EOY List Aggregate: 2019 New Music: Blues/Gospel/R&B

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Ranking

  1. Solange: When I Get Home (Saint/Columbia) {206}: Al:46, Atw:+, AU:13, AV:6+, BB:27, BP:7, BS:11, BV:21, C:18, Cl:14+, Cmp:15, Cos:+, CS:18+, D:9, DJ:15, DJB:25, DS:+, E:+, E_UK:+, EW:+, Ex:+, F:+, Fld:+, FO:34, G:19, GC:18, Gf:17, Gg:9, Gg_r:1, GTV:5+, HDX:+, Hil:20, HS:+, I:22+, LCA:37, LR:28, Mc:7, Mix:36, Mj:17+, MO:31, MuH:15, N:19, NBH:26, NDO:13, Ni:11, NME:14+, No:39, Noj:8, NPR:4, Okp:5, P:25+, PAM:+, Pap:11, Pc:22, Pf:5+, Pf_r:10, PM:62+, PO:+, Ps:19, Q:20, Qt:27, RM:36, RS:+, SC:11+, Sg:46, Sk:9+, So:5, Spk:26, Tr:8, U:60, Up:39, UpC:14, UR:29, USP:17, VF:5, VMP:+, W:23, WHP:14, YF:5; afk:+, am:+, am_r:+, aqd:+, bg_j:8, bw:+, dbu:+, do:+, diy:+, ex_s:2, fa:+, fu:2, gq:+, gq_uk:9, hc_d:2, hc_g:7, hcw:+, hdx_r:10, jrw:7, ju:+, la_w:1, now:4+, npr_rc:7, npr_sm:3, pir:+, pm_s:10, so_d:+, ta:+, ti:2, vib:+, vti:1, vu:2, wi:+, wo:2, xbf:8, yh:+ -- PJ:93-80-7, TH:*
  2. Brittany Howard: Jaime (ATO) {178}: AS:+, AV:12, BB:17, Bc:18, BS:2, Cl:39+, Cpu:1, CS:19+, DJ:23, EW:6, Ex:13+, Fp:+, G:32+, Gg:19, Gw:21+, Hil:17, I:27+, LCA:22, LQ:+, Mc:10, Mg:13, Mj:11+, Ms:17, MuH:8, Mx:29, N:79, NoD_r:49, NPR:1, NR:21+, P:6+, Pf:12+, Pf_r:37, PM:37, Q:36+, RS:15+, RT:84, Sg:45, Sl:24, Thr:15, TS:6, U:20+, Up:23, Up_sh:19, Up_i:8, UpC:18, UR:35, USP:23, WHP:1, YF:9; afk:+, am_k:+, aqd:+, bb6:8, bh:5, clt_l:2, clt_t:6, ct:14, diy:+, ec:+, g_e:7, gl:+++, hc_d:3, hc_g:2, ipr:+, jrmi:+, kc:1, mpr:6, npr_nc:5, npr_jg:7, npr_jh:1, npr_lo:1, npr_rc:4, ns:3, ny_p:2, p:10, pf_k:+, pi:2, pm_s:6, sl:++, smh:+, sp:+, st:6, stm:4, tl:5, ust:9, vcm:1, vcwi:8, vew:8, vrjs:5, vu:5, wsj:+, xjh:+, xscw:+, yh:10 -- PJ:19-245-25, TH:B
  3. Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar) {160}: Al:23, AV:3+, BB:36, Bc:7, BV:18, Cl:+, CM:54, CP:55, CS:3+, DJB:2, Dr:37, DW:34, E:+, Ex:+, Fld:13+, G:43+, GC:33, Gf:18, Gg:10, Gg_h:37, Gg_i:13, Gg_p:10, Hil:10, HV:1, LCA:34, LQ:+, Mc:5, Mj:68, Mx:32, N:51, NME:+, NPR:+, NR:+, O:+, Okp:12, P:30, Pap:19, Pc:74, Pf:11+, Pf_r:36, PM:6+, PO:3, RS:25+, Rx:50, SC:+, Sg:37, Sl:15+, Thr:22, Tr:15, Trk:44, Up:+, Up_p:25, UpC:25, UR:82+, VMP:+, YF:20; afk:+, am:++, am_r:+, ca:1, ct:1, em:+, ex_s:1, ljs:6, lv_p:5, npr_jh:7, pm_s:2, ri:8, sl:++, so_k:1, tbt:3, tl:9, v_ab:7, v_cw:+, v_ja:10, vcm:9, vcwi:10, vib:+, xde:7, xjd:2, ypg:10, yrh:5 -- PJ:22-221-23, RC:A-, MT:A, TH:A-
