Op list the most Fantano, Pitchfork, RYM, Reddit list I’ve ever seen
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2024: Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was
2023: Yeat – AfterLyfe
2022: Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout
2021: DaBaby – Back On My Baby Jesus Sh!t AGAIN
2020: 6ix9ine – TattleTales
2019: Kanye West – Jesus Is King
2018: Lil Xan – Total Xanarchy
2017: Iggy Azalea – Digital Distortion
2016: Robin Thicke – Paula
2015: Chris Brown & Tyga – Fan of a Fan: The Album
2014: U2 – Songs of Innocence
2013: will.i.am – #willpower
2012: Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
2011: Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu
2010: Soulja Boy – The DeAndre Way
2009: Chad Kroeger – Into the Night
2008: Paris Hilton – Paris
2007: Corey Feldman – Former Child Actor
2006: Kevin Federline – Playing With Fire
2005: Lindsay Lohan – Speak
2004: Ashlee Simpson – Autobiography
2003: Limp Bizkit – Results May Vary
2002: Creed – Weathered
2001: Run-DMC – Crown Royal
2000: Bloodhound Gang – Hooray for B***ies
Lulu is actually fire
Had a difficult time making this list because there were too many artists and albums to consider.
2000-2009: No good music
2010: Thank Me Later
2011: Take Care
2013: NWTS
2014: Rise of an Empire
2015: IYRTITL
2016: Views
2017: More Life
2018: Scorpion
2019: Care Package
2020: DLDT
2021: CLB
2022: Her Loss
2023: FATD
2024: 100 Gigs
2025: $$$
kid a
is this it
turn on the bright lights
the ugly organ
the funeral
curtains
the devil and god are raging inside me
in rainbows
for emma forever ago
man on the moon the end of day
my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
house of balloons
channel orange
yeezus
days before rodeo
ily honeybear
blonde
damn
so sad so sexy
magdalene
after hours
chemtrails over the country club
ants from up there
live at bush hall
prelude to ecstasy
saya
2000: “Mama’s Gun” by Erykah Badu
2001: (Self-Titled) by Aaliyah
2002: “Full Moon” by Brandy
2003: “Vaudeville Villain” by Viktor Vaughn
2004: “Transient” by Gaelle
2005: “Arular” by M.I.A.
2006: “Hell Hath No Fury” by Clipse
2007: “Kala” by M.I.A.
2008: “Hurricane” by Grace Jones
2009: “Born like This” by MF DOOM
2010: “Have One on Me” by Joanna Newsom
2011: “undun” by the Roots
2012: “channel ORANGE” by Frank Ocean
2013: (Self-Titled) by Beyoncé
2014: “Back from the Dead 2” by Chief Keef
2015: “Thug Angel” by Black Kray
2016: “LEMONADE” by Beyoncé
2017: “Take Me Apart” by Kelela
2018: “War in My Pen” by MIKE
2019: “MAGDALENE” by FKA twigs
2020: “græ” by Moses Sumney
2021: “Play with the Changes” by Rochelle Jordan
2022: “RENAISSANCE” by Beyoncé
2023: “Raven” by Kelela
2024: “Revelator” by E L U C I D
2025: “EUSEXUA” by FKA twigs (bonus because it's that good).
@passing_the_time Incredibly real for HEY WHAT, just spun that back today
For hip hop only:
2000: Supreme Clientele
2001: Blueprint
2002: The Lost Tapes
2003: GRODT
2004: Madvillainy
2005: Late Registration
2006: Donuts
2007: Graduation
2008: Dedication 3
2009: Only Built For Cuban Linx 2
2010: MBDTF
2011: Charity Starts At Home
2012: GKMC
2013: NWTS
2014: Pinata
2015: TPAB
2016: Atrocity Exhibition
2017: Flower Boy
2018: Ta13oo
2019: Born 2 Rap
2020: Alfredo
2021: CMIYGL
2022: King's Disease 3
2023: Scaring The Hoes
2024: GNX
2025: Hmmm....does Balloonerism count?
2024: Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
2023: Drake - For All The Dogs
2022: SZA - SOS
2021: Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
2020: Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
2019: Clairo - Immunity
2018: Travis Scott - Astroworld
2017: SZA - Ctrl
2016: Frank Ocean - Blonde
2015: Jamie xx - In Colour
2014: FKA twigs - LP1
2013: Drake - Nothing Was The Same
2012: The Weeknd - Trilogy
2011: A$AP Rocky - LIVE.LOVE.ASAP
2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2009: Paramore - Brand New Eyes
2008: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2006: J Dilla - Donuts
2005: Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
2003: Linkin Park - Meteora
2002: Eminem - The Eminem Show
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2000: OutKast - Stankonia
24: GNX
23: Space Heavy
22: Mr Morale
21: CMIYGL
20: Apocalypse Wow
19: When I Get Home
18: Negro Swan/Some Rap Songs
17: DAMN/Melodrama/Flower Boy goated year
16: Blonde
15: TPAB/Cherry Bomb/Carrie & Lowell
14: Pinata
13: BTI
12: Finally Rich/Money Store/Born To Die
11: XXX/LLA
10: MOTM 2
09: B******
08: Seeing Sounds
07: Graduation/The Cool/American Gangster/Oracular Spectacular/Below The Heavens/Blackout prolly the best year of music in my life
06: HHNF
05: LR / Illinois
04: Madvillainy
03: Speakerboxx/The Love Below
02:idk
01: Blueprint/Discovery
00: Who Is Jill Scott/Stankonia
Outkast - Stankonia
Bjork - Vespertine
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Madvillainy
Ye - LR
Pharrell - In My Mind
Burial - Untrue
Crystal Castles - S/T
Eminem - Relapse
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Rocky - LLA
LUM - Mista Thug Isolation
Devon Hendryx - Ghost Pop Tape
Gibbs - Pinata
Tyler - Cherry Bomb
NxWorries - Yes Lawd
Tyler - Flower Boy
JPEG - Veteran
JPEG - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
Yves - Heaven to a Tortured Mind / Jay Elec - AWT
WSG - HWH 8 Side B
fka Twigs - Caprisongs
JPEG - Scaring the Hoes
Lupe - Samurai
2024: Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
2023: Drake - For All The Dogs
2022: SZA - SOS
2021: Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
2020: Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
2019: Clairo - Immunity
2018: Travis Scott - Astroworld
2017: SZA - Ctrl
2016: Frank Ocean - Blonde
2015: Jamie xx - In Colour
2014: FKA twigs - LP1
2013: Drake - Nothing Was The Same
2012: The Weeknd - Trilogy
2011: A$AP Rocky - LIVE.LOVE.ASAP
2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2009: Paramore - Brand New Eyes
2008: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2006: J Dilla - Donuts
2005: Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
2003: Linkin Park - Meteora
2002: Eminem - The Eminem Show
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2000: OutKast - Stankonia
I very nearly put TES for 2002.
Great album!
Unwound and ween Ws
Plus the best Radiohead and AC albums
Hope you are including Centipede Hz there!
Now, here's my non-Hip Hop list
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2002: Jaheim - Still Ghetto
2003: Kelis - Tasty
2004: Usher - Confessions
2005: Gorillaz - Demon Dayz
2006: Justin Timberlake - FS/LS
2007: Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008: Kanye - 808's and Heartbreak
2009: Natural Snow Buildings - Shadow Kingdom
2010: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
2011: Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2012: Lorde - Born To Die
2013: MIA - Matangi
2014: D'Angelo - Black Messiah
2015: Tame Impala - Currents
2016: Frank Ocean - Blonde
2017: SZA - Ctrl
2018: Kali Uchis - Isolation
2019: Solange - When I Get Home
2020: Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
2021: Madlib - Sound Ancestors
2022: Beyonce - Renaissance
2023: Sampha - Lahai
2024: Charli - Brat
2025: Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
2000: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists...
2001: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
2004: Kanye West - The College Dropout
2005: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007: St. Vincent - Marry Me
2008: Krallice - Krallice
2009: Mos Def - The Ecstatic
2010: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
2011: Grouper: A I A - Alien Observer
2012: Hop Along - Get Disowned
2013: Lady Lamb - Ripely Pine
2014: Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
2015: Vince Staples - Summertime '06
2016: Oranssi Pazuzu - Varahtelija
2017: Laurel Halo - Dust
2018: Julia Holter - Aviary
2019: Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
2020: Ka - Descendants of Cain
2021: Squid - Bright Green Field
2022: Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
2023: ML Buch - Suntub
2024: Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Hope you are including Centipede Hz there!
