best of mokis best of 2020 | FINAL update - AOTY/SOTY revealed !

[Supervillain]

Purr 

 

[Psycho]

NFR and Hymns for God 

 

Didn't listen/care for/know the rest

 

[mokitsu]

6 minutes ago, mokitsu said:

 

anyway i wanted to start this with a 2019 recap of my favorite albums (since i forgot my favorite songs)  

 

the alt girls kept us FED last year with three timeless, legendary albums that still hold up and probably will for years to come. titanic rising was my #1 for most of the year, but as my mental health sank, my love for angel only grew and she swiftly took that #1.

 

aside from that, ari lennox gave us a great, cohesive neo soul / r&b debut album (MASSIVELY underrated), tinashe came back after the disaster that was joyride with an album that mixed her pop sensibilities with her mixtape sound we all love, creating an immaculate record that undoubtedly sits at the top 3 in her discography and summer walker (who i just got into this year and couldn't fit the picture) also gave us a classic r&b album.

 

the record breaking debut album from billie was met with polarizing reviews from critics and music fans but i have to say i loved it. there are some misses (xanny is unlistenable) but the atmosphere and storytelling in this album is great, and the production - both the hard hitting one and the more subdued, atmospheric kind - is immaculate. if there's one album that transports you to another world, it's this.

BUMP

[Supervillain]

2 minutes ago, Psycho said:

NFR and Hymns for God 

 

Didn't listen/care for/know the rest

 

148 scrobbles of Billies album say otherwise

 

 

 

[Skestina]

NFR and Billie's album...

 

[Blue Rose]

The 2019 recap is flawless. James Blake snatching

[Ewan Chaos]

Ooh Kelsey Lu and Ari Lennox, underrated picks there. James Blake meh 

[K$Ellie]

well Billie, Angel and Weyes were excellent

 

[Delta]

Glad to see Tinashe in the 2019 recap

[madonnas]

Solid list from 19.  Tho some aged better than.  I didn’t put angel or weyes in my ranking last year but I would probably put angel at this point.   Songs for you aged excellently too 

[mokitsu]

37 minutes ago, Madame X said:

Solid list from 19.  Tho some aged better than.  I didn’t put angel or weyes in my ranking last year but I would probably put angel at this point.   Songs for you aged excellently too 

n i definitely agree a lot didn't age well.. tinashe and summer are basically the only ones  i still have on rotation b/c of how easy to listen to they are. but i can't deny how important all of them were to me last year

[GreatestLoveofAll]

Oh those were from 2019? Makes sense, I've been meaning to Shea Butter

[madonnas]

  

1 hour ago, mokitsu said:

n i definitely agree a lot didn't age well.. tinashe and summer are basically the only ones  i still have on rotation b/c of how easy to listen to they are. but i can't deny how important all of them were to me last year

i mean angels aged better for me, used to think it was a disappointment compared to my woman but now i think its better.

 

i always though weyes was overrated, that was my hot take, i think i put her in HMs last year just to shock and awe (but it ended up being accurate to my taste lol)

 

ngl half of the albums i have on my lists im like "who??" a year or two later but at the same time these things keep me wanting to try new stuff.  anyway super excited to see what you have in store   

Edited December 2, 2020 by Madame X

[Alex]

Tinashe and Twigs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest

 

now post something for 2020

 

 

[mokitsu]

9 minutes ago, dangerousalex said:

Tinashe and Twigs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest

 

now post something for 2020

 

 

 

 

twigs wasn't even in consideration luv

 

[Alex]

4 minutes ago, mokitsu said:

twigs wasn't even in consideration luv

 

mess I guess I was expecting a higher standard from you and automatically assumed MAGDAGOD would be included

 

 

[mokitsu]

7 minutes ago, dangerousalex said:

mess I guess I was expecting a higher standard from you and automatically assumed MAGDAGOD would be included

 

 

i was an OMH for most of the year, holy terrain is a cute bop with replay value though

 

[Legend E]

NFR & WWAFA,WDWG, masterpieces

 

Kelsey is also cute. Tinashe had a few good songs but SFY is no Aquarius. Miss Olsen is overrated

 

[Alex]

3 minutes ago, mokitsu said:

i was an OMH for most of the year, holy terrain is a cute bop with replay value though

 

choices, so many choices..........

 

[mokitsu]

some albums that i thought would LOVE but ended up hating.......

this is DISAPPOINTMENTS so albums that i never thought would be good in the first place (Chromatica) couldn't make the list!

