alright screw it, here's my top 10 albums of the year with some video proof of their greatness:

10. Hidden - These New Puritans
Future rock a la Battles but better
first single and one of the coolest video's this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfKqgWPVvk

9. Magnetic Man - Magnetic Man
Dubstep supergroup makes pop album brilliance
there are better clips but this song rocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEAYERxJtek

8. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
Supreme beatmaker widens his scope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCyv05SG1g

7. FabricLive 50 - D-Bridge and Instra:mental
Start of the Autonomic movement in drum'n'bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mnW--E2aOI

6. King Knight - Salem
dark electronic synthy hip hop with heavy religious symbolism breaks all the rules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwMc91DQXHU&feature=related

5. In Search of Stoney Jackson - Strong Arm Steady
Madlibs finest hour with Strong Arm Steady providing the carefree rhymes
with Talib on first verse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJql-33zFho

4. Diamond Eyes - Deftones
Return of the kings, fuck it, it's the best things they've ever done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woR6ohiFeYE

3. Black Sands - Bonobo
Effortless instrumental hip hop of the highest order
here's a superb mini-mix of the whole album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tvQCf57peM

2. Arch Android - Janelle Monae
Her creativity and passion is limitless and inspiring
one of the songs and video's of the year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc

1. How i got over - The Roots
A career defining album that surpasses "Do you want more?" and "Phrenology"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4D1QOLGuM

see you in 2011!!!