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.
(Click on the images below to listen and/or buy and/or download)
30. Kutiman – 6AM (Siyal)
Image via kutiman.bandcamp.com
29. Noname – Telefone (Self-Released)
Image via nonameraps.bandcamp.com
28. COMBAT! – COMBAT! (Friends of Friends)
Image via combatmusic.bandcamp.com
27. Elusive – Headspace (Alpha Pup)
Image via elusive.bandcamp.com
26. Romare – Love Songs: Part Two (Ninja Tune)
Image via Ninja Tune // ninjatune.net
25. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake (Secretly Canadian)
Image via whitneychicago.bandcamp.com
24. Electric Wire Hustle – The 11th Sky (Bastard Jazz)
Image via bastardjazz.bandcamp.com
23. Tommaso Cappellato – Aforemention (Mashibeats)
Image via tommasocappellato.bandcamp.com
22. Flamingosis – Great Hair (UKNOWY)
Image via uknowymusic.bandcamp.com
21. Terrace Martin – Velvet Portraits (Ropeadope)
Image via ropeadope99.bandcamp.com
20. Tor – Blue Book (Loci)
Image via tormusic.bandcamp.com
19. Sam Irl – Raw Land (Jazz & Milk)
Image via jazzandmilk.bandcamp.com
18. Hairy Hands – Magic (New Los Angeles)
Image via newlos.bandcamp.com
17. Jay Daniel – Broken Knowz (Technicolour)
Image via jaydanielmusic.bandcamp.com
16. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered (Aftermath)
Image via Spotify
15. Jordan Rakei – Cloak (4101 Records/Soul Has No Tempo)
Image via soulhasnotempo.bandcamp.com
14. BadBadNotGood – IV (Innovative Leisure)
Image via badbadnotgoodil.bandcamp.com
13. NxWorries – Yes Lawd! (Stones Throw)
Image via nxworries.bandcamp.com
12. Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus (Brownswood)
Image via yussefkamaal.bandcamp.com
11. Jon Bap – What Now? (Astro Nautico)
Image via astronautico.bandcamp.com
10. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic)
Image via Spotify
9. Frank Ocean – Endless (Def Jam)
Image via iTunes
8. Max Graef & Glenn Astro – The Yard Work Simulator (Ninja Tune)
Image via maxgraefglennastro.bandcamp.com
7. Solange – A Seat at the Table (Saint)
Image via Spotify
6. Uffe – No! (Tartelet)
Image via uffe.bandcamp.com
5. James Blake – The Colour in Anything (Polydor)
Image via Spotify
4. Reginald Omas Mamode IV – Reginald Omas Mamode IV (Five Easy Pieces)
Image via fiveeasypieces.bandcamp.com
3. Kaytranada – 99.9% (XL)
Image via Spotify
2. Anderson .Paak – Malibu (Steel Wool)
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1. Frank Ocean – Blonde
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Onward.