Intro:

So New Years Eve 2015 I decided that starting the following day I would keep a record of how many albums/mixtapes/EPs etc that I listened to in 2016. This is that list. Every number I listened from front to back in its entirety, with the goal originally being to average an album a day, I overshot a bit.

The Rating System:

Originally I was going to just do whole numbers out of 5 but decided that was too broad of a grade and narrowed it down to every 0.5. Instead of going back and changing the system to _/10 I just rolled with the decimals, personally it was a line I had to draw somewhere or I would keep getting too specific with the ratings. If it annoys you just do the simple math and get your nice _/10 rating. Just a reminder this is my personal rating, so interpret that as you will.

0.5 = Terrible: I try not to be too judgemental on music because the fact these artists are creating something of their own is honorable enough. Further proof is I gave this rating to only 1/511 albums, it was that bad.

1 = Bad: A step above that abysmal album I rated terrible, and surprisingly 0/511 received a 1.

1.5 = …Meh: Total loss of interest on my point, projects that aren’t really worth the listen IMO (!!!!). 3/511

2 = Eh…: I see the potential but these projects lost me along the way, maybe they just aren’t my thing. I probably only liked a few songs. 13/511

2.5 = Ok: The middle of the scoring guide and a little under what I expected from the artist. Pretty decent though. 55/511

3 = Solid: Average albums that have a handful of standout moments. Still mostly positive. 143/511

3.5 = Good: The main difference between solid and good is replayability. I’m much more likely to return to more of these albums than solid ones. 139/511

4 = Great: A step above good where the artist is finding their stride, I enjoyed 75% of the album. 102/511

4.5 = Awesome: Really stellar work by the artist, little to no gripes from me. I probably disliked <10% of the project. 23/511

5 = Near Perfect: No album is perfect but these come pretty close for me. I gave 35/511 this score, and I think most were albums I was returning to because I already loved them.

If you do the math the total ratings is over 511 and this is due to me changing a few ratings after a couple listens, two that standout in my mind are The Life of Pablo by Kanye West and Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper. I kept the original scores and tacked on the new ones at the end. Additionally an asterisk next to the score shows that I have listened to this album before. If there is no asterisk then it was my first time listening to that album.

The List reads as follows: #. Album/Mixtape/EP – Artist (Rating)

This list is in chronological order, NOT from best to worst.

