My Favorite Albums of June 2020
Here’s my monthly list of albums released in June I was feeling, and some other discoveries made during the month.
Previous Month’s Lists: January, February, March, April, May
You can find my list of my favorite albums of 2020 halfway through the year here
Best:
Adrian Young, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Roy Ayers - Roy Ares JID002 Genre: neo-Jazz / Soul
Proof: Synchronize Vibration / Gravity
Bassnectar - All Colors Genre: Electronic / Dance
Proof: All Colors (Feat. Blakkamoore) / Empathy (Bass Remedy Remix)
Becca Mancari - The Greatest Part Genre: Indie Pop / Alternative
Proof: Hunter / Lonely Boy
Cassian - Laps Genre: Electronic / Dance
Proof: Magical (Feat. ZOLLY) / Same Things (Feat. Gabrielle Current)
Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour Genre: R&B
Proof: Forgive Me / Busy Boy
Chromeo - Quarantine Casanova EP Genre: Electronic / Funk / Dance
Proof: 6 Feet Away / ‘Roni Got Me Stressed Out
Fakear - Everything Will Grow Again Genre: Electronic / Dance / Tropical House
Proof: Sekoia / Rituals (Feat. Luiza Fernandes)
Flatbush Zombies - now, more than ever EP Genre: Hip Hop
Proof: dirty elevator music / when i’m gone (Feat. Sophie Faith)
GUM - Out In The World Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative
Proof: Airwalkin’ / The Thrill of Doing It Right
HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III Genre: Pop
Proof: 3 AM / Now I’m In It
Illenium - ASCEND (Tour Edits) EP Genre: Electronic / Dance
Proof: Good Things Fall Apart vs. Sad Songs (w/ Jon Bellion & Said The Sky Feat. Annika Wells) / Gorgeous vs All Together (w/ Blanke Feat. Bipolar Sunshine & OEKIN) // Bonus: Illenium, Excision & I Prevail - Feel Something
Inukshuk - Everbright EP Genre: Electronic / Dance
Proof: Everbright / Before We Start (Feat. XYV)
Jack Garratt - Love, Death & Dancing Genre: R&B / Pop / Electronic
Proof: Time / Better
Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure Genre: R&B / Pop / Disco
Proof: Spotlight / Mirage (Don’t Stop) // Bonus: Spotlight (Icarus Remix) / Save A Kiss (PS1 Remix) / Ooh La La (Honey Dijon Remix)
John Legend - Bigger Love Genre: R&B / Soul
Proof: Actions / Wild (w/ Gary Clark Jr.)
Justine Skye - BARE WITH ME (The Album) Genre: R&B / neo-Soul
Proof: Bulletproof / Million Days
Louis The Child - Here For Now Genre: Electronic / Dance
Proof: Nobody Like You (Feat. Vera Blue) / Don’t Mind
Naeem - Startisha Genre: R&B / Hip Hop
Proof: Woo Woo Woo (Feat. Amanda Black & Micah James) / Stone Harbor
Ohmme - Fantasize Your Ghost Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative
Proof: Flood Your Gut / The Limit
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Genre: Indie Rock / Folk / Alternative
Proof: Kyoto / ICU
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 Genre: Hip Hop
Proof: yankee and the brave (ep. 4) / a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) Genre: R&B / Soul
Proof: Bow (Feat. Michael Kiwanuka) / Monsters
Teyana Taylor - The Album Genre: R&B
Proof: Morning (w/ Kehlani) / Boomin (Feat. Missy Elliott & Future)
Tokio Myers - BLACK DAWN EP Genre: R&B / Pop
Proof: No More Gang Wars (Together) / Baltimore
UMI - Introspection EP Genre: R&B / neo-Soul
Proof: Introspection / Open Up
Wale - The Imperfect Storm EP Genre: Hip Hop
Proof: MOVIN’ DIFFERENT / MAAJO
Bonus:
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaeed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 001 Genre: neo-Jazz / Soul Released Marsh 2020
Proof: Hey Lover (Feat. Roy Ayers) / Jazz Is Dead (Feat. The Midnight Hour)
Others:
Ángela Muñoz & Adrian Younge - Introspection, August Alsina - The Product III: stateofEMERGEncy, Baauer - PLANET’S MAD, 6LACK - 6pc Hot EP, Bruno Major - To Let A Good Thing Die, Buju Banton - Upside Down 2020, Charlotte de Witte - Return to Nowhere EP, Clap! Clap! - Liquid Portraits, Decadon - The Don EP, Dirty Projectors - Flight Tower EP, DJ BORING - Like Water EP, Dua Saleh - Rosetta EP, EBEN - Honeydew EP, Eric Bellinger - Hor D’oeuvres, Example - Some Nights Last For Days, G- Eazy - Everything’s Strange Here, Hinds - The Prettiest Curse, iann dior - I’m Gone, Jason Mraz - Look For The Good, Jonah Yano - souvenir, The Juan MacLean - Here In The Twilight EP, Khruangbin - Mordechai, Kodaline - One Day at a Time, LA Priest - GENE, Lauv - Without You EP, Mala Rodriguez - MALA, Norah Jones - Pick Me Up off the Floor, Photay - Waking Hours, Sleepy Hallow - Sleepy Hallow Presents: Sleepy For President, Special Interest - The Passion Of, Spacey Jane - Sunlight
