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.
Q-Tip
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2010 
2009#493 of 2591
2008#27 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Q-Tip · Kamaal the Abstract2009#578202      
Eugene Holley, Jr. · Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
Similar Albums
.0832AfroCubism · AfroCubism  (2010)
.0352The Roots · Rising Down  (2008)
.0282Jay-Z · The Blueprint 3  (2009)
.0272Q-Tip · The Renaissance  (2008)
.0222Erykah Badu · New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh  (2010)
Q-Tip · The Renaissance2008#253203210.0.671.848.006.646 
Adam Mazmanian · Alvin Aqua Boogie Blanco · Amy Linden · Brian Braiker · Byron Crawford · Chairman Jefferson Mao · Clover Hope · Craig D Lindsey · Damien Lemon · David Drake · David MacFadden · Derek Beres · Ernest Hardy · Eugene Holley, Jr. · Greg Kot · Jason Adams · Joshua Alston · Justin Strout · Miles Marshall Lewis · Nate Patrin · Peter S Scholtes · Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · Ron Wynn · Ryan Smith · Shea Serrano · Starrene Rhett · Steve Forstneger · Thomas Golianopoulos · Thomas Inskeep · Timothy Cooper · Trent Fitzgerald · Zeth Lundy
Similar Albums
.2338The Roots · Rising Down  (2008)
.2184Scarface · Emeritus  (2008)
.20816Erykah Badu · New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War  (2008)
.1814Rick Ross · Deeper Than Rap  (2009)
.1714Solange · Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams  (2008)
.14212Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II  (2009)
.13811Lil Wayne · Tha Carter III  (2008)
.1389Mos Def · The Ecstatic  (2009)
.1365Al Green · Lay It Down  (2008)
.1363Jazzanova · Of All the Things  (2008)
.1363Ludacris · Theater of the Mind  (2008)
.1325T.I. · Paper Trail  (2008)
.1304Nas · Untitled  (2008)
.1283Foreign Exchange · Leave It All Behind  (2008)
.1254Roc Marciano · Marcberg  (2010)
.1157Maxwell · BLACKsummers'night  (2009)
.1157The Roots · How I Got Over  (2010)
.1136Erykah Badu · New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh  (2010)
.1075Jay-Z · The Blueprint 3  (2009)
.1073Tanya Morgan · Brooklynati  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Q-Tip · "Renaissance Rap"2009#33101 
 2008#45010 
Alvin Aqua Boogie Blanco
Q-Tip · "Do You Dig You?"2009#58510 
Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
Q-Tip (ft. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil Wayne) · "Renaissance Rap (Remix)"2009#58510 
Jordan Sargent
Q-Tip · "Gettin' Up"2008#51100.400
Alfred Soto · Chairman Jefferson Mao · Craig D Lindsey · Ernest Hardy · Eugene Holley, Jr. · Jonathan Cunningham · Joshua Alston · Lissa Townsend Rodgers · Mosi Reeves · Thomas Inskeep
Similar Songs
.1943Erykah Badu · "Honey"  (2008)
.1672Georgia Anne Muldrow · "Roses"  (2009)
.1672N.E.R.D. · "Sooner or Later"  (2008)
.0672Jazmine Sullivan (ft. Missy Elliott) · "Need U Bad"  (2008)
.0672Schoolboy Q · "Man of the Year"  (2014)
.0523Sade · "Soldier of Love"  (2010)
.0442Aloe Blacc · "I Need a Dollar"  (2010)
.0442Demi Lovato · "Cool for the Summer"  (2015)
.0422Usher · "Good Kisser"  (2014)
.0342Jay Electronica · "Exhibit C"  (2010)
.0312Hot Chip · "Ready for the Floor"  (2008)
.0312Portishead · "Machine Gun"  (2008)
.0302Beyoncé · "Sorry"  (2016)
.0292Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Heads Will Roll"  (2009)
.0273Beyoncé · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"  (2008)
.0222Erykah Badu · "Window Seat"  (2010)
.0222Kanye West · "Black Skinhead"  (2013)
.0202Kanye West · "New Slaves"  (2013)
Q-Tip · "Move"2008#14040 
David MacFadden · Miles Marshall Lewis · Shea Serrano · Trent Fitzgerald
Similar Artists
.33013Santigold
.33011Estelle
.19411T.I.
.1906Common
.1784Scarface
.1784Snoop Dogg
.17112Mos Def
.17022Erykah Badu
.1686Dâm-Funk
.1686Roc Marciano
.1604Tanya Morgan
.1596Al Green
.1543Jamie Foxx
.15117Lil Wayne
.15013Raekwon
.1506Jay Electronica
.1506Young Jeezy
.14412Raphael Saadiq
.1418Ne-Yo
.1394B.o.B
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com