best of AlexisNeiers' Best of 2017

[Tsareena]

oh wow masseduction  

[Zay]

Moses 

 

Mass-education's quality doesn't match up to her previous albums but it is indeed still pretty decent 

[Zay]

 for dragging the best song on Mass aka Pills tho

[Navyofbadgals]

update dis king xo

[bluth]

21 hours ago, AlexisNeiers said:

I initially called it her second best album  But then my common sense came back to me 

cuz then u realised it's her best album

 

[World Eater]

 

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This is one of like two (?) widely released songs from the Egyptian producer Kareem Lotfy. 'Mono No Aware's' mysterious opener is probably my most played ambient track of the year 

 

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This might be their most accessible and straightforward song yet. Both parts of 'Quarz' were good but this definitely stood out or erm, to put it in other words, shined

 

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This could have been a recorded in one take, who knows, but I love the raw, stripped down, almost non-existing production. Let me not even start on the lyrics, too #relatable

 

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Every year there's this one simple love song I get into WAY too much and guess what? This is the one 

 

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Although I've been bopping to this whole year long, this was a last-minute addition to the list. Uzi nails this though. Between the thin production and the hard-hitting chorus, he finds himself having a tough dialogue (or an argument perhaps?) with his ex. Another thing is that it goes tf AWF

[World Eater]

 

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The band you'll be sooner or later a member of came back from a 7 year long hiatus with another strong addition to their already impressive discography. Good thing BSS are not interested in recreating their 2002 masterpiece 'You Forgot It in People' and instead they are moving forward. Yet again though, they've taken a pop-oriented route but this time around they're mixing adult contemporary pop with indie rock.

 

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This was my favorite album early in year but unfortunately didn't hold up as strongly as I had hoped as the time went on. But even despite that, 'Process' is one of the year's most impressive debuts and perfectly reflects on who Sampha is. Just listen to the huuuuuge opening track, "Plastic 100°C," the Kanye co-written "Timmy's Prayer" or one of my favorite singles of last year, "Blood on Me".

Edited December 18, 2017 by AlexisNeiers

[World Eater]

1 hour ago, Navyofbadgals said:

update dis king xo

 

1 hour ago, bluth said:

cuz then u realised it's her best album

 

[Navyofbadgals]

Process and Xo  

the rest can choke xo

[artangels]

sampha and lorde snapped  

i don't know anything else #mainstreampoponly

[Tom Vercetti]

Shine A Light is very straightforward and one of their best songs. 

I liked Liability earlier in the year (more than Green Light) but now... eh.  

I can't fault that National choice, and XO 

 

And yeah, agreed on Sampha. 

[Lucas32]

The Broken Social Scenes album was forgotten quickly  

Lorde & The National  

[Vxspertine]

Process  Definitely agree on what you said about it. 

Liability 

Dark Side Of The Gym is pretty good, but I think there's are plenty of better songs on that album 

[madonnas]

I heard Shabazz's first album but immediatley stopped following them, didn't know they sitll exist.  I prob would like them too

XO tour Life is the best emo/rap hybrid we've heard THUS far.

 

[ARTPØP]

Liability 

[World Eater]

54 minutes ago, artangels said:

sampha and lorde snapped  

i don't know anything else #mainstreampoponly

 

30 minutes ago, Tom Vercetti said:

Shine A Light is very straightforward and one of their best songs. 

I liked Liability earlier in the year (more than Green Light) but now... eh.  

I can't fault that National choice, and XO 

 

And yeah, agreed on Sampha. 

Liability still hits hard  I think Green Light was a great lead for Melodrama but everyone clearly overpraising it made me like it a bit less if that makes sense  

 

42 minutes ago, Lucas32 said:

The Broken Social Scenes album was forgotten quickly  

Lorde & The National  

Not as quickly as Forgiveness Rock Record nn

 

38 minutes ago, Vxspertine said:

Process  Definitely agree on what you said about it. 

Liability 

Dark Side Of The Gym is pretty good, but I think there's are plenty of better songs on that album 

You may be right but it was DSOTG I kept coming back to over and over again

 

35 minutes ago, madonnas said:

I heard Shabazz's first album but immediatley stopped following them, didn't know they sitll exist.  I prob would like them too

XO tour Life is the best emo/rap hybrid we've heard THUS far.

They do, Ishmael looks better than ever  Black Up is still my favorite from them but I'd say there's some treats on each of their records

 

LUV came through with XO TOUR Llif3, too bad his album wasn't that good

[Unoriginal]

Liability grew on me so much as time went on  it's stunning

[Tsareena]

Liability  the lyrics hit so hard

yas at XO making your list too 

[prézli]

Where is ANTHONY?

 

 

 

XO tho  

[Eeveelution]

Dark Side is top 3 on SWB.

 

[karma police]

ugh guess I'll finally have to force myself and listen to Melodrama

 

Dark Side of the Gym

but this better not be their only entry in this "Best of"

[theblackestday]

Dark Side is a bop.
Process

[bluth]

ugh liability her lyrics  

 

xo is an excellent choice and i agree re: sampha - good to begin the year but it kinda faded over time. it's a good position for it

[jose168]

yes yes yes at the last updates. Love every pick. Sampha was nice. Liability  XO toree, and BSS slay. I'm liking this the national song too!

[TRF.]

love XO Tour Liif3, Liability and Process.

 

but of course your Ambient Wife would stan for that Kareem Lofty song.

 

 

hope he comes through with some more music in 2018. an alb would be p cool.