Trav's Personal Top 40 Albums of 2008

While trying to finish up my top 50 songs of 2008, I wanted to sneak my top 40 albums in while I'm working on the last half of the songs. In actuality, I'm too much of a freak to let a day go by without posting some kind of post, so I'm trying to squeeze these in, in hopes that it doesn't take long and I won't feel guilty for skipping a day. More than likely, in my attempts on making it better than I should, it'll end up taking me twice as long as I planned and I will waste a night I could have worked the songs. Yeah, oh well.....Enough of me and my wacky attitudes toward this blog, which could end up being the death of me one of these days.

Alright, it's the end of the year and we are smack dab in the middle of my personal lists. By the time we get done with all the 2008 recap, it'll be time to start the 2009 stuff. So let's get all the disclaimers and that BS out of the way. Once again, these are just MY personal favorites. Read: They are albums that I personally liked. They are opinions. That doesn't mean I think they are the best ones. They are simply ones that I personally liked the most. It doesn't mean that I don't think Lil Wayne doesn't belong the top 40 hip hop releases (I don't, but that's another argument). They are my personal opinions, so you are free to disagree with me on the basis that you personally weren't feeling it, but I could care less if you think I'm "wrong", cause there is no "right" or "wrong".

Alright, now that we got that out of the way.....I actually had to narrow the list down from the 89 albums that I listed as stuff that I listened to more than once. Okay, more than a week or so. No, really, these top 40 albums (which is a mix of EPs, mixtapes, instrumental albums and retail albums) are all things that find a home in my iPod and stayed there through out the year. I know a lot of people say this was a shitty year, and some ways it wasn't up to par. In other ways, while I don't think there was great albums such as "Below The Heavens" or the fact that Cunninlynguists didn't drop a jewel on us like they have the past two years, there was more "very good" albums. I remember last year my list really tailed off after about the top 40, not so this year. I'm not sure if I just listened to a whole lot more music this year than years past, but as I said, I had a hard time getting this down to 40, I really did.

Anyway, enough of my babble, on to the list. Sorry, no write ups on these, as I said I'm trying to save time and plus I'll have enough to say about most of these albums when the FINAL wrap of 2008 is posted up later this week or weekend. As always, feel free to disagree or agree. That's the good thing about lists, they spark conversation, and this is a better site with the talk......


40. Cee & Bekah - The Soul Movement Vol 2



















Free Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/y0vuiu

Their Blog: http://ceeandbekah.blogspot.com/
Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ceeandbekah

39. 88 Keys - The Death of Adam




















38. Little Vic - Each Dawn I Die




















37. Small Professor - Slowbus




















36. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol 5. Dil Cosby Suite




















35. Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Spring 12




















34. The Knux - Remind Me In Three Days




















33. Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth




















32. Ill Poetic - Joe Budden Meets Portishead




















31. Poorly Drawn People - Shoot For The Stars, Hit The Ceiling



















Free Download:http://www.sendspace.com/file/w55gbq

Their Blog: http://poorlydrawnpeople.blogspot.com/
Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/poorlydrawnpeople


30. Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto




















29. Tha Connection - Universal Dominance



















Free Download: http://sharebee.com/84c39acd

Their Myspace: www.myspace.com/theconnectionteam

28. One Be Lo - The R.E.B.I.R.T.H.




















27. 14KT - The Golden Hour (Soundtrack)




















26. Tha Connection - Trapeze




















25. Invincible - Shapeshifters




















24. Common Market - Tobacco Road




















23. Now On - Tomorrow Already




















22. Blue Sky Black Death - Late Night Cinema




















21. DXArmy - Progression




















20. Batsauce - The Gypsy Diaries



















His Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/batsauce

Free Download: http://www.spooney.net/gypsy_diaries/


19. Akrobatik - Absolute Value




















17. (Tied) Has-Lo - Small Metal Objects



















Free Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/144294138/Has-Lo_-_Small_Metal_Objects_EP.rar


17. (Tied) Has-Lo & Small Professor - Fuck Has Day: Remixed But Still Fucked



















Free Download: http://sharebee.com/11b67078

http://www.myspace.com/loreso
http://www.myspace.com/smallprofessor


16. Blu & Mainframe - Johnson & Jonson




















15. 9th Wonder & Jean Grae - Jeanius




















14. Buff 1 - There's Only One






















13. Blue Sky Black Death & Jean Grae - The Evil Jeanius




















12. Black Milk - Tronic




















11. Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters is Green




















10. Kooley High - The Summer Session EP




















9. Shawn Jackson - First Of All......




















8. J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla - Live At The Liqua Store




















7. eMC - The Show




















6. Elzhi - The Preface




















5. Has-Lo - Fuck Has Day



















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4. Grip Grand - Brokelore




















3. Dagha - The Divorce




















2. Nicolay & Kay - Time:Line




















1. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold