The Young Folks’ Best Albums and Songs of 2015

Matt Rice’s Top 10 Albums of 2015

1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
2. The Paranoid Style – Rock and Roll Just Can’t Recall
3. Dead Sara – Pleasure to Meet You
4. Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show
5. James McMurtry – Complicated Game
6. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
7. Laurie Anderson – Heart of a Dog
8. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment – Surf
9. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
10. Shamir – Ratchet

Honorable mention: Tanya Tagaq’s Animism, a wonderful album from 2014 that I didn’t hear until this year.

Matt Rice’s Top 10 Songs of 2015

1. Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen” (RGF/300)
2. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment – “Sunday Candy”
3. Thomas Rhett – “Crash and Burn”
4. Nicki Minaj (feat. Beyoncé) – “Feeling Myself”
5. Kendrick Lamar – “King Kunta”
6. Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian at Best”
7. Jamie xx – “Gosh”
8. Cita Citata – “Goyang Dumang”
9. Ciara – “I Bet”
10. Lil Mama – “Sausage”

Honorable mentions: CL’s “Hello Bitches,” Jamie xx’s “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” and Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush.”