Worth Your Time (in order of value):
Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
Purity Ring: Shrines
Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions
Tame Impala: Lonerism
Future: Pluto
Jessie Ware: Devotion
Holy Other: Held
Bat for Lashes: The Haunted Man
John Talabot: ƒin
Killer Mike: R.A.P Music
Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel
G.O.O.D Music: Cruel Summer
Hot Chip: In Our Heads
Curren$y: The Stoned Immaculate
Ty Segall: Twins
Miguel: Kaleidoscope Dream
Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
Grizzly Bear: Shields
Ab-Soul: Control System
Neil Young: Psychedelic Pill
Tennis: Young and Old
Royal Headache: Royal Headache
Rick Ross: Rich Forever* (*fuck God Forgives, I Don’t)
King Tuff: King Tuff
Worth Your Money (chronologically):
January:
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas; Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory; Hospitality: Hospitality
February:
Dustin Wong: Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads; Grimes: Visions; Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror; Anais Mitchell: Young Man in America
March:
St. Lucia: St. Lucia; Action Bronson: Blue Chips; A$AP Rocky: LiveLovePurple; The Shins: Port of Morrow; Chromatics: Kill For Love; Daughn Gibson: All Hell
April:
Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action at a Distance; Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded; Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls; Big K.R.I.T: 4Eva n a Day; Death Grips: The Money Store; Suckers: Candy Salad
May:
Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts; Kindness: World You Need a Change of Mind; Beach House: Bloom; Best Coast: The Only Place; Delicate Steve: Positive Force; Baio: Sunburn EP; Saint Etienne: Words and Music; Devin the Dude: Seriously Trippin; The Walkmen: Heaven
June:
Big K.R.I.T: Live from the Underground; Japandroids: Celebration Rock; Joey Badass: 1999; POP ETC: POP ETC; The Tallest Man on Earth: There’s No Leaving Now; R. Kelly: Write Me Back
July:
Childish Gambino: ROYALTY; Curren$y & Harry Fraud: Cigarette Boats EP; Nas: Life is Good; TNGHT (Hudson Mohawke & Lunice): TNGHT; Seams: Tourist/Sleeper
August:
Matthew E. White: Big Inner; Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn’t
September:
100s: Ice Cold Perm; Animal Collective: Centipede Hz; Big Sean: Detroit; Cat Power: Sun; The Fresh & Onlys: Long Slow Dance; Peace: Delicious EP; The xx: Coexist; Dinosaur Jr.: I Bet on Sky; Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze EP
October:
Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes;The Hood Internet: FEAT
November:
Crystal Castles: (III); Solange: True
December:
The Game: Jesus Piece
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