best of Mark Rih's Best of 2017 | Final update: Top 10 Singles

[potent]

I haven't listened to these but I like what I've heard from Kendrick and Kelela 

 

Harry Styles music is really mediocre imo

[Tsareena]

 your album list is kinda perfect whew. glad to see talent Sabrina and Lil Uzi Vert making it. Though the only songs I use on luv is rage 2 are the 3 standouts you mentioned 

[jose168]

Take me apart and damn nice, the latter deserved top 10!

[Pedro]

I guess it's a common opinion that Halsey's album while being great, can get quite old quick... Love Tove Lo's!

[Navyofbadgals]

update dis skinny @Mark Rih

Edited December 17, 2017 by Navyofbadgals

[K$Ellie]

Dua -> Tove -> Kelela -> Halsey, this 1-2-3-4 punch

Harry's album was alright  Garden and Homesick are my least favorite on Dua's album

I wasn't expecting Blue Lips to be as good as it is  Kelela's album grew on me a lot

Slay @ hfk growing on you again  Don't Play, Alone and 100 Letters being ur standouts

[Mark Rih]

43 minutes ago, Navyofbadgals said:

update dis skinny @Mark Rih

2morrow

It was a busy weekend and I’m too tired to update xo

[Ratviolo]

1 minute ago, Mark Rih said:

2morrow

It was a busy weekend and I’m too tired to update xo

Is The Cure going to be #1 at least?

 

[Navyofbadgals]

4 minutes ago, Mark Rih said:

2morrow

It was a busy weekend and I’m too tired to update xo

Lazy fat 

your lil Marcos have been waiting for DAYS now, give us a sneak peek

[Mark Rih]

18 minutes ago, DangerousSwiftie said:

Lazy

 

I know

 

 

17 minutes ago, ItalianMonsterLM said:

Is The Cure going to be #1 at least?

 

Good luck with that

 

 

14 minutes ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Lazy fat 

your lil Marcos have been waiting for DAYS now, give us a sneak peek

Ahhh love my stans 

 

ok ok, hints for the top 5!

 

an alternative act

a new act 

a new act that isn’t that new tho

a rap act 

an act that reinvented him/herself

 

(order isn’t right)

 

go guess them

 

[Navyofbadgals]

Mess wtf I would literally not know

[Mark Rih]

2 minutes ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Mess wtf I would literally not know

Oh wow thought that was easy 

big surprises are coming 2morrow then!

 

[Mark Rih]

Just now, DangerousSwiftie said:

SZA?

 

Who knows

Spoiler

Me

[Mark Rih]

1 minute ago, DangerousSwiftie said:

If she doesn't make it, I'm unstanning xo

 

Spoiler

u got it right 

[Moonlightbae]

31 minutes ago, Mark Rih said:

 

an alternative act

a new act 

a new act that isn’t that new tho

a rap act 

an act that reinvented him/herself

 

go guess them

 

Melodrama

There's so many.. maybe don't smile at me

CTRL

DAMN.

Rainbow 

 

[Mark Rih]

22 minutes ago, Moonlightbae said:

Melodrama

There's so many.. maybe don't smile at me

CTRL

DAMN.

Rainbow 

 

would've made my worst of the year if I made one

idk ha

yes

already appeared @ #11

not my cup of tea

 

[Navyofbadgals]

Do you stan Flower Boy, perhaps?

 

[Nimrod.]

 

[Diet Pepsi]

Dua & Halsey

Harry’s album is horrendous if we’re gonna be honest

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

Dua and Tove's albums were very good!

[shelven]

HFK  

 

Tbh I wasn't that impressed with Blue Lips when I first listened to it, but I'm definitely going to give it another listen soon.

[Mark Rih]

So far:

 

HM: Kehlani - SweetSexySavage

#20: Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me

#19: Taylor Swift - Reputation

#18: The Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open

#17: Astrid S - Party's Over

#16: Allie X - CollXtion II

#15: Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage II

#14: Sabrina Claudio - About Time

#13: Zara Larsson - So Good

#12: Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life

#11: Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

#10: Harry Styles - Harry Styles

#9: Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa

#8: Tove Lo - Blue Lips

#7: Kelela - Take Me Apart

#6: Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

 

TOP 20 ALBUMS

#5 - #1

 

#5 Khalid – American Teen

 

Lately I’ve seen a bit of hate for him on ATRL and I don’t get why exactly. Khalid is my fave newbie of this year and this album is exactly what a young mainstream act should do in 2017 (well, imo at least): chill R&B-pop catchy tunes and careless lyrics. It's a great album to play in many occasions, and I still have to get tired of it, probably because I slowly discovered it during the year. Standouts: Location, Saved, Coaster, American Teen.

 

 

#4 Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces

 

Calvin has always been my fave mainstream DJ, I liked him since his debut and then I fell in love with him with We Found Love for obvious reasons; last year, after the release of My Way, I thought for the first time that he was running out of ideas and that his decline was coming; I couldn’t have been more wrong. With Funk Was Bounces Calvin completely reinvented his sound following the current music trends but also never forgetting about his past, because you can still his classic input all over the album; the productions are fun and funky and with the help of an impressive amount of first quality features he gave me the perfect LP for my summer. The only negative thing: the best tracks are the singles, and we heard them all before the album release. (but luckily this wasn’t another So Good/Dua Lipa situation since the album was released at the right time). Standouts: Slide, Rollin, Feels, Faking It.

 

 

#3 The xx – I See You

 

I generally don’t use indie music that much but The xx are an exception, I always check their material out. The first time I played I See You was during a long road trip at night back in January, and I fell immediately in love with it and since then I never abandoned it. The album is full of captiving melodies that do not fail to get stuck in your head and create a beautiful atmosphere, Jamie did an amazing job. If you like dreamy electronic/indie songs you’ll probably love this record. Standouts: Replica, Lips, Say Something Loving.

