Is it too late to consider Ghostface's new record!? Because it's awesome. And I hope we can all agree that the worst album of the year is Lil Wayne's "Rebirth."
Is it too late to consider Ghostface's new record!? Because it's awesome. And I hope we can all agree that the worst album of the year is Lil Wayne's "Rebirth."
Out-of-Wedlock Danny wrote:
ooh gosh. Here we go again...ANOTHER music snob list.
be prepared to read album names that no one has ever heard of (that's what makes them great!)
No one has mentioned anything that isn't easy to find in any record store.
Maybe you just don't give two shits about music so you don't listen to anything good. If you paid any attention to music within the last ten years, you'd know the bands being mentioned.
Stop being a douche and contribute if you don't like what is being listed.
Major Lazer wrote:
You really don't hear the talent in that album? I'd say listen more.
Or I could just stab myself in the ear. Same effect to me. Of course I dont like most Hip-Hop.
And most of the most glowing reviews of this album are beyond pretentious. Just take a look here at a few lines from the SPIN review for an example:
"Foregrounding the frisson that occurs when popular and fine art, street and formal language, poor and rich, black and white, trade places -- basically hip-hop's evolutionary hustle -- he conjures his own 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' tableau that opposes icy elegance and crass hilarity."
"Of course, this is Greek Tragedy 101 -- if Aeschylus wanted to show Xerxes' hubris today, he'd have him cackle, "I lost 30 mil, so I spent another 30 / 'Cause unlike Hammer, 30 million can't hurt me," like Kanye's cagily self-interested mentor Jay-Z on "So Appalled."
"In his 1989 essay "The New Black Aesthetic," novelist Trey Ellis championed a generation of young African American artists and intellectuals who looked past Africa and jazz and the Civil Rights movement for inspiration, crossing race and class lines, fired by alienation from both protective elders and shady gatekeepers. Hip-hop was more essential to Ellis' formulation than he realized; that generation ransacked the whole landscape. Now Kanye is trippin' on the aftermath, reconciling the dreams, the nightmares, the porn stars."
Well if you don't really like hip hop than its understandable to not see the quality of Kanye's album. I agree with the poster that said to listen more. I was never a big Kanye fan before this and the first couple times I listened to album I thought it was alright, but nothing great. But after a few listens, I started to really appreciate how good the album is. But I agree that review excerpt sounds ridiculous.
And yes, Rebirth has to be among the worst albums.
So... you don't like the genre and you also downgrade the album because its reviews are pretentious. Makes sense to me!
Dude, all reviews are pretentious, with the exception of your local newspaper's movie reviews. Open the New York Times and read reviews of restaurants or books, you will think it is hilarious. That doesn't mean restaurants and books are bad.
You are dealing with people who think their opinions are fact. People who are paid to tell you how to look at something, be it a book, album, film or eatery. They are pretentious people.
Stop missing out on good stuff based on perceived inferences.
That being said, I do not like Kanye.
"Transference" by Spoon
Arcade Fire had the best album of the year.
not giving an opinion one way or another whether it's bad or good...but will say K. West's album can't purely be categorized as hip hop.
don't know if that affects decision of dude who said he can't really get into hip hop.
True, elements of a lot of genres. Featuring indie folk artist Bon Iver in this song:
I had no idea that he sampled Woods. I might need to check the album.
Marrow2000 wrote:
Arcade Fire had the best album of the year.
And perhaps the song of the year -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_7_XRfTMs