The KEXP DJs hear thousands of albums every year, but in 2011, which ten really stood out for them? Find out as KEXP looks at each DJ’s list through the month of December, leading up to our 2011 Top 90.3 Countdown, as voted on by YOU, the KEXP listener! Voting ends on Monday, December 19th, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 30th to hear which albums made the list!
SBTRKT at the KEXP studios 10/26/11 // photo credit: Janice Headley
Kid Hops’ 2011 Top Ten Albums for Positive Vibrations
| rank | album | artist | label |
| 10 | Forward Ever | Mungo’s Hi-Fi | Scotch Bonnet |
| 9 | Shaka Zulu Pickney (7″ Single) | Tarrus Riley | Sound Quake |
| 8 | The Ruler: 1972-1990 | Gregory Isaacs | 17 North Parade |
| 7 | The Bristol Reggae Explosion 2: The 1980s | Various Artists | Bristol Archive |
| 6 | Culture at Joe Gibbs | Culture | 17 North Parade |
| 5 | Dole Age | Talisman | Bristol Archive |
| 4 | Earth A Kill Ya (Mala Remix) (12″ single) | King Midas Sound | Hyperdub |
| 3 | Run to You (digital single) | Courtney John | Taxi |
| 2 | Signs (feat. Pupa Jim) (12″ single) | Black Chow | Jahtari |
| 1 | Message Music: Augustus Pablo’s Digital Productions 1986-1994 | Various Artists | Pressure Sounds |
Kid Hops’ 2011 Top Ten Albums for Expansions
| rank | album | artist | label |
| 10 | Love & Nature | LCMDF | Heavenly |
| 9 | Program 91 | Razika | Smalltown Supersound |
| 8 | Det Nærmeste du Kommer | John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen | Voices of Wonder |
| 7 | Landscapes (12″ single) | Cooly G Feat. Simbad | Hyperdub |
| 6 | Chinoiseries Part 2 | Onra | All City |
| 5 | I Remember the Future (12″ single) | Alain Ho | Buzzin’ Fly |
| 4 | SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks |
| 3 | Fifteen Years of Hospital | Various Artists | Hospital |
| 2 | 21 | Marcus Intalex | Soul: r |
| 1 | Condition | Calibre | Signature |
Kid Hops is the host of Positive Vibrations, on the air Saturday mornings, 9AM-noon, and one of the hosts of Expansions, on the air Sunday nights, 9pm-midnight.
