Albums:
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World War
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
3. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
4. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody
5. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
6. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
8. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
9. Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor
10. Sloan - Parallel Play
11. Prodigy - H.N.I.C. 2
12. AZ - Undeniable
13. Grand Buffet - King Vision
14. Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla
15. The Roots - Rising Down
16. Foxboro Hottubs - Stop Drop And Roll!!
17. Blake Leyh - X-Ray Yankee Zulu Tango
18. Fabolous - Gangsta Grillz: There Is No Competition
19. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
20. Jaguar Love - Jaguar Love EP
21. Usher - Here I Stand
22. various artists - The Wire: " … and all the pieces matter"
23. Bun B - II Trill
24. Firewater - The Golden Hour
25. Elvis Costello - Momofuku

Singles:
1. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - "No Air"
2. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
3. Hot Stylz f/ Yung Joc - "Lookin' Boy"
4. Jazmine Sullivan f/ Missy Elliott - "I Need U Bad"
5. Ne-Yo - "Closer"
6. Paramore - "That's What You Get"
7. Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. - "Life Of Da Party"
8. Ryan Leslie - "Diamond Girl"
9. Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
10. Cherish f/ Yung Joc - "Killa"
11. B.O.B. - "Haterz Everywhere"
12. Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - "Put On"
13. Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)"
14. Lee Carr - "Stilettos"
15. John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light"
16. Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"
17. Robin Thicke - "Magic"
18. Webbie f/ Lil Phat of 3 Deep and Lil Boosie - "Independent"
19. John Mayer - "Say"
20. Ray J - "Gifts"
21. Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline"
22. Alicia Keys - "Teenage Love Affair"
23. Lupe Fiasco - "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
24. Nas f/ Keri Hilson - "Hero"
25. G-Unit - "I Like The Way She Do It"
26. Shawty Lo - "Foolish"
27. Ludo - "Love Me Dead"
28. Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix)"
29. Ryan Leslie f/ Cassie and "Addiction"
30. T.I. - "No Matter What"
31. Atreyu - "Falling Down"
32. John Legend - "Show Me"
33. Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
34. Nelly f/ Fergie - "Party People"
35. Big Boi f/ Raekwon and Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"
36. Janet Jackson - "Luv"
37. Foxboro Hot Tubs - "Mother Mary"
38. Alkaline Trio - "Help Me"
39. Usher f/ Young Jeezy - "Love In This Club"
40. Missy Elliott - "Ching-A-Ling"
41. Ne-Yo - "Go On Girl"
42. Jaheim - "Never"
43. Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger - "Scream"
44. Ace Gutta f/ T-Pain and Rick Ross - "Cash Flow"
45. Coheed And Cambria - "Feathers"
46. Erykah Badu - "Honey"
47. Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
48. Chingy f/ Ludacris and Bobby Valentino - "Gimme Dat"
49. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
50. Ray J f/ Yung Berg - "Sexy Can I"

The last couple months it seems like there's been a ton of new albums by people whose last album I loved, all trying and failing to top it. The previous albums by Lil Wayne, My Brightest Diamond, Sloan, Prodigy, Grand Buffet, and The Roots, among others, were some of my favorite records of the past few years, and their new ones are by no means disappointments, mostly because I didn't really get my hopes up at a repeat in the first place. The first few months of the year felt really slow as far as singles that got any kind of reaction from me, but now it's summer and there's just a ton of jams out, mostly R&B.

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