Writer's Poll - James d'Apice

1. Channel ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
2. Smokey's Haunt URTHBOY
3. I'll Sleep When You're Dead EL-P
4. Forever Sky'High SKY'HIGH
5. Skelethon AESOP ROCK
6. Cruel Summer VARIOUS G.O.O.D. MUSIC ARTISTS
7. Breakfast CHIDDY BANG
8. Future Shade THE HERD
9. Key to the Kuffs JJ DOOM

1. Untitled EP HODGY BEATS
2. The Lost Tape 50 CENT
3. Seven KAY COLA

1. Zero Dark Thirty AESOP ROCK
2. Stories URTHBOY
3. New God Flow KANYE WEST, PUSHA T AND GHOSTFACE KILLAH
4. Red Queen Theory THE HERD
5. Full Retard EL-P

1. Urthboy
2. Fame
3. Jimmy Nice aka James Flames aka Just Enuf
4. Sky'high
5. El-P

1. twitter.com
2. cricinfo.com
3. prosple.com.au
4. pitchfork.com
5. ozhiphop.com/forum

1. Danny Brown
2. SBTRKT
3. Kanye West
4. Major Lazer
5. Nicki Minaj

1. Pez
2. Royal Headache
3. Hermitude
4. Urthboy
5. Spit Syndicate

1. Jamie's 15 Minute Meals
2. Bob's Burgers
3. The Simpsons
4. Breaking Bad
5. Parks and Recreation

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Cabin In The Woods
3. Looper
4. Safety Not Guaranteed
5. Magic Mike

Pez's surprising star turn at the ARIA Showcase at OAF. Nothing in his pedestrian back catalogue prepared us for that charisma or that smile.

An Ashes loss, a disappointing G.O.O.D. Music release, and (finally!) the invention of magic.