MY 2018 AOTY LIST IS FINALLY HERE! LIST WEEK IS COMPLETE! The albums featured in this video are listed below alphabetically by artist’s first name. Review links are provided as well, along with two other lists by TND’s editors.
Austen’s list: http://www.theneedledrop.com/features/2018/10/austen-2018
Jeremy’s list: http://www.theneedledrop.com/features/2018/12/jeremys-fav-albums-of-2018
A.A.L – 2012 – 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WiS99Qukxc
ANDERSON .PAAK – OXNARD
https://youtu.be/tIWTYmVCs9c
ANDREW W.K. – YOU’RE NOT ALONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWPSqE0DC4
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF – DEAD MAGIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVNV1Q5jjU
ARMAND HAMMER – PARAFFIN
https://youtu.be/PBAuMgx3uwk
BLOOD ORANGE – NEGRO SWAN
https://youtu.be/KMc_N5ziha0
CAR SEAT HEADREST – TWIN FANTASY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcFJbKJxjDA
CURRENT 93 – THE LIGHT IS LEAVING US ALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nev2-f2cfjo
DAUGHTERS – YOU WON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO5pcLp8-HM
DEATH GRIPS – YEAR OF THE SNITCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCFF7DWHmI
DENZEL CURRY – TA13OO
https://youtu.be/nDZqxWjRLCU
EARL SWEATSHIRT – SOME RAP SONGS
https://youtu.be/G6em044hErc
GHOST – PREQUELLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L2Xv5-EmUo
GUERILLA TOSS – TWISTED CRYSTAL
https://youtu.be/57r3E3XRNRk
HARU NEMURI – HARU TO SHURA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5VtHXdfZPM
HERMIT AND THE RECLUSE – ORPHEUS VS. THE SIRENS
https://youtu.be/5wzAij917v4
HOP ALONG – BARK YOUR HEAD OFF, DOG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C0gp-HN7NY
HORRENDOUS – IDOL
https://youtu.be/Sh1JemfxBkc
IDLES – JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
https://youtu.be/4i2PpkVGQNQ
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT – VILE LUXURY
https://youtu.be/IX5QmxD9kVE
J.I.D – DICAPRIO 2
https://youtu.be/HgUsQKCw7Wo
JACK WHITE – BOARDING HOUSE REACH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyXofB1k24A
JANELLE MONAE – DIRTY COMPUTER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Way39aUJ4g
JEAN GRAE & QUELLE CHRIS – EVERYTHING’S FINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3JC1JSdnI
JPEGMAFIA – VETERAN
https://youtu.be/S9gg0JOTF2E
JUDAS PRIEST – FIREPOWER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z9n4DNNsy8
JULIA HOLTER – AVIARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWiKSNULvPc
KALI UCHIS – ISOLATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9e_8zRuuO8
KANYE WEST – YE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixElcxn6PlQ
KERO KERO BONITO – TIME ’N’ PLACE
https://youtu.be/ErQy1u8wT6g
KIDS SEE GHOSTS – SELF-TITLED
https://youtu.be/9rkFbKVownA
MGMT – LITTLE DARK AGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3Wd60Qddw
NATALIA LAFOURCADE – MUSAS VOL. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TABeq5TLGY
NONAME – ROOM 25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvbzLQbLShE
PARQUET COURTS – WIDE AWAKE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZREmYnygU
PLAYBOI CARTI – DIE LIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXm3ODioS80
POLYPHIA – NEW LEVELS NEW DEVILS
https://youtu.be/fdryZIr7Cp4
PORTAL – ION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3SopqFy2eg
PUSHA T – DAYTONA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z605Rm7lFTM
ROSALIA – EL MAL QUERER
https://youtu.be/E93gYPKfC8U
SCREAMING FEMALES – ALL AT ONCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDeTMPuyDM
SLEEP – THE SCIENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9kRoXURvg
SONS OF KEMET – YOUR QUEEN IS A REPTILE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lQBFEURZY
SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyB3yOo81cU
THE VOIDZ – VIRTUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CrD91zHkLg
TIERRA WHACK – WHACK WORLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbKWD0CYuX0
TROPICAL [FRICK] STORM – A LAUGHING DEATH IN MEATSPACE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu41W2j52OY
TWENTY ONE PILOTS – TRENCH
https://youtu.be/GTuTUfMe64Q
U.S. GIRLS – IN A POEM UNLIMITED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qC-ZLOK-8Y
ZEAL & ARDOR – STRANGER FRUIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=provbgYpk5o
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You missed such a great one from the Happy Fits. Concentrate is the album, super unique alt rock.
KOD?
Ta13oo should’ve been 13 lol
Hang on, you legitimately think Die Lit is a better album than DiCaprio 2?
wait y no submrin mn bwo
No ember? No kamikaze?
Anthony are you ever gonna say Polyphia right probably not idk why I asked
CONVOLK
*ARTISTIC STATEMENT*
FIREPOWER!!!
2018 was a bad year for music.
Is there anyone who isn’t 16 and has anything real to add we can talk here
I love you but DIE LIT IS SO BAD HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME DIE LIT ISNT BETTET THAN ANY OF THESE ALBUMS
U have trash taste about music
Polyphia! Yesss!
WHERE IS KOD
could’ve waited for i am > i was
Khruangbin – Con Todo el Mundo
Kamikaze
9:29
Thank u for putting culture 2 at number 1. Finally the album gets its recognition!!!!
die lit
of all things DIE LIT
come on melon man really
aight if you are criticizing Japanese music, doesn’t that mean you would have to understand the Japanese language to know how good the lyrics are
i am asking if you know Japanese
Trench deserves better
no iridescence
My top 10 hip hop albums:
10. Travis Scott – ASTROWORLD (while I still prefer Rodeo, I gotta say the production here is fantastic)
9. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs (not as amazing as IDLSIDGO, but still great)
8. Kanye West – ye (this thing grew on me heavily)
7. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran (super abstract, I LOVE IT)
6. Lupe Fiasco – DROGAS Wave (while it’s long af, I love the majority of it)
5. Saba – CARE FOR ME (i still hate you for the review of this album)
4. Denzel Curry – TA13OO (amazing album, the dark act is FUCKING ABYSMAL)
3. Noname – Room 25 (the cutest album of 2018)
2. Pusha T – DAYTONA (best rap album of 2018)
1. KIDS SEE GHOSTS – Self-Titled (I CAN STILL FEEL THE LOVE) – 10/10
Honorable mentions:
Oxnard – Anderson .Paak
FM! – Vince Staples
FETTI – Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
BEWARE THE BOOK OF ELI – Ski Mask The Slump God
DiCaprio 2 – JID (this was super close to make into top 10)
i am > i was – Sir Savage XXI
The album i really loved but didn’t put on the list cuz it’s not hip hop is Isolation by Kali Uchis, It’s definitely top 3 of the year for me.
I LOVE DEATH GRIPS YES YES YES YES COULDN’T AGREE MORE
where the fuck is connan mockasin’s jassbusters?????
where is the DOOM x Czarface album??
Anomames, Natalia “La chaparrita más hermosa de México” Lafourcade está en el top 10 del melón
Deluxe Pain
Leon Bridges’ Good Thing should be on here
How is die lit and not astroworld in this
Kamikazee
Beerbongs and Bentleys no.1
23:56 *surprised Pikachu face*
¿ Y Cole que????
These comments are hilarious
12:35 TA13OO FOREVER!!!!
Happy to see kids see ghosts so high on the list. (I THINK) it was my favorite album of 2018.
the shelf