Best of 2015
Favorite 3 Articles I Wrote
A Tale of Two Sasquatches (via Nada Mucho): I wrote two speculative versions of the same Sasquatch 2015 journey.
Capitol Hill Block Party: Day 1 (via Nada Mucho): I didn’t write much in 2015 but this is a rare instance where I’m really proud of how it turned out.
Views From the Sith (via Unrecorded): I made mixtapes for each of the new Star Wars characters in an attempt to contextualize their personalities before seeing the film. I was both fairly accurate and way off.
Top 10 Mixtapes
10 Chief Keef — Bang 3
9 Quiana Ree — Savage Beauty
8 Sicko Mobb — Mulah
7 Future — Beast Mode
6 Young Thug — Slime Season 2
5 Drake — If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late
4 Tory Lanez — Gangsta Grillz: The New Toronto
3 Sicko Mobb — Super Saiyan Vol 2
2 Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment — SURF
1 Erykah Badu — But You Caint Use My Phone
Top 50 Albums
50 Girlpool — Before the World Was Big
49 Abram Shook — Landscape Dream
48 Selena Gomez — Revival
47 Jazmine Sullivan — Reality Show
46 Upset — 76
45 Dawn Richard — Blackheart
44 Francie Moon — Peace In The Morning
43 Mommy Long Legs — Life Rips
42 The Sidekicks — Runners in the Nerved World
41 A$AP Rocky — At. Long. Last. A$AP
40 Leon Bridges — Coming Home
39 Sweepstakes — Tongues Out
38 Miguel — Wildheart
37 Speedy Ortiz — Foil Deer
36 Black Atlass — Jade
35 Shamir — Ratchet
34 Palehound — Dry Food
33 Bad Bad Hats — Psychic Reader
32 Lana Del Rey — Honeymoon
31 Johanna Warren — numun
30 Men I Trust — Headroom
29 Future — DS2
28 Lianne La Havas — Blood
27 Jessica Pratt — On Your Own Love Again
26 Great Dane — Great Dane
25 Eskimeaux — O.K.
24 Kadhja Bonet — The Visitor
23 Protomartyr — The Agent Intellect
22 Yowler — The Offer
21 Young Thug — Barter 6
20 Björk— Vulnicura
19 HEALTH — Death Magic
18 Earl Sweatshirt — I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
17 Colleen Green — I Want To Grow Up
16 Vince Staples — Summertime ‘06
15 Natalia Lafourcade — Hasta la Raiz
14 Pusha T — King Push — Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
13 Fetty Wap — Fetty Wap
12 Lapalux — Lustmore
11 Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
10 Kehlani — You Should Be Here
9 Totally Mild — Down Time
8 Archy Marshall — A New Place To Drown
7 Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
6 Jamie xx — In Colour
5 Jeremih — Late Nights
4 Natalie Prass — Natalie Prass
3 Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife
2 Empress Of — Me
1 Hop Along — Painted Shut