Exclaim!'s Top 10 Soul and R&B Albums of 2017

This week, Exclaim! is rolling out our annual, genre-specific album lists for the Best of 2017. Yesterday (November 29), we wrapped up our T...

Published: November 30, 2017 13:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Ctrl SZA Jun-09-2017, Alternative R&B
#2 Process Sampha Feb-03-2017, Alternative R&B
#3 Drunk Thundercat Feb-24-2017, Neo-Soul
#4 Take Me Apart Kelela Oct-06-2017, Alternative R&B
#5 Freudian Daniel Caesar Aug-25-2017, Contemporary R&B
#6 Aromanticism Moses Sumney Sep-22-2017, Art Pop
#7 Awaken, My Love! Childish Gambino Dec-02-2016, Psychedelic Soul
#8 Ash Ibeyi Sep-29-2017, Art Pop
#9 Fin Syd Feb-03-2017, Alternative R&B
#10 MAKANDA at the End of Space the Beginning of Time Pierre Kwenders Sep-08-2017, Afro-Funk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ctrl | SZA | Album, Jun-09-2017, Alternative R&B |
| #2 | Process | Sampha | Album, Feb-03-2017, Alternative R&B |
| #3 | Drunk | Thundercat | Album, Feb-24-2017, Neo-Soul |
| #4 | Take Me Apart | Kelela | Album, Oct-06-2017, Alternative R&B |
| #5 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Album, Aug-25-2017, Contemporary R&B |
| #6 | Aromanticism | Moses Sumney | Album, Sep-22-2017, Art Pop |
| #7 | Awaken, My Love! | Childish Gambino | Album, Dec-02-2016, Psychedelic Soul |
| #8 | Ash | Ibeyi | Album, Sep-29-2017, Art Pop |
| #9 | Fin | Syd | Album, Feb-03-2017, Alternative R&B |
| #10 | MAKANDA at the End of Space the Beginning of Time | Pierre Kwenders | Album, Sep-08-2017, Afro-Funk |