StrongArm's Top 200 Tracks of the year. THE FINAL 20. #20-11

#20 Blu "Amnesia"

Dope ass song from Blu. Blu dropped multiple projects in 2011, this is off the re-release of his 2009 ep, but i hadn't heard it so it made my list.  Check out his EP here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/amnesia/id414434609

#19 Curren$y & The Alchemist - Scottie Pippens feat. Freddie Gibbs

This is a huge record. One of my favorite tracks of the year, and Gibbs regards it as one his favorite verses. Peep the song above, and the album here: www.datpiff.com/Curreny-Covert-Coup-mixtape.221604.html

#18 Tyler the Creator "She" feat. Frank Ocean (prod. Tyler the Creator)

A dope beat, and ill hook from Frank Ocean combined with the most popular newcomer in 2011 (along with Kendrick), This is a huge track, and one i bumped A LOT on my radio show in 2011. Check out the obscure video above, and get "Goblin" here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/goblin/id431231125

#17 Jay Rock "Say Wassup" feat. Ab Soul, Kendrick Lamar & Schoolboy Q (prod. Dae One)

Black Hippy! in full effect. This is only the 2nd song with all four emcees on it, besides freestyles and mixtape tracks from way back. Much like Zip that Chop That which dropped in 2010 with a dope video... this track features all four emcees spittin and a crazy 3rd verse with combination rhymes. Ab Soul spits on the first verse "This the realest shit i wrote, on my mama homie... my teachers used to call my mama on me, now ima rap star n i could fuck my mamas homies"... Watch the video above, and get the album here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/follow-me-home/id449934186

#16 Raekwon "Rich and Black" feat. Nas (prod. Sean C & LV)

I mean the title of this song and the people on it, speaks for itself. Sean C & LV have doen some great production this year.. this is an ill beat... and Nas kills it "....I got more to lose than you do, but im a ridah, when did the rules change, yall livin trendy on pennies, meeting deadlines with ease no gain, you fire im butane, gator tims, ostrich belts, these be the times that i surprise myself, my niggaz lookin liek black crows that pack shows...." Watch the video above, and get Raekwons Shaolin vs. Wu-tang here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shaolin-vs.-wu-tang/id418563751

#15 9th Wonder "Enjoy" feat. Warren G, Murs & KEndrick Lamar

This is an amazing song, 3 different generations of LA emcees over 9th instrumentation...the verses get better and better. Warren G drops some nostalgic spits, while Murs and Kendrick spit some of their signature flows. Murs spits "Grew up with a blue team, before there was a u stream, seen a lot of niggaz knocked out ova shoe strings..." Kendrick "... got my shit buzzin when shit wasnt a doorbell, an insect or a lightyear insight..." This is one of the cleanest joints of the year. Listen to it above, and get 9th wonder's The Wonder Years here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-wonder-years-deluxe-version/id466959970

#14 Jay-z & Kanye West "Murder to Excellence " prod. Swizz Beatz/S1

"MY advice for you dont increase my stress though"... Jay-z & Kanye brought us a dope ass album in 2011, and this is one of my fav tracks off it. Listen to it above, and get Watch the throne here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/watch-throne-deluxe-version/id455402261

#13 Lupe Fiasco "All Black Everything" prod. The Buchanans

I thought there were a lot of big inspirational records in 2011. This is one of them. Lupe Spits about what the world would be like if there was no black and white, an interesting concept "... Extra extra on the news stands, Black woman voted head of Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm Little dies as a old man, Martin Luther King read the eulogy for him, Followed by Bill O’Reilly who read from the Quran, President Bush sends condolences from Iran, Where FOX News reports live, That Ahmadinejad wins Mandela peace prize". This is a dope track, and one of the only tracks i was actually feeling off his "L.A.S.E.R.S" album which did real well on the charts, but was a bit of a dissapointment in my eyes. LAsers is available here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/lasers/id418674062

#12 Self scientific "Peaceful (justice for oscar" feat. Freddie Gibbs & Krondon

This is an ill track, timeless music that represents the times. Crazy verse from Freddie Gibbs, and 2 solid ones from Chace Infinite as well. Self Scientific's EP is one of my favorite projects of the year. Chace infinite spits "You confused a pistol for a tazer gun really?...shitt... another notch for the devils that support this..." Get the ep here:  http://www.mediafire.com/?vavyx1fk556pr08


#11 Slaughterhouse "Everybody Down" prod. Black Milk

Nuff Said, Slaughterhouse ill lyricism meets Black Milks ill instrumentation. Get the slaughterhouse ep: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slaughterhouse-ep/id414201733