Most music websites like ours publish end of the year lists (most times before the year is over), but we see this as a time to truly celebrate what God is doing through art and music. For the next few weeks we will be posting our lists of the best recordings in 2010, divided by genres and categories. This all leads up to our final presentation of our Essential 25 Recordings of 2010 post on the last week of January. This is our joyous recounting of all that amazed us in 2010.
*click on the name of the artist to find out more about them, click on the album title to listen to samples and purchase*
Hip-Hop album of the year: Deepspace5- The Future Aint What It Used Be
Braille-Weapon Aid
Group 1 Crew- Outta Space Love
Heath McNease- The Gun Show
Lecrae- Rehab
Playdough- Writer Dye
Rhema Soul- Fingerprints
Sev Statik- School Shooting EP
Shad- TSOL
Spoken Nerd- Apocalypse Awareness Day
Stephen The Levite- The Forerunner EP
R&B/Soul/Gospel album of the year: Mavis Staples-You Are Not Alone
Aaron Neville- I Know I’ve Been Changed
Al Green- Love Ritual
The Holmes Brothers- Feed My Soul
Israel Houghton- Love God. Love People.
Joy Ike-Rumors
Karen Clark Sheard- All In One
Marvin Sapp- Here I Am
Molly Williams- Take Me Down to the River
Solomon Burke- Nothing’s Impossible
EP Of The Year: Sufjan Stevens-All Delighted People EP
Bradley Hathaway-A Thousand Angry Panthers
Cold War Kids-Behave Yourself EP
Gileah Taylor-A Crooked Line EP
Gileah Taylor-What Kind of Fool EP
Joy Williams-We Mapped the World EP
Same As Sunday-Earn Your Stripes EP
Sev Statik- School Shooting EP
Stephen The Levite- The Forerunner EP
The Rocketboys-Wellwisher EP
Next week is the big one! The ONE21′s top 25 recordings of 2010! Also our staff will reveal their personal top tens for the year, so hit us again next week!
Thank you so much!