Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012: ‘Cruel Summer,’ G.O.O.D. Music

After numerous delays, Kanye West and the G.O.O.D. Music team's 'Cruel Summer' narrowly avoided becoming a 'Cruel Autumn' when it dropped just days before the fall season. The compilation includes G.O.O.D. Music members Big Sean, Common, John Legend and Teyana Taylor and is littered with big-name guests like Jay-Z, Ma$e, Marsha Ambrosius and Wu-Tang Clan MC Ghostface Killah.

'Cruel Summer' is a good album (excuse the pun) with a few surprising moments, mostly from Yeezy, himself. His political shout out on 'To the World' comes to mind: “Mitt Romney don’t pay no tax! Mitt Romney don’t pay no tax!”

But the G.O.O.D. Music team also shined on tracks like 'New God Flow,' 'Mercy' and 'The One.' Nobody was messing with Kanye West and his 'Clique' in 2012.