Angel Olsen- My Woman (my Album of the Year)
Kanye West- The Life Of Pablo
Beyonce- Lemonade
Solange- A Seat At The Table
Mitski- Puberty 2
Chance The Rapper- Coloring Book
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam- I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
A Tribe Called Quest- We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
Parquet Courts- Human Performance
Anderson .Paak- Malibu
Thee Oh Sees- A Weird Exits
David Bowie- Blackstar

12/7/2016 1:38:47 PM

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service

Nothing else matters.

12/7/2016 3:23:18 PM

im not even sure where to begin this year. I have a huge list right now. i pretty much enjoy every album on that ^^ list though. Not a big beyonce fan but that's just me. For Kanye, I think it's a good album but it might not even be in my top 5 hip hop albums this year. I've always had a love-hate with him though. My stance is similar to my take on most of his albums: i like several songs a lot but it feels disjointed and a lot of songs feel somewhat incomplete. Not a popular opinion I know.

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12/7/2016 4:22:48 PM

that's exactly how I feel about this years Bon Iver album. I realize I'm in the minority with that, though.

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12/7/2016 4:35:30 PM

I also felt that The Life of Pablo felt disjointed, but I assumed that Kanye went that route to convey his own disjointed feelings.

My list of what I've had a chance to listen to so far:

Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
James Blake - The Colour in Anything
Anna Meredith - Varmints
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
The Avalanches - Wildflower
Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
Whitney - Light Upon the Lake

12/7/2016 5:28:01 PM

glad to see Malibu getting more love. I had that album on repeat for a while when it came out.

^^ as much as I really did enjoy the new Bon Iver, I can definitely relate to having pretty identical feelings toward it. So many good moments that I wish were expanded upon.

12/7/2016 6:07:00 PM

I think for now I'm going to cheat. I was going through my spreadsheet for the year and it's been overwhelming. Started breaking it down to 10-15 per genre groups for now:

Favorite Fifteen Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B albums of 2016
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Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
Schoolboy Q - Blankface LP
A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
DVSN - SEPT 5th
Frank Ocean - Blonde
YG - Still Brazy
Mick Jenkins - The Healing Component

12/8/2016 3:03:00 PM

The Snails- Songs From The Shoebox

12/8/2016 4:23:11 PM

gotta add monica heldal to this. norwegian folk artist that totally slipled under the radar

1/16/2017 11:40:57 PM