If there are albums/projects missing from the list below, please post them.
What albums will you be listening to?
Genius List: https://genius.com/Genius-january-2021-album-release-calendar-annotated 1/1 瑛人 - すっからかん - 7/12 Another Sky - Music for Winter, Vol. I - EP - 1/6 Fax Gang - Aethernet - 3/9 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition) - 2/11 Joey Vantes - legend - 0/4 KEY! - The Alpha Jerk - 0/17 R.A.P. Ferreira - Bob's Son - 12/12 The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art - 3/11 TheHxliday - Batbxy - 6/6 Westside Tut - Don't Let Go 2 (Deluxe) - 1/14 Yung Pinch - WASHED ASHORE - 6/10 Uncle Murda - Don't Come Outside, Vol. 3
https://genius.com/Genius-january-2021-singles-release-calendar-annotated 1/1 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - "New Year Song" Bailey Bryan - "Sober" EGOVERT - "Do It!" ft. Smokepurpp Foo Fighters - "No Son of Mine" Justin Bieber - "Anyone" Kieran S - "Haunt Me" OBN Dev - "Scam Bible 2" Olivia O’Brien - "Better Than Feeling Lonely" Parker McCollum - "To Be Loved By You" Thouxanbanfauni - "Outside" Xan Griffin - "Lightly" ft. Lani Rose You Me At Six - "Adrenaline"
1/7 Taylor Swift - evermore (deluxe version) - 17/17
1/8 Aaron Watson - American Soul - 10/10 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 - 12/12 BlackMayo - OMO (On My Own) - 2/12 David Bowie - Tryin' To Get To Heaven / Mother - 2/2 Eladio Carrión - Monarca - 14/14 Griselda - CONFLICTED (Soundtrack) - 1/15 Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales - 14/14 Lil Boom - ODESSA'S GARDEN - EP - 6/6 Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album - 30/30 Passenger - A Song for the Drunk and Broken Hearted - 20/20 Smart Boy Beatz & Lawlessprod - Aftr Drk - 0/8 USS - Einsteins of Consciousness - 4/12 Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz - 13/13
1/4 Big Ghost LTD. & Conway the Machine - "Toast" Deko - "excelsior" JIMMY EDGAR & Matt Ox - "PAUSE" London Grammar - "Lose Your Head" Madlib - "Hopprock" OMB Peezy - "Be This Way"
1/5 Bas & the Hics - "Smoke from Fire" Key Glock - "Off The Porch" Leslie Odom, Jr. - "Speak Now" slowthai & A$AP Rocky - "MAZZA" Trendy - "Took Her to da Club" ft. Lil Boom Westside Gunn, Smoke DZA & Wale - "The Hurt Business" White Gold - "Many Faces"
1/6 Alice Glass - "SUFFER AND SWALLOW" Cheat Codes - "No Chill" ft. Lil Xxel Doe Boy & Babyface Ray - "Walk Down Again" Jazmine Sullivan - "Girl Like Me" ft. H.E.R. Shame - "Nigel Hitter" Unlike Pluto & why mona - "Quintana Roo" Viagra Boys - "Girls & Boys" YOASOBI - "Monster"
1/7 Arlissa - "Rules" Bugzy Malone - "Notorious" ft. Chip glass beach - "beach life in death" Kings of Leon - "100,000 People" Kings of Leon - "The Bandit" Lokoy - "relay" ft. Nils Bech NAO - "Antidote" ft. Adekunle Gold Rhye - "Come in Closer" Saweetie - "Best Friend" ft. Doja Cat
1/8 8ubbles - "Happy Birthday 2 U" Alexander Oscar - "January" Azealia Banks & Slim Dollars - "Six Flags" Bob Moses & ZHU - "Desire (Vintage Culture & Kiko Franco Remix)" Caramella Girls - "Samurai (Karaoke Mix)" Caramella Girls - "Samurai (Radio Mix)" Catie Turner - "Play God" Charlotte Lawrence - "Talk You Down" Christopher - "Good To Goodbye" ft. Clara Mae David Bowie - "Mother" David Bowie - "Tryin' To Get To Heaven" Deadmau5 - "Channel 43" ft. Wolfgang Gartner Desiigner - "AMEN" Dua Lipa & Angèle - "Fever (Feder Remix)" Dua Lipa & Angèle - "Fever (Myd Remix)" Dua Lipa & Angèle - "Fever (Vantage Remix)" dvsn - "Use Somebody" Echosmith - "Tell Her You Love Her (Remix)" ft. Mat Kearney Florida Georgia Line - "New Truck" Galantis & JVKE - "Dandelion" JC Stewart - "Break My Heart" Jhay Cortez & Myke Towers - "Los Bo" LANDMVRKS - "Paralyzed" Like Saturn - "set adrift" Linkin Park - "One Step Closer (100 gecs Reanimation)" Lucy Spraggan - "Animal" Mad Clip, Jay Critch & Mike G - "Overseas" MOD SUN - "Flames" ft. Avril Lavigne Odette - "Amends" Ofenbach - "Wasted Love" ft. Lagique Olivia Rodrigo - "drivers license" RMR - "Her Honeymoon" Rxseboy - "Jimmy" ft. Sarcastic Sounds Russ - "Ugly" ft. Lil Baby Ryland James - "Blame" The Pretty Reckless - "And So It Went" ft. Tom Morello Tom Grennan - "Little Bit of Love" Two Feet - "Fire" Vaishalini - "So You Need Me Now?" VanJess - "Curious" ft. GARREN & Jimi Tents Virgil Abloh - "Delicate Limbs" ft. serpentwithfeet YG, D3SZN & Day Sulan - "Hit Em Up" Zara Larsson - "Talk About Love" ft. Young Thug ZAYN - "Vibez"
8. "kind of an unfair categorization" In response to Reply # 5 Fri Jan-08-21 01:22 PM by mista k5
i kinda get what you mean though.
