Back again for 2021 after last year’s ridiculously strong list. Let’s do this, in no particular order:

Second Line by DAWN

Believer by LAU

DEACON by serpentwithfeet

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

SZNZ by Mother Nature and BoatHouse

Promises by Floating Points

Vince Staples by Vince Staples

Vince Staples site

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

No More Summer Songs by Phantom Handshakes

Before I Die by Park Hye Jin

Homecoming by Du Blonde

Super Monster by Claud

NINE by Sault

Sault site

Access Denied by Ray BLK

Ray BLK’s site