The gang gets together to give our picks for Best Music of 2012. There were a lot of surprises in the mix but there was a lot of great music that was released last year which made for a difficult task. We hope you enjoy our picks. See below for our list as well as Big Freezy’s extensive list. He is our go to man for new music, so hit him up if you want some recommendations.
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Villains: Gargamel, Krawl, Big Freezy
Gargamel’s Best List
Frank Ocean – “Channel Orange”
Alabama Shakes – “Boys & Girls”
Kendrick Lamar – “good kid M.A.A.D city”
Dirty Projectors – “Swing Lo Magellan”
Beach House – “Bloom”
The xx – “Coexist”
Krawl’s Best List
Lupe Fiasco – “Food & Liqour II”
Estelle – “All of Me”
Santigold – “Master of my Make-Believe”
Kanye West – “Good Music Cruel Summer”
Frank Ocean – “Channel Orange”
Big Freezy’s Best List
Top Albums of 2012:
Action Bronson x Party Supplies – “Blue Chips Mixtape”
Alabama Shakes – “Boys & Girls”
Beach House – “Bloom”
Best Coast – “The Only Place”
Cat Power – “Sun”
El-P – “Cancer 4 Cure”
Fiona Apple – “The Idler Wheel…”
Flying Lotus – “Until the Quiet Comes”
Frank Ocean – “Channel Orange”
Grimes – “Visions”
Grizzly Bear – “Shields”
Jack White – “Blunderbuss”
Japandroids – “Celebration Rock”
Kendrick Lamar – “good kid, m.A.A.d city”
Killer Mike – “R.A.P. Music”
Miguel – “Kaleidoscope Dream”
Nas – “Life Is Good”
Passion Pit – “Gossamer”
Tame Impala – “Lonerism”
The xx – “Coexist”
Top Songs of 2012:
Alabama Shakes – “Be Mine”
A$AP Rocky – “Goldie”
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”
Beach House – “Lazuli”
Best Coast – “How They Want Me to Be”
El-P – “The Full Retard”
Fiona Apple – “Hot Knife”
Flying Lotus – “Putty Boy Strut”
Flying Lotus/Captain Murphy – “Between Friends” ft. Earl Sweatshirt
Frank Ocean – “Sweet Life”
Grimes – “Genesis”
Grizzly Bear – “Yet Again”
Gorillaz + James Murphy + Andre 3000 – “DoYaThing”
Gunplay – “Jump Out”
Jack White – “Sixteen Saltines”
Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built”
Joey Bada$$ – “Survival Tactics” ft. Capital STEEZ
Juicy J – “Bands A Make Her Dance” (Remix) ft. Lil’ Wayne and 2 Chainz
Kanye West – “Mercy” ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz
Kendrick Lamar – “The Art of Peer Pressure”
Killer Mike – “Untitled” ft. Scar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Thrift Shop” ft. Wanz
Miguel – Do You…
Major Lazer – “Get Free” ft. Amber of Dirty Projectors
Passion Pit – “Take A Walk”
Santigold – “Disparate Youth”
Solange – “Losing You”
Tame Impala – “Mind Mischief”
Usher – “Climax”
The xx – “Angels”
