Blame the internet and it’s obsession with lists that just declaring “Best Of”once a year is no longer enough. Still, given the far shortened attention span of most of the music heads we know these days, perhaps taking stock twice-yearly of our favorite albums isn’t the worst thing in the world. Besides, no matter when you take stock, a great record always deserves a first, second or third listen.
10. Bonobo – Black Sands
(Ninja Tune) While Black Sands will by no means go down as the defining album of Bonobo’s career, it is certainly a winner. Full of lush, spacey melodies influenced by everything from middle-eastern to trip-hop, Bonobo provides one of the most pleasantly listenable albums of 2010. Guest vocalist Andreya Triana leaves her mark, particularly on the unforgettable “Stay the Same.” Zach Cole
(What are your fave albums of 2010 so far?)
You’re going to make me click through 10 pages to see all 10 albums? Really?
C’mon people, this is a website, not a print magazine.
1 – Roc Marciano – Marcberg
2 – Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot…
3 – Donwill – Don Cusack
4 – Dom Kennedy – From The Westside…
5 – Murs & 9th Wonder – Fornever
6 – A.G. – Everything’s Berri
7 – U-N-I – A Love Supreme 2.0
8 – Hawdwerk & Jansport J – High Power Moves
9 – Homeboy Sandman – The Good Sun
10 – The Roots – How I Got Over
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[...] but put down that Danny Brown record for a hot second (co-signed by the denizens of the D, word to URB), cool off with a Coolatta and bump this one for Ma [...]
The omission of Broken Bells would be my only complaint.
Beach House – Teen Dream is my #1.
J davey – e.p.
Black Keys – Brothers
The drums – the drums
Major Lazer – Guns Dont Kill people Lazers do
Teedra Moses Mixtape
The Cool Kids – Tackle Box
The Like – The Like
Danny! the mixtape
Xv – Layover mixtape
Rakaa – Crown of Thorns
Blu & Exile mixtape
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
01 yU “Before Taxes”
02 Apollo Brown “The Reset”
03 Oddisee “Traveling Man”
I know this will sound like “what the fuck is this asshole taking about here”, but i’ve got to say this, Erykah Badu’s album cover and Janelle’s cover reminded me of Christina Aguilera’s Bionic, that album is not well connected song by song, and is not as pleasant to listen to as the albums named here…..but i gotta say that from pop, the album is by far the best delivered this year, it includes some not mainstream producers, like Peaches lE tIGRE and Sia, those collaborations created some cool songs to hear, and the ones with Sia could compete for records of the Year…..don’t hate for my post, i’m just someone that enjoys every kind of music, and the androids this women showed just connected in my mind.
[...] URB.com have put out their list of ten best albums of 2010 so far. From the EMI family LCD Soundsystem‘s “This Is Happening” make the list at #3, [...]
Danny Brown is the most underated rappers in the game good to see he gettin some respect…..The Hybrid should be #1
where’s heligoland?
I was about to get real mad if Janelle didn’t make that list. :D
Black Keys – Brothers
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
Gonjasufi – A Sufi & A Killer
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
King Midas Sound – Waiting For You
Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
Yeasayer – Odd Blood
Have yet to hear the new Roots, Big Boi Janelle Monae, or Ratatat, but I suspect all would make the cut as well.
Cosmogramma should be #1, but that’s what’s great about Music. The tastes vary as much as food.
[...] it’s all a clever piss take. Anyway, the boy is talented and has rightly been ushered into Urb Mag’s top 10 albums of 2010 for The Hybrid. Go cop the album and watch this space for when I eventually lure him over to [...]
HOW YALL NOT HAVE GONJASUFI ON HERE?
cosign. also missing: how i got over & distant relatives…but what do you expect – urb caters to electro-loving hipsters..
1. Grasscut – “1 inch / 1/2 mile”
2. Caribou – “Swim”
3. The National – “High Violet”
4. Gorillaz – “Plastic Beach”
not pictured (in semi-particular order):
6. The Roots, How I Got Over, Def Jam
5. JBM, Not Even In July, Partisan Records
4. Broken Bells, Columbia
3. Strong Army Steady, In Search Of Stoney Jackson, Stones Throw
2. Nas & Damian Marley, Distant Relatives, Universal Republic/Def Jam
1. Roc Marciano, Marcberg, Fat Beats
1. Drake- album
2. J Davey EP
3.Stars- sad robots ep
4. The Gtw-Dont Smoke The Cigarette
5.Theophilus London- I want you