Pluto

On his debut album, the Atlanta rapper/singer makes his strongest case yet that he is one of the foremost sources of rap that's as peculiar as it is pop. He also miraculously shows that it's still possible for Auto-Tune to be an interesting artistic tool.

Atlanta rapper Future released four substantial mixtapes last year, but his 2011 was ultimately defined by two singles: YC’s thickly Auto-Tuned, maddeningly catchy “Racks,” and his own “Tony Montana,” a Lex Luger-produced lark in which Future raps in an intoxicated impression of Al Pacino’s already mangled Cuban…