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Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
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100
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Earl Greyhound - Suspicious Package
Score
90
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Le Concorde - House
September 20, 2010
Score
90
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Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
November 9, 2010
Score
90
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Heaven Shall Burn - Invictus
May 24, 2010
Score
90
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Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Ape-ology
July 10, 2010
Roots Reggae
Score
90
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The Silent League - But You've Always Been the Caretaker
January 4, 2010
Score
90
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Picastro - Become Secret
January 1, 2010
Score
90
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Einstürzende Neubauten - Strategies Against Architecture IV
December 7, 2010
Score
90
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Food - Quiet Inlet
April 19, 2010
Score
90
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11
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Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show Medicine Show #3: Beat Konducta in Africa
March 23, 2010
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
90
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Brain Drill - Quantum Catastrophe
May 10, 2010
Score
90
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Apache Beat - Last Chants
October 5, 2010
Score
90
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Marc Ribot - Silent Movies
September 28, 2010
Score
90
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Nellie McKay - Home Sweet Mobile Home
September 28, 2010
Score
90
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Willie Nelson - Country Music
April 20, 2010
Country
Score
90
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Mose Allison - The Way of the World
March 23, 2010
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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DeepChord Presents: Echospace - Liumin
June 22, 2010
Dub Techno
Score
90
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Vijay Iyer - Solo
September 14, 2010
Score
90
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Bilal - Airtight's Revenge
September 6, 2010
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps Tradixionales
February 8, 2010
Post-Rock
Score
90
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Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
Score
90
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Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Package
February 16, 2010
Hip Hop
Score
90
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24
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The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
April 27, 2010
Indie Pop
Score
90
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The Bees - Every Step's A Yes
October 11, 2010
Indie Rock
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90
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