- Christopher Bahn
- Andy Battaglia
- Aaron Burgess
- Andrew Earles
- Scott Gordon
- Marc Hawthorne
- Jason Heller
- Steven Hyden
- Trevor Kelley
- Genevieve Koski
- Gregg Lagambina
- Michaelangelo Matos
- Chris Mincher
- Josh Modell
- Noel Murray
- Sean O'Neal
- Keith Phipps
- Nathan Rabin
- Kyle Ryan
NATHAN RABIN
1. Devin The Dude, Waiting To Inhale (10)
2. Lily Allen, Alright, Still (10)
3. Little Brother, The Getback (10)
4. R. Kelly, Double Up (10)
5. Ghostface Killah, The Big Doe Rehab (10)
6. Fountains Of Wayne, Traffic And Weather (10)
7. Brother Ali, The Undisputed Truth (10)
"Take Me Home" by Brother Ali
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8. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (10)
Big-haired, big-voiced retro-soul chanteuse Amy Winehouse waged a one-woman British invasion this year, winning over the American public with pretty pop songs that Trojan-horsed evil thoughts, pitch-black humor, and poisonous intentions. Breakout tracks "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" swaggered with bad-girl bluster and cinematic atmosphere, but Winehouse proved equally adept at dialing down the nihilism and embracing swooning sentimentality on lush, unapologetically romantic songs like "Tears Dry On Their Own," "Some Unholy War," and "Back To Black." Winehouse's substance-abuse woes, habitual public breakdowns, and famously masochistic taste made her a ubiquitous tabloid fixture, but her timeless music seems destined to outlast her cultural moment as pop culture's reigning bad girl. In the end, it's better neither to burn out nor fade away.
9. Talib Kweli, Eardrum (10)
10. T-Pain, Epiphany (10)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Common, Finding Forever
Median, Median's Relief
Evidence, Weatherman LP
Chrisette Michele, I Am
Big City, The City Never Sleeps
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