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Well deserved imo.

I had the Roots "How I Got Over" and Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot the Son of Chico Dusty" neck and neck as hip hop album of the year.
After about 3 weeks with Ye's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" I can say that this album just takes it to another level. Its crafted beautifully from the music, lyrics, church choir and so forth.
The last album to blow me away like this was Aquemini which imo is the last great hip hop album. I'm not sayin its better or even as good but damn its not far behind.

I know more people hate him than like him because of his excessive acts of douchebaggery but his talent can't be denied. I know I've said it here before and ill say it again...Kanye West is the best thing in hip hop. He's not afraid to experiment with his music and and for the most part he's hit the mark.

Chris Rock wrote:

you know what? I gotta thank Yeezy. And when I see that nigga ima thank him. Ima buy the album, ima download that muthafucka, ima shoot a bootlegga! That's how good I feel about this nigga

Ok I'm done :oops:

5. To the Sea - Jack Johnson

sjboyd0137 wrote:

5. To the Sea - Jack Johnson

I'm gona go out on a limb and guess that this one sounded exactly like all the rest of his songs....

Ke$ha deserves all five spots.

2. Black Keys: Brothers
This band just seems to get better and better with each album they release. Just when you think their sound could go stale, they seem to reinvent themselves again and again. They're one of the only bands out there where I actually look forward to hearing new stuff year after year. So many bands in the mainstream just get tiresome by trying to recreate the success from previous albums.

Mr. Hernandez is my mult....or I'm his mult. I wish there were an easy way to figure this out... :shock:

The band features Lucas along with a few members of The Tossers, and some other assorted musicians. Pretty mellow stuff, but some very beautiful songs songs came out of this album. They're playing at The Hideout this Saturday also...so come buy me a drink.

Douchebag wrote:

A friend of mine drove out to California to play some gigs and he took the bass player and drummer from The Tossers as his backing band. After a couple weeks those two guys hated his guts so much they left his ass in California and drove home to Chicago without him.

Bez - Journal Enteries (#6)

Douchebag wrote:

Minus the Bear - Omni

Some pretty Hipster albums out there...I haven't heard 85% of the music in these lists you guys are coming up with.
:lol:

Although, I don't really listen to much music nowadays anyway.

I think I only bought five new albums this year...

5) Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack
4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Original Score
3) Video Games Live: Level 2
2) Mass Effect 2 Original Video Game Score
1) Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack

lipidquadcab wrote:

I hate it when the Eagles don't have a new album come out.

sjboyd0137 wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

I hate it when the Eagles don't have a new album come out.

Well this is dissapointing...I was hoping you would find some way to shit on one of those CDs...

Torrents are a wonderful thing.

lipidquadcab wrote:

The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

Torrents are a wonderful thing.

Torrents suck.

Torrents are samples of food at top-notch restaurants. The food isn't that good after all? You walk out. If it is good, you stay and spend some money...maybe tell a few friends and they also spend some money.

lipidquadcab wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

That analogy would be good except for the part that if I walked into a top-notch restaurant and tried to sample whatever I wanted without paying for it, I'd get thrown out...

Torrents were created using knowledge learned from technical advances in recent years. Restaurants haven't changed in a long time. They should adapt.

Author:	Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:	Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
5.) Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Huge Outkast fan so I've been waiting for this album for about 4 years. The only down side was the fact that Andre 3000 wasn't given clearence to appear on any tracks (except for a few leaked ones). Big Boi is able to stand on his own despite that, and shows why he's a legend in the game... 4.) Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager Sort of alternative Hip-Hop, I guess. Really solid production, especially from Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids. Even darker than his first album. Always great when artists are allowed to express thenselves without the label making them put a bunch of Pop-y bullshit on their album just to sell records... 3.) Eminem - Recovery Who knew that getting off of drugs would have a positive effect on him? I enjoyed Relapse, but really could only tolerate moste of the tracks. Recovery is great from begining to end. He's able to show his rhyming ablity even more without losing the edge that people like so much. Not a ton of pop culture references which he often seemed obsessd with in the past.... 2.) The Roots - How I got Over My new favorite Roots album. Musically their best one to date, IMO. All the songs flow together perfectly and every verse from Black Thought and the guests (Blu, P.O.R.N., Truck North, etc.) are on point. Damn near perfect in every way... 1. ) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Wow. Just.....wow. Excellent production. If you like music, you'll love this. Kanye has grown as a rapper and it shows right here. While The College Dropout will always be my sentimental favorite, he really does some serious shit on this one. He's even become a better producer, if that's possible. A ton of replay is neccessary to catch everything going on. From the subtle guest voices you think you may have heard on a track, to a ton of dope lines from West, this one is a classic... Very Honorable Mentions Bez - Journal Enteries (#6) Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Revolutions Per Minute Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon - Wu-Massacre