  4. Raphael Saadiq: Jimmy Lee (Columbia) {69}: Al:2, CP:18, Cpu:9, DW:20, E_UK:+, Mc:+, MuH:7, NPR:3, O:+, P:+, PM:66+, PO:+, Q:+, Rx:65, USP:35, XJS:34; am:++, am_r:+, bg_g:6, ca:6, ct:2, do:+, ex_s:7, kc:5, npr_bc:7, npr_lo:2, npr_rc:3, pm_s:7, so_k:2, vew:9, vib:+, vrjs:1, vti:10, xjl:7, xscw:+, xsp:8, ypg:3, yrb:6 -- PJ:53-117-10, RC:A-, TH:A-
  5. Summer Walker: Over It (Interscope) {54}: BB:21, C:20, Cmp:43, CX:4, DJB:59, F:+, GC:48, Gg:37, Gg_h:40, Gg_r:3, HDX:+, MuH:16, N:15, NME:+, Noj:19, Okp:4, PB:11, Ps:6, RS:38, TS:+, Up:19; am_r:+, atl:+, asp:2, fa:+, fu:3, hc_g:6, hdx_r:1, hyb:+, npr_rc:8, ny_c:12, ta:+, vib:+ -- TH:B
  6. Ari Lennox: Shea Butter Baby (Interscope) {48}: BB:33, Cl:34+, Cmp:26, DJB:22, GC:+, HDX:+, HV:22, N:5, NPR:12, Okp:1, Ps:4; afk:+, atl:+, asp:1, clt_g:2, clt_l:3, ex_c:8, fa:+, fu:5, hdx_r:2, mtv:+, npr_bc:5, npr_jh:6, npr_rc:2, p:8, vib:+, yh:+ -- TH:*
  7. Beyonce: Homecoming: The Live Album (Columbia) {40}: BB:12, DJB:13, Gg_p:20, HDX:+, Id:2, MuH:9, Ne:26+, Noj:34, NPR:+, Pf:14, Pf_r:50, PO:+, Ps:40, RS:+, USP:7, YF:15; am:+, gq:+, npr_kt:8, p:6, tg:+, usw:10, vib:+, vti:7, wp:+ -- PJ:110-72-6, MT:C+, TH:*
  8. Our Native Daughters: Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways) {39}: BS:4, G:+, Gg_c:34, NoD:1, NoD_r:13, NPR:13, PO:+, RS_c:8, Trk:47, TS:+; am:+, am_f:+, mg_i:2, npr_lo:3, p_f:5, sol:8, tl:10 -- RC:**, MT:**, TH:A-
  9. Gary Clark Jr: This Land (Warner Bros) {35}: Al:11, AS:+, BB:+, BP:16, BS:26, Ex:+, Fld:+, L:7, Mj:+, NoD_r:13, PM:22, Q:+, Rf:4, RS:+, SC:+, Up:+; afk:+, am:+, am_b:+, do:+, gl:+, owh:8, v_cw:+, sp:3, yh:5 -- TH:B, MT:C
  10. Khalid: Free Spirit (RCA) {31}: BB:32, CP:54, CX:18, DW:59, Id:16, PCr:9, Ps:8, Rx:66, Up:+, Up_p:21; asp:8, xmr:2, xrm:4, ypg:5 -- PJ:201-41-3, RC:A-, TH:***
  11. Mavis Staples: We Get By (Anti-) {25}: Al:39, AS:+, DJ:34, G:+, Mj:39+, NoD:16, NoD_r:36, PM:+, Q:+, RS:+, Trk:49, TS:+, U:+, UR:+; am_b:+, gl:++, ljs:10, pm_s:9 -- TH:A-
  12. Snoh Aalegra: Ugh, Those Feels Again (Artium) {23}: Cl:+, Cmp:32, DJB:20, N:92, Okp:17, Ps:11; clt_l:5, em:+, fu:1, hdx_r:3, imp:+, npr_bc:8, npr_sm:4, vib:+ -- TH:**
  13. Steve Lacy: Apollo XXI (3Qtr) {23}: Cl:+, Cmp:+, E_UK:+, Ex:+, G:+, HS:+, LR:67, N:29, NME:+, PO:+, Up_i:32, VF:+, Up:+; afk:+, am_r:+, diy:+, em:+, hcw:6, lib:+, otw:+, wi:+, yh:+ -- TH:*
  14. Blood Orange: Angel's Pulse (Domino) {20}: Cl:+, Du:38, E_UK:+, F:+, HS:+, LR:38, N:68, No:49, Noj:10, Pf:+, PO:+, Ps:44, YF:39; do:+, gcn:+, nt:+ -- TH:**
  15. Durand Jones & the Indications: American Love Call (Dead Oceans) {19}: AS:+, Bq:+, FB:99, G:46+, Mj:42+, NME:+, PM:23+, Q:+, RT:17, YW:12; pm_s:3, tbt:9 -- PJ:206-40-3, MT:C
  16. Kehlani: While We Wait (Atlantic/TSNMI) {19}: BB:+, Cmp:+, CP:49, DJB:32, DW:27, HS:+, HV:5, LBF:+, NPR:+, Thr:13, Up_p:32; pm_s:8, yh:+ -- TH:**
