Godt nyttår! Vi skal komme tilbake med en oppsummering av det relativt ålreite 2006 senere, men nå er det på tide å avslutte min alt for lange liste over årets 90 beste amerikanske rap-låter! Til min, og sikkert alle andre som kjenner min musikksmak, store overraskelse dominerer sørstatene topp-10 av denne listen. Seks av 10 plasseringer er fra det dirty south, inkludert alle de fire første plassene! Men, nå skal jeg slutte å pine deres tålmodighet: Her er årets ti beste amerikanske rap-låter!

10. Cunninlynguist - Nothing to Give
Den beste låta fra årets skive.

9. Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott - Daydreamin'
Food & Liquor vil for min del huskes som både noe negativt og positivt. Negativt fordi produksjonen ikke er verdig Lupes talent. Positivt fordi musikkverdens nye lyriske stjerne endelig har gjort sin innmarsj Få har så vanvittige tekster som Fiasco, og få musikere, i hvert fall rappere, har et så reflektert verdenssyn. Daydreamin’ er et tidløst stykke musikk, men jeg tror at dette bare er begynnelsen av hva han vil vise.

Men, han bør snarest lære å holde armene sine i ro…


8. Ludacris - War with God“How many times is you gon rap about busting your gun
How many times is you gon trap without busting your gun
Only shots you ever took were subliminal to the general
Disrespectin those doin real time with real criminals
And I ain't never did a day in my life
But it should be illegal to walk a day in my life
I paid the price and the cost to be the boss so you can rest your mouth
I'm universal, Luda never limits himself to the south
I give a damn about ya hootin and hollerin, and it ain't botherin ME
I hear you talkin but you ain't made it to THREE
You know where I live, but you ain't made it to ME
You ain't made nigga
I'm havin a house party, kid come get played nigga
You got played, my record label never jerked me
So shoot me, stab me, but words will never hurt me
I feed off your energy, my powers with God
So it's even better if you make ya diss record real hard...”

7. Obie Trice - Cry Now
Obies suverent beste låt! Musikalsk perfeksjonisme. Obie Trice er egentlig en ganske undervurdert MC, synd at han har den bortkommene Eminem som produsent...


6. Busta Rhymes feat. Stevie Wonder - Been Through the Storm
Det er så breialt! Det er så stort! Det er så vidunderlig! Det er fuckings Stevie Wonder på hooket! Og det er Busta Rhymes med to av sine beste vers! Det kan nesten ikke bli bedre!

5. Nas feat. Jay-Z - Black Republican
Det er noe magisk i lufta ropte Tommy Tee (eller var det Herkules) første gang NRS spilte denne låta. Og selvfølgelig er det det. Det er tidenes kanskje to beste rappere sammen, imot alle odds, på en låt. Det er histories på linje med Waterloo, Oslo-avtalen, andre verdenskrig og henrettelsen av Saddam. Bare at dette er god historie. Lykkelig historie. Det er dette vi skal fortelle barnebarna våre om. Det er ikke så storartet som det kunne ha blitt, men det er nesten...


