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.
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Overall
Centricity.273#759 of 1313
Breadth.446#479 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.293#352 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jay-Z and Kanye West · Watch the Throne15104
Common · The Dreamer/The Believer147
Kendrick Lamar · Section.801327
Big KRIT · Return of 4Eva1218
Saigon · The Greatest Story Never Told107
Raekwon · Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang101
The Roots · Undun859
Killer Mike · Pl3dge84
Danny Brown · XXX542
Curren$y · Covert Coup52
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Niggas in Paris"63
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Otis"33
Lil Wayne (ft. Cory Gunz) · "6 Foot 7 Foot"16
Meek Mill (ft. Rick Ross) · "I'ma Boss"9
Nas · "Nasty"7
2 Chainz · "Spend It"2
Kendrick Lamar · "HiiiPower"2
Big KRIT · "R4 Theme"1
Black Star · "Fix Up"0
Common · "So Sweet"0

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.2598Kye Stephenson · 2011
.25712Wes Flexner · 2011
.25212Ian Steaman · 2011
.21710Jere Pilapil · 2011
.1769Sowmya Krishnamurthy · 2011
.1616Nathan Rabin · 2011
.1608Nick Feldman · 2011
.1508Andy Hutchins · 2011
.1508Jeff Rosenthal · 2011
.1447Kathy Iandoli · 2011
.1388Nate Patrin · 2011
.1377Steve "Flash" Juon · 2011
.1347Miles Raymer · 2011
.1307Chet Betz · 2011
.1267Clover Hope · 2011
.1126Alex Pappademas · 2011
.1096Zach Baron · 2011
.1046Makkada B. Selah · 2011
.1016Gary Chun · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.382#268 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy15265
Roc Marciano · Marcberg1414
The Roots · How I Got Over1349
Big KRIT · K.R.I.T. Wuz Here124
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty10119
Rick Ross · Teflon Don831
Black Milk · Album of the Year76
Ghostface Killah · Apollo Kids75
Danny Brown · The Hybrid72
Lloyd Banks · Hunger for More 270
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Big Boi (ft. Cutty) · "Shutterbugg"58
Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"26
Aloe Blacc · "I Need a Dollar"16
Wiz Khalifa · "Black and Yellow"11
Drake (ft. Lil Wayne) · "Miss Me"5
Lil Wayne (ft. Cory Gunz) · "6 Foot 7 Foot"5
Kanye West · "So Appalled"2
Method Man/Ghostface/Raekwon · "Miranda"0
Vado · "Speaking in Tungs"0

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.2639Damien Lemon · 2010
.24212Clover Hope · 2010
.23512Andrew Martin · 2010
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.19111Ian Steaman · 2010
.19110Kem Poston · 2010
.18510James Montgomery · 2010
.18110Nick Feldman · 2010
.18010Eavvon O'Neal · 2010
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.17810Shawn White · 2010
.17510Abe Beame · 2010
.1669Wes Flexner · 2010
.16310J. Anthony Ware · 2010
.1618Marc Hogan · 2010
.1609Trent Fitzgerald · 2010
.1579Jesse Serwer · 2010
.15510Steve "Flash" Juon · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.200#388 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II1584
Clipse · Til the Casket Drops145
Mos Def · The Ecstatic1358
Jay-Z · The Blueprint 31230
Ghostface Killah · Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City116
Method Man & Redman · Blackout! 291
50 Cent · Before I Self-Destruct81
UGK · UGK 4 Life74
M.O.P. · Foundation61
Rick Ross · Deeper Than Rap56
SongOther Votes
Raekwon (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Method Man) · "House of Flying Daggers"15
Jay Electronica · "Exhibit C"12
Drake (ft. Trey Songz and Lil Wayne) · "Successful"9
Kid Cudi (ft. Kanye West, Common and Lady Gaga) · "Make Her Say"6
Mos Def · "Casa Bey"6
Clipse (ft. Cam'ron and Pharrell) · "Popular Demand (Popeye's)"4
Snoop Dogg · "I Wanna Rock"2
Jay-Z (ft. Kid Cudi) · "Already Home"1
Pac Div · "Mayor"0
Rick Ross · "Cigar Music (I Do It)"0

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.36216Damien Lemon · 2009
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.1146Reed Fischer · 2009
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.0996Chairman Jefferson Mao · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.216#338 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Q-Tip · The Renaissance1531
T.I. · Paper Trail1421
Nas · Untitled1313
The Roots · Rising Down1224
Ice Cube · Raw Footage110
Johnson & Jonson · Johnson & Jonson91
Lil Wayne · Tha Carter III877
Black Milk · Tronic78
Ludacris · Theater of the Mind63
Scarface · Emeritus53
SongOther Votes
Lil Wayne · "A Milli"49
T.I. (ft. Rihanna) · "Live Your Life"22
Young Jeezy (ft. Kanye West) · "Put On"17
T.I. (ft. Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne) · "Swagger Like Us"15
Big Boi (ft. Andre 3000 and Raekwon) · "Royal Flush"5
Busta Rhymes · "Arab Money"2
Ron Browz (ft. Jim Jones & Juelz Santana) · "Pop Champagne"2
Nas · "Sly Fox"1
Black Milk · "Give the Drummer Some"0
Q-Tip · "Renaissance Rap"0

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.34238Damien Lemon
.19614Carl Chery
.18432Clover Hope
.16922Kye Stephenson
.16012Thomas Golianopoulos
.15317Andrew Martin
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.13731Wes Flexner
.13717Eavvon O'Neal
.13512Jozen Cummings
.12920Chet Betz
.12832Ian Steaman
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.12511Kem Poston
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.11721Tom Breihan
.11511Shawn White
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.11030Mosi Reeves
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