Half the year is over. List them albums you love/like. You can throw a few honorable mentions in there too.

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Cocaine Pinata
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron


Other notables
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Swans - To Be Kind
EMA - The Future's Void
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
The Notwist - Close to the Glass

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

People Under the Stairs - 12 Step Program
L'Orange - The Orchid Days
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Cocaine Pinata
Blueprint - Respect the Architect (originally forgot this)
Doppelgangaz - Peace Kehd
Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy Album
Cunnilynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3 (originally forgot this too)
Blu - Good to Be Home
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

A few others that I'm digging:

Mandala Vol. 1 & 2
Pharoah Monch - PTSD
Dag Savage - E&J
Army of the Pharoahs - In Death Reborn
Skyzoo & Torae - Barrell Brothers
Onyx & Snowgoons - Wakedaucup
Rick Ross - Mastermind
Zilla Rocca - No Vacation For Murder
50 Cent - Animal Ambition

And non hip-hop albums:

Foreign Exchange - Love in Flying Colors
Chromeo - White Women
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband

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>People Under the Stairs - 12 Step Program
>Foreign Exchange - Love in Flying Colors
>Chromeo - White Women

adding these to my spotify playlist. Didn't know FE had a new joint out.

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Blueprint - Respect the Architect
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
SZA - Z
Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser

Great albums, but man it kind of seems like 2014 has been a slow year for me.

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st vincent
jaded inc "the big knock"
little dragon "nabuma rubberband"
sage francis "copper gone"
riff raff "neon icon"
ka and preservation "1200 bc"
meshell ndegeocecello "comet come to me"
taylor mcferrin "early riser"
tune yards "nikki nack"
sole and dj pain 1 "death drive"

Happy 50th D’Angelo: https://chrisp.bandcamp.com/track/d-50

>ka and preservation "1200 bc"

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mistamonotone - taboo
http://mistamonotone.bandcamp.com/album/taboo

@mistamonotone
IG: mistamonotone

worth every penny

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latest mixtape:
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mistamonotone - taboo
http://mistamonotone.bandcamp.com/album/taboo

@mistamonotone
IG: mistamonotone

he sounds as at home on Preservation's production as he does on his own

Preservation also has a great (& free) EP w/ Yahzeed i recommend everyone peep

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Ka is the man.

I just don't though

too sparse and atmospheric

i feel bored listening to it

but I do get why many do love it

so no hate

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Just got mines in the mail.

As usual, his pen is sick.

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Giants, Knicks, Yankees, Rangers

LPs:

La Dispute - Rooms of the House
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent
especia - GUSTO
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
C L E A N E R S - REAL RAGA SHIT VOL.1
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Light
Lone - Reality Testing
Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace is There
Passepied - Makunouchi ISM
Ben Frost - A U R O R A

EPs:

マクロスMACROSS 82-99 - A Million Miles Away
CHON - Woohoo!
Girls' Generation - Mr.Mr

>A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent

Glad I'm not the only one enjoying this album. Almost started a post but figured nobody fucked with them here.

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

I've had and listened to the La Dispute album much more, though, so I'll have to give ASiG's one a bit more time before saying it's my absolute favorite.

I'd also add Shabazz Palaces to my list, although I've only had the album a few days.

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If life is stupendous one cannot also demand that it should be easy. - Robert Musil

in no order

gibbs madlib - cocaine pinata

ratking - so it goes

schoolboy q - oxymoron

lil herb - welcome to fazoland

stepbrothers - lord steppington

clipping - clpng

ka - 1200 bc ep

kevin gates - by any means

mos def & amerigo gazaway - yassin gaye

little dragon - nabuma rubberband

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

1. CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Three
2. Mac Demarco - Salad Days
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
4. Moonchild - Please Rewind
5. Jazz Spastiks - The Product
6. Dag Savage - E&J
7. Hawk House - A Handshake To The Brain (EP)
8. Anita Tijoux - Vengo
9. PUTS - 12 Step Program
10. Broke/ - Sketches (EP)

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has a couple of bangers

dled iggy azalea n im not feelin it but she pretty tho

dled tinashe ya'll will proolly like that cuz she sounds like jean aiko
its aiite

gonna check ut rick ross

feelin a couple of 50 cent trax on the funeral

beyone's aiite couple of bangers


think like a man too is mary j's new lp shes on erry song-its aiite

heard one new song by joe it was aiite

mariah carey i am me mariah was aiite

nothing that great tho....

