Sorry XP.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
album i like not appearing itt: Delorean
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
What's wrong with a rap band being sophisticated? /outright trolling
Also listen to Do You Want More???!?!? or Game Theory or Rising Down and you won't be thinking "smooth" or "wholesome".
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet.
yeah surprised at this - though having said that, while i fucking love the album, it's more "bobbing around the lower reaches of my top 20" than a show-in for any ballot i put together
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
smooth wholesome & sophisticated (esp sophisticated) are the best things abt the roots ... weaknesses are pretty much black thought's lyrical stylings imo
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
the sade and erykah albums haven't appeared on (m)any lists have they?
;_;
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
It's top three for me easily, so many surprises in there.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
There is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all but it's something that runs through most of my taste in music (admittedly with plenty of exceptions).
I guess I like the idea of a genre when it's still rough neck and like it less when it gets a make over for bars and expensive clubs etc. I felt the same way about jungle vs. intelligent drum and bass. I'm not really down with the Boomkat aesthetic with dance music for deep listening by the cognoscenti either. It's just a personal preference. In metal terms, it's what makes me like Slayer over Steve Vai or what have you.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
See now I don't hear "bars and expensive clubs etc." at all in the Roots. Maybe its because they are the only famous hiphop band that they have that appearance? And cos they are a telly band? Something like Rising Down is dirty and noisy, much like that Waka was (in totally different ways obv).
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't had a TV for years and they're not that famous in the UK, so I don't know where this has come from.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah convos about the Roots like this always tend to get caught up more in their image and reputation than what their records actually sound like. that said, How I Got Over runs counter to what people expect of them less than any of their last few albums have.
― Local Hardman (some dude), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:31 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
so where is flockaveli on your list
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Rolling Stone singles
50. Ke$ha "We R Who We R"49. Elizabeth Cook "El Camino"48. Das Racist "hahahaha jk?"47. Kid Rock "Born Free"46. MGMT "Congratulations"45. The Rolling Stones "Plundered My Soul"44. Neil Young "Love and War"43. B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars "Nothing on You"42. Surfer Blood "Floating Vibes"41. Junip "In Every Direction"40. Kanye West "Power"39. The Gaslight Anthem "The Diamond Church Street Choir"38. Spoon "The Mystery Zone"37. Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley"36. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj "Up All Night"35. Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval "Paradise Circus"34. Gorillaz feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack "Stylo"33. Wavves "Post Acid"32. Die Antwoord "Enter the Ninja"31. Gil Scott-Heron "I'm New Here"30. Jakob Dylan "Nothing but the Whole Wide World"29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "The Trip to Pirate's Cove"28. Band of Horses "Laredo"27. The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"26. Robyn "Dancing on My Own"25. Nicki Minaj "Did It On'em"24. Eminem "Not Afraid"23. Jamey Johnson "Macon"22. Rick Ross feat. Styles P "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"21. Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars"20. Best Coast "Boyfriend"19. The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together)"18. Jenny and Johnny "Scissor Runner"17. LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change"16. Cold War Kids "Coffee Spoon"15. Drake "Over"14. Big Boi feat. Cutty "Shutterbugg"13. The Dead Weather "Hustle and Cuss"12. Mark Ronson and the Business International feat. Q-Tip and MNDR "Bang Bang Bang"11. The Black Keys "Everlasting Light"10. Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver "Monster"9. Broken Bells "The Ghost Inside"8. Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi "Tightrope"7. Vampire Weekend "White Sky"6. Mavis Staples "You Are Not Alone"5. Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait"4. Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"3. Sade "Soldier of Love"2. Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T "Runaway"
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Top ten RS singles surprisingly low on white people.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
3. Sade "Soldier of Love"
YES M8 (even though it was technically an '09 single but never mind) (let's ignore what's above it too)
surprised they had nicki m's "did it on em" in there
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Deej: that would have been in my top 50, much lower than the Freddie Gibbs album which is in my top 30. Again, it's not my list but a group effort.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
wow @ "soldier of love" #3, kickass
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
40. Kanye West "Power"1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T "Runaway"
^^ these need to swap places
yup
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Thirded.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"From what I can see 2010 has had no more unjustly overlooked record so far than Nina Nastasia's sublime 'Outlaster', which hasn't appeared anywhere at all yet."
