Artist: Wale, Meek Mill, Pill, Rick Ross & Teedra Moses

Best of 2011 Week – Best Hip-Hop Beats of 2011

Jan 12, 10:02pm Pancakes and Beer

With the end of Best of 2011 week upon us, it's time to start getting into the good shit. Each one of these beats held something special for me this year, whether they highlighted a completely different side of a rapper we all thought we knew, whether they knocked particularly hard, whether they put on a brand-new producer that the world hadn't heard before or whether they just proved that some beat-makers really never lose it. Though 2011 was dominated by knockoff Lex Luger beats, these 10 tracks all shined heavy. [...]

• Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Not Enough Words
• ASAP Rocky - Demons
• ASAP Rocky - Peso
• Common Ft. Nas - Ghetto Dreams
• Drake - Lord Knows (feat. Rick Ross)
• G-Side - Pictures (feat. G Mane)
• Game - Ricky
• Jay-Z & Kanye West - Gotta Have It
• Jay-Z & Kanye West - No Church in the Wild ft. Frank Ocean, Dream
• Saigon - The Invitation f. Q-Tip & Fatman Scoop
• Wale, Meek Mill, Pill, Rick Ross & Teedra Moses - Selfmade (Produced By Just Blaze)

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Artist:	Action Bronson & Statik Selektah
Title:	Not Enough Words
Link Text:	Not Enough Words – Action Bronson (produced by DJ Statik Selektah)
File Name:	Action-Bronson-Statik-Selektah -Not-Enough-Words.mp3
Genre:	Hip-Hop
Year:	2011

Artist:	ASAP Rocky
Title:	Demons
Link Text:	A$AP Rocky – Demons
File Name:	ASAP-Rocky-Demons.mp3

Artist:	ASAP Rocky
Title:	Peso
Link Text:	Peso - A$AP Rocky (Produced by A$AP Ty Beats)
File Name:	Asap-Rocky-Peso.mp3
Genre:	Hip-Hop
Year:	2011

Artist:	Common Ft. Nas
Title:	Ghetto Dreams
Link Text:	Ghetto Dreams – Common ft. Nas (Produced by No I.D.)
File Name:	Common-Ft.-Nas-Ghetto-Dreams.m p3
Genre:	Hip Hop
Year:	2011

Artist:	Drake
Title:	Lord Knows (feat. Rick Ross)
Link Text:	Lord Knows – Drake ft. Rick Ross (Produced by Just Blaze)
File Name:	Drake-Lord-Knows-feat.-Rick-Ro ss-DankSongs.com_.mp3

Artist:	G-Side
Title:	Pictures (feat. G Mane)
Link Text:	G-Side – Pictures
File Name:	09-Pictures-feat.-G-Mane.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Game
Title:	Ricky
Link Text:	Ricky – The Game (Produced by DJ Khalil)
File Name:	Game-Ricky-www.ultimoflow.com_ .mp3
Genre:	Hip-Hop
Year:	2011

Artist:	Jay-Z & Kanye West
Title:	Gotta Have It
Link Text:	Gotta Have It – Jay-Z and Kanye West (Produced by the Neptunes)
File Name:	04-Jay-Z-Kanye-West-Gotta-Have -It-RGF.mp3
Genre:	Hip Hop; Rap
Year:	2011

Artist:	Jay-Z & Kanye West
Title:	No Church in the Wild ft. Frank Ocean, Dream
Link Text:	No Church in the Wild – Jay-Z and Kanye West (Produced by 88 keys and Kanye West)
File Name:	01-Jay-Z-Kanye-West-No-Church- in-the-Wild-feat.-Frank-Ocean- RGF.mp3
Genre:	Hip Hop; Rap
Year:	2011

Artist:	Saigon
Title:	The Invitation f. Q-Tip & Fatman Scoop
Link Text:	The Invitation – Saigon (Produced by Just Blaze)
File Name:	Saigon-The-Invitation-f.-Q-Tip -Fatman-Scoop.mp3
Genre:	Hip-Hop
Year:	2011

Artist:	Wale, Meek Mill, Pill, Rick Ross & Teedra Moses
Title:	Selfmade (Produced By Just Blaze)
Link Text:	Self Made – Wale, Meek Mill, Pill, Rick Ross (Produced by Just Blaze)
File Name:	Selfmade-Wale-Meek-Mill-Pill-R ick-Ross-Teedra-Moses-Produced -By-Just-Blaze.mp3
Genre:	Rap
Year:	2011