I'm only planning to post my 4th quarter and overall after this, hopefully the mods don't lock before then.

This month had some of the best albums of the year but not a ton that are on that same level.

All of these could be AOTY
Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
Cleo Sol - Mother
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
NAO - And Then Life Was Beautiful
Nas - King's Disease II

Honorable mentions, really good but a big step down from the above.
Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
Blu - The Color Blu(e)
IDK - USEE4YOURSELF
Cosha - Mt. Pleasant
Tanya Morgan - Don & Von
Novel - The Joys of Misery
Rejjie Snow - Baw Baw Black Sheep
Common - A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2
Isaiah Rashad - The House is Burning
Brittany Howard - Jaime (Reimagined)
Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B
BJ The Chicago Kid - 4 AM (EP)
Statik Selektah & Termanology - 1982: The Summer (EP)