EPTlichter's 150 favorite albums of 2015 - Page 3
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Grumbels
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TelecoM
United States10682 Posts
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2581 Posts
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neptunusfisk
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
 I'll try to listen to more of the top 10. Thanks for compiling your list, we need more of those! | ||
Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On February 18 2016 07:33 AmericanUmlaut wrote: So I love music but have absolutely no knowledge of hiphop. I recently picked up TPAB out of curiosity and love it - what should I be listening to? For example, Soularion, what are a couple tracks you'd suggest that have a better flow than King Kunta? I love that track and I'd love to hear something that a knowledgable fan thinks blows it out of the water. I personally don't listen to much with a similar groove to King Kunta, so you might have to venture into De La Soul or A Tribe Called Quest or The Roots to find some similarly-jazzy stuff. A lot of the stuff I like has more of a verbal flow, so I can list some of those, but it's more of a personal preference. 'King Kunta' works well if you like more instrumental-driven grooves. Atmosphere - Smart Went Crazy Lupe Fiasco - Of, Mazinger Aesop Rock - ZZZ Top (this also shows a much better synergy between instrumental and vocals) (Kendrick Lamar's Ritamortis, and honestly a lot of his older stuff, did this a lot better) Now, these aren't /necessarily/ amazing, and they aren't some classic that anyone will know, but they're songs that I really like for how the vocals show. If you like TPAB, it's all good 'cause everyone has different tastes, so I'm not trying to start any shit there. I'm just explaining why it doesn't work for me. <3 | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2581 Posts
Don't worry about shit starting. It's just what I wrote - I love music but I'm pretty ignorant and am always interested to hear suggestions by people who spend more time than I do listening to new stuff. And I certainly don't take offense at anyone who doesn't share my taste, I find it enrichens my experience of music to hear what others think of what I like, even if it's just understanding what they don't like about it. | ||
KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
Didn't necessarily agree with
I mean 49/150 isnt bad. Some of the releases I'd completely forgotten about so I can finally get around to checking them out now. Most of it is just music that I don't particularly enjoy listening to though. This isn't my ranking btw I just numbered them so I didn't have to count how many there were. | ||
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munch
Mute City2363 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
btw 0/5 no Darkhorse shoutout | ||
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EmKey
Korea (South)631 Posts
On February 19 2016 03:25 Darkhorse wrote: how the fuck do people have enough time to discover/listen to 150 albums in a year? I dont see anything unusual about it. Thats roughly 1 album per 2 days. So about 30-40mins of music per day. Also its possible he works in front of a computer so he can listen to music while working. Not everybody is so busy doing important stuff that theyre unable to spend 1hr/day listening to music. | ||
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Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On February 19 2016 07:39 EmKey wrote: I dont see anything unusual about it. Thats roughly 1 album per 2 days. So about 30-40mins of music per day. Also its possible he works in front of a computer so he can listen to music while working. Not everybody is so busy doing important stuff that theyre unable to spend 1hr/day listening to music. This might get me yelled at but he basically listens to ~2800 songs over about a month to make this list. It's pretty crazy. ALSO My picks for albums that weren't mentioned here that I feel deserve a mention. Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth High quality artsy-rap, if you like jazzy instrumentals and ridiculous lyrics check this out. So many themes to decode that it ends up way, way deeper than any other album this year quite easily. Definitely flawed, but definitely a step up from Lupe's recent work in a big way. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal Very atmospheric, folk-inspired metal with some genuinely beautiful moments. "Sleeping To The Sounds of Waves Crashing" is just as gorgeous as the title implies, and really the entire album contrasts serenity and brutality amazingly well. Mgla - Exercises in Futility This fucking album. Grimdark lyrics done right with some really clever mindfucks, amazing drones, intricate drumming, the instrumentals on this thing are layered and endless and the atmosphere is consistently superb. If you like black metal, or drone metal even, and you haven't heard this- you're missing out. Leviathan - Scar Sighted Surprisingly calm yet elegantly brutal metal, kind of in the vein of Panopticon except less calming and more tension-filled. Kind of devilish, but the atmosphere fits the aesthetic well enough for me not to mind. Great music to have on while you write, nice and ambient. Vanden Plas - Chronicles of the Immortals, Netherworld II Not quite as polished as it could be, but still admirable for how grandiose it feels and how creatively the symphonic elements are used. A lot of the instrumental portions on this album reach highs only contested by Blind Guardian's Through The Red Mirror in symphonic metal this year, and it makes for a pretty brilliant listen. Worth a mention especially considering its so utterly underground ;p Good year for metal, overall. 2016 is hype. | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2581 Posts
