The Thread Where We List The People Who Put Kanye As Their Token Rap Album on an indiecentric top 10 2004 list

oops. missed this one. sorry.

Kicks delivered to the body of a dead horse, maybe.

RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY!

1. Junior Boys - Last Exit - Kin (16 points)
2. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse - Geffen (13 points)
3. Phoenix - Alphabetical - Source/Astralwerks (13 points)
4. Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker - Fire (13 points)
5. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - Drag City (10 points)
6. Luomo - The Present Lover - Kinetic (10 points)
7. Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks - !K7 (8 points)
8. Kanye West - The College Dropout - Roc-A-Fella (7 points)
9. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs - Fat Cat (5 points)
10. United State of Electronica - United State of Electronica - Sonic Boom (5 points)

Also from the ilx p&j thread, Raymond Cummings!

1. Graham Smith - Final Battle - March/What Are (15 points)
2. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs - Fatcat (14 points)
3. Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse - Elektra (13 points)
4. Walkmen - Bows & Arrows - Record Collection (12 points)
5. Kanye West - The College Dropout - Roc-A-Fella (11 points)
6. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - Rough Trade (9 points)
7. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - The Doldrums - Paw Tracks (8 points)
8. Sightings - Arrived In Gold - Load (7 points)
9. Green Day - American Idiot - Reprise (6 points)
10. Yellow Swans - Bring The Neon War Home - Narnack (5 points)

Actually, does Graham Smith rap on the new album? He's rapped before. I really want to hear that thing.

I don't have any Kanye on my list cuz that guy has one of the assiest voices in rap history. I kinda hoped (p.s. my token rap album is Bumblebeez 81) would keep people from getting defensive.

and hey registering complaints about something isn't the same as actively hating, etc., etc.

listing the token rap album or just not listing any rap/hip-hop at all

i know that no rap album is even close to my top ten of 2004.

(i have trouble liking the full albums, but i love hip-hop/rap singles)

The Arcade Fire -- Funeral -- Merge
Interpol -- Antics -- Matador
TV on the Radio -- Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes -- Touch & Go
Air -- Talkie Walkie - Astralwerks
Sonic Youth -- Sonic Nurse -- Geffen
Brian Wilson -- Smile - Nonesuch
Ron Sexsmith -- Retriever - Nettwerk
Animal Collective -- Sung Tongs -- Fat Cat
Modest Mouse -- Good News For People Who Love Bad News -- Epic
Kanye West -- The College Dropout -- Rocafella

then you might want to open a window

Most true. For instance, I'm not giving Miccio beatings for not listing the Siouxsie B-sides box set in his list EVEN THOUGH IT'S CLEARLY MORE GENIUS THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING oops there I go again...

I was too busy filling it up with token ambient and drone albums.

Nevertheless, I won't be the least bit surprised if all ten of those albums make the P&J top 20.

Even Ron Sexsmith? Nyurgh.

we had just been at reckless down the street

weird.

http://popmatters.com/music/best2004/041228-warner.shtml

The Killers, Hot Fuss
Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Delivery Man
The Libertines, The Libertines
The Gang of Four, A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Hope of the States, The Lost Riots
Amy Winehouse, Frank
Kanye West, The College Drop Out
Interpol, Antics
Patti Smith, Trampin'
Divine Comedy, Absent Friends

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"look at me i am in a funny bear suit (skit)"
"ouch, my jaw hurts"
"i r dumb (skit)"
"slow jamz"
"college girls be fat (skit)"
"all falls down"
"all i got at college was this backpack (skit)"
"jesus walks"
"i was robbed at various award shows" (new bonus diss skit)

ames Blount, your votes have been recorded.

Your Pazz & Jop albums ballot was submitted as follows:

1. - Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats - Essay (25 points)
2. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime - Matador (15 points)
3. - DFA Compilation #2 - DFA (13 points)
4. Big $ Rich - Horse of a Different Color - Warner Bros. (12 points)
5. - Run The Road - 679 (7 points)
6. The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me - French Kiss (7 points)
7. Mia/Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1 - Hollertronix (6 points)
8. Les Savy Fav - Inches - French Kiss (5 points)
9. Devin the Dude - To Tha X-Treme - Rap-A-Lot (5 points)
10. Infinite Livez - Bush Meat - Big Dada (5 points)

Your Pazz & Jop singles ballot has been recorded as follows:

1. Mia - ""Galang"" - Showbiz
2. Boredoms - ""Seadrum""
3. Gretchen Wilson - ""Redneck Woman"" - Epic
4. Cécile - ""Hot Like We"" - Greensleeves
5. Britney Spears - ""Toxic"" - Jive
6. LCD Soundsystem - ""Yeah (Stupid Version)"" - DFA
7. Jason Forrest - ""Spectacle to Refute All Judgments"" - Sonig
8. Mya featuring Chingy - ""Fallen (Zone 4 Remix)"" - Interscope
9. Alicia Keys - ""You Don't Know My Name"" - J-Records
10. Ciara featuring Missy Elliot - ""1, 2 Step"" - La Face

Gregory Conner, Tufts Observer

http://www.tuftsobserver.org/arts/20041210/top_10_albums_of_2004.html

Brian Wilson—SMILE: What can I say about SMILE that hasn’t been said?

Arcade Fire—Funeral: Ah, PitchforkMedia.com. At times I find it disturbing that I have a strong relationship with a website...

Interpol—Antics

Wilco—A Ghost is Born: Thirteen minutes of something that sounds like a room full of refrigerators! What was Wilco thinking!?

Loretta Lynn—Van Lear Rose: To be honest, I probably would have never picked this record up if it wasn’t for Jack White...

Green Day—American Idiot: This was the surprise of 2004 for me.

Franz Ferdinand—Franz Ferdinand: This album was even better before I heard “Take Me Out” so many times I became nauseous at the sound of its first guitar flourish.

Iron and Wine—Our Endless Numbered Days: Singer-songwriters may have the hardest job in music. It is up to only them whether they succeed or fail; they have no band to pick up the slack or superstar producer to save them with a new beat.

Kanye West—College Dropout: The rap album of the year.

The Hives—Tyrannosaurus Hives

Pardon?

lol