So we're... blah blah blah... of the way through 2009; what records are worth listening to so far?

el goodo coyote. sounds like a long lost move record

On second thought, subtract Major Lazer, add Rancid's "East Bay Night" at the beginning of that tape, and shuffle a couple other songs--nobody cares, I realize, I just can't let bad sequencing stand.

man, that Mastodon vid is outta this world!

2009 has been a pretty darn good year.. nothing has ~BLOWN MY MIND~ as it were but I think there have been more good-to-great albums this year than ever before imo

i feel the same way, but imo there have been at least a couple mindblowers (love vs money, bitte orca).

Bannakumbi's Un Nuevo Dia is amazingly great, one of the only new salsa albums I've heard this decade worth shouting about. I'm going to try to put some of this into words after a few listens, but I have no doubt that is something exceptional.

Also:

Truco & Zaperoko - En Plena Rumba
Ata Ebtekar and the Iranian Orchestra for New Music Performing Works of Alireza Mashayekhia
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb - Upto Here|From Here

and though I haven't heard all of this yet, I can say so far, so good:

Acoustic Guitar Trio - Vignes

(That's Rod Poole, Jim McAuley, and Nels Cline.)

Will stan for the new Shakira album. (Anyone who o_O's pleasantly at the new Mariah should enjoy.)

nothing has ~BLOWN MY MIND

Correct.. I have yet to hear a 2009 release where I love almost every song. Lots of great singles though.

Porcupine Tree - The incident was pretty good.

What quintessentially me albums am I missing dudes - apart from the Marcus Nasty mix which I haven't heard yet:

Electrik Red - How To Be A Lady Volume 1
The-Dream - Love vs Money
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold
Silkie - City Limits Vol. 1
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away, Now We Are Taking It Back
Lil' Boosie - SuperBad
Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
Lindstrom & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
Meanderthals - Desire Lines
DJ Quik & Kurupt - BlaQKout
Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
V/A - The Sound of UK Funky
Jeremih - Jeremih
Gucci Mane - Movie 3D: The Burrprint

My own top however-many:

DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout
Death - For the Whole World to See
The-Dream - Love vs. Money
Electrik Red - How to Be a Lady, Vol. 1
A-Trak - Fabriclive.45
The Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come
Meshell Ndegeocello - Devil's Halo
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information 3
DJ Paul - Scale-a-Ton
Geeneus - Volumes: One
The XX
Maxwell - Blacksummers'night
Nicolay - City Lights 2: Shibuya
The Sound of UK Funky
UGK - 4 Life
Pill - 4180: The Prescription
Donae'o - Party Hard
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II
Wiley - Race Against Time
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
Crazy Cousinz - This Is UK Funky House
Deradoorian - Mind Raft EP
Ghostface Killah - Wizard of Poetry
Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully
Muhsinah - Triangle
Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel
Heavy - First Sessions
Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
Blaq Poet - The Blaqprint
Booker T. Jones - Potato Hole
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Dyme Def - Panic EP
Ryan Leslie
Freddie Gibbs - Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines
Gorilla Zoe - Don't Feed da Animals

I guess I'll slide these two somewhere to make 40:

Nicki Minaj - Beam Me Up Scotty
JHawk - Jerkin' With JHawk, Vol. 1

20

the-dream - love vs money
electrik red - how to be a lady vol. 1
dam-funk - toeachizown
phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
gucci mane - movie 3d: burrprint
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz!
green day - 21st century breakdown
kurt vile - childless prodigy
the juan maclean - the future will come
lil boosie - superbad
pill - 4180: the prescription
mungolian jetset - we gave it all away... now we're taking it back
freddie gibbs - midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik
marcus nasty - rinse: 10
girls - album
gucci mane - the movie 2: the sequel
dirty projectors - bitte orca
raekwon - only built 4 cuban link... pt II
the xx - the xx
jay reatard - watch me fall

well, does the re-release of the taylor swift album count since it has 6 new songs?

tim, you need to hear the black meteoric star and redshape albums. have you heard any dâm-funk yet? also, you can't count lindstrøm & christabelle as 2009!

my top whatever in a vague order, sans v/a mixes -

electrik red - how to be a lady vol. 1
taylor swift - fearless
dj quik & kurupt - blaqkout
the-dream - love vs money
mariah carey - memoirs of an imperfect angel
fever ray - fever ray
gucci mane - the burrprint
lil' wayne - no ceilings
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz
redshape - the dance paradox
maxwell - blacksummersnight
the xx - xx
meanderthals - desire lines
ciara - fantasy ride
demi lovato - here we go again
ugk - ugk 4 life
omar-s - fabric 45
nicki minaj - beam me up scotty
black meteoric star - black meteoric star
shackleton - three eps
the juan maclean - the future will come
jamie foxx - intuition
toddla t - skanky skanky
karizma - a mind of its own v2.0
amerie - in love and war
eleni mandell - artificial fire
gorilla zoe - don't feed da animals
mavado - mr brooks...a better tomorrow
pill - 4180: the prescription
cortney tidwell - boys

still need to give the meshell ndegéocello and miranda lambert albums a proper listen too...

Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully

Still an unrepentant scumbag, it sounds like.

agh i forgot raekwon...and marco polo & torae...and somehow deleted dâm-funk. this is so hard every year.

xp

also i have 'this is uk funky house' but as two hour long mixes & i'm too intimidated to listen to them :-/

(If it weren't for witness intimidation, Sigel would probably still be behind bars.)

He intimidated me into listing his album tbh.

Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully

Still an unrepentant scumbag, it sounds like.

― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, November 8, 2009 5:01 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf?

hey tim check out the Maxwell album for serious

Sarges, the Crazy Cousinz mixes are def worth your time.

Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully

Still an unrepentant scumbag, it sounds like.

― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, November 8, 2009 5:01 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf?

Rudipherous is from Philly and is for some reason connecting Philly resident Beanie's real life stints that have led to jailtime with his album title. But yea, the complaint doesn't make sense. I like the title. Are the Philadelphia Flyers still known as the Broad Street Bullies?

tim, you need to hear the black meteoric star and redshape albums.

Seconded Tim, this is fabulous and well worth a listen. One of my most played of this year.

Black Meteoric Star, that is... I haven't heard the latter.

whole lotta overlap with some of yours but

The-Dream - Love vs Money
DJ Quik & Kurupt - BlaQKout
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Dam-Funk - Toeachizown
Electrik Red - How to be a Lady, Vol. 1
James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
UGK - UGK 4 Life
Maxwell - BLACKsummersnight
Ryan Leslie - s/t
Eleni Mandell - Artificial Fire
Pill - 4180
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Ciara - Fantasy Ride
Freddie Gibbs - Midwestgangstaboxframscadillacmuzik
Gucci Mane - Burrprint 3
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - s/t
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

Sarges, the Crazy Cousinz mixes are def worth your time.

Co-Sign. I've split the first disc into track-by-track if you want me to upload and send it your way. Haven't gotten around to doing disc two yet. But it's an amazing overview of the UK Funky scene. I should start getting a list into vague order this weekend. I've been avoiding it because it seems so DAUNTING. Reading over all of yours makes me feel like I've missed out on SO MUCH this year. every year, i suppose.

Re Beanie Sigel: I suppose it was uncalled for (and at least it doesn't belong on a thread like that). Beanie Sigel's name is a bit of a red flag for me after what I've read about him. It's not just the album title but the gangsta rap he continues to make after also acting it out in real life.

lol

*kills self*

yo beanie, please man, either quit the gangsta rap, or quit it with the guns alright?

*kills self*

― k3vin k., Sunday, November 8, 2009 9:51 PM (56 minutes ago)

lollll this was meant for a football thread, i did not have that severe reaction to rudipherous's post

gorilla zoe - don't feed da animals

lex this is a terrible album!

it's not, it's pleasant ear candy and about half of it gets stuck in my head on a regular basis

^^^hibidtae

been staring at that for 5 minutes trying to work out what it's an acronym for

WHAT KILLED THE UNDERGROUND

edging-towards-end-of-year list:

Zu -– Carboniferous
Sunn o))) –- Monoliths & Dimensions
Tyondai Braxton –- Central Market
Sax Ruins -– Yawiquo
The Flaming Lips -– Embryonic
Extra Life -– Secular Works
Kong –- Snake Magnet
Converge –- Axe to Fall
Richard Youngs -– Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits
Mike Patton –- Crank 2: High Voltage
Secret Chiefs 3 -– Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini
Knife World –- Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat
Storsveit Nix Noltes –- Royal Family Divorce
Master Musicians of Bukkake -– Totem One
Umlaut –- Umlaut
Part Chimp –- Thriller
Black Sun - Twilight of the Gods
Richard Youngs -– Under Stellar Stream
Evangelista –- Prince of Truth
Dÿse - Lieder Sind Brüder Der Revolution
Dokaka – Human Interface
Vom –– Primitive Arts
MadLove -– White with Foam

listened to the crazy cousinz funky mix, and duh it's really great - i think i like it better than the marcus nasty cuz it seems to skew more towards... the melodramatic/romantic (female?) side of funky as opposed to the more beat workout kinda stuff?

email it 2 me plz :D

really like this emptyset album i got in the mail. it's techno music!

