The Smile
Kendrick
Beyoncé
Big Thief
Ravyn Lenae

Honorable mention

The Weeknd
Steve Lacy
FKA Twigs

did you really just put The Games album on there

Honestly Nevermind
Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Mr Morale and The Big Steppers
I Never Liked You
The Forever Story

HM: More Black Superheroes, Un Verano Sin Ti, Dawn FM, Renaissance

Honestly, Nevermind
Mr Morale & The Big Steppers
Finally, New - They Hate Change
Hypnos
Ramona Park Broke My Heart

RXK AOTY: 2:22 or Welcome 2 Quiet Storm but nothing has really blown me away like Slitherman Activated or Make Drunk Driving Cool Again

In no order

Mr. Morale
Its Almost Dry
Un Verano Sin Ti
Honestly, Nevermind
DS4

1. fka twigs - caprisongs
2. gunna - ds4ever
3. kim petras - s*** pop
4. flo milli - ho, why is you here
5. weeknd - dawn fm

1. Black Vladimir

This a crazy list

Ravyn lenae - hypnos
Hudson mohawke - cry sugar

HM:
Brent faiyaz - wasteland
Steve Lacy - Gemini rights
Rosalia - motomami
Flo milli album

Ari Lennox could slip in my top 3 next week

I think MIA and santigold will disappoint but I’m still looking forward

Rap has been pretty boring

I wasn’t expecting that flo milli to be as dope as it was

Y’all have this thread every week lol

Mach

beyoncé - renaissance
burna boy - love daimini
drake - honestly nevermind
young nudy - ea monster
bad bunny - un verano

hm:
kendrick
rosalia
blxst
chow lee

No order, doing rap only since I haven’t given proper listens to enough albums from other genres

Kendrick - MM&TBS
Vince - RPBMH
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - CC
JID - TFS
Denzel or Saba I’m kinda stuck lol

HM: Pusha T, Benny, Steve Lacey (not rap but still lol) The Game. I could keep going. Lots of great music this year so far

Petrol Girls - Baby
Beach House- Once Twice Melody
Denzel Curry - melt my eyez
Weeknd - Dawn FM
Yeule- Glitch Princess

Fewtch - Never Liked You
Pusha Ton - Almost Dry
Gunna - DS4
Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
Vince - Ramona Park

HM
Mozzy - Survivor’s Guilt

French Montana - Montega
$uicideboy$ - Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation
Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music In Zion
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

still gotta listen to some stuff so i'll leave a 5th place open

Spook x Sadhugold. - Attack of the Swine Merchants
Lo.Ceasar x Noface - LO.FACE
Mach-Hommy x Tha God Fahim - Dollar Menu 4
AA Rashid - The Nod
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon x Sadhugold. - The Black Möbius

Non-rap, no order:

Buñuel - Killers Like Us
Tha Retail Simp$ - Reverberant Scratch
Woodstock ‘99 - Super Gremlin
Workers Comp - One Horse Pony
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena - West Kensington

I never liked you by Future
Texas Moon by Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
Dawn FM by The Weeknd
DS4Ever by Gunna

Pretty good year so far

No order

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Saba - Few Good Things
Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
JID - The Forever Story
Joey Bada$$ - 2000

Drake - Honestly, Nevermind
The Weeknd - Dawn FM
Future - I NEVER LIKED YOU
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Big K.R.I.T. - Digital Roses Don't Die

HM: The Game - Drillmatic, Larry June - Spaceships on the Blade, Brent Faiyaz - Wasteland, Boldy James x Real Bad Man - Killing Nothing, Curren$y x Alchemist - Continuance, Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 4, Gunna - DS4ever

Honestly Nevermind is for sure my favorite Future album

Mr. Morale
Renaissance
Gemini Rights
Hypnos
Drill Music in Zion