2012 Top 20s

Albums 1-20
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange | Def Jam
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAD City | TDE/Aftermath
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems | Modern Love
Levon Vincent - Fabric 63 | Fabric
Jessie Ware - Devotion | Island
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream | RCA
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes | Warp
Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio | Blue Note
Karriem Riggins - Alone Together | Stones Throw
THEESatisfaction - Awe Naturale | Sub Pop
Ka - Grief Pedigree | Iron Works
Laurel Halo - Quarantine | Hyperdub
Actress - RIP | Honest Jon's
Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect | RCA
Lone - Galaxy Garden | R&S
Matthew Dear - Beams | Ghostly Int'l
Killer Mike - RAP Music | Williams Street
Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah | Concord
House Shoes - Let It Go | Tres
Brandy - Two Eleven | RCA


Singles 1-20
Miguel - Adorn | RCA
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) | TDE/Aftermath
Frank Ocean - Pyramids | Def Jam
Jessie Ware - Running | Island
Fhloston Paradigm - The Chase | Hyperdub
House Shoes - Castles (The Sky Is Ours) | Tres
Elle Varner - I Don't Care | RCA
Jam City - How We Relate to the Body | Night Slugs
Usher - Climax | RCA
Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy | Ghostly Int'l
Lone - Crystal Caverns 1991 | R&S
Andrew Ashong - Flowers | Sound Signature
Storm Queen - Let's Make Mistakes | Environ
I:Cube - Transpiration | Versatile
Neneh Cherry & the Thing - Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix) | Smalltown Supersound
Andrés - New for U | La Vida
Ultraísta - Smalltalk | Temporary Residence
Bat for Lashes - All Your Gold | Parlophone
Sawlin - Eviment | Ann Aimee
Burial - Kindred | Hyperdub


Archival A-Z
AR Kane - The Complete Singles | One Little Indian
Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru | Milestone
The Blue Nile - Hats | EMI
The Burrell Brothers - The Nu Groove Years 1988-1992 | Rush Hour
Chris & Cosey - Songs of Love and Lust | Hayabusa Landings
Suzanne Ciani - Seven Waves | Finders Keepers
Colourbox - Colourbox | 4AD
Trevor Jackson - Metal Dance: Industrial/Post-Punk/EBM Classics and Rarities '80-'88 | Strut
Joni Mitchell - The Studio Albums 1968-1979 | Warner Music
Annette Peacock - I'm the One | Future Days
René & Angela - René & Angela/Wall to Wall | Expansion
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Begins | BGP
Smith & Mighty - The Three Stripe Collection 1985-1990 | Bristol Archive
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe | Unseen Worlds
McCoy Tyner - Extensions | Blue Note
VA - The Best of Perception and Today Records | BBE
VA - Giant Single: The Profile Records Rap Anthology | Legacy
VA - Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 | Light in the Attic
VA - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984 | Chocolate Industries
VA - Philadelphia International: The 40th Anniversary | Harmless