Surf
by Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
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Surf track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Surf rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2015 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Slate Best albums 2015 | 8/25 | - |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zdwyatt | Top 61 Music Albums of 2015 | 48/61 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | XXL Mag 20 of the Best Albums of 2015 | 18/20 | - |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 25 Music Albums of 2015 | 25/25 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums 2015 | 5/10 | - |
| 2026 | Lacobra | Top 24 Music Albums of 2015 | 2/24 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2015 101-144 | 41/44 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 297 | |||
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Surf ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 05:35 | ASOARE | 2,572 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 00:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,270 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2026 09:06 | TonySayers61 | 25,937 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Surf forum mentions
fume0dm 07/02/2019 16:05 in What album are you listening to right now?
benpaco 01/10/2016 19:33 in TOP 10 HIP HOP of 2015
FlorianJones 09/21/2015 04:35 in Top 10 Albums of 2015Surf comments
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FlorianJones 09/13/2015 05:21 | #149640 | TOP COMMENT
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The best album Chance has worked on yet. This kid has a great future ahead of him.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/19/2018 00:03 | #208784 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a really fascinating album! Though I didn't care much for Chances Coloring Book, this one is somewhat less pop-oriented, but more importantly its a lot more free-form and experimental. Songs are strucutred in very unique ways for hip-hop albums, and there are even entirely non hip-hop parts, such as jazz interludes and other pieces that approach ambient. It makes this album a really wonderful tapestry and one of those albums that must be digested as a whole, not in chunks, in order to fully appreciate it.
travelful 06/07/2015 21:13 | #143269 | TOP COMMENT
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I have no idea what's up with the whole jazz/hiphop/funk mix rappers have been doing recently. First it was Kendrick Lamar with TPAB, then Snoop Dogg with BUSH, and now we have Chance the Rapper joining up with Donnie Trumpet to make Surf. I'm not complaining, I like all three albums.
Cool sonics, characterful raps, and a collaborative effort of very different artists who seem to know well what they are doing. Not every song is great, but it still makes for an entertaining listen as a whole. This one might be a top 10 record of 2015.
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/20/2015 03:20 | #144233 | TOP COMMENT
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A Majestic Masterpiece... The future of hip-hop/soul/r&b are right here...
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