Kendrick Lamar
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To Pimp A Butterfly
- Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
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- Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
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- A.V. Club: 15 Best Albums of 2015
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- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
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- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
- NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
- Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015
- Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015
- Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
- The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
- Time: Top 10 Best Albums of 2015
- A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2015
- Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
- Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
- Wire: Top 50 Releases of 2015
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
- Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015
- Sasha Frere-Jones: 89 Favorite Albums of 2015
- NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2015
- New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade
- Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade
- Albumism: The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Cokemachineglow: 10 Favorite Albums of 2015
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 20 Albums of 2015
- AllMusic: 55 Best Albums of 2015
- Slate: Carl Wilson: Top 25 Albums of 2015
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- Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
- Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
- NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
- Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
- NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
- Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
- 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
- Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
- Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
- Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
- PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
- Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
- NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
- Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Consequence of Sound: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
- Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
- Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Flood: Best Albums of 2017
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
- Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2017
- Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
- Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
- Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
- Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
- Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
- Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
- Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
- New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
- Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
- Houston Chronicle: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
- Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
- In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
- American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
- Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
- Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Wire: Top 50 Releases of 2017
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
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- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
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- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
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- Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
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- Idolator: 10 Best New Albums of 2012
- Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- A.V. Club: 25 Best Albums of 2012
- MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
- Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
- FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
- Wire: Top 50 Releases of 2012
- Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
- NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
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Untitled Unmastered
- Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
- Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Wire: Top 50 Releases of 2016
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
- Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016
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Section.80
- Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
- New York: Nitsuh Abebe: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- New York Times: Ben Ratliff: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Consequence of Sound: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011