SLIME Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 I know I only have a few days… I am at almost 100 albums / 20 EPs and would like to make it either 50 or 75 songs. I miss when it was easier to post on here and will tag some of you guys when I can! I wanna see what y'all have been enjoying too.
SLIME Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 Let's take it from the top? Favorite Albums 1. Kelela - Raven Everything I wanted in Take Me Apart's follow-up and more, just as futuristic with some more grounded and humanizing references. I love the pulse of Raven's musical narrative and the full commitment to every notch on the spectrum from blissed-out ambient to rave. While the central metaphor is pretty simple, the title track has such an intensity that it all just works. Tthrow in the transitions and everything just comes together to make perfect sense. Stellar production job all-around and though some of the dance music elements at play are admittedly subtle, I think February's remix album will take the and blow them up to 100 for the full experience. So folks, we may have an album of the year part-two on our hands. #JusticeForMissedCall
SLIME Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 2. Amaarae - Fountain Baby Just the most fun I had listening to music all year, such a vibrant and colorful sound palette I find largely missing from the mainstream. "Co-Star" is "Run Away with Me" level pure pop perfection and I hope we are ready to regognize.
SLIME Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 3. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps Previous works had accustomed me to Billy's dry, layered writing style, but this is the album where it started to click on the next level for me. The orange and green on the cover do a great job of communicating the atmosphere of the record, making me feel like I'm walking down a crowded city block and catching the juiciest blip of every conversation surrounding me. A very rewarding text.
SLIME Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 4. Sampha - Lahai I love how Sampha and Kelela came in to start and close the year super strong just like they did in 2017. I'd missed Sampha's voice, but it was worth the wait when he brought it back in fine form over his lushest beats so far. He sings passionately about navigating fatherhood and other life changes in a way that brings it right home to me.
SLIME Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 5. PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows Gen Z's new supreme has arrived! I love her commitment to drum&bass pop done right, but love the experiments here too ("Capable of Love" is a true progressive PP moment). So much fun you might be surprised at its depth.
TRF. Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Us sharing the exact same top 2 also the other three albums are great too!!
SLIME Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 59 minutes ago, TRF. said: Us sharing the exact same top 2 also the other three albums are great too!! Taste bestie I squealed when I saw the end of your list too. More to come... insert video 'Björk dancing and singing to All the Way Down by Kelela is pure gold.'
SLIME Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 Favorite albums continued... 6. Lana del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 7. L'Rain - I Killed Your Dog 8. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) 9. Skrillex - Quest for Fire 10. Róisín Murphy - Hit Parade 11. Noname - Sundial 12. MIKE - Burning Desire 13. Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl 14. Danny Brown - Quaranta 15. Slowthai - UGLY 16. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 17. McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?! 18. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus 19. Yaeji - With a Hammer 20. Tinashe - BB/ANG3L 21. Squid - O Monolith 22. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes 23. George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Yah 24. Slayyyter - STARFUCKER 25. King Krule - Space Heavy 26. Debby Friday - GOOD LUCK 27. Brent Faiyaz - Larger than Life 28. Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire 29. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time 30. Overmono - Good Lies 31. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 32. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World 33. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU 34. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy 35. Tainy - DATA 36. Parannoul - After the Magic 37. MC Yallah - Yallah Beibe 38. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 39. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 40. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 41. Taichu - RAWR 42. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics 43. Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture 44. Mitski - This Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 45. Genesis Owusu - Struggler 46. Disclosure - Alchemy 47. Travis Scott - Utopia 48. yeule - Softscars 49. Victoria Monet - Jaguar II 50. Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2 Stay tuned!
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