wow, thanks for reminding me. waka flocka and nina might be my number one and two for the pazz & jop poll.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:52 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark
claiming that if the damn quietus list came out with waka on it would be met with "wow, unexpected! good look!" instead of "smh at you damn multicultis" is strictly bs
― banshun, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Nicki tying Kanye for most appearances on the list is kinda crazy
― Local Hardman (some dude), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't care if you're being sarcastic or not I'm suggest banning any annoying person who brings out the 'too black' 'too white' thing in here.
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Except that sometimes it can be a completely valid point.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Not a very interesting or insightful one though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
No it's not jon it's an unnecesary observation that you're only making too incite racial discussion.
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
But thats about as arbitrary and stupid as saying, "I'm sbing anyone who complains about not enough rap on these lists".
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, that's exactly my intent, you're on to me.
My point was just that Rolling Stone's lists are usually populated by old white guys and I was pleasantly surprised to see this year's top ten much less so. Totally a valid point.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0)
Ehmm no it's not, sbing about different music opinions is not valid, sbing about trolling is. What kind of answer are you honestly expecting with your comment? Are you inferring RS takes race into consideration when making votes for their best of the year?
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Whatever dude. I'm not sure you understand what trolling is.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
at first glance that rolling stone singles list looks like something someone on ilm could come up with. maybe without the tom petty and the stones. and jakob dylan.
sad that peter wolf didn't make the singles list.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
According to wikipedia:
A troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
Hey! your comment qualifies!
― Moka, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey! No it doesn't! But hey, you SBed me so hopefully enough other people agree with you that I'll be out of your hair with my inflammatory comments.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
His comment here about Rolling Stone is not "off-topic"
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Or inflammatory or extraneous given the history of that magazine.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Those darn multicultis. Because of them this thread is just dominated by ballots of critics forced to vote due to political correctness for Waka, Gucci, Currency and for dancehall, Congolese rumba, reggaeton and old African-American soul singers. Poor Salem and Arcade Fire, done in by multicultis.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― banshun, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 12:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
o rly
fwiw ilxor's (i think it was him?) argument upthread doesnt wash for me really. or its just a really misleading way of phrasing it
i was just responding to how doran described his own taste \oO/ but then id take waka & roots over freddie gibbs so
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
who knew that RS was really into random ass nicki minaj songs
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
iirc, Rolling Stone leaves five slots open on their list, to be filled in by putting an intern's iPod on shuffle and slotting in the first 2010 song that comes up
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
that nicki minaj song was reviewed by pfork btw
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, cuz pitchfork never reviews random songs that no one cares about
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
never said that, there does appear to be some consensus around that track tho
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
from FACT's list
At some point last winter what existed of the original record was semi-abandoned, Darkstar ceased being a production duo and – by adding a full-time vocalist, James Buttery – became a fully fledged band; dance music made way for melancholy, experimental synth-pop.
what is "experimental" about darkstar?
also, 0_o at darkstar being no. 5 on their (often interesting) year-end list.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:21 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol ok
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
was also implying maybe they were biting
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
well that's a different story
― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I wrote a few blurbs for the MySpace Top 50. I certainly am not gonna cosign all their selections, but this is definitely the best looking year end list I've ever seen:
http://www.myspace.com/music/blog/2010/11/29/the-best-albums-of-2010-2
― john jjjusten jingleheimer smh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
haha it took me scrolling down a few entries to realize they did special graphics for each album and that every album on the list didn't have coincidentally similar aesthetics.
― Local Hardman (some dude), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link