Year-End Lists

Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021, posted with links to good writing and a list of favorite EPs

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Painful Enlightenment
   Jana Rush
2. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
3. Tell Me What You Miss The Most
   Tasha
4. Glow On
   Turnstile
5. Mood Ring
   Kississippi
6. Puppies Forever
   Blackstarkids
7. Open The Gates
   Irreversible Entanglements
8. Absolutely
   Dijon
9. We're All Alone in This Together
   Dave
10. For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her
    McKinley Dixon
11. Engine of Hell
    Emma Ruth Rundle
12. I've Got Some Living To Do
    Jelani Aryeh
13. Sinner Get Ready
    Lingua Ignota
14. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
15. Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
    Topaz Jones
16. The Turning Wheel
    Spellling
17. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
    Injury Reserve
18. All is Beautiful. I'm Okay to be Alive. I'm Okay to Die.
    Hurry Up, Brothers
19. Parallel World
    Cadence Weapon
20. Crime and Punishment
    Regional Justice Center
21. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
22. I Won't Care How You Remember Me
    Tigers Jaw
23. maybe i will see you at the end of the world
    Sydney Sprague
24. Fuck These Fuckin Fascists
    The Muslims
25. Waking the Dreaming Body
    Karima Walker
26. The Crashing Sound of How It Goes
    Cities Aviv
27. Decadence and Decay
    Silver Talon
28. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
29. I've Seen All I Need to See
    The Body
30. Epic
    Pink Navel
31. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
32. Medieval Femme
    Fatima Al Qadiri
33. Urban Driftwood
    Yasmin Williams
34. To See the Next Part of the Dream
    Parannoul
35. A Martyr’s Reward
    Ka
36. Jumbo Street
    Figmore
37. Forget Me Nots
    Helena Celle’s Haunted Mirror
38. And Then There Was Light
    Sndtrak
39. A Southern Gothic
    Adia Victoria
40. Deacon
    serpentwithfeet
41. Twin Plagues
    Wednesday
42. Consequences
    Joan Armatrading
43. Garden of Burning Apparitions
    Full of Hell
44. Fake Fruit
    Fake Fruit
45. Wary + Strange
    Amythyst Kiah
46. Let Me Do One More
    illuminati hotties
47. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
48. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
49. Outside Child
    Allison Russell
50. Where I Left You
    BeMyFiasco
51. Celestial Blues
    King Woman
52. Both Feet En Th Infinite
    model home
53. Driver
    Adult Mom
54. Valentine
    Snail Mail
55. Before We Go
    India Shawn
56. Vweto III
    Georgia Anne Muldrow
57. To Enjoy is the Only Thing
    Maple Glider
58. Reflection
    Loraine James
59. All The Brilliant Things
    Skyzoo
60. Death of a Cheerleader
    Pom Pom Squad
61. Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause
    Taqbir
62. Non-Fiction
    N0V3L
63. Moments in Between
    Ruth B.
64. Doomin' Sun
    Bachelor
65. hydrostudies
    yosi
66. Mythopoetics
    Half Waif
67. Like a Stone
    Remember Sports
68. Mother
    Cleo Sol
69. Afterglow
    Flying Raccoon Suit
70. Love Suite
    Contour
71. I Want to Live My Life
    Stars Hollow
72. SZNZ
    Mother Nature and BoatHouse
73. Haram
    Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
74. Black Encyclopedia of the Air
    Moor Mother
75. Black To The Future
    Sons of Kemet
76. South Sinner Street
    Solemn Brigham
77. A Diabolic Thirst
    Spectral Wound
78. Why Look Up, God's In The Mirror
    Lukah
79. Grief Museum
    Hotels On Mars
80. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
81. Landlady
    Landlady
82. Green to Gold
    The Antlers
83. Came Down Different
    Pardoner