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2021
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Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The Best Albums of 2021 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

Outside Child - Allison Russell

The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2021 Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss

Glow On - Turnstile

The 30 Best Albums Of 2021 Spin

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

The Best Albums of 2021 Vinyl Me, Please

New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Far Out

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Top Ten Albums of 2021 The Skinny

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

The Best Albums of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021 Vinyl Factory

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Top 10 Albums of 2021 BBC Radio 6 Music

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 NME

Nurture - Porter Robinson

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Our Culture

Outside Child - Allison Russell

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Chris Willman

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Jem Aswad

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The 75 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Albums of the Year 2021 Loud And Quiet

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Slant

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Best Music of 2021 Washington Post: Chris Richards

Fatigue - L'Rain

Top 50 Albums of 2021 The Wire

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Consequence

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 The Ringer

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Billboard

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