List of 2016 albums 2016 in music By location Africa Asia Australia Brazil Canada China Europe United Kingdom Ireland Japan Norway Philippines South Korea Sweden United States By genre classical country heavy metal hip hop jazz Latin opera rock By topic List of albums released Albums by year 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 He went into the awards with the most nominations (11) and also came away with the most wins (five). This is the kind of juxtaposition that Q specializes in, and the reason he'll never be your typical gangsta rapper. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. C.L. 1. He's a man as conflicted as any other, he just says it with a smile. Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, David Bowie, Beyonce, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Bon Iverwho didn't release a record this year? Jay Mohr [Lolflix Inc.], Just Being Honest Craig Ferguson [Lionsgate Records], WINNER: Live At Madison Square Garden Louis C.K. 23 likes, 3 comments - Solstice Festivals (@solsticefestivals) on Instagram: "Join us tonight at 7:30pm with your live host Jahkota for Live! Pac, his verses took on casually slick flourishes, evidence that he was a writer's writer, pursuing his own original, artful vision. D.T. A great song, sure, but not a hit. He reminisces in gritty detail about his initiation into gang life only to have a bright, hopeful chorus break up the verses: "We love, we go/We rise, we glow/Our pride, we show." E.L. most partying, most excellent albums to come out of hip-hop this year. Produced by Q-Tip (with help from guitarist and engineer Blair Wells), it sounds starkly different from Tribe's canonical Nineties output. D.D. D.R.A.M., the ebullient voice behind 2015's "Cha Cha" and 2016's bubblegum-trap hit "Broccoli" is well aware that it's not what you say, but how you say it. Songs like Silent's, "Watch Me," M-City J.R.'s "Addicted to my Ex" and iLoveMemphis' "Lean and Dab" capture the minimalism of mid-Aughties crunk, snap and ringtone rap often biting it wholesale. Sounds From The Soul/Gibson & Gibson Music Publishing], Best Urban Contemporary Album Ego Death The Internet [Odd Future/Columbia], You Should Be Here Kehlani [Tsunami Mob/Atlantic], Blood Lianne La Havas [Nonesuch], Wildheart Miguel [RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment], WINNER: Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd [Republic], Best R&B Album Coming Home Leon Bridges [Columbia Records], WINNER: Black Messiah DAngelo And The Vanguard [RCA Records], Cheers To The Fall Andra Day [Warner Bros. Records], Reality Show Jazmine Sullivan [RCA Records], Forever Charlie Charlie Wilson [RCA Records], Best Rap Performance Apparently J. Cole Track from: 2014 Forest Hills Drive [Roc Nation/Columbia Records], Back To Back Drake [Cash Money Records], Trap Queen Fetty Wap Track from: Fetty Wap [300 Entertainment/RGF Productions], WINNER: Alright Kendrick Lamar Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records], Truffle Butter Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne Track from: The Pinkprint [Young Money/Cash Money], All Day Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney [Def Jam Recordings], Best Rap/Sung Collaboration One Man Can Change The World Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & John Legend Track from: Dark Sky Paradise [Universal/Def Jam], Glory Common & John Legend [Def Jam Recordings], Classic Man Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur [Epic Records], WINNER: These Walls Kendrick Lamar Featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat Track from: To Pimp A Butterfly [Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records], Only Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown Track from: The Pinkprint [Young Money/Cash Money], Best Rap Song All Day Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney) [Def Jam Recordings; Publisher(s): Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./MPL Communications Inc./TYLER BRANT PUBLISHING/WB Music Corp./ Hard Working Black Folks Inc./Top Dawg Music/Excuse My French Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Monarch Music/Abou Thiam Publishing/Victor Kwesi Mensah Publishing Designee/ALLEN KYARIGA/EMI Blackwood Music o/b/o Papa George Publishing/Kaya and Ethan Music/Primary Wave Brian/Noah Goldstein admin. The Texas native may listen to his critics, but even that won't stop Travis from being Travis. Bill Frisell Bill Frisell [Okeh], Love Language Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman [Listen 2 Entertainment Group], Afrodeezia Marcus Miller Marcus Miller [Blue Note Records], WINNER: Sylva Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest [Impulse! [Comedy Dynamics], Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Empire: Season 1 (Various Artists) [Columbia], Fifty Shades Of Grey (Various Artists) [Republic Records], WINNER: Glen Campbell: Ill Be Me (Various Artists) [Big Machine Records], Pitch Perfect 2 (Various Artists) [Universal Music Enterprises/Republic Records], Selma (Various Artists) [Paramount Pictures/Path Productions], Best Score Soundtrack For Visual MediaWINNER: Birdman Antonio Sanchez, composer [Milan Records], The Imitation Game Alexandre