top 15 downtempo/leftfield albums 2016

Ash Walker - Echo Chamber (Deep Heads)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU3XX8ctLdE

Beacon - Escapements (Ghostly International)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b6r64vY9bU

Cut Chemist - The Audience's Following (Warner, A Stable Sound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwue4JFuzgA

Daedelus - Labyrinths (Dome Of Doom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9lLAQwKNPQ

Gulls - Internal Rhythm (PDXINDUBTING!)
https://pdxindubting.bandcamp.com/track/b5-splice-floatation-featuring-amanda-spring

Letherette - Last Night On The Planet (Ninja Tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuX9Jl0N0Is

Nonkeen - The Gamble (R & S)
Nonkeen - Oddments of the Gamble (R & S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbjdzfo7R0c

Oddisee - The Odd Tape (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLtzdQIDoGU

Olaf Stuut - Run (Atomnation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vFSriYQf9s

RJD2 – Dame Fortune (RJ's Electrical Connections)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH3-sGvkfhk

Sad City - Shapes In Formation (Emotional Response, Meda Fury)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYV-L2_2O3c

Segue - Over The Mountains (Silent Season)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTrq-rHpxA

Submotion Orchestra - Colour Theory (Counter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uou5wR43Cg

The Album Leaf - Between Waves (Relapse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WOciOo59m0

Tycho - Epoch (Ghostly International)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhNKih56n1s

top 20 hip hop albums 2016

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2Su3erRIA

Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (Rhymesayers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5zNHNIewg

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (Apple Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eedeXTWZUn8

Common - Black America Again (Def Jam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPOxEo7NtpQ

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (Warp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR_yo8wAgJ4

De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody (AOI Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vDVDo9w20w

Dream Junkies - Good Religion (Kings Dream Ent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvldZ1QUup4

Epidemic - 4 Dimensions on a Paper (Mic Theory Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8EaduRLh4Q

Gensu Dean & Denmark Vessey – Whole Food (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWYSmuT7GU

Havoc X The Alchemist - The Silent Partner (Babygrande)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GH6WkMIarY

Homeboy Sandman - Kindness for Weakness (Stones Throw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsossmuDXA

Isaiah Rashad - The Suns Tirade (Top Dawg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppKPgdc_u0

Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos (Lex Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXXdYtZSbQ

Kemba - Negus (self-released)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w9C10Xqab4

Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered. (Top Dawg, Interscope)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM6VCk3iadA

Like - Songs Made While High (Jakarta)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YlrrgsvbvI

Mick Jenkins - The Healing Component (Cinematic Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsIiwHHiT3o

Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Hella Personal Film Festival (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wFsaaYDvE

ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face (Top Dawg, Interscope)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuq9XK6tojs

Swet Shop Boys - Cashmere (Customs Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Yb8AWXgLI

+ 5 EP

Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman – Lice Two: Still Buggin' (Rhymesayers, Stones Throw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-1zRML894

Blu & Fa†e - Open Your Optics to Optimism (EveryDejaVu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoBkns7SeTM

Durrty Goodz - Not Been Televised (Tru Thoughts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oNf-IN5lWs

Kool A.D. - Peyote Karaoke/Gods Of Tomorrow (self-released)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNA79Hbtqs

Vince Staples - Prima Donna (Def Jam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxw1Zef3EO0