It's that time of year again for the annual Musical Year in Review, a tradition that began last year that I intend to continue. Musically, it's been quite a phenomenal year for so many of my favorite genres and it was really hard choosing favorites. Looking back, there are so many great, heavy rotation albums that I didn't do reviews on.

Honestly, this list-or series of list rather-took me almost 2 months to dig through archives, think about, and recall this year in music to complete it. It's a little different from last year's brief review, at least in comparison, but I certainly hope all of you enjoy the mix nonetheless!

13 Favorite Albums of 2013:

The Electric Lady: Suites IV/V - Janelle Monae
20/20 Experience - J.T.
Love in Flying Colors - The Foreign Exchange
Bankrupt-Phoenix
Nothing Was the Same - Drake
Born Sinner- J.Cole
The Gifted-Wale
MCHG-Jay Z
Black Radio 2-Robert Glasper
Beyonce [Self tilted]-Beyonce
Matangia-M.I.A.
Random Access Memories-Daft Punk
Long Live A$AP-A$AP Rocky

Top 13 Favorite Tracks:

Happy - Pharrell Williams
White Tiger - Izzy Bizu
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
Bed Peace - Jhene Aiko ft. Childish Gambino
Primetime - Janelle Monae ft. Miguel
Daydreaming - Paramore
Almost is Never Enough - Ariana Grande
Nakamarra - Hiatus Kaiyote
First Time - Jaden Smith ft. T. Cole
Don't Hold the Wall - Justin Timberlake
Skyfall - Adele
Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
Blue Scholars - Joe Metro

Favorite Videos:

Radioactive x Imagine Dragons (This video was just fun and insanely creative, in my opinion)
You Don't Know x Kiah Victoria (beautifully shot)
{Pick any video from Beyonce's visual album and fill in the blanks accordingly, lol}

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