Lichter, I'm really curious about your process. Are you just always listening to new music? How many listens do you give an album before you feel like you have a handle on how well you like it? If I like a track I usually will listen to the album at least three or four times before I'll even decide whether I like it or not, because I find that the stuff that really grips me is often music that I didn't really grok until a few listens. When I find something I like, I listen to it on heavy rotation for weeks. I memorize all the lyrics and often learn at least the chords of my favorite tracks. The way I engage with music I like there's simply no way I could listen to hundreds of new albums in a year, and I wonder what your relationship with the music you love is like that you're able to listen to so much of it. | ||
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Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On February 19 2016 08:38 AmericanUmlaut wrote: Soularion, thanks so much for the tips. Aesop Rock is amazing. Lichter, I'm really curious about your process. Are you just always listening to new music? How many listens do you give an album before you feel like you have a handle on how well you like it? If I like a track I usually will listen to the album at least three or four times before I'll even decide whether I like it or not, because I find that the stuff that really grips me is often music that I didn't really grok until a few listens. When I find something I like, I listen to it on heavy rotation for weeks. I memorize all the lyrics and often learn at least the chords of my favorite tracks. The way I engage with music I like there's simply no way I could listen to hundreds of new albums in a year, and I wonder what your relationship with the music you love is like that you're able to listen to so much of it. If you haven't checked it out yet, he released "Rings" a couple days ago. It's pretty sick- the new album (coming in april!) is gonna be great, dude is legit. "Rubble Kings Theme" is a good example of rhythm rap from probably my favorite rapper, El-P. And if you think that shit was good, hear Aesop and El together on "Run the Numbers" ;p | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
9005 Posts
Lupe Fiasco - Pharoah mixtape, Friend of the People (Jesus), Lilies, Haile Selassie, Yoga Flame, SLR (1-3). Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass Fabolus - Summertime Shootout Logic - Under Pressure and The Incredible True Story Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ and lastly Common - Nobody's Smiling Didn't mean to hijack your thread Lichter-san. | ||
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Arceus
Vietnam8333 Posts
T&Y is way more enjoyable imo (and it's inspired by Akira!) | ||
Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
On February 19 2016 08:20 Soularion wrote: This might get me yelled at but he basically listens to ~2800 songs over about a month to make this list. It's pretty crazy. ALSO My picks for albums that weren't mentioned here that I feel deserve a mention. Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth High quality artsy-rap, if you like jazzy instrumentals and ridiculous lyrics check this out. So many themes to decode that it ends up way, way deeper than any other album this year quite easily. Definitely flawed, but definitely a step up from Lupe's recent work in a big way. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal Very atmospheric, folk-inspired metal with some genuinely beautiful moments. "Sleeping To The Sounds of Waves Crashing" is just as gorgeous as the title implies, and really the entire album contrasts serenity and brutality amazingly well. Mgla - Exercises in Futility This fucking album. Grimdark lyrics done right with some really clever mindfucks, amazing drones, intricate drumming, the instrumentals on this thing are layered and endless and the atmosphere is consistently superb. If you like black metal, or drone metal even, and you haven't heard this- you're missing out. Leviathan - Scar Sighted Surprisingly calm yet elegantly brutal metal, kind of in the vein of Panopticon except less calming and more tension-filled. Kind of devilish, but the atmosphere fits the aesthetic well enough for me not to mind. Great music to have on while you write, nice and ambient. Vanden Plas - Chronicles of the Immortals, Netherworld II Not quite as polished as it could be, but still admirable for how grandiose it feels and how creatively the symphonic elements are used. A lot of the instrumental portions on this album reach highs only contested by Blind Guardian's Through The Red Mirror in symphonic metal this year, and it makes for a pretty brilliant listen. Worth a mention especially considering its so utterly underground ;p Good year for metal, overall. 2016 is hype. MGLA - exercises in futility good call, really good. | ||
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Korakys
New Zealand272 Posts
Still I think it's important to challenge yourself so I listened to at least one track from the top ten and I didn't like any of them (although I came close to liking Gunship). For reference I would put myself in the lower quartile of giving a shit about music though. | ||
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YourGoodFriend
United States2197 Posts
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