2. Danja Mowf, _Word of Mowf_ This album is layers upon layers of butters. Calling it a Danja Mowf release is almost misleading: he's the star, but the entire SupaFriendz click gets on this release from one cut to the next and they all shine. You already know Mad Skillz, but check for Khalanji and Lonnie B because they straight rip too. I've only had this album for a day but I know that month after month I'll be pulling it out and playing it yet again.
3. Company Flow, _Funcrusher Plus_ Eight steps to perfection, will form an octagon which traps your ear canals while El-P and Bigg Jus rhyme on and on and ON. Graffiti rhymes. Child abuse rhymes. Hip-Hop double and triple layered references. Mad clever tactics for flipping dual meanings on words. Pure ATTITUDE. Company Flow is the Diesel that Wu-Tang WISHED was on Soul in the Hole. Mad fueled and pumpin high octane beats. Lyrically dyslexic, overbearing and aggravatingly complicated, but definitely an album to bring you back time after time.
4. _Haze Presents DJ Premier NY Reality Check 101_ You can front on his East coast bias if you like, but Premier still managed to pick an all-star roster of heavyweight underground jams. Natural Elements, G Depp, Street Smartz, Ed O.G. and Laster, Company Flow, and more. The diversity will keep you refreshed and lyrically maniacal flows will have you pressing the rewind button more times than a J-Live fan with Tourette's: it it it it's just just that fuckin dope!
5. Aceyalone, _All Balls Don't Bounce_ The Book of Human Language may be the vibe of the minute, but until it drops in a store near you or ANYBODY for that matter this is a good album to backtrack to. Heavily slept on. Crazy bizarre beats and crazy ill lyrical representation. Aceyalone pulls no punches; he even accuses emcees of being wack because they never tried rhyming to anything other than a 4/4 tempo loop. Ouch!
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