Episode 65 - The Decade wRap Up

It is a w(rap) folks!! It's been a great dime piece! Here at Six in the Morning we celebrate the best of the past ten years and share with you our thoughts of both the hits and misses. We play dope music from culture and chart movers as Anderson .Paak, Odd Future, A$AP Rocky, Yeezus himself and Busta Rhymes (w/ DOOM!). What's the posse cut of the decade? Best feature? Most influential label? We share with you some of the top crews (TDE, Dreamville, and Griselda) and our artist of the decade, K.Dot himself, Kendrick Lamar. Enjoy this trip of our past ten years in music.  Here’s hoping for a great start to the next ten!!

Much love to @jonnygraphics for the dope cover art - he obviously had his pick for the decade. Check out his work @ https://www.instagram.com/jonnygraphics/ 

Shout out to Dj Mentos for putting out one of the best instrumentals out this year: The Maxwell Tapes Vol. 1 : https://djmentos.bandcamp.com/ 

MOST INFLUENTIAL LABEL

TDE

Jay Rock f/ Black Hippy - Vice City (produced by Yung Exclusive and Cardo) - 90059 - 2015

Dreamville 

Revenge of the Dreamers III f/ J. Cole, Lute, and DaBaby - Under the Sun (produced by Christo, Pluss and Nice Rec) - Revenge of the Dreamers III - 2019  

Mello Music Group 

Apollo Brown and Joell Ortiz f/ DJ Los - Grace of God - Mona Lisa - 2018 

BEST SONG

Anderson .Paak f/ Talib Kweli and Timan Family Choir - The Dreamer (produced by Callum Connor) - Malibu - 2016 

Kendrick Lamar - Alright (produced by Pharrell Williams and Sounwave) - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2015

BEST ALBUM

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (Executive Producers: Top Dawg and Dr. Dre) - 2015 

King Kunta (produced by Terrace Martin and Sounwave) - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2019

Anderson .Paak - Malibu (Executive Producers: Adrian Miller, Ketrina “Taz” Askew and Kevin Morrow) - 2016

f/ Rapsody - Without You (produced by 9th Wonder) - Malibu - 2016  

BEST POSSE CUT

Odd Future (Taco, Tyler, the Creator, Hodgy, Left Brain, Mike G, Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Jasper Dolphin, Earl Sweatshirt) Oldie (produced by Tyler, the Creator) - The OF Vol. 2 - 2012

A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar - F*ckin’ Problems (produced by Noah “40” Shebib) - Long. Live. A$AP. - 2013

BEST GUEST VERSE

Busta Rhymes f/ DOOM - In the Streets (produced by Dilla) - Return of the Dragon - 2015

Kanye West f/ Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj - Monster (produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean and Plain Pat) - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 2010

ARTIST(S) OF THE DECADE

Kendrick Lamar 

GROUP(S) OF THE DECADE

Griselda (Westside Gunn f/ Conway the Machine - Dunks (produced by Daringer) - Flygod - 2016

Run the Jewels - Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1 (produced by El-P) - Run the Jewels 2 - 2014  

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCER 

Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program - The Grail - Down 2 Earth Vol. 4 - 2019

PRODUCER OF THE DECADE

9th Wonder

(Solo: The Wonder Years (2011), Tutankhamen (Valley of the Kings) (2012), Bladey Mae (Grandma's Blades) (2013), Zion (2016), Zion II (2017), Zion III (2018) 

Collaborative: w/ Murs (Fornever (2010), The Final Adventure (2012), Brighter Daze (2015), The Iliad Is Dead And the Odyssey Is Over (2019), w/ David Banner (Death of a Pop Star (2010), w/ Buckshot (The Solution (2012), w/ Explicit (Where Do I Come From? (2013), w/ Talib Kweli (Indie 500 (2015) w/ Mr. Cheeks (The Lost Tapes EP (2017) 

Collaborative Mixtapes: w/ Akello Light (To Hanes Mall (2010), Hanes Mall 2: Silas Creek Parkway (2012), w/ Cans (Album Mixtape Part 2), w/ Actual Proof (The (Free) EP (2012), w/ TP (TP Is My Hero (2011) 

Compilation and Mixtape Album: 9th's Opus: It's a Wonderful World Music Group Vol.1 (2010), 9th Invented the Remix...Again (2010), Loose Joints (2010), Food for Thought (2010), Tutankhamen (2012), Black American Gangster - Jay-Z (Remix of Jay-Z's American Gangster) (2013), 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad (2014), 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad II (2018) Individual 

Songs within Albums: 2010 (artists) (Asher Roth, Big Remo (two albums), Sadat X,  Christopher Williams, Heather Victoria, Rapsody, Sean Boog, Thee Tom Hardy 2011 (HaLo (twice), Tyler Woods, Terrace Martin, Lil B, Big Remo, Heather Victoria (twice), Sean Boog, Skyzoo, Rapsody (twice), Chris Brown, Median, Phonte, Torae, GQ 2012 (Raekwon, Rapsody (twice), Add-2, Lecrae, Big Remo, Sean Boog, Torae, Talib Kweli, Skyzoo, Sean Price, Robert Glasper Experiment, Masta Killa, Rapper Big Pooh 2013 (GQ, Big K.R.I.T., Locksmith, Heather Victoria, Rapsody, Terrace Martin, Fat