best of Vxspertine's 2017 In Review |#1 Album Revealed: Björk LOST

[Eeveelution]

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 other tracks like Yah and Love are just not good

[theblackestday]

2 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

[Vxspertine]

Spoiler

 

5 hours ago, theblackestday said:

Ison  we stan

Yes we do

 

5 hours ago, Tsareena said:

yay Ison. such a pleasant listen though only the singles really stood out for me

I also loved all the singles but there are some worthy albums cuts on it aswell 

4 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

Brockhampton 2 is to 1 as EP2 is to Yaeji Self Titled if that makes sense.

I was kinda underwhelmed With Broken's sophomore album  

With Damn, agree on some parts (like Love not being good). Still don't think it's his worst tho, but compared to the previous two, it's less concept heavy. 

Only that EP1 > EP2 

I listened to it much more than I thought I would after my first listen

Maybe I was reaching, Section 80 isn't better, but considering it was released as his first project it's more impressive imo

4 hours ago, artangels said:

 

2 hours ago, prézli said:

Nothing but KINGS

 

This one is not as good as their debut album, but I love some tracks from it that will debut on my countdown soon. 

 

2 hours ago, prézli said:

Hell, Yeah says hi. 

I really didn't like most of their last album  And Hell, Yeah is a cute girl

2 hours ago, madonnas said:

I wanna listen to this!

You should! They're very underrated

1 hour ago, AlexisNeiers said:

Haven't listened to HYPERTEXT, Nothing But Thieves and Sevdaliza but the rest from #20-11 is at least very good

Thanks 

1 hour ago, FancyMoonlight said:

Brockhampton, Yaeji and Sevdaliza 

Talent 

1 hour ago, Eeveelution said:

 

58 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

His worst songs, Love sounds like a Drake song and Yah sounds like he recorded it right before he fell asleep on the microphone

 

 

 

Replies  I'll do my best to get this over with on Friday/Saturday

Edited December 19, 2017 by Vxspertine

[Lazuli]

DAMN.

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This is Kendrick's worst effort so far in my opinion.

 

[volition]

Damn too low 

Ison too high  Grace is a highlight too

 

Whew top 10 coming

[ultraviolence.xx]

NBT's song "if i get high" does things to me  emotionally  and sexually

 

 

[Dom]

DAMN is a highlight definitely, Nothing But Thiever is amazing too, we stan.

[Navyofbadgals]

NBT album was trash aside from Amsterdam

 

[madonnas]

I think that Ison was just too boring for me, idk how else to describe it.  
Backseat Love is her only song I use   

[Mark Rih]

Kendrick

[Vxspertine]

Spoiler

 

16 hours ago, Lazuli said:

DAMN.

 

I didn't lie

15 hours ago, volition said:

Damn too low 

Ison too high  Grace is a highlight too

 

Whew top 10 coming

I really liked Ison  And I might post an update in a bit 

15 hours ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

NBT's song "if i get high" does things to me  emotionally  and sexually

 

 

A highlight on their last album 

11 hours ago, Dom said:

DAMN is a highlight definitely, Nothing But Thiever is amazing too, we stan.

5 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

NBT album was trash aside from Amsterdam

 

1 hour ago, madonnas said:

I think that Ison was just too boring for me, idk how else to describe it.  
Backseat Love is her only song I use   

I mean Backseat Exellence is great but REPENT

59 minutes ago, Mark Rih said:

Kendrick

King did that 

 

I might post #10-#8 in an hour or so 

Edited December 19, 2017 by Vxspertine

[theblackestday]

6 minutes ago, Vxspertine said:

I might post #10-#6 in an hour or so 

Post it now, fat

[Vxspertine]

2 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Post it now, fat

I need to go and drive my sister back from the airport but I'll post it in like 45 mins 

[Bubble Tea]

I guess Kendrick went off this year, not really my cup of tea but I heard "Humble" so many times at parties and what-not that I kinda appreciated it. (mainly I just have visions of white girls getting crunk to it - lawd)

[theblackestday]

57 minutes ago, Vxspertine said:

I need to go and drive my sister back from the airport but I'll post it in like 45 mins 

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Posted 59 minutes ago

[volition]

I am PERCHED for this top 10.

[Vxspertine]

20 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

[Vxspertine]

And now let's get into my top 10 albums of the year. I'm also going to be posting some albums I'm anticipating in 2018 and some of my favorite music videos of the year so that this won't be over too quickly. Let's get started! First we have an amazing EP mini album…

 

 

 

10. Rina Sawayama – RINA

 

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You are who you are
All of the pain and pleasure is you
Although life is hard
Deep in the center unshaken stands true

 

Spoiler

Score: 8.5/10 (8.6/10)

Trinity: Alterlife, Ordinary Superstar, 10-20-40

Worst track: Time Out

 

This BOPS. I was surprised to see how high it reached on my list (and other people's lists too) despite only being an EP. It's stuck in my head on pretty much a daily basis, so I couldn't put it lower.

