BDTB Presents: Favorite Releases of 2015

As we’ve done the last three years now, we went through a week or so ago and came up with a list of our favorite projects from the year – 2015. This includes both local and global music with a mixture of hip hop, eclectic sounds, singing goodness, and even strictly instrumental works. This year we selected our favorites and a variety of other categories.

We also want to state that this is by no means a “best of” list because there is no way to listen to everything, but these are the projects that Jay Diff, Baby D, and myself were bumping and/or feeling the most in 2015. Of course we suggest you check out anything we post, but with that being said, we highly suggest checking out these projects.

Kendrick Lamar – “To Pimp A Butterfly” (b, j, s)
Oddisee – “The Good Fight” (j, s)
Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD – “Sour Soul” (b, s)
Scarface – “Deeply Rooted” (j, s)
Tyler, the Creator – “Cherry Bomb” (b, j)
Big Boi & Phantogram – “Big Grams” (b)
Big K.R.I.T. – “It’s Better This Way” (j)
Cannibal Ox – “Blade of the Ronin” (b)
Pusha T – “Darkest Before Dawn” (j)
The Game – “Documentary 2” (j)

Action Bronson – “Mr Wonderful” (b, s)
Big Sean – “Black Sky Paradise” (j)
Erykah Badu – “But You Caint Use My Phone” (b, j)
Fashawn – “The Ecology” (j, s)
Fredfades & Ivan Ave – “Fruitful” (s)
Kid Cudi – “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” (b)
L’Orange & Kool Keith – “Time? Astonishing!” (b)
Mac Miller – “G0:0D AM” (b, j, s)
Rapper Big Pooh & Nottz – “Home Sweet Home” (s)
Redman – “Mudface” (j, s)
Skyzoo – “Music For My Friends” (j)
Wale – “The Album About Nothing” (b)

Chief & Deheb – “Leaf”
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Choose Your Weapon”
Roman GianArthur – “OK Lady”

Mello Music Group – “Persona”
Scenic Rhythms Compilation – “SR004: Scenic Nights, Volume 1”
Soulection – “Love Is King”

Add-2 – “Prey For The Poor”
Alina Baraz – “Urban Flora”
Bryson Tiller – “Trap Soul”
Freddie Gibbs – “Shadown of a Doubt”
GoldLink – “And After That We Didn’t Talk”
Gritts & Maja 7th – “Wishing Well”
NxWorries (Knxwledge x Anderson .Paak) – “Link Up & Suede”
Pell – “LIMBO”
SPZRKT & Sango – “Hours Spent Loving You”
The Internet – “Ego Death”

Anderson .Paak (Oakland, CA)
GoldLink (Washington, DC)
IAMNOBODI (Berlin, DE)
Kaytranada (Montreal, CA)
Knxwledge (New Jersey/LA)
Mick Jenkins (Chicago, IL)
Pell (New Orleans, LA)
Red Pill (Detroit, MI)