Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

NathanRicaud said:
So I guess we don’t differ much. I wonder if you’re a bit similar to me personality wise or not? 🙊
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Ha, not our online personality at least. I think you get more excited about a broader range of music than I do too. Definitely a good thing.

I'd probably have a milo album on there, Aesop Rock, some others probably. Maybe even the latest Quelle Chris and billy woods, but a little early to tell I guess. I'm terrible at ranking and making lists but I love a lot of the ones you picked and respect others even if they haven't clicked with me.
 
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sorcerer said:
GKMC track ranking:

Real > Sherane > m.A.A.d City > good kid > The Art of Peer Pressure > Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe > Swimming Pools > Backseat Freestyle > Sing About Me > Compton > Money Trees > Poetic Justice

Sing About Me is pretty good but I never felt like it was better than most of the album.
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"Real" as the best track on GKMC is certainly a hot take!
 
dhodo said:
Ha, not our online personality at least. I think you get more excited about a broader range of music than I do too. Definitely a good thing.

I'd probably have a milo album on there, Aesop Rock, some others probably. Maybe even the latest Quelle Chris and billy woods, but a little early to tell I guess. I'm terrible at ranking and making lists but I love a lot of the ones you picked a d respect others even if they haven't clicked with me.
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I love Milo and Quelle Chris especially. I prefer them two over Aesop Rock and Billy Woods, as I’m more of a jazzy person.

We are definitely similar music wise! I can feel it!
 
if Atrocity Exhibition kept the quality from the first half consistently throughout the whole project it'd probably be one of my favorite rap albums of all time. Unfortunately, there are more than a couple songs on the back half of that album that are just simply "ok" to me. Still an incredible album of course, and the highs are extraordinary, but I can't act like I don't find myself checking how much time is left once I reach the last five or so songs (sans When It Rain)
 
gaporter said:
I don't mind sex rap if its creative and "Stank pussy smelling like Cool Ranch Doritos" is certainly creative if nothing else.
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I don't know why I mind it sometimes and don't other times. It depends on how it's done but I'm not sure I can explain how. With Danny sometimes it seems like he has to do it for a few bars on every verse, which gets old to me.

I dunno, I like pretty much everything else about his music and have been paying attention since the Hybrid, just never bought an album for whatever reason.
 
chrb98 said:
if Atrocity Exhibition kept the quality from the first half consistently throughout the whole project it'd probably be one of my favorite rap albums of all time. Unfortunately, there are more than a couple songs on the back half of that album that are just simply "ok" to me. Still an incredible album of course, and the highs are extraordinary, but I can't act like I don't find myself checking how much time is left once I reach the last five or so songs (sans When It Rain)
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You don’t like the song “From The Ground”?? 😱
 
NathanRicaud said:
You don’t like the song “From The Ground”?? 😱
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I mean, it's alright? I wouldn't say the album has any BAD songs but a lot of the tracks near the end just aren't nearly up to par compared to the first half. I like all the individual elements of From The Ground fine enough but when they come together I'm not really that wowed. I wouldn't put it up against any of the tracks that came before it on the album.

And while I'm exposing my AE hot takes: Danny had the worst verse on Really Doe. Earl had the best ofc but I don't think that's very controversial :P
 
chrb98 said:
I mean, it's alright? I wouldn't say the album has any BAD songs but a lot of the tracks near the end just aren't nearly up to par compared to the first half. I like all the individual elements of From The Ground fine enough but when they come together I'm not really that wowed. I wouldn't put it up against any of the tracks that came before it on the album.

And while I'm exposing my AE hot takes: Danny had the worst verse on Really Doe. Earl had the best ofc but I don't think that's very controversial :p
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Earl Sweatshirt definitely had the best, then Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar and Danny Brown last. One of the best posse cuts of the decade. I’m obsessed with Really Doe! ♥️🔥🙏
 
NathanRicaud said:
mmmmm I love that track so much too! I think @chrb98 doesn’t like how the album cools down the intensity after ‘Dance In The Water’. When It Rain is the only energetic and intense track that’s in the last 5 tracks (and he only loves that track out of the 5 last tracks).
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Dance In The Water is certainly one of my faves from the last 6 songs - like a coked out Talking Heads rap song, what’s not to love? I’m definitely fine with a bit of a cooldown, it’s just that not a lot of the tracks really grab me. “Tell Me What I Don’t Know” is arguably the least energetic track on the whole album and I love that song - the subtle sense of uneasiness is executed perfectly, and it really reminds me of a spiritual successor to the esoteric post-punk that inspired the album’s themes and approach. I’d love if the cooldown near the end of the album took a similar approach, but it doesn’t hit the mark nearly as well for me. Again, they’re not BAD songs at all, I just feel like they could’ve been so much more.