  17. Jordan Rakei: Origin (Ninja Tune) {12}: Al:29, Cl:+, DJ:41, PM:17+, RM:12, RT:61; em:+, pm_s:4
  18. Mavis Staples: Live in London (Anti-) {11}: B:+, Mj:+; am_r:+, gl:+, xhs:8 -- PJ:245-34-4, MT:***, TH:**
  19. Tinashe: Songs for You (self-released) {11}: AU:26, Cmp:45, HV:12, PB:13; gcn:+, hc_g:6, hdx_r:6, p_p:14, rf_h:19
  20. Banks: III (Harvest) {10}: Al:22, Cl:+, I:+, LBF:+, NME:+, O:+, Ps:42, Q:+, RS:+, YF:28
  21. SiR: Chasing Summer (Top Dawg/RCA) {10}: DJB:52, HDX:+, N:31, Okp:18, Ps:31; afk:+, hdx_r:5, vib:+
  22. Beyonce: The Lion King: The Gift (Walt Disney) {9}: CP:67, CX:17, PB:10; fa:+, fu:8, vib:+
  23. Lucky Daye: Painted (Keep Cool/RCA) {9}: DJB:40, Ex:+, N:61; afk:+, npr_bc:1, npr_sm:8, vib:+
  24. Mahalia: Love and Compromise (Warner UK) {9}: Cl:+, CX:15, LBF:43+, LQ:+; afk:+, am_r:+, cmp:6
  25. Black Pumas: Black Pumas (ATO) {8}: Bq:+, Mj:+, Q:+; app:+, mg_i:3, gl:+++ -- PJ:166-50-5
  26. Chris Brown: Indigo (RCA) {8}: CX:12, Gg_r:2; hdx_r:4
  27. Dawn: New Breed (Local Action/Our Dawn) {8}: CP:8, G:+, HS:+, PM:+, SC:+; ra:+
  28. Baby Rose: To Myself (Human Re Sources) {7}: BS:17, DJB:41; npr_rc:5, npr_sm:5
  29. Collard: Unholy (Virgin/EMI) {7}: Cl:+, Gw:11+, I:46+; diy:+
  30. Tayla Parx: We Need to Talk (Taylamade/Atlantic) {7}: Cmp:+, Ps:23, SC:+, Up:+, Up_p:16; yh:+
  31. Yatta: Wahala (PTP) {7}: ACL:7, Bc:34, W:36; acl_x:+, pf_x:+
  32. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes: Cypress Grove (Easy Eye Sound) {6}: AS:+; am:+, am_b:+, aqd:+, p_f:13, tg:+
  33. Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness (Island) {6}: Al:30, MuH:+, O:+, Q:+, RM:35, SC:+
  34. Delbert McClinton: Tall, Dark & Handsome (Hot Shot) {6}: NoD:13, NoD_r:32; am_b:+, gl:+
  35. Mereba: The Jungle Is the Only Way Out (Interscope) {6}: Atw:+, DJB:42, N:+; em:+, npr_ap:3
  36. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram: Kingfish (Alligator) {5}: Rf:30; am:+, am_b:+, npr_lo:8, tg:+
  37. Taylor McFerrin: Love's Last Chance (Awal) {5}: am:++, am_r:+, em:+, gl:+
  38. North Mississippi Allstars: Up and Rolling (New West) {5}: AS:+; am_b:+, gl:++, jrmi:+
  39. Emotional Oranges: The Juice Vol 1 (Avant Garden) {4}: Cmp:+, HDX:+, LBF:+; yh:+
  40. Dominique Fils-Aime: Stay Tuned! (Ensoul) {4}: Bc:47, LCA:21; mg_i:4
  41. Shafiq Husayn: The Loop (Nature Sounds) {4}: Bc:92; am:+, am_r:+, xlr:+
  42. Stein Urheim: Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (Hubro) {4}: Tx:3
  43. Jimmie Vaughan: Baby, Please Come Home (Last Music) {4}: am:+, am_b:+, gl:+, jrmi:+
