Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

keeps crashing my browser or else i would tell you what was in it

i will say that he's not really exaggerating the crowd anticipation/reaction to frank's set at lolla

as andy feared its a v v myopic view of basically R&B as a genre since the 80s

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Fiona Aplle it’s the only good artist on your list! the rest SUCK

Ok I didn't expect to see Loreen there.

"It's one of the most consistent and listenable albums of 2012" is very faint praise for your number one album of the year

Idolator top 10:

1. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
2. Taylor Swift - Red
3. Jessie Ware - Devotioin
4. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
5. Loreen - Heal
6. Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Love
7. Beach House - Blom
8. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
9. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
10. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...

blom

lol

the Lee Gamble album on the main Wire list is pretty cool. Collages of ambient breakdowns from mid 90s jungle tunes.

listening to Bright Light Bright Light right now and between this dude and Owl City, The Postal Service has so much to answer for

there's a Bright Light Bright Light now?

how does Bright Light Bright Light compare to Lights and Pretty Lights, or Ellie Goulding's "Lights"?

All of the lights.

ah yes that's the other one

There's also Brightblack Morning Light, who I think are supposed to be quite good? But I can't remember what they even sound like.

it bears mentioning that the gender balance on R&B radio is very male these days -- Trey Songz/Chris Brown/Usher/Miguel/etc. all commanding much more of the airwaves than pretty much any woman besides arguably Beyonce

a lot of u guys are being hella defensive. idgaf what R&B you like or dont, but surely you recognize that there is this thing called "cool," and some very good music is not very cool, and is overlooked because of it

― D-40, Thursday, December 6, 2012 11:55 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think the topic of the shifting nature of cool is an interesting one right now and demands a degree of nuance and flexibility that is impossible when the H word flattens everything into a mush of received opinion

the H word

hella?

can't believe i missed d-40 talking about hipsters for 80 posts today

you got me feelin hipster good so let's just keep on dancin

xp The discussion on what defines "hipsters" and "cool" is tempting, but kind of a black hole I don't have time to dive into. I'll just say that Cody ChesnuTT doesn't seem to be considered cool or hip in most peoples' eyes, but I'm not gonna bitch about it ;) Dorky prog isn't cool but someday maybe!

cody chesnutt is a good example of a great R&B record this year that hipsters aint fuckin w/

whoa, thx for the warning, i will avoid wasting my time on Bright Light Bright Light.

well also the chessnutt record is pretty boring, dope singles tho

hipsters used to like Cody Chesnutt though right? I'm confused

I don't think Cody Chesnutt is considered un-friendly to "hipsters" but honestly I didn't know he released a 2012 record until just now. People who remember him from 10 years ago would probably be happy to hear whatever he's been up to.

I don't think Cody Chesnutt is considered un-friendly to "hipsters" but honestly I didn't know he released a 2012 record until just now.

question asked, question answered

Cody ChestnuTT became cool the same year as Interpol, what happened

tbh i never heard any of his shit besides "The Seed 2.0" which was trash

if only there was some way for some dude to find the time to hear an album and form an opinion.

alas

wait i'm supposed to have listened to it in the 12 minutes since you brought it up?

oh no sorry Fastnbulbous brought it up 14 minutes ago

lol whiney I'm hardly a hipster.

"The Seed 2.0" which was trash
regardless, people know this song and he has name recognition. If the album is that good, I'm surprised it wasn't more widely reviewed.

xpost that's not my point. did you know that Solange put out a record this year?

i knew CC and S both put out records this year, for the same reason from the same media outlets (if not in the same quantities)

i mean 6 months you were going "R&B skimming hipsters are sleeping on this guy called USHER and this guy called R. KELLY" so who knows what you're even talking about

no one is talking to you al

lol sorry after you directed one post at me i assumed the next one was as well

oh you were asking me? yeah i heard Solange's EP. it's good.

i'm saying that Solange is reaping the benefit of "cool" (read: """"""HIPSTER"""""") media outlest giving it mad props, while the Cody album is flying under the press radar, even though its prolly selling much better

the CC was reviewed on Pitchfork and hasn't charted on Billboard, do you have any idea how many R&B albums the inverse is true for? weird example.

I did like "The Seed" more than Interpol until I heard it in a "Six Feet Under" episode and that's where it went

"reviewed" and "has constant updates about" are two different things breh, stop playing babe in the woods here

hey i realize its critical profile is not high, i just don't buy the imaginary "prolly selling much better" populist argument

CC appeared on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop and Heatseeker charts; Solange has not yet

although apparently the EP has only been out a week

Solange debuted at #157 on the Billboard 200 this week

lol that's what I get for searching Billboard for "solange knowles"