Been enjoying the Ben Frost album. Scary stuff - not entirely suited to trying to work (or headphones) but very interesting.

Also, like what I've heard of the Demdike Stare album. Need to hear more if it's all that good.

Moreover here's my longlist so far for the year. Can't be much more to come I guess now. First album of 2010 I'm looking forward to is the Delphic one based on the singles so far...

The Sight Below - Glider
Micachu and The Shapes - Jewellry
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Field - Yesterday and Today
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The Yellow Moon Band - Journey to Several Remote Countries
JJ - no.2
Julianna Barwick - Florine
Prins Thomas and Lindstrom - II
Wilco - The Album
Marconi Union - Tokyo
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
The XX - XX
The Gentleman Losers - Dustland
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on The Pioneers
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Shackleton - Three EPs
Ben Frost - By The Throat

Ok. Uploaded the first This Is Funky House disc split into tracks. If anyone wants/needs a link, Webmail me, I guess, and I'll send you the link. (would post it, but I'm not exactly sure if that would be cool.) Working on splitting the second disc into component tracks.

And everyone really should hear this. It makes me wish every nascent scene had a compilation this good - the biggest producers in the scene mixing two discs: one of their own remixes and one of every major hit that UK Funky has thrown our way. Someone should get on this for Jerking stat.

i think the jerkin with jhawk tape is like the #1 easily available jerk mix

http://www.zshare.net/download/575196508d0e657a/

I have Jerkin' w/ JHawk but it's not quite the same, nahmean?

yes

Anyway, fuck it. Crazy Cousinz, Disc One:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmn2gnx24zm

If it shouldn't be here, mods can delete it, and apologies for the hassle.

i think the jerkin with jhawk tape is like the #1 easily available jerk mix

I digress.

http://matthewafrica.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-06T11_42_19-07_00

1. Cold Flamez: Miss Me, Kiss Me
2. Jaye Cooley: Drippin Wet
3. YT: Call Me Daddy feat. New Era & TayF3rd
4. Dizzy: Swagg It Out
5. YG: AIM Me
6. Looney Toonz: Cock A Doodle Doo
7. Swagg City: That Hoe Crazy
8. Asia Lynn: Bad Bitch
9. Vixen Ent: Toot My Shit
10. Clothes Off Movement: Better Than You
11. J.R.: Inhale It feat. TayF3rd & Ashlii
12. NHT Boyz: Introduction
13. Dinoo Supreemo: Dirty Ass Vans
14. Rude Boyz: Go Hard
15. Go Go Power Rangers: Tippin on My Dick
16. New Boyz: You're a Jerk
17. Rude Boyz: Tight Jeanz
18. Fresh Boyz: I Rock Skinnies feat. New Era
19. YT: Skinny Ass Nigga
20. Pink Dollaz: I'm Tasty
21. Camille Tianna: Hot Commodity
22. TayF3rd: Heard About Me feat. Project & New Era
23. Turfeazy: In a Tree
24. Vixen Ent: Bust Me a Nut
25. The Lowz: She Poppin' feat. Nie'Starr
26. Julian: Jerkin Song
27. L7: Knock Knock
28. YB: 2 Step
29. Ro2co: Toot It Up Done
30. Dinoo Supreemo: Step To
31. Aeiress Ent: Billy
32. Wes Nyle: Dougie
33. Nokio: Hi I'm a Jerk feat. YT
34. YB: I'm a Jerk
35. Jayy Starr: Where the Functions
36. New Boyz: Cricketz feat. Tyga
37. YG: I'm Still Poppin
38. Young Sam: I Do My Thang feat. Asia Lynn
39. Payso: Beat That Pussy feat. Cold Flamez
40. New Era: Dumb Bitch
41. Draft Pick: Get It Jerkin
42. Julian: Do It Don't Stop
43. The Bangz: Get It Girl feat. Pink Dollaz
44. Asia Lynn: Tip Toe feat. Aaliyah D
45. Fly Guys: We Jerkin
46. Ro2co: Shooting Dice
47. TayF3rd: Conceited