best of ❄️ alex's best of 2022 ❄️ | AOTY + SOTY Revealed!

[dreamofyou]

hold the girl

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

YES Serpentina is so disappointing for me too. It's like she had and idea for going mid-2000s Timbaland type of pop but it ended up failing 

 

i give Rina some pass cause i really enjoy HTG title track a lot but yeah it's the album also a downgrade from Sawayama

[luckystrike]

gonna comment on two updates since I missed one

 

Unholy overhated bop, LOL was done dirty!! fun bop, the rest suck, especially the Anne Marie song

 

The Kick, Dirt Femme and About Last Night only in HMs  at least they made it, the Flo and Noah albums were cute too

 

 

I actually love some of your biggest disappointments  Nymph was amazing to me, it grew sooo much. Las Ruinas was also good, had some filler but the standouts were great. Hold the Girl I also loved  the rest I do agree, especially Banks  horrid album. Baby Tate and Ella were the definition of mid.

[Alldeezy]

Hold the girl   the album got me into rina but then I heard her first then became a fan so I can understand the drop after her brilliant debut 

[MP2K]

I haven't been checking for BANKS since Holding Back honestly. She just lost that flare she had back when.
I have to finish Nymph. I thought the singles were great tbh (if the ones I'm thinking about are on there)

I didn't know Ella released anything other than singles

 

 

[theblackestday]

Damn so many disappointments, we love being haters   many of my faves let me down this year too so we in this 2gether.

For me Nymph was more a disappointment in the sense that it wasn't on par with the singles with a few exceptions, but I still enjoyed it

Las Ruinas was good, but indeed nowhere near the cultural resets of Nasty nor Anger Management. She's done for.

The rest are indeed **** (or I've not heard and trust you)

 

[Alex]

okay before we move onto the final Best Of lists, here is

Honourable Mentions

(songs)

[Alex]

On 12/11/2022 at 7:45 PM, cockatoo said:

Rico really fell off omg 

 

Yeah I was so disappointed with heart on my sleeve, I really liked her debut and her EPs. She needs to stick with bops. I get she was probably trying to be an artiste but it came across as painfully generic.

lmao like what was Ella thinking, she completely bombed 

On 12/11/2022 at 7:45 PM, Insanity said:

Hold The Girl is a little disappointment from Sawayama but oh well  

the rest I haven't heard 

evidently you're not missing much 

On 12/11/2022 at 7:48 PM, Sanguine said:

You're not right for the Nymph slander omgggg amazing album ('m a huge huge fan of her so I'm a bit biased tho) but at least Heaven is in highlights  I liked Las Ruinas too even though it did have a few duds, she really can't make a consistent project. Thirdly, I was able to stockholm myself into loving Hold the Girl

 

Now the OTHERS... yeah. Lights bad, Banks really bad + embarrassing, Ella and Baby Tate bleh

well i'm glad you admit they're all bad in some capacity, we see each other! Nymph just wasn't for me I fear 

On 12/11/2022 at 7:49 PM, TalkThatRihanna said:

Hold The Girl & Ella are the only ones I know on this update. HTG had some good tracks tbh

 

Ella was a huge disappointment because I loved her debut so much

I was expecting a huge comeback for Ella not a complete silent drop  

 

21 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

Banks lashings is a bit too much  yeah, it's her weakest record, but she still can do some artsy bops

HTG is suprisingly... not good  I can't at her serving some amazing bawps and then releasing mediocre albums

PEP grows on me over the year tbh  I love her aesthetics so so much 

I think the general consensus is that Serpentina was undercooked and underwhelming. 

Spill with HTG, critics give her way too much lenience now tbh...

PEP was... beautiful gowns 

19 hours ago, dreamofyou said:

hold the girl

19 hours ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said:

YES Serpentina is so disappointing for me too. It's like she had and idea for going mid-2000s Timbaland type of pop but it ended up failing 

 

i give Rina some pass cause i really enjoy HTG title track a lot but yeah it's the album also a downgrade from Sawayama

ugh Serpentina had me fooled because the singles were solid (minus The Devil) but the entire album turned out to be that 

19 hours ago, luckystrike said:

gonna comment on two updates since I missed one

 

Unholy overhated bop, LOL was done dirty!! fun bop, the rest suck, especially the Anne Marie song

 

The Kick, Dirt Femme and About Last Night only in HMs  at least they made it, the Flo and Noah albums were cute too

 

 

I actually love some of your biggest disappointments  Nymph was amazing to me, it grew sooo much. Las Ruinas was also good, had some filler but the standouts were great. Hold the Girl I also loved  the rest I do agree, especially Banks  horrid album. Baby Tate and Ella were the definition of mid.

