The great, wise, and good-looking Poobah Record Shop staff formed one mind and here spews forth their Best Albums Of 2010 list. In no particular order:

Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy Records)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmORiHNtN4

Drake Thank Me Later (Young Money Entertainment)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTB1pIg1y0

1958-2009 II (a cassette on Ekhein)

(click image to hear sample)

Infinite Body Carve Out the Face of My God (PPM Records)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHA-0PI28k

Flying Lotus Cosmogramma (Warp Records)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsRnaaR-r3k

Strong Arm Steady In Search Of Stoney Jackson (Stones Throw)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEDUqFEZHE

Dakim Woolly Set (self releasedCDR)
MP3: Dakim “The Keep”
[audio:http://www.leavingrecords.net/thekeep.mp3]
(from Woolly Set, self-release)

Smegma Mirage (Important Records)
MP3: Smegma “Mirage”
[audio:http://importantrecords.com/sounds/smegma%20mirage311.mp3]
(from Mirage, Important Records)

Bruce Haack Farad: The Electric Voice (Stones Throw Records)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRpXGGS8DQ

Ras G Beat Soup Vol. 3 (Hit and Run)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZjTzPrCbCg

Dungen Skit I Allt (Subliminal Sounds/Mexican Summer)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5PRQTh1K4

Ted Lucas Ted Lucas (Yoga Records)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyTlo4mPbFc