A Real Dead One – Iron Maiden (3/5) The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys’ Vulgar Hits! – Pantera (4/5) * Systematic Chaos- Dream Theater (4/5) * Nostalgia, Ultra Mixtape- Frank Ocean (3/5) Winery Dogs- The Winery Dogs (5/5) * We Like it Here- Snarky Puppy (4/5) XXX Mixtape- Danny Brown (3/5) Friday Night Lights Mixtape- J. Cole (4/5) Late Registration- Kanye West (5/5) (x2) * The Blueprint- Jay Z (4/5) Watch the Throne- Jay Z and Kanye West (4/5) Slime Season Mixtape- Young Thug (3/5) Octavarium- Dream Theater (5/5) * (x3) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars- David Bowie (5/5) * Icon: Best Of- Motörhead (4/5) Are You Experienced?- The Jimi Hendrix Experience (5/5) * ScHoolboy Turned Hustla Mixtape- ScHoolboy Q (3/5) Hot Streak- The Winery Dogs (3/5) * Faces Mixtape- Mac Miller (3/5) Best Of- Parliament (3/5) * Light as a Feather- Chick Corea Electric Band (3/5) To Pimp a Butterfly- Kendrick Lamar (4.5/5) * So Far Gone EP- Drake (3.5/5) 2014 Forest Hills Drive- J. Cole (4.5/5) * (x4) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West (4/5) III- BADBADNOTGOOD (3/5) Meddle- Pink Floyd (3/5) Hemispheres- Rush (5/5) * House of Balloons Mixtape- The Weeknd (4/5) Revenge of the Dreamers Mixtape- Dreamville (3.5/5) Baby Face Killa Mixtape- Freddie Gibbs (3.5/5) Permanent Waves- Rush (5/5) * Supreme Clientele- Ghostface Killah (3.5/5) Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest (5/5) * (x2) The Documentary- The Game (4.5/5) Third World- Serious Business (3/5) Presto- Rush (4/5) * The Book of Souls- Iron Maiden (3.5/5) * Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence- Dream Theater (5/5) * (x2) Countdown to Extinction- Megadeth (5/5) * (x2) Flying Colors- Flying Colors (5/5) * (x2) Pampered Menial- Pavlov’s Dog (3/5) The Waters Mixtape- Mick Jenkins (3/5) Bizzareride II- The Pharcyde (4.5/5) * Z^2 Raw- The Devin Townsend Project (4/5) Graduation- Kanye West (3.5/5) Purple Reign Mixtape- Future (2.5/5) Titan- Anup Sastry (3/5) Lion- Anup Sastry (3/5) Gorillaz- Gorillaz (5/5) * American Idiot- Green Day (5/5) * Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever Mixtape- Logic (4/5) Days Before Rodeo Mixtape- Travi$ Scott (3.5/5) 1999 Mixtape- Joey Bada$$ (4/5) Black Clouds & Silver Linings- Dream Theater (5/5) * (x3) Royalty Mixtape- Childish Gambino (3.5/5) Ripples- Above Symmetry (4/5) Until the End of Time- 2Pac (4/5) Electric Joy- Richie Kotzen (3.5/5) Cabin Fever Mixtape- Wiz Khalifa (3/5) INNANETAPE Mixtape- Vic Mensa (4.5/5) Loopified- Dirty Loops (3.5/5) Live from Austin, Texas- Roy Buchanan (3/5) Black Holes and Revelations- Muse (4/5) Sorcerer- Miles Davis (2.5/5) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill- Lauryn Hill (3.5/5) 808’s and Heartbreaks- Kanye West (3/5) The Streetz Iz a Mutha- Kurupt (3.5/5) Tarkus- Emerson, Lake & Palmer (4/5) Born Sinner- J. Cole (4/5) C4 Mixtape- Kendrick Lamar (3.5/5) Shock of the Hour- MC Ren (3/5) Truly Yours Mixtape- J. Cole (3/5) The Big Picture 1977-1999- Big L (3.5/5) Truly Yours 2 Mixtape- J. Cole (3.5/5) Hard Steppin’ – Ikebe Shakedown (4/5) Straight Outta Compton- N.W.A. (5/5) * Slime Season 2 Mixtape- Young Thug (2.5/5) K.I.D.S. Mixtape- Mac Miller (4/5) Blast Tyrant- Clutch (3/5) The Kanan Tape Mixtape- 50 Cent (3.5/5) Superfly- Curtis Mayfield (3.5/5) Get Rich or Die Tryin’- 50 Cent (4/5) Back to School Pack Mixtape- Chance the Rapper (3.5/5) The Diary- Scarface (4.5/5) Truly Yours 3- J. Cole (3.5/5) Thinking in Textures EP- Chet Faker (4/5) I Am Just a Rapper 2 Mixtape- Childish Gambino (2.5/5) He’s the DJ and I’m the Rapper- DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (3/5) Technical Ecstasy- Black Sabbath (3/5) Two Weeks Notice Mixtape- Bas (3/5) (x3) Exmilitary Mixtape- Death Grips (1.5/5) Shumpman: The M.D.- Iman Shumpert (3/5) My Cup is my Cup Mixtape- Pusha T (2/5) Torba Mixtape- EarthGang (4/5) Young Sinatra: Undeniable Mixtape- Logic (4.5/5) Ali Mixtape- Mike G. (3.5/5) The Mountain- Haken (5/5) * Deadwing- Porcupine Tree (5/5) * Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory- Dream Theater (5/5)* (x4) Very Necessary- Salt N Pepa (4/5) Free Mixtape- Lil B & Chance the Rapper (2/5) Earl Mixtape- Earl Sweatshirt (3/5) Alice in Chains- Alice in Chains (3/5) Untitled EP Mixtape- Hodgy Beats (3.5/5) What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica Mixtape- Jay Electronica (3.5/5) California Screamin’- Dixie Dregs (4/5) Acid Rap Mixtape- Chance the Rapper (5/5) * (x6) Young Jefe Mixtape- Shy Glizzy (4/5) On Any Given Sunday #1 Mixtape- J. Cole (3/5) Pharaoh Height Mixtape- Lupe Fiasco (3.5/5) Dystopia- Megadeth (4/5) Me Against the World- 2Pac (4/5) Impact is Imminent- Exodus (3.5/5) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- Iron Maiden (4/5)* Ride the Lightning- Metallica (5/5)* El Subliminoso- Dada (3.5/5) * Hysteria- Def Leppard (4/5) * Counterparts- Rush (3.5/5) * A Farewell to Kings- Rush (4.5/5) * Pale- Toad the Wet Sprocket (2.5/5) Power Windows- Rush (4/5) * A Change of Seasons- Dream Theater (4/5) * Thursday Mixtape- The Weeknd (3.5/5) Trap Gold Mixtape- Bryson Tiller (3/5) Straight Up EP Mixtape- Vic Mensa (4/5) The Abstract Went on Vacation Mixtape- Busta Rhymes (4/5) Reasonable Doubt- Jay-Z (4.5/5) The Life of Pablo- Kanye West (3.5/5) (x7) (4/5) (4.5/5) Beats, Rhymes, and Life- A Tribe Called Quest (4/5) Ventilation: Da LP- Phife Dawg (3.5/5) Blue Chips Mixtape- Action Bronson (3.5/5) Money To Die 4 EP Mixtape- Bankroll Fresh (3/5) Slime Season 3 Mixtape- Young Thug (2.5/5) Bastard Mixtape- Tyler, the Creator (3/5) Long Term Mixtape- Ab-Soul (3/5) Suffolk County Mixtape- Cousin Stizz (3/5) Disguise the Limit Mixtape- Nyck Caution (3.5/5) Folarin Mixtape- Wale (4/5) Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin (5/5)* Electric Warrior- T. Rex (3/5) Oracular Spectacular- MGMT (4/5) Mutations- Beck (3.5/5) Donuts- J. Dilla (2.5/5) Good News for People Who Love Bad News- Modest Mouse (4/5) Out of the Blue- Electric Light Orchestra (3.5/5) Ramones- Ramones (3/5) Turn Blue- The Black Keys (2.5/5) Head Games- Foreigner (2.5/5) Legalize It- Peter Tosh (3/5) Any Given Sunday #2 Mixtape- J. Cole (2.5/5) Lincoln- They Might Be Giants (2.5/5) High ‘n’ Dry- Def Leppard (3/5) Greatest Hit (and 21 other pretty cool songs) Disc 1: The Dark Side- Dream Theater (5/5)* 1- The Beatles (5/5)* BloodSugarSexMagik- Red Hot Chili Peppers (4/5)* Poindexter Mixtape- Childish Gambino (2.5/5) Doo Wops & Hooligans- Bruno Mars (3/5) Jump to It- Aretha Franklin (3/5) Autumn- George Winston (4/5) The New Toronto Mixtape- Tory Lanez (2.5/5) Amethyst Mixtape- Tinashe (3/5) The Life of Pablo v2- Kanye West (4/5) You’re Living All Over Me- Dinosaur Jr. (2.5/5) Views- Drake (3.5/5) Heart of the Projects- Kodak Black (3/5) Too High to Riot- Bas (4/5) x8 Affinity- Haken (4/5) (x2) Coloring Book Mixtape- Chance the Rapper (3.5/5) x3 (4/5) August 26 Mixtape- Post