"You think ten moves ahead, not behind"

Recently we were witnesses to the conclusion of the decade (2000-2010) and year 2010 in rap industry. It's a good time to take a look back at everything best that rap music spawned during the latter years.

1. therapup.net gives you a chart with 20 best rap tracks of 2010.

2. forbes.com approaches the rap subject from the wealth factor perspective: 10 Hip-Hop Cash King$.

3. Finally, spitefulcritic.com prepared a pretty comprehensive and well-thought analysis and grading of 10 best rhymers of the past decade.

Taking everything into account, last ten years weren't the most fertile for Hip-Hop legacy, especially bearing in mind the 90's and lyrical masterpieces of that time. Rap audience may feel a bit disappointed. On the other side, it needs to be admitted that a solid number of fresh rappers made their quite impressive rap debuts, recognized rappers strengthen their position with some resounding albums, and many new Hip-Hop tracks received healthy recognition from the listeners.

Recalling the past, we can only hope for 2011 to top everything good that came in the previous years, and surprise us with a strong dose of decent rap music. With all the rap complexity and unorthodical message, there is a strong necessity to constantly improve, to evolve simaltaneously with the audience's taste and needs. How else to learn how to be better if not by analyzing the past? But as for rap, it's all about the future now.