The 2010 Forecast

Hey all, my number of updates are dwindling... no surprise with all this school work on my desk, but I feel like doing a little update regardless.

This update will forecast my most anticipated albums for 2010:

The Roots - How I Got Over - From the Late Night studio to the recording studio, The Roots are doing work. ?uestlove confirmed a new album release that will be politically driven, but in a positive way - this is an obvious reference to the Obama administration. Some confirmed guests include The Seed 2.0's feature Cody ChestnuTT; Blu; Phonte from Little Brother; Young Chris, who teamed up with Black Thought on Wale's Back to the Feature track "Hot Shit," and many more. Potential to be the 2010 favorite.

Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes - Ludacris featuring a handful of female artists (but not exclusively female)... could be fun. More mainstream and playful than Theater of the Mind & Release Therapy, I think we can all expect some classic Luda.

Kanye West - TBA - If it happens I hope that West takes it back to his playful rhyme style and not so much an 808 & Heartbreak.

Slaughterhouse - TBA - Rumors are circulating, but to my knowledge nothing has been confirmed. Their self-titled album was hard as fuck, hopefully their sophomore release, if it happens, will be as appealing as their first.

Dr. Dre - Detox - With Relapse and Before I Self Destruct out of the way, there is just a little less work for Dre to do for his proteges. Hopefully this will encourage him to do more of his own work in the booth instead of beat making.

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty - The album is basically finished, and will not be released with Andre 3000's solo album unlike Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Of the couple of leaked tracks, Shine Blockas was my fave.

Andre 3000 - TBA - Like Big Boi, 3000 is due to release an album soon enough. Hopefully we get some of The Love Below quality as Andre will most likely handle the production and feature a minimal, yet talented, group of artists.

T.I. - TBA - I'm personally not over enthused with how some southern artists are taking their music, but I always enjoyed T.I.'s flow and production. Hopefully his post-jail release will be a solid ATL classic that stays away from the likes of Gucci Mane.

That is all for now. There will most likely be more later.