Music Nerdery’s very late attempt at doing one of those Best Music of 2011 Lists.

Really, I cant remember everything amazing that I listened to last year, regardless of my tracking it here and on other sites. Regardless, people made numerous requests, and in a 2 week binge of music research, I took time to figure out what I really did like and some other random things to keep you interested, if you give a shit. I’ve already talked about most of these people already,  if you search the archives I’m sure you’ll find something. Everything, actually.

So, in no particular order, here is Music Nerdery’s (bootleg) list of Favorites in 2011.

Some of The Best Albums/Mixtapes (and I say some because we know I havent heard everything):
The Roots
The Away Team
Artic Monkeys
Oddisee
Hail Mary Mallon
TV on The Radio
SBTRKT
Tanya Morgan
The Kid Daytona
Bon Iver
The Kills
St. Vincent
The Black Keys

Impressive Albums/Mixtapes:
Tune Yards (No I am not doing that ridiculous spelling)
Tech N9ne
Yelawolf
Black Milk and Danny Brown (raise your kid, Danny)
Dee-1
Crakk Nicholson
Lykki Li
Dam-Funk
Cage The Elephant
Wavves
Grouplove
The Park
Mayer Hawthorne
Curren$y
Spank Rock
9th Wonder
Wait for Green
Fuze The MC
Tom Morello
Radiohead
Stephen Marley
Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire

People you need to pay attention to in 2012:
The Black Opera
The Kid Daytona
Quelle Chris
DTMD Makin Dollas
Fuze The MC Stalley
Shy Beats
Lianne La Havas
VV Brown
The Park
Alice Russell
Jose James
Iggy Azalea
Big Krit
Megaran

People whos names just need to be said:
Shad K.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Noisettes
Ray Cash
The Ting Tings
Two Door Cinema Club
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
D’Angelo
Lauryn Hill

According to last.fm and in order, my top 25 of 2011 were:
The Kid Daytona
Stalley
Anita Baker
Gang Starr

Amy Winehouse
The Roots
The Cool Kids
Lil’ Wayne
Dee-1
Tanya Morgan
De La Soul
Stevie Wonder
Sam Cooke
Sleigh Bells
The London Souls
SBTRKT
Oddisee
Eminem
A Tribe Called Quest
Lupe Fiasco
Julia Lee
Heavy D & The Boyz
Strong Arm Steady
LaToiya Williams
Andre 3000
Wavves
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Which is actually pretty accurate.
Welp, there you have it. Thats everything I can think of. For right now.
Feel free to add whoever you think was awesome below, or whoever I forgot. Then go google these people.
Hope this helps you out in your musically nerdy ways.