Best Ever Albums

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

baystateoftheart — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:00:24 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/26/2019 00:00

Moonlight defeats Vacation In Hell 10-4 and advances to the sweet sixteen.

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

travelful — Wed, 7 Aug 2019 12:19:58 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 08/07/2019 16:19

Yeah i went flatbush as well...honestly by a longshot.

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

Repo — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 22:36:30 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 08/07/2019 02:36

Flatbush Zombies

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

Luigii — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 20:07:54 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/07/2019 00:07

dihansse wrote:

I vote for Moonlight as well: very listenable is the best description

When Dihansse give an electronic album a 7/10, you know it's good.

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

dihansse — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 15:58:54 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 08/06/2019 19:58

I vote for Moonlight as well: very listenable is the best description

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

Luigii — Sat, 3 Aug 2019 20:52:03 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/04/2019 00:52

It makes me curious who were the other voters for Moonlight?

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

baystateoftheart — Sat, 3 Aug 2019 20:42:11 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/04/2019 00:42

I was pretty into Beast Coast back in 2014-15, and I think Vacation In Hell might have appealed to me more then. The beats and bars are pretty good, but overall not particularly fresh. The length is not justified, and this is another album that probably should have been cut in half. It generally gets better as it goes on and shifts from trap production to mellower stuff, and it is a pleasant enough listen, but I doubt I'll go back soon.

I already gushed about Moonlight in the tournament thread, so no need to reprise that. Easily gets my vote.

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

Fischman — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:59:20 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/30/2019 13:59

Electronic/dance/house, or whatever you wanna' call Disclosure, isn't generally my cup of tea, but this was pretty listenable and a super easy vote over the competition.

Re: Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

Luigii — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:04:47 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/29/2019 03:04

After listening to these two album, I will mention my winner for this round with some description.

Now with the Flatbush Zombies, there is a lot of things about them and this album that I quite enjoy. For one the three rappers that make this group are animated, quite diverse with there flows and charismatic. I will also mention that there are references to other hip hop songs that I could see being a bonus of hip hop listeners. Another thing I would mentioned is that there are some intoxicating catchy hooks and a good chunk of catchy songs. Now with all of that you would that I would love this to max. Well not quite because I do have a few complaints. For one I feel like if this album was trimmed to it's best songs, I could tell that this record could have gone way further than it is at right now. But more importantly and this might be a me thing, am I the only one where even on the songs that are good to even great where it gets a bit exhausting? Because this is a lengthy listen where the record goes up to almost 80 minutes. I don't know where this match up will go but it will be an interesting one.

Grade:80 maybe an 85 but more of an 80 for now.

While on the other side you got Moonlight. And god damn do I love this record. Now there is a hint of bias since I do love Disclosure to the point where I am getting somewhat impatient for there next album. However with this, this has hold the wait. I mean this isn't that long only clocking in 20 minutes. There is a lot of variety in this record to the point, I kinda want to keep it a surprise. Especially if some listeners haven't kept up with there work from there debut album. Or were somewhat left cold with there sophomore. (Though I do have a lot of thoughts for that record) A lot of the fundamentals that are presented from how a song begins and ends to how there is a good chunk of details that you can sink your teeth into with each track. As well as just being a fun record.

Grade:95 but could be a 100. And if I updated my 2018 list, I could see this being in my top 10.
So yeah Moonlight gets my vote. Because I'm predictable.

Round 1: Flatbush Zombies v. Disclosure

baystateoftheart — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:48:20 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/29/2019 00:48

Seed #20:

Vacation In Hell by Flatbush Zombies

Nominated by: glynspsa
Genres [RYM]: East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop

Seed #27:

Moonlight by Disclosure

Nominated by: Luigii
Genres [RYM]: House

Instructions:

If you have not already, please listen to both albums in full before voting. Share your thoughts and/or your vote in this thread. This poll will be tallied in no fewer than twenty-eight days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.