Top 10 Mainstream Albums of 2011: Welcome

Please Read Prior To Starting...

• Realize that Official Studio Albums are not my specialty. I've always been a mixtape junkie so I have to admit that I did not listen to every album release this year.
• Notable albums that I DID NOT LISTEN TO and will not be on this countdown...
  • The Roots - undun
  • Pac Div - The Div
  • Statik Selektah - Population
  • Yelawolf - Radioactive
  • Tyler The Creator - Goblin
  • 9th Wonder - The Wonder Years
  • Phonte - Charity Starts At Home
  • Tiron & Ayomari - A Sucker For Pumps
  • Killer Mike - The Pl3dge
  • CunninLynguists - Oneirology
  • Rapper Big Pooh - Dirty Little Things
  • Curren$y - Covert Coup
  • Saigon - The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Evidence - Cats and Dogs
  • Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R
• This was not done by panel. These are my personal (Too Sick) opinions and don't reflect any other writer or individual's influence.

Close Calls that I did listen to and left off...

• Drake - Take Care
• Jedi Mind Tricks - Violence Begets Violence
• Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
• Wale - Ambitious
• Young Jeezy - TM103

Biggest Disappointments of 2011...

• Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter IV
• Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
• Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers

How the countdown works...

• I utilized a 'tier system' (view below)
• The albums placed in each tier are in alphabetical order and I put them equal to eachother in rank.
  • Tier 4 = Sick (4 Albums)
  • Tier 3 = So Sick (3 Albums)
  • Tier 2 = Too Sick (2 Albums)
  • Tier 1 = Sickest (1 Album)
• Please comment, I would love to hear your thoughts.