Best Ever Albums

Re: 2020 albums

KitchenSink — Mon, 8 Feb 2021 21:26:19 GMT

Author: KitchenSink

Posted: 02/09/2021 02:26

why didn't anyone tell me Roc Marciano's latest is his best to date

Re: 2020 albums

Repo — Sat, 6 Feb 2021 22:30:57 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 02/07/2021 03:30

Link

Re: 2020 albums

kokkinos — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:04:14 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 01/30/2021 17:04

Skinny wrote:

How am I only just hearing Footsie's album? Best grime in years. Check it out. It's called No Favours, and it is the best selection of grime beats, and the best grime rapping, I haved heard in so, so long. A masterpiece.

2020 has been probably my weakest year in at least a decade when it comes to finding new music, but out of what I've listened, this takes the first spot quite convincingly. Fantastic discovery.

Re: 2020 albums

Skinny — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:11:13 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 01/27/2021 09:11

cestuneblague wrote:

Skinny wrote:

I cannot stress this enough. KitchenSink, PossiblyMichigan, travelful, (maybe Repo, maybe Hayden, maybe kokkinos,) get on it. That Prez T feature is ridic. Whole thing flies.

EDIT: Also, it's 41 and a half minutes long, the ideal album length.

Why am I not one of the cool kids

Also what's some good Detroit or really any midwest rap albums from 2020

Ignorant street stuff (pretty much all of which I preferred this year to the stuff underneath):

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City On My Back by Rio Da Yung OG (Flint)

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Ghetto Rich Niggaz by Payroll Giovanni & Peezy (Detroit)

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Coochie Land by YN Jay (Flint)

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Skuba Sada 2 by Sada Baby (Detroit)

Slightly more grown-up stuff:

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The Blue Tape by Tree (Chicago)

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White People Love Algorithms by Chris Crack (Chicago)

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Manger On McNichols by Boldy James & Sterling Toles (Detroit)

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Innocent Country 2 by Quelle Chris & Chris Keys (Detroit)

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Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist (Gary)

Re: 2020 albums

cestuneblague — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:54:53 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 01/27/2021 06:54

Skinny wrote:

Why am I not one of the cool kids

Also what's some good Detroit or really any midwest rap albums from 2020

Re: 2020 albums

KitchenSink — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:43:13 GMT

Author: KitchenSink

Posted: 01/26/2021 02:43

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Flow States by Marshall Allen, Roscoe Mitchell, Milford Graves, Scott Robinson

after being unable to find this online anywhere I finally just bought the CD and guess what it's great. if anyone wants a fully legal and non-BEA-implicating way to listen PM me

Re: 2020 albums

Hayden — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:36:22 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/19/2021 19:36

Skinny wrote:

It'll go in the queue 😄

Re: 2020 albums

KitchenSink — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:12:52 GMT

Author: KitchenSink

Posted: 01/19/2021 01:12

Skinny wrote:

alright yeah that was dope. big fan of Newham Generals (and Nasty Crew although not much in that catalogue) and haven't heard much from them in awhile (although apparently there was some Newham Generals archival thing that dropped this year I should check out), but yeah this majorly scratched that itch. big up for rec. 41 min not even close to the perfect album length though smh not even top 10 lengths

Re: 2020 albums

travelful — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:01:54 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 01/17/2021 00:01

Skinny wrote:

I'll check it out tomorrow

Re: 2020 albums

Fischman — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:38:56 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 01/15/2021 19:38

LedZep wrote:

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Take Root Among The Stars by Roots Magic

This rocks. Or jazzs. Picked it from the bandcamp jazz list. These Italians surely know how to free jazz cover stuff.

Yeah, that was pretty hot. Much thanks for the post/rec!

Re: 2020 albums

Skinny — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:44:53 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 01/15/2021 17:44

Skinny wrote:

Re: 2020 albums

Skinny — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:53:36 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 01/14/2021 19:53

How am I only just hearing Footsie's album? Best grime in years. Check it out. It's called No Favours, and it is the best selection of grime beats, and the best grime rapping, I haved heard in so, so long. A masterpiece.

Re: 2020 albums

travelful — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:01:07 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 01/14/2021 17:01

Heads up for anyone who has been following the sLUms corner of hip-hop. Navy Blue might have released the best 2020 album of the style late last month. The scene was a bit less eventful last year. I think Pink Siifu and KeiyaA had the best albums but neither were hip-hop. I guess that was eventful in itself with the movement spreading into other genres though. I wasn't blown away by any of the rap releases (although it was cool hearing MIKE rap over some vaporwave) until this one anyways. Medhane had a good album too but given the allegations against him and basically everyone in the scene distancing themselves from him, I haven't really wanted to listen to his album again. This Navy Blue album though...its excellent. Navy Blue is really becoming one of my favorite producers in the genre as well.

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Song Of Sage: Post Panic! by Navy Blue

Re: 2020 albums

ledaero — Fri, 8 Jan 2021 14:26:19 GMT

Author: ledaero

Posted: 01/08/2021 19:26

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AUNTIE by Ian Isiah

Found this fantastic gem while going through my catch-up list for 2020. Contemporary funk album from Ian Isiah, a Brooklyn-based artist. Fantastic tunes, a lot of 80s funk influence. Very catchy and beautiful. Produced with Chromeo.

Little Moon - Unphased

pjohnsongolf — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:33:03 GMT

Author: pjohnsongolf

Posted: 12/27/2020 00:33

As 2020 is coming to a close this is an album that came out from a small artist that I want more people to know about. It is singer/songwriter indie album that I really enjoy! Check it out and let me know your thoughts![/img]

Re: 2020 albums

travelful — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:34:33 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 12/24/2020 23:34

so uhh...Killah Priest did it again

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The Third Eye In Technicolor by Killah Priest & Jordan River Banks

Billy woods also released one of his best albums yet with Moor Mother. It went on streaming services today. Great production too from some of my favorite producers such as Preservation (from Dr. Yen Lo), Child Actor, and there's an Alchemist track too.

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Brass by Moor Mother & Billy Woods

Re: 2020 albums

LedZep — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:53:29 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 12/21/2020 18:53

New Darkside track is dope. New Burial track is dope. What more could I ask for.

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PossiblyMichigan — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:02:22 GMT

Author: PossiblyMichigan

Posted: 12/19/2020 19:02

Lmao Pitchfork finally reviewed Godcaster's Long Haired Locusts and gave them a great score for a band with no press agent so now you've got to check it out and not just because freebasing bandcamp told you to 😉

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travelful — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:47:46 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 12/13/2020 04:47

Boldy James is the clear hip-hop artist of the year.

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Real Bad Boldy by Boldy James & Real Bad Man

Re: 2020 albums

Hayden — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:56:56 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/12/2020 16:56

Streams wrote:

Favorite lists so far are definitely Bandcamp's; they've gifted me Weston Olencki's Solo Works and Ruth Anderson's Here.

And apparently the real 'lists' are next week 😜

There's been a solid output from late 2020. Thought these were all great—

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Adan No Kaze by �'�'�市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

(sounds like the cover)

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Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition by Your Old Droog

(doesn't sound like the cover)

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^ and that's a new Nyege Nyege Tapes comp

Don't miss out on any of those.

Thought the new Avalanches was good, not great. Handful of solid tracks, but there's no excuse for that being a 25 song album.