Author:	Mr. Hernandez [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:18 pm ]
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1 - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy I recently did a review thread for this: KanYe West finally gets his 5th mic Mr. Hernandez wrote: Well deserved imo. I had the Roots "How I Got Over" and Big Boi's "Sir Lucious Left Foot the Son of Chico Dusty" neck and neck as hip hop album of the year. After about 3 weeks with Ye's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" I can say that this album just takes it to another level. Its crafted beautifully from the music, lyrics, church choir and so forth. The last album to blow me away like this was Aquemini which imo is the last great hip hop album. I'm not sayin its better or even as good but damn its not far behind. I know more people hate him than like him because of his excessive acts of douchebaggery but his talent can't be denied. I know I've said it here before and ill say it again...Kanye West is the best thing in hip hop. He's not afraid to experiment with his music and and for the most part he's hit the mark. Chris Rock wrote: you know what? I gotta thank Yeezy. And when I see that nigga ima thank him. Ima buy the album, ima download that muthafucka, ima shoot a bootlegga! That's how good I feel about this nigga Ok I'm done 2. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty This album is great from beginning to end. Big Boi has always been severely underrated. He's definately one of the top MCs in hip hop. Andre 3000 has a very tough act to follow 3. The Roots - How I got Over This is just as good if not better than Illadelph and Things Fall Apart. The album goes from dark as if theres no hope to light and optimistic. The guest appearances where chosen very well and each guest delivered. This and Big Bois album are pretty much tied for 2nd place. Tough choice 4. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid I had limited exposure to Monae before I was given this album by a female friend and told "this is how busting a musical nut feels like". Took about a week before I finally gave it a spin and damn this shit was better than I expected. This album is complete musical stimulation. 5. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer This is 21st century 70's Motown. Another album with no filler. Cee-Lo is like the male version of Lauren Hill. Dude is a sick MC who sings just as good. A collab with 3000 would have been awesome on this album though I liked Kid Cudi's album too but its suffered cuz I got it the same day I got Cee-Lo and Kanye's album so I haven't listed to it nearly as much. Its very good though I also liked Em's album. I'm listening to it now as I type this and it could easily be in the top 5. Best album from him in a loooong time.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
1. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire 2. Brothers - The Black Keys 3. Nothing - N.E.R.D. 4. Heaven is Whenever - The Hold Steady 5. To the Sea - Jack Johnson

Author:	spanky [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:28 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote: 5. To the Sea - Jack Johnson I'm gona go out on a limb and guess that this one sounded exactly like all the rest of his songs....

Author:	Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:41 pm ]
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Mr. Hernandez is my mult....or I'm his mult. I wish there were an easy way to figure this out...

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Author:	Northside_Dan [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:41 pm ]
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spanky wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: 5. To the Sea - Jack Johnson I'm gona go out on a limb and guess that this one sounded exactly like all the rest of his songs.... The album was a lot better than some of his previous. It's in the team photo for my top 5 for sure. You can't expect anything musically groundbreaking with his stuff, some may say that should automatically eliminate it from this topic

Author:	Urlacher's missing neck [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:42 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Ke$ha deserves all five spots.

Author:	Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:44 pm ]
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Urlacher's missing neck wrote: Ke$ha deserves all five spots. She may very well be the worst person to ever do anything...

Author:	Douchebag [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:59 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
5. Scott Lucas & The Married Men: George Lassos The Moon I didn't know what to expect when I bought this album. I've always been a big fan of Local H, but this was something completely new for Scott Lucas to try. The band features Lucas along with a few members of The Tossers, and some other assorted musicians. Pretty mellow stuff, but some very beautiful songs songs came out of this album. They're playing at The Hideout this Saturday also...so come buy me a drink. 4. Nick Curran & The Lowlifes: Reform School Girl I didn't even know who Nick Curran was prior to this year, but heard a few songs from this album on satellite radio and decided to buy the album on itunes. I've always been a small fan of rock-a-billy music, but Nick Curran has done it better than any current artist I have ever heard. I caught him back in September at Fitzgerald's and it easily ranks as the best show I have seen this year. 3. Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards I thought their first album was just ok, but this follow-up was great from front to back. Nothing much else to say.. 2. Black Keys: Brothers This band just seems to get better and better with each album they release. Just when you think their sound could go stale, they seem to reinvent themselves again and again. They're one of the only bands out there where I actually look forward to hearing new stuff year after year. So many bands in the mainstream just get tiresome by trying to recreate the success from previous albums. 1. Nelly: 5.0 I don't want Rick to beat me up, so this is my #1.

Author:	spanky [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:59 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Tough to make a top 5 list. I like Eminem's album and the Black Keys, but not a Kanye fan at all. This would also be in mine somewhere:

Author:	Krazy Ivan [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:10 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Douchebag wrote: 2. Black Keys: Brothers This band just seems to get better and better with each album they release. Just when you think their sound could go stale, they seem to reinvent themselves again and again. They're one of the only bands out there where I actually look forward to hearing new stuff year after year. So many bands in the mainstream just get tiresome by trying to recreate the success from previous albums. This is really good. Not my normal stuff, but I really dig it...

Author:	Mr. Hernandez [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:35 pm ]
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Krazy Ivan wrote: Mr. Hernandez is my mult....or I'm his mult. I wish there were an easy way to figure this out... There is. Brian Williams and Bison Dele...

