O rapper Kendrick Lamar apareceu no topo da lista de melhores discos do ano da revista Rolling Stone e do site Spin. To Pimp A Butterfly, terceiro álbum do norte-americano, vem sendo tratado nas retrospectivas como obra-prima.
Além de Rolling Stone e Spin, o site Stereogum também elegeu seus favoritos de 2015.
STEREOGUM
10 Deafheaven – New Bermuda
9 Jim O’Rourke – Simple Songs
8 Colleen Green – I Want To Grow Up
7 Hop Along – Painted Shut
6 Courtney Barnett (na foto) – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
5 Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
4 Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
3 Carly Rae Jepsen – E?MO?TION
2 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
1 Grimes – Art Angels
ROLLING STONE
10 Blur, ‘The Magic Whip
9. The Arcs, ‘Yours, Dreamily
8 Various Artists, ‘Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack’
7 Jason Isbell, ‘Something More Than Free’
6 Courtney Barnett, ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’
5 The Weeknd, ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’
4 D’Angelo and the Vanguard, ‘Black Messiah
3 Drake, ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
2 Adele, ’25
1 Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
SPIN
10. Alex G – Beach Music
9. Shamir – Ratchet
8. Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
7. Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
6. Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
5. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
4. Tame Impala – Currents
3. Jamie xx – In Colour
2. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly