The 55 Best Albums of 2013 (23-33)

Part 3 in our countdown of the best albums of 2013.  

Get your album favorites in now!!!  I'm counting on you for your best albums.  I need them to compile a top 111.  Just email them or put them in the comment section below.

Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2013 (23-33):

23.  Kanye West - Yeezus
24.  Moving Units - Neurotic Exotic
25.  CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
26.  The Weeknd - Kissland
27.  Pickwick - Can't Talk Medicine
28.  Savages - Silence Yourself
29.  Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob
30.  Washed Out - Paracosm
31.  Drake - Nothing was the Same
32.  Rhye - Woman
33.  Volcano Choir - Repave

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The 11 Best Songs By Drake

In hip-hop, it's all about street cred.  If you haven't murdered and pillaged townships for most of your life then you might as well turn in your mic and become a DJ. I don't think any rapper in the history of the game has had less street cred than Drake.  First of all he's Canadian, which should have eliminated him right off the bat.  But to make matters even more unrealistic, he used to star in Degrassi High.  Even with all this going against him, Drake has managed to become one of the most inventive and innovative hip-hop artists out there.  Because he had to fight against his thug-less image, it's as if he's pushing the boundaries of rap can be to prove that he knows what the hell he's doing.  He's pushed rap so far, it's to the point that it's questionable if it's even rap anymore or has become something unto itself.  Don't let his squeaky clean image fool you, Drake is as hard as any one in the rap game.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Drake:

1. Take Care (Take Care)
2. Over (Thank Me Later)
3. Marvin's Room (Take Care)
4. Fear (So Far Gone)
5. Fireworks (Thank Me Later)
6. Best I Ever Had (So Far Gone)
7. Find Your Love (Thank Me Later)
8. Well Be Fine (Take Care)
9. Thank Me Now (Thank Me Later)
10. Headlines (Take Care)
11. Look What You've Done (Take Care)

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The 55 Best Albums of 2011 (45-55)

For the week I will count down my favorite albums of 2011.  Like a holiday advent calendar I will only give you a little taste of the good stuff one day at a time.  There's no denying that this year dubstep broke through to the mainstream like a ADD little boy hopped up on food coloring.  For those of us listening to Burial years ago, this was an overwhelming "duh" moment.  But for the rest of the world, it was like a 100-yard dash to the marketing finish line.  Within a matter of weeks of Skrillex's creative video (and it was a great video) every marketing campaign chucked their pop songs hoping they could be the first to latch onto this hip young trend.  There was a dubstep version of the White Stripes in the new Battleship trailer.  Verzion has a little kid tweaking out to dubstep on his cellphone with his grandma.  What's next?...will Tim Tebow pray to a dubstep beat?  I wouldn't doubt it.

Now...I WANT YOUR HELP.  Send me your lists of your favorite albums of 2011.  Top twenty.  I will compile all your votes into one master list.  So send it via email...or just post it in the comment box.  Will post on Dec. 31st the final result.

Here are the 44-55 Best Albums of 2011:

45.       Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

46.       R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

47.       Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

48.       Skrillex - More Monsters and Sprites EP

49.       Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

50.       Drake - Take Care

51.       Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now

52.       David Lowery - The Palace Guards

53.       Rival Sons - Pressure & Time 

54.     Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist (End To the Lies)

55.     Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You

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