Video: Brother Ali - Us

Last year, when melophobe contributors voted on their top albums of the year , not a single hip-hop release made the list. It was shameful. To make matters worse, certified hot releases like Bake Sale EP and Tronic appeared on nearly none of the year end ballots. Perhaps the hip-hop heads are in the minority here at melophobe, but we aren't going down without a fight! Two days ahead of melophobe's Top 10 Best Albums of the Year, we present our choices for the top 10 hip-hop releases of 2009 . [...]