This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Shabazz Palaces
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#61 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011#10 of 2725
2010#307 of 2582
2009#2056 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Shabazz Palaces · Lese Majesty2014#51195228.9.643.610.014.748.200
Angelica Leicht · Byron Crawford · Caitlin White · Chris Toenes · David Adler · E.J. Friedman · Geoffrey Stueven · Joel Elliott · Jonathan Patrick · Jon Jon Scott · Laurence Station · Martin Douglas · Matt Fiander · Mosi Reeves · Paula Mejia · Robert Ham · Rob Michaels · Saul Austerlitz · Tal Rosenberg · Thorin Klosowski · Travis Hay · Traviss Cassidy
Similar Albums
.1496Freddie Gibbs & Madlib · Piñata  (2014)
.1403Amen Dunes · Love  (2014)
.1303Roc Marciano · Reloaded  (2012)
.1247Aphex Twin · Syro  (2014)
.1058Shabazz Palaces · Black Up  (2011)
.1006Swans · To Be Kind  (2014)
.0943Lana Del Rey · Honeymoon  (2015)
.0782Battles · La Di Da Di  (2015)
.0745Flying Lotus · Cosmogramma  (2010)
.07211Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 2  (2014)
.0722Thundercat · The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam  (2015)
.0713White Lung · Deep Fantasy  (2014)
.0695Kamasi Washington · The Epic  (2015)
.0672Isaiah Rashad · The Sun's Tirade  (2016)
.0672Preoccupations · Preoccupations  (2016)
.0672The Weeknd · Kiss Land  (2013)
.0663Dawn Richard · Blackheart  (2015)
.0656Erykah Badu · New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War  (2008)
.0623Earl Sweatshirt · I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside  (2015)
.0623Women · Public Strain  (2010)
Shabazz Palaces · Black Up2011#107717210.7.618.848.015.937 
Aaron Hillis · Alfred Soto · Andrew Casillas · Andrew Dansby · Andy Kellman · Benjamin Pearson · Blanca Méndez · Brent Baldwin · Calum Marsh · Carlos Reyes · Carrie Battan · Carter Maness · Chad Radford · Chairman Jefferson Mao · Chandler Levack · Chet Betz · Chris Burlingame · Chris Toenes · Collin Anderson · Daphne Carr · Dave Heaton · Dave Segal · David Adler · David Malitz · Dom Sinacola · Dorian Lynskey · Doug Wallen · D. Strauss · Gabe Vodicka · J. Anthony Ware · Jason Cherkis · Jason Gubbels · Jeff Weiss · Jeremy D. Larson · Jess Harvell · Joe Gross · John Bush · Jonathan Bradley · Jonathan Lundeen · Jon Jon Scott · Jordan Cronk · Josh Love · Justin Chun · Keith Harris · Kiersten Tarr · K Leander Williams · Kurt B. Reighley · Laurence Station · Luis Paez-Pumar · Makkada B. Selah · Marc Gilman · Martin Douglas · Marty Brown · Matthew Perpetua · Max Berry · Mehan Jayasuriya · Michael Tatum · Mosi Reeves · Nic Hernandez · Nick Feldman · Nick Green · Nick Neyland · Phillip Mlynar · Pierre Lestruhaut · Rico Washington · Scott Reid · Tal Rosenberg · Theon Weber · Todd Kristel · Travis Hay · Will Hermes · Zach Kelly
Similar Albums
.24013James Blake · James Blake  (2011)
.21014Flying Lotus · Cosmogramma  (2010)
.20212Danny Brown · XXX  (2011)
.20115The Weeknd · House of Balloons  (2011)
.1947Burial · Kindred  (2012)
.19224Kendrick Lamar · Good Kid, m.A.A.d City  (2012)
.18214St. Vincent · Strange Mercy  (2011)
.1808Shabazz Palaces · Lese Majesty  (2014)
.17812Killer Mike · R.A.P. Music  (2012)
.17721Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty  (2010)
.17414Miguel · Kaleidoscope Dream  (2012)
.17315Deerhunter · Halcyon Digest  (2010)
.1736Braids · Native Speaker  (2011)
.1698Women · Public Strain  (2010)
.1677Nicolas Jaar · Space Is Only Noise  (2011)
.16311Swans · The Seer  (2012)
.1637Gonjasufi · A Sufi and a Killer  (2010)
.16118Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City  (2013)
.16111Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti · Before Today  (2010)
.1567Andy Stott · Luxury Problems  (2012)
Shabazz Palaces · Shabazz Palaces/Of Light2010#291413      
Jace Clayton · Justin Chun · Nic Hernandez
Similar Albums
.1782Telepathe · Dance Mother  (2009)
.0442Gonjasufi · A Sufi and a Killer  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Shabazz Palaces · "Motion Sickness"2014#31820 
Martin Douglas · Paula Mejia
Similar Songs
.0482Rihanna · "Bitch Better Have My Money"  (2015)
.0292Angel Olsen · "Shut Up Kiss Me"  (2016)
Shabazz Palaces · "Forerunner Foray"2014#55810 
Jonathan Patrick
Shabazz Palaces · "Ishmael"2014#55810 
J. Anthony Ware
Shabazz Palaces · "They Come in Gold"2014#55810 
Max Blau
Shabazz Palaces · "Swerve... The Reeping of All That Is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)"2011#23530 
Michael Robbins · Nick Feldman · Scott Reid
Similar Songs
.0562Das Racist · "Hahahaha JK?"  (2010)
.0402Bon Iver · "Holocene"  (2011)
Shabazz Palaces · "An Echo From the Hosts That Profess Infinitum"2011#62710 
Martin Douglas
Shabazz Palaces · "Are You? Can You?"2011#62710 
Deborah Sprague
Shabazz Palaces · "Free Press and Curl"2011#62710 
Dale W Eisinger
Shabazz Palaces · "Recollections of the Wrath"2011#62710 
Max Berry
Shabazz Palaces · "Chuch"2010#57710 
Nic Hernandez
Shabazz Palaces · "Kill White T"2010#57710 
Jace Clayton
Shabazz Palaces · "Blastit"2009#58510 
Dave Segal
Similar Artists
.28217Burial
.27234Big Boi
.25130Danny Brown
.23513Santigold
.22227Flying Lotus
.21721Raekwon
.20810Roc Marciano
.20216Earl Sweatshirt
.20023Swans
.20016A$AP Rocky
.19919Oneohtrix Point Never
.19717Killer Mike
.19512El-P
.19414Schoolboy Q
.19227Miguel
.19121James Blake
.18830Jay-Z and Kanye West
.18731Rihanna
.18721Joanna Newsom
.18432Run the Jewels
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com