The subject line speaks for itself. I may regret what I selected as soon as I hit send but that's okay. This isn't supposed to be easy.

THE RULES: Pick your top 10 albums that were RELEASED between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019. This can include never-released before albums and posthumous releases (e.g. Marvin Gaye's "You're The Man," Prince vault releases).  No reissues of previously released material. You can name three (3!) honorary mentions.

Dassit! 

I'm less concerned with what you or other people think is "Classic" or seminal material and more interested in what you wore out

In no particular order:

1. Electric Wire Hustle - This is a borderline cheat. I prefer the first, New Zealand edition (from 2009...) because it features, "I Want You." It's missing from the BBE worldwide version (released in July 2010). I literally got a traffic ticket listening to "Waters." Put me in a trance. 

2. Kelela - Cut 4 Me. Someone on here said she makes make for LA Blipsters or some such, but I'ono care...It was different, something I never heard before. 

3. VanJess - Silk Canvas. Dropped last summer. I didn't play it until this summer. Album of summer 2019. "Easy" may be the most played song on my iPhone from June 'til now. Good Lord.

4. Onra - Long Distance. Played the crap out of this the summer I moved to Harlem. Good memories.

5. Robert Glasper Experiment Recovered - Just for that Me'Shell/Georgia joint alone...Whew! Still processing the recent mixtape but it's very likely it won't make it to my honorable mentions 

6. Jose James - Black Magic 

7. The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies. I don't understand the hate. Some disturbing lyrics from some very young adults but it was jammin' nonetheless.

8. Solange - Seat at the Table - The Grammys are wack, but this album won for a good reason

9. D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah 

10. Diamond District - March on Washington. It's hard for me to listen to new hip-hop releases these days but this was a good one.

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The albums above represent joints I played the shit out of, albums I just let play through without skipping. And the reality is that I'm a music hoarder who will often wait months--years even-- to listen to an album, even if I rushed to buy it the week it came out. ATCQ is one of my favorite hip-hop groups but I ain't really give that album a proper listen YET... Ridiculous, yes, but I'm weird like that. I also do this odd thing where I'll really get into the first half or bottom half of the album, not processing the full album 'til later. 

I'm saving my honorable mentions for late December. Gonna try and give a few albums the proper listen they deserve.

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"Music is not to be possessed; it's to be shared.” - James Mtume

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