When it comes to albums released in 2010, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’s pored over them more intensely than a KEXP DJ. So, what were their favorites? Which CDs did they reach for the most, or, uh, “click on” the most in their iTunes players? Find out as KEXP looks at each DJ’s list through the month of December, leading up to our 2010 Top 90.3 Countdown, as voted on by YOU, the KEXP listener! Voting ends on Monday, December 20th, so let us know your favorites now.
photo by Laura Totten
Kid Hops’s 2010 Top Ten Albums
| Rank | Album | Artist | Label |
| 1 | North | Darkstar | Hyperdub |
| 2 | Strictly Dub | Prince Jammy | Pressure Sounds |
| 3 | Even If | Calibre | Signature |
| 4 | Black Sands | Bonobo | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | Re:Call to Mind | Commix | Metalheadz |
| 6 | Put the Stereo On | Gappy Ranks | Greensleeves |
| 7 | Rave Digger | Danny Byrd | Hospital |
| 8 | Netsky | Netsky | Hospital |
| 9 | Cajun Lunch | Ost & Kjex | Diynamic |
| 10 | Supersize | Prince Fatty | Mr. Bongo |
Kid Hops is the host of Positive Vibrations, on the air Saturday mornings, 9AM-noon, and Expansions, on the air Sunday nights, 9pm-midnight.
