What is (are) the best album(s) of the decade?

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Fart Garfunkel wrote:

Would you prefer that anonymous strangers give you their opinions?

Or, do you want anonymous strangers to Google it for you?

What a typical, sad, horrible little reply - I can only assume that you must be an INCEL

Lost in Music wrote:

Fart Garfunkel wrote:

Would you prefer that anonymous strangers give you their opinions?

Or, do you want anonymous strangers to Google it for you?

What a typical, sad, horrible little reply - I can only assume that you must be an INCEL

I’ll assume that is an insult.

I doubt you’re going to get helpful replies for three reasons:

1. This is Letsrun

2. No one knows what you want. Answering my question could have helped with that problem.

3. You are a jerk. People will see that you are a jerk based on how you responded to me, and they will not be interested in interacting with you.

(On the bright side, they will see that you are very easily riled up, so this might be a good opportunity for prime trolling.)

I’m not gonna say why, but some I enjoyed were:

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again

Conor Oberst - Ruminations

MGMT - Congratulations

Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Wanna Dance

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien

These are my favorite albums of this decade. These are albums with no songs to skip on them in my opinion.

Kanye West

My beautiful dark twisted fantasy

Love or hate him, kanye is considered by many to be the best artist of the past 10-15 years. This album came out after the whole taylor swift fiasco, his mother's death (which he blames on himself) and a breakup with his fiance. He then follows this up with what has been rated recently by many critics as the best, or second best, album of the decade.

It is just a beautiful work in my opinion, if you have a sort of idea on what kanye is talking about or are kind of down on yourself this album brings you on a rollercoaster. Idk man, I just love it

J. Cole

2014 forest hills drive

J. Cole's most popular album, he raps a lot about his past life. Has some funny tracks like wet dreamz but also has some songs where he talks about real problems. Kind of hard for me to sometimes relate to the stuff he raps about, but any educated person will be aware of what he talks about in some songs. Also some self-reflective songs that are good.

I like it because it is a lot more lyrical than a lot of albums from this decade, while still managing to have an amazing production and sound. Also, went platinum with no features lol.

Kendrick Lamar

good kid m.A.A.d city

Like j. Cole and on some albums/ songs kanye, kendrick is generally considered to be a lyrical rapper. Good kid is basically a narration of his childhood in Compton, growing up around gangs and the hardships that were present every day. Again, my life is very different than that so I cant directly relate, but I can appreciate the story that thousands of people go through every day.

I like it because it tells a story through the album and the production/beats/ lyrics are a masterpiece. It seems to be a toss-up for most people between kendrick and kanye for being the greatest artists of this decade in rap, which is the overwhelming genre of this decade. Also check out To pimp a butterfly and DAMN by kendrick.

Mac Miller

Swimming

This is mac's last album, released about 1 month before he OD'd. Mac's image as an artist has changed through the years, and this last album was an introspective masterpiece. There are many ways it almost seems he predicted his death less than a handful of weeks later. Another beautifully put together album that tells a story as you go through it.

I live this album for the messages and the production. It gets you thinking, and that's something that most rap albums dont do.

I dont listen to much music from before the mid 2000s but in that time these are the best albums to come out in my opinion.

The only albums I bought from the last decade were:

Awolnation -Megalithic Symphony

21 Pilots - Blurryface

About the only thing that comes to mind for me is a really fantastic garage band/grunge type of band from Seattle called "Murder City Devils". They released an album in 2014, late in their career, with some real gems.

Album: "The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again"

one of my favorite songs on that album: Pale disguise" link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5u6Ow-0nb4&list=PLhky9DIg-9ujYdUYvjc5hCZTuVvXUNo5r&index=3

And a few years ago they released two new songs on a 7:. Here's one I like a hell of a lot: "Ball Busters In A Peanut Gallery"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edx4M3XuCEg

I haven’t listened to any new albums since early 2000s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M2KZH1J0

A lot of great albums, but here are a few that immediately come to mind

(2012 seems to be the year)

The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From Discomfort - We're Alright (2012)

- "the logical conclusion to emo"...amazing instrumentals, a very unique vocalist. Experimental yet still very accessible. Makes me feel something every time I listen to it

Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation (and all of his other stuff) (2012)

- Very unique rapper, perhaps the best "in the game", or even the GOAT. A mix of over-the-top lyrics and dark but well formed production. A "memphis-rap" feel but for the modern age.

Laurel Halo - Quarantine (2012)

- Electronic record that with "cold" vocals. Hard to pin down what her style is like, but I'd say contrasted with many electronic artists, everything has a kind of "momentum" ad keeps moving forward, instead of staying in one place. I also have a huge crush on her

Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q (2019)

- "transcendental" black metal record that is both aggressive and pensive at the same time. Grand and grounded; definitely one of the most awe-inspiring things I've heard...one of the genre tags seems to be "modern classical" if that tells you anything.

Died - Anonymized Internal Criminals (2018)

- Amazing, albeit short, output of this new post-hardcore band from new york. full of energy from start to finish, experimental but grounded in the familiar of post-hardcore. Can't wait to see what they release next.

Stabscotch - Uncanny Valley (2017)

- A post-hardcore/experimental/noise rock album spanning ~100 minutes. Paranoid and crazed might be the words to describe it, in a good way.

Lastly, Death Grips might be the defining artist of the decade, listen to all their stuff. They are a bit too mainstream now, but (just about) everything they've done screams 2010's to me.

The genre of the decade, although many would say it would be rap, would probably be vaporwave...grasping on to the "lost futures" of the early 00's and late 90s. Essential artists here would be 2814, Nmesh, telepath, death's dynamic shroud, and HKE. However, I'd only say a few albums here are truly remarkable (2814's 2012 (again) release)

So you are a white guy who is fascinated with people rapping about ghetto life? Why?

You need a life, a wife, etc

Takes one (someone who needs wife, life, etc.) to know one

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the only correct answer.

2014's "Lost in the Dream" by The War on Drugs is the overwhelming choice for me.

MBDTF, I think that's not even a question at this point

MBDTF has been mentioned three times in this thread. Give it a listen and tell me where it glorifies "ghetto life." Because after dozens of listens over the years I couldnt tell ya.

Lady Gaga - Born this way

Taylor Swift - Red

Pat Metheney

Secret Story

/mu/tant runner wrote:

Too much free time wrote:

You need a life, a wife, etc

Takes one (someone who needs wife, life, etc.) to know one

Doesn’t work that way. Plus I don’t even know the performers you are referencing or even what you are talking about in your post. Why? I’m living life and posting on letsrun.