Year-End Lists

Hanif Abdurraqib: 123 Favorite Albums Of 2024

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1. Songs About You Specifically
   Michelle
2. Alligator Bites Never Heal
   Doechii
3. Cruzafied
   Cruza
4. Two Star & The Dream Police
   Mk.gee
5. Seas of Triple Consciousness
   Jordan Deal
6. shadowbox
   Mavi
7. FREEDOM SWEET FREEDOM
   Regional Justice Center
8. Romance
   Fontaines D.C.
9. Triple Seven
   Wishy
10. No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
    Meshell Ndegeocello
11. Cool World
    Chat Pile
12. Saturn Dayz
    Blackstarkids
13. Everything Is Love and Death
    Oceanator
14. Born in the Wild
    Tems
15. Harm's Way
    Ducks Ltd.
16. Salt Sermon
    Missouri Executive Order 44
17. Prescribed Burn
    Cuni
18. Chromakopia
    Tyler, The Creator
19. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
20. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
21. Only One Mode
    Speed
22. Adjust Brightness
    Bilal
23. Burnout Codes
    Heave Blood & Die
24. Quantum Baby
    Tinashe
25. Woodland
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
26. Spite World
    Sports Bra
27. The Thief Next to Jesus
    Ka
28. Take Off From Mercy
    Contour
29. All This and So Much More
    Tasha
30. Strange Medicine
    Kaia Kater
31. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
32. God Said No
    Omar Apollo
33. All Again
    Queen of Jeans
34. Verbathim
    Nemahsis
35. Nobody Planning To Leave
    ShrapKnel & Controller 7
36. Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception
    The Hope Conspiracy
37. Quiet in a World Full of Noise
    Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
38. Phasor
    Helado Negro
39. Children Of The Moon
    State Faults
40. Grip
    serpentwithfeet
41. Royal Blu
    Blu & Roy Royal
41. Out of the Blue
    Blu & Shafiq Husayn
41. Los Angeles
    Blu & Evidence
41. Love (the) Ominous World
    Blu & Exile
42. I Held Their Eyes, I Kissed Them All
    manners manners
43. Dunya
    Mustafa
44. Glimmer of God
    Jean Dawson
45. Nothing Is My Favorite Thing
    Nappy Nina
46. Revelator
    Elucid
47. In Lieu of Flowers
    Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
48. Different Type Time
    Cavalier
49. Observations From A Crowded Room
    Joy Oladokun
50. I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
    JPEGMAFIA
51. The Past Is Still Alive
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
52. STARFACE
    Lava La Rue
53. World Wide Whack
    Tierra Whack
54. Venus Smiles Not In The House Of Tears
    Samora Pinderhughes
55. Little Rope
    Sleater-Kinney
56. Odyssey
    Nubya Garcia
57. Brat
    Charli XCX
58. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
    Knocked Loose
59. Eternal Sunshine
    Ariana Grande
60. Artillery From Heaven
    Contention
61. All Of Heaven's Luck
    Rejoice
62. Evergreen
    Soccer Mommy
63. From Memory
    Clothing
64. Power
    illuminati hotties
65. Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
    Porridge Radio
66. News of the Universe
    La Luz
67. Funeral for Justice
    Mdou Moctar
68. Akoma
    Jlin
69. Confrere
    Poison Ruïn
70. Palm Wine
    Yatta
71. Acadia
    Yasmin Williams
72. Home in Another Life
    Enumclaw
73. Make It Feel Like The Garden
    Eliza & The Delusionals
74. WELCOME HOME, KID!
    Jordan Mackampa
75. After The End
    Wave Generators
76. Y'Y
    Amaro Freitas
77. Gramarye
    TAAHLIAH
78. As Grande As
    Grande Mahogany
79. Richmond Hill
    Masta Ace & Marco Polo
80. What A Relief
    Katie Gavin
81. 1-800 FANTASY
    Blk Odyssy
82. Mirror Starts Moving Without Me
    Pom Pom Squad
83. Dopamine
    Normani
84. Voice Memos From A Winter In China
    Mary Sue
85. sleep paralysis
    Bbymutha
86. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
87. Psychedelic Anxiety
    Frances Chang
88. The Academy
    Lutalo
89. Head Rush
    Channel Tres
90. like the sky I've been too quiet
    Ganavya
91. She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
    Chelsea Wolfe
92. Playing Favorites
    Sheer Mag
93. What A Devastating Turn of Events
    Rachel Chinouriri
94. GREIF
    Zeal & Ardor
95. Chaos Is Her Name
    BINA
96. Lost - for Annie
    Natalia Beylis
97. What A Fucking Nightmare
    The Chisel
98. Assembling Symbols Into My Own Poetry
    Alice Longyu Gao
99. See You at the Maypole
    Half Waif
100. Sad Girl
     TSHA
101. Talkie Talkie
     Los Bitchos
102. Camp Feltface
     Feltface
103. Because It's True
     Laughing
104. Another Summer
     Lazy Sunday
105. Majwa
     Aziza Brahim
106. Don't Die On Me
     Think About You
107. Golden Age Of Self Snitching
     Revival Season
108. Still Praying
     Westside Gunn & DJ Drama
109. The Star Of The Story
     Semiratruth
110. Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
     Julie Christmas
111. The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
     Tapir!
112. CAJU
     Liniker
113. The Long Way
     Nicolette & The Nobodies
114. Chamber Songs
     We Hate You Please Die
115. Interior Spring
     topographies
116. Boyhood
     Kidz At Play
117. Orion
     orion sun
118. Pyrex Housecat
     Censored Dialogue
119. You'll Have To Lose Something
     The Spirit Of The Beehive
120. Dark Times
     Vince Staples
121. AGE
     Flower Festival
122. Everyone's Gone And I Know I'm The Cause
     The Greeting Committee
123. Uppercat
     Radical Kitten