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1.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22nd, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
91
1689 reviews
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2.
Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21st, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
88
1064 reviews
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3.
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
July 17th, 2012
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
87
1371 reviews
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4.
Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 9th, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
87
1098 reviews
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5.
Beach House - Bloom
May 15th, 2012
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
86
818 reviews
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6.
Burial - Kindred
February 12th, 2012
Dubstep
USER SCORE
86
135 reviews
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7.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19th, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
85
451 reviews
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8.
Swans - The Seer
August 28th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
85
425 reviews
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9.
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
February 11th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
122 reviews
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10.
Silva - Claridão
October 9th, 2012
Indietronica
USER SCORE
84
27 reviews
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11.
Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
October 28th, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
29 reviews
Amazon
12.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
84
303 reviews
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13.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18th, 2012
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
83
472 reviews
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14.
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
83
237 reviews
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15.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21st, 2012
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
82
205 reviews
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16.
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
July 10th, 2012
Art Pop
USER SCORE
82
263 reviews
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17.
Solange - True
November 27th, 2012
R&B
USER SCORE
82
90 reviews
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18.
The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
February 21st, 2012
Punk Rock
USER SCORE
82
27 reviews
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19.
Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper
December 17th, 2012
Dubstep
USER SCORE
82
76 reviews
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20.
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
January 24th, 2012
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
312 reviews
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21.
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
April 3rd, 2012
Experimental
USER SCORE
82
95 reviews
Amazon
22.
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
October 29th, 2012
Dub Techno
USER SCORE
82
165 reviews
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23.
Billy Woods - History Will Absolve Me
April 10th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
27 reviews
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Spotify
24.
Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
February 28th, 2012
Folk
USER SCORE
82
32 reviews
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25.
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
May 29th, 2012
Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
81
76 reviews
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