avecigrec
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But, in all seriousness, I can go through my comprehensive notes and get a relatively accurate number together later.
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But, in all seriousness, I can go through my comprehensive notes and get a relatively accurate number together later.
musicjunkiegreg
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avecigrec
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Currently sitting at 1217 LPs and 165 EPs, with 22 LPs and 1 EP in the queue plus the 9 LPs on my Radar List.
musicjunkiegreg
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mgp
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Not Friday, but Amen Dunes just released a new version of his last (extremely polarizing) Death Jokes, entitled Death Jokes II.
He also announced that the Amen Dunes Project has come to an end.
In reimagining the album as Death Jokes II, McMahon revisited all that material for stripped down remixes of the songs by Craig Silvey. These new mixes also include unheard contributions from notable Death Jokes contributors Panoram, Kwake Bass (Dean Blunt, MF DOOM), Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray), and Robbie Lee, a multi-instrumentalist and NYC veteran.
Death Jokes II is a celebration of endings and of deaths, marking the end of Amen Dunes, itself.
He also announced that the Amen Dunes Project has come to an end.
In reimagining the album as Death Jokes II, McMahon revisited all that material for stripped down remixes of the songs by Craig Silvey. These new mixes also include unheard contributions from notable Death Jokes contributors Panoram, Kwake Bass (Dean Blunt, MF DOOM), Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray), and Robbie Lee, a multi-instrumentalist and NYC veteran.
Death Jokes II is a celebration of endings and of deaths, marking the end of Amen Dunes, itself.
hatfieldpdx
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Haven't seen mention of the new Cameron Winter (frontman for Geese) project Heavy Metal. If you dig Geese, the voice will resonate, but this one is more of an off-kilter singer-songwriter affair with wild arrangements. I'm loving it already.
Hemotep
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I don't like Geese, but this album is mostly up my alley. There are two tracks that annoy me a little (Drinking Age felt like an awkward high schooler getting too sincere in a performance of a bad song they wrote), but they're outshined by ones like Try As I May. I'm reminded at times of Justin Vernon's various projects melded with a dash of Wild Beasts vocals from Limbo, Panto.
hatfieldpdx
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Interesting. While "Drinking Age" may not be my favorite track (too soon to tell), it's up there.
Second time listening all the way through and I'm honestly blown away. My Year End MEGALIST entry is definitely going to need an edit.
Nee Lewman
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You should also check out Thoughts of You by Salvator Dragatto. I know me digging a Colemine artist is probably white noise to most everyone, but this is real cool dark funky jazzy soundscape stuff that I bet you will dig. Other than The new Finnigan, this is the album I have been most excited about from them this year.
avecigrec
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Noted and added.
Nee Lewman
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Did we know this exists?
lonestarlahr
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I've been hearing "Vandalist" a lot on on our local non-commercial indie station (shout-out 88Nine Raio Milwaukee) but had no idea the record dropped *months* ago.
Adding it to the weekend stream queue.
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Nee Lewman
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Nee Lewman
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Oooohhh, thanks I dig this. A touch of Kiwanuka in there too.
avecigrec
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I kept my expectations pretty low for Snoop & Dre's new album; while it is lyrically unsatisfying at times, Snoop's flows and Dre's beats are unimpeachable.
There is no real blueprint for legacy acts in Gangsta Rap; we are witnessing them being drawn up in real time. With that in mind, these two have set a pretty solid standard: there is plenty of nostalgia in both storytelling and the frequent interpolation of classic flows, hooks and choruses; there are some shining moments of engaging lyricism sprinkled throughout (Method Man's featuee drops one of my favourite verses on the album); and there is the expected, and generally deserved, amount of braggadocio.
Thankfully, while there are some tough guy moments throughout, Snoop & Dre haven't tried to dig too deeply into being the gangstas that they are not at this age and stage of the game. For the most part they feel self-aware enough not to slide into a mockery or farce of what was and has been. Dre still sounds like a knob when he raps but, fortunately, he keeps his number of verses pretty chill.
The elder statesmen of hip hop have been having a solid year. Rakim and Tha Dogg Pound each put out albums that were much better than I could ever expect; Ice Cube released probably his best album since the '90s; and Dre actually came through with an album promise for a change!
Anyway, this post got way longer than I expected it to! TL;DR: Missionary is absolutely worth checking out. It's not likely going to change your world or your year-end list but it has some moments of greatness and fun.
There is no real blueprint for legacy acts in Gangsta Rap; we are witnessing them being drawn up in real time. With that in mind, these two have set a pretty solid standard: there is plenty of nostalgia in both storytelling and the frequent interpolation of classic flows, hooks and choruses; there are some shining moments of engaging lyricism sprinkled throughout (Method Man's featuee drops one of my favourite verses on the album); and there is the expected, and generally deserved, amount of braggadocio.
Thankfully, while there are some tough guy moments throughout, Snoop & Dre haven't tried to dig too deeply into being the gangstas that they are not at this age and stage of the game. For the most part they feel self-aware enough not to slide into a mockery or farce of what was and has been. Dre still sounds like a knob when he raps but, fortunately, he keeps his number of verses pretty chill.
The elder statesmen of hip hop have been having a solid year. Rakim and Tha Dogg Pound each put out albums that were much better than I could ever expect; Ice Cube released probably his best album since the '90s; and Dre actually came through with an album promise for a change!
Anyway, this post got way longer than I expected it to! TL;DR: Missionary is absolutely worth checking out. It's not likely going to change your world or your year-end list but it has some moments of greatness and fun.
Wes C. Attle
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Also, LL Cool J put out an album this year with Q-