Desplat, composer [Sony Classical], Interstellar Hans Zimmer, composer [WaterTower Music], The Theory Of Everything Jhann Jhannsson, composer [Back Lot Music], Whiplash Justin Hurwitz, composer [Varse Sarabande], Best Song Written For Visual Media Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd) Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey [Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing], WINNER: Glory Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) Track from: Selma [Def Jam/ARTium Records; Publisher(s): Paramount Pictures/Path Productions Limited], Love Me Like You Do Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Nilsson, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Ellie Goulding) Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey [Republic Records; Publisher(s): MXM admin. C.L. The Art of Hustle deftly balances sounds of the old and new American South from earnest, down-home odes to Elvis Presley's adoptive home ("My City" featuring K. Michelle), to stick-up anthems fit for strip-club speakers. After a stellar 2015 where his debut album Summertime '06 dominated critics' lists, Long Beach rapper Vince Staples dropped this vigorous, smart, seven-track EP. 2, Le Double Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony) [Seattle Symphony Media], Monteverdi: Il Ritorno DUlisse In Patria Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimares & Boston Baroque) [Linn Records], Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) [Chandos], Saint-Sans: Symphony No. Saba CARE FOR ME Anyone who's experienced death up close knows the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance don't come in such a neat, orderly fashion. All Rights Reserved. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The vibe is looking backward and thinking forward, whether it's protesting how people of color and the LGBT community are marginalized or worrying that the world is facing an uncertain apocalypse on "Conrad Tokyo." Then there's MC Stefan Burnett, an animated and muscular presence who splits the difference between DMX and Henry Rollins, and whose vocal performance goes beyond mere war chants. "The Day the Women Took Over" is a fantasy about "Michelle, Oprah and Rosa/The mayor of Chi is Liz Dozier." On "Cute" he flirts with an Instagram crush; on the slow jam "WiFi" he duets with Erykah Badu, using a wireless Internet connection as a metaphor for human connection; and on "Password" he's the cheating lover whose infidelity is discovered when his girl gets into his phone. They. Anderson .Paak - Malibu Wow. Swet Shop Boys commiserate in having few role models who actually looked like them (Tupac, Andre 3000 and Marcus Garvey get name-checked), though with the wry humor that comes with lived experience. These. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Matanzas Music], Julep Punch Brothers Chris Eldridge, Paul Kowert, Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile & Gabe Witcher, songwriters (Punch Brothers) Track from: The Phosphorescent Blues [Nonesuch; Publisher(s): Chris Thile Music, Money Baby Music, Noam Tunes, Silver Hammer Music, Paul Kowert], The Traveling Kind Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, songwriters (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell) Track from: The Traveling Kind [Nonesuch; Publisher(s): Criterion Music o/b/o Coolwell Music/Almo Music Corp. o/b/o Poodlebone Music/Chisel Publishing], 24 Frames Jason Isbell Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell) Track from: Something More Than Free [Southeastern Records; Publisher(s): Songs Of Emchant], Best Americana Album The Firewatchers Daughter Brandi Carlile [ATO Records], The Traveling Kind Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell [Nonesuch], WINNER: Something More Than Free Jason Isbell [Southeastern Records], Mono The Mavericks [The Valory Music Co.], The Phosphorescent Blues Punch Brothers [Nonesuch], Best Bluegrass Album Pocket Full Of Keys Dale Ann Bradley [Pinecastle Records], Before The Sun Goes Down Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley [Compass Records Group], In Session Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver [Mountain Home Music Company], Man Of Constant Sorrow Ralph Stanley & Friends [Red River Entertainment], WINNER: The Muscle Shoals Recordings The Steeldrivers [Rounder], Best Blues Album Descendants Of Hill Country Cedric Burnside Project [Cedric Burnside Project], Outskirts Of Love Shemekia Copeland [Alligator Records], WINNER: Born to Play Guitar Buddy Guy [RCA Records/Silvertone Records], Worthy Bettye LaVette [Cherry Red], Muddy Waters 100 John Primer & Various Artists [Raisin Music Records], Best Folk Album Wood, Wire & Words Norman Blake [Plectrafone Records], WINNER: Bla Fleck And Abigail Washburn Bla Fleck & Abigail Washburn [Rounder], Tomorrow Is My Turn Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch], Servant Of Love Patty Griffin [PGM], Didnt He Ramble Glen Hansard [Anti], Best Regional Roots Music AlbumWINNER: Go Go Juice Jon Cleary [FHQ Records], La La La La Natalie Ai Kamauu [KEKO Records], Kawaiokalena Kealii Reichel [Punahele Productions], Get Ready The Revelers [The Revelers], Generations Windwalker And The MCW [MCW Productions / PK