Our Favorite Albums of 2022 So Far

CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

2022 is almost halfway over! To mark the occasion, Matt and Jason picked their favorite records released this year for this special discussion.

Jason picked Soul Glo’s “Diaspora Problems” (March 25) because it’s high-energy, it bends genres, and crams a lot of righteous fury into its lyrics. Matt’s loved the work of Benny the Butcher for a long time, so his latest release, “Tana Talk 4” (March 10), is a shoo-in for Matt’s favorite records of the year. In this episode, we talk a lot about hardcore music made by people of color, what makes rap like Benny’s timeless, and how it feels to find music that just hits all your buttons.

We’d also love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

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Timestamps

0:00 - Our Favorite Albums of 2022 So Far

0:57 - Soul Glo - “Diaspora Problems”

9:09 - Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)

14:04 - Coming Correct Is Cheaper

18:01 - Fucked Up If True

21:02 - Driponomics

26:10 - Spiritual Level Of Gang Shit

29:04 - Thumbsucker

32:35 - Benny the Butcher - “Tana Talk 4”

37:58 - Johnny P’s Caddy

40:59 - Back 2x (feat. Steve God Cooks)

45:01 - Uncle Bun (feat. 38 Spesh)

47:52 - Tyson vs. Ali (feat. Conway The Machine)

51:41 - Thowy’s Revenge

55:11 - Weekends in the Perry’s

58:46 - Our runner-up choices

59:00 - Nolan Potter - "Gregorian Chance"

1:00:51 - Mitski - "Working for the Knife"