And 2010 is coming to a close, I’m going to give you my favorite albums of the year. (In no particular order)

• The Sea-Corinne Bailey Rae-Glad to hear some new material to follow up her 2006 album. Favorite Tracks-Closer, I’d Do It All Again, Diving For Hearts, and Are You Here.
• The ArchAndroid-Janelle Monae-Been waiting on this one for a LONG time. The musicianship is outstanding and the fluidity should be the benchmark for artist that want to achieve some confluence from track to track. Favorite Tracks-Dance or Die, Faster, Tightrope, Locked Inside
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-Kanye West My man Kanye!! You put your foot into the production of this one. I felt a little bit more of the feel from ‘College Dropout’ and ‘Late Registration’ on this one, definitely a good look. Favorite Tracks-All Of The Lights (Interlude and Song), Lost In The World, Gorgeous, Devil In a New Dress.
• La Roux-La Roux Definitely some dance tracks and gives the 80 pop feel. Favorite Tracks-Bulletproof, In For the Kill, I’m Not Your Toy, Cover My Eyes
• Flesh Tone-Kelis This is THE must-have dance album of the year. I really didn’t mess with Kelis like that until now. I can listen to this from start to finish, another good example of using segues to blend the tracks. The entire album is on my workout playlist. Favorite Tracks-22nd Century, Acapella, 4th of July, Song For The Baby.
• Inception Soundtrack-Hans Zimmer-Listening to this instantly transports you to the world of Inception and replays all of the scenes. Favorite Tracks-52849, Mombasa, Dream Within A Dream
• All I Want Is You-Miguel If you follow the blog or my Twitter, you know how I feel about this album. A refreshing departure from Trey Songz tired ass. Favorite Tracks-Sure Thing, To The Moon, My Piece, Girl With The Tattoo

Honorable Mention

• Loud-Rihanna
• Last Train To Paris-Diddy Dirty Money
• Back At Me-Fantasia
• Hands All Over-Maroon 5