This Raw Cold Life

Favorite Albums of 2011

1. The Greatest Story Never Told - Saigon
2. Random Axe - Random Axe
3. R.E.K.S. (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme) - Reks
4. The Dreamer/The Believer - Common
5. W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) - Pharoahe Monch
6. Soul Is Heavy - Nneka
7. The Martyr - Immortal Technique
8. Undun - The Roots
9. Hell: The Sequel - Bad Meets Evil
10. Elmatic - eLZhi

I’d been waiting for Saigon’s LP since ‘05 and it was even better than I’d expected it to be, easily my favorite of the year, despite how good these others were.

Favorite Albums of 2010

I know it’s like a week late for lists like this, but oh well, here my ten favorite albums of the last year…

1. Distant Relatives - Nas & Damian Marley

2. Album of the Year - Black Milk

3. Soldier of Love - Sade

4. Revolutions Per Minute - Reflection Eternal

5. Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty - Big Boi

6. /\/\/\Y/\ - M.I.A.

7. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

8. I Fucking Hate Rappers - PackFM

9. Recovery - Eminem

10. At Last - Eternia & MoSS

(Due to lack of time, there are some more recent albums from the last couple months that I haven’t listened to enough to put them on my list, but there’s some I’m definitely guessing would easily make be there.)