Round 1: Tyler, The Creator v. Sarathy Korwar

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Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite.
Igor by Tyler, The Creator
56%
 56%  [13]
More Arriving by Sarathy Korwar
43%
 43%  [10]
Total Votes : 23

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baystateoftheart
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  • Posted: 06/22/2020 00:26
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Seed #2:


Igor by Tyler, The Creator

Nominated by: NJ
Genres [RYM]: Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul

Seed #25:


More Arriving by Sarathy Korwar

Nominated by: Hayden
Genres [RYM]: Conscious Hip Hop, Spiritual Jazz

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.
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  • Posted: 06/22/2020 02:11
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Igor Sad

There's probably only three albums in this tournament that I'd vote over my nom, and Igor's one of them (keeping in mind I still have to listen to about seven...). It's an excellent work, and I'm sure Tyler's proud to have made it.


Being said, I'm hoping everyone gives Sarathy Korwar's album a spin, it's on Bandcamp and pretty easy to find. This is just a shame for a first round...
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Sarathy Korwar for me.
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baystateoftheart
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Tyler, The Creator has made increasingly ambitious and inventive albums that are quite musically and conceptually impressive. Igor is the latest pinnacle of his move in a more "arty" direction. But is it a classic album like the internet consensus seems to indicate? While Igor has some amazing and at times transcendent moments, I don't quite consider it to be a great album track-for-track. Otherwise strong songs are marred by things like a corny lyric here, a poor sample choice there, off-putting vocals, or a bit of instrumentation that doesn't quite work. Considering how many ideas he's thrown into this, it's not surprising that not everything sticks. And I also suspect that there might be something here I haven't fully grasped yet. While it may strike me as overrated at present, it's still a very good album.

As for More Arriving, I am glad to have heard it. Very good jazz that seamlessly incorporates influences from Hindustani classical music. City Of Words is especially transfixing. However, the poetry and hip-hop elements were the weak link in my opinion. Some were good, but the quality of the MCs was just not very consistent.

Vote to Igor.
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Purplepash
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First listen to the Sarathy Korwar album and I was quite impressed. Bol was an amazing song. Incredibly powerful. The album lands immediately above Igor in my rankings for now, so a very close call but gets my vote.
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.... Anxious

I may consider a request to change my vote.
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Igor is easily Tyler, The Creator's greatest album for me, it still was no where near as interesting to me as Sarathy Korwar's.

(Full disclosure, Igor is Tyler, The Creator's only album I considered good at first listen, which I'm sure is blasphemy to many of you).
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baystateoftheart
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Hayden wrote:
.... Anxious

I may consider a request to change my vote.


Sorry, I don't take requests for vote changing. Not because I don't trust you, but because that precedent would create opportunities for manipulation in the future. Maybe albummaster has the ability to actually erase your vote, idk.
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we should only really count votes if they posted in the thread anyway
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baystateoftheart wrote:
Hayden wrote:
.... Anxious

I may consider a request to change my vote.


Sorry, I don't take requests for vote changing. Not because I don't trust you, but because that precedent would create opportunities for manipulation in the future. Maybe albummaster has the ability to actually erase your vote, idk.


I was halfkidding, don't worry. Just regret my vote. I didn't think Korwar had this much of a chance. Love seeing it so close though.


If AM can do it, please do Laughing


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