As we always say, not the best, just our favorites. Not much else to say about last year in music except, there wasn’t a stand-out-from-the-pack album for us in 2017 as there was in 2016 but we were very partial to and impressed by many of the albums on our Top 10 and we want to say a massive big up to our home country of Canada and the incredible amount of amazing music that dropped from there this year. We almost by default already are, but if The Kitchen decided to become a blog focused solely on Canadian music, there would be no negligible drop in the quality as most of the best music we’ve supported this year, especially in the latter half, came from within these borders already.
Thanks to everyone who has supported The Kitchen here on the blog or the Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or the new FRESH PICKS Spotify playlist with follows, views, shares, likes and comments. 2018 will mark the 15th year we’ve been doing this and we have some exciting plans we’re hoping to execute on for later this year to celebrate that. Stay tuned for more as the year progresses and we wish everyone an amazing year ahead. Here’s to more great music in it!
THE BEST (in no particular order):
Rapsody – Laila’s Wisdom
Allie – Nightshade
Daniel Caesar – Freudian
Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy
Vic Mensa – The Autobiography
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Gucci Mane – Mr. Davis
Clairmont the Second – Lil Mont From The Ave.
Drake – More Life
THE REST (in alphabetical order):
2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap
88Glam – 88Glam
Joey Badass – All-Amerikkkan Badass
Big KRIT – 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time
Big Sean – I Decided
CyHi The Prynce – No Dope On Sundays
Dave East – Paranoia: A True Story
MC Eiht – Which Way Iz West
Future & Young Thug – Super Slimey
Jay-Z – 4:44
Jeezy – Precious
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Le Couleur – P.O.P.
Steve Lacy – Steve Lacy’s Demo
Meek Mills – Wins & Losses
N*E*R*D – No One Ever Really Dies
Sean Price – Imperius Rex
Dizze Rascal – Raskit
Rick Ross – Rather You Than Me
Smokepurpp – Deadstar
Snotty Nosed Rez Kids – Average Savage
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Syd – Fin
SZA – Ctrl
Maylee Todd – Acts of Love
Previously on The Kitchen:
DIFFERENT KITCHEN’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2016
You heard Skillz‘s take, now here come Uncle Murda‘s Rap Up of the 2017 year. Who got it this year??