For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the list!
S.P.Y. // photo courtesy of Hospital
Kid Hops’ 2012 Top Ten Albums for Positive Vibrations
| rank | artist | album | label |
| 10 | SIZZLA | The Chant | Afro Jam Music |
| 9 | VARIOUS | Roots Rock Randy’s | 17 North Parade / VP |
| 8 | BLUNDETTO | Warm My Soul | Heavenly Sweetness |
| 7 | MR VEGAS | Sweet Jamaica | MV |
| 6 | CARROLL THOMPSON | Hopelessly In Love | Soul Jazz |
| 5 | VARIOUS | The Bristol Reggae Explosion 3: The 80s Part 2 | Bristol Archives |
| 4 | VARIOUS | Listen To The Music: Caltone’s Jamaican 45′s 1966-69 | Pressure Sounds |
| 3 | COOL RUNNINGS | Cool Runnings | Bristol Archives |
| 2 | DRE SKULL / VARIOUS | Loudspeaker Riddim | Mixpak |
| 1 | BLACK ROOTS | On The Ground | Bristol Archives |
Kid Hops’ 2012 Top Ten Albums for Expansions
| rank | artist | album | label |
| 10 | Jessie Ware | Devotion | PMR / Island |
| 9 | Komonazmuk | Komonazmuk | Hench |
| 8 | Darling Farah | Body | Civil Music |
| 7 | Cooly G | Playin Me | Hyperdub |
| 6 | Various | Futureboogie 10 | Futureboogie |
| 5 | Nina Kraviz | Nina Kraviz | Rekids |
| 4 | Break / Various | The Other Side | Symmetry |
| 3 | DRS | I Don’t Usually Like MCs But... | Soul:R |
| 2 | Total Science / Various | Total Science Presents Tuned In Two | CIA |
| 1 | S.P.Y. | What The Future Holds | Hospital |
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
