My #15 and imo by FAR the best rap album of the year. It's brilliant. I hope you all give it a try. The run of tracks towards the end (Breakfast of Champions onwards) is absolutely stellar
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
bold move linking to that thread lol
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
lol
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
saer's not here yet, so let me be the first to say: I'm going to be surprised if anything I voted for places!
― mh, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
just remembered that I instinctively avoided getting into this because I spotted the hodgman and offerman "features" which was almost certainly unfair
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
Tangled nut hair?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7:03 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
xp hey, hannibal buress features too
Everything that makes this album corny (indie hip-hop rapped and produced by old-timey backpacker couple) also makes it awesome, as they're both excellent rappers and producers and clearly an excellent couple too
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
I know Autechre and Monae will but outside of that I'd be thrilled if something I voted for shows up
― frogbs, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
only caught up with it as a result of eoy lists, but love "everything's fine"
― nxd, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
and his verse isn't nearly as bad as it could've been
xps to me
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
Great album! My only complaint is that a couple of Jean Grae's verses reach such god-like heights that the rest of the album can feel a little underwhelming for just being really good.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
Are backpackers still uncool? I thought history was cyclical.
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
I think the last ATCQ album basically made everyone realise the backpackers were right all along
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
ATCQ are pre-backpacker tbf
― . (Michael B), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
mainstream rappers, backpack rappers...they're all just podcasters now
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
pre-backpacker but also maybe the single biggest influence on it? xp
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
Charlie Puth album reminds me a bit of the first Daniel Bedingfield LP (a good thing).
Love the JG & QC record, first one I've heard b4 today, but no quibbles with the placement.
― Jeff W, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
idk the first few tribe albums didn't dwell very much on social issues, nor was there much concern-trolling about mainstream rap.
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Wrp7ZLK.jpg
#73: Senyawa – Sujud - 204 points – 6 votes
Rolling Metal 2018
Chase McMullen: Perhaps no musical act is presently melding deeply felt traditionalism with harrowing, damn near unclassifiable experimentation with greater affect.”
Russell Cuzner: “The Javanese duo’s new album distils the energy of earlier releases and evokes the gravity of our relationship with nature.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
nor was there much concern-trolling about mainstream rap.
well Tip got jumped over Phife's New Jack Swing diss.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
this promised much but ultimately didn't do much for me, but if you like things that really like to repeat their unusual sonic trick then go for it
at least it's a weird one I guess
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
What is THIS
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
This album didn't do as much for me as I'd hoped it would but it did make me want to properly explore Southeast Asian folk music.
2xp heh
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
Anyway this is already going better than the tracks poll.
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
why am I still listening to the Charlie Puth album, lol
(I guess...I haven't been made to turn it off yet...so uh well done CP)
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:36 (five years ago) link
I voted for this
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:36 (five years ago) link
Loved this one. I recommend checking out some live clips as well. They make an amazing racket with just a singer and a bespoke string instrument.
― jmm, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
That Courtney Barnett album was such a drag after Sometimes I Sit. Feels like it takes 30 min to get through the first three tracks. Must've turned it off a half-dozen times before I ever finished the thing.
Voted for Amen Dunes and Puth. Amen Dunes has a real richness and warmth to it. lol at the david gray comparison - spot on.
― Indexed, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
Love this one. 2xp
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
I look forward to Tuomas and Gareths reaction
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
've got a situation, this girl been stressing meSaying she better be the only oneMy life is complicated, she's only 23I'm not the guy that she's supposed to loveOh the more that I tell her I'm not staying overThe harder she makes it to goOh the more that I try to convince her this won't workThe faster she takes off her clothes
Oh the more that I tell her I'm not staying overThe harder she makes it to goOh the more that I try to convince her this won't workThe faster she takes off her clothes
ftr this is where the puth album got stopped
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
Senyawa rules, nice to see it here - check out the 10" they did if you want something a bit different
I couldn't get my busy life together to vote this year, just apply a write-in #1 for the album by The Ex and call it good :)
― sleeve, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
It's pretty varied as well, imo. Shabara has a beautiful falsetto on a couple of tracks.
― jmm, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
Sorry, I don't have a Spotify account, so my comments will be limited to albums I already own or have heard.
― Tuomas, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
Gareth still posts here?
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
― pomenitul, Monday, February 4, 2019 9:24 AM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought I was hallucinating the other day when a streaming service recommended to me a new single from Ozomatli featuring Cut Chemist and Chali 2na
― mh, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
Glad there's still one person who hasn't worked it out over the last 3 years or soxp
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
I will always love Senjawa for naming an album 'Brønshøj', aka my postcode for ten years. Didn't vote for them, though.
― Frederik B, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
I don't think there are any guitars tbf. xpd
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
*xps
Saer is Gareth?!
― Tuomas, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:47 (five years ago) link
the seventh seal is opened
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:47 (five years ago) link
yay to the ex
― nxd, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:47 (five years ago) link
I hope the album places!
― sleeve, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
I can promise you that the Senyawa album does not sound what you Tuomas or anyone else thinks and is worth checking out. There is no guitars at all. Just a homebuilt instrument as someone said.
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/siCsPY4.jpg
#72: Wednesday Campanella – Galapagos - 206 points – 7 votes
WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA - Galapagos
Matt Hobbs: “One of the most prolific bands from Japan have an infectious personality, idiosyncratic depth and a striking balance of sweetness and intelligence that makes them unique.”
Patric St. Michel: “What could have been a risky turn away from the rapped vocals and dance beats of previous hits ends up giving Wednesday Campanella new energy and even a bit more depth.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
my favourite band in the world!!!
― ufo, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link