shaypeshyfter20 December 2013 10:25am
This dribble from a guy with no black rap roots? An originator? Delusions of granduer, yes, paragon of rap? I need only point you back to it's roots in the form of The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, Wu Tang Clan, NWA, et al. Don't get me started about Missy Elliott, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Dizzee Rascal, Tupac Shakur! All of whom existed before this cum stain declared there were "no black rappers before me".For the record I middle aged (51) and white. David C James shaypeshyfter20 December 2013 10:42am
I don't think you had to tell us you were middle-aged and white. It was pretty obvs.
lol irl
― prolego, Friday, 20 December 2013 11:15 (ten years ago) link
Akiba20 December 2013 7:59amRecommend68A rap album no.1? Oh dear oh dear.I find it rather tragic that the best pop music was written long before I was even born, in the 1960s. The 70s was pretty good too. By the time we reached the 80s, the decline was already in evidence, with most music being incredibly lightweight. The 90s was pretty much the end of music and everything after that has been white noise. How people talking over a background rhythm is now considered music is totally beyond me.I thought you were supposed to like the music you grew up with? Not I it seems, I like good music, which hasn't been made in many decades.
20 December 2013 7:59amRecommend68
A rap album no.1? Oh dear oh dear.
I find it rather tragic that the best pop music was written long before I was even born, in the 1960s. The 70s was pretty good too. By the time we reached the 80s, the decline was already in evidence, with most music being incredibly lightweight. The 90s was pretty much the end of music and everything after that has been white noise. How people talking over a background rhythm is now considered music is totally beyond me.
I thought you were supposed to like the music you grew up with? Not I it seems, I like good music, which hasn't been made in many decades.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 20 December 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
Akiba SouthgatesNose20 December 2013 8:07amRecommend35"ignorant"?I don't regard talking over a beat to be music. Music needs a melody, a tune, it needs talent behind it.That's my opinion. If you enjoy talking "music" then knock yourself out.
20 December 2013 8:07amRecommend35
"ignorant"?
I don't regard talking over a beat to be music. Music needs a melody, a tune, it needs talent behind it.
That's my opinion. If you enjoy talking "music" then knock yourself out.
reminds me of something. Just cant think who
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 20 December 2013 11:35 (ten years ago) link
Isn't this thread long enough without C&Ping every fuckwit from the Guardian comments box?
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 December 2013 11:37 (ten years ago) link
The David C James smackdown is beautiful though.
Guardian comments box ain't nuthin' ta fuckwit
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 11:38 (ten years ago) link
LWE tracks of the year:http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/chart/lwes-top-25-tracks-of-2013-5-1/
top ten >>>
10. Huerco S., “Apheleia’s Theme”09. Levon Vincent, “???”08. Terekke, “Bank 3″07. Marcel Fengler, “Jaz”06. Elgato, “We Dream Electric”05. KMFH, “Crushed”04. Florian Kupfer, “Feelin”03. DJ Fett Burger & DJ Speckgürtel, “Speckbass”02. PJOTR, “True Spirit”01. The Mole, “Lockdown Party” (Sprinkles’ Crossfaderama)
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 11:47 (ten years ago) link
cool #1
― Number None, Friday, 20 December 2013 11:47 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9294-guest-list-best-of-2013/
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 20 December 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
^^^ emil.y you need to read page 2 of that feature :) ^^^
― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link
Billboard best albums:http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks
15. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap14. Lady Gaga - ARTPOP13. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe12. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City11. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience10. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park9. Arcade Fire - Reflektor8. Rhye - Woman7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories6. Haim - Days Are Gone5. Drake - Nothing Was the Same4. Lorde - Pure Heroine3. Disclosure - Settle2. Kanye West - Yeezus1. Beyonce - Beyonce
― stellar toum sauce (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
note the number one
haha its been out a week?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 20 December 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
The Fact tracks list:http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/16/the-100-best-tracks-of-2013/
― stellar toum sauce (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 13:18 (ten years ago) link
nice to see "lay down in swimming pools" at #12
― prolego, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
John Grant at #2 in the Guardian. Really wanted that to beat Kanye to #1 because seriously who wants to read another Yeezus thinkpiece at this stage.― Matt DC, Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:12 AM
― Matt DC, Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:12 AM
the "no-more-yeezus-thinkpieces" part is otm, but yeezus has been no. 1 on far fewer lists than i would've figured. that modern vampire album (lol) seems to have topped more lists (lol).
sadly, this
17 Dirty Beaches - Drifters / Love is the Devil___________________________________standout album, but probably will be largely overlooked in year-end polls.― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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standout album, but probably will be largely overlooked in year-end polls.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
turned out to be, otm, too. it only appeared on three lists cited here (all of whom are edgy/prominent record shops).
