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My 2024 Albums Of The Year

A picture of hip-hop artist BigXThaPlug.

This was originally published on my music blog Synthicator. I have shut down that project so it is now republished here.

What a year it has been for music. Not only did we get some amazing music this year but we got significant musical phenomenons that dominated the discourse for the most of the year. 2024 was the year of the Brat, it was the year of Kendrick vs. Drake, Not Like Us and GNX.

As a hip-hop enjoyer, nay a music enjoyer I am ecstatic to have lived through very very interesting times musically speaking. Music to party to, music to cry to, music to protest to, music to fight to, music to love to. We’ve got it all this year.

These are the albums that defined 2024 for me. These are in no particular order.

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My 2024 Books of the Year

If I had to pick a singular theme for the books I read this year, it would be – thoughtful non-fiction. While non-fiction makes up 34% of the 38 books I read this year, most of the ones I read had a significant impact on my thoughts during this year. I suppose that is the most significant metric I use to determine which of the books I read this year were not only good but also impactful.

I think this is the first time I am writing one of these book of the year lists, this should be fun.

The list is below, these are in chronological order of when I read them.

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Review: The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

A square crop of the front cover of the fiction title The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch.

So I’ll keep going. And going. And I’ll learn and do better and sometimes I’ll hate myself for not giving up and I’ll rage at the shit around me but I remember what it’s like to look at the world with uncomplicated hope and I can’t stop until I get that back. What’s the alternative?

Chapter Nineteen, The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
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