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"I don't understand how this Kendrick Lamar album as a whole is rated so high. It seems really disjointed and random to me. The typical 2-3 good singles and a bunch of filler. "

+1

12/27/2012 12:54:34 PM

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"I don't understand how this Kendrick Lamar album as a whole is rated so high. It seems really disjointed and random to me. The typical 2-3 good singles and a bunch of filler. That freestyle song is the worst crap i've ever heard."

this. i feel the same way about frank ocean too. i don't understand why people lost their shit over frank ocean either.

12/27/2012 1:07:12 PM

Frank Ocean isnt my cup of tea, but I can see why people like it so much. The good songs on the Kendrick Lamar album are realllly good songs, and even the "filler" material is better than a lot of other shit out


I am giving the Killer Mike album a listen now, I dont know how I missed it this year, but its damn good

12/27/2012 1:09:36 PM

I have friends who are waaay into music (some are even on this board) and friends who only have a passing interest in new music and they all unanimously love the Kendrick Lamar album

that includes people who have no idea of the hype behind it and those who aren't even into rap very much

it's pretty fucking legit

12/27/2012 1:25:33 PM

^same...my non-music-loving friends and my music-loving friends are all into the Kendrick album. Whoever said the album is disjointed needs to take another listen and read along with the lyrics as they listen to the album. It's a loose concept album.

12/27/2012 4:29:01 PM

literally the tagline of the album is "a short film by kendrick lamar"

i hadn't listened to it when i posted my list. #1 now for sure.

[Edited on December 27, 2012 at 5:21 PM. Reason : didn't like frank ocean though]

12/27/2012 4:52:45 PM

eh, maybe i'll try it again

12/27/2012 5:04:16 PM

also a bit taken aback by reading that Backseat Freestyle was "the worst crap I've ever heard"

when that song started during my first time listening to the album, that was when I said to myself "uh oh, we may be onto something big here"

[Edited on December 27, 2012 at 5:19 PM. Reason : MARTIN HAD A DREAAAAAAM]

12/27/2012 5:17:58 PM

^i would "like" that comment if there were a "like" button on here, felt the exact same way on first listen...KENDRICK HAVE A DREEEEAM

12/27/2012 6:10:55 PM

svstanko and i are apparently the only ones who enjoyed Menomena enough to mention it? that makes me sad.

i think now that the year has ended, Grizzly Bear was my runaway favorite for AOTY.

i also thought Blur released one of the 15 best singles this year with "Under the Westway", and that sort of flew under the radar.

12/27/2012 8:51:21 PM

Did the Passion Pit wagon fall apart or what

12/27/2012 9:01:19 PM

I ignored new music for most of the year and am trying to binge over the next few days so I can chime in.

So far I'm liking Wild Nothing - Nocturne

I'll be back

12/28/2012 4:33:07 PM

I liked Kendrick Lamar, Beach House, Tame Impala, Melody's Echo Chamber, Grimes, Thee Oh Sees, polica, animal collective, everything Disclosure did, Andy Stott, Four Tet, Purity Ring, Blondes, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Benoit & Sergio - New Ships EP, probably some more that i'm forgetting about

Disclosure is probably my favorite new "band" of the year. Kendrick's album was definitely my favorite overall album of the year.

it was a good year for music


[Edited on December 28, 2012 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ]

12/28/2012 5:44:48 PM

Kendrick Lamar is good, but it ain't blow my mind or nothin'. "Backseat Freestyle" is pretty sick.

BTW, reading about the album has made it seem more awesome than my initial impressions. That being said, I've spent the past year far too busy to read record reviews or even basic information about musicians 'n' bands. For once, I'm a blank-ish slate.

12/28/2012 8:59:12 PM

On that note, why do I feel like the only honest music out there is rap from the dirty souf? And, yeah, in this statement I am considering rap from south-central LA.

12/28/2012 9:48:09 PM

In order...a few of mine that I don't see on here so I'll post albums (and favorite song). My list is more rap-heavy than normal.

Albums:

1. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (No Tear)
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Mladic)
3. Aesop Rock - Skelethon (Ruby 81)
4. Twin Shadow - Confess (Patient)
5. Boldy James - Consignment: Favor For a Favor (Jackie Brown)
6. Beach House - Bloom (Myth)
7. Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate (What It Look Like)
8. Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't (Erica America)
9. Swans - The Seer (Avatar)
10. Ceremony - Zoo (World Blue)
11. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (Pyramids)
12. Purity Ring - Shrines (Obedear)
13. El-P - Cancer For Cure (Tougher Colder Killer)
14. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (For the Love Of Ivy)
15. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.A.D.D City (The Art Of Peer Pressure)
16. Action Bronson - Blue Chips (Steve Wynn)
17. How To Dress Well - Total Loss (Talking To You)
18. Crystal Castles - III (Affection)
19. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (Arch & Point)
20. Chromatics - Kill For Love (Lady)
21. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (The Axe)
22. Grimes - Visions (Vowels = Space and Time)
23. Ab-Soul - Control System (Track Two)
24. Metz - Metz (Wet Blanket)
25. Clams Casino - Instrumentals #2 (Leaf)

