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Nick

Updated scores. "To Pimp a Butterfly" is probably the best album to have come out since "Modern Vampires of the City" and "Random Access Memories" came out in the middle of May 2013. Father John Misty's new album is an ode to commitment and marriage, with some bitter cy...

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I really want to hear the album a couple more times before I post any lengthy review on the album, but here are some scattered thoughts I've had... 1. How amazing is it that Kendrick was able to follow up GKMC with yet another masterpiece? How many times in the past 15 years has an artist been able ...

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I know this is premature, but this album could very well be the critic's AOTY.

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I'm on the fourth track so far. If the rest of the album keeps up the quality of the first four tracks, this album is going to be a masterpiece. EDIT: Almost done with the album. I really liked "Black Messiah", but this album is what I was hoping "Black Messiah" would be more li...

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I'm on the fourth track so far. If the rest of the album keeps up the quality of the first four tracks, this album is going to be a masterpiece. EDIT: Almost done with the album. I really liked "Black Messiah", but this album is what I was hoping "Black Messiah" would be more lik...

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Here's another review while I'm at it... Beach House- Teen Dream Few albums capture that pristine, awe inspiring sense of beauty and purity as well as “Teen Dream”, the third album from Baltimore based dream pop act Beach House. “Teen Dream” is a sublime work, and a work that only brings about contr...

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Two new songs I'll have to add to my favorite songs of 2015- the new Grimes song that Nassim and Pierre have mentioned, "Realiti", and a new song from Tame Impala- "Let it Happen". Both songs are fantastic.

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The songs do sound alike especially the melody. Get out of here with that don't even sound THAT much alike. If you can't tell when you hear this song that it sounds just like Got To Give It Up you need to get your hearing chcked. They straight jacked that song. I'm glad that this happened because o...

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“Right now, I feel free,” Marvin Gaye’s daughter, Nona Gaye, said after the verdict. “Free from … Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told.” Give me a fucking break. The songs don't even sound THAT much alike. It's a stupid frivolous ...

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Just saw St. Vincent last night (with Jenny Hval opening). Incredible, incredible show. St. Vincent is like some sort of alien android goddess on stage. Incredible stage presence, hilarious stage banter, and her guitar work is sublime. I saw her at a pretty small venue and I was only 20 or 30 feet f...

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A lot of my favorite albums of the year suffer from a debilitating condition known as "the best songs were released the year prior". This condition affects some really good albums, like the new Sleater-Kinney ("Bury Our Friends"), the new Panda Bear ("Mr. Noah" and &quo...

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PlasticRam wrote:Here are the Kanye songs in my all-time top 50:

Only One
Coldest Winter
Wolves
I'm in It
Say You Will
All Day

With 3 songs in your all time top 50, do you think "So Help Me God" will dethrone your current favorite album (which if I recall right is either Yeezus or MBDTF)?

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I figured this was as good a thread as any to pose this question in, as I've been thinking a lot about it lately: What are your favorite Kanye songs. I can figure out my top 5 fairly easily, but deciding between the top four which is my favorite is proving to be a challenge. The four songs are &quo...

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As I said in an earlier thread, I'm a pretty casual gamer, and the bulk of all games I've played have come from this time period. So here's ten games that helped define my preteen/teenage years. 1. Metroid Prime (2002) Probably my favorite video game of all time. 2. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (20...

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I'm really enjoying "All Day". That whistle/guitar break is like some Ennio Morricone cowboy riding off into the sunset stuff. And the chaos in the end is great too. The beginning doesn't do all too much new, it's a banger in the style of "Monster" meets "Niggas in Paris&quo...

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The album title has been announced!

Kanye's new album will be called "So Help Me God".

http://www.stereogum.com/1784094/kanye- ... -god/news/

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That William Shatner version of Common People is almost as good as the original.

I'm not even kidding.

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Guys, I'm not saying Hymie is or isn't Bruce (frankly because I don't really care either way, Hymie seems a lot more reasonable than this Bruce character). But do you think that in the process of trying to weed out Bruce, we've turned into the thing we've hated all along? Hymie may as well be totall...

