Posted by Rob Critical

It was supposed to be a top fiver list. But as I was compiling, I couldn’t choose the specific number and single out a lot of the releases. So, here goes forty-two of my favorite albums, mixtapes, EPs and weekly series from last year, listed alphabetically. I know, I probably forgot a few. But, gotta stick with forty-two.

1. Bambu & DJ Muggs – Los Angeles, Philippines
2. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
3. Big K.R.I.T. – K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
4. The Black Keys – Brothers
5. Black Milk – Album of the Year
6. Bun B – Trill O.G.
7. Carlitta Durand & Vaughn Garcia – The Doug & Patty EP
8. Cee-Lo – The Lady Killer
9. Christian Rich – The Decadence
10. Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
11. Curren$y – Pilot Talk
12. Curren$y – Pilot Talk II
13. CyHi Da Prince – Royal Flush
14. Dom Kennedy – From The Westside With Love
15. The-Dream – Love King
16. Eminem – Recovery
17. Fashawn – Ode To Illmatic
18. Freddie Gibbs – Str8 Killa No Filla
19. Ghostface – Apollo Kids
20. Girl Talk – All Day
21. Heather Victoria – Victoria’s Secret
22. J. Cole – Friday Night Lights
23. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
24. Johnny Polygon – Rebel Without Applause
25. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
26. Kanye West – G.O.O.D. Fridays
27. Kendrick Lamar – Overly Dedicated
28. Mac Miller – K.I.D.S.
29. The Morning Benders – Big Echo
30. N*E*R*D – Nothing
31. Nasir Jones & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
32. Nina Sky – The Other Side
33. Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
34. The Roots – Dilla Joints
35. Strong Arm Steady – In Search Of Stoney Jackson
36. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
37. Telephoned – Off The Hook Mixtape
38. Theophilus London – I Want You
39. Trackademicks – The [Re]mixtape, Vol. 3
40. Vampire Weekend – Contra
41. White Denim – Last Day Of Summer
42. Wiz Khalifa – Kush & Orange Juice