fizzyology, 1982 (Statik Selektah x Termanology) - 1982, Meyhem Lauren - Mandatory Brunch Meetings, Action Bronson & Party Suplies - Blue Chips, Masta Ace & MF DOOM - MA DOOM: Son Of Yvonne, Saigon - Greatest Story Never Told: Chapter 2, Murs & 9th Wonder - The Final Adventure, Murs & Fashawn - This Generation, Pac Div - GMB, Reks - Straight No Chaser, Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y, Freeway - Diamond In The Ruff, Homeboy Sandman - First Of A Living Breed, Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva & A day, Capital STEEZ - AmeriKKKan Korruption