 

 

 

ironically "the ascension" marks the downfall of sufjan stevens - truly one of the most pretentious and dull records i've heard this year. the album is an 80 minutes journey (one of those where you're bored and uncomfortable in the back seat and just want it to end), that tries to balance ambience and experimentation but ultimately comes across as apathetic, cold and skeletal. not to say that can't work - nicolas jaar's cenizas, which i will mention in this list again, does it wonderfully - but sufjan's songwriting and overall delivery is just boring, and adding electronic glitches to it every now and then doesn't cover it up.

highlights: video game

 

 

 

 

to think i was SO excited for this album... i never liked the hyperpop bright grimes that art angels presented much, so i was incredibly glad she was going back to a darker, more atmospheric sound with miss anthropocene. the singles were great and i had them on rotation for the best part of last year. sadly, the album is all style and no substance - there's not much beneath the moody dark pop surface. besides awful vocal performances from grimes, the biggest crime is how badly mixed it is and how cheap the production sounds. among all the weird pseudo-intellectual bull**** that made this album, "delete forever" stands as a genuinely great, unique and emotional song. hoping for a better album next time.

highlights: my name is dark, so heavy i fell through the earth

 

 

 

 

i root for megan HARD. she has a great personality and presence and most of her singles are great and fun. tina snow and fever, especially the latter, were a perfect representation of her talents and her sound - sexual, nasty, taking no **** and being cocky AF. but her output this year, with suga and her debut album "good news" left me underwhelmed and bored. besides a few gems - shots fired, don't stop, savage - she doesn't seem to evolve artistically or give us a more multidimensional perspective of who she is. there's some experimentation with her sound, yes (the last three songs on suga come to mind), but they're mostly unsuccessful. to me, she's in a box and doesn't seem to get out of it - which is fine, it's working and people love it, just not me.

highlights: don't stop, savage (remix)

 

 

 

 

 

kevin girl.... this year, tame impala was a massive letdown. we all knew the stakes were high after currents and lonerism, especially after taking a five year break from releasing music. patience, his comeback single in 2019 was a great fusion of his psychedelic pop sound with disco... but it never made the album. instead, we got a bland and formulaic album, currents on xanax. i can see him coming back from this undercooked project, but it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.

highlights: posthumous forgiveness

 

 

 

the top 4 disappointments are coming soon

 

[BlackoutZone]

I feel like both Kevin and Claire made the same fault - released the best material pre-album and when the record arrived we expected more, but were ultimately left with more fillery tracks. I love MA as a whole though, it barely feels like a 2020 record because of the last years leak, but maybe that's why my reception is a bit better, cause I've listened to it altogether without anything sans WAP being out. But the criticism is very valid since the album was announced on her instagram as some grand statement on global warming and outside of some cute visuals we got nothing of this narrative on the album, it's mostly Grimes moaning over template ambient music (and I love it )

 

Expecting Fiona in part 2 kii

[bestfiction]

I liked both Slow Rush and MA but I perfectly understand how they might've left people wanting for more. However, idk about the argument that MA is "cheaply" produced cause to me her amateurism is a part of her appeal - after all she's doing everything on her own.

[mokitsu]

27 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said:

I feel like both Kevin and Claire made the same fault - released the best material pre-album and when the record arrived we expected more, but were ultimately left with more fillery tracks. I love MA as a whole though, it barely feels like a 2020 record because of the last years leak, but maybe that's why my reception is a bit better, cause I've listened to it altogether without anything sans WAP being out. But the criticism is very valid since the album was announced on her instagram as some grand statement on global warming and outside of some cute visuals we got nothing of this narrative on the album, it's mostly Grimes moaning over template ambient music (and I love it )

 

Expecting Fiona in part 2 kii

i agree with you that the best songs were released before it - i overplayed the MA singles, borderline and patience to death and ended up not coming back to them after listening to the albums once or twice. i could ignore everything surrounding MA and its message if the music was good, but even the production isn't as clear and sharp as it was with visions it just sounds very run of the mill and cheap, despite there being some good ideas in it (new gods, for example)

[mokitsu]

5 minutes ago, bestfiction said:

 However, idk about the argument that MA is "cheaply" produced cause to me her amateurism is a part of her appeal - after all she's doing everything on her own.

true... i guess it's just something i didn't feel with visions and art angels but feel with this record.

[Into The Void]

I havent heard a single one of those albums