An inaccurate, yet semi-quantified top ten artists of the year list for B Michael Payne:

1. Kanye West
2. Das Racist
3. Gucci Mane
4. Drake
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West
6. Lil B
7. Guided By Voices
8. PJ Harvey
9. St. Vincent
10. James Blake

I think the really accurate part of this list is that I listen to a lot of Kanye West. And Guided By Voices. The rest of this is mostly 2011 stuff, from 2011. It probably overstates how much I actually listen-listen to Gucci Mane, and understates some other things I’ve been enjoying without Last.fm scrobbling.