  44. Akua: Them Spirits (self-released -EP) {3}: Ex:+; fa:+, now:+
  45. The Budos Band: V (Daptone) {3}: Mj:+, RM:44; do:+
  46. Clever Austin: Pareidolia (Touching Bass) {3}: Bc:54; npr_rc:10, xlr:+
  47. Emily King: Scenery (ATO) {3}: GTV:+, P:+; now:+
  48. Los Coast: Samsara (New West) {3}: am_r:+, gl:++
  49. Jan Maksimovic/Dimitrij Golovanov: Thousand Seconds of Our Life (NoBusiness) {3}: 1J
  50. Melii: Phases (Interscope) {3}: F:+, N:+, YW:91
  51. Mourning [a] BLKstar: Reckoning (Don Giovanni) {3}: Bc:+ -- RC:**
  52. The O'Jays: The Last Word (S-Curve) {3}: Ex:+, Mj:+; am_r:+
  53. Dawn Richard: New Breed (Local Action) {3}: HV:29, Q:+; am_r:+
  54. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: The Traveler (Concord) {3}: L:+; am_b:+, gl:+
  55. Beaux Gris Gris & the Apocalypse: Love & Murder (Grow Vision Music) {2}: L:13
  56. Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues: Roots and Branches: The Songs of Little Walter (Alligator) {2}: YW:59; am_b:+
  57. Buku Abi: Don't Call Me (912160 DK -EP) {2}: asp:4
  58. Daniel Caesar: Case Study 01 (Golden Chil) {2}: em:+, vib:+
  59. The Cash Box Kings: Hail to the Kings! (Alligator) {2}: am:+, am_b:+
  60. ECCO2K: E (Year0001) {2}: Du:46; rf_h:12
  61. Beth Hart: War in My Mind (Provogue) {2}: L:14
  62. Jacquees: King of R&B (Cash Money) {2}: hdx_r:3
  63. Keb' Mo': Oklahoma (Concord) {2}: NoD_r:44; jrmi:+
  64. Mabel: High Expectations (Polydor) {2}: Gw:+; d:+
  65. Nina Nesbitt: The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change (Cooking Vinyl) {2}: BB:+, I:+
  66. Rahsaan Patterson: Heroes & Gods (Shanachie) {2}: am_r:+, xce:10
  67. Robert Randolph & the Family Band: Brighter Days (Provogue) {2}: am_b:+, gl:+
  68. Eli "Paperboy" Reed: 99 Cent Dreams (Yep Roc) {2}: AS:+; am_b:+
  69. Bobby Rush: Sitting on Top of the Blues (Deep Rush) {2}: am_b:+, db:+
  70. Maverick Sabre: When I Wake Up (FAMM) {2}: Ni:+, PM:+
  71. The Sensational Barnes Brothers: Nobody's Fault but Mine (Bible & Tire) {2}: BS:25, PO:+
  72. Zo!: FourFront (Foreign Exchange Music) {2}: am:+, am_r:+
  73. Atomic Road Kings: Clean Up the Blood (Big Tone) {1}: YW:46
  74. Bathe: I'll Miss You (self-released) {1}: N:+
  75. Blackbear: Anonymous (Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope) {1}: mqw:7
  76. Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley: Gold Cadillac (G-Three) {1}: j91:+
  77. Myles Cameron: Lonely Suburban Blackboy (self-released) {1}: N:+
  78. Sabrina Carpenter: Singular: Act II (Hollywood) {1}: Ps:21
  79. Tanika Charles: The Gumption (Record Kicks) {1}: ex_s:10
