Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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R.A.P. Music

by Killer Mike

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  1. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  2. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  3. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  4. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  5. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  6. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  8. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  9. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  10. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  11. AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  12. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  13. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  14. Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
  15. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  16. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
  17. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
  18. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  19. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  20. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  21. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  22. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  23. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  24. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  25. Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
  26. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
  27. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
  28. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012

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