Best Neo-Soul Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
3	To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar	2015	91.9	87.6	95	94.6	93.5	94.6	89	89.2
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
137	Blonde - Frank Ocean	2016	86.9	81.8	87	89.4	90.9	96	83	80.4
148	ATLiens - OutKast	1996	86.8	81.2	92	87.6	84.9	93	82	87
171	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill	1998	86.5	81	88	90.9	90.7	92	78	85.2
183	Black Messiah - D'Angelo and The Vanguard	2014	86.4	80.4	92	87.9	86.3	92.6	81	84.6
187	Voodoo - D'Angelo	2000	86.4	81.4	86	89.5	86.4	94.4	80	87
202	Black on Both Sides - Mos Def	1999	86.3	81.6	89	89.9	86.1	92.2	80	85.2
234	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz	2021	85.9	79.6	91	88.6	86.2	93	83	80.2
264	The College Dropout - Kanye West	2004	85.7	83	81	91.2	89.3	91.2	83	81.2
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
290	IGOR - Tyler, The Creator	2019	85.5	82.2	85	90.4	89	92.4	83	76.8
302	channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean	2012	85.4	77.6	90	87	87.2	93.8	82	80.4
387	Brown Sugar - D'Angelo	1995	84.8	78.6	90	87.8	85.4	93.6	77	81.4
408	The Forever Story - JID	2022	84.7	80	82	89.8	85.7	94	80	81.4
420	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star	1998	84.6	78.8	86	87	84.2	91.2	78	87.2
427	Late Registration - Kanye West	2005	84.6	81.4	84	90	86.3	88.8	82	79.6
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
517	A Piece of Strange - CunninLynguists	2006	84.2	76.2	80	87.2	86.9	94.4	79	85.4
596	Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu	2000	83.8	80	78	88.3	87.8	91.8	79	81.6
627	Soul Food - Goodie Mob	1995	83.7	77.4	88	84.1	82.1	92.4	76	85.8
636	Baduizm - Erykah Badu	1997	83.7	77.8	84	86.7	85.7	91.8	77	82.6
642	Be - Common	2005	83.6	79	82	89	85.7	90.2	80	79.6
702	undun - The Roots	2011	83.4	76.4	82	88	86.1	89.4	80	81.8
706	The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe	2010	83.4	76.6	86	85.7	84.9	87.6	80	82.8
731	Back to Black - Amy Winehouse	2006	83.2	77.4	82	86.8	89.3	91.2	80	76
763	Magic, Alive! - McKinley Dixon	2025	83.1	77.6	88	86.3	82.4	92.6	76	78.8
783	4eva Is a Mighty Long Time - Big K.R.I.T.	2017	83	76.6	83	86.8	83	92	80	79.8
838	The Score - Fugees (Refugee Camp)	1996	82.9	76	86	84.3	83.7	90.8	77	82.4
839	Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator	2017	82.9	78	81	84.8	82.5	89.8	84	80
848	Circles - Mac Miller	2020	82.8	77	82	86.4	86.1	95	77	76.4
870	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar	2022	82.8	75.6	88	86.7	83	91	81	74
902	GREY Area - Little Simz	2019	82.7	76.2	88	84.2	82.3	92.2	78	77.8
964	Melt My Eyez See Your Future - Denzel Curry	2022	82.5	76.8	84	86.5	82.1	91.4	78	78.4
970	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell	1996	82.5	74.4	82	84.1	82.7	92.6	76	85.4
1070	Ctrl - SZA	2017	82.2	74.4	83	83.7	87.7	93.6	77	76
1174	Swimming - Mac Miller	2018	81.9	76	77	86.1	86.6	94.8	77	76
1188	CARE FOR ME - Saba	2018	81.9	73.2	85	84.5	84	94	76	76.6
1217	The Velvet Rope - Janet	1997	81.8	81.2	69	89	86.4	88.4	76	82.8
1286	A Seat at the Table - Solange	2016	81.7	73	88	83.1	83.2	91.4	77	76
1330	CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST - Tyler, The Creator	2021	81.6	75.4	86	84.2	81.7	90	78	75.8
1360	Like Water for Chocolate - Common	2000	81.5	75.6	80	84.3	82	91	77	80.8
1391	NO THANK YOU - Little Simz	2022	81.5	75	88	81.8	80.9	91.4	76	77.2
1418	Isolation - Kali Uchis	2018	81.4	73.4	85	82.7	82.1	92.6	78	76
1481	Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas	2020	81.2	75.4	81	83.3	83.6	90.8	78	76.6
1482	Smiling With No Teeth - Genesis Owusu	2021	81.2	75	84	81.7	80.6	92.2	77	78.2
1488	Malibu - Anderson .Paak	2016	81.2	74.2	81	82.8	82.4	92.4	79	76.8
1544	Lahai - Sampha	2023	81.1	75.4	87	84.9	80.6	92	74	74
1593	Telefone - Noname	2016	81	75	80	81.5	82.7	94	78	76
1611	Red Burns - Standing On The Corner	2017	81	75.8	80	83.2	87.1	93.8	75	72
1616	The Ecstatic - Mos Def	2009	81	75.4	78	84.1	83.3	93	77	76
