Based on a highly complex algorithm derived from how often shit gets played on the MB sound system, this chart details the monkey’s biggest albums of 2025!
(See Monkeyboxing.com – Top 10 Albums – 2025 HERE)
1. The Library Archive – The Galata Extraction
Nothing else in ’25 had the blistering energy of this Eastern psych-funk banger…MORE
2. Brother Ali – Two Dudes
The best and funniest track of the year’s best LP…MORE
3. Donnoya Drake – Rocksteady Boy
Original Gravity Records’ other rising star nails that OG 60s rocksteady vibe…MORE
4. Night Owls – Hercules
Massive Meters cover by L.A’s funky reggay crew…MORE
5. Dub Pistols & Freestylers feat. JA 13 & Derrick Morgan – Ska Train
Big ska/party-breaks banger from scene veterans…MORE
6. Kelly Finnigan feat Renaldo Domingo – Keep Me In Mind
Kelly and Ronaldo’s version rivals the original by Samson & Delilah…MORE
7. The Original Gravity Allstars – Get Ready To Rumble
Epic breakneck funk for days from the OG Allstars…MORE
8. Smile Davis – Dogfish
Biggest cheeky version of ’25 as Doechii gets the Smile Davis treatment…MORE
9. Cookin On 3 Burners feat. Stella Angelico – A Little Bit More
A classic southern soul-style gem that marked the return of CO3B…MORE
10. Michelle David & The True Tones – Running
Michelle David dropped a neo-northern soul gem with this heater…MORE