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I tend to think of hip-hol albums as separate from everything else until the time comes to actually rank shit together. But I'm with NR as far as hip hop albums go. So far it's looking like this:
1. At.Long.Last.A$AP
2. To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Tetsuo & Youth
4. If You're Reading This It's Too Late
5. B4.DA.$$
6. Flying International Luxurious Art
7. Pilot Talk III
8. Mr. Wonderful
9. Sour Soul
10. Cherry Bomb
Though admittedly, I am kinda blanking on some of the year's big releases at this point. There's been a lot of worthwhile hip-hop, but the really iconic stand-outs still seem to be A$AP, Kendrick, Lupe, Joey Bada$$ and Drake.
As for all around album of the year, that's much more difficult. The new Jim O'Rourke seems like duh an obvious choice, but it's just a terrific album all the way through. But there's also..
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - A Year With 13 Moons
Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated at Last
Eric Holm - Andřya
Lotic - Hererocetera
Jamie xx - In Colour (I like his DJ work so much more than the Xx.)
But shit. If Pusha T drops an album that's half as good as My Name is My Name, things will get serious. And I'm holding onto hope that Kanye drops a release date on us before the 2 year anniversary of Yeezus.
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