i think this was pretty great. more of an ep since theres only 8 tracks if we count the intro. the tales definitely add some good context though. more of a challenge/discussion jump off on sexuality than just being "thoty". this will stay in rotation.
i think im going to just post the link to the singles instead of pasting the list moving forward. let me know what you guys think.
these are the ones i checked out Big Ghost LTD. & Conway the Machine - Toast - i liked it Madlib - Hopprock - im not big on instrumental only tracks NAO - Antidote - yeah shes one of my favs, really liked this. i hope and album is coming. dvsn - Use Somebody - pretty dope just like their album last year
i didnt know what to expect but i love it. first half kind of reminds me of alabama shakes. not necessarily that its the same style but close enough to fit in nicely on the same playlist. second half is a bit more old school soul. overall i think its great. might like it more than anything that came out in 2020. it did lose a little steam in parts of the last 5 songs or so but no duds.
after one listen its a 5/5 for me. after repeat listens i could see a couple of tracks towards the end bringing it down a bit. well see though.
i think im going to buy the vinyl. i was confused on how someone could have such a polished debut with merchandise as well. looks like hes part of another band, Durand Jones & the Indications. he also made this album with dan auerbach of the black keys.
1/15 Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL - 10/10 Axel Flóvent - You Stay by the Sea - 6/12 Beach Bunny - Blame Game - EP - 4/4 Billy Cobb - Billy Cobb (Bear Album) - 8/8 Devin Dawson - The Pink Slip - EP - 6/6 dvsn - Amusing Her Feelings - 20/20 Fickle Friends - Weird Years: Season 1 - EP - 5/5 Hether - Sticky Thumb - 8/8 Illy - The Space Between - 14/14 Jessie Paege - You Can’t Kill Me - EP - 6/6 Jonas Blue - Cyan - EP - 4/6 Martin & Garp - Sentimental Fools - 1/10 NBDY - Admissions (The Acoustics) - 6/6 Nyck Caution - Anywhere But Here - 2/14 Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror - 3/10 Sangam & Yoshimi - 雨 (Rain) - 0/10 Shame - Drunk Tank Pink - 4/11 Since99 - CARBON COPY - 4/19 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs - 13/13 UnoTheActivist - Unoverse - 10/10 Various Artists - One Night in Miami... (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 22/22 White Suns - the lower way - EP - 0/7 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones - 10/10 You Me at Six - SUCKAPUNCH - 11/11 ZAYN - Nobody is Listening - 11/11
20. "KOTA the Friend - Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2" In response to Reply # 16
came out today. he worked with some other producers. still the same vibe. a bit more hit and miss for me than his usual stuff but overall he still has some dope short tracks in here. the whole thing is only 15 minutes.