Productions LLC], Best Reggae Album Branches Of The Same Tree Rocky Dawuni [Cumbancha], The Cure Jah Cure [VP Records], Acousticalevy Barrington Levy [Doctor Dread Presents], Zion Awake Luciano [Vpal Music], WINNER: Strictly Roots Morgan Heritage [CTBC Music Group], Best World Music Album Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo Gilberto Gil [Masterworks], WINNER: Sings Angelique Kidjo [429 Records], Music From Inala Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble [Ladysmith Black Mambazo], Home Anoushka Shankar [Deutsche Grammophon], I Have No Everything Here Zomba Prison Project [Six Degrees], Best Childrens Album Come Bien! A Rap Legend Looks Back on 50 Years of Hip-Hop Four years later, New Jersey trio the Sugarhill Gang released " Rapper's Delight ," the first hip-hop single to make the Top 40. The single "Awwsome" found some traction and "Funeral" became a fan favorite, yet 2016's Young Jefe 2 felt like a substantial level-up. The boom-bap classicism of Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper's production holds him down. Borrowing from the Canadian city's deep ties to Afro-Caribbean culture led to his biggest hit to date the Number One single "One Dance" and standout moments like the equally breezy single "Controlla." A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here. . The year's finest hip-hop album had a vision as radiant as its pink-sky cover art. On his debut LP, the Virginia native talks as greasily about flirtation, seduction and sex as any of his hip-hop contemporaries do, but unlike them, his dirty talk is sung and rapped through an audible smile. by Universal Music Publishing], Intentional Travis Greene Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter [RCA Inspiration; Publisher(s): Greenlight InternationalVNavidavi Music], How Awesome Is Our God [Live] Israel & Newbreed Featuring Yolanda Adams Israel & Newbreed Featuring Yolanda Adams; Neville Diedericks, Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, songwriters Track from: Covered: Alive In Asia [Live] (Deluxe) [RGM Newbreed/RCA Inspiration; Publisher(s): Integritys Praise! Even with his impressive Rolodex, Travis Scott remains the center of his album, telling late night tales of L.A. drugs and parties. It's remarkable to think that noise-rappers Death Grips once seemed as unstable as radioactivity: battling record labels, canceling shows and presumptively announcing their breakup via napkin in 2014. We should be so lucky. When he quietly shrugs "Eh" over Andy Morin and Zach Hill's whirligig rhythm, he sounds just as devastating as when he's bellowing "My death is money" on "Ring a Bell." T.A. On his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only, Cole pulls off the unlikely feat of satisfying those fans while quieting critics who are wary of his penchant for regrettable punchlines and moralism. The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | Pitchfork Little more than beats that sound good through cell phone speakers (D-Jay the Dance King's "Aspect Sploosh" already sounds like it's playing through some) these raps, chants and dance cues gather the magic of pop without the tyranny of "verse chorus verse." 1 & 2; Divertimento (Peter Bay, Anton Nel & Austin Symphony Orchestra), Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale), Sacred Songs Of Life & Love (Brian A. Schmidt & South Dakota Chorale), Spirit Of The American Range (Carlos Kalmar & The Oregon Symphony), Tower: Violin Concerto; Stroke; Chamber Dance (Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin & Nashville Symphony), Manfred Eicher Franz Schubert (Andrs Schiff), Galina Ustvolskaya (Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Markus Hinterhuser & Reto Bieri), Moore: Dances & Canons (Saskia Lankhoorn), Rihm: Et Lux (Paul Van Nevel, Minguet Quartet & Huelgas Ensemble), Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin Dances For Piano & Orchestra (Joel Fan, Christophe Chagnard & Northwest Sinfonietta), Woman At The New Piano (Nadia Shpachenko), Dan Merceruio Chap: String Quartets 1 & 2 (Cuarteto Latinoamericano), In The Light Of Air ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir (International Contemporary Ensemble), Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet), Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra), Judith Sherman Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra), Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Ku?era, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra), Liaisons Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare), Montage Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng), Of Color Braided All Desire Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon), Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Pac explored a diverse range of sounds, from the cabana-funk of "Today," to the heartfelt ballad "Too Many Years" with PNB Rock, to the coiled, menacing energy of "Vibin in this Bih" with a newly-freed Gucci Mane. Music Week 1: Jahkota . 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. 1") and becomes a doting father ("She Mine, Pt. The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2016 - Album of The Year
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