[MP3] Late Pass: Listen to 2015 Rap Ups by Skillz and Uncle Murda

Did you ever think you’d see a day where Uncle Murda‘s year-end Rap Up would get more plays than Skillz‘ long-running year-in-review missives?

DIFFERENT KITCHEN’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2015

Picking our Top 10 favorite albums this year was tough! It was an especially good year for music. Many of the Honorable Mentions below could have made it into Top 10 (the same Top 10 I submitted for my Village Voice Pazz & Jop ballot) if I was in a different mood. Truth be told though, those first 8 titles are pretty much a lock and, unlike last year, this list is in rough order of how much liked the albums although after the first four, the order for the rest of the albums is kind of interchangeable.

If you missed any of these last year, click away on your favorite streaming site, they’re all worth your time and attention. And on the flip side, if I missed or overlooked albums you think we might have dig based on these picks, let us know in the comments. As much music as there is out there (and how behind we perpetually were with the messages sent to us with more), we’re always down to hear music we don’t already know about that we might be into.

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2015:

01. Scarface – Deeply Rooted
02. Raury – All We Need
03. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
04. The Internet – Ego Death
05. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf
06. Justin Bieber – Purpose
07. Planet Asia – Zapco Exp EP
08. Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul
09. Jill Scott – Woman
10. Aleya – Carbon Copy Trip

Honorable Mentions:
Azari & III – Rarities from the Extremities
Beach House – Depression Cherry
Big K.R.I.T. – It’s Better This Way (mixtape)
Clear Soul Forces – Fab 5ive
Dornik – Dornik
Drake – If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late
Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
Foreign Exchange – Tales From The Land Of Milk And Honey
The Game – The Documentary 2 & 2.5
Jack Ü – Skrillex & Diplo present Jack Ü
Jeezy – Church In These Streets
Talib Kweli – F-ck the Money (Mixtape)
Teedra Moses – Cognac and Conversation
Peaches – Rub
Puff Daddy & the Family – MMM
Jay Rock – 90059
Rick Ross – Black Market
St. Germain – St. Germain
SepTO – God Mind
Spek Won – Sofa King Amazing
Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show
Tame Impala – Currents
Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul
Tona – Carpe Diem
Tyler the Creator – Cherry Bomb
Yo Gotti – Concealed

(note: links in album titles go to streams on The Kitchen blog, Tumblr or other sites)

Related:

Check out our Favorite Songs & Singles of 2015 list HERE.

DIFFERENT KITCHEN’S FAVORITE SONGS OF 2015

The 2015 list of favorite songs or singles at The Kitchen is kind of in rough order and not much different from what I picked for my Pazz N Jop ballot. Jidenna‘s “Classic Man” was most definitely my favorite song of the year without a doubt although The Weeknd‘s “Can’t Feel My Face” gave it a good run for it’s money for that #1 slot! Some great music overall this year though with no signs of it slowing down as we head into 2016.

FAVORITE SONGS OF 2015:

01. Jidenna – Classic Man
02. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
03. Jay Rock – Gumbo
04. Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
05. Jack Ü – Where Are Ü Now feat. Justin Bieber
06. Rihanna – B-tch Better Have My Money
07. The Game – Everybody on the Floor feat. Migos
08. Major Lazer & DJ Snake – Lean On feat. MØ
09. Raz Fresco – Cortez Nikes feat. Chuck Inglish
10. Alessia Cara – Here

Honorable Mentions:
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Drake – Back To Back
Flying Lotus – Coronus, The Terminator
Major Lazer – Wave feat. Kali Uchis

(note: links in song titles go to posts on The Kitchen blog or Tumblr about the songs, the artist or the full lengths they are from or alternatively, check out a playlist of these songs on TIDAL HERE.)

Related:

Check out our Favorite Albums of 2015 list HERE.