Top Album 2022

Top Albums Released in 2022

1. Little Simz - No Thank You

2. Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below

3. FKA Twigs - Caprisongs

4. Katalyst, Adrian Young & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 13

5. Aṣa - V

6. Robert Glasper - Black Radio III

7. Ibeyi - Spell 31

8. Asake - Mr. Money With The Vibe

9. Danielle Ponder - Some Of Us Are Brave

10. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

11. Rema - Raves & Roses

12. Shane Cooper & MABUTA - Finish The Sun

13. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen

14. Kokoroko - Could We Be More

15. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention

16. Yaya Bey - Remember Your North Star

17. Pongo - Sakidila

18. Adekunle Gold - Catch Me If You Can

19. Ezra Collective - Where I’m Meant To Be

20. Obongjayar  - Some Nights I Dream of Doors

21. Björk – Fossora

22. Oumou Sangare - Timbuktu

23. The Brother Moves On - $/he Who Feeds You...Owns You

24. Rosalía - Motomami

25. Ogi - Monologues

26. Kojey Radical – Reasons to Smile

27. The Weeknd – Dawn FM

28. Burna Boy - Love Dhlamini

29. Tumi Mogorosi - Group Theory: Black Music

30. Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer

31. Thandi Ntuli - Blk Elijah & The Children of Meroë

32. Tank & the Bangas - Red Balloon

33. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

34. Koffee- Gifted

35. Col3trane - Lush Life

36. JID - The Forever Story

37. Mitski - Laurel Hell

38. Somi - Zenzile; The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

39. Sunni Colón - JúJú & the Flower Bug

40. Mandisi Dyantyis - Cwaka

41. DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT

42. Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems

43. Danger Mouse and Black Thought – Cheat Codes

44. Wau Wau Collectif - Marriage

45. Future - I Never Liked You

46. Bonobo – Fragments

47. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights

48. Joel Lyssarides - Stay Now

49. Maleh - Lerato Laka

50. SZA - SOS

Top Albums 2021

Top Albums Releases in 2021

1. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant

2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

3. Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince

4. Menahan Street Band - The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band

5. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert

6. Mara TK - Bad Meditation

7. Urban Village - Udondolo

8. The Cavemen - Love and Highlife

9. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O - Umdali

10. Criatura - Bem Bonda

11. Ballaké Sissoko - Djourou

12. Msaki - Platinumb Heart

13. serpentwithfeet – DEACON

14. Christine Salem - Mersi

15. Flying Lotus - Yasuke

16. Estère - Archetypes

17. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sun Beams

18. Sault  - Nine

19. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks - Under These Streets

20. The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You

21. Alfa Mist - Bring Back

22. Ngaiire - 3

23. Man Made Mountain - Average Man

24. Alice Skye - I Feel Better, I Don't Feel Good

25. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers

26. Indaba Is - Compilation

27. Madlib - Ancient Ancestors

28. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise 

29. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

30. Remi - Fried

31. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - This Is A Mindfulness Drill: A Reimagining Of Richard Youngs' Sapphire

32. James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart

33. Adrian Younge - The American Negro

34. Balimaya Project - Wolo So

35. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales

36. Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives

37. Jordan Rakei – What We Call Life

38. Ancient Astronauts - Zik Zak

39. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth

40. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee

41. KMRU - Logue

42. Children of Zeus - Balance

43. Low - Hey What

44. NAO – And Then Life Was Beautiful

45. Sons Of Kemet - Black to the Future

46. L’Rain - Fatigue

47. Liz Stringer - First Time Really Feeling

48. Angelique Kidjo - Mother Nature

49. Blk Jks - Abantu/Before Humans

50. The Brother Moves On - Tolika Mtoliki

Top albums in 2016

Top Albums released in 20161-101.    Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate2.    Ngaiire – Blastoma3.    Blitz the Ambassador – Diasporadical4.    Kingfisha – Offered It Up5.    …

Top Albums released in 2016

1-10
1.    Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
2.    Ngaiire – Blastoma
3.    Blitz the Ambassador – Diasporadical
4.    Kingfisha – Offered It Up
5.    AB Original – Reclaim Australia
6.    Anderson .Paak – Malibu
7.    Jojo Abot – Fyfya Wot
8.    Alsarah & the Nubatones – Manara
9.    Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali
10.    Solange – A Seat At The Table

11-20
11.    Blinky Bill – We Cut Keys While You Wait
12.    No Zu – Afterlife
13.    Bad Bad Not Good – IV  
14.    Rhianna – ANTI
15.    Mikael Seifu - ዘላለም  / Zelalem
16.    A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
17.    Jordan Rakei – Cloak
18.    Mick Jenkins – The Healing Component
19.    Beyonce – Lemonade
20.    Baloji – 64 Bits & Malachite

