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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Descendants of Cain

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  1. Hip Hop Golden Age: The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020
  2. Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020
  3. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  4. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  5. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
  6. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  7. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
  8. Hanif Abdurraqib: 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020
  9. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020

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