ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

"Alisa" is my fave track on cut copy. killer chorus imo.

\oO/ completely disagree

― #YOLO #NAMASTE (D-40)

Yeah i know, you were one of the few enthusiastic people on its thread. That's why i'm surprised it placed as high as it did

i thought more than a few ppl were into king louie but apparently not

I like him quite a bit. Not sure what you'd expect to place in an albums poll though

deej what did you think of young bleed & cousin fik? thought you were into the former

I was into King Louie! But I don't know it's status amongst the goon crew generally.

really thought max b would have a bigger year

Bloody HELL, this Nguzunguzu mix! Love!

deej what did you think of young bleed & cousin fik? thought you were into the former

― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i liked both! & grady might be joking but i agree w/ that too

I was into King Louie! But I don't know it's status amongst the goon crew generally.

― Tim F, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i've started to wonder -- not so much here but w/ popularity more generally -- if my timing on the piece was a little weird, b/c a lot of early adapters like to be a part of the story, but right after i raised awareness he almost stopped releasing new stuff, so people were waiting to hear new shit before cosigning & then nothing new came out

i dunno trying to figure out the 'logic' of artists going viral is probably a mugs game

whatever happened to "Dope & Shrimp" anyway?

cutesy youtubes are how rappers 'cross over' to ilm types iirc

lol

xp dope & shrimp is dropping this month

grady might be joking but i agree w/ that too

wasnt joking! iirc there was lots of goon debate on dude tho

anyway i think mainly if there had been a goon poll like last year then the results would be more goon friendly, but o well

& fwiw im not complaining about the results, just describing them as not particularly goon-ish

nothing to stop there being an ilm rap poll. If metal crew can do it why not others

wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

anyway i think mainly if there had been a goon poll like last year then the results would be more goon friendly, but o well

― #YOLO #NAMASTE (D-40), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 2:51 PM (7 minutes ago)

i agree

Top 20 predictions:

PJ Harvey
Katy B
Beyonce
Destroyer
Tim Hecker
Uncle Acid
Gang Gang Dance
Pistol Annies
Peaking Lights
Kate Bush
Tuneyards
Tropical 2
Rustie
DJ Quik
YOB
Bill Callahan
Julianna Barwick
EMA
Yuck
...maaaaaybe Corrupted

loutallica

nothing to stop there being an ilm rap poll. If metal crew can do it why not others

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:56 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there will NEVER be any rap poll w/ even half of the turnout of the metal polls though

what the heck is Uncle Acid?

Uncle Acid had better place if King Creosote isn't

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - a really impressive rock album released in mysterious circumstances, has garnered a pretty big following in a fairly short amount of time.

psychedelic rock . think john lennon hears 13th floor elevators and black sabbath and decides he's gonna have a bit of that. Hard to imagine it being top 20 though.

I see. Nicolas Jaar will be in there somewhere anyway. Everyone hated James Blake in the end right?

there will NEVER be any rap poll w/ even half of the turnout of the metal polls though

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:03 PM (17 seconds ago)

lol not if you keep it invite-only there wont

don't say "you" to me like i approved of that dumb idea! but seriously the ALL TIME hip hop poll got literally less than half the ballots of the 2011 metal poll.

the all time hip hop poll was just too much for me tbrr

yeah i know that's not a totally fair comparison because some people get intimidated by that kind of thing, but i'm just saying. goons don't vote like metalheads.

too busy fighting the power iirc

well there also just arent that many ppl who regularly contribute to rolling rap are there? other than deej most of the rap thread regs voted in the traxx poll at least but my impression is that its a more... exclusionary culture than rolling metal

anyway im glad you all agreed w/ my point that last years rolling rap all-stars best of twenty-ten list helped goonify the big ilm eoy list

On the other hand most of metal crüe don't seem to vote in the ILM poll - if they did they would basically dominate the whole thing.

there was a secret goon poll, results were published secretely & deej wasn't invited--sorry y'all

shhhhhhh

what the heck is Uncle Acid?
― Number None, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:05 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark

I thought that said "where" instead of "what" and I was all like "hell yeah."

there was a secret goon poll, results were published secretely & deej wasn't invited--sorry y'all

― flopson, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:51 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so its yall's fault that clams casino and araabmuzik instrumental albums beat 99% of hip hop on this year's ilx list

ok i can get on board with this Uncle Acid album

i personally felt it was a weak year for rap full lengths and sort of an awkward transitional year for rap music in general. while 2010 saw a lot of big debuts & breakouts (waka, lil b, odd fut), most of 2011 felt like a slog as those artists released a high rate of output with little or none of it at the level of quality of their breakout material. tragically, my favourite new rap artist of 2010 (nht boyz) barely released anything all year. many new artists within the more traditional goon aesthetic were met with a mixed reaction (trouble/alley boy, brick squad monopoly, future), while the most unifying new artists (kendrick lamar and schoolboy q) are coming from the opposite aesthetic

You R&B and Hip Hop "heads" should check out that album by "The Weekend", which takes both genres to dazzling new heights!

http://www.flashcreed.com/catalog/view/theme/flashcreed/image_flashcreed/stars/stars_4.png

next time i have to defend not giving a shit about kendrick lamar i will just cite flopson's "opposite of goon aesthetic" description

some goon purist

studyin at the gooniversity

forgot to rope riff-raff & tko capone into my goon narrative

▲TKÕ C∆PΘÑΣ▲✈

I have little hope for anything else I voted for, including Uncle Acid, but here's to me being wrong!!

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - a really impressive rock album released in mysterious circumstances, has garnered a pretty big following in a fairly short amount of time.

― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:07 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

still hoping this will show. did my part. but nah, long shot at best.

i agree that 2011 was largely a rebuilding year for solid goon raps. i found plenty of great full-lengths but found the overall narrative lacking,

with the exception of maybach music, which converted me by bringing back that 'actual rap' to the rap charts again