4. T.I. - What You Know
Årets banger. Årets beat. Ikke årets låt. Trenger jeg å skrive noe mer?


3. OutKast feat. Lil' Wayne & Snoop Dogg - Hollywood Divorce
Hvordan fikk man Lil’ Wayne til å rappe et slikt vers? Hvordan fikk man Snoop til å rappe om sin nylige skillsmisse? Viser denne låta kompleksiteten til Wayne og Snoop eller genialiteten til Outkast? Mest sannsynlig begge deler...
[Chorus]
Starts off like a small town marriage
Lovely wife and life, baby carriage
Now all the stars have cars, success of course
But it ends in Hollywood divorce, Hollywood divorce
[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]
And I'm a start
Yea, and I don't have to go to Hollywood
'Cause Hollywood come through my neighborhood with cameras on
I really think they're stealin from us like a sample song
I really wish one day we'd take it back like Hammer's home
The hurricane come and took my Louisiana home
And all I got in return was a darn country song
This whole country wrong
What would you write if you just put a little ice on
And cut your mic on
But you don't even write songs
But Hollywood make you spit like a python
I meant Cobra, I'm so not sober
I'm high like a Hollywood coffee or soda
You can call me a roller
Your grill's glistenin'
Spent a hundred thousand on mine to feel different
What's the real sense of it?
Bling bling, I know
And did you know I'm the creator of the term
I just straightened the perm
Aint let it sit too long, they just makin it burn
And make a movie of our lifestyle
But they earn like a dead body burned on a mantlepiece
That's why I try not to lie on wax like this candle grease
And I be's the little nigga
Cooler than anti-freeze defrost on your window pane - Lil Wayne
But in Hollywood it's Litt-le Wayne
Don't make me nut
So that's why I got a pre-nup
I do
[Chorus]
[Verse 2: Andre 3000]
Yeah, Yeah
A is for Adamsville
B is Bowen Homes
See if I give a fuck if you like me you know I don't
If she ain't got a good head on her leave that ho alone
If she do got some good head on her let her sing a song
D is for what I serve, I don't be on no curb
She ain't no junkie neither, I ain't no dope dealer
But she keep comin back three stacks must be some crack
Put that pipe in her lap, she ain't know how to act
Now that I've got your undivided attention I'm
Gonna say this and run under condition one
Promise me you gon' stack, promise me you gon' ball
Promise me you'll invest three fourths of it all
For what? So your kids, kids, kids can have some cheese
Can't get with it? Get get get get get on your knees
Cause wealth is the word
Rich is round the corner from the curb
Don't like what I write? Shoot me a bird
[Verse 3: Big Boi]
(Starts off)
Tenth grade, the way was pave for me and Dre. to create
Like Dr. Frankenstein the arts and crafts
Now could we make a difference
Antoine Patton and Andre Benjamin
Been jammin for you crabbing rap niggaz and journalists
That's quick to misprint public and private business
Then retract back for deaf ears and think it's dismissed
Part two the sequel all new 'Kast
Just ain't the same gang of nerds on the internet
Slanndering your name behind that screen name
They're lame and their life is pretty plain
M&M's with no nuts
Won't show up face-to-face straight bitch made
Like puppies on the nipples of a mutt
Address it on a case-by-case basis like the judge
What about these lyin' ass hoes tryin to plot
Or these niggaz on the block who want the queen (Nigga please)
But even she can walk we'll miss her we ain't gon' fake it
But God don't make mistakes must be something bigger waiting
[Chorus]
[Verse 4: Snoop Dogg]
I do, love you but you hate me at the same time
Lights, camera, action, it's game time
Do you take this here as your lovely wife?
To love her and cherish her for all your life?
I solemnly swear to dare share take you there
And me and you together baby we a lucky pair
It's been a long time, we walked a thin line
Others say they got you but you been mine
As I sit back and watch all them cat fights
Domestic violence - is that right?
But you love the dogg, gave me the spotlight
And now I'm growin up, showin up, blowin up
I never ever thought that we would separate at all
But you played me like a game of football
Used to feed me, need me, dress me
Now it's so messy straight cut out and left me
[Andre 3000]
Hollywood divorce
All the fresh styles always start off as a good little hood thing
Look at blues, rock, jazz, rap
Not even talkin about music
Everything else too
By the time it reach Hollywood it's over
But it's cool
We just keep it goin and make new shit
[Snoop Dogg]
Take our game, take our name
Give us a little fame
And then they kick us to the curb that's a cold thang

2. Ludacris - Tell it Like it Is
Jeg merker jeg er ganske drittlei nå. Kjøp Release Therapy og finn ut selv hvorfor denne låta er så fantastisk bra...

1. Killer Mike - That's Life
Alle elsker en underdog! For hvem hadde forventet at Killer Mike, av alle, skulle toppe denne lista? At en mixtapes-låt skulle bli det beste amerikansk hiphop hadde å by på i 2006? Men, fy faen for noen linjer! Herregud for en stemning! Jeg vil ikke si noe mer, hør heller dette fantastiske verket:
http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=3575
Could we please have a moment of fucking honesty?