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Reader Best of 2008: Ian of Different Kitchen

December 15, 2008 | Written by Stone

Category: Best of 2008 | Tags: ,,,,

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today we have Ian from the Hip-Hop site, Notes from a Different Kitchen.
Name: Ian
Location: Do or Die Bed Stuy, BK NYC!
Your Top 5:
  1. Santogold - Santogold album
  2. Q-tip – The Renaissance album
  3. The Game – LAX album
  4. Jazmine Sullivan – “Need You Bad”
  5. Lil Wayne – “A Milli”

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