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib "Pinata"
The Roots "...and then you shoot your cousin"
Pharoahe Monch "PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder"
Black Milk "Glitches In The Break"
Schoolboy Q "Oxymoron"
Your Old Droog "Your Old Droog EP"

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I don't have 10 LP's...

The War on Drugs: Lost in A Dream
Taylor McFerrin: Early Riser
Curtis Harding: Soul Power
Little Dragon: Nabuma Rubberband
Moonchild: Please Rewind
Jesse Boykins III: Love Apparatus
Apollo Brown: Thirty Eight


Still absorbing these...
Open Mike Eagle: Dark Comedy
Fatima: Yellow Memories
Lee Fields & The Expressions: Emma Jean
L'Orange: The Orchid Days
Real Estate: Atlas

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Giants, Knicks, Yankees, Rangers

Sea When Absent.

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Giants, Knicks, Yankees, Rangers

your old droog ep
the roots - atysyc
jellowstone booster pack vol. 1
gordy michael - dollar bin 1/2 + live!from3025
marc ribot trio - live at the village vanguard
preservation&ka - 1200 BC & preservation/yahzeed - of monolithic proportions
ohbliv - mindgarden
miles davis - live at fillmore
madlib - rock konducta vol. 1
apollo brown - .38

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That's it

Always updating it, too.


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Didn't know about the new Ibrahim record - thanks for listing that!

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

. . . my copy even says ©2014 so I'm counting it as a 2014 release.


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1. Phantogram-Voices (this is definitely number one for me)
2. Little Dragon-Naumba Rubberband
3. Pharrell- G I R L
4. Skyzoo & Torae-Barrel Brothers
5. Jesse Boykins III-Love Apparatus (heads sleeping on this LP)
6. Warpaint
7. The War On Drugs-Lost In The Dream
8. The Black Keys-Turn Blue
9. Sleeper Agent
10.SZA-Z

This year has been sorta slow after seemingly every big gun dropping last year. I expect it to pick up in the 2nd half tho.

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Little Dragon- Nabuma Rubberband
Skyzoo & Torae- Barrel Brothers
Jose James- While You Were Sleeping
PUTS- 12 Step Program
J-Live- Around The Sun
Jaded Inc.- The Big Knock
Michael Jackson- Xscape
Phantogram- Voices
Phil Beaudreau- Ether
Warpaint- Warpaint
St. Vincent- St. Vincent
Pharrell- GIRL
Madlib & Gibbs- Piñata
D.I.T.C- Remix Project
Cunninlynguists- SJ3
Tycho- Awake

Checking out still...
Taylor McFerrin- Early Riser
Fatima- Yellow Memories
Astronote- Astroblacked
Blueprint- Respect The Architect
Buckshot & P Money- Backpack Travels
eMC- The Turning Point
Lee Fields- Emma Jean
Ozay Moore & 14KT- Taking L's
The War On Drugs- Lost In The Dream
Jesse Boykins III- Love Apparatus
Real Estate- Atlas

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Mac Demarco - Salad Days
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
Vince Staples - Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2
Little Dragon - Namuba Rubberband
GoldLink - The God Complex
Jaded Inc. - The Big Knock
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata

A few others I've enjoyed:

Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser
J'Von & LAKIM - Left EP
Amerigo Gazaway - Yasiin Gaye
Parquet courts - Sunbathing Animal
Sza - Z

tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
BADBADNOTGOOD - III
Liars - Mess
Real Estate - Atlas
The Men - Tomorrow's Hits

Honorable Mentions:

Sporty Ortiz - Real Hair EP
Manon meurt - Manon meurt (http://bandzone.cz/manonmeurt)
Actress - Ghettoville
A New Line Related - A New Line Related

which is aces.

