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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A Good Night in the Ghetto

by Kamaiyah

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  1. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  2. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  3. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  5. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  6. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  8. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  9. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  10. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.