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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. 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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 Joe, Nipsey Hussle, Cory Mo, Rapper Big Pooh 2014 (Verbal Kent, GQ, Ea$y Money, Dilated Peoples, Ed O.G., HaLo, Rapsody 2015 (King Magnetic, Jill Scott, Add-2, XL (Sadat X and El Da Sensei), Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram), Termanology, Big K.R.I.T., 2016 (Anderson .Paak, Vice Souletric, Miles Davis and Robert Glasper, Rapsody, GQ 2017 (King Magnetic, Kendrick Lamar, Rapsody, Masta Killa, Problem 2018 (Black Thought, Westside Gunn, Victory, Milez Grimez and Swann Notty, Anderson .Paak 2019 (Smif-n-Wessun, 2 Chainz, Rapsody, Murs) 9th Wonder and Murs -The Hulk - The Iliad Is Dead And the Odyssey Is Over - 2019)