Akrobatik - Built to Last

Fear of men - Loom

Howling Bells - heartstrings

Rush midnight - s/t

Dub Thompson - 9 songs

Ramona Lisa - Arcadia

Lnrdcroy - Much Less Normal
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
St. Vincent - s/t
Megatrap - Head High
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata
Especia - GUSTO
A Sunny Day in Glaslgow - Sea When Absent
Fatima - Yellow Memories

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>Lnrdcroy - Much Less Normal
>Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
>Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
>St. Vincent - s/t
>Megatrap - Head High
>Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
>Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata
>Especia - GUSTO
>A Sunny Day in Glaslgow - Sea When Absent
>Fatima - Yellow Memories
>

Havne't heard the electronic stuff on your list, but I'll check them out.

I also liked the Sharon Van Etten and Fatima album, but I just left them off the top 10. Also liked Pinata, but not as much as everyone else it seems. Glad to see you're enjoying the Especia album too; I've been listening to "Mount Up" way too much recently.

(in no order)
Meshell - Comet Come to Me
Joe Henry - Invisible Hour
Jose James - While You Were Sleeping
Fatima - Yellow Memories
Damien Jurado - Brothers & Sisters...
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Make My Head Sing...
The Roots - ATYSYC
Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of...

10 others I'm still enjoying/processing:
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines
Real Estate - Atlas
That new First Aid Kit album
That Toni Braxton/Babyface collab
Quantic - Magnetica
S. Carey - Range of Light
James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
Sisyphus
Rain Dog - Rain Dog
Warpaint


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

all overproduced, over-polished and mumford and sons sounding.

a real shame, because their last album was terrific.

That's one I do need to listen to more before I comment on it... but I've had it playing while working a few times since its release, and a) don't feel the urge to skip any tracks; b) feels like a full *album*, conceived and executed as an album; and c) some of the slower, more sparse tracks really caught my attention.

But I'll definitely give it a listen with your comments in mind...

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I've become real shuffle-oriented this year and given up on reviews for a minute. but let's see...

Freddie Gibbs - Piñata
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Curren$y - The Drive-In Theatre (Mixtape)
ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
CyHi da Prynce - Black Hystori Project (Mixtape)

Real Estate - Atlas
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
SOHN - Tremors
Hospitality - Trouble
Thee Oh Sees - Drop


man it was hard to find 12 records to put on this list this year. what happened to my enthusiasm for albums?


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>Hospitality - Trouble

don't have a list of my own, but the new Raveonettes ('Pe'ahi') would be on it (got the rare "listen again" from me as soon as the first play finished)

Jose James - While You Were Sleeping
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Broken Bells - After The Disco

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you can't understand it with an explanation

g-side-from gz2godz on my top 5 albums this year


oh well *shrug*

*professional lurker*

Atmosphere - South Siders
Roots - ATYSYC
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Micheal Jackson - Xscape
Beck - Morning Phase

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and one mixtape

what a refreshingly interesting change that is....

that said, i've liked most of one of those albums.... MJB's TLAMT Sndtrk

"yes, sometimes my rhymes are sexist, but you lovely bitches and hos should know i'm tryin to correct it"- hiphopopotamus

..

no real order...

Evidence and Alchemist (Step Brothers) "Lord Steppington"

Monch "P.T.S.D."

J-Live "Around the Sun"

John Robinson and PVD "Modern Vintage"

Blueprint "Respect The Architect"

L'Orange "The Orchid Days"

...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

2014 has been really slow for me so far. I only have six albums that I've really, truly enjoyed:

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
L'Orange - The Orchid Days
Apollo Brown - .38
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Jesse Boykins III - Love Apparatus
Pharoahe Monch - PTSD

And of those, only Love Apparatus and Piñata feel strong enough to make an average year's top ten list.

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9 months in the can

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Cocaine Pinata
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Caribou - Our Love
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron


Honorable Mentions
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Swans - To Be Kind
EMA - The Future's Void
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
The Notwist - Close to the Glass
Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
Malachai - Beyond Ugly
The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

. . .the Nick Hakim EPs would be very high on my list, possibly even at #1 and #2, if they were on Discogs.

