10 Albums + 100 Songs From 2021
Plus some other things I watched and read this year
Even though it might be hard to believe right now, 2021 was mostly better than 2020. Tantalizingly close to normalcy. We bounced with the ebb and flow on a month to month basis, learning new rules on the fly and all along, we were buoyed by art. Gone were the expectations of “Pandemic Albums” and manufactured delays where musicians held their work back in hopes of better timing and tour opportunities further down the road. In 2021, everybody emptied the clip and it made life a little sweeter. Here are the songs that stuck with me over the past year:
10 Albums From 2021
Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue
Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
CFCF - memoryland
Dean Blunt - BLACK METAL 2
Erika de Casier - Sensational
Ghetts - Conflict of Interest
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
Loraine James - Reflection
PinkPantheress - to hell with it
Vince Staples - Vince Staples
After the paywall, read on for the top 100 songs playlist, some extended writing about individual tracks and my lists for top TV shows and books from 2021.
