Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 Album of the Year: #1. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange

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Frank Ocean's Channel Orange is the cream of the crop, the best of the best of 2012.  Maybe it's an obvious choice--Ocean has been...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #2. Tame Impala: Lonerism

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Tame Impala's Lonerism is my favorite rock album of 2012.  Tame Impala is basically Australian's psych-singer-songwriter Kevin Par...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #3. Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City

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Kendrick Lamar's major label debut is the best hip hop album of the year, and has been appearing on many critics lists as best album o...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #4. Nas: Life Is Good

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 "Nas is back", I've heard (and read) many times over the years after each new release has dropped.  This time it's fo...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #5. The Weeknd: Trilogy

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Trilogy is compiled of three different mixtape albums that Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a The Weeknd) released throughout 2011.  While these albums ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #6. Quantic & Alice Russell: Look Around The Corner

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Only in these past few months have I been turned onto DJ Quantic, though I've been aware that he's released some solid soulful/fun...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Best Albums of 2012: #7. Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio

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Since generally most "best of" polls consist of a top 5, 10, or 20 list, I decided to buck the trend and go with my top 7 albums...