Following are additional albums released during December 2019 across multiple genres—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves.
Blues, Folk, Country
Sugar Blue: Colors (Beeble)
Comedy
Ruben Paul: Laughter Knows No Color (dig)
Funk, Rock, Pop, House, Electronic
Amittai Blakk: The Love We Share (dig) (Tone Mecca)
Nia Andrews: No Place Is Safe (vinyl) (World Galaxy/Alpha)
Various: Space Funk: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84 (Soul Jazz)
Gospel, CCM
Kanye West & Sunday Service Choir: Jesus Is Born (dig)
Williams Brothers: Cooling Water (The Orchard)
Holiday
Jacquees: Christmas In Decatur (dig) (Cash Money)
Jazz
Bobby Sparks II: Schizophrenia: The Yang Project (Leopard/Jazzline)
Harish Raghavan: Calls for Action (Whirlwind)
Johnny Griffin & Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davis: Ow! Live At The Penthouse (Real to Reel)
Lafayette Harris Jr.: You Can’t Lose With The Blues (Savant)
R&B, Soul
Dexter Wansel: Life On Mars: 45s Collection (Dynamite Cuts)
K. Michelle: All Monsters Are Human (eOne)
Madison McFerrin: You + I EP (dig) (MadMcFerrin Music)
Mary Wells: Early Years: Complete Motown Releases 1960-62 (Acrobat)
Montell Jordan: Masterpeace (dig)
Nicole Bus: Kairos (Roc Nation)
Rotimi: The Beauty of Becoming (dig) (Empire)
Sierra Green & The Soul Machine: S/T
Tamika Scott: Family Affair (dig) (Brolic Ent)
The J.B.’s: More Mess on My Thing (Now Again)
Rap, Hip Hop
$Ilkmoney: G.T.F.O.M.D (dig) (DB$B)
Blu & Damu the Fudgemunk: Ground & Water (Redefinition)
Cam’Ron: Purple Haze 2 (dig) (Killa Ent.)
City Morgue: City Morgue Vol. 2: As Good As Dead (Republic)
Curren$y: Back at Burnies (Jet Life)
Czarface: The Odd Czar Against Us (Silver Age)
Doe Boy: Streetz Need Me 2 (dig) (Epic/Freebandz)
Fat Joe & Dre: Family Ties (Empire)
Gradur: Zone 59 (Universal France)
Gucci Mane: East Atlanta Santa 3 (dig) (Atlantic)
J.I.: Hood Life Krisis Vol. 2 (dig) (G Starr Ent.)
Jpegmafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs (vinyl) (EQT)
Kaytranada: Bubba (dig) (RCA)
KXNG Crooked, Bronze Nazareth: Gravitas (dig) (Fat Beats)
Lil Dirk: Family Over Everything (dig) (Interscope)
Lil Poppa: Almost Normal (dig) (Interscope)
Lil Tecca: We Love You Tecca (Republic)
Lil Wop: XVII (dig)
Mo3: Osama (dig) (Empire)
Natia: Natia The God (dig) (POW)
NLE Choppa: Cottonwood (dig)
Nolan The Ninja: ILLPHORIA 2 (Mello Music)
Pacman da Gunman: 60th St. (dig) (Playball Music)
Rich Homie Quan: Coma (dig) (RIAS)
Robb Bank$: Road to Falconia (dig) (Empire)
Roc Marciano: Marcielago (Marci Ent.)
Roddy Ricch: Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial (Atlantic)
Romeo Miller: Hidden Treasure (dig) (No Limit Forever)
Sauce Walka: Sauce Ghetto Gospel 2 (dig) (Sauce Familia)
Scarlxrd: Acquired Taste (dig) (Island)
Sean Price & Lil Fame: Price of Fame (dig) (Ruck Down)
Smokepurpp: Deadstar 2 (dig) (Interscope)
SOB X RBE: Strictly Only Brothers (dig) (Empire)
SquidNice: Show Ya Work (dig) (Nice Ent.)
Stormzy: Heavy Is The Head (Atlantic UK)
Teflon Twaun: Step Harder (dig) (Empire)
Travis Scott: Jackboys (Epic)
Troy Ave.: White Christmas 7 (dig) (BSB)
XXXTentacion: Bad Vibes Forever (dig) (Bad Vibes Forever)
YFN Lucci: HIStory (dig) (Warner)
Your Old Droog: Jewelry (dig) (Mongoloid Banks)
Reggae, International, Latin
Burna Boy: African Giant (dig) (Atlantic)
Dadju: Antidote (Universal Import)
Don Omar: The Last Album (Machete Music)
Lee “Scratch” Perry: Heavy Rain (On-U Sound)
Staff Benda Bilili: Effacer Le Tableau (Wagram)
Tennors: Storybook Revisited (Burning Sounds)
The Apostles: Black Is Beautiful (reissue) (Tidal Waves Music)
Various: Mogadisco (Analog Africa)
Walter Ferguson: King of Calypso Limonense: The Legendary Tape Recordings, Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)