highlights of the year ...... 2009

Been pondering for the past week going through records trying to come up with me favourites of the year. The albums of the year in no particular order : Maxwell - Black Summer Nights, Paloma faith -do you want the truth or something beautiful , Eric Roberson - Music Fan First , Chrisette Michelle - Epiphany, N'dambi - Pink Elephant , Choklate - to whom it may concern, Joss Stone - colour me free , donaeo - party hard, melanie fiona - the bridge, laura izibor-let the truth be told, j. holiday - round 2 . The freeloads of the year in no particular order: brittany bosco - spectrum 2.0 , soulbounce presents - men love mary j blige , raheem devaughn - art of noize , zo - just visiting too , marsha ambrosius - yours truly . The gigs of the year have been maxwell and eric roberson/curt chambers. The tracks of the year in no particular order : vikter duplaix - electric love , alicia - try sleepin with a broken heart , gary go - wonderful, n'dambi - can't hardly wait , maxwell - pretty wings , choklate - i'm sorry , bluey robinson - i know , sade - soldier of love.