 

 

#2 Drake – More Life

 

So after the huge success but mixed reactions of Views, Drake decided to come back with this ‘playlist’ to show that he’s still able to deliver quality, and he did that because this is his best work of the last few years imo. Take Care wasn’t topped obviously, but with More Life Aubrey proved all his versatility; he’s great at doing pop, R&B, rap, hip-hop, basically whatever he wants. The first part of the playlist is my favourite (pop/dancehall Drake) but the second one (which is more hip-hop) is good too, maybe it has a few fillers tho. Standouts: Jorja+Get It Together (a MOMENT in his discography), Passionfruit, Teenage Fever, Portland, Madiba Riddim, Blem.

 

 

#1 SZA – CTRL

 

Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, **** on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it. Jokes apart, I loved how cohesive and personal was this album; I generally don’t like spoken parts but the snippets of the conversation with her mother were very nice. The general sound of CTRL is everything, it's alternative R&B but it's still very accessible; it reminded me of ANTI a bit and this is probably one of the reasons why I liked it so much. Easily my most played album of the year. Standouts: The Weekend, Prom, Drew Barrymore, 20 Something (fume @navyofbadgals)

 

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This is everything for albums. Top 50 singles starting tomorrow/wednesday, we'll see.

 

 

Edited December 18, 2017 by Mark Rih

[Mark Rih]

On 15/12/2017 at 10:05 PM, Tom Vercetti said:

Damn and TMA are my favorites from this batch and i'm pleasantly surprised at the latter being almost top 5. Halsey had a couple of good tunes and was an improvement over her 2015 stuff. Dua + Tove had some hot singles, but album wise, i'm not really convinced. 

yeah, exceeded my expectations

 

On 15/12/2017 at 11:27 PM, Unoriginal said:

10 - 6 are all brilliant

TMA's standouts are great too 

dadt is far from a standout on BL tho

I was pleasantly surprised by HS too. definitely the best 1D output so far

nn I love DADT sad vibes

praise Harry

 

On 16/12/2017 at 3:28 AM, Mezik said:

DAMN. is a good album, but I feel it's far from his best.  

 

I really need to explore Dua's album, but I have no time too lately. I love New Rules, so I really should try to get into it.  

 

Harry Style's was such a quality & authentic album, truly surprised me.  

Check out Dua you'll find some new bops for sure

another Harry stan

On 16/12/2017 at 4:52 AM, Lazuli said:

Poor DAMN. missing the top 10  

Dua, Take Me Apart, blue lips  

hfk  

poor Ashley lol

 

On 16/12/2017 at 5:25 AM, Remmy said:

hopeless fountain kingdom Dua LIpa
BLUE LIPS is solid but so far it's her weakest release for me, it's missing a little something.
Harry Styles He really did THAT. We love a timeless yet modern king.

 

SOTT, Two Ghosts, New Rules, Be the One, Homesick, Stranger, sdkbsk, HYGD? getting mentions

poor Ashley part 2 lol

stan for my standouts tho

 

On 16/12/2017 at 10:57 AM, TheWayWeWere said:

Harry debut was suprisingly good, and it's best debut out of all 1D boys, but album didn't really clicked with me besides few songs

Dua album came out too late for me, but there's still big bunch of good pop songs

BL is great, but it's still kinda worse than masterpiece QOTC and LW
TMA is absolutely stunning I waited for this album since C4M, and it was worth the wait

HFK finally gets some praise I didn't like this gal, but she SERVE with her music

STAN

On 16/12/2017 at 6:52 PM, Vxspertine said:

Kendrick and Kelela  Talent won 

it did

On 16/12/2017 at 7:00 PM, potent said:

I haven't listened to these but I like what I've heard from Kendrick and Kelela 

 

Harry Styles music is really mediocre imo

it's not btw check Kendrick and Kelela out in full, they're great!

 

On 16/12/2017 at 7:06 PM, Tsareena said:

 your album list is kinda perfect whew. glad to see talent Sabrina and Lil Uzi Vert making it. Though the only songs I use on luv is rage 2 are the 3 standouts you mentioned 

STAN Sabrina praise woo

On 16/12/2017 at 8:10 PM, jose168 said:

Take me apart and damn nice, the latter deserved top 10!

#11 is better than nothing hihi

23 hours ago, Pedro said:

I guess it's a common opinion that Halsey's album while being great, can get quite old quick... Love Tove Lo's!

but I said it grew on me again

16 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

Dua -> Tove -> Kelela -> Halsey, this 1-2-3-4 punch

Harry's album was alright  Garden and Homesick are my least favorite on Dua's album

I wasn't expecting Blue Lips to be as good as it is  Kelela's album grew on me a lot

Slay @ hfk growing on you again  Don't Play, Alone and 100 Letters being ur standouts

I was sure you were going to love this update

15 hours ago, Chevysus said:

Dua & Halsey

Harry’s album is horrendous if we’re gonna be honest

12 hours ago, MusicTalker said:

Dua and Tove's albums were very good!

stan for talent, what's new

12 hours ago, shelven said:

HFK  

 

Tbh I wasn't that impressed with Blue Lips when I first listened to it, but I'm definitely going to give it another listen soon.

most tracks (especially in the second part) are growers!

 

Sorry for the late answers guys, had a busy weekend. Gonna check out your lists later today.

[prézli]

Don't know these. SZA's album was very boring, I couldn't even finish it.

 

Glad it's not Koldplai's EP tho.

[Moonlightbae]

I don't like any of the top 5  

Perched for the singles tho