This year, Big K.R.I.T. released an album as uncompromising as his mixtapes on a major label. That's considered close to impossible in 2012. Live from the Underground doesn't stray far from the vein he's mined since 2009—imagine a folksier Kanye—but that's a good thing. It means one of young rap's best performers has a dozen or so more songs to add to his live show arsenal and for fans to yell back at him. Take someone who fell out of love with rap to this show. With Slim Thug, Tito Lopez, GT Garza, Big Sant, Jon Connor. —Brandon Soderberg