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All I had to do was bitch about 2019 and it stepped to me–almost immediately. Top 25s in particular are getting a lot of replay.

Bold-faced entries represent older music, which I usually separate into a dedicated list later. Notable: some very emotionally intense desert blues up in here, and it parallels some shit coming down at the source; some really talkative rap records striking deep; my reading as always effects my musical perceptions–I just finished Dave Cullen’s Parkland.

1. Little Simz: Grey Area
2. Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet
3. Quelle Chris: Guns
4. Burnt Sugar: 20^th Anniversary Mixtapes—Groiddest Schizznits, Vols. 1-3
5. Dave: PSYCHODRAMA
6. Royal Trux: White Stuff
7. 2 Chainz: Rap or Go to the League
8. Harriet Tubman: The Terror End of Beauty
9. The Coathangers: The Devil You Know
10. Various Artists: All the Young Droogs–60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks
11. Mdou Moctar: Ilana (The Creator)
12. Ben Lamar Gay: Confetti in the Sky Like Fireworks
13. Usted Saami: God is Not a Terrorist
14. Robert Forster: Inferno
15. Heroes are Gang Leaders: The Amiri Baraka Sessions
16. Yugen Blakrok: Anima Mysterium
17. James Brandon Lewis: An Unruly Manifesto
18. Kel Assouf: Black Tenere
19. The Comet is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
20. Aesop Rock & TOBACCO: Malibu Ken
21. Zeal & Ardor: Live in London
22. Joe McPhee / John Butcher: At the Hill of James Magee
23. Various Artists: Weaponize Your Sound
24. Helado Negro: This is How You Smile
25. Ahmed Ag Kaedy: Akaline Kidal
26. Various Artists: Live at Raul’s
27. Solange: When I Get Home
28. Tanya Tagaq: Snowblind
29. Branford Marsalis Quartet: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
30. Steve Earle: Guy
31. Rosie Flores: A Simple Case of The Blues
32. Jenny Lewis: On the Line
33. Silkroad Assassins: State of Ruin
34. Various Artists: Rhapsody in Bronze (featuring Cousin Joe, James Booker, and Snooks Eaglin)
    
35. Angel-Ho: Death Becomes Her
36. DKV and Joe McPhee: The Fire Each Time
37. Various Artists: Travailler, C’est Trop Dur–The Lyrical Legacy of Caesar Vincent
38. Que Vola: Que Vola
39. Sir Shina Peters and His Internation Stars: Sewele
40. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Miri
41. People Under the Stairs: Sincerely, The P
42. Powder: Powder in Space (DJ Mix)
43. Hama: Houmeissa
44. Ill Considered: 5
45. Leyla McCalla: Capitalist Blues
46. M’dou Moctar: Blue Stage Session
47. CZARFACE & Ghostface Killah: Czarface Meets Ghostface
48. Matthew Shipp Trio: Signature
49. Angel Bat Dawid: The Oracle
50. Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center
51. Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez: Duologue
52. Bad Bunny: X 100PRE
53. The Clifford Thornton Memorial Quartet (featuring Joe McPhee): Sweet Oranges
54. Our Native Daughters: Songs of Our Native Daughters
55. Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock
56. Ty Segall: Deforming Lobes
57. The Specials: Encore
58. Meat Puppets: Dusty Notes
59. Mekons: Deserted
60. Greg Ward and Rogue Parade: Stomping Off from Greenwood