I actually do like that record and I feel like at most I my like 3-4 of their albums
I like pandas soo work more
2024: Kendrick Lamar – GNX
2023: Killer Mike - Michael
2022: Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2021: Tyler The Creator - CMIYGL
2020: Playboi Carti - WLR
2019: Tyler The Creator - IGOR
2018: Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap
2017: Future & Young Thug – Super Slimey
2016: Kanye West – TLOP
2015: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
2014: J Cole – 2014 FHD
2013: Kanye West – Yeezus
2012: Kendrick Lamar – GKMC
2011: Drake – Take Care
2010: Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2009: Lil Wayne – No Ceilings
2008: Lil Wayne – Tha Carter 3
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2006: Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
2005: Kanye West – Late Registration
2004: Lil Wayne – Tha Carter
2003: Jay-Z – The Black Album
2002: Nas – The Lost Tapes
2001: Jay-Z - The Blueprint
2000: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
Stuck with rap the whole way because it’s easier
2000 - Let's Get Free (Dead Prez)
2001 - The Blueprint (Jay Z)
2002 - Lord Willin (Clipse)
2003 - Speakerboxxx / Love Below (OutKast)
2004 - College Dropout (Kanye West)
2005 - City of Evil (Avenged Sevenfold)
2006 - Game Theory (The Roots)
2007 - Lead Sails Paper Anchor (Atreyu)
2008 - Tha Carter III (Lil Wayne)
2009 - Common Dreads (Enter Shikari)
2010 - Nightmare (Avenged Sevenfold)
2011 - Dreamchasers (Meek Mill)
2012 - A Flash Flood of Colour (Enter Shikari)
2013 - Because the Internet (Childish Gambino)
2014 - Cilvia Demo (Isaiah Rashad)
2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
2016 - Blonde (Frank Ocean)
2017 - Ctrl (SZA)
2018 - Care for Me (Saba)
2019 - Bandana (Freddie Gibbs)
2020 - YHLQMDLG (Bad Bunny)
2021 - Glow On (Turnstile)
2022 - Ruffs (Kenny Mason)
2023 - Scaring the Hoes (JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown)
2024 - GNX (Kendrick Lamar)
Spent like 5-10 minutes on this. Could have put like 10 different answers for 2008. Sawayama was a close runner up in 2020 and Daytona and Astroworld are tied for 2nd in 2019.
2024: Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was
2023: Yeat – AfterLyfe
2022: Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout
2021: DaBaby – Back On My Baby Jesus Sh!t AGAIN
2020: 6ix9ine – TattleTales
2019: Kanye West – Jesus Is King
2018: Lil Xan – Total Xanarchy
2017: Iggy Azalea – Digital Distortion
2016: Robin Thicke – Paula
2015: Chris Brown & Tyga – Fan of a Fan: The Album
2014: U2 – Songs of Innocence
2013: will.i.am – #willpower
2012: Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
2011: Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu
2010: Soulja Boy – The DeAndre Way
2009: Chad Kroeger – Into the Night
2008: Paris Hilton – Paris
2007: Corey Feldman – Former Child Actor
2006: Kevin Federline – Playing With Fire
2005: Lindsay Lohan – Speak
2004: Ashlee Simpson – Autobiography
2003: Limp Bizkit – Results May Vary
2002: Creed – Weathered
2001: Run-DMC – Crown Royal
2000: Bloodhound Gang – Hooray for B***ies
Procrastinating heavily today and came up with a list of each of my fave albums of the last 25 years. It's a nice number.
2024: Moin – You Never End
2023: L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog
2022: Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2021: Low - Hey What
2020: Sarah Davachi - Cantus, Descent
2019: fka twigs - Magdalene
2018: SOPHIE – Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
2017: Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
2016: Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
2015: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
2014: Dean Blunt – Black Metal
2013: Kanye West – Yeezus
2012: Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
2011: Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
2010: Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2009: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2008: Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
2007: Burial - Untrue
2006: J Dilla – Donuts
2005: Kanye West – Late Registration
2004: Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
2003: Ween – Quebec
2002: Sonic Youth – Murray Street
2001: Unwound – Leaves Turn Inside You
2000: Radiohead – Kid A
