Janelle Monáe performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2018. Photo: Shawn Robbins. If you read part one of my list of the top 50 albums of the year, you may already be disappointed by some of my choices, especially with Robyn’s comeback album making a “premature” appearance…

Janelle Monae So, you made it to part three! I think these 10 albums might be the most eclectic installment of this series, paring technical death metal with sci-fi neo-soul. It just goes to show how good 2018 has been for music in general, regardless of what type of…