2019 Top Ten Music Recap
Albums of The Year
Add -2
1. Add-2 - Jim Crow: The Musical ....I reiterate my earlier claim that this album is the best work of art since To Pimp A Butterfly. Uncompromisingly Black, lyrical and thought provoking...from the most underrated emcee in Chicago
2. MadGibbs - Bandana : Holder of my album of the year title up until December.
3. Rapsody - Eve : Its time to give this woman her flowers...
4. Yuna - Rouge
5. Jamila Woods - Legacy
6. Aaron Abernathy - Epilogue
7. Pete Rock & Skyzoo - Retropolitan
8. Little Brother - May The Lord Watch
9. Anderson.Paak - Ventura
10. Yemi Alade - Woman of Steel
Honorable Mention: Snoh Aalegra, YBN Cordae, Kota The Friend, Tyler The Creator
Top 10 Soul / R&B/ Afrobeats
Yuna
1. Yuna - Rouge
2. Jamila Woods - Legacy
3. Aaron Abernathy - Epilogue
4. Anderson.Paak - Ventura
5. Yemi Alade - Woman of Steel
6. Snoh Aalegra - Ugh..Those Feels Again
7. BJ The Chicago Kid - 1123
8. Nicole Bus - Kairos
9. SIR - Chasing Summer
10. Zo! - FourFront
Honorable Mention: Lucky Daye, Burna Boy, Jidenna
Top 10 Hip-Hop
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
1. Add-2 - Jim Crow: The Musical
2. MadGibbs - Bandana
3. Rapsody - Eve
4. Pete Rock & Skyzoo - Retropolitan
5. Little Brother - May The Lord Watch
6. YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy
7. Kota The Friend - Foto
8. Goldlink - Diaspora
9. Boogie - Everything's For Sale
10. 2 Chainz - Rap or Go To The League
Honorable Mention: Jim Jones, Wale