- Destroyer - Poison Season
- Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School
- Major Lazer - Peace is the Mission
- D'angelo - Black Messiah
- Vanilla - Origins
- Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
- Julia Holter - Have You in my Wilderness
- Floating Points - Elaenia
- Auscultation - L'etreinte Imaginaire
- Tyler, the Creator - Cherry Bomb
Honorable Mentions:
- 555 - Arcosanta
- Travis Scott - Rodeo
- Kamasi Washington - The Epic