1/19 David Shawty - up bad - 3/3 Young Hysan - Radiance - 11/11
1/20 Kylie Minogue - Real Groove - EP - 4/4
1/21 anders - Chaos - EP - 6/6 CRT麻痺 - Ｗｉｎｔｅｒ Ｐａｒａｌｙｓｉｓ １-５ - 9/44 ELIO - Can You Hear Me Now? - 7/7 Flux Pavilion - .wav - 16/16 Taylor Swift - evermore: the dropped your hand while dancing chapter - 6/6
1/22 Alycia Bella - Muse - 14/14 Arca - Madre - 4/4 AstroKidJay - Wizard Boy - 0/8 Bicep - Isles - 8/10 Bow Anderson - New Wave - EP - 6/6 BRS Kash - Kash Only - 11/12 Brokeasf - WRONG 1 - 3/13 CARM - CARM - 6/10 Daniel Avery - More Light - 0/3 Finn Askew - Peach - EP - 6/6 Glades - Planetarium - 3/14 G Perico - Welcome to the Land - 0/9 guccihighwaters - joke's on you - 15/15 Jarryd James - P.M. - 9/9 Lande Hekt - Going to Hell - 4/11 Leon Fanourakis - SHISHIMAI - 15/15 Lil Skies - Unbothered - 14/14 Logic1000 - You've Got the Whole Night to Go - EP - 1/4 LOVA - Grown-ish - 5/10 Maggie Lindemann - Paranoia - EP - 8/8 ¡MAYDAY! - Minute to Midnight 00:59 - EP - 4/4 Moon Taxi - Silver Dream - 3/12 Natti Natasha - Naughty Nat - 5/? Palberta - Palberta5000 - 1/16 Rhye - Home - 13/13 Sammy Johnson - Cool & Easy - 2/10 Tender Central - The Garden - 6/14 The Beatles - New Year's Workout - 6/6 The Lonely Brave - The Hope List - 3/11 Wardruna - Kvitravn - 3/11 Widowspeak - Honeychurch - EP - 0/5 Willie Jones - Right Now - 6/12 Young Dolph - Rich Slave (Deluxe) - 17/24
https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates YG Teck - No Excusez Erick the Architect - Future Proof EP CJ Fly - The Way I H(ear) It, Vol. 1 Th1rt3en & Pharaoahe Monch - A Magnificient Day for an Exorcism Peewee Longway & Cassius Jay - Longway Sinatra 2 Doctor Destruction - Planetory Destruction
1/26 DREAMCATCHER - Dystopia: Road to Utopia - 7/7 Oracle FM - Delta Paradise - 7/10
1/27 ヨルシカ Yorushika - 創作 - 2/5 宇多田ヒカル - One Last Kiss - 4/8 (G)I-DLE - HWAA - 2/2 Jake Hoot - Love Out of Time - 0/5 jim o'rourke - steamroom 53 - 1/1 Josie Proto - Oh What a God Awful Stupid Idea - EP - 4/5 Logan Mize - Still That Kid - 12/13 NOT WONK - dimen - 10/10 Sangam - Future on Hold - 11/11 The Magician - Magic Tape 100 - 1/15
1/28 HyunA - I'm Not Cool - 1/5 Maluma - #7DJ (7 Días En Jamaica) - 7/7 Taylor Swift - evermore: the forever is the sweetest con chapter - 6/6 The Alchemist - Carry The Fire - 4/8
1/29 2KBABY - THE 2K STIMULUS - 2/2 5AM - You’re Going To Be Fine - 8/11 Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love - 3/11 Ariel Pink - Odditties Sodomies Vol. 3 - 8/12 Ariel Pink - Sit n' Spin - 11/17 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams - 4/12 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams (Deluxe) - 12/20 Baio - Dead Hand Control - 3/8 Balthazar - Sand - 2/11 Black Honey - Written & Directed - 2/10 Black Pistol Fire - Look Alive - 11/11 Celeste - Not Your Muse - 7/12 Celeste - Not Your Muse (Deluxe) - 14/21 Chip - Snakes and Ladders - 5/21 Colin Macleod - Hold Fast - 3/10 Derek - El Derek - 12/23 Fendi P - The Art Of Finessin 2 - 0/13 Fredo - Money Can’t Buy Happiness - 11/11 Goat Girl - On All Fours - 1/13 Haiti Babii - Trap Art - 0/13 Jack Kays - MIXED EMOTIONS - 5/8 Lava La Rue - Butter-Fly - EP - 2/5 Lil Durk - The Voice (Deluxe) - 28/28 Lil Kapow - Welcome to Pleasantville - 3/9 Lil Peep - california girls - 6/6 Lucero - When You Found Me - 3/10 Madlib - Sound Ancestors - 2/16 Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album (Bonus) - 33/33 Nechie - Shady Baby - 4/10 PARTYNEXTDOOR - COLOURS (Original Version) - 8/8 PRETTYMUCH - Smackables - 3/3 Puma Blue - In Praise of Shadows - 4/14 Rich The Kid - Lucky 7 - 7/7 Seeb - Sad in Scandinavia - 17/17 Steven Wilson - The Future Bites - 4/9 Thutmose - Best of Both Worlds: Side B - EP - 1/4 Tribulation - Where the Gloom Becomes Sound - 1/10 TroyBoi - V!BEZ, Vol. 4 - EP - ?/? Tsu Surf - MSYKM (Deluxe) - 10/18 Weezer - OK Human - 12/12
Metacritic list: https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date?view=detailed Chris Garneau - The Kind Langhorne Slim - Strawberry Mansion Lawrence Rothman - Good Morning, America Lia Ices - Family Album Martin Gore - The Third Chimpanzee Terry Gross - Soft Opening The Besnard Lakes - The Bernard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm - Warnings The Notwist - Vertigo Days
31. "PRODUCED BY DJ RHETTMATIC - VOL. 2" In response to Reply # 23
planning to check this one out too. not sure if it is a compilation of previously released songs he produced or unreleased ones. either way it should be a good listen.
