‎Essential Black Music Albums

Thriller

Thriller

Michael Jackson
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin
Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Doubt

JAŸ-Z
Songs in the Key of Life

Songs in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder
Chaka

Chaka

Chaka Khan
Purple Rain

Purple Rain

Prince & The Revolution
GNX

GNX

Kendrick Lamar
At Last!

At Last!

Etta James
Never Too Much

Never Too Much

Luther Vandross
Are You Experienced (Deluxe Version)

Are You Experienced (Deluxe Version)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience
MUTT Deluxe: HEEL

MUTT Deluxe: HEEL

Leon Thomas
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy
The Dock of the Bay

The Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding
All Eyez On Me

All Eyez On Me

2Pac
What's Going On

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye
The Real Folk Blues

The Real Folk Blues

Muddy Waters
The Chronic

The Chronic

Dr. Dre
Voodoo

Voodoo

D'Angelo
BROWN

BROWN

Chris Brown
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Outkast
SOS Deluxe: LANA

SOS Deluxe: LANA

SZA
Completely Well

Completely Well

B.B. King
Illmatic

Illmatic

Nas
Traumazine

Traumazine

Megan Thee Stallion
Tha Carter IV (Complete Edition)

Tha Carter IV (Complete Edition)

Lil Wayne
Share My World

Share My World

Mary J. Blige
Kind of Blue

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis
Sings the Blues

Sings the Blues

Nina Simone
I NEVER LIKED YOU

I NEVER LIKED YOU

Future
Doggystyle (30th Anniversary Edition)

Doggystyle (30th Anniversary Edition)

Snoop Dogg
Let's Stay Together

Let's Stay Together

Al Green
channel ORANGE

channel ORANGE

Frank Ocean
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (Remastered)

Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (Remastered)

Duke Ellington
That's the Way of the World

That's the Way of the World

Earth, Wind & Fire
The Last Wun

The Last Wun

Gunna
Confessions (Expanded Edition)

Confessions (Expanded Edition)

USHER
Head Hunters

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock
Over It

Over It

Summer Walker
A Love Supreme

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (Expanded Edition)

Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (Expanded Edition)

Buddy Guy
DON'T TAP THE GLASS

DON'T TAP THE GLASS

Tyler, The Creator
Graduation

Graduation

Kanye West
Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome

Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome

Parliament
Monk's Music (Remastered)

Monk's Music (Remastered)

Thelonious Monk
Kehlani

Kehlani

Kehlani
2014 Forest Hills Drive (10 Year Anniversary Edition)

2014 Forest Hills Drive (10 Year Anniversary Edition)

J. Cole
Diana

Diana

Diana Ross
Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition]

Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition]

Curtis Mayfield
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Rod Wave
Cloud Nine

Cloud Nine

The Temptations
ABC

ABC

Jackson 5
Street Songs

Street Songs

Rick James
WASTELAND

WASTELAND

Brent Faiyaz
Paid in Full (Deluxe Edition) [2003 Remaster]

Paid in Full (Deluxe Edition) [2003 Remaster]

Eric B. & Rakim
7220 (Deluxe)

7220 (Deluxe)

Lil Durk
Burnin' (Expanded Edition)

Burnin' (Expanded Edition)

John Lee Hooker
Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964

Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964

Sam Cooke
Take Care (Deluxe Version)

Take Care (Deluxe Version)

Drake
Love Child

Love Child

Diana Ross & The Supremes
everything is a lot.

everything is a lot.

Wale
Go for Your Guns

Go for Your Guns

The Isley Brothers
Teddy (Expanded Edition)

Teddy (Expanded Edition)

Teddy Pendergrass
Soul Men

Soul Men

Sam & Dave
Barry White Sings For Someone You Love

Barry White Sings For Someone You Love

Barry White
All This Love

All This Love

DeBarge
Can't Get Enough

Can't Get Enough

Barry White
WE DON'T TRUST YOU

WE DON'T TRUST YOU

Future, Metro Boomin
Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Curtis Mayfield
Everything Is Everything

Everything Is Everything

Donny Hathaway
Let's Get It On (Remastered 2003)

Let's Get It On (Remastered 2003)

Marvin Gaye
Control

Control

Janet Jackson
Diamond Life

Diamond Life

Sade
Young, Gifted and Black

Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha Franklin
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Bonus Track Version)

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Bonus Track Version)

50 Cent
Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Lakeside
Three for Love

Three for Love

Shalamar
If I Were Your Woman

If I Were Your Woman

Stephanie Mills
Promise

Promise

Sade
In Effect Mode

In Effect Mode

Al B. Sure!
Juicy Fruit (Expanded)

Juicy Fruit (Expanded)

Mtume
Victory Lap

Victory Lap

Nipsey Hussle
Zapp III

Zapp III

Zapp
So Good

So Good

The Whispers
Hearsay

Hearsay

Alexander O'Neal
Can't Slow Down

Can't Slow Down

Lionel Richie
Hotter Than July

Hotter Than July

Stevie Wonder
Between the Sheets

Between the Sheets

The Isley Brothers
Computer Games

Computer Games

George Clinton
Born To Love

Born To Love

Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack
Sign O' The Times

Sign O' The Times

Prince
1999 (2019 Remaster)

1999 (2019 Remaster)

Prince
The Poet

The Poet

Bobby Womack
Bad

Bad

Michael Jackson
AM I THE DRAMA? (The Snow Mix)

AM I THE DRAMA? (The Snow Mix)

Cardi B
Tender Lover

Tender Lover

Babyface
Being With You

Being With You

Smokey Robinson
Stronger Than Pride

Stronger Than Pride

Sade
No Parking On the Dance Floor

No Parking On the Dance Floor

Midnight Star
Straight from the Heart (Remastered)

Straight from the Heart (Remastered)

Patrice Rushen
Stay With Me

Stay With Me

Regina Belle