^ my question too. my guess is they don't *actually* cover that stuff regularly, but make end-of-year lists. hope im wrong
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
^^^We're getting there
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Weingarten, Inc.'s list is out:
http://www.spin.com/articles/best-albums-2012
1. Frank Ocean2. Kendrick Lamar3. Japandroids
someone else will have to type the rest out ... kudos to SPIN for making it so I can flip back to #1 immediately rather than having to go thru 50 clicks!
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Big difficulty in covering rap/noise in print mags that pride themselves on timeliness and require huge lead times: dearth of early promos. Indie rock: really ace at getting stuff into people's hands super early
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
yowza, that nsfw at #12 was a shocker (Deth Gripz). hadn't seen the actual cover till now...
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Was going to moan about Spin's top three, but then... DJ RASHAD at 4!
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
the khia album is so much better than the kendrick album as far as 2012 hip-hop goes
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, December 3, 2012 10:43 AM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
LOL
― D-40, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
*leans forward, puts chin on fist*
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
a+ whiney blurb on that fun. record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, December 3, 2012 4:45 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you can KEEP your critdude consensus
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
all i know is the khia album is everything i have been desiring in rap and have missed and i am jamming it as incessantly as i have any album i've heard. INSTANT CLASSIC
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
did kendrick have a 6-min smooth r&b jam called "dickmatize"? I DON'T THINK SO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KSQgVxe4Y4
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
did he need one?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
really bumming that a great rap album wasn't broken up by a 6-minute r&b song
― is that my hand, dolphin? (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
could've subbed out that boring don't kill my vibe one for a 6-minute anything and it'd have been an improvement
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, December 3, 2012 11:47 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
wait don't you like the kendrick lamar album
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 December 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
this is a stupid conversation
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 3 December 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
i need to check if the applecare expired on my iLex
i do like the kendrick, i don't think it's worthy of the encomiums, it might scrape my top 20 whereas khia has gatecrashed my top 5 with an unhesitating and firm bullet
also none of you have heard the khia album and your lulz are literally solely based on prejudice and belief that the consensus is inherently correct
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
really you could sub ANY hyped 2012 rapper for kendrick and khia would be better
the stuff the hip-hop world has recommended this year has not been up to scratch
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
apart from angel haze who i note is also missing from many rap lists
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha so the Khia album starts out with a sweary skit set to the beat from "The Motto"
total Lex-bait
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
my rapping vagina puppet is going to drop an album on December 1st next year and totally rearrange lex's year-end list
― these markers love soda (some dude), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
"For Real" is reminding me of the lyrical breadth of Chief Keef
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
xpost well that's my teenage dream ended.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
did chief keef threaten to snatch your fake breast out? NO
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't even notice that line, mostly because I was amazed at the number of times she said "muthafuckas for real" in a row
2nd track is budget Missy circa Under Construction
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
Gorilla vs. Bearhttp://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/12/02/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2012/
1. Grimes – Visions2. Chromatics – Kill For Love3. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city4. Burial – Kindred5. Jessie Ware – Devotion6. Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions7. Beach House – Bloom8. Tops – Tender Opposites9. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream10. Chairlift – Something11. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music12. Grizzly Bear – Shields13. Laurel Halo – Quarantine14. Holy Other – Held15. Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland – Black is Beautiful16. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange17. Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt18. Frankie Rose – Interstellar19. Symmetry – Themes For An Imaginary Film20. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems21. Chromatics – Running From the Sun22. Angel Olsen – Half Way Home23. Clams Casino – Instrumentals II24. Nicolas Jaar – Don’t Break My Love / The Prism25. Fort Romeau – Kingdoms26. Dawn Richard – Armor On27. Tamaryn – Tender New Signs28. Shackleton – Music For the Quiet Hour29. Mirroring – Foreign Body30. Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes31. Phedré – Phedré32. LOL Boys – Changes33. Roc Marciano – Reloaded34. Fight Bite – Fight Bite35. Sam Flax – Age Waves36. Dum Dum Girls – End of Daze37. Lower Dens – Nootropics38. Las Malas Amistades – Maleza39. Lace Curtains – The Garden of Joy and the Well of Loneliness40. Ryan Hemsworth – Last Words + Collected41. Taken By Trees – Other Worlds42. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes43. Antwon – End of Earth44. Pye Corner Audio – Sleep Games45. Molly Nilsson – History46. Peaking Lights – Lucifer47. Death Grips – The Money Store48. Pure Bathing Culture – Pure Bathing Culture49. Theesatisfaction – awE naturalE50. Sand Circles – Motor City
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
basically I feel like you're going "all of this music is bullshit, you should listen to THIS *points at more bullshit*"
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
That's not a bad list really.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
that's lex's whole schtick
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
38. Las Malas Amistades – Maleza49. Theesatisfaction – awE naturalE50. Sand Circles – Motor City
I liked these albums well enough to be happy they got picked up somewhere. Otherwise no great surprises beyond the continuing absence of Animal Collective.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
anyway I turned it off and went back to Elle Varner
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
8. Tops – Tender Opposites
Anyone know what this is?
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
ha, was just about to ask that.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
damn gorilla vs bear taking a bold stand against frank ocean
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, December 3, 2012 5:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
only nearly half of the top 10 is awful?
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, December 3, 2012 12:14 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark
hit xvideos and lemme know
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
xpost so you'd agree it's the best list so far.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
Not half, just 3.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/album/42qdevk4wy09wv0FtWC0fF
Tops - Tender Opposites
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tops albums is just eighties pastiche, handled ineptly.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
tops are another montreal arbutus band, pretty bad imo
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
GvB probably the only non-lex-associated list to rate Dawn?
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10002345/Fr+immer+Du.jpg
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
I was really digging the first song on the Tops album for about a minute, but then it went on for another 2 and I got bored
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
^ are those the right guys? xp
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
xp yeah basically my experience, the singer is pretty awful too
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.minus.com/iUkjhpTN58Lqm.gif
― cozen, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link