One of our goals for next year is to post more mixtapes. There are so many great artists out there with mixtapes that we failed to get to this year.
More so than a competition, this list is a thank you to all the musicians out there, mainstream and underground, that gave us such an amazing variety of music for free. Here are a few stand out mixtapes from the year, enjoy.
10. Undeclared – The Dean’s List
9. The V.S. EP – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
8. Leftovers – OnCue
7. All Day – Girl Talk
6. More About Nothing – Wale
5. The Swelly Express – Chiddy Bang
4. Pep Rally – Hoodie Allen
3. Friday Night Lights – J. Cole
2. No Genre – B.o.B
1. K.I.D.S. – Mac Miller
Honorable Mention:
The Annexation – AudioDax
Slo Life – PJ Simas
Dancing With the Stars – Cam Meekins
The Jack Johnson Sessions – M.i
New Kid – Loggy
Pick Your Own Top 10 Mixtapes!
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Only problem with this list, it’s missing mgk’s lace up at the 1 spot
Lace Up was definitely a fresh mixtape – one of many that couldn’t be included in this roundup, however!
you should get polls going to let all the kollectors decide too. solid list however i think that wale and chiddy should have been switched
where the fuck is chris webby on this list
I really don’t think no genre deserves the # 2 spot…
Good point Talk. It seems a bit late to add polls to the existing top 10, but we will look into starting polls in the new year!
Edward, what was your favorite tape of the year?
Not on it
how is webby not here?
Webby definitely deserves to be on here. This is the very first time you’ve disappointed me kollection. Smh.
1. Kush & OJ – Wiz Khalifa
2. Mac Miller – K.I.D.S
3. Wale – More About Nothing
4. J. Cole – Friday Night Lights
5. Big Sean – Finally Famous Volume 3
6. B.O.B – No Genre
7. Chris Webby – Best In The Burbs
8. MGK – Lace Up
9. The Swelly Express – Chiddy Bang
10. Sam Adams – Party Records
I gotta say, I disagree with #10, but I like the rest of your list. Honestly, it’s tough picking a “Top 10″ when there were truly so many amazing tapes this year. Hell, Webby’s White Noise LP is among our top downloaded tapes of all time. This would be a good one to take to a vote, shall we?
Kush & OJ is definately the best mixtape of 2010 hands downnn!!! and Finally Famous Volume 3 is right behind it!
hey guys thanks for all the feedback. only kollectors are this passionate about music!!!
with regards to webby, I did overlook the white noise lp, which as brian said is one of our most downloaded mixtapes of all time. even though i personally don’t listen to chris webby that often, i have a lot of respect for what he’s doing and obviously he’s making great music if so many people are noticing his absence on this list.
as for kush & oj and best in the burbs, I tried to keep the list to mixtapes that the kollection has posted (a lot of people would say fabolous’ there’s no competition 2 was the best drop of the year but we didn’t post it). i’m glad you guys are keeping us honest, and it’s great to be able to share/discuss different artists with other people who know a thing or two about music. there was so much good music this year, ten spots didn’t do the artists justice.
hope you guys liked some of the others on the countdown, can’t wait to see what happens in 2011!
Well put Camel. Just keep bringin us the hits and we’ll stay happy.
To be and independent music blog you guys sure did who heavy on the mainstream names. I’ll agree that Mac Miller’s K.I.D.S. Tape was number one, but I’d argue for like Eddy B & Tim Gunter’s Dear North Carolina Welcome Back. If you’re talking mainstream I don’t know how you could leave off Chris Webby and Sam Adams; although generally known as ‘frat rap’ both were produced extremely well. Overall a good mix, but I’d look a little deeper when naming the best of the year. Keep up the good work…
this is a dope list, lot of different stuff than what i have been seeing around the net. Wanted to let yall know that I just compiled my site’s list of Top 10 free projects of 2010 as well and we got a couple overlaps but I also included some that y’all may have missed. Check out my list here:
http://da-what.com/2010/12/29/top-10-free-projects-of-2010/
Please leave a comment and let us know what you think! Thanks in advance for your time, it is much appreciated!