Welcome back to the Café! In the Season 2 Finale, I present to you my top 25 albums of 2021! I understand that the albums on my list might not make your list but that’s fine. Hopefully its some albums on here that you haven’t checked out, so if that’s the case, feel free to check them out. Here are some honorable mentions that didn’t make the cut but still worth checking out:

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Adele - 30

Tems - If Orange Was a Place

Rachel Chinouriri - Four In Winter

L’Rain - Fatigue

Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown - Lovesick

Benny Sings - Beat Tapes 2

La Luz - Self-titled

Yebba - Dawn

Joyce Wrice - Overgrown

St. Vincent - Daddy’s Home

Nightmares on Wax - Shoutout to Freedom

Allison Russell - Outside Child

Kryptogram - Krypt Vol. 2

Polo & Pan - Cyclorama

John Batiste - We Are

Hounah - Broken Land LP

Jungle Loving In Stereo

Black Keys - Delta Kream

Georgia Ann Muldrow - Vwetto III

Tall Black Guy - Of Progress and Progression

Pink Pantheress - To (What) With It

Jenevieve Divison

Boom Baptist - Komfort Food

Khrysis - Khrysis on the Boards v. 2

Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World

Erika de Casier - Sensational

Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8

Dawn Richard - Second Line: An Electro Revival

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee

Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales

Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future

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(0:00) - Intro

(1:24) - First 15 Albums

(7:59) - Top 10 Albums

(14:07) - Outro

Thanks for supporting the Coffee & Beats movement! I’ll be kicking off season 3 with classic album reviews and new coffee recipe episodes. In the meantime, stay musically grounded for life! Enjoy!

In this mini episode, I will be reviewing the new Silk Sonic album An Evening With Silk Sonic. Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak team up to give us a the album we've all been waiting for! Was it worth the hype? Listen to find out! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life!

Welcome Back to the Café! Today I will be reviewing Jungle, EL Michels Affair, Leon Bridges and much more! Come sit down at the table and lets discuss these albums over a cup of coffee! Stay musically grounded for life good people! Enjoy!  

TIMESTAMP:  0:00 - Intro/Coffee Creamer 2:31 - Jungle - Loving In Stereo 9:42 - El Michels Affair - Ekundayo Inversions 12:00 - Aleph - Ego Death 12:48 - Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound 13:50 - Laura Mvula - Pink Noise 14:29 - Jazz Is Dead Vol. 8 15:14 - Artist to Watch: Jenevieve  16:13 - Kind Reminders

Kicking off season 2 with more Album taste testers. In this episode I will be reviewing the new Billie Eilish, L'Rain, Snoh Aalegra and much more including some new Instrumental Album recommendations. Which album did I award my first 10/10? Listen to find out! Also I have a special favor that I need to ask Silk Sonic in regards to their future project! Last but not least, I have Pumpkin K-Cup recommendation. Don't forget to Subscribe to the Podcast for Bonus Content, and hit the notifications so you can receive alerts on new episodes & mixtapes that will be dropping soon! Enjoy good people!