right now my list is

1. The Fall-Off (9/10)
2. Octane (8/10)
3. Ca$ino (8/10)
4. Don’t Be Dumb (7.5/10)
5. Icon (6.5/10)

1. A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
2. Don Toliver - OCTANE
3. Baby Keem - Ca$ino
4. AJRadico - ... say it again ?
5. Zukenee - ZUMINATI
6. slayr - Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
7. Robb Bank$ - RICH BADNE$$
8. ST6 Jodyboof - STRIKE CLUB
9. Ghais Guevara - Goyard & The Kayfabe Reveal
10. Tony Bontana - My Name

suprised you do not have Angels with filthy souls
thats my most listened to album so far.

u putting me on rn

this went under my radar

listening soon

Converge album aoty for me so far

To what

yeah it's crazy

I’d like to announce my current AOTY is Aia Haja?

It’s Malagasy Tsipiky music from Madagascar

I love it

My top 10 right now, in case anyone is looking for recommendations:

Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra - Vila (folk, Brazilian classical)
Bill Callahan - My Days of 58 (indie folk, singer/songwriter)
Jessie Ware - Superbloom (disco, soul)
Ratboys - Singin' to an Empty Chair (country, indie rock)
GENA - The Pleasure Is Yours (neo-soul, R&B)
You Are an Angel - It's Fine to Dream (indie rock, emo)
Grace Ives - Girlfriend (alt-pop)
Bruno Pernadas - unlikely, maybe (jazz fusion, neo-psych)
Le Reste - Bleak Moments (indie pop)
Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (neo-soul, funk)

Earl/Mike
Rocky
Fcukers
Kim Gordon
Underscores
James Blake
Sideshow
Baby Keem
Gorillaz
Charli XCX

still true

Love Rarely - Pain Travels
Assembly - Party Trick
Lip Critic - Theft World
Heathen Axe - Heathen Axe
Local News Legend - Criterion of Embarrassment
AJRadico - ... say it again ?
Keem - Ca$ino
Roc Marciano - 656
Action Bronson - Planet Frog
Lice - Miami Lice

1. fakemink - Terrified .
2. Lucki - D**** R BAD
3. A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
4. Baby Keem - Ca$ino
5. Don Toliver - OCTANE
6. Lelo - Mastiff : Pink Tiles
7. AJRadico - ... say it again ?
8. Zukenee - ZUMINATI
9. ST6 Jodyboof - STRIKE CLUB
10. Kenny Mason - BULLDAWG

been some great rap albums so far this year but idk but if i can say the same for other genres. gonna post this here and update/revisit in a couple months

Earl & MIKE - Pompeii & Utility (still my fav rap project this year)
Roc Marciano - 656 (runner-up)
GENA - The Pleasure is Yours (really nice surprise)
Sideshow - Tigray Funk (super fun and varied)
Samba Jean-Baptiste +3
Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+ (big fan of everything this guy does lol)
Dry Cleaning - Secret Love
The Strokes - Reality Awaits

maybes?
Helen, Westside Cowboy, Anthony Calonico, Cootie Catcher, Visible Cloaks, Ulrika Spacek, Kurt Vile, Tara Clerkin, Greg Mendez, Charli XCX, Sofie Birch, Death Cab, Elder, Seefeel, Actress, John Dwyer, Teller Banks, Converge, A$AP Rocky, Kevin Morby, Maria BC, Squarepusher, Sunn O, Tigran Hamasyan, J Cole, Rafa Anton Irisarri, Elucid, Lande Hekt, Portrayal of Guilt, Lightning Bolt, Lone, Work Money Death, Kathryn Mohr, Misha Panfilov, Widowspeak, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Lucki, Aaron Shaw, Broken Social Scene, ETA IVtet, Johnny Blue Skies, Makthaverskan, d*** bug, Geologist, Lulamoon, Sarah Davichi, Floating Points, Soli City, Rhododendron, Cardinals, GB, Static Dress, Emma Ruth Rundle, Deathcrash

Would be so fire if the whole site used these threads annually in the way OP intends lol

I'm gonna work on something

1. charli xcx - wuthering heights
2. dorian electra - dorian electra
3. slayyyter - wor$t girl in america
4. kim petras - detour
5. olivia rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
6. kanye west - bully
7. gorillaz - the mountain
8. geologist - can i get a pack of camel lights?
9. neurosis - an undying love for a burning world
10. modest mouse - an eraser and a maze

Pretty s*** year so far for music but these are some favs for now:

Iceman
U (underscores)
You seem pretty sad for a girl in love (Rodrigo)
HALO (Tiffany Day)
BULLDAWG (Kenny Mason)
With Heaven on Top (Zach Bryan)
So Help me God (Kelsey Lu)

1. madonna - confessions ii
2. charli xcx - wuthering heights
3. dorian electra - dorian electra
4. slayyyter - wor$t girl in america
5. kim petras - detour
6. olivia rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
7. kanye west - bully
8. gorillaz - the mountain
9. geologist - can i get a pack of camel lights?
10. modest mouse - an eraser and a maze

Confessions 2
My ghosts go ghost
Worst girl in America
Ö
Icl
Love is not enough
To whom this may concern
Sd-3
Dorian Electra
Sacrificio