Best Ever Albums

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 15:10:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 19:10

Vashti is sometimes my spirit animal. Other times it is Grimes. But Kendrick Lamar makes really good music, first hip-hop album to make me cry. Vashti doesn't make me cry (well Brother comes close) but that doesn't mean she is worse, far from it. Her music is a love song to life. Just because the pastoral scenery it evokes is probably hard to find, it doesn't mean the feelings it evokes are also hard to find. Glow Worms is my favourite of the tracks because it tells of living life in the present and enjoying it and being happy despite sadness in the past...it's just so poignant and so beautiful. Just Another Diamond Day isn't simply a cutesy pastoral record. That's what draws you in, of course, but what keeps you there is the absolute beauty and innocence and love. No irony or cynicism.
It's got that human presence, beyond music or genres or what's in at the time (I find a lot of good late sixties early seventies music has this feeling). It's like the beauty of the hippie sort of vibe except it manages to avoid the scoffs of "Ha, what a cliche, no one can honestly be this naive, ha, ha, ha, I'm going to go listen to Death Grips and Kanye West, the ones who see life as it really is, ha, ha" (that's a music critic, I call him Frederick)
And then Lookaftering, we have an almost wintery poignancy. It is really striking how much the two albums literally contrast as spring/summer and winter/autumn. Lookaftering almost downplays the beauty we found on JADD, though it is easy to keep them separate...kind of like how winter makes spring seem so far away, but then...it is spring again before you know it. It is a sort of record of looking back on life, and looking after what you have in this world. I still think Vashti has that youthful beauty in her, it's just a bit more tempered and reserved. But, after all, the first record isn't about being in a perpetual state of bliss, rather holding those memories "in the depth of care", which she is doing in Lookaftering. Ramble ramble ramble. Vashti is amazing.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Jjjoniee — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:48:57 GMT

Author: Jjjoniee

Posted: 06/02/2014 15:48

SilverWalrus wrote:

All of a sudden I'm imagining each nom personified as the user who nominated them and I can't help but feel Brandon matches Vashti more than I do Kendrick.

In that case, you should've nominated Vampire Weekend

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

WindowAbove — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:42:38 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 06/02/2014 15:42

Lamar

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:28:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 15:28

Jjjoniee wrote:

One made the best album ever, the other one did not. Proud of you, SilverWalrus

All of a sudden I'm imagining each nom personified as the user who nominated them and I can't help but feel Brandon matches Vashti more than I do Kendrick.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Jjjoniee — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:25:11 GMT

Author: Jjjoniee

Posted: 06/02/2014 15:25

One made the best album ever, the other one did not. Proud of you, SilverWalrus

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:01:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 15:01

Vashti is great and Just Another Diamond Day is a fantastic and important album, but Kendrick is already the artist of the 10s with one of the best albums ever and potential to make something even better. Going with my nom.

Also just realized this match is also me vs Brandon, so that's fun.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

drakonium — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:40:40 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 06/02/2014 14:40

Mrs. Bunyan.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Hayden — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:12:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/02/2014 14:12

For me, it's literally coming down to Good Kid m.a.a.d City Vs. Just Another Diamond Day.

It's a surprisingly difficult choice 🤔

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:09:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 14:09

In this case, Vashti Bunyan is Sherane, as I'm voting for Kendrick Lamar.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Skinny — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:55:05 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 06/02/2014 13:55

Vashti Bunyan is responsible for two brilliant records, Kendrick for three. Also, there really aren't many records by anybody that I prefer to GKMC. Kendrick is a special sort of rapper who can unite fans of many genres, with an almost Nas-esque ability to convey the tragedies and triumphs of growing up in the hood, and an inventive, chameleonic way with flows and wordplay that Andre 3000 would be proud of. Even in what can quite safely be described as a major renaissance for the genre following the relative stagnation of the late-2000s, Kendrick stands as one of hip-hop's most unique, creative and genuinely affecting voices of the last few years, if not of all-time. Vote to Kendrick.

Re: BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:39:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 13:39

Vashti Bunyan is amazing. She gets my vote.

That is all.

BSAT Round #2: Vashti Bunyan vs. Kendrick Lamar

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:38:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/02/2014 13:38

Vashti Bunyan

Captain: Brandonmeow

vs.

Kendrick Lamar

Captain: SilverWalrus