Time to make some decisions. I love finding new music and regularly post my monthly favorites but with so much to choose from it’s hard to narrow things down. Nevertheless, I’ve done my duty to submit the following to KEXP’s 2022 countdown as going through the DJ’s lists is one of my favorite activities. (side note: no, I am not a DJ but I pretend I could be…)
Here are my top 10 (and 20 more) of 2022!
Top 10 albums of 2022
- Black Thought and Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes (from October)
- Makaya McCraven – In These Times (from September)
- Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future (from April)
- FKJ – VINCENT (from July)
- EARTHGANG – GHETTO GODS
- Lil Silva – Yesterday is Heavy (from July)
- Wiz Kalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Girl Talk – Full Court Press (from April)
- Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow – Zhigeist (from March)
- Vince Staples – RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART (from April)
- Hot Chip – Freakout/Release (from August)
Runners up
- The Musalini & 9th Wonder – The Don and Eye
- Kenny Beats – LOUIE
- Joel Ross – The Parable Of The Poet
- Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey
- Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion
- Protoje – Third Time’s The Charm
- Kokoroko – Could We Be More
- Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
- DOMi & JD BECK – NOT TiGHT
- Saul – Mutualism
- Darius – OASIS
- Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
- Apollo Brown – This Must Be the Place
- Foals – Life Is Yours
- Alexander Flood – The Space Between
- Helado Negro – Far In
- Ozay Moore & Tall Black Guy – On Process and Progression
- Ronnie Foster – Reboot
- Sault – AIR
- Immanuel Wilkins – The 7th Hand
I can’t wait for all the new music I’ll discover in 2023. 🙌🏼
