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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976
Critic Score
98
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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2
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SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
92
6
reviews
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3
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Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
September 23, 1969
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
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4
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D'Angelo - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Critic Score
92
30
reviews
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5
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Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me
July 23, 2002
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
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iTunes
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6
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D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
July 3, 1995
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
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7
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SAULT - UNTITLED (Black Is)
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
8
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D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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9
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Macy Gray - Ruby
September 21, 2018
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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10
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Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
88
29
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
11
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Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
November 8, 2011
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
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12
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William Bell - This Is Where I Live
June 3, 2016
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
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Spotify
13
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Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Critic Score
86
40
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
14
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Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
May 10, 2019
Critic Score
85
20
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
15
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Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
16
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Kali Uchis - Isolation
April 6, 2018
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
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17
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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
February 26, 2008
Critic Score
85
13
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
18
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Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
August 23, 2019
Critic Score
84
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
19
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Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
June 4, 2002
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
20
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Prince - Originals
June 7, 2019
Critic Score
84
19
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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21
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Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
March 9, 2018
Critic Score
84
25
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
22
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Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin'
December 13, 2005
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
23
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The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
July 18, 2000
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
25
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BADBADNOTGOOD - Late Night Tales
July 28, 2017
Critic Score
83
6
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