this is fire too where he sings

1. Metro Boomin & Future - We Still Don't Trust You
2. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
3. Yung Lean & Bladee - Psykos
4. Tems - Born In The Wild
5. Metro Boomin & Future - We Don't Trust You
6. Ye & Ty Dolla Sign - Vultures
7. Tyla - TYLA
8. Yeat - 2093

Even though this year has a lot of high profile releases, most of them didn't really hit. Just for reference, Yeat album is like a 6 for me and WSDTY would be like a 7.5

Nicolas Jaar - Archivos de Radio Piedras
Amen Dunes - Death Jokes
Moor Mother - The Great Bailout
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Serengeti - KDIV
Bruiser Wolf - My Story Got Stories
Amaro Freitas - Y'Y

Haven’t ranked them yet:

Wall of Eyes by The Smile
I Got Heaven by Mannequin P****
COWBOY CARTER by Beyonce
Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend
Where we’ve been, Where we go from here by Friko
For your Consideration by Empress Of
Hovvdy by Hovvdy
Ten Total by 1010benja
Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker
But I’ll Wait for You by Local Natives

Why Lawd AOTY

No idea of ranking but this what I got so far

Brittany Howard - What Now
Gary Clark Jr - JPEG RAW
Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips
Yaya Bey - Ten Fold
Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
Sir - Heavy
BadBadNotGood - Mid Spiral: Chaos
Tyla - Tyla

Waiting for $ilkmoney and Gambino to drop. Maybe Turnstile might have something this year as well.

BadBadNotGood is the Tommy Richman / Ian of jazz

Nah cause they actually make good music, have talent, and been around since 2010 having to actually work to become discovered. These are things which Tommy Richman and Ian are not and did not have to do, cause they're plants.

All you're saying is that they're older lol

And that they actually make good music

1. Dark Times - Vince Staples
2. Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
3. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington
4. #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy
5. BRAT - Charli XCX
6. Blue Lips - Schoolboy Q
7. Pinball - MIKE
8. Heavy - Sir
9. Born In The Wild - Tems
10. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves

1. Dark Times / Vince Staples
2. Why Lawd? / NxWorries
3. #RICHAXXHAITIAN / Mach-Hommy
4. We Still Don't Trust You / Future
5. Out the Woods / Tony Shhnow
6. Blue Lips / Schoolboy Q
7. Kenny Mason / 9
8. Zombieland 2 / Loe Shimmy
9. Xrrtified Posse 2 / Lil Xelly
10. Heavy / SiR

pretty weak year so far ngl, only the top 3 are truly elite imo

Try Butcher Brown

RichAXXhatian - Mach Hommy
Blue Lips - Schoolboy Q
COWBOY CARTER - Beyonce
ORQUIDEAS - Kali Uchis
Pinball - MIKE
WE DONT TRUST YOU - Future x Metro
Hyperdrama - Justice
Til I’m Dead 2 - RXK Nephew
VULTURES 1 - Y$
INSANO - Kid Cudi
Marciology - Roc Marciano

Still need time to digest:
Almighty So 2
BRAT
Dark Times

but I can def see them entering my top 10

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy
Vultures
Dehd - Poetry
Charli XCX - Brat
Doja Cat - Scarlet 2 Claude
Virginia - Black Yacht Rock
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
Kid Cudi - Insano Nitro Mega
The Black Keys - Ohio Players

Solid band. Be sure to check out Alfa Mist and Jamael Dean sometime as well they're great.

Those are guys not bands

Literally have a band playing their music when you see them live. Quit being a jazz dork lol

All this cause I said BBNG make good music and that Tommy Richman and Ian are ass lol

Tommy rich man has been around since 2019 and just now getting recognition

Ian also started around the same time as well as producing and again just now getting recognition.

Sometimes I swear Yall just think everyone is a plant the second they get some shine

Idk man is 4 years too soon for your career to take off or is it not underground enough?

Both s***, don't care.

Exactly lmao you already made up your mind ofc

You're feeling pressed lol. Enjoy those cacs doing jazz covers of rap songs