Malone (2.5/5) Almost Famous Mixtape- Tre Wizz (1.5/5) www.souljaboytellem.com- Soulja Boy (2.5/5) Twenty Degrees Below Zero- D.J. Magic Mike & M. C. Madness (2.5/5) Royal Blood- Royal Blood (4/5) Origin of Symmetry- Muse (4/5) Doris- Earl Sweatshirt (3/5) Biscuits EP- Living Color (3.5/5) Demon Days- Gorillaz (5/5)* (x3) The Warm Up Mixtape (3.5/5) Yeezus- Kanye West (2.5/5) Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year Mixtape- Kendrick Lamar (2.5/5) Oxymoron- ScHoolboy Q (3.5/5) Nothin Personal Mixtape- Cozz (3/5) (x2) Endtroducing…..- DJ Shadow (3/5) Cozz & Effect- Cozz (3.5/5) (x2) Internal Affairs- Pharoahe Monch (4/5) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below- Outkast (3.5/5) Stillmatic- Nas (4/5) Gleesh Mixtape- Fat Trel (3/5) Still I Rise- 2Pac + Outlawz (3.5/5) There’s a Lot Going On EP- Vic Mensa (3/5) Finally Famous: The Mixtape- Big Sean (3.5/5) Fear of a Black Planet- Public Enemy (3.5/5) Arctic EP- Absent Hearts (3/5) Road Salt One- Pain of Salvation (4/5) Road Salt Two- Pain of Salvation (4.5/5) Solar System- Solar System (3/5) Liquid Swords- GZA (4/5)* Remember the Titans Soundtrack (3/5) Midnight Marauders- A Tribe Called Quest (5/5)* The Astonishing- Dream Theater (4/5) American Garage- Pat Metheny (3/5) Waterfall Cities- Ozric Tentacles (3.5/5) Better Off Dead Mixtape- Flatbush Zombies (4/5) Space Oddity- David Bowie (3/5) Gentle Giant- Gentle Giant (3.5/5) 400 Degreez- Juvenile (3.5/5) Liquid Tension Experiment 2- Liquid Tension Experiment (4/5)* V2.0- GoGo Penguin (3.5/5) One Thousand Wings- White Moth Black Butterfly (2.5/5) The Scenic Album- Felix Martin (4/5) Watching, Waiting, Wanting- Sketching in Stereo (3.5/5) 6 Feet Deep- Gravediggaz (4.5/5) True Colors- Zedd (3.5/5) Sheer Heart Attack- Queen (3/5) Emerson, Lake, & Palmer- Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (3/5) Dilla Joints Mixtape- The Roots (3.5/5) Aquarius- Haken (4/5) Tonight- Franz Ferdinand (4/5) Flying In A Blue Dream- Joe Satriani (3/5) The Great Adventures of Slick Rick- Slick Rick (2.5/5) Blackout! 2- Method Man and Redman (4/5) Act 1: The Lake South, The River North – The Dear Hunter (4/5) Act 2: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading- The Dear Hunter (3/5) Opiate- Tool (4/5) Act 3: Life and Death- The Dear Hunter (3/5) Fugazi- Marillion (3/5) 1916- Motörhead (3/5) Train of Thought- Dream Theater (5/5)* Pyromania- Def Leppard (4/5) * The Chronic- Dr. Dre (4.5/5)* Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City- Kendrick Lamar (5/5)* x3 …Like Clockwork- Queens of the Stone Age (4/5) Into the Maelstrom- Bigelf (3.5/5) Breaching the Sound-Vestascension (3/5) Law 3 Mixtape- Shy Glizzy (3/5) Dopeman Music- Scarface (3.5/5) Stankonia- Outkast (4/5)* Frizzle Fry- Primus (4.5/5)* Roll the Bones- Rush (4/5)* Tenacious D- Tenacious D (4.5/5)* Clockwork Angels- Rush (5/5)* Setbacks Mixtape- ScHoolboy Q (3.5/5) The Purple Tape Mixtape- Joey Purps (3/5) Thirst 48 Mixtape- Boogie (3.5/5) Life Changes Mixtape- Casey Veggies (3/5) The Chronic 2001- Dr. Dre (4.5/5)* Best Day Ever Mixtape- Mac Miller (4/5) Pick of Destiny- Tenacious D (4/5)* The Understanding- Memphis Bleek (3.5/5) Pork Soda- Primus (3.5/5)* Dreamchasers 2 Mixtape- Meek Mill (3/5) Kush & OJ Mixtape- Wiz Khalifa (3/5) Legend- Bob Marley & The Wailers (5/5)* Cilvia Demo Mixtape- Isaiah Rashad (3.5/5) Cryptic Writings- Megadeth (3/5)* Different Stages- Rush (4.5/5) Asia- Asia (2.5/5) Images & Words- Dream