#175 Kendrick Lamar, 'DAMN.' (2017)

Damn. What an album! ‘DAMN.’ was my #2 favourite album of 2017. After the release of his landmark album, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly,’ anticipation was high for the follow up record. Just under two years after the release of that record, Lamar dropped this album with one week’s notice. An album so considered and well thought out that it could be played forwards or backwards while retaining the narrative (Lamar would eventually release a version of the album with the tracklisting running in reverse order).