But they're digital-only for now.


``they asked me what the meek would get. picture me: afraid to answer.``

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``they asked me what the meek would get. picture me: afraid to answer.``

http://austinato.bandcamp.com

http://www.discogs.com/lists/Favorites-of-2014/193910

I forgot to add Mr Yorke to my list. I'm diggin the Nick Hakim cat and good to see Coldplay getting some love as well. Their album is solid.

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Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

>good to see Coldplay getting some love as well.
>Their album is solid.


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With little blurbs about each album because I have the time

1. FlyLo - You're Dead

This just melted my brain when I first listened to it, some people will say its too short and often jarring (the transitions), but I love it. Probably my favorite Flying Lotus album now, and I love all of his albums.

2. Souls Of Mischief - There Is Only Now

The rhymes were always going to be dope, but I was wondering how Adrian Younge was going to accompany SoM on this one, as I liked his production for the Ghost album, but I thought it could've been better at times. The result here is some of the best production of this year, all done with live instrumentation, sounding like a 60s or 70s flick at times

3. FKA Twigs - LP1

An album that reveals its glory with repeated listens, at first I only liked a few tracks on this one, but now I love them all. These songs are all about the subtle details in the production that create a very ethereal and trippy atmosphere in the songs, it also helps that her voice is heavenly. If Bjork and Aaliyah could have a musical daughter, it would probably be FKA Twigs

4. Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol 3

The best out of the Strange Journey Series, lots of features on this one and all of them are dope. Its no Orienology (I probably spelled this wrong), but it continues the hot streak CL have been on since their inception, Kno is one of the best producers in the game today easily IMO

5. Ty Segall - Manipulator

The album gets a bit same-y track to track, so its good that I like the general sound of this one, think if Tame Impala's sound were to get much grittier and less dreamy.

6. Mac De Marco - Salad Days

Of equal if not better quality than his first album, he continues to give his laid back, occasionally psychedelic vibe of whatever people are calling this (indie pop/rock?)

7. Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Piñata

Don't really need to say much about this except that I'm glad it finally came out and although I don't think its straight up AMAZING like many others do, this is still great. Gibbs best project yet.

8. Moonchild - Please Rewind

Jazzy Neo-Soul, clearly influenced by the likes of Erykah Badu, D'Angelo etc, really good group from California that has just released their best album so far (this is their second)

9. JazzSpastiks - The Product

Dope jazzy boom bap producers, with some notable features (Yesh and Ladybug Mecca kill it)

10. Dag Savage (Johaz + Exile) - E&J

JOHAZ is a very dope MC and Exile delivers the type of beats that have made him (underground) famous, very dope album. Exile is also def one of my favorite producers doing it at the moment

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Toki Wright & Big Cats - Pangaea
Manny Phesto - Southside Looking In
Ana Tijoux - Vengo
Jose James - While You Were Sleeping
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3
Calle 13 - Multi-Viral
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Jhene Aiko - Souled Out
Childish Gambino - Kauai
Pharrell Williams - Girl
Jesse Boykins III - The Love Apparatus
Jessie Ware - Tough Love

Ok that's 14 for 14. And maybe not super well thought out. Just what I liked from this year.

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good to see

should would be my number 11 if I went that far on my list. Love her

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That album was such a pleasant surprise. It's probably my favorite rap album of the year and my favorite local album in quite some time.

i'll rattle off 10:



1. Pinata
2. Mega-Philosophy
3. Ray's Cafe
4. 7evenThirty & Gensu
5. Step Brothers
6. Diamond D
7. Homeboy Sandman - Hallways
8. Rock Konducta
9. Ka - 1200 BC
10. Dilated Peoples album
11. Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild


i took 11 cuz Ka is only 12 minutes of bliss.

sun kil moon - benji
rich gang - tha tour: vol. 1
partynextdoor - partynextdoor two
f.k.a. twigs - LP1
king louie - tony
flying lotus - you're dead!
how to dress well - what is this heart?
sbtrkt - wonder where we land

damn, i only like 8 albums this year? v_v

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