Top 20 Albums of 2012

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  • Top 20 Albums of 2012
  • Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire
  • Usher, Looking 4 Myself
  • Maybach Music Group, Self Made 2
  • Meek Mill, Dreams and Nightmares
  • Big Boi, Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors
  • Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don’t
  • Wiz Khalifa
  • G.O.O.D. Music, Cruel Summer
  • KA, Grief Pedigree
  • Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
  • 2 Chainz, Based on a T.R.U. Story
  • T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
  • Game, Jesus Piece
  • Rihanna, Unapologetic
  • Schoolboy Q
  • Brandy, Two Eleven
  • Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream
  • Nas, Life Is Good
  • Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
  • Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city

Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire

On Girl on Fire, Alicia Keys emerges refreshed after motherhood and marriage by opening up her normally closed creative process to outside talents, including Jamie XX, Emeli Sandé and Maxwell. The overbearing title track aside, Alicia delivers some of her finest vocal work here, and the album's experimental, unexpected moments hint at exciting new directions for one of R&B's safest, most comfortable stars.    

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