Diggin’ This: My Top 30 Albums of 2016
Of all of the many, many, many fantastic, great, and wonderful albums released this year, here’s a list of the 30 I enjoyed the most.
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30. Kutiman – 6AM (Siyal)
29. Noname – Telefone (Self-Released)
28. COMBAT! – COMBAT! (Friends of Friends)
27. Elusive – Headspace (Alpha Pup)
26. Romare – Love Songs: Part Two (Ninja Tune)
25. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake (Secretly Canadian)
24. Electric Wire Hustle – The 11th Sky (Bastard Jazz)
23. Tommaso Cappellato – Aforemention (Mashibeats)
22. Flamingosis – Great Hair (UKNOWY)
21. Terrace Martin – Velvet Portraits (Ropeadope)
20. Tor – Blue Book (Loci)
19. Sam Irl – Raw Land (Jazz & Milk)
18. Hairy Hands – Magic (New Los Angeles)
17. Jay Daniel – Broken Knowz (Technicolour)
16. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered (Aftermath)
15. Jordan Rakei – Cloak (4101 Records/Soul Has No Tempo)
14. BadBadNotGood – IV (Innovative Leisure)
13. NxWorries – Yes Lawd! (Stones Throw)
12. Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus (Brownswood)
11. Jon Bap – What Now? (Astro Nautico)
10. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic)
9. Frank Ocean – Endless (Def Jam)
8. Max Graef & Glenn Astro – The Yard Work Simulator (Ninja Tune)
7. Solange – A Seat at the Table (Saint)
6. Uffe – No! (Tartelet)
5. James Blake – The Colour in Anything (Polydor)
4. Reginald Omas Mamode IV – Reginald Omas Mamode IV (Five Easy Pieces)
3. Kaytranada – 99.9% (XL)
2. Anderson .Paak – Malibu (Steel Wool)
1. Frank Ocean – Blonde
Onward.