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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22nd, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
USER SCORE
93
15,279 ratings
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2
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Swans - The Seer
August 28th, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
USER SCORE
89
3,132 ratings
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3
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Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
October 28th, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Memphis Rap
USER SCORE
89
1,524 ratings
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4
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Canserbero - Muerte
March 22nd, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Boom Bap
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Latin Rap
USER SCORE
89
200 ratings
Amazon
5
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21st, 2012
Industrial Hip Hop
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Hardcore Hip Hop
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Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
10,704 ratings
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6
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19th, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
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Art Pop
USER SCORE
87
2,834 ratings
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7
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Beach House - Bloom
May 15th, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
87
4,070 ratings
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8
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Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10th, 2012
Alternative R&B
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Contemporary R&B
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Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
87
9,422 ratings
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9
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目黒将司 [Shoji Meguro] - Persona 4 Golden: Original Soundtrack
June 27th, 2012
USER SCORE
86
55 ratings
Amazon
10
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Dave Porter - Breaking Bad
August 28th, 2012
Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
85
50 ratings
Amazon
Music
11
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Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
May 7th, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Avant-Garde Metal
USER SCORE
85
202 ratings
Amazon
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12
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
85
1,681 ratings
Amazon
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13
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Deftones - Koi No Yokan
November 12th, 2012
Alternative Metal
USER SCORE
85
2,463 ratings
Amazon
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14
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Joey Bada$$ - 1999
June 12th, 2012
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
USER SCORE
85
3,314 ratings
Amazon
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15
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きのこ帝国 [Kinoko Teikoku] - 渦になる [Uzu ni Naru]
May 9th, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
USER SCORE
85
135 ratings
Amazon
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16
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Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
February 11th, 2012
Memphis Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
USER SCORE
85
2,055 ratings
Amazon
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17
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 5th, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
85
4,764 ratings
Amazon
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18
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9th, 2012
Metalcore
USER SCORE
84
610 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
19
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Lana Del Rey - Lana Del Rey EP
January 10th, 2012
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
84
98 ratings
Amazon
20
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Metá Metá - MetaL MetaL
November 7th, 2012
Jazz-Rock
,
Afrobeat
,
Vanguarda paulista
USER SCORE
84
98 ratings
Amazon
Music
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21
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Burial - Kindred
February 12th, 2012
Future Garage
USER SCORE
84
498 ratings
Amazon
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22
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Capital Steez - AmeriKKKan Korruption
April 7th, 2012
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
380 ratings
Amazon
23
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Feed Me Jack - Chumpfrey
September 29th, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Math Rock
USER SCORE
83
61 ratings
Amazon
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24
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Lil B "The BasedGod" - God's Father
March 7th, 2012
Cloud Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
USER SCORE
83
459 ratings
Amazon
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25
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26th, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Groove Metal
USER SCORE
83
560 ratings
Amazon
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