  80. Louis Cole: Live Sesh & Xtra Songs (Brainfeeder) {1}: JC:+
  81. The Devil and the Almighty Blues: Tre (Blues for the Red Sun) {1}: FB:85
  82. Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon: Solstice (New West) {1}: am_b:+
  83. Dijon: Sci Fi 1 (Dark Green) {1}: N:43
  84. Kari Faux: Cry 4 Help (Change Minds) {1}: SC:+
  85. Kelly Finnigan: The Tales People Tell (Colemine) {1}: tg:+
  86. Samantha Fish: Kill or Be Kind (Rounder) {1}: am_b:+
  87. Mary Flower: Livin' With the Blues Again (Little Village Foundation) {1}: db:+
  88. Free Nationals: Free Nationals (OBE/Empire) {1}: em:+
  89. Eric Gales: The Bookends (Provogue) {1}: L:+
  90. Jay Gordon's Blues Venom: Slide Rules! (self-released) {1}: jcmb:9
  91. Hague & White: The Eleventh Hour (Monks Road) {1}: GTV:+
  92. HER: I Used to Know Her (RCA) {1}: hdx_r:7
  93. John Dee Holeman: Last Pair of Shoes (Music Maker) {1}: tg:+
  94. Bryony Jarman-Pinto: Cage & Aviary (Tru Thoughts) {1}: pm_s:12
  95. Joel: Grunge Gospel: Side A (Black Cherry Music) {1}: Ps:46
  96. John Mayall: Nobody Told Me (Forty Below) {1}: gl:+
  97. Miguel: Te Lo Dije EP (RCA -EP) {1}: PO:+
  98. Coco Montoya: Coming in Hot (Alligator) {1}: am_b:+
  99. Devin Morrison: Bussin' (NBN) {1}: am_r:+
  100. The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling: Lucky Guy! (Alligator) {1}: am_b:+
  101. Christinna O: Girl in Passing (New Professor Music) {1}: 405:+
  102. Alicia Olatuja: Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women (Resilience Music) {1}: jrm:+
  103. Katarina Pejak: Roads That Cross (Ruf) {1}: am_b:+
  104. Pink Sweat$: Volume 2 (Human Re Sources -EP) {1}: asp:9
  105. The Prime Movers: The Prime Movers Blues Band (Modern Harmonic) {1}: am_b:+
  106. Raveena: Lucid (Moonstone/Empire) {1}: npr_sm:6
  107. Tad Robinson: Real Street (Severn) {1}: db:+
  108. Skinny Pelembe: Dreaming Is Dead Now (Brownswood) {1}: Cl:+
  109. Carlton Jumel Smith: 1634 Lexington Avenue (Timmon) {1}: am_r:+
  110. Sobhhi: Black I (Nuit Sans Fin -EP) {1}: em:+
  111. Sonta: Hood Love Vol One (Machine Entertainment Group) {1}: LBF:+
  112. Anu Sun: Sanguine Regum (Ropeadope) {1}: N:+
  113. Anu Sun: Sanguine Regum (Ropeadope) {1}: vmp_j:9
  114. Sunday Service Choir: Jesus Is Born (INC) {1}: NME:+
  115. Joanne Shaw Taylor: Reckless Heart (Silvertone) {1}: L:+
  116. Walter Trout: Survivor Blues (Provogue) {1}: L:+
  117. Robin Trower: Coming Closer to the Day (Provogue) {1}: L:+
  118. Seth Walker: Are You Open? (Royal Potato Family) {1}: am_b:+
  119. YMTK: What You Wish For (Just Pan/PYC/Empire) {1}: N:+
  120. Avery R Young: Tubman (FPE) {1}: Bc:53