 

I love this "mini album" so much, it's a great pop EP with a lot of throw-back styles, but at the same time crazy futuristic production (some of the beat drops and guitar solos are insane) and pretty dark lyrics about things like internet relationships, insecurities, drugs and obsessions.

 

I'm a huge fan of Clarence Clarity and he and Rina work together really well on this EP. If it was longer and each part of the album would connect more smoothly it'd be one of the best albums of the year. I'm looking forward to see what she'll do next (and crossing my fingers that it will be with Clarence again). Still kind of pissed that Clarence didn’t drop a solo album this year though.

 

Edited December 19, 2017 by Vxspertine

[Vxspertine]

2018 Anticipation: Clarence Clarity – Leave Earth

 

This BITCH has been teasing us since LAST YEAR with excellent new singles every couple of months, an excellent EP that was made of 1 excellent song with excellent hidden tracks, and even a random re-release of his excellent 2015 album No Now (which is one of my favorite albums of the decade) with excellent Japanese bonus tracks.

 

He released 9 random tracks in total since his last album, yet we don’t even know if most of them are on the album or not, and he even revealed the name and the cover of his album – BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RELEASE DATE YET. I HATE HIM. But please give us the album already FAT.

 

Edited December 23, 2017 by Vxspertine

[theblackestday]

I can't believe I waited for this trash?

 

[Vxspertine]

 

9. The National - Sleep Well Beast

 

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I’m always thinking about useless things
I’m always checking out
I’m always mothering myself to bits
I’m always checking out

 

Spoiler

Score: 8.5/10

Trinity: Guilty Party, Nobody Else Will Be There, Walk It Back

Worst track: Day I Flop

 

Like pretty much every indie fan out there, I've been a fan of The National for a pretty long time now, but I kind of stopped stanning after they dropped Trouble Will Find Me which was so painfully boring (except for Pink Rabbits which is excellent).

 

The singles leading up to this album were all pretty interesting, even Day I Die was pretty cute when it came out. Then the album came out and I stanned for it pretty much instantly. This album does have some filler like Day I Die but it's a great improvement from that last album. I really love the lyrical themes of this album, they're not very different from what they had on their last albums, but they're still touching and I love how vulnerable and emotional he lets himself be on his music.

 

I enjoyed this album a lot this year and I'm very glad they're making great music again. I'd say songs like Guilty Party are among the best songs of the year, and among the best National songs.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Vxspertine

[theblackestday]

[Vxspertine]

Favorite music videos of the year:

 

4. Grimes - Venus Fly

 

One of my favorite songs on @artangels, and this music video looks amazing. She did THAT with those visuals.

 

Spoiler

 

 

3. Richard Dawson - Ogre

 

I really love this song, and the music video is very powerful and only makes the song better.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited December 19, 2017 by Vxspertine

[Vxspertine]

 

8. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

 

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Move your body if you came here to party
If not then pardon me
How I'm supposed to have a good time
When death and destruction's all I see?

 

Spoiler

Score: 8.5/10 (8.75/10)

Trinity: Big Fish, 745, Yeah Right

Worst track: Trash Come Down

 

Vince is with no doubt one of the most talented musicians in the hip hop genre nowdays. The production on this album is TOP NOTCH.

 

It's really infectious once you get into it and he did an amazing job on his flows. His lyrics are also great on this album, you can tell that he's going through some emotional struggles (to say the least), and the lyrical themes on this album are pretty interesting. It's not a simple "I'm depressed" album bs, but he's actually elaborating on his depression, and on songs like Party People that have a really hype beat, Vince is rapping in a really lowkey way, and talks about how he doesn't understand how he's supposed to party when there's so much bad **** going on in the world.

 

And the features on this thing, WOW. Yeah Right is MONUMENTAL, and Vince is really one of the bravest rappers out there for putting this together. I mean, Kendrick, Flume, KUČKA AND ****ING SOPHIE?! **** ME UP

 

One thing that bothered me about this album is that sometimes Vince's lowkey delivery kind of turned me off to some tracks. It's just a little too depressive for me at times. Also Rain Come Down is trash and a disappointing closer.

Edited December 19, 2017 by Vxspertine

[Lucas32]

Trouble will find me is easily among their Top 3 albums though  at least you stan the best song of all time Pink Rabbits so I can overlook this  

Venus Fly was my favorite Grimes video of the era after Kill V. Maim.