With his debut album, Primordial Waters, Jamael Dean has allowed listeners to swim deeply in their oceans to feel truly human and free.

Adeline's Adi Oasis is a piece of funk-soul music out time. An album that transports its listeners to a much funkier time in music.

Theo Croker's BLACK2LIFE // A FUTURE PAST is a work of art that calls to the eternal Blackness in the listeners who connect to it most.

Despite opening on something more akin to a pantomime of blues-rock, Yazarah's The Ceremony delivers on soul that's from the gut.

With his latest work, Lei Line Eon, Iglooghost gives us an album that's as aurally challenging as it is soothingly tactile.

Another year. Another 100 Favorite Albums. 2021 was rough. But music is everlasting.

With Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler the Creator lets you know exactly who he is. Arrogant, audacious and painfully musical.

Kyle Dion is an artist you absolutely must deep dive into. With Sassy, he gives you that and so much more.

Nao's latest effort, And Then Life Was Beautiful, is a robust, full vocal and aural experience.

With her collaborative work Songwrights Apothecary Lab, Esperanza Spalding conducts an experiment in what it means to be human.

Chancellor's eponymous LP sheds light on just how talented the veteran artist really is.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram brings the blues in to the 21st century with his explosive 662.

Lance Skiiiwalker, TDE's musical magician, gifts listeners an ethereal experience with his EPs Tales from the Telescope.

KIRARA does NOT get enough credit for her contribution to electronica. With her "4" series, she highlights how criminally underrated she is.

With his self-titled EP, Vince Staples taps into true, raw honesty in both lyric and musical production.

With KEYS, Alicia Keys brings one of the rawest, most emotive pieces of work in her discography as of late.

AKMU is back with their collaboration album NEXT EPISODE! If this is truly the next phase, we've got much to look forward to from them.

While Hoody doesn't necessarily sell me on her rein as Korea's R&B queen, D-Day is a lovely album that highlights her vocal nuances.

In the same breath of Bjork, Lotic pours Water onto the world, crashing and crying life in woman-soaked hues.

James Larter's Polarity is a mystifying piece of music that takes me back to a place I haven't been in a long time.