BEST OF 2010 (albums) #1 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

There are so many reasons that this is a monumental landmark album, most of which I've logged in my previous tome about this record. You can read my rather lengthy take on 2010's masterpiece here. In the end, though, this wasn't even close, if there was ever an album of the year, for any year, this is it. Kanye may be nuts, he may be hated, but he is an absolute genius who is more self aware than his critics will ever give him credit for, and that genius and awareness is what powers this beast of a record. You can sleep on this and you can hate on it, but in the end the only person you are hurting is yourself. Like Kanye's tweets, this is an ALL CAPS record, and if it takes an ALL CAPS mind to make music this brilliant, then KANYE, STAY CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER!!!