1797	Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde	1995	80.6	77.8	69	85.9	81.6	92.8	78	79.4
1880	REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE - Genesis Owusu	2026	80.5	74	83	80.7	78.1	95.2	75	77.4
1953	Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? - McKinley Dixon	2023	80.3	75.8	81	84	81.8	90	74	75.6
1954	Aaliyah - Aaliyah	2001	80.3	76	73	84.5	83.3	90.2	75	80.2
1958	The Return of the Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai	1994	80.3	74.4	74	84.6	84.6	88.2	75	81.4
1998	The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe	2013	80.2	71.2	83	82.1	83	89.4	77	76
2001	Lotus - Little Simz	2025	80.2	74.2	86	81.3	77.9	92.2	76	74
2006	Process - Sampha	2017	80.2	72.8	83	83.3	82.8	88.6	75	76
2026	The Passionate Ones - Nourished By Time	2025	80.2	74.6	86	80.3	81.2	93.2	71	75
2059	Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 - Tkay Maidza	2020	80.1	74.4	81	80.4	81.6	90.6	76	76.8
2123	How I Got Over - The Roots	2010	80	73.4	81	81	79.1	88.4	79	78
2151	Choose Your Weapon - Hiatus Kaiyote	2015	79.9	71	80	79.6	83.6	93	75	77.4
2158	For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her - McKinley Dixon	2021	79.9	73.2	88	81	79.9	89.2	72	76.2
2165	untitled unmastered. - Kendrick Lamar	2016	79.9	74	84	81.3	76.4	87.8	80	76
2186	Breath From Another - Esthero	1998	79.9	76.8	70	85.2	85	89	74	79.2
2218	Brick Body Kids Still Daydream - Open Mike Eagle	2017	79.8	73.6	79	79.5	79.1	92.4	78	77.2
2227	CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator	2024	79.8	72.2	83	82.3	79.8	93.4	76	72
2232	Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai	1993	79.8	73.8	74	83.8	83.1	89	74	81
2247	Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe	2018	79.8	69.8	87	80.2	83.7	90.8	77	70
2256	Negro Swan - Blood Orange	2018	79.8	72	83	81.5	82.6	91.2	76	72
2259	The Art of Loving - Olivia Dean	2025	79.8	68.4	83	78.2	81.7	96.6	74	76.4
2293	The Renaissance - Q-Tip	2008	79.7	73	80	82.1	78.4	88.4	78	78
2318	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast	2003	79.7	72.6	85	81.9	80.5	85.6	76	76
2368	To Whom This May Concern - Jill Scott	2026	79.6	72	79	79.5	77.4	97	76	76
2390	Room 25 - Noname	2018	79.5	71.8	86	80.8	78.1	87	79	74
2502	Freudian - Daniel Caesar	2017	79.3	70.4	77	81.5	84.5	95.8	74	72
2583	Samurai - Lupe Fiasco	2024	79.1	73.4	81	82.4	78.6	90.6	74	74
2591	Section.80 - Kendrick Lamar	2011	79.1	72.8	80	80.4	76.1	87.6	79	78
2602	Dear Science - TV on the Radio	2008	79.1	71	87	79.2	74.1	84.8	78	79.6
2634	Right Place, Wrong Person - RM	2024	79	67.2	90	76.1	85.4	95.6	71	68
2642	Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes	2015	79	69.6	80	79.5	83.3	88.8	76	76
2657	Aromanticism - Moses Sumney	2017	79	69.6	81	78.8	82.6	88	77	76
2668	Lovers Rock - Sade	2000	79	73.6	77	80.8	81.5	89	75	76
2675	Frank - Amy Winehouse	2003	79	72.2	78	81.8	86.4	88.4	76	70
2722	"Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino	2016	78.9	71.2	77	80.7	81.4	89	79	74
2796	Absolutely - Dijon	2021	78.8	72.6	71	80.9	82.9	96.2	72	75.8
2812	The Shining - J Dilla	2006	78.7	70.8	81	80.1	75.1	91.2	75	78
2815	Natural Brown Prom Queen - Sudan Archives	2022	78.7	73.6	82	80.4	79.1	88	74	74
2816	Dark Times - Vince Staples	2024	78.7	73	82	81.9	78.4	91.8	74	70
2836	New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh - Erykah Badu	2010	78.7	71.6	82	80.3	79	89	75	74
2868	We Will Always Love You - The Avalanches	2020	78.6	70.4	81	76.8	78.2	92	78	74
2922	Baby - Dijon	2025	78.5	71	87	77.8	75.9	93	71	74
2965	Acid Rap - Chance the Rapper	2013	78.4	69.2	82	77.8	76.3	90.8	77	76
2968	Let the Sun Talk - MAVI	2019	78.4	72.6	78	80.2	78.6	95.6	74	70
3001	Juno - Remi Wolf	2021	78.4	71.8	82	77.2	78.6	93	72	74
3018	nostalgia, ULTRA. - frank ocean	2011	78.3	71.2	74	80.4	82.8	90	76	74
3023	Luv 4 Rent - Smino	2022	78.3	72	80	79.1	77.8	93.4	74	72
3035	SOS - SZA	2022	78.3	67.4	85	78.7	80.3	91.8	73	72
3059	God Does Like Ugly - JID	2025	78.3	71.8	75	81	79.8	94.2	74	72

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