Albums Winner:
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella
3250 Points/266 Mentions
Essays
Rise of the Douchebags
Kanye West and James Murphy turn their private flaws into public triumphs
By Zach Baron
Never Forget
Cee Lo Green sums up 2010 in two little words
By Rob Harvilla
Little Pink Polos for You and Me
Wallowing and/or reveling in social anxiety with Arcade Fire and Vampire
Weekend
By Eric Harvey
The Wayward Crucifixion of M.I.A.
On the dodgy, opportunistic, truffle-fry-fueled campaign against both Maya
and Maya
By Charles Aaron
Leave Chillwave Alone
In defense of the nostalgia-steeped genre Ariel Pink both invented and
abandoned
By Simon Reynolds
Attack of the Singing Rappers
On Drake, Nicki Minaj, B.o.B., and the art of the debut-as-pop-crossover
By Clover Hope
The Great Gay-Pander-Off of 2010
Katy, Nicki, Ke$ha, P!nk, and Gaga taste the rainbow
By Rich Juzwiak
The Internet-Rap Atomization
Odd Future, Lil B, Wiz Khalifa, et al. build tiny kingdoms, and rule them
By Tom Breihan
Justin Bieber, Twitter Casanova
The Most Popular Boy in the World rules the only voting bloc that matters:
pre-teen girls
By Camille Dodero
Singles Winner:
"Fuck You"
Cee Lo Green
Elektra/Asylum
187 Mentions
Comments
Top Ten
From Kanye West to The Suburbs
Stuff We Like
Rick Ross Lies, the Rolling Stones Plunder, And Taylor Swift Triumphs
The Personals
Industry Woes, Cultural Theories, Polite Suggestions, and Calls of Bullshit
Post-Mortem
Pazz & Jop Stats: On Kanye West's Dominance, And What The Poll Would've Looked Like Without Him
Pazz & Jop Stats II: Calculating Enthuasiasm, Hipness, Metalism, And, Uh, Kvltosis
Music Editor Rob Harvilla Managing Editor Zach Baron Head Designer Jesus Diaz Web Development Manager Mike Uchtman Copy Editor Shazdeh Omari Online Editor Camille Dodero Poobah Extraordinaire Nick Murray
Poll tabulated by Glenn McDonald - http://furia.com/pjs/
Thanks to all 712 voters, commenters, and essayists.
