i wont get into an argument about shady it is kinda futile.... but personally, as a long-time greatest fan & etc. I feel like recovery is better than relapse but still kinda disappointing and I have kind of given up.
but for all of y'all hip-hoppers... yeah this year has been pretty boring in terms of good new shit coming out, but i have always made it a policy of mine to never adopt that defeatist attitude about it, and always search hard for new good stuff, usually having to delve deep into the underground :P
the albums i have been really into these days are:
Rhymefest - El Che
fest is a beast and i find this album even better than (the fucking spectacular) Blue Collar... he really seems to be getting more comfortable and confident with his style, especially since the hype that came with winning a grammy has died down
Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
I have already brought this album up; Dessa is like the perfect woman... a bad ass rapper, spoken word artist, professional poet, has a master's degree in philosophy, and a smooth, silky, velvety, sexy ass voice. to die for...
Shad - TSOL
basically he is my favorite rapper right now, every album words cannot even describe they are so good
Brotha Lynch Hung - Dinner and a Movie
This album is cool because Lynch is a gangster west coast motherfucker but then then I listened to it and, it's a huge concept album told first-person by some cannibalistic thug murderer. Intense, funny, good for impressing people while you drive around, etc
:) don't ever give up!