10 Albums You Should Have Added to Your Collection This Year...

...but probably didn't. In a city often viewed as under the radar, it's hard to believe sometimes how much GOOD music comes out that our own hometown doesn't support. Yet, when someone "makes it" every cat on Capitol Dr will be the first to want to raise their hand with their own version of the "I knew that nigga when..." story. So instead of waiting for the rest of the world to notice our own homegrown talent, why not support it NOW! Here are 10 albums/mixtapes that hit the streets of MKE this year (In no particular order this isn't a countdown) that you should go buy, download, jack a fourth grader for...you know.

Transistor by AUTOMatic

Living in Technocolor - Raze

That Was Easy - SpeakEasy

The Journey to Hip-Hop...Milwaukee presented by TheMadBloggers.com

MKE's Best - Draft

MKE's Best - Light

For Whatever Its Worth by Malicious

Remember the Name by KingHellBastard

Raspberry Jesus by Melissa Czarnik

HIPHOPDX/JCPoppe/MaadManagement presents Yo! MKE Raps

Coppa's Welfare Foods by Dana Coppafeel

By no means is this the only good music that has come out of the Brew this year, but this is a sample to prove a point. Milwaukee is putting in work and until we start to support our own, no one else will.

~elle