12/29/2012 8:39:40 PM

kendrick lamar, miguel, japandroids, LIARS, the men

titus andronicus had a couple of good tracks (ecce homo, in a big city)
outside of "thinkin about you", i don't really care for frank ocean
i also like schoolboy q's album and that rick ross mixtape

i'd have to say kendrick lamar is AOTY for me

[Edited on January 5, 2013 at 12:08 PM. Reason : ..]

[Edited on January 5, 2013 at 12:32 PM. Reason : ..]

1/5/2013 12:08:03 PM

just discovering it now, but it was released in 2012, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' album "The Heist" is awesome

1/16/2013 1:39:39 PM

not enough love for killer mike up in here

1/16/2013 5:09:44 PM

can someone please tell me what im missing in the Kendrick Lamar album? it's good, but I just dont get all the AOTY buzz.

1/16/2013 10:14:50 PM

listen to it more and read the lyrics

1/16/2013 11:21:04 PM

...or grow a pair and not try to live up to someone else's standards on what you consider good music...

1/16/2013 11:39:21 PM

^that's a bizarre thing to say for someone who has such a judgemental attitude toward people's tastes in music

anyways, some of my favorite albums i thought were mediocre before i listened a bunch and understood them

1/16/2013 11:57:04 PM

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"or grow a pair and not try to live up to someone else's standards on what you consider good music"

I have my own standards on good music, but when people who I usually agree with on music love an album that I dont, I wonder if I'm missing something.

1/17/2013 9:45:39 AM

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"anyways, some of my favorite albums i thought were mediocre before i listened a bunch and understood them"

While I did like it to begin with, this was true for me with BTBAM's Parallax II album. The more I listen to it and followed the story and lyrics, the more I love it. I'm sure this is true for many albums but this one in particular was amazing to follow. It is now one of my all time favorite albums. I just got the record in the mail yesterday that I will frame and put up in the man cave.

1/17/2013 9:50:15 AM

Colors is better.

1/17/2013 10:14:33 AM

1)Frank Ocean- Channel ORANGE AOTY
2)Japandroids- Celebration Rock
3)Beach House- Bloom

[Edited on January 17, 2013 at 10:55 AM. Reason : as]

1/17/2013 10:54:49 AM

^^ It took me a little while but I finally switched. Still love colors too though. Just curious, did you read all of the lyrics and follow the story?

I like these reviews:
Scroll down to get to Parallax II, they are #1
http://www.decoymusic.com/featured_bands/360

1/17/2013 1:42:58 PM

Beach House- 'Bloom' for the win

glad to see others have mentioned them, this will probably be in my top 25 albums of all time

1/17/2013 3:34:58 PM

^^ Yes, and I like the album. A lot. But Colors is my stranded-on-a-desert-island, never-get-tired-of-it album.

1/17/2013 3:40:34 PM

Cool. I wanted to buy that book that was only for sale last week that had Tommy's notes along with the lyrics about the story with lots of artwork and photos. It also came with a sweet Night Owl shirt. I found out about it after it ended. Missed it by hours .



[Edited on January 17, 2013 at 3:58 PM. Reason : pic]

1/17/2013 3:54:53 PM

prep-e may or may not have just blown my mind

1/17/2013 4:36:14 PM

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"can someone please tell me what im missing in the Kendrick Lamar album? it's good, but I just dont get all the AOTY buzz."

Out of curiosity, do you have an AOTY pick?

1/17/2013 5:14:57 PM

Probably Frank Ocean.

1/18/2013 10:39:32 AM

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"I don't understand how this Kendrick Lamar album as a whole is rated so high. It seems really disjointed and random to me. The typical 2-3 good singles and a bunch of filler"

For the record, I'd like to retract my endorsement of this post. The album is incredible. I don't love every single piece of it, but as a whole, I'm a big fan.

1/24/2013 11:26:19 AM

thegoodlife3

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"prep-e may or may not have just blown my mind"

haha, seriously? you can't understand how this album could be in someone's top 25?

1/24/2013 2:29:35 PM

no

it's hard for me to believe that you are a Beach House fan given your online persona

1/24/2013 3:41:33 PM

really liked the Jeff The Brotherhood album that came out in July.

1/25/2013 10:57:44 AM