David Burd, aka Lil Dicky, is a Jewish rapper, and not in the Drake way. He's a suburban white male, who fully embraces that quality, and subsequently, has flow for days. Half comedian, half musician, all regular dude, his music intentionally makes you question the purpose of things, all while taking you through the recesses of his mind. The music vibes, bounces, introspects, whatever fits the bill, and while still working out his sound, one thing is pretty well cemented. Bars.

YSBH was actually a mixtape that got enough critical acclaim that it ended up on iTunes and Spotify (though it's still on her Soundcloud if you wanna listen for free). Anyway, a relative newcomer, Kehlani's raspy-cute voice powers through this 15 track LP about her (pretty tough) childhood and other such woes of rising to fame from recent adolescence (she's my sister's age). Whatever such story, in however brash a manner, it's well-produced, well-sung R&B, that's worth a listen or 5.

Ohhhhhhhh, Jeremih. I wish this album didn't sound so good. It's about only sex. It's actually one of the best produced modern albums I can think of (executively produced by Jeremih himself) - every sound feels so well thought out, so unusually intimate, and I always forget how good this dude is at singing, but just so much explicit sex. Like, so much.

The highly-anticipated and long-pushed-back supposed-to-be-EP but turned-out-to-be-free-iTunes-album release, Surf, is the collaborative effort of probably my favorite musical squad (cuz those are things now), The Social Experiment, a derivative of the Save Money crew. With Donnie Trumpet and Chance the Rapper being their most notable members, you get this dope mix of jazz, rap, juke, and R&B. I listen to it all the time, give it a try.

It was hard for me to make this #2. I went through 5 or so "top albums of 2015" lists, and as varied as they were, they all had one thing in common: this album was #1. I didn't diverge from popular opinion to be contrarian - I've simply been listening to Kendrick long enough for the polarizing effect of how good he is to wear off. As far as rap albums go, this one is near perfect, but to be honest, I'm tired of rap, I just wanna hear music that I like, so #2 it is. Sorry.