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1. D'Angelo - Black Messiah

D'Angelo - Black Messiah

December 15, 2014

Critic Score

93

25 reviews

2. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

September 23, 1969

Critic Score

92

5 reviews

3. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me

July 23, 2002

Critic Score

90

5 reviews

4. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

July 3, 1995

Critic Score

89

5 reviews

5. D'Angelo - Voodoo

D'Angelo - Voodoo

January 25, 2000

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

6. William Bell - This Is Where I Live

William Bell - This Is Where I Live

June 3, 2016

Critic Score

87

5 reviews

7. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

Critic Score

87

25 reviews

8. Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather

Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather

November 8, 2011

Critic Score

85

6 reviews

9. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!

May 10, 2019

Critic Score

85

17 reviews

10. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR

Tyler, the Creator - IGOR

May 17, 2019

Critic Score

85

21 reviews

11. Kali Uchis - Isolation

Kali Uchis - Isolation

April 6, 2018

Critic Score

85

20 reviews

12. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

February 26, 2008

Critic Score

85

13 reviews

13. Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape

Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape

June 4, 2002

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

14. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

March 9, 2018

Critic Score

84

24 reviews

15. Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin'

Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin'

December 13, 2005

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

16. Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee

Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee

August 23, 2019

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

17. Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1

Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1

July 18, 2000

Critic Score

83

6 reviews

18. Jamila Woods - HEAVN

Jamila Woods - HEAVN

July 7, 2016

Critic Score

83

5 reviews

19. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

November 21, 2000

Critic Score

83

6 reviews

20. Prince - Originals

Prince - Originals

June 7, 2019

Critic Score

83

15 reviews

21. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman

November 17, 2017

Critic Score

82

17 reviews

22. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

July 15, 2016

Critic Score

82

18 reviews

23. Solange - When I Get Home

Solange - When I Get Home

March 1, 2019

Critic Score

82

21 reviews

24. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee

Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee

July 21, 2017

Critic Score

82

9 reviews

25. Jessie Ware - Devotion

Jessie Ware - Devotion

August 20, 2012

Critic Score

81

30 reviews

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