I won’t pretend that I listened to a ton of new music last year but I will say that I’ve heard more than my fair share, what with more rappers sending me submission request than streetwear brands. A couple of days ago I created a list of brands I’m looking forward to see do well in 2012 and in that same vein, I’ve decided to list a sample of mixtapes that I rocked heavy in 2011.

A few of these mixtapes got a bit of National attention, even more of them received various degrees of buzz in their local watering holes, and all of them were awesome to me. Plus there’s a good chance you probably missed out on these while bumping you that 2 Chainz  joint (which was top 3 mixtape in 2011 in my opinion by the way).