Dart Adams presents 2009: The Halftime Show

Seeing as how we're halfway through the 6th month of the year I thought I'd once again remind the folks out there that Hip Hop is very much alive. To some of you this feels like I'm preaching to the converted but to others I'm merely talking out of my ass. I'm going to post a list of 75 Hip Hop albums, EP's and mixtapes that based on your different preferences and tastes are floating around the internet and bloggerverse or are available for purchase in your local record store right now. Without any further ado, the 75* recommendations for the halfway mark of the calender year 2009:



Aarophat & Illastrate-Black Noise
Big Tone-The Art Of Ink

Blame One-Days Chasing Days

Braille & Symbolyc One-Cloudnineteen

Brother Ali-The Truth Is Here EP
Busta Rhymes-I Bullshit You Not

Camp Lo-Stone And Rob: Caught On Tape

Cesar Comanche-Die In Your Lap

Common Market-The Winter's End EP
The Cool Kids & Don Cannon-Gone Fishing

Cradle Orchestra-Velvet Ballads

CunninLynguists-Strange Journey Volume One
De La Soul-Are You In?+ Nike Original Run

Dert-Talk Strange/CMYK EP

Diamond District-In The Ruff

Diz Gibran-Soon You'll Understand

Dibiase-Up Your Joystick EP
DJ Spinna-Sonic Smash (6.30 release date)
Donny Goines-The Breakfast Club

DOOM-Born Like This

Drake-So Far Gone
Dr. Who Dat?-Beyond 2morrow
Dub MD & Illmind presents Blaps, Rhymes & Life 2

Emilio Rojas-Recession Proof
Eminem-Relapse

Exile-Radio

Finale-A Pipe Dream And A Promise
Floyd Da Locsmif-Divine Dezignz 2

Has-Lo-You Can Live Thru Anything If Magic Made It
Georgia Anne Muldrow presents Ms. One & The Gang
The Grouch & Eligh-Say G&E!
Illingsworth-Doctor Illingsworth

Illogic & Ill Poetic-Diabolical Fun

Inverse-So True EP
J Dilla- Jay Stay Paid
J.Bizness-Reason: Beats & Pieces
Jansport J-The 2 AM Tape

Joe Budden-Padded Room

Jon Hope-Somekind Of Wonderful

JR & Ph7 present The Standard

K-Os-Yes!

Kan Kick-Beatiful: Opus Of Love Deeper Than Flesh Vols. 1 & 2

Keelay And Zaire-Ridin' High
KenLo-Craqnuques (Orange)
Kid Hum-Fossil Fuel/Kid Hum & Rock The Dub-Offshore Drilling
L.E.G.A.C.Y-Suicide Music
Marco Polo & Torae-Double Barrel

MarQ Spekt X Lex Boogie-Guilty Party
Method Man & Redman-Blackout! 2
Mos Def-The Ecstatic
Mr. J. Medeiros & Boonie Mayfield-The Art Of Broken Glass EP
Nico The Beast-Dinner Is Served Mixtape
Oddisee-Mental Liberation

Onra-1.0.8

Pac Div-EP
Powell-Beatnicks Tape #2

Print-Comic Books: Unlimited
Raekwon & DJ Absolut-Blood On The Chef's Apron

Rapper Big Pooh-The Delightful Bars (North American Pie & Candy Apple Version)
Red Giants-Chain Reaction EP

Reks-More Grey Hairs

Rhymefest & Scram Jones-The Manual
Rob Viktum-Snack Pack Vols. 1, 2, 2.5 & 3
Roc C & IMAKEMADBEATS-The Transcontinental

Saigon & Statik Selektah-All In A Day's Work
Sandpeople-Long Story Short EP
Slakah The Beatchild-Soul Movement Vol. 1

Small Professor vs. Large Professor-Breakin' Atoms (Main Source Edition)/Resurrected The Remix

Stevo-Muffins
Tanya Morgan-Brooklynati

Termanology-Heaven Was A Mile Away
Thaione Davis-Still Hear

TiRon & DJ LowKey-Ketchup
Tiye Phoenix-Half Woman Half Amazing

U-N-I & Ro Blvd-A Love Supreme
yU-Before Taxes


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