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Upful LIFE 2025: Favorite Records + Much More!

December 23, 2025October 21, 2026 B.Getz 44th Move, adam deitch, Best Albums 2025, Best Songs 2025, blanc du blanc, butcher brown, butcher brown letters from the atlantic, Cochemea, cochemea ancient futuros iii, cochemea gastellum, Cualli, CUALLI Tea, de la soul, De La Soul Cabin in the Sky, Deitch Teitel Fribush, DTF Another Side of the Sound, dub, ECHT!, ECHT! Boilerism, El michels affair, favorite albums, Favorite Albums 2025, Favorite Records, Favorite Records 2025, Favorite Songs 2025, FloFilz, goopsteppa, Joe Armon-Jones, lady wray, lady wray cover girl, lespecial, lettuce, lettuce cook, LIMINOID, melas leukos, Money Chicha, morillo, morillo the dub cartographer, Moses Yoofee Trio, Nicholas Payton TRIUNE, pachyman, Parkbreezy, Parkbreezy Better Days, Piet Dalmolen, polyrhythmics, polyrhythmics life from below, say she she, Say She She Cut & Rewind, scientist, surprise chef, Surprise Chef Superb, The Circling Sun, TRIUNE, yheti, yoofee

9th annual year-end favorite records extravaganza! 25 album reviews, plus dozens more inspired, eccentric, essential recommendations, DJ mixes, playlists & beyond. ~ Curated by B.Getz ~

Upful LIFE 2024: Favorite Records & Much More! [curated by B.Getz]

December 16, 2024October 21, 2026 B.Getz 2024 best albums, 2024 best EPs, 2024 favorite songs, alex unger, anderson .paak, anna moss amnesty, asher fulero, Best DJ Sets 2024, Best Live Albums 2024, common, cosmic collective, DJ harrison, Doechii, Ebi Soda, favorite albums, favorite albums 2024, favorite records 2024, FloFilz, greyboy, hiatus kaiyote, Jahari Massamba Unit, jimetta rose and voices of creation, Joe Armon-Jones, joe marcinek band, Nigel hall, nubya garcia, NxWorries, OMA UK, ORGONE, otis mcdonald, parlor greens, Pete Rock, rising appalachia, Roc Marciano, the rumble featuring chief joseph boudreaux jr., Thee Marloes

8th annual comprehensive compendium includes 24 LPs reviewed, another 24 records recommended. Plus EPs, singles/B-sides/deep cuts, DJ sets/mixtapes, and official live releases.

Upful LIFE Favorite Records of 2023… and More! Curated by B.Getz [Reviews/Playlists]

December 22, 2023January 19, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch quartet, album of the year, bedouin, best albums 2023, best albums 2023 playlist, best records 2023, billy iuso, Borahm Lee, CleoSol, detox unit, dimond saints, DJ Williams, ECHT!, eddie roberts, eric hilton and Natalia Clavier, ethno, everything but the girl, favorite albums, favorite albums 2023, goopsteppa, Ivan Neville, kali uchis, karina rykman, kercha, king canyon, lespecial, lettuce, Mike Dillon and Punkadelick, movie club, nik greeley, Peter Levin, polyrhythmics, sari jordan, say she she, shafiq husayn, Soul Supreme, the iceman special, the rumble featuring chief joseph boudreaux jr., Towne and Stevens, viken arman, yoofee

This colossal compendium includes 23 original albums (LPs & EPs) reviewed, with another 23 terrific records recommended. Plus a hefty slab of singles/B-sides, dope DJ sets/mixtapes, and smattering of official live releases. Curated by B.Getz

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Upful LIFE’s Favorite Records of 2022 & More! [Reviews + Playlists]

December 24, 2022February 13, 2026 B.Getz 2022 favorite albums, 2022 favorite records, 2022 favorite songs, Adrian Queasada, best albums 2022, best albums of the year, best live albums, best records 2022, Black Thought, butcher brown, danielle ponder, DJ sets, DOMI & JD Beck, dub reggae, dubstep, electronic music, favorite albums, favorite albums of the year, favorite music releases, favorite songs, funk, hip hop, independent artist, instrumental hip-hop, jamband, jazz, jazz funk, king gizzard, lettucefunk, lo fi, music journalism, R&B, rising appalachia, SAULT, simrit, soul, stoner house, SZA, Tipper, underground rap

6th annual year-end compendium of albums, singles, EPs, DJ sets, and live releases of 2022. Includes Spotify and Soundcloud playlists. Curated by B.Getz

Upful LIFE’s 21 Favorite Records of 2021… & MORE!

December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, anderson .paak, best album playlist, best albums, best records, Bruno Mars, charlesthefirst, DJ harrison, Durand Jones & the Indications, favorite albums, favorite records 2021, flamingosis, gone gone beyond, judith hill, Menahan Street Band, movie club, neal francis, Nigel hall, Nightmares on Wax, nubya garcia, rising appalachia, SAULT, Silk Sonic, Terrace Martin, The Nth Power, ultimate fantastic, weedie braimah, WRD

Upful Life’s annual favorite records of the year feature is here. An exhaustive look back at the year in released music. 42 albums, 21 songs, plus DJ mixes and live records. Curated by B.Getz

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Upful Life’s 20 Favorite Records of 2020: Quarantine Deep Dive 365 [Reviews/Playlist]

December 23, 2020January 2, 2021 B.Getz afrobeat, bass music, best albums of 2020, best records of 2020, downtempo, dub reggae, electronic music, favorite albums, favorite albums of 2020, favorite records of 2020, favorite songs of 2020, favorite spotify albums 2020, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz, jazz funk, live album, live music, psychedelic, psychedelics, R&B, rap, soul jazz, soul-funk, trip-hop, year-end best-of

20 favorite records reviewed, 20 more album recs, plus a smattering of singles and live sh*t. A collection of works that resonated with me most, during this complex, confounding revolution around the sun.