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Early contender for Rap AOTY, no question
+1 | 2/25/21 10:22 AM
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That is just about the heaviest set of players i've seen on one record this decade
+4 | 2/19/21 11:43 AM
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Post-rock DMB, let's go! (I think that's a good thing but ymmv)
+1 | 2/5/21 10:11 AM
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Can't wait until 12:01 tonight when I can call this "Yesterday's New Four Tet"
+2 | 1/29/21 3:14 PM
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The most recent tape really shows him evolving, too. Not just amazing finessing and shit-talking about also some real storytelling shit. "Street Paranoia" is a gem
+1 | 1/27/21 1:53 PM
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Hell yes. Some of the most bonkers production all year; kinda surprised it didn't get more attention from this nor the other site.
+2 | 12/16/20 1:57 PM
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This coulda been an outtake from mm..food.
+2 | 12/16/20 12:29 PM
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You can never go wrong with Sly + Stevie, and I for one am extremely stoked for whatever she comes up with. I found MASSEDUCATION to be... fine, but I can't say I've listened to it once in the past couple years. St V as funk deity should fit like a glove.
+24 | 12/15/20 11:58 AM
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Had to cop. the verse about Ken Griffey Jr is some of the best writing of the year, no question.
0 | 12/11/20 2:00 PM
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I went deep on Eto, 38 Spesh and the rest of that extended Griselda universe a month ago or so, some really great stuff and just TONS of content put out in 2020. I recommend Eto's collab album with DJ Muggs, "Hells Roof", and the Eto/Flee Lord team-up "Rocamerikkka 2"."Community Service" and "6 Shots" from 38 Spesh are def worth your time, too.
+2 | 12/8/20 10:11 AM
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YOD's album feels like the spiritual sibling to the Aesop Rock one... the one where a guy who's been doing the same thing for years clicks into a bigger whole. Maybe I'm just grouping white rappers together but Dump YOD has what feels like his best bars and a sonic identity that is both a) utterly his and b) something that works remarkably well across an entire album? Anyhow, great, great shit.
0 | 12/8/20 9:39 AM
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That King Krule album totally disappeared from the discourse but the back half of the record is one of the best run of songs of the year.
+4 | 12/1/20 12:19 PM
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Ah geez, so it was! Public now.
+3 | 12/1/20 11:53 AM
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Apologies to Savage Mode II. Somehow forgot about it here but it's on the second list, for sure.
+1 | 12/1/20 11:23 AM
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I've made a "lost album" edit from the studio tracks that I've been listening to pretty much daily since it came out. Truly one of the most fertile periods of any artist in the 20th century. Give it a listen! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UgYZJkuEuyg6anXNG8757
+2 | 12/1/20 11:23 AM
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Totally! It feels like it's the one where all the pieces that have been floating around since Microtonal Banana came together in a cohesive whole, whereas the past few have been a bit hit-or-miss from track to track
+2 | 12/1/20 11:21 AM
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No complaints! Mine, for posterity: 1. The Price of Tea in China // Manger on McNichols - Boldy James. Don't make me choose. 2. Suddenly - Caribou 3. Descendants of Cain - Ka 4. The Neon Skyline - Andy Shauf 5. Shrines - Armand Hammer 6. Alfredo - Freddie Gibbs/Alchemist 7. Don't Play It Straight - Small Bills 8. FlySiifu's - Pink Siifu + Fly Anakin 9. Shore - Fleet Foxes 10. KG - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Assorted stuff that could reasonably be slotted in any order beyond the top 10: The Dinner Party - The Dinner Party God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash Couldn't Wait to Tell You - Liv.e Women in Music Pt. III - HAIM Invisible People - Chicano Batman Miss Colombia - Lido Pimienta The Slow Rush - Tame Impala A Written Testimony - Jay Elec Have We Met? - Destroyer Eternal Atake - Lil Uzi Vert Taken Away - Moodymann Mama, You Can Bet - Jyoti/Georgia Ann Muldrow Metamorphosed - Osees Skuba Sada 2 - Sada Baby Wunna - Gunna Griselda (any project will do, but the Versace Tape, Pray for Paris and Burden of Proof in particular) RTJ4 - Run the Jewels Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner Hon Mention: The Super Deluxe version of Sign o The Times... I definitely listened to this more than any other album this year, a truly remarkable release.
