The NY Times picked their favorite 10 albums of 2010..and surprisingly, Ricky Rozay surpassed everyone to number 1! “Finally, a new hip-hop superhero: on his fourth album, Rick Ross fully inhabits his Rick Rossness, celebrating his growth as a rapper and the return of new money as an aesthetic. On this meaty record he’s devastating 10 different ways, an artist who keeps awakening new skills and ambitions, and burying his past deeper and deeper,” they said of his album. Hit the jump to check out all 10.

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1. Rick Ross – Teflon Don
2. Taylor Swift – Speak Now
3. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Drake – Thank Me Later
5. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
6. Gary Allan – Get Off On the Pain
7. DJ Drama & Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service
8. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
9. R. Kelly – Love Letter
10. Jerrod Niemann – Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury