We have less than two weeks to go for the mid year mark. Let's recap what has dropped so far and we may be put on to something we missed. I am sure the El and KM album that drops next week will make this list
4. "In no order" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jun-20-13 04:53 PM by bwood
Quadron - Avalanche James Blake - Overgrown JT - The 20/20 Experience Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - 12 Reasons To Die Atoms for Peace - Amok Kanye - Yeezus
Tree: Sunday School 2 Chance The Rapper: Juice Mr MFN Exquire: Kismet Curren$y: New Jet City Kanye West: Yeezus Young Thug: 1017 Thug Migos: Young Rich Niggas Young Dro: Day Two Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City Kylesa: Ultraviolet
6. "RE: Best of the 1st half of 2013" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jun-20-13 06:07 PM by KennyFresh
Coultrain - Jungle Mumbo Jumbo Bilal - A Love Surreal Iman Omari - (VIBE)rations Thundercat - Apocalypse Kung Foo Grip - Growing Up In The Future Atoms For Peace - AMOK Mndsgn - Bed / Frugal Earth Knxwledge - Relevnt.B/Sde_LP. Radiation City - Animals In The Median Pusha T - Wrath Of Caine
still havent heard Quadron or 20/20 in full, might be forgetting some others
7. "Hip-Hop wise, in no real order:" In response to Reply # 0
Czarface Ghostface and Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die Gensu Dean and Planet Asia - Abrasions Durag Dynasty - 360 Waves Prodigy and Alchemist - Albert Einstein Styles P - Float Illogic and Blockhead - Capture the Sun A$ap Rocky - Long Live A$ap Tyler the Creator - Wolf Ugly Heroes
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8. "heres what i have in the mix..." In response to Reply # 0
Rap Kanye West - Yeezus Travis Scott - Owl Pharaoh Future - FBG The Movie Young Thug - 1017 Thug Action Bronson - Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaab Stories Mac Miller - Watching Movies... J. Cole - Truly Yours 2 & 3 Young Scooter - Street Lottery Rockie Fresh - Electric Highway Pusha T - Wrath of Caine Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi Story Curren$y - New Jet City ASAP Rocky - LongLiveASAP
Non-Rap OneRepublic - Native Empire of the Sun - Ice on The Dune <--- highly recommend Disclosure - Settle Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Justice - Access All Arenas <--- highly recommend James Blake - Overgrown Justin Timberlake - 20/20 The-Dream - IV Play Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return
William Tyler - Impossible Truth Atoms for Peace - Amok My Bloody Valentine - m b v The Ocean Blue - Ultramarine Sigur Ros - Kveikur Shuggie Otis - Wings of Love The Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual
And it seems like I'm forgetting something else. . .
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11. "rap tunes wise" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jun-20-13 08:34 PM by Nodima
Top Ten Releases: 1. J. Cole - Truly Yours 2: 8.35 2. Prodigy - Albert Einstein: 8.30 3. Big K.R.I.T. - King Remembered in Time: 8.26 4. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap: 8.17 5. Curren$y - New Jet City: 8.07 6. Czarface - Czarface: 7.86 7. Kanye West - Yeezus: 7.79 8. Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons to Die: 7.54 9. ST 2 Lettaz - The G... Growth & Development: 7.43 10. Pusha T - Wrath of Caine: 7.42
other genres, no order:
Bilal - A love Surreal: 4/5 James Blake - Overgrown: 4/5 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: 4/5 Yo la Tengo - Fade: 4/5 Ducktails - The FLower Lane: 3.5/5 Lapalux - Nostalchic: 3.5/5 Justin Timberlake - 20/20: 3.5/5
12. "my list thus far:" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jun-21-13 07:43 AM by shockzilla
01. Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon 02. Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic 03. Mikal Cronin - MCII 04. Jagwar Ma - Howlin' 05. Kurt Vile - Wakin' On A Pretty Daze 06. Atoms for Peace - AMOK 07. Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest 08. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories 09. My Bloody Valentine - MBV 10. Purling Hiss - Water On Mars 11. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City 12. Secret Colours - Peach 13. Lady - Lady 14. Deerhunter - Monomania 15. Bilal - A Love Surreal 16. Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return 17. The James Hunter Six - Minute By Minute 18. Jose James - No Beginning No End 19. Adrian Younge - Adrian Younge Presents the Delfonics 20. Secret Circuit - Tropical Psychedelics
13. "RE: Best of the 1st half of 2013" In response to Reply # 0
The National - Trouble Will Find Me The Drones - I See Seaweed The Knife - Shaking the Habitual Deafheaven - Sunbather My Bloody Valentine - m b v James Blake - Overgrown Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away Kanye West - Yeezus Local Natives - Hummingbird Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap Boris - Präparat Kinoko Teikoku - eureka Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Meishi Smile - mYSTERIOUS sUMMER vACATION Feend - Secrets Sakanaction - sakanaction Iceage - You’re Nothing inc. - no world Etsuko Yakushimaru - RADIO ONSEN EUTOPIA Paco Sala - The Fog Yoshito Murakami - Mu To Eien Dean Blunt - The Redeemer Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat Shortcake Collage Tape - Spirited Summer Passepied - Enshutsuka Shutsuen Quasimoto - Yessir, Whatever
15. "RE: Best of the 1st half of 2013" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jun-21-13 08:51 AM by Nick Has a Problem..
These are the only albums I'm lovin so far this year. Amok, Acid Rap, Albert Einstein, Monomania, Overgrown and Sunbather. Rap has seriously let me down so far this year.
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16. "Depeche Mode - Delta Machine ( Deluxe Version )" In response to Reply # 15
some of their best work yet with some awesome production..its like a modern take on their sound between Construction Time Again thru Black Celebration..noisey and experimental
24. "10, in order for the most part" In response to Reply # 0
James Blake - Overgrown Chance - Acid Rap Mr MFN eXquire - Kismet Tree - Sunday School II Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only The Underachievers - Indigoism Bilal - A Love Surreal Atoms For Peace - Amok Tyler - Wolf Kanye West - Yeezus
1. Durag Dynasty 2. Tyler 3. Underachievers 4. Chance The Rapper 5. Czarface 6. Styles P & Scram Jones 7. Ghostface 8. Yeezus 9. YG "Just Re Up'd 2" 10. Mac Miller
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Jim James The Knife Kurt Vile Atoms for Peace Queens of the Stone Age J. Cole - Truly Yours 1 & 2 Daft Punk KRIT Future. Say what you will but when you want ignorant shit, this mixtape is it Rhye Vampire Weekend
... - Yeezus was underwhelming but I"ve been coming back a lot to the songs I like - J. Cole LP was nowhere near as bad as everyone made it out to be. Matter of fact, neither was his first - 20/20 was good. - James Blake was good but for whatever reason I haven't had the "oh" moment with it yet. I thought Jim James did a lot better job of making a melancholy album - Phoenix was cool from what I've heard - Empire of the Sun can only make one song but I enjoyed what I heard from the new one - Thundercat was OK. Feel bad considering the circumstances of the album but maybe it's not the season for the gloomier stuff now - Only gave Albert Einstein a once-over but I enjoyed it - Was a bit disappointed in Toro Y Moi, but after several listens it's a solid LP, albeit not as rewarding as his earlier stuff - Chance & MFN Exquire mixtapes were cool. I owe Underachievers another listen
disappointing: - Tyler. What a fucking whino. - Bronsolino/Fraud. Feels like Bronson's ran out of ideas. I don't like the mafioso thing he's doing now - Ghostface. It's difficult to listen to him rap now. - The National. Fuck this shit. Probably never really liked them in the first place - A$AP. Took away everything that made the first record charming IMO
36. "nobody got killah priest in there?" In response to Reply # 0
his album 'the psychic world of walter reed' is one of the best lyrical and musically ive heard in a minute from the wu camp. do yourself a favor and stop sleeping..:
43. "haven't listened to everything out, but here's what i like so far" In response to Reply # 0
nothing earth-shattering or new on this list, but:
Curren$y - New Jet City Prodigy/Alchemist - Albert Einstein Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Action Bronson - SAAAB Stories Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - The 20/20 Experience Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Live in Concert Kanye West - Yeezus A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
i need to give the Ghostface album some more spins.. love the way it sounds.. gotta pay more attention to GFK's performance, cuz i wasn't super impressed the first couple of times.. I wish Acid Rap could make the list, but i think i just have too many problems with it - promising artist though, i think... ESGN is cool but disappointing so far (just the monotony and length of it), not giving up on it yet though and there are some monster individual tracks on it...
i've gotta look at the rest of this post and see what i missed..
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY THE-DREAM - IV PLAY CULT FAVORITE - FOR MADMEN ONLY AUTRE NE VEUT - ANXIETY CHANCE THE RAPPER - ACID RAP INC. - NO WORLD LIONMMVIII - BY THE GODS CHARLES HAMILTON - CATHOLIC ILLUMINATI: PALPAL INFALLIBILITY RHYE - WOMAN VON PEA - DULY NOTED FUTURE - FBG: THE MOVIE KANYE WEST - YEEZUS TYLER THE CREATOR - WOLF MR. MUTHAFUCKIN' EXQUIRE - KISMET PRODIGY & ALCHEMIST - ALBERT EINSTEIN MIGOS - Y.R.N. JAI PAUL - JAI PAUL QUASIMOTO - YESSIR WHATEVER JAMES BLAKE - OVERGROWN GHOSTFACE KILLAH - 12 REASONS TO DIE
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