2011年 Jan 1日 Saturday, 20:21
Even thought I've tried in the past, it's nearly impossible to rank the year's best music. So instead, I've just compiled my top 20 favorite albums and songs of the year in no particular order. It sure has been a good year in music.
Top 20 Albums of the Year
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son Of Chico Dusty
The Black Keys - Brothers
Black Milk - Album of the Year
Bun B - Trill O.G.
Charlotte Gainsburg (Prod. Beck) - IRM
Deacon the Villain & Sheisty Khrist - N.W.L.
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
Guilty Simpson (Prod. Madlib) - O.J. Simpson
Janelle Monáe - The Archandroid
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kno - Death Is Silent
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
The Roots - How I Got Over
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way (also, the Best Concert of the Year)
Honorable Mention - The Madlib Medicine Show Series (Madlib & friends), Suite for Ma Dukes (Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Carlos Nino), In Search Of Stoney Jackson (Strong Arm Steady & Madlib), Long Distance (Onra), Detroit State of Mind 4 (Danny Brown), Str8 Killa (Freddie Gibbs)
Top 20 Songs of the Year
Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Big Boi - General Patton
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
Bun B, produced by DJ Premier - Let 'Em Know
Curren$y featuring Mos Def & Jay Electronica - The Day
Deacon the Villain & Sheisty Khrist featuring Natti - American Greed
Erykah Badu - Window Seat
Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (F the World)
Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane
John Legend & The Roots - Compared to What
Kanye West featuring Rick Ross - Devil in a New Dress
Kno featuring Sheisty Khrist - Graveyard
Little Brother - Tigallo for Dolo
Lupe Fiasco - I'm Beamin
Nas & Damian Marley - Friends
Reflection Eternal featuring Bun B - Strangers (Paranoid)
Rick Ross featuring Styles P - B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)
The Roots featuring Truck North, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw - Walk Alone
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - If You Call