Theater (5/5)* Shallow Graves for Toys Mixtape- EarthGang (3.5/5) Money, Hoes, & Flows Mixtape- PnB Rock & Fetty Wap (3/5) Stolen Youth EP Mixtape- Vince Staples (3.5/5) Blank Face LP- ScHoolboy Q (2.5/5) The Real 4Fingaz Mixtape- YG (3/5) Lil Uzi Vert vs The World Mixtape- Lil Uzi Vert (3/5) 3 Feet High and Rising- De La Soul (3.5/5)* Two Against Nature- Steely Dan (2.5/5) Mothership- Led Zeppelin (4.5/5)* Beauty Behind the Madness- The Weeknd (5/5) (x3) A Dramatic Turn of Events- Dream Theater (4/5)* Koi No Yokan- Deftones (3.5/5) Detroit Mixtape- Big Sean (3.5/5) Young Thugga Mane La Flare Mixtape- Gucci Mane & Young Thug (2/5) New Chautauqua- Pat Metheny (2.5/5) The Hidden Step- Ozric Tentacles (3/5) Bo Burnham- Bo Burnham (4/5) The Ethereal- Haunted Shores (3/5) Ghost Opera- Kamelot (3.5/5) 4/4 Mixtape- Meek Mill (3/5) 4/4 Pt.2 Mixtape- Meek Mill (2.5/5) Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise- The Dear Hunter (4/5) Pinkerton- Weezer (3.5/5) Juggernaut: Alpha- Periphery (4/5)* Nevermind- Nirvana (3.5/5) Plastic Beach- Gorillaz (5/5)* Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers (3.5/5) Return to the Sea- Islands (3/5) ComfortZone Mixtape- Saba (3.5/5) Compton- Dr. Dre (3.5/5) Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version- Ol’ Dirty Bastard (3/5)* Telefone Mixtape- Noname (3.5/5) (x2) The Program EP Mixtape- Action Bronson (3/5) I’m Wide Awake it’s Morning- Bright Eyes (3/5) Illmatic- Nas (4.5/5)* Coma Ecliptic- Between the Buried and Me (3.5/5) Just Re’d Up Mixtape- YG (3/5) Levin Minneman Rudess- Levin Minneman Rudess (3/5) Death Certificate- Ice Cube (3.5/5) Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood- DMX (3/5) Brave New World- Iron Maiden (4.5/5)* Dr. Octagonecologyst- Dr. Octagon (3.5/5) Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes (3/5) Major Key- DJ Khaled (2.5/5) Mammoth- Beardfish (4/5) Crossings- Next Left (3/5) Animals As Leaders- Animals As Leaders (4/5)* Maps of Non-Existent Places- Thank You Scientist (4.5/5)* Once More ‘Round the Sun- Mastodon (4/5) Periphery III: Select Difficulty- Periphery (3.5/5) My Favourite Worst Nightmare- Arctic Monkeys (4/5)* Mythology- Derek Sherinian (4/5) From Here to Now to You- Jack Johnson (3/5) Earth Crisis- Steel Pulse (3/5) Habitual Levitations- Intronaut (4/5)* In My Lifetime, Vol. 1- Jay Z (3/5) It Was Written- Nas (3.5/5) Immobalarity- Raekwon (3/5) Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’ Roses (4.5/5)* Paper Trail- T.I. (4/5) Daniel Son; Necklace Don Mixtape- 2 Chainz (3/5) Periphery- Periphery (3.5/5)* Food & Liquor- Lupe Fiasco (4/5)* Second Nature- Flying Colors (4.5/5)* Snakes & Arrows- Rush (3.5/5)* Holy Diver- Dio (4/5)* Era Vulgaris- Queens of the Stone Age (4/5)* Youthanasia- Megadeth (3.5/5) Mountains Beaches Cities- Moon Taxi (4/5) Deadwood EP- Essential End (4/5) (x3) No, My Name is Jeffery Mixtape- Young Thug (2.5/5) iiiDrops Mixtape- Joey Purp (4/5) Blond- Frank Ocean (4/5) (x2) 56 Nights Mixtape- DJ Esco (2/5) Artist Mixtape- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (3/5) The Queen is Dead- The Smiths (3/5) PARTYNEXTDOOR Mixtape- PartyNextDoor (3/5) Black Friday Mixtape- Jay Rock (3.5/5) Wave Gods Mixtape- French Montana (3/5) Desolation Rose- The Flower Kings (3.5/5) Dukkha Mixtape- Hodgy Beats (3.5/5) MONDA Mixtape- Cousin Stizz (3/5) Up Next Mixtape- Fetty Wap (3/5) Prima Donna EP- Vince Staples (3.5/5) Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight- Travi$ Scott (3/5) ATLiens- Outkast (4/5)* The Mollusk- Ween (4/5)* Pancakes & Syrup Mixtape- Redman (3.5/5) Visions- Haken (3.5/5) Stranger Heads Prevail- Thank You Scientist (3.5/5) Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik- Outkast (4/5)* Welcome to the Winter Mixtape- Raye (3/5) Sign Language Mixtape- Ty Dolla $ign (3/5) The Album- The Firm (3/5) Primitives- Roger Sellers (2.5/5) So Ill- Trenton P (1.5/5) Golden Belt- D-Town Brass (3.5/5) Mr. Wonderful- Action Bronson (3/5) Malibu- Anderson .Paak (4/5) Brothers in Farms- Steve ‘N’ Seagulls (2/5) Drones From Home- Ontologics (2.5/5) The Perfect Luv Mixtape- Lil Uzi Vert (2.5/5) Thickfreakness- The Black Keys (3/5) Drown in Designer Mixtape- Ski Mask SlumpGod (2.5/5) Chulahoma- The Black Keys (3.5/5) 2112- Rush (5/5)* Totem- The Motet (2.5/5) Madvillainy- Madvillain (3.5/5)* Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star- Black Star (3.5/5) The Sufferer & The Witness- Rise Against (4/5)* Man On the Moon: The End of Day- Kid Cudi (4/5)* Imperial Mixtape- Denzel Curry (3/5) Sun King Warriors- Jim Donovan (2.5/5) Everlasting Instant- Izz (3.5/5) 1 Epic Summer Mixtape- D.R. A.M. (2.5/5) Wu Massacre- Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon (3.5/5) Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever- Explosions in the Sky (3/5) Beyond- Dinosaur Jr. (3/5) Born to Be Loud- Gang of Thieves (2.5/5) The Daybreakers- The Daybreakers (2.5/5) Room On Fire- The Strokes (3.5/5) The Rain- Kristoffer Gildenlöw (3.5/5) Summertime Shootout 2 (The Level Up) Mixtape- Fabolous (3/5) The Human Transcription- Felix Martin (2/5) Johnny Fury- Johnny Fury (2.5/5) Naughty by Nature- Naughty by Nature (4/5) Fdler- Fdler (2.5/5) Supersonic Home- Adventures (2.5/5) Doppelganger- The Fall of Troy (3.5/5) Gilbert Hotel- Paul Gilbert (2.5/5) Creepin On Ah Come Up- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (3.5/5) Real N*gga Bangaz Mixtape- PnB Rock (2/5) Rejex Mixtape- Joey Bada$$ (3.5/5) Psychonauts- Thanks Light (3/5) Free Hand- Gentle Giant (3/5) Lil B.I.G. Pac Mixtape- Kodak Black (3/5) Life After Death- The Notorious B.I.G. (3.5/5) Herdubreid- Ensími (3/5) Telephantasm- Soundgarden (4/5)* Sampler of Abstract Chaos- Zarqnon the Embarrassed (0.5/5) From the Root to the Fruit-Nick Moss Band (3.5/5) Behind the Devil’s Back- Fightstar (3/5) Dismal Swamp Lords- Dismal Swamp Lords (2.5/5) The Very Best Of- Hall & Oates (4/5) The Mixxtape- Marlee in the Mixx (3.5/5) Maxo 187 Mixtape- Maxo Kream (3/5) Ill Communication- Beastie Boys (3.5/5) Too Much Too Soon Mixtape- Kent Jones (3.5/5) Nonagon Infinity- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (3/5) Coast II Coast- Tha Alkaholiks (3.5/5) Cosmic Logic- Peaking Lights (2/5) Hawaii- Aisles (4/5) TBA Mixtape- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (2.5/5) VERY RARE LOST TAPES Mixtape- Ski Mask SlumpGod (3/5) Spare Change! EP Mixtape- Saba (3/5) Dreamchasers 4 Mixtape- Meek Mill (3.5/5) The Fat Man- Fats Domino (3.5/5) Drive- Anneke Van Giersbergen (3.5/5) Hibachi for Lunch Mixtape- 2 Chainz (3/5) The Migration- Scale the Summit (3.5/5) The Best Of- Rick James (4/5)* Nothing Was The Same-Drake (3.5/5) Danger Love- Ed Hines Band (2.5/5) Under the Table and Dreaming- Dave Matthews Band (3/5) Strangle Quiet Sunset- VT100 (3/5) Abbey Road- The Beatles (5/5)* Curb Service Mixtape- Shabazz (3/5) True Sadness- The Avett Brothers (2.5/5) World War Trio Parts II & III- Consider