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Highest Rated R&B Albums of 2018
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2019
1.
serpentwithfeet - soil
June 8, 2018
Score
90
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2.
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Score
90
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3.
Jorja Smith - Lost & Found
June 8, 2018
Score
80
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4.
Mariah Carey - Caution
November 16, 2018
Score
80
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5.
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Score
80
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6.
Everything Is Recorded - Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
February 16, 2018
Score
80
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7.
Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album
February 9, 2018
Score
80
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8.
Kali Uchis - Isolation
April 6, 2018
Score
80
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9.
Rita Ora - Phoenix
November 23, 2018
Score
80
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10.
Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign - Mih-Ty
October 26, 2018
Score
80
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11.
Rhye - Blood
February 2, 2018
Score
80
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12.
Lykke Li - so sad so sexy
June 8, 2018
Score
80
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13.
Nao - Saturn
October 26, 2018
Score
80
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14.
Lily Allen - No Shame
June 8, 2018
Score
80
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15.
Zayn - Icarus Falls
December 14, 2018
Score
70
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16.
Drake - Scorpion
June 29, 2018
Score
70
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17.
Ella Mai - Ella Mai
October 12, 2018
Score
70
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18.
Ray BLK - Empress
October 26, 2018
Score
70
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19.
Tirzah - Devotion
August 10, 2018
Score
70
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20.
Kris Wu - Antares
November 2, 2018
Score
70
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21.
Craig David - The Time Is Now
January 26, 2018
Score
60
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22.
Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods
February 2, 2018
Score
40
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2018.
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