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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by Kendrick Lamar

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  1. Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  2. New York: Nitsuh Abebe: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. New York Times: Ben Ratliff: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  4. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  5. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  6. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  7. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  8. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011

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