(Also, *she :p )
 
chrb98 said:
Dance In The Water is certainly one of my faves from the last 6 songs - like a coked out Talking Heads rap song, what’s not to love? I’m definitely fine with a bit of a cooldown, it’s just that not a lot of the tracks really grab me. “Tell Me What I Don’t Know” is arguably the least energetic track on the whole album and I love that song - the subtle sense of uneasiness is executed perfectly, and it really reminds me of a spiritual successor to the esoteric post-punk that inspired the album’s themes and approach. I’d love if the cooldown near the end of the album took a similar approach, but it doesn’t hit the mark nearly as well for me. Again, they’re not BAD songs at all, I just feel like they could’ve been so much more.

(Also, *she :p )
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OMG, this whole time I thought you were a boy! I had no idea you were a girl 🙈

mmmm I can actually really see where you’re coming from with Atrocity Exhibition. I agree in a sense that the album quality does a drop, but only with the last song for me - Hell For It. That’s the only song I consider ‘just good’.

But mmmmm I really can see musically why you think From The Ground and the following tracks apart from When It Rains are less interesting.
 
Clint Howard said:
Speaking as a seasoned hip-hop head, I don't get all the love either. It's a pretty good album but if this counts as one of the decade's best? Well, shit.. Hip-hop this decade has been shit.
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I don't get the love for Kendrick AT ALL ... I just find him so bland and generic, and it doesn't help that he's also horribly dull in concert too.
 
NathanRicaud said:
I understand where you’re coming from. Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is one of those rare hip-hop albums that all people, whether they are metal, electronic or country listeners, will enjoy and love.

For me, my favourite 20 hip-hop albums are:

Top 10 in no particular order
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here....Thank You 4 Your Service
Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

11-20 in no particular order
Ab-Soul - Control System
Little Simz - Grey Area
A$AP Rocky- Live.Love.A$AP
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Travis Scott - Rodeo
JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
Danny Brown - XXX
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
Noname - Room 25
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy
Death Grips - The Money Store
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Hot Take: XXX is the best album on this list. It’s also one of the Top 10 Hip-Hop albums of this decade.

You’ve got good taste, Nathan. I can dig a favorite album list that finds room for Death Grips, RTJ, Soulo, Carti amongst others. 🍻
 
ITrustMyGuitar said:
Hot Take: XXX is the best album on this list. It’s also one of the Top 10 Hip-Hop albums of this decade.

You’ve got good taste, Nathan. I can dig a favorite album list that finds room for Death Grips, RTJ, Soulo, Carti amongst others. 🍻
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I love XXX and can understand why you would rank that album as your favourite on my list. It’s an album that will only get better and better as time goes on! It’s probably like my 12th favourite hip-hop album of the decade! 👌

Thank you! Not going to lie - I’ve got such good music taste! I love my music taste so much, I’m so proud of it! 😊
 
NathanRicaud said:
I understand where you’re coming from. Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is one of those rare hip-hop albums that all people, whether they are metal, electronic or country listeners, will enjoy and love.

For me, my favourite 20 hip-hop albums are:

Top 10 in no particular order
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here....Thank You 4 Your Service
Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

11-20 in no particular order
Ab-Soul - Control System
Little Simz - Grey Area
A$AP Rocky- Live.Love.A$AP
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Travis Scott - Rodeo
JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
Danny Brown - XXX
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
Noname - Room 25
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy
Death Grips - The Money Store
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I stopped reading when I saw Igor at #2. That album is not good, and not even a top 10 hip hop album of this year.
 
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Woob_woob said:
I stopped reading when I saw Igor at #2. That album is not good, and not even a top 10 hip hop album of this year.
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That album isn’t #2. It’s just one of my top 10 favourite hip-hop albums this decade. I’d probably place it at #9 or #10.

I love IGOR so much. It’s such a space-like, soulful, psychedelic, youthful, abstract, ear-candy masterpiece. It’s definitely not an album for everyone, but I think it’s a very likeable album!

For me, it’s the best hip-hop album of the year, with Little Simz and Madlib & Freddie Gibbs behind.
 
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