When it comes to music, best-of-year lists are always going to be incomplete. There’s so much great music out there that many brilliant works are going to be overlooked. Still, we’ve done our best to put together a great cross-section of musicians from a wide range of genres and fame levels. These are our 2016 favorites.
Anohni — “Hopelessness” — Nominated for an Oscar this year for her work on the documentary “Racing Extinction,” Anohni drops another gut punch of an album with this electronic attack on pollution, drone strikes, and most striking of all, Barack Obama.
A Tribe Called Quest — “We got it from Here … Thank You 4 Your service”
Boy, did ATCQ pick the best time to get back together.