Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Frank Ocean — Blond
- Anderson .Paak — Malibu
- Solange — A Seat at the Table
- Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
- Noname — Telefone
- Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
- Beyoncé — Lemonade
- Young Thug — Slime Season 3
- A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
- Travis Scott — Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
- The Weeknd — Starboy
- KAYTRANADA — 99.9%
- 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — Savage Mode
- Rihanna — Anti
- Schoolboy Q — Blank Face LP
- Bon Iver — 22, A Million
- Danny Brown — Atrocity Exhibition
- Hinds — Leave Me Alone
- NxWorries — Yes Lawd!
- Blood Orange — Freetown Sound
- D.R.A.M. — Big Baby D.R.A.M.
- Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
- Kendrick Lamar — Untitled Unmastered
- Lil Yachty — Lil Boat
- Isaiah Rashad — The Sun’s Tirade
- James Blake — The Colour in Anything
- Jazz Cartier — Hotel Paranoia
- Giggs — Landlord
- Shura — Nothing’s Real
- A.CHAL — Welcome to GAZI
- YG — Still Brazy
- Angel Olsen — My Woman
- Denzel Curry — Imperial
- Skepta — Konnichiwa
- Kamaiyah — A Good Night in the Ghetto
- David Bowie — Blackstar
- Little Simz — Stillness in Wonderland
- 6LACK — FREE 6LACK
- Kevin Abstract — American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
- Allan Kingdom — Northern Lights
- Trapo — Shade Trees
- Kemba — Negus
- Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love!
- Saba — Bucket List Project
- Topaz Jones — Arcade
- Kid Cudi — Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’
- Kweku Collins — Nat Love
- Francis and the Lights — Farewell, Starlite!
- Cousin Stizz — Monda
- Post Malone — Stoney