Uproxx assembled more than 200 music critics and writers to pick the best albums of the year. 3 291 points Igor Tyler The Creator, A Boy Is A Gun / Columbia Critics who voted for this song Charlotte Krol 1 Insanul Ahmed 1 Kevin Korber 1 Murjani Rawls 1 Trace William Cowen 1 Andrew Sacher 2 Christopher Thiessen 2 Eric Diep 2 Joe Lynch 2 Karas Lamb 2 Konstantinos Pappis 2 Spencer Dukoff 2 Thomas Inskeep 2 Alex Gallegos 3 Kirsten Spruch 3 Sama'an Ashrawi 3 Sarah Gooding 3 Stephen Bramucci 3 Ashley Naftule 4 Cherise Johnson 4 Eve Barlow 4 Steacy Easton 4 Donovan Farley 5 J'na Jefferson 5 Jack Riedy 5 Zac Gelfand 5 Alfred Soto 6 Andre J. Gee 6 Ben Yakas 6 Jason Gargano 6 Martin Rickman 6 Tyler Barstow 6 Ben S Kaye 7 Erica Campbell 7 Erik Thompson 7 Ian Bremner 7 Scott Recker 7 TJ Kliebhan 7 Taylor Crumpton 7 Dan Gentile 8 Daniel Kohn 8 Jarred Howard 8 Kayleigh Hughes 8 Kyle McGovern 8 Nick Fulton 9 Spencer Patterson 9