decent list
has boo’d up topped any tracks lists yet ? p undeniable
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
“High Horse” isn’t even the best song on that (somewhat overrated, in my esteemed and respected opinion) album... I heard it in the supermarket the other day, it fit right in.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
(And I don’t usually do “overrated,” but we are literally talking about ratings/rankings here; so I’ll allow it)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Boo’d Up is probably hurt by the fact it came out in early 2017
I don’t actually think the NPR list is quite as boring as I expected tbh... aside from the awful number one it’s somehow the only list I’ve seen with “drip too hard” on it so far like what
Someone on Twitter pointed out how weird it is they seem to have completely ignored The Internet’s album on their albums list, like that’s tailor made for npr
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
High horse is awesome, not my personal fav on the album exactly but cmon
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
Npr list also had King’s dead... Troye Sivan .... phonte, Doja cat... there’s definitely some corny selections — it is NPR and it’s impossible to forgive that number one — but overall could be way worse
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
some good things in here imo...
Vinyl Factory - Our 20 favourite 12″s and EPs of 2018https://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-12s-and-eps-of-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
Complex - The Best Albums of 2018https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
thanks for that Vinyl Factory link, gonna explore that later
― sleeve, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
FACT - The best UK rap of 2018https://www.factmag.com/2018/12/05/best-uk-rap-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
i actually really liked the npr songs and albums lists this year, unexpected
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
i'm sure i'll be looking through that vinyl factory list, loving everything and not buying anything because $
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
would've preferred if lucy had been no. 1 on the songs list of course, i'm with everyone who thinks "this is america" is a video, not a song xp
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
dengue dengue dengue album rules
― nxd, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
xps though i should do a fxhe order and get the norm talley record
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
most of it's on spotify tbh map, it's not primarily a list about the vinyl object xps
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
ta
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
had never heard of Hatis Noit before, but that one's pretty nice
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
Compared to last year's tail-end scramble, I did a better job of keeping up with new releases in 2018, but I still feel overwhelmed whenever I see a new list come out. FOMO's a bitch.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Did not expect to see 'Pat Earrings' (a line that will make zero sense to anyone outside the UK) on that FACT list.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
yeah cover of that is hilarious
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512x512/p05w25c3.jpg
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
article actually lists it as 'pet earrings', think it's by a us writer?
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
xp amazing
― nxd, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
It's been a jam of mine all year but the rapping is probably the worst thing about it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
beautiful cover.
― calzino, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
boo’d up might have come out in 2017 but it’s def a 2018 track. D-40 probably right tho
funny how these things work. culture II feels like it came out an age ago. might as well have been a 2017 record
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
D-40 has been going down this pedantic wormhole since, like, "Still Tippin'." Ignore.
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Complex: "But Earl treats the lo-fi nature of the process in the same way that Guided by Voices did in their heyday"
lol was not expecting that one
― rob, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
Complex list is decent but the ordering is bonkers to me.
Also, am I alone in thinking that the Tierra Whack album seems to be getting more shine than it deserves? Maybe I'll revisit it today but I didn't really like it much when I first listened.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
I agree. As a calling-card EP it shows a lot of promise, but aoty is a big stretch
― rob, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
Vinyl Factory list is awesome. Love their taste.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
TW probably my favourite rap album of the year tbf
― imago, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
yours, a committed and knowledgeable rap fan
Glad to see the Yob record place so low on the Noisey list. Yob sucks, and I don't understand why so many critics worship them. Sure, the dude almost died and that's a good feature hook, but it doesn't make their music interesting.― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:59 AM (three hours ago)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:59 AM (three hours ago)
O_O
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
tbf I've never got Yob either
― imago, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
tbf they're one of the best heavy bands on the planet
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Nah, he's right.
2xp
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Yob sucks, and I don't understand why so many critics worship them
it's unperson, you can replace "yob" in this construction with like... most bands
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
i don't love yob but i respect what they're doing
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
who da fuq is yob
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
xxp ok, fine, but in this particular case that is an laughably terrible opinion.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
xp a metal band
― sleeve, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
idk how you listen to "Marrow" and say this band sucks
and the idea that people only write about them because Mike almost died is borderline offensive. the band has existed for 20 years, has been touring the world for almost as long, and has been a favorite of critics for 10+
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
doesn't mean you have to like 'em but citing his medical issue as a good feature hook driving press coverage is impressively stupid
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
and the idea that people only write about them because Mike almost died is borderline offensive
i mean, agreed
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
album's great and dismissing it as only being listed because of the "narrative" is some bullshit
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
You know it was the first sentence of the press release, right? And I'm well aware of how long Yob have been around - the first record of theirs I heard was the aptly titled The Illusion of Motion. There's a fair amount of good doom out there, but Yob are boring and bad.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
Literally every single one of their post-hiatus albums has been EOY list fodder.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
There is nothing exceptional about the treatment this record's gotten AFAICT
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
you clown yourself for spending any time thinking about press releases imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link