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
Reading that FACT list, I challenge anyone to find a less exciting 2013 musical trend than "minimal grime".
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
they seem to be really into it
― Number None, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:36 (ten years ago) link
slackk's stuff is really really great
― lex pretend, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
I like that Dirty Beaches album ok, but it's incredibly derivative of various other things. Dude needs to work harder at getting his own thing going.
― Position Position, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link
i get that, but "incredibly derivative of other things" is an albatross you can hang around the neck of a lot of universally-loved acts. also, with the right sound, it tends to bother me less (e.g., the raveonettes, when they sounded more vital).
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
2013: a great year for men in music http://thequietus.com/articles/14186-men-2013-robin-thicke
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Friday, 20 December 2013 14:08 (ten years ago) link
Boomkat charts:http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-charts-2013
― stellar toum sauce (NickB), Friday, 20 December 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
^ i love these things for finding stuff i missed
Resident Advisor's top 50 trackshttp://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1973
10. Joy Orbison - Big Room Tech House DJ Tool - TIP! 09. Daft Punk - Get Lucky 08. Paul Woolford - Untitled 07. Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22 06. The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles' Crossfaderama) 05. Pev & Kowton - Raw Code04. Ten Walls - Gotham 03. Florian Kupfer - Feelin02. Tessela - Hackney Parrot 01. Matthew Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze remix)
― Number None, Friday, 20 December 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
The Quietus: R&B In 2013 - A Round Up By Alex Macpherson
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 20 December 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
I really have to try Amel Larrieux.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 20 December 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
Afisha's top 25 Russian albums of the year:
http://volna.afisha.ru/sounds/25-luchshih-russkih-albomov-goda/
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Saturday, 21 December 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
amel larrieux album is fantastic
― balls, Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
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*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
IlovethemIlovethemIlovethem
― emil.y, Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
(We also made EvTrue's "future songs of the week" list if any ilx0rs want to point and laugh at me some more)
― emil.y, Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
(drunk and excitable, sorry)
― emil.y, Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:34 (ten years ago) link
the p4k individual writer and guest lists are much more interesting than the staff lists. lots of interesting stuff i hadn't heard before, like this rocker from retribution gospel choir. with nels cline!
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
Poll of 136 jazz critics:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2013/2013/12/16/251761858/the-2013-npr-music-jazz-critics-poll
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 21 December 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
http://www.splicetoday.com/music/the-2013-splice-today-music-poll
SPLICE TODAY poll
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 21 December 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
Filed my P&J ballot. I won't see anybody else's data until after voting closes, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be my own least obscurist year yet. Which isn't saying much, except that I didn't file the all-metal ballot I was contemplating at one point.
10 albums I loved desperately and yet didn't vote for:
1. Big Country: The Journey2. Autre Ne Veut: Anxiety3. Tonight Alive: The Other Side4. Leprous: Coal5. Kvelertak: Meir6. Terra Tenebrosa: The Purging7. Progenie Terrestre Pura: U.M.A.8. Deafheaven: Sunbather9. Anneke van Giersbergen: Drive10. Mixtapes: Ordinary Silence
10 songs I could happily listen to on loop indefinitely, and yet didn't vote for:
1. Carina Dahl: NLTO2. Keith Urban: Cop Car3. Claire: Set Out With Me4. Of Verona: Who Do You Love5. The Colourist: Little Games6. Marchenbilder: Follow the Trail of Fear7. Paramore: Proof8. Io: Mirrors9. Neisha: Tandem10. Laura Stevenson: Runner
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 22 December 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
Daniel 2 that Retribution Gospel Choir is EZSnappin's album of the year, I haven't devoted much time for it yet but it sounds dope
― pfunky boyster (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 22 December 2013 10:19 (ten years ago) link
Hey Lex that R&B roundup wz great; who were all the R&B artists that you were rolling your eyes at for being 'futuristic'?
― pfunky boyster (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 22 December 2013 10:28 (ten years ago) link
The RGC album is only two (long) tracks so if you like the song you've heard, you're halfway to loving the whole thing.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 22 December 2013 11:51 (ten years ago) link
http://music.remezcla.com/2013/latin/best-songs-of-2013/4
Latino alt-rock and rap list
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 December 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
RA Poll: Top 50 tracks of 2013http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1973
10. Joy Orbison - Big Room Tech House DJ Tool - TIP! [NonPlus+]09. Daft Punk - Get Lucky [Columbia]08. Paul Woolford - Untitled [Hotflush Recordings]07. Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22 [White Material]06. The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles' Crossfaderama) [Perlon]05. Pev & Kowton - Raw Code [Hessle Audio]04. Ten Walls - Gotham [Innervisions]03. Florian Kupfer - Feelin [L.I.E.S.]02. Tessela - Hackney Parrot [Poly Kicks]01. Matthew Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze remix) [Pampa]
― stellar toum sauce (NickB), Monday, 23 December 2013 11:00 (ten years ago) link
That is an excellent #1 from RA.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 December 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
best discovery from RA trax list: ten wallsbest discovery from FACT trax list: alden tyrell
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 December 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Both big Ten Walls tunes from this year are amazing, don't sleep on Requiem as well.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 December 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
i haven't, that's terrific too
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 December 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, loved the tale of us ones too - both "another earth" and their mano le tough remix
galcher lustwerk was boring though and "hackney parrot" was so dry
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 December 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
my lists: http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/70898726825/end-of-year-lists-2013
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 December 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Love that remix of its only but had no idea it was a big track this year
― just sayin, Monday, 23 December 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Craig Hayes' Top 10 in Last Rites:http://lastrit.es/articles/665/craig-hayess-top-10-of-2013
More albums:http://www.popmatters.com/column/176883-ragnaroek-2013-gloomy-awards//
Full list:
1. Oranssi Pazuzu—Valonielu2. Locrian—Return To Annihilation3. Agrimonia—Rites Of Separation4. Aosoth—IV: Arrow In Heart5. Thrall – Aokigahara Jukai6. Lycus – Tempest7. Beyond – Fatal Power of Death8. Ulcerate – Vermis9. Tribulation – The Formulas of Death10. Lake of Blood – Omnipotens Tyrannus11. Sacriphyx – The Western Front12. Inquisition – Obscure Verses for the Multiverse13. Bolzer— Aura14. Church of Misery – Thy Kingdom Scum15. Sub Rosa – More Constant Than The Gods 16. Merkstave - Merkstave17. Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum18. Darkthrone— Underground Reistence19. Power Trip – Manifest Decimation20. Atlantean Kodex- The White Goddess 21. Lantern – Below22. Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury23. Rotting Christ – Katá ton Daímona Eaf̱toú24. VHÖL - VHÖL 25. In Solitude – Sister26. Fell Voices – Regnum Saturni27. Clutch – Earth Rocker28. Enforcer – Death by Fire 29. Hessian – Manégarmr30. Sinistrous Diabolus – Total Doom//Desecration31. Magister Templi – Lucifer Leviathan Logos32. Seidr – Ginnungagap 33. Shooting Guns – Brotherhood of the Ram34. Earthless – From the Ages 35. Nails – Abandon all life36. Beastwars – Blood Becomes Fire37. Bone Sickness – Alone in the Grave38. Magic Circle – Magic Circle39. Shallow Grave – Shallow Grave40. Dressed in Streams – Dressed in Streams41. Cult of Fire – Ascetic Meditation of Death42. Torture Chain – Mutilating Astral Entities43. Ramlord – Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom44. True Widow – Circumambulation45. Jucifer - За Волгой для нас земли нет
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 23 December 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2013
Deafheaven has the best-reviewed major album of 2013While Kanye West's Yeezus 84 has been dominating critics' year-end top 10 lists, a slightly more under the radar release has quietly maintained its lead as 2013's highest-scoring album, where it has stood since midyear. And with that stellar 92 score, Sunbather—the second LP from San Francisco's Deafheaven—is now officially our best-reviewed album of the year.It's the first time a metal album has occupied the #1 slot in our year-end rankings. In fact, out of albums with 15 more more reviews (excluding EPs and reissues), Sunbather is now the 7th-highest scoring album in our database, which includes releases dating back to 1999.
It's the first time a metal album has occupied the #1 slot in our year-end rankings. In fact, out of albums with 15 more more reviews (excluding EPs and reissues), Sunbather is now the 7th-highest scoring album in our database, which includes releases dating back to 1999.
Pretty cool.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 23 December 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link