ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2019

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but seriously Fred, “Killin Dem” is “tasteful”???

breastcrawl, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:15 (six years ago)

Imagine still complaining about autotune in 2020.

ok? So I have to either like it now or shut up about it, got it thanks Matt

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:18 (six years ago)

i hate autotune too, i'm with you. it sounds awful and it's everywhere

But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:18 (six years ago)

i've been stuck on 'secret' lately. love the guitar, which sounds sublime and also like the guy playing it learned how to play the week before recording.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:18 (six years ago)

imagine complaining about emo vocals in 2020

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:18 (six years ago)

Secret is great

TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:19 (six years ago)

i wish someone would adjust the settings on their autotune to make it sound a little different. everyone's using the factory default preset

But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:19 (six years ago)

Autotune is mostly bad but it can be good sometimes.

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:19 (six years ago)

Emo vocals are always bad though.

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:19 (six years ago)

POLL: emo whine vs autotune bleat vs metal roar

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:21 (six years ago)

but seriously Fred, “Killin Dem” is “tasteful”???

― breastcrawl, 6. februar 2020 18:15 (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I mean, compared to something like Yawa Dey?

Frederik B, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:21 (six years ago)

it's not just the autotune. sounds like afropop-by-numbers. bland production, his vocal cadences are generic, his voice underneath the autotune gauze isn't compelling, the guest singing is perfunctory.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:21 (six years ago)

POLL: emo whine vs autotune bleat vs metal roar

Write in: Sprechstimme ftw.

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:22 (six years ago)

y'know, JAY Z warned us in 2009 that autotune could lead to a great depression

maffew12, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:22 (six years ago)

imagine complaining about white nationalism in 2020

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:23 (six years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/DCwha9D.jpg
#13 - FKA Twigs - Magdalene (493 points, 18 votes)
FKA twigs
https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/fka-twigs-magdalene/

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:24 (six years ago)

yep, auto-tune and white nationalism are the same thing.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:24 (six years ago)

thank you for saving us, moka

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:24 (six years ago)

love this cover art

nxd, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:25 (six years ago)

I've said before and I'll say it again: the first two EPs were extraordinary instances of trip-hop revival, everything since then has been middling, with flashes of brilliance here and there.

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:25 (six years ago)

*said it

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:25 (six years ago)

gecs!

Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:26 (six years ago)

emo vocals is the US equivalent of that fake Mockney way of singing that sounds like Lily Allen with a mouthful of food

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:30 (six years ago)

parklife!

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:31 (six years ago)

yep, auto-tune and white nationalism are the same thing.

that was precisely my point, very astute of you

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:31 (six years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/wyFdeK5.jpg
#12 - Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY! (501 points, 16 votes, 1 number 1 vote)
Jamila Woods
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/album-review-jamila-woods-legacy-legacy/

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:37 (six years ago)

I really like FKA twigs as an album artist

totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:37 (six years ago)

(wrong artist name on the image moka)

ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:39 (six years ago)

too low

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:42 (six years ago)

my no. 1 (.... did you vote alfred???)

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:42 (six years ago)

Okay I'm listening to the Burna Boy now and it's extremely great.
But I do know what is meant by 'tasteful'.
A lot of afrobeats tends to be a little less hard-hitting and less raw than hip hop and Caribbean music.
The Burna Boy album is particularly smooth and mid-paced. There is stuff out there that's more dancehall influenced, but this isn't it. Worth following the deciated thread if that's what you're looking for

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:46 (six years ago)

I really fell in love with Jamila Woods in the last couple of months. Had a really good time getting to know her debut as well. Anyone who samples/quotes The Cure, Stereolab and the Dawson's Creek theme tune on the same album was always going to do well with me. Legacy Legacy is an incredible album and whatever position I had it on my list was too low.

kitchen person, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:47 (six years ago)

Love Legacy Legacy too. Only criticism is her voice is too amateurish in spots. I mean it sorta is all the time but for some reason it doesn't work in certain spots.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:49 (six years ago)

legacy legacy was my number three. it's just so good.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:50 (six years ago)

Anyone who samples/quotes The Cure, Stereolab and the Dawson's Creek theme tune on the same album was always going to do well with me.

her winking allusions are always nice moments of levity

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:51 (six years ago)

voted for Jamila! great album it was obvious would do well.

bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:55 (six years ago)

yep, auto-tune and white nationalism are the same thing

On board with this take

With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:59 (six years ago)

“generic r&b”

burna too low

||||||||, Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:00 (six years ago)

Mask off.

xp

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:00 (six years ago)

yep, auto-tune and white nationalism are the same thing

On board with this take

I'm not

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FT-Pain&psig=AOvVaw2uELG5cHGZel4KSWcRI4gN&ust=1581098409916000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCPjnrNvAvecCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ

totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:01 (six years ago)

Ît's no secret that I am to r&b as Tuomas is to rock. Except, well, not really, as I actually enjoy about 5% of it.

xp

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:01 (six years ago)

Jamila Woods album is pretty bad-ass

totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:03 (six years ago)

my no. 1 (.... did you vote alfred???)

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:42 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglin

Mine too, boo

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:03 (six years ago)

It says 1 number 1 tho #awks

TOO LOW, the Curator (imago), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:04 (six years ago)

My #1 for sure. I copypasted.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:06 (six years ago)

Oh shoot yes wrong artist name!

I’ll fix when I get home in a couple of hours. In the meantime here’s 11:

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:06 (six years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/lq4Liyr.jpg
#11 - Taylor Swift - Lover (504 points, 16 votes, 1 number 1 vote)
taylor swift iridescent smoke bombs thread 2019 - lover
https://www.albumism.com/reviews/taylor-swift-lover

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:06 (six years ago)

lol

totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:07 (six years ago)

ehhhh

toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:07 (six years ago)

haha

nxd, Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:08 (six years ago)


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