Passion of the Weiss's Best Albums of 2018

The annual return of objectively the best Best Albums list since 2008.

Published: December 24, 2018 10:45 Source

# 1

Cold Devil by Drakeo the Ruler

Album • Dec 26 / 2017 Nervous Music Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 2

2012 - 2017 by Against All Logic

Album • Feb 17 / 2018 Deep House

# 3

The Wolf of Grape Street by 03 Greedo

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 4

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 5

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 6

Paraffin by Armand Hammer

Album • Aug 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 7

El Perro by Rucci

Album • Apr 29 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop

# 8

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 9

Still Trippin' by DJ Taye

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Footwork

# 10

GOOD Job, You Found Me by Valee

EP • Mar 02 / 2018 Trap

# 11

Famous Cryp by Blueface

Album • May 30 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Nervous Music

# 12

Insula by Proc Fiskal

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Grime IDM

# 13

BEASTMODE 2 by Future

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 14

Floating Features by La Luz

Album • May 11 / 2018 Surf Rock Indie Rock

# 15

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 16

Everything's Fine by Jean Grae + Quelle Chris

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 17

Big Bossin, Vol. 2 by Payroll Giovanni + Cardo

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Gangsta Rap

# 18

Universal Beings by Makaya McCraven

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 19

Orpheus vs. the Sirens by Hermit and the Recluse

Album • Aug 18 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 20

PERIOD by City Girls

Album • May 11 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 21

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop

# 22

Somewhere Decent to Live by Space Afrika

Album • Mar 08 / 2018 Ambient Dub

# 23

The Return by Kamaal Williams

Album • May 25 / 2018 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 24

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 25

Everybody Is F.O.O.D. by Conway

Album • Nov 28 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 26

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 27

Behold a Dark Horse by Roc Marciano

Album • Oct 04 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 28

Jongler by Pat Kalla & Le Super Mojo

Album • Nov 23 / 2018

# 29

Fetti by Curren$y + Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • Oct 31 / 2018 Gangsta Rap

# 30

Nasty by Rico Nasty

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 31

The Optimist by Ryan Porter

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Post-Bop Hard Bop

# 32

Luca Brasi 3 by Kevin Gates

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 33

Sink by Sudan Archives

EP • May 25 / 2018 Art Pop Alternative R&B Folktronica

# 34

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 35

Rio Grande by Delroy Edwards

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Outsider House Minimal Synth

# 36

Simi by BlocBoy JB

Album • May 04 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 37

Resistance by Brandon Coleman

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Synth Funk

# 38

Dennis 6e by Serengeti

Album • Sep 10 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop

# 39

FM! by Vince Staples

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 40

Being Woke Aint Fun by Chris Crack

Album • Sep 01 / 2018 Hip Hop

# 41

Cool Side of the Pillow by Henry Canyons

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Jazz Rap

# 42

Lala Belu by Hailu Mergia

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Ethio-Jazz

# 43

Raw Silk Uncut Wood by Laurel Halo

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Ambient

# 44

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 45

Outside by Burna Boy

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Afrobeats

# 46

K.O. by Miss Red

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Dancehall

# 47

The Big Chang Theory by Nef The Pharaoh

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop

# 48

Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar by Sam Gendel + Sam Wilkes

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Nu Jazz

# 49

STOKELEY by Ski Mask the Slump God

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 50

Culture II by Migos

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop