Freddie & Gibbs and Madlib's collaborative tour de force "Piñata" is- oh fuck it you already know what it sounds like
Skinny wrote:
And so, for what feels like the hundredth time, I sit down to write something about Piñata. There isn't much left to say. You know that Gibbs is probably the most mature gangsta rapper since Scarface. You know that Madlib's stoned, unquantized beats are hazy and psychedelic and dripping in soul. You know that 'Thuggin'' is the best rap song since 'Shook One pt. II'. And you know that I adore Piñata. So I'm just gonna leave that there. It's my album of the year, and probably would be in most other years too. When the best rapper around meets one of the greatest producers of all-time, magic should happen, but it doesn't make it any less magical when it does.
Dingerbell wrote:
Simply put this album is fucking incredible. Fucking incredible. I mean shit, this is serious AoTY material, for sure.
lethalnezzle wrote:
It's a beautifully realised ode to a bygone era, a time when the gangsta reigned supreme. These stoned soul and psychedelic blaxploitation soundscapes are as lush and as vivid as the real-life tales they soundtrack, vulnerable and paranoid but handed to the listener straight, sans regrets. It may initially seem relatively small-scale in its scope, but scratch beneath a surface made up of violence, pussy and weed and you'll find a record that says so much about what it is to be human, from wrestling with the fear of becoming irrelevant ('Deeper'), to coming to terms with parental differences and trying to be your own person ('Broken'), learning that sometimes your friends will let you down ('Real'), to looking back and realising that everything you've seen made you the person you are today, for better or worse ('Knicks'). It's a labyrinth of rare soul samples (layered atop one another in such a way that it's often impossible to know where one ends and the next begins), flawless flows that call to mind everyone from Bun B to Kool G. Rap to 50 Cent to Tupac, and "street knowledge" in the truest sense - wisdom gleaned from becoming a man in America's murder capital. It is a shining example of what hip-hop can accomplish without trying to compromise or conform to somebody else's rules, a record so stoically stubborn in its refusal to pander to anybody's wishes that it forces the listener - with a quiet, frightening confidence and the threat of "gun-to-mouth resuscitation" - to bend to its will. A masterpiece.
zdwyatt wrote:
The more I play Pinata, the more it's looking like album of the year.
P.S. Stay tuned, more to come tomorrow![/s]
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RockyRaccoonIs it solipsistic in here or is it just me?ModeratorProfile Maryland
A worthy winner, admittedly I hoped it might be Benji, but I didn't get a chance to vote so what do I know. Either way, Piñata is great, fully deserved.
Really loved the countdown sp4cetiger, great stuff, hope this is an annual thing now. _________________
Aight, congrats to Pinata. I thought it'd be our #1. Overall, pretty awesome list BEA 😄 Better than the sites top 10 for sure. _________________ Doubles & Conch
İ'd üholeheartedly vote for Pinata in a best of all-time tournament up to semi-finals or even higher. _________________ "I feel like for the last two years there’s been sort of a sonic evolution happening and I’ve been experimenting more and more."
Just fantastic, BEA. Big thanks to everyone who voted and I can honestly say that this is my favorite list of 2014. In the top 10, there are no records I'd rate below good and only two below great. Collectively, you guys have enriched my life in more ways than you can know and this list is just one of the many brilliant demonstrations. I can't wait to see what we uncover in 2015.
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