All hail King Kendrick. It’s been an incredible year for Kendrick Lamar, and he’s capping it off on a high note. The Compton rapper’s third album To Pimp a Butterfly ranks No. 1 on Rolling Stone‘s 50 Best Albums of 2015 list.
“Musically, lyrically and emotionally, Kendrick Lamar’s third album is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece—a sprawling epic that’s both the year’s most bumptious party music and its most gripping therapy session,” declares Rolling Stone.
Adele’s record-breaking album 25 takes the runner-up spot, while Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s Black Messiah, and The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness round out the top five.
Other hip-hop and R&B albums making the top 50 include Future’s DS2, Miguel’s Wildheart, Jazmine Sullivan’s Reality Show, and Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife.
See a partial list below…
ROLLING STONE BEST ALBUMS OF 2015
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Adele – 25
3. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
4. D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah
5. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
6. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
7. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
8. Various Artists – Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack
9. The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily
10. Blur – The Magic Whip
24. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment – Surf
26. Future – DS2
28. Miguel – Wildheart
31. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
32. Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show
35. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
44. Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife
