🌲 Albums of 2023
Last Updated: December 2023
2023 was a great year for music! I really had a lot of fun listening to all these new albums this year and struggled a lot sorting them actually. Here is the list, ranked:
Sundial by Noname
It was worth the wait. Deep reflections on the state of things through a leftist perspective yet she also looks within with each topic. Hold me down and gospel? and oblivion are probably my fav tracks.
Ways of Knowing by Navy Blue
Consistently my top artist so no surprise here tbh. It’s a sad album in many ways and Navy’s story telling shines. Chosen, To Fall in Love, and Look in My Eyes are my fav tracks.
We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer
It’s dense but playful and between those two you catch them drifting from thought to thought– leaving you thinking too. Fav tracks: Y’all Can’t Stand Right Here, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Niggardly, and Landlines.
Maps by billy woods/Kenny Segal
I’m always blown away by how well he can connect dots and make it sound so effortless. You can hum along or think on it; he got you covered in either case. Fav tracks: Soft Landing, FaceTime, and Rapper Weed.
Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? by McKinley Dixon
This is a great jazzy album and equally great bars. This was my ideal album for my morning drives to work. Fav tracks: Sun, I Rise, Run Run Run, the album title!
Lotus Glow by Adi Oasis
The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski
Never Enough by Daniel Caesar
Scaring the Hoes by Danny Brown/JPEGMAFIA
Lahai by Sampha
Here are the other albums that didn’t make it into my top 10. Honestly all these albums are great and most didn’t make it because I didn’t listen to them enough.
Let’s Start Here by Lil Yachty
SOS by SZA
Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis
the record by boygenius
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek
For All the Dogs by Drake
My Soft Machine by Arlo Parks
Larger Than Life by Brent Faiyaz
How Do you Sleep at Night by Teezo Touchdown
Utopia by Travis Scott
Endless Summer Vacation by Miley Cyrus
Kaytramine – self titled
Business is Business by Young Thug
Voir Dire by Early Sweatshirt & The Alchemist
A gift & a curse by Gunna
Won’t he do it by Conway the Machine
Volcano by Jungle
Forward by Jordan Ward
The Good Witch by Maisie Peters
The Great Escape by Larry June / The Alchemist
Burning Desire by MIKE
Glorious Game by El Michels Affair / Black Thought
Pink Friday 2 by Nicki Minaj
Heaven by Cleo Sol