Best Hip Hop Albums of 2008

This topic is pretty much self explanatory. Which artists have dropped the best Hip Hop albums of 2008??? I feel like there have been some dope albums so far this year and I would have to mention the following as being the best in my opinion (in no particular order, but I'm sure you already knew that lol):

Homeboy Sandman
Rugged N Raw
Ill Bill
Hasan Salaam
Immortal Technique
Planet Asia and DJ Muggs
P.Casso
Termanology
Torae
Skyzoo

I would definitely suggest all of these to those cats who look for dope, raw Hip Hop since it's tough as hell to find nowadays. I'm sure there are a few more, but those come to mind right away as I write this. Also, which albums are you anticipating the release of that haven't come out yet???

The Nicest Freestyle MCs

This is one talk that I've had with a few cats that definitely gets a lot of different results. Those who know me know that freestyling is something that I love doing (especially on stage) and hearing from other MCs who are dope at it. A lot of people attempt it, but there is a very small few who are great at it. I always feel that possessing this type of skill gives any MC the power to rip any crowd. Also, I feel I need to mention this...when I say the word "FREESTYLE", I'm talking about rhyming off the head and spitting what's never been heard or written down that's on your mind at that given moment. I am NOT referring to so-called "freestyles" like the ones you see on mixtapes. No offense to those cats, but that is NOT freestyling and needs to be called something else in my opinion. Spitting an exclusive written verse over someone else's known beat does not make that a freestyle lol. Some of the BEST freestylers I've heard are (in no particular order):

Supernatural
Juice
Jin
Wordsworth
Breezevahflowin
Craig G
Eyedea
Common
Iron Solomon
Rabbi Darkside
Why-G

These are just a few MCs that immediately come to mind when I think of cats who I've heard spit off the head that literally made me be like, "damn!". I'm sure there are more, but those are the few who come to mind at this moment. Who are some of the illest freestylers you've heard????

My New Online Milkcrate!

What up?!

I was never big on this blog thing, but I figured I'd start up a place for having Hip Hop debates, discussions and any other stuff that I just want to ramble on about and share with my peeps (or any other nosey muthafuckas that don't know me and want to read my shit lol).

I've been known to have mad different debates and discussions on what's going on in the music world or society and figured it would be best to set up a place online for this instead of just going back and forth on the messenger or with a bunch of emails. I already have my site for my music at www.mrbeatz.com, but I'm gonna use this blog thing as a place to connect with everyone regarding my personal experiences and anything else that doesn't fit into the mrbeatz.com realm.

Welcome to my online milkcrate! I call it that because I feel I'm sitting on a milkcrate in front of a bodega building with my peeps with this blog stuff lol.

B