Clusterfunk Collective presents 2013 Top Drops

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Kanye West "Yeezus"	1. Deltron "Event 2"
2. Mac Miller "Watching Movies With The Sound Off"	2. Mac Miller "Watching Movies With The Sound Off"
3. Deltron "Event 2"	3. Toro Y Moi "Anything In Return"
4. DJ Nu-Mark "Broken Sunlight"	4. Step Kids "Troubadour"
5. Myron & E "Broadway"	5. Sol Galeano "Oye Mi Canto"
6. Janelle Monae "The Electric Lady"	6. DJ Nu-Mark "Broken Sunlight"
7. Toro Y Moi "Anything In Return"	7. Myron & E "Broadway"
8. Hieroglyphics "The Kitchen"	8. Hieroglyphics "The Kitchen"
9. Ta-Ku & Raashan Ahmad "Lo Fidelity, High Quality"	9. DJ Sapien: "Dumplings"
10. Harn Solo "Journey To The Sky"	10. Harn Solo "Perfect Picture"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Francis Chiser "Tom's Summer"	1. DJ Platurn "So This Is De La Heaven (pt. 2)"
2. DJ Platurn "So This Is De La Heaven (pt. 2)"	2. DJ Day "Way Out Of Living 2"
3. RQ Away "Lagniappe"	3. Francis Chiser "Tom's Summer"
4. DJ Needles "A Tribe Called Kast"	4. DJ Needles "A Tribe Called Kast"
5. Skratch Bastid "Satisfaction Guaranteed"	5. Moods "Elevate"
6. DJ Chicken George & Third Root "Mind Elevation"	6. RQ Away "Lagniappe"
7. Mr. Muddbird "San Francisco 45ers"	7. The 45 Sessions & DJ O-Dub "7+1"
8. DJ Day "Way Out Of Living 2"	8. Lil Dave & Personify "Gotcha Covered"
9. DJ Quickie Mart "Ask Ya Mom An 'Nem	9. DJ Muro "Muro Diggin' Black Jazz"
10. DJ Ali B "Oh! Sh!t!"	10. House Shoes "The King James Version (Chapter 1): Verses 1-4"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Suave & Prospek "Day 2 Day Soul"	1. Curren$y & Young Roddy "Bales"
2. The Black Opera "80z Babiez To Tha 2Gz"	2. The Black Opera "80z Babiez To Tha 2Gz"
3. LAKIM "Soulection White Label Series 001"	3. Suave & Prospek "Day 2 Day Soul"
4. Jarreau Vandal "Soulection White Label Series 003"	4. Janine & The Mixtape "Dark Mind"
5. Collective Resonance "The Gorillaz Project"	5. WriteGroove & AckWrite "Ackwrite"
6. DA-P "Soulection White Label Series 002"	6. DJ Rhettmatic & Frank Nitt "The Smoke Music EP"
7. Freddie Joachim "Olive Juice: The Love Remixes (Vol. 2)"	7. Marian Mereba "Room For Living"
8. LAKIM "Reinterpretations"	8. Beat Gates "Somethings"
9. Janine & The Mixtape "Dark Mind"	9. Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa & Cookin Soul "Live In Concierto: The Jetmixes"
10. WriteGroove & AckWrite "Ackwrite"	10. LAKIM "Reinterpretations"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Oddisee "Tangible Dream"	1. Bambu "Sun of a Gun"
2. Bambu "Sun of a Gun"	2. Oddisee "Tangible Dream"
3. Rapsody "She Got Game"	3. Joey Bada$$ "Summer Knights"
4. Kanye West & The Beatles "What's A Black Beatle?"	4. Curren$y "New Jet City"
5. Astro "Starvin Like Marvin For A Cool J Song"	5. Rapsody "She Got Game"

