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| Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite. |
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| After Laughter by Paramore |
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36% |
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| Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle |
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63% |
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| Total Votes : 22 |
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
- #11
- Posted: 09/07/2018 04:31
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| Luigii wrote: | | Damn. After Laughter maybe. But Brick Body Kids? Damn |
Yeah... I tried listening to it twice and just wasn't into it. Maybe with time. I hear many love it... it just didn't click for me.
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Purplepash
ranker, rater, & music list maker
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Location: Western Australia 
- #12
- Posted: 09/07/2018 08:55
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Brick Body Kids was great. Unlike a lot of hip hop today it wasn't obnoxious at all. Sounds like he had something to say which I'll pick up more with future listens, and the beats and music were interesting. Gets my vote over Paramore who I've never liked and this album didn't change that at all.
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Luigii
Gender: Male
Age: 30
- #13
- Posted: 09/07/2018 15:43
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| sethmadsen wrote: | | Yeah... I tried listening to it twice and just wasn't into it. Maybe with time. I hear many love it... it just didn't click for me. |
That's understandable.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
- #14
- Posted: 09/09/2018 22:59
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Going into the tournament, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream was my second favorite album of the tournament (after my nominee) and in my top ten for the year. After revisiting, that hasn't changed. What an excellent, intricate, and meaningful record.
The big question mark here was Paramore. I had never listened to a full album of theirs before, which was intentional, and I didn't expect to like this one, even though I know it's a different sound than their other work. After Laughter turned out to be a damn good pop album, and one of the best discoveries of the tournament so far. However, it could have been even better. It lost momentum in the last third, in part due to the bizarre artistic choice of burying the vocals so far in the mix on No Friend that they were unintelligible.
So, Open Mike Eagle takes this one for me. But a pleasant surprise from Paramore.
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benpaco
Who's gonna watch you die?
Age: 28
Location: Missouri
- #15
- Posted: 09/11/2018 02:46
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After Laughter is super fun and Aaron from mewithoutYou actually wrote one of their songs on that, really enjoy the album but definitely going Brick Body Kids here. It's my nom and I adore Open Mike.
He's working on new stuff, played some at my school. He had a great one about coming into money and getting to eat all the things he wants, so he's eating like rolexs and flatscreens now. Other new one was a little more serious but nice to see him still incorporating some comedy into his stuff
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Repo
BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
- #16
- Posted: 09/11/2018 12:18
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| babyBlueSedan wrote: | I absolutely love Brick Body Kids. Open Mike Eagle is such a smart rapper but he never feels like he's trying to be funny or clever - his lyrics are just so good they feel effortless. Speaking of effortless, he's able to mix rapping and singing incredibly well, and although his rapping is pretty laid back (sometimes it feels like he's whispering) I still find myself hanging on every word he says. Add in the fact that this album is easily the most personal thing he's done and it runs away with my vote.
After Laughter is pretty good too, and I particularly like "Hard Times." Overall though I always found myself getting bored by the end, and Eagle never bores me. |
this.
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Skinny
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- #17
- Posted: 09/11/2018 19:54
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Apart from all the young street kids that people like you and me don't understand (and E-40), Mike Eagle is the best rapper alive.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
- #18
- Posted: 09/11/2018 20:12
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| Skinny wrote: | | Apart from all the young street kids that people like you and me don't understand (and E-40), Mike Eagle is the best rapper alive. |
Wow, that's lavish praise. He makes a case for top five rappers right now, but in terms of sheer ability I think the number one rapper right now would be Black Thought.
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Skinny
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- #19
- Posted: 09/11/2018 20:53
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| baystateoftheart wrote: | | Wow, that's lavish praise. He makes a case for top five rappers right now, but in terms of sheer ability I think the number one rapper right now would be Black Thought. |
Black Thought is, technically and lyrically, immense. Lacks the distinctive personality necessary to be considered, however.
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