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1
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James Brown - 'Live' at the Apollo
May 1, 1963
Soul
Critic Score
100
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976
Soul
Critic Score
100
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
July 0, 1972
Funk
,
Soul
Critic Score
98
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
August 3, 1973
Soul
Critic Score
98
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
May 21, 1971
Soul
Critic Score
97
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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SAULT - Earth
November 1, 2022
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
94
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
June 0, 1969
Soul
Critic Score
93
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
92
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
92
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Various Artists - Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
January 28, 2022
Soul
Critic Score
91
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012
Alternative R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
91
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
July 3, 1995
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
90
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
UK Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
90
36
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
September 18, 2020
Neo-Soul
,
Funk
Critic Score
90
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
August 25, 1998
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Gabriels - Angels & Queens – Part I
September 30, 2022
Contemporary R&B
,
Soul
Critic Score
89
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
SAULT - 11
November 1, 2022
Neo-Soul
,
Funk
,
Psychedelic Soul
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Macy Gray - Ruby
September 21, 2018
Soul
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Gabriels - Angels & Queens
July 7, 2023
Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
88
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
88
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
June 19, 2020
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me
July 23, 2002
Southern Soul
,
Deep Soul
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
December 12, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
87
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sampha - Lahai
October 20, 2023
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
87
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
May 5, 2023
Soul
,
Southern Soul
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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