Gonjasufi - A Sufi & a Killer

In which LA-based singer/rapper/yoga teacher Sumach Ecks teams up with the ridiculously prolific Flying Lotus (responsible for at least one of 2010's other highlights) to produce one of the most distinctive records of the year – a woozy, psychedelic trip through hip-hop and broken-down folk that’s held together largely by Ecks' croaky, Beefheart-esque vocals. Sure, it's all over the place, and many of the tracks seem sketchy and less than fully-formed, but somehow this only adds to the narcotic sense of dislocation that makes A Sufi and a Killer so compelling.