Author:	Rod [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:42 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Douchebag wrote: The band features Lucas along with a few members of The Tossers, and some other assorted musicians. Pretty mellow stuff, but some very beautiful songs songs came out of this album. They're playing at The Hideout this Saturday also...so come buy me a drink. A friend of mine drove out to California to play some gigs and he took the bass player and drummer from The Tossers as his backing band. After a couple weeks those two guys hated his guts so much they left his ass in California and drove home to Chicago without him.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:44 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Douchebag wrote: The band features Lucas along with a few members of The Tossers, and some other assorted musicians. Pretty mellow stuff, but some very beautiful songs songs came out of this album. They're playing at The Hideout this Saturday also...so come buy me a drink. A friend of mine drove out to California to play some gigs and he took the bass player and drummer from The Tossers as his backing band. After a couple weeks those two guys hated his guts so much they left his ass in California and drove home to Chicago without him. So what you're really saying is that you took the bass player and drummer with you to California, and they hated you so much they left your ass there. Got it.

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Author:	A7X [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:48 pm ]
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5. The Black Keys- Brothers 4. Iron Maiden- The Final Frontier 3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare 1. Eminem - Recovery

Author:	The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:49 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Krazy Ivan wrote: Bez - Journal Enteries (#6) Thanks. Even better stuff to come in 2011.

Author:	Douchebag [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:50 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Douchebag wrote: The band features Lucas along with a few members of The Tossers, and some other assorted musicians. Pretty mellow stuff, but some very beautiful songs songs came out of this album. They're playing at The Hideout this Saturday also...so come buy me a drink. A friend of mine drove out to California to play some gigs and he took the bass player and drummer from The Tossers as his backing band. After a couple weeks those two guys hated his guts so much they left his ass in California and drove home to Chicago without him. It would be worse if they would have driven him half way back and stranded him in Nebraska.

Author:	doug - evergreen park [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:58 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
No particular order b/c they are all great in their own ways. Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy (edit...) N.E.R.D. - Nothing Minus the Bear - Omni Deftones - Diamond Eyes TSP - Teargarden I (Dec 09) and II. Bez - Journal Entries was pretty cool too. Why do Kanye's albums sound "thin" to me? Some pretty Hipster albums out there...I haven't heard 85% of the music in these lists you guys are coming up with. Although, I don't really listen to much music nowadays anyway.

Author:	Douchebag [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
doug - evergreen park wrote: Minus the Bear - Omni Some pretty Hipster albums out there...I haven't heard 85% of the music in these lists you guys are coming up with. Although, I don't really listen to much music nowadays anyway. I saw Minus The Bear with the Mrs. a few years ago. I don't really like them, but she is into them. I think we were the only people in the crowd not wearing cardigan sweaters. That's a very Hipster-ey pick, Doug.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:02 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
I think I only bought five new albums this year... 5) Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack 4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Original Score 3) Video Games Live: Level 2 2) Mass Effect 2 Original Video Game Score 1) Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack

Author:	A7X [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:05 pm ]
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I forgot about Audio Secrecy by Stone Sour. That was 5b for me.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:09 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
lipidquadcab wrote: I think I only bought five new albums this year... 5) Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack 4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Original Score 3) Video Games Live: Level 2 2) Mass Effect 2 Original Video Game Score 1) Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack I hate it when the Eagles don't have a new album come out.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:09 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
sjboyd0137 wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: I think I only bought five new albums this year... 5) Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack 4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Original Score 3) Video Games Live: Level 2 2) Mass Effect 2 Original Video Game Score 1) Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack I hate it when the Eagles don't have a new album come out. Well this is dissapointing...I was hoping you would find some way to shit on one of those CDs...

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:11 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
lipidquadcab wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: I think I only bought five new albums this year... 5) Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack 4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Original Score 3) Video Games Live: Level 2 2) Mass Effect 2 Original Video Game Score 1) Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack I hate it when the Eagles don't have a new album come out. Well this is dissapointing...I was hoping you would find some way to shit on one of those CDs... I can't say I've ever heard any of them, so no...nothing to shit on here...for now

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Torrents are a wonderful thing. Torrents suck.

Author:	Douchebag [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:15 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
immessedup17 wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Torrents are a wonderful thing. Torrents suck. Torrents are the fast food of the music industry.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
immessedup17 wrote: Torrents are samples of food at top-notch restaurants. The food isn't that good after all? You walk out. If it is good, you stay and spend some money...maybe tell a few friends and they also spend some money. That analogy would be good except for the part that if I walked into a top-notch restaurant and tried to sample whatever I wanted without paying for it, I'd get thrown out...

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Your Top 5 Albums of 2010
immessedup17 wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: immessedup17 wrote: Torrents are samples of food at top-notch restaurants. The food isn't that good after all? You walk out. If it is good, you stay and spend some money...maybe tell a few friends and they also spend some money. That analogy would be good except for the part that if I walked into a top-notch restaurant and tried to sample whatever I wanted without paying for it, I'd get thrown out... Torrents were created using knowledge learned from technical advances in recent years. Restaurants haven't changed in a long time. They should adapt. Well, that certainly is one of the more creative arguments for theft I've seen in a while...so, congrats?