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I'm seeing St. Vincent in March! I couldn't find anyone else to go with me, so this will probably be the first concert I've ever gone to alone. Oh well though.

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I'm liking "All Day".

I wonder when Kanye will actually put out CD quality releases of "Wolves" and "All Day".

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Looking through the top 100 artists also supports your theory, Honorio. By my count there are 23 black artists (I'm also counting acts that have white and black members in this count, such as Massive Attack) in the top 100 artists, all of which are from the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Australia, Icela...

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Everything doesn't have to be black and white. I agree but I'm afraid this is not the question here. The question is Afro-American vs. US Caucasian. Hymie/Bruce don't care about black African music, black Brazilian music or black Caribbean music. Probably not even about Jamaican reggae. Many times ...

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Name one white act from Vandross era (1970s, 1980s) who has 12 or more platinum albums and has as little or less acclaim than Luther has. Let's face it, critics clearly are biased towards white styles of music. 14 of the top 15 acts the AM site are white. I would assume that most of the critics who...

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Selling twelve platinum albums doesn't make you a highly acclaimed artist. This website is not about popularity, it's about acclaim. Exactly. Luther Vandross may have sold millions of records, but it would be negligent to claim that his lack of acclaim is the direct result of any bias against black...

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Here's my comments for my top 5 songs... Kanye West- Runaway Feel free to call me out here, but “Runaway” may just be the most sonically adventurous song in all of hip-hop. If the nine minute long run time wasn’t enough to get this song in the running for that title, the last three minutes of the so...

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I'm unimpressed with the article. The author is trying to make this into a white/black issue when it's really not. If you live in a certain country it's pretty much assumed that you have at least a basic understanding of that country's culture. As someone who lives in the United States, I would be s...

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I wrote some comments on my top 5 albums. I may write some on my top 5 songs. I always love it when poll hosters use other people's comments in the results thread, so here's my stab at some comments for you to use (if you want), Jackson. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy “My Beautiful Da...

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BleuPanda wrote:Album list. Song list will come later.

40. LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye

Nice addition. I hope that you and I aren't the only ones who vote for it!

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Interestingly enough PlasticRam, although I love "Yeezus", my least favorite song off of it would probably be "I'm In It". My favorite? "Black Skinhead" by a mile. A large reason why I like I'm in It so much is Assassin's part. That part is good, and he definitely give...

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Interestingly enough PlasticRam, although I love "Yeezus", my least favorite song off of it would probably be "I'm In It". My favorite? "Black Skinhead" by a mile.

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Albums: 1. Kanye West - Yeezus 2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 31. JAY-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne Songs: 1. Kanye West - Only One (feat. Paul McCartney) 2. Kanye West - I'm in It 4. Kanye West - All of the Lights 5. Kanye West - On Sight 6. Kanye West - New Slaves 8. Ka...

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Pretty song, but it looks like the album isn't about a state. Where are the albums about all the states I was promised? I mean, he could cut the workload by combining some states, the Carolinas for example, and maybe ignore some others - the Dakotas, everyone else does - but I want my albums about ...

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11) Jimi Hendrix-Valleys of Neptune (2010) 13) Beach Boys-Smile Sessions (2011) I don't think these should be eligible. What do others think? The Smile Sessions is a particularly big yes-or-no decision as it might be my #1 for this period were it eligible. Just doesn't feel right matching it up wit...

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G.-d., I knew he'd forget Rochester! They always forget Rochester! Oh, Ode to Owen-Corning! Come, come, Kodak! Thanks for sharing, Nick. :whistle: Hey, at least "Sufjan" had the good sense to include some topics outside of NYC! But yes, maybe "Sufjan" should release an EP of son...

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Pretty song, but it looks like the album isn't about a state. Where are the albums about all the states I was promised? I mean, he could cut the workload by combining some states, the Carolinas for example, and maybe ignore some others - the Dakotas, everyone else does - but I want my albums about ...

