2021 - A Year in Review: Best of 2021 by Justin

So, I need ro preface a few things:

1. This is based on personal enjoyment, not quality, though I will gladly defend my choices lol 

2. I didn't consume half of the media that I usually do in a year, so my picks are based on a much smaller amount than usual

Top 30 Movies:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home

2. Judas and the Black Messiah

3. Tick,Tick....Boom

4. Eternals

5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

6. The Suicide Squad

7. Last Night in Soho

8. Raya and the Last Dragon

9. Don't Look Up

10. The Green Knight

11. Nightmare Alley

12. A Quiet Place Part II

13.  Encanto      

14. Dune

15. Being the Ricardos

16. Oxygen

17. Black Widow

18. Licorice Pizza

19.  Godzilla vs. Kong

20.  Lamb

HM: Inside by Bo Burnham

https://boxd.it/aTOJQ

Top 100 Songs*: 

1. Smokin' Out the Window - Silk Sonic

2. Gold Chains - Genesis Owusu

3. Quiet on Set - Remi Wolf

4. All Too Well (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

5. TIME TRAVEL - MAVI

6. Headshots (4 Da Locals) - Isaiah Rashad

7. Foreign Things - Amber Mark

8. family ties - Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar

9. WUSYANAME - Tyler the Creator ft. Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign

10. Chaise Longue - Wet Leg

11. drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

12. Pay Your Way in Pain - St.Vincent

13. Say What You Will - James Blake

14. Bruuuh Remix - JID & Denzel Curry

15. Valentine - Snail Mail

16. Best Friend - Saweetie (ft. Doja Cat)

17. Body and Mind - girl in red

18. Kriminel - Mach-Hommy

19. Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

20. Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY, Willow, & Tyler Cole

21. Good Ones - Charli XCX

22. Hold U - Indigo De Souza

23. 5th of July - Schultz Live

24. Love Me Like You Used To - Lord Huron

25. The Only Heartbreaker - Mitski

26. All My Favorite Songs - Weezer

27. deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

28. INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X (ft. Jack Harlow)

29. X - Tinashe (ft. Jeremih)

30. HEAVY METAL - Paris Texas

31. Everybody's Gonna Love Somebody - Alfie Templeman

32. durag activity - Baby Keem (ft. Travis Scott)

33. sorry isn't good enough - Joy Oladokun

34. COUNT ON ME - BROCKHAMPTON

35. Hush - The Marias

36. COLUMBIA - AG Club

37. pride.is.the.devil - J.Cole (ft. Lil Baby)

38. i deserve 2 b alone - Tai Verdes

39. Life Goes On - Oliver Tree

40. Sky - Playboi Carti

41. Why Don't You Touch Me - Leon Bridges

42. Jackie - Yves Tumor

43. Take My Breath - The Weeknd

44. Get Into It (Yuh) - Doja Cat

45. good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

46. Mood Ring - Lorde

47. Praise God - Kanye West

48. MHM - Vince Staples

49. Winning Streak - Shaboozey

50. Stop That - Saba

51. Rounds - Whokilledkenny

52. GO TO HELL - Clinton Kane

53. Stranger - Gabriels

54. Opp Stoppa - YBN Nahmir (ft. 21 Savage)

55. edamame - bbno$ (ft. Rich Brian)

56. The Bottom - Gracie Abrams

57. DIRTY! - JPEGMAFIA

58. Pick Up Your Feelings - Jazmine Sullivan

59. Poor Boy - CARR

60. Love is Back - Celeste

61. Everything I had - Sun June

62. Big Bang - Cherry Glazerr

63. MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

64. Lay Wit Ya - Isaiah Rashad (ft. Duke Deuce)

65. Skegee - JID

66. Shoot My Shot - IDK (ft.Offset)

67. Only for Tonight - Pearl Charles

68. I Do This All The Time - Self Esteem

69. Scatter Brain - Conway the Machine (ft. Ludacris & JID)

70. I AM WOMAN - Emmy Meli

71. Change - The War on Drugs

72. abcdefu - GAYLE

73. Kiss Me More - Doja Cat (ft. SZA)

74. Off the Grid - Kanye West

75. i hope ur miserable until ur dead - Nessa Barrett

76. Poke It Out - Wale (ft. J.Cole, Cool & Dre)

77. I Met Sarah in the Bathroom - awfultune

78. Pain - PinkPantheress

79. Rumors - Lizzo (ft. Cardi B)

80. justified - Kacey Musgraves

81. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

82. Hurricane - Kanye West (ft. The Weeknd & Lil Baby)

83. The Walls Are Way Too Thin - Holly Humberstone

84. RAPSTAR - Polo G

85. Over The Top - Smiley (ft. Drake)

86. Bath Salts - DMX (ft. JAY-Z & Nas)

87. Falling out the Sky - Armand Hammer, The Alchemist, & Earl Sweatshirt

88. Bodies Intro - Jazmine Sullivan

89. 2010 - Earl Sweatshirt

90. ARE YOU WITH THAT - Vince Staples

91. Slay3r - Playboi Carti

92. I Deserve - Smino & NOS

93. The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

94. mememe - 100 Gecs, Laura Les, & Dylan Brady

95. Runaway - Oliver Malcomb

96. All Along - Still Woozy

97. The Idea of You - Grady & lovelytheband

98. Clay Pigeon - binki

99. Let Me Know - Surfaces

100. What's Wrong - half alive

*Usually songs are ranked, this year they are not

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

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Top 10 Albums: 

1.  
2.  
3.  Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
4.  Kanye West (Ye) - Donda
5.  Dijon - Absolutely
6.  Tyler the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
7.  Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 
8.  Isaiah Rashad - The House is Burning
9.  
10.  Lil Nas X - Montero

Top 10 Shows:

1. WandaVision

2. Invincible

3. Midnight Mass

4. Succession

5. Dexter: New Blood

6. Loki

7. Cobra Kai

8. Hawkeye

9. You

10. Insecure/What If?