An album for every year of my life
Inspired by Cafélog’s post, here’s my list of favorite albums (one for every year since I was born, excluding the current year).
Good new music has a way of feeling like the best thing you’ve ever heard, until the novelty wears off. I don’t want to be updating this list every time that happens, so I’ll only revisit it once a year.
| Year | Cover Art | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  | Mobb Deep – The Infamous |
| 1996 |  | Fugees – The Score |
| 1997 |  | The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death |
| 1998 |  | OutKast – Aquemini |
| 1999 |  | Mos Def – Black On Both Sides |
| 2000 |  | Common – Like Water For Chocolate |
| 2001 |  | Kalamashaka – Ni Wakati |
| 2002 |  | Clipse – Lord Willin' |
| 2003 |  | Gang Starr – The Ownerz |
| 2004 |  | Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib) – Madvillainy |
| 2005 |  | Kanye West – Late Registration |
| 2006 |  | Ukoo Flani Mau Mau – Dandora Burning |
| 2007 |  | Kanye West – Graduation |
| 2008 |  | Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes |
| 2009 |  | Mos Def – The Ecstatic |
| 2010 |  | Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty |
| 2011 |  | Kendrick Lamar – Section 80 |
| 2012 |  | Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City |
| 2013 |  | Intransit Riddim – Various Artists |
| 2014 |  | J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive |
| 2015 |  | Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly |
| 2016 |  | Frank Ocean – Blonde |
| 2017 |  | Kendrick Lamar – Damn |
| 2018 |  | Mac Miller – Swimming |
| 2019 |  | Common – Let Love |
| 2020 |  | Armand Hammer – Shrines |
| 2021 |  | Tyler, The Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost |
| 2022 |  | Billy Woods – Aethiopes |
| 2023 |  | Djungle & Kitu Sewer – Kaunenge |
| 2024 |  | Kitu Sewer – Makali Man |
| 2025 |  | Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out |