the Source (4/5) Welcome Reality (Deluxe Edition)- Nero (3/5) My Love is Strong- The Furious Seasons (2/5) Narcissus, The Drowning of Ego- Sean Leon (3.5/5) We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service- A Tribe Called Quest (3.5/5) Free Bricks 2 (Zone 6 Edition) Mixtape- Future & Gucci Mane (2/5) Invisible- Marshall Stone (2.5/5) Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager- Kid Cudi (4/5) Starboy- The Weeknd (3.5/5) x2 Symphonies of Dirt & Dust- Chris Trapper (2.5/5) The Redhead’s Allegation- Chapell (3/5) The Similitude of a Dream- Neal Morse Band (4/5) 1017 vs The World Mixtape- Lil Uzi Vert & Gucci Mane (2/5) Isles EP- Sithu Aye (3.5/5) The Madness of Many- Animals As Leaders (3.5/5) Back to the Bando Mixtape- Migos (2/5) The Sun’s Tirade- Isaiah Rashad (3.5/5) A Loose Quarter Mixtape- Joe Budden (2.5/5) Family (EP)- Jolly (3/5) Black Messiah- D’Angelo & The Vanguard (3.5/5) Word of Mouf- Ludacris (3/5) Camp- Childish Gambino (3.5/5)* Because the Internet- Childish Gambino (3.5/5)* Islands- King Crimson (3/5) The Beautiful Game- Vulfpeck (3/5) Soul Cages- Sting (3/5) Cole World: The Sideline Story (3.5/5)* My Name is My Name- Pusha T (3.5/5) The Essential Electric Light Orchestra- Electric Light Orchestra (3.5/5) Awaken, My Love!- Childish Gambino (3.5/5) Still Brazy- YG (3.5/5) Heavenly Ecstasy- Pagan’s Mind (3/5) Islah- Kevin Gates (3/5) AeB EP- Aeb (2.5/5) Savage Mode- 21 Savage (2.5/5) Yes Lawd!- NxWorries (3.5/5) Honor Killed the Samurai- Ka (3/5) 24K Magic- Bruno Mars (3.5/5) Collegrove- 2 Chainz (3/5) Nothing’s Shocking- Jane’s Addiction (3/5) …And Then There Was X- DMX (3.5/5) Mercy of the Sea- Daemon Chili (2.5/5) Miracle- Blackmill (3/5) Falling Satellites- Frost (3.5/5) Live to Be Free- The Nth Power (2.5/5) SremmLife 2- Rae Sremmurd (3/5) Konnichiwa- Skepta (3.5/5) Catch the Rainbow: Anthology- Rainbow (3.5/5) Sound & Color- Alabama Shakes (4/5) Noir Tone EP- Zelliack (3.5/5) ANTI- Rihanna (3/5) Everything Goes Numb- Streetlight Manifesto (3.5/5) 4 1/2- Steven Wilson (3/5) The Score- Fugees (4/5) A Seat at the Table- Solange (3.5/5) Brain Salad Surgery- Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (3/5) Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop- Stone Temple Pilots (3/5) Making Mirrors- Gotye (3/5) Anno Domini High Definition- Riverside (3.5/5) The Blackening- Machine Head (3/5) Radical Mixtape- OddFuture (2.5/5) Would You Believe?- Ray Charles (2.5/5) 4 Your Eyez Only- J. Cole (3/5) Stoney- Post Malone (3.5/5) Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin’- Kid Cudi (3/5) Magma- Gojira (3.5/5) Thrill of the Arts- Vulfpeck (3/5) Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama Mixtape- Chance the Rapper and Jeremih (3/5) untitled unmastered- Kendrick Lamar (3.5/5) Do What Thou Wilt- Ab-Soul (3/5) Atrocity Exhibiton- Danny Brown (3.5/5) Folklore- Big Big Train (4/5) Blackstar- David Bowie (3.5/5) Sunset Blvd. Mixtape- 24 Hrs (2.5/5) The North Borders- Bonobo (3/5) Devil is Fine EP- Zeal & Ardor (3/5) 4 Corners- Inner Shade (3.5/5) Sabotage- Black Sabbath (3/5) Lil Boat Mixtape- Lil Yachty (2/5) channel ORANGE- Frank Ocean (4/5) Chromaparagon- Moon Tooth (3.5/5) The Divine Feminine- Mac Miller (3.5/5) Heligoland- Massive Attack (3.5/5) Moving Pictures- Rush (5/5)*

If you made it this far, thanks! I plan to redo this list in 2017, so hopefully you’ll read through my shit once again. Until then I hope you have a great year.

-Z