This year we've listened to countless hours of new albums and songs and attended dozens of concerts and are now ready to declare our favorite music of 2017! Listen to this very special year-end episode to hear us discuss the artists who delivered music that inspired us, informed us, entertained us, made us want to dance and put us in that special mood!

We also discuss our favorite singles of the year, our most memorable concerts and the new music we're craving in 2018.

Our favorite albums list includes:

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN

Jay-Z - 4:44

Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room

Jamila Woods - HEAVN (Check out her video for Blk Girl Soldier )

Khalid - American Teen (Check out his video for Location)

Gorillaz - Humanz

Miguel - War X Leisure (Check out his video for Told You So)

Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black

Earl St. Clair - My Name Is Earl

Sampha - Process (Check out his video for (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano)

SZA - CTRL

Lorde - Melodrama (Listen to Liability)

Valerie June - Order of Time (Watch her live performance of Order of Time)

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