25. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With the Sound Off (Deluxe Version)
Mac miller actually dropping some dope shit. druggy hip hop.

24. Atoms for peace - AMOK
Cool. expirmental. much better live though.

23. Fidlar - Fidlar
Fun punk rock.

22. Mayer Hawthorne – Where Does This Door Go
Hawthorne went kind of pop on this one but there's still some great moments

21. Danny Brown - Old
25 buck momma braid yo hair. Danny brown is legit

20. HAIM – Days Are Gone
Haim is great. very likeable. The wire is the best pop song of the year.…

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Acid Rap - Chance The Rapper

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Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

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E$GN - Freddie Gibbs

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20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake

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The Luca Brasi Story - Kevin Gates

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Wakin On A Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile

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Yeezus - Kanye West

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Trouble Will Find Me - The National

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Like Clockwork - QOTSA

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Apocalypse - Thundercat

jack5603's top albums (year)

1. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (449)

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2. Jason Isbell - Southeastern (399)

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3. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze (299)

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4. Ab-Soul…

Songs
Sing For Me - Freddie Gibbs
Eyes Like Sky- Frank Ocean
Wakin On A Pretty Day - Kurt Vile
Unorthodox - Joey Bada$$
Loving U - Slim Thug & Z-ro
Pink Matter (Remix) - Big Boi/Frank Ocean
Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake
One of those nights - The Weeknd ft Juicy J
Reign On - Big K.R.I.T.
Choosin - Curren$y ft. Wiz & Rick Ross
Was All Talk - Kurt Vile
I Been On(H-town Remix)
Shame Chamber - Kurt Vile
Pure Pain - Kurt Vile
Hold it Down - Kevin Gates
Heartbreaks + Setbacks - Thundercat
Ecstasy song…

list time bitch. These are my 25 favorite records of the year, not the most "important" or most "ground breaking", but my favorites.


30. Open Your Heart - The Men
29.Oshin - Diiv
28.R.I.P. - Actress
27.Standing at the skies edge - Richard Hawley
26.R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike

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25. Fear Fun - Father John Misty
Fun Folk storytelling by Father John Misty.

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24. Lonerism - Tame Impala
Talented band, this album is kaleidoscope of warm and fuzzy sounds and John Lennon on the vocals. Really enjoying this record, can't place it higher though because its still fairly…

Keeping track of the 2012 Releases with reviews as well.

Rating Grid
Anything less = This shit ain't even Music.
1-2 = Terrible.
2-4= Not Feeling it
4-6= Its aight but doesn't hold up
7= I like it
8= Great
9= Love it
10= Amazing Piece of Art.

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Attack On Memory - Cloud Nothings
9.2
First album this year that made an impression. Aggresive, Catchy, Angsty, solid collection of songs. Perfect length as well, any longer and it could've dampened the quality. The dude oozes angsty emotion, but serves it on the catchy song platter. And they don't give…

1. What's your favorite song by 14?
Diamonds & Wood(Runner up "One Day") (UGK)

2. How did you get into 20?
Heard her I believe on TV and was like "sounds vibey… I could use some music to chill out to." didn't know she would end up being the ultimate artist to relax to. (Sade)

3. Who is your favorite member in 8?
Probably J.Cole. (J.Cole)

4. Whats your favorite lyric by 29?
Thats like impossible with Stevie. How about the chorus of "All is fair in love." (Stevie Wonder)

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
It's a tie!…

Year end list time. When I look back at last years list it's kind of hard to read cause I was really trying to sound like a pro "musical journalist" and lacked authenticity. Here we go.

Honorable Mention:
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17. How Do you do - Mayer Hawthorne
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Hawthorne can write one helluva soul song, and he's lucky he can cause where else would those chops work? "Get to Know You" is awesome. A lot of the predictiable melodies lean on the cheesy side of things, but they're perfect for a Mayer Hawthrone record and actually add to it.…

1. How did you get into no.29? Wiz Khalifa
Kush and Orange Juice

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22? ABN
Probably Rain, mind was blown(Didn't know good Southern rap exists)

3. Whats your favorite lyric by no.33? Dr.Dre
Lol he's got a lot of great lines, pretty much all of Fuck wit Dre Day "You walkin on the easiest streets that you can walk on" or what about "No this aint aerosmith"

4. How did you get into no.49? Big Punisher
A documentary that featured him I think on tv or "Still not a player"

5.…

Alrite doing this again after the sucess of the last list. This time it's Hip hop albums of the past decade. My brothers(Boomtap and Deilburg) are doing this too once again. This list was meant to have a variety of critically acclaimed albums from all regions and sub genre's of hip hop.

Below the heavens - Blu/Exile
Like Water For Chocolate - Common
Quality - Talib Kweli
God's Son - Nas
Let's Get Free - Dead Prez
Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
A Piece of Strange - CunninLynguists
Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
Kiss Of Death - Jadakiss
Crunk…

I listen to 80% hip hop, so this list may vary from the typical top 15 list on this site.

1. [Distant Relatives - Nas & Damian Marley
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It was tough decided whether this or High Violet deserved the #1 spot, but this edged it's way to the top spot. Critics were wrong about this release. I think a lot of big Nas stans were expecting something else. This album definitly sounded more like a Damian Marley album featuring Nas, but Nas does not sound out of place. The chemistry these two have together is very apparent throughout the…