+11 | 12/1/20 10:39 AM
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Megan's bringing back party raps. May she be blessed for the rest of her days.
0 | 11/20/20 1:40 PM
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Not usually a "cry at songs" guy but "Two Slow Dancers" wrecks me every single time
+8 | 11/18/20 2:39 PM
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this has made me more upset than anything else i've seen, read or heard in 2020
+46 | 11/18/20 2:15 PM
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This song always called for fretlass bass, and Spandau delivers.
+4 | 11/12/20 1:18 PM
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Lol, yeah, I feel you on this. Dude can still flat-out rap with the best of them. Reminds me a bit of the Cam'ron album from earlier this year, just old masters doing what they do, a few cringe moments here and there but a lot more highs than lows.
+1 | 11/2/20 1:17 PM
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Rhye fans will like this, that is for sure. Love the chorus arrangement—nice to see him stretch out *just* a little bit out of the comfort zone here.
+1 | 10/28/20 10:49 AM
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The fretless bass on this though... impeccable.
+13 | 10/16/20 9:10 AM
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Not a huge hardcore guy but I work with Andrew, an all-around solid dude, and have been pumping the shit out of the record (love the mixing in general, it sounds so cohesive and clean without being fussed over too much). Guess that counts as *one* crossover fan!
0 | 10/15/20 5:23 PM
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Beyond the S-Tier list of features on this record, it's actually... pretty fucking good? Chuck sounds as imperious as ever, Flav brings some heat and the production sounds like a much more modernized take on what PE were doing 30 years ago
+1 | 9/25/20 11:47 AM
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From Here, My Dear to Shoot, My Foot
+13 | 9/25/20 9:37 AM
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Prince in the 80s imo.
+9 | 9/24/20 8:59 AM
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The greatest living artist. No competition, no question.
+2 | 9/24/20 8:59 AM
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Flow kings
+1 | 9/18/20 11:22 AM
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If you removed big sean from the album listing, this would have the sickest lineup of the decade
+6 | 9/2/20 4:22 PM
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Drill weezy is intriguing. One of the most rhythmically gifted rappers of all time working with a sound that allows for all kinds of different flows than more traditional rap. Cool!
+2 | 8/28/20 10:06 AM
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There's already more than enough anti-vax weirdoes on Vancouver Island. Might as well!
+2 | 8/26/20 1:34 PM
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Basically the best piece of Toronto culture of all time (awkward white guy edition). Every time I see that Honest Ed's sign, a part of my dies and my hair gets greyer.
+13 | 8/13/20 11:39 AM
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*placing him in a genre box* now that's some rock music! looking forward to the record.
+7 | 8/12/20 10:36 AM
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Truly in awe of this project and the story behind it. Detroitophiles everywhere are forever indebted.
+10 | 7/22/20 1:27 PM
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What a lovely surprise! Once concerts are a thing again, I can't recommend going to see Oddissee enough—short of the Roots, there's no better rapper working with a live band today.
+3 | 7/17/20 1:15 PM
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On most days this is my favourite Prince song (today is one of those days)
+9 | 7/16/20 11:44 AM
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disappointed Andy Shauf didn't make the cut BUT this is a stellar list of a hugely diverse lineup of talent. my heart wants dan snaith to take it but my brain thinks it'll go to backxwash, whose record is unlike anything else i've ever heard.
+11 | 7/15/20 4:20 PM
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Just a quick note: the sample on the skyzoo track is, appropriately, "Song for my Father" by Horace Silver. The whole record of the same name is impeccable stuff.
+3 | 6/17/20 1:10 PM
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