21-30
21.    Tall Black Guy – Let’s Take A Trip
22.    Shabaka Hutchings & the Ancestors – Wisdom of Elders
23.    Emily Wurramara – Black Smoke
24.    Bixiga 70 – III
25.    Kaytranada – 99%
26.    Amanar – Tumastin
27.    Ta-ku & Wafia - (m)edian
28.    Mark Pritchard – Under the Sun
29.    Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
30.    Archie Roach – Let Love In

31-40
31.    REMi – Divas & Demons
32.    Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada
33.    Rokia Traore – Ne So
34.    ANOHNI – Hopelessness
35.    Massive Attack  - Ritual Spirit
36.    Bombino – Azel
37.    Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
38.    Ghorwane – Kukavata
39.    Ross McHenry – Child Of Somebody
40.    Miles Davis & Robert Glasper – Everything's Beautiful

41-50
41.    The Comet is Coming – Channel the Spirits
42.    JP – Submarine Dreams
43.    Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – s/t
44.    Deltino Guerreiro – Eparaka
45.    Frank Ocean – Blonde
46.    Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room
47.    Oddisee – Alwasta
48.    The Kondi Band - Belle Wahallah
49.    De La Soul – And The Anonymous Nobody
50.    Dion Monti – Wonderer

Top Albums for 2015

1-10

Trinity Roots - Citizen
Petite Noir - La Vie Et Belle (Life Is Beautiful)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Ibeyi - s/t
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Miso - s/t
Fat Freddy’s Drop - Bays
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Protoje - Ancient Future
Sampa the Great - Sampa The Great Mixtape

11-20

Thundercat - The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam
Inna Modja - Motel Bamako
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
Oddisee - The Good Fight
Ethiopiyawi Records - Letu Sinega & In My Sleep
Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon
The Internet - Ego Death
Black Coffee - Pieces of Me
Lianne La Havas - Blood
Tony Allen - Film Of Life

21-30

Dexter Story - Wondem
Nandele - Argolas Deliciosas
Songhoy Blues - Music in Experience
The Very Best - Makes A King
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Jess Ribeiro - Kill It Yourself
Marlon Williams - s/t
Kae Sun - Oceans Apart
Quarter Street - s/t
Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now

31-40

Floating Points - Elaenia
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Colour
Fantasma - Free Love
Owiny Sigoma Band - Nyanza
Jamie XX - In Colour
Bjork - Vulnicura
Bad Bad Not Good & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul
Beat Spacek - Modern Streets
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
Seinabo Sey - Pretend
Samba Toure - Gandadiko

41-50

Dereck Gripper - One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali
Boddhi Satva - Transition
Sauti Sol - Live & Die in Afrika
Hau - No End Theory
Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca - At Home
The Raah Project - Take Me Elsewhere
Raised By Eagles - Diamonds In The Bloodstream
Sergio Perrere, Zal Sissokho & Marcus Viana - Famale
Chimurenga Renaissance - Kudada Nekuva Munha Mutema
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Love

Top Albums for 2014

Top Albums of 2014

1-10
Various Artists - Ten Cities Compilation
Chronixx - Dread & Terrible
Emma Donovan & The PutBacks - Dawn
Jordan Rakei - Groove Curse
Nick Hakim - Where Will We Go Pt. 1 & 2
Radical Son - Cause N' Affect
Okmalumkoolkat - Holy Oxygen
Remi - Raw X Infinity
Briggs - Sheplife
Alsarah & The Nubatones -Slit

11-20
Estère- s/t
Petite Noir - The King of Anxiety
Ibibio Sound Machine - s/t
Chico Antonio - Memorias
Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail
Blitz the Ambassador - Afropolitan Dreams
Ana Tijoux - Vengo
Black Motion - s/t
Samthing Soweto - Ebsuku
Quantic - Magnetica

21-30
Benjamin Booker - s/t
Latinaotearoa - In Latinoamerica
Mikael Seifu - Yarada Lij
Tjintu Desert Band - Tjamuku Ngurra
Jupiter Okwess & the International - Hotel Universe
Sorceress - Dose
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - A Long Way To The Beginning
Frank Yamma - Uncle
Cold Specks - Neuroplasticity
Chico Man - Magical Thinking

31-40
Toumami & Sidiki - s/t
Curtis Harding - Soul Power
Archer - Old Time Song Man
Dirt Music - Lion City
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
D'Angelo & the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Blue King Brown - Born Free
FKA Twigs - LP1
Mau Power - The Show Will Go On
Black Cab - Games of XXO Olympiad

41-50
The Harpoons - Falling For You
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
Shaolin Afronauts - Follow The Path
Sinkane - Mean Love
The Bombay Royale - The Island of Dr. Electrico
Sola Rosa - Magnetics
Black Jesus Experience - Migration
Yarah Bravo - Love Is Movement
Batida - Dois
True Vibenation - On