ill give a snapshot of where im at. i am barely starting to go through albums released in october and havent revisited august and september albums yet. i do think some early releases are starting to lose their standing but i need to go back and listen to all these in order to know where im with them right now. so this below list is where im at with the albums based on the last time i took time to listen to them in full and rate the songs. i am not including any EPs (i think).

Favorites
+Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
+Cleo Sol - Mother*
Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf*
NAO - And Then Life Was Beautiful*
+Mara TK - Bad Meditation
Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Sinead Harnett - Ready Is Always Too Late
+serpentwithfeet - DEACON
+Aaron Frazer - Introducing...
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert*

Honorable Mentions
Czarface & MF DOOM - Super What?
Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things
KOTA the Friend & Statik Selektah - To Kill a Sunrise
IDK - USEE4YOURSELF
​dvsn & Ty Dolla $ign - Cheers to the Best Memories*
Maiya Blaney - 3
J. Cole - The Off-Season
Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Freshman Woes - Thank You Rap Gods*
Tanya Morgan - Don & Von*
Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown - Lovesick

*albums that havent received a full second listen so they might move up or down a decent amount.

+ ignoring ratings, these are the ones that stuck the most with me so far and that i definitely expect to remain in my favorites list for the year.