LOL is so bad plsss 

yeah my top 10 AOTYs are so so strong so unfortunately a few great records missed the cut! 

 

I'm glad you enjoyed some of my disappointments, just proves how subjective taste really is! 

18 hours ago, Allday said:

Hold the girl   the album got me into rina but then I heard her first then became a fan so I can understand the drop after her brilliant debut 

yeah it's sad how she turned herself into some sort of gimmick idk! SAWAYAMA was great.

15 hours ago, MP2K said:

I haven't been checking for BANKS since Holding Back honestly. She just lost that flare she had back when.
I have to finish Nymph. I thought the singles were great tbh (if the ones I'm thinking about are on there)

I didn't know Ella released anything other than singles

 

 

BANKS' artistic downfall has been sad to watch. I wish she released more songs in the vein of Underdog

 

djsnnjksdnjks Ella's album did that badly that people just didn't know she was dropping 

 

8 hours ago, theblackestday said:

Damn so many disappointments, we love being haters   many of my faves let me down this year too so we in this 2gether.

For me Nymph was more a disappointment in the sense that it wasn't on par with the singles with a few exceptions, but I still enjoyed it

Las Ruinas was good, but indeed nowhere near the cultural resets of Nasty nor Anger Management. She's done for.

The rest are indeed **** (or I've not heard and trust you)

 

exactly...  

i wish there wasn't so many lol

 

[Into The Void]

15 minutes ago, dangerousalex said:

 

LOL is so bad plsss 

yeah my top 10 AOTYs are so so strong so unfortunately a few great records missed the cut! 

 

I'm glad you enjoyed some of my disappointments, just proves how subjective taste really is! 

 

 

LOL is such a BOP and it's true taste is subjective. What my ears like someone else will hate lol that's why there's so much music there's something for everyone to enjoy 

[TheWayWeWere]

Mahalia  so nice to see it somewhere besides my lists

Animal is a bop for ages  

 

[cockatoo]

Picking Berries is such a nice lowkey bop and kinda unexpected based on the rest of the album.

 

Animal is basically a Raye song and that's why it's so great 

 

Carboard Box and Forever 

 

No comment on Don't Say Nothing 

[ARTPØP]

Glad to see Dirt Femme getting a little love on your list! 

[worldwide angel]

the stunning graphics and gifs 

 

i also love every other ep you ranked in the top five so i should probably check out daya 

[worldwide angel]

nnnnn nymph is slowly, slowly growing on me but that’s an issue in it of itself 

 

snoozetina and hold the serves lashings

[BlackoutZone]

Your graphics are getting better year by year like whew

You already know I stan the RNB picks, FLO and Ravyn devoured this year and I'm excited for their future.

Mostly agree with disappointments and worst songs, it's all just so whatever and I see some people gagging like.. ok!

HMs tho are already strong and a shame they missed the main list, but I know those are gonna be great as well

[madonnas]

For me HTGwasn’t a big disappointment but then again I think people overrated Sawayama.  
 

mani pedi was a huge letdown though.  Who told her she should sing? 
 

im in the smallest minority but Las Ruinas is Rico’s best project! 

[dreamofyou]

deeper is such a bop

 

and animal yes! the only good song from ATN

[Sanguine]

Animal, Cardboard Box, Don't Say Nothin  can't remember if I listened to that Remi feature or not, think so but lemme revisit

[luckystrike]

Animal, Cardboard Box, Pineapple Slice and Picking Berries  all mega bops deserving of a honorable mention 

[MP2K]

6 hours ago, dangerousalex said:

BANKS' artistic downfall has been sad to watch. I wish she released more songs in the vein of Underdog

Sometimes it's just best to stick with what you know and what works, you know. Her old style is still in.

[Alldeezy]

Animal 

[TalkThatRihanna]

Pineapple Slice is the only good song on the Tove album (bar HL)

 

Cardboard Box and Dfmu are great picks too

[Remmy]

Pool is a good one. Don't remember Deeper from the Kim leak so I'm gonna have to assume it was one of my least faves.  Fine with Pineapple Slice missing the main chart even though I enjoy it. Cardboard Box being here kinda hurts though  A big 2022 highlight for me.

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

Animal is one the best song on the album yup yup 

 

Cardboard Box and Surround Sound are bangers too like it's one of my favorite songs of the year 

[Alex]

This is on hold until ATRL can host images again