[outsideleft] You Gotta Stay Positive: The Music of 2008

Here is my best-of 2008 list over on outsideleft. Click through for the how's and why's, but here are the what's. In no real order:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Shearwater - Rook
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter than Creation’s Dark
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Nas - Untitled
Nico Muhly - Mothertongue
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)