Clusterfunk Collective presents 2012 Top Drops

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Kendrick Lamar "good kid, m.A.A.d. city"	1. Kendrick Lamar "good kid, m.A.A.d. city"
2. Adele "21"	2. Adele "21"
3. Menahan Street Band "The Crossing"	3. Menahan Street Band "The Crossing"
4. Oddisee "People Hear What They See"	4. Curren$y "The Stoned Immaculate"
5. Nas "Life Is Good"	5. Oddisee "People Hear What They See"
6. Ski Beatz "Twilight"	6. Stalley "Savage Journey To The American Dream"
7. Curren$y "The Stoned Immaculate"	7. Amerigo Gazaway "Bizarre Tribe: A Quest To The Pharcyde"
8. Brother Ali "Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color	8. 1-O.A.K. "Special Request"
9. 1-O.A.K. "Special Request"	9. Stanley Bloom & Mike Ro Wave "Pacific Shore"
10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "The Heist"	10. Elespee & Prospek "Nola Noir"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Bilal "The Retrospection"	1. Joey Bada$$ "1999"
2. Cookin' Soul "Summer Waves 2"	2. Young Roddy "Good Sense"
3. Pro Era "PEEP: the aPROcalypse"	3. Pro Era "PEEP: the aPROcalypse"
4. Joey Bada$$ "1999"	4. Big K.R.I.T. "4Eva & A Day"
5. Wiz Khalifa "Taylor Allderdice"	5. Wiz Khalifa "Taylor Allderdice"
6. Tabi Bonney "The Endless Summer"	6. Trademark Da Skydiver "Flamingo Barnes"
7. Steely Chan "Mos World"	7. Tabi Bonney "The Endless Summer"
8. Jean Grae "Cookies or Comas"	8. Steely Chan "Mos World"
9. Stussy, Frank The Butcher & DJ 7L "Searchin"	9. Stussy, Frank The Butcher & DJ 7L "Searchin"
10. Dee-1 "The Focus Tape"	10. Mellow Orange "Stay Mellow"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Soul Khan "Wellstone"	1. Curren$y "Cigarette Boats"
2. J57 "The Ports"	2. Oddisee "Odd Revelation (Vol. 1)"
3. The Black Opera "Overture"	3. J57 "The Ports"
4. Jonwayne "Jonwayne Fucks Disney"	4. Soul Khan "Wellstone"
5. Philly Beamin "Humble Pi"	5. Philly Beamin "Humble Pi"
6. Curren$y "3-Piece Set"	6. Shad "Melancholy & The Infinite Shadness"
7. Oddisee "Odd Revelations (Vol. 1)	7. Curren$y "3-Piece Set"
8. Bahamadia "(w)here"	8. Audible Doctor "I Think That..."
9. Ta-Ku "Re-Twerk"	9. Datahowler "The Violinist Sessions"
10. Alex Isley "Love/Art Memoirs"	10. Ta-Ku "Re-Twerk"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Bahwee "Flavors 2"	1. Bahwee "Flavors 2"
2. Beatnick Dee "20 For 12"	2. Nesby Phips "Floorsleepers (Series)"
3. DJ Concept "Sonidos Para Tu Alma"	3. Kaimbr "The Brothership"
4. Chuck Inglish "WRKNG."	4. DJ Concept "Flight Patterns"
5. Ta-Ku "Scraps"	5. The Planty Herbs & Moods "24-Hour Beat Tape"

@akadi	@bgzthechief
1. Matthew Africa "...Plays 7 Inches"	1. Matthew Africa "...Plays 7 Inches"
2. DJ Franchise "Futurized Funk"	2. Oliver Wang "Dust & Grooves"
3. J Boogie "Tropi-Dub"	3. Jim Sharp "Straighten It Out 2"
4. Oliver Wang "Dust & Grooves"	4. DJ Franchise "Futurized Funk"
5. RQ Away "Amygdala"	5. DJs Personify, FROZ1 & Case Bloom "Little Big Things"

Top Drops of 2011: Beat Tapes

something we can agree upon
1. Amp Live "You Are Not Human"
2. Kaimbr "Mr. Miyagi Beat Tape"
3. Nicolay "Shibuya Sessions"
4. Cookin' Soul "A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron"
5. J. Boogie "Fireside Sessions"

Top Drops of 2011: Albums

@bgzthechief	@akadi
1. Kendrick Lamar "Section 80"	1. Big K.R.I.T. "Return of 4Eva"
2. Big K.R.I.T. "Return of 4Eva"	2. Kendrick Lamar "Section 80"
3. Curren$y & Alchemist "Covert Coup"	3. Adele "21"
4. DJ Quik "The Book of David"	4. Zion I "Atomic Clock"
5. Wiz Khalifa "Rolling Papers"	5. Curren$y "Weekend At Burnie's"
6. Adele "21"	6. Wiz Khalifa "Rolling Papers"
7. Murs "Love & Rockets (Volume 1): The Transformation"	7. Trademark Da Skydiver "Issue #3: Reign Supreme"
8. Jet Life "Jet World Order"	8. Murs "Love & Rockets (Volume 1): The Transformation"
9. Eligh & Amp Live "Therapy At 3"	9. Jill Scott "The Light of the Sun"
10. The Roots "Undun"	10. Beats Antique "Collide"

Clusterfunk Collective presents Top Drops of 2011

We did it. We really did it. It’s been three years since we endeavored to create our first blog, and at the end of the most successful (and unbelievable) year we have had yet, we are proud to present our Top Drops of 2011.

However, we had no idea the difficulty that selecting the best albums, mixtapes, EPs, and beat tapes of the last twelve months would be this challenging. Quite obviously this has been an amazing year for artists of all sorts, but one in which musicians have broken the mold. A deal is no longer required (at least not one with a major label), and in many cases it has been more than proven that the road less travelled is likely the better avenue. We also witnessed history as Mac Miller secured the top spot, only the second independent artist to do so since Tha Dogg Pound in 1995. Film footage framed our vision, with artists venturing into web series, live footage, backstage passes, and in-studio performances more than ever before. This and more contributed largely to the erasure of the often misdirected 'hip-hop is dead' sentiments that lingered throughout the first half 2010 and provided the fuel that propelled 2011 to be one of the more memorable musical years in recent memory.

Without further ado…