35. "I thought I would like Arlo Parks' album a lot more than I do" In response to Reply # 23 Tue Feb-02-21 11:09 AM by Hitokiri
I dug the singles, but having a full album with such little vocal variation gets pretty stale. And that's when the writing starts to seem pretty trite as well.
Also don't think I'm digging Celeste's album as much a I'd hoped to either.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
37. "I'm currently obsessed with this Arlo Parks album" In response to Reply # 23
Apart from "Eugene" I hadn't heard anything from her before, but these songs are both catchy and super well written. A lot of interesting, non-cliche relationship angles as well as a few focused on depression/mental health from both the perspective of one suffering as well as one trying to help their friend overcome their darkness.
This one is going to be in my Top 10 at the end of the year for sure.
kind of sounds similar to Lianne La Havas to me (sorry if thats an insult to either of them) but slightly more to my pleasing. not sure why but i enjoyed this one more than liannes album last year. not by a whole lot. theres something about it that keeps me from loving all of it but not sure what it is. almost each song i was going back and forth between this is good and this is great.
i feel like this will end up near the bottom of my recommend albums at the end of the year. just one listen in so we will see.
39. "First impressions recap" In response to Reply # 0
I'm going to try to do this each month. Didn't get to listen to the Rhettmatic yet, but I will. I also need to go through singles.
Only a few albums I think I will come back to from January. Anything I rated over a 4 will get another listen in full. I will probably only revisit any songs I liked from the rest. I am (notoriously?) generous with my ratings, these are on a 5/5 scale. 5 is 100%, 4.5 is 90%/A, 4 is a B, 3 C, 2 D, 1 F. These scores are after one listen and just an average of the score I gave each song on the album.
I expect all of these to go down after repeat listens except for maybe the Aaron Frazer. The Jazmine one I already find myself not liking as much when songs come on from it. Droog usually looses replay value with me. Pretty sure that Griselda one will come down more, I don't even remember anything from it. I'm not big on instrumental albums so sorry Madlib/Alchemist fans.
Anything over 4.5 on this list I do recommend giving at least one listen. If you have something you love and don't see on here please name it as I am obviously sleeping on it.
Tha God Fahim & Your Old Droog - Tha Wolf On Wall St 5.000 Aaron Frazer - Introducing... 5.000 Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 4.833 Th1rt3en & Pharaoahe Monch - A Magnificient Day for an Exorcism 4.821 KOTA the Friend - Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2 4.750 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams 4.697 dvsn - Amusing Her Feelings (EP) 4.250 Mosik Rhymes & Sonnyjim - Royal Flush 3.889 Craig G & BigBob - The Pen Is Mightier 3.875 Griselda & BSF - Conflicted 3.872 Edo G x Drunken Monks - Destiny 3.833 Madlib - Sound Ancestors 3.667 Vino La Mano - Circle of Trust 3.639 R.A.P. Ferreira & Scallops Hotel - Bob's Son 3.576 Substance810 - Makin' Waves 3.375 K.A.A.N. - Long Time No See 3.256 Senica Da Misfit - Masterpiece 3.250 Lala &ce - Everything Tasteful 3.222 Hus Kingpin - Portishus 3.211 The Alchemist - Carry The Fire 3.188 G Perico - Welcome to the Land 3.185 Rj Payne - THE Payne Tape 3.133 Isac no Beat & Zagnif Nori - Nascimento E Donovan 3.067 Kev Brown & J Scienide - Stray From The Pack 2.955 Miskeen Haleem X Mute WON - Rare Form : The Genesis 2.867 Bronze Nazareth & Leaf Dog - Bundle Raps 2.773 Slant Heddshotts & CLOAQxDAGGER - Cerberus 2.278
40. "RE: First impressions recap" In response to Reply # 39
>Pretty sure that Griselda >one will come down more, I don't even remember anything from >it.
Was super let down by this one. No Conway was a bad sign. Haven't went back to this once since my first listen through. I did like "Hurt Business" though.
>If you have something you love and don't see on >here please name it as I am obviously sleeping on it.
A couple hip hop projects I dug that you didn't have listed:
Nyck Caution (of Pro Era) - Anywhere But Here Erick The Architect (of Flatbush Zombies) - Future Proof (EP)
Neither blew me away but both had some quality material.
i remember seeing the erick one listed and just the name intrigued me. saw he was from flatbush zombies and thought about giving it a listen, then forgot about it lol. ill check both of these out.
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