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Four Must Have Mixtapes Of 2009 (Part 2)

By on December 16, 2009

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With albums getting pushed back more and more these days it seems like we have more mixtapes dropping everyday. And of course it seems like 1,421,762 rappers release mixtapes everyday. Now as you probably know, unless you have no life, it’s impossible to keep up with what’s good and what’s bad in the ever changing mixtape circuit. So your boy is here to tell you the four mixtapes you should have got in the second half of 2009 (Sidenote: Whoever sent me Bitch! This Is My Mixtape #32…STOP). If you wanna see my first 4 picks for this year, check out Part 1 of Four Must Have Mixtapes Of 2009.

Download: Lil’ Wayne – No Ceilings
Even though the mixtape didn’t keep the promise of having no Auto-Tune or no features, No Ceilings had Wayne returning to form (This is what Dedication 3 should have been). From “Run This Town” (“The pistol mean business/That bitch should have a tie on”) or “Watch My Shoes” (“Don’t splurge around no hoe/No, I don’t shine in front no bitch/Cause after she get off my dick, I be like find the front door bitch”), Weezy showed he could still take a beat and make it his own. If it wasn’t for Drizzy this might be a frontrunner for Mixtape of the Year.

Download: Pill – 4075: The Refill
The sequel to 4180: The Prescription, Atlanta’s own Pill returned to once again show he wasn’t afraid to attack any beat (Like “Kick In The Door” or Destiny’s Child’s “Jumpin’, Jumpin’”). He also included some original bangers like “We Don’t Even Know” or Tha Bizness produced “Hear Somebody Comin’”. Can’t wait to see what’s next for Pill.

Download: Freddie Gibbs – The Labels Tryin’ To Kill Me: The Best Of Freddie Gibbs
Eight syllables:81 Motherfucking songs! Yea, this may have been either an overkill or the perfect introduction to the world of Freddie Gibbs. Either way, you gotta applaud the size of the project. And it mostly good music too.

Download: Lupe Fiasco – Enemy Of The State: A Love Story
Lupe isn’t known for constantly dropping mixtapes, but Enemy Of The State was a welcome addition to Lupe Fiasco’s music library. Personally I was scratching my head when it started off with Keri Hilson’s “Knock You Down”, but by the time it got to “Turnt Up”, I was sold. This also showed me that Lupe is just in another space lyrically right now. Here’s hopping that we get another one of these by X-Mas (As promised).

Young Barry White. The geek out of the bunch. He is also Jay-Z’s biggest fan. He looks like your cousin from the burbs. He is “Pro Black” (not anti-white, just “Pro Black”). Probably the wittiest out of the bunch. It is said that he got fired from the same job three times.
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  • Q

    Where’s Kimbo Price?

  • Spyzyda Myzayne (Burr!!!)

    theres anuther few parts

  • P

    Watup about Cam’s Boss Of All Bosses Mixtape(s)?

    • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

      No.

      • Infamous F

        That mixtape was dooope! I still listen to it. The whole ‘tape bangs.

      • P

        fuckin hata

  • DJ LP

    Joell just dropped Road Kill…that HAS to be in this one

    • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

      No. It wasn’t better that Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics.

      • DGAF

        Im with DJ LP that Road Kill shit goes soooo hard!!! shoulda made the cut

        But my top 3 mixtapes this year are
        1. The Warm Up
        2. No Ceilings
        3. So Far Gone

        there were some great tapes that dropped in ’09 no doubt…

        • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

          How is So Far Gone not #1? That shit is like Drake’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.

          • DJ LP

            Beause J.Cole>Drake. Get with the program

          • Rickjamesbitch

            Naw, Drake’s other two mixtapes kill So Far Gone imo and I prefer J.Cole as well.

  • Infamous F

    Freddie Gibbs’ ‘tape goes ham!

  • V-G

    Wasn’t diggin the P I Double… Top Five
    1. So Far Gone
    2. No Ceilings
    3. The Warm Up
    4. Guccimerica
    5. I Love You Too Much (The Necessary Evils)

    • Spektah

      This nigga said Guccimerica…

      Lol.. Guccimerica was weak.

      • V-G

        haha haha haha… wrong. shit was fye.

  • Anonymous

    Hold on, which songs on No Ceilings had autotune?

    • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

      Damn. You right. For some reason I thought “Single” or “I Got No Ceiling” had it. It’s just Weezy. My bad.

  • Anonymous

    Oh and by the way, they took down the link to Enemy of the State.

  • mufucka

    Here is how mine go…

    1. Killah Priest – The Untold Story of Walter Reed
    2. Wale & 9th Wonder – Back To The Feature
    3. Joell Ortiz – Covers The Classics
    4. Raekwon – Blood On Chef’s Apron
    5. Sean Price – Kimbo Price