2009 was a fantastic year for music and as we head into a new decade, its time to reflect on the best releases of the previous year.  Since the focus of this site is live music and we’re discussing studio albums here, we decided to add a new, exclusive live song from each artist who made our list.  So without further ado, here is ATWL’s Top 10 Albums and Mixtapes of the year.

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K-Os is gearing up to release his new album, YES!, and in anticipation, here is an awesome performance of B-Boy from an appearance he did on MusiquePlus.  When he’s on point, hes definitely one of the better live acts out there in my opinion.  Hit the jump for the audio and also his new video for the lead single from YES!, “4 3 2 1″,

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In anticipation of his upcoming release, YES!, here is a dope live track from K-Os to whet your appetite . If you cant wait for the album to hit shelves this March, head over to Indaba, where you can download stems of 11 of the album’s tracks and enter into his remix contest.  I must say, YES! is shaping up to potentially be his best effort to date, and this is coming from someone who absolutely loves his previous work.  Its a shame K-heaven rarely tours outside of Canada because (when sober) he puts on an amazing show and his band is as good as it gets.

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