Year-End Lists

gal-dem: Best Albums of 2016, in chronological order

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2015]

• Malibu
  Anderson .Paak
• The Birds Outside Sang
  Florist
• The Life of Pablo
  Kanye West
• 99¢
  Santigold
• Untitled Unmastered
  Kendrick Lamar
• A Good Night in the Ghetto
  Kamaiyah
• Afterlife
  DJ Rashad
• SECURITY
  Gaika
• Lemonade
  Beyoncé
• Konnichiwa
  Skepta
• The Colour in Anything
  James Blake
• Coloring Book
  Chance The Rapper
• Puberty 2
  Mitski
• Church
  Kelsey Lu
• Princess
  ABRA
• Telefone
  Noname
• Blond
  Frank Ocean
• 1992
  Princess Nokia
• The Healing Component
  Mick Jenkins
• Six Paths
  Dave
• Lamentations
  Moses Sumney
• A Seat at the Table
  Solange
• Big Baby DRAM
  DRAM
• Durt
  Ray BLK
• Black Focus
  Yussef Kamaal
• We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
  A Tribe Called Quest
• "Awaken, My Love!"
  Childish Gambino
• 4 Your Eyez Only
  J. Cole
• Real Ting
  Stefflon Don
• Stillness in Wonderland
  Little Simz