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Good list, Nick. No love for "Call Me Maybe"? It's an alright song, I don't hate it like others do. It failed to make my top 50 for 2011, which meant that it's chances of appearing on my top 100 of the half decade were zero. It's a song that wouldn't make me change the station if it ever ...

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Albums: 1. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 12. Kanye West- Yeezus 77. Jay-Z and Kanye West- Watch the Throne Songs: 1. Kanye West- Runaway 22. Kanye West- Power 33. Kanye West- Black Skinhead 62. Kanye West (featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, and Bon Iver)- Monster 67. Jay-Z and Kanye West...

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Songs: 1. Kanye West- Runaway 2. Cee Lo Green- Fuck You! 3. M83- Midnight City 4. Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell)- Get Lucky 5. Robyn- Dancing on My Own 6. Future Islands- Seasons (Waiting On You) 7. Frank Ocean- Pyramids 8. Big Boi- Shutterbugg 9. Japandroids- The House That Heaven Built 10. Grimes-...

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Wow, a whole half decade, huh? It seems just like yesterday we were taking stock of the best albums of 2000 - 2009, launching many discussions on the critical gems of that time period. Ah, "Kid A"!, "Funeral"!, "Is This It"!, "Illinois"!, "Sound of Silver...

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Kan-Jes-West-Us's talent is more production talent than rapping talent. He's great at picking samples and blending them seamlessly for the song. Also he's great at marketing. Really, really great at marketing. He knows that having a lot of stunts keep you constantly in the news keeps you in the min...

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Jirin wrote:Right now I would only be able to vote for two albums here and don't really have time to do extensive research, so I may bow out until we get to 1965.

Seconded. I love the 60's, but the early 60's are NOT my specialty.

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In the spirit of our ranking of the AMF EOY albums winners, here's my ranking of the songs winners... 2010: Kanye West- Runaway 2013: Daft Punk- Get Lucky 2014: Future Islands- Seasons (Waiting On You) 2012: Frank Ocean- Pyramids 2009: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks 2011: The Black Keys- Lonely Boy 2008: F...

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Looks like there's a very, very low quality version of what is apparently the opening track to Kanye's new album out now. It's called "Wolves", and it was first played today at an unveiling of Kanye's new Adidas shoe. I know it's super low quality, but already it sounds a ton better than t...

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And just as "Lost in the Dream" joins our club of AM EOY winners for albums, "Seasons (Waiting On You)" joins these other songs for the EOY song winners... 2008: Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal 2009: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks 2010: Kanye West- Runaway 2011: The Black Keys- Lonely ...

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And while I mentioned in the last thread that I was not a fan of the FKA Twigs album, I actually really did enjoy "Two Weeks". If every song on "LP1" was that captivating, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. I am glad that "Two Weeks" placed highly (though we all knew i...

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Who would have thought even 1 year ago we'd have not 1, but 2 Taylor Swift songs in our top 30!?

But they're great pop songs, so I'm not complaining.

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I'll echo Bruno's sentiment and agree- a great start so far, Dan! Eager to see which songs came out on top!

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It's a great album, and probably my AOTY thus far. I wasn't all too familiar with Father John Misty's earlier work, but this album is great, and definitely an album to check out if you're in dire need of new Fleet Foxes material (like I am). The little touches that Tillman gives to the songs on here...

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2005: Sufjan Stevens- Illinois (#50 All Time) 2006: Belle and Sebastian- The Life Pursuit (I have not heard this album) 2007: LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver (#7 All Time) 2008: Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes (#137 All Time) 2009: Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion (#65 All Time) 2010: Kanye W...

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The War on Drugs joins these other artists in "Winners of the AM EOY Poll"... 2005: Sufjan Stevens- Illinois 2006: Belle and Sebastian- The Life Pursuit 2007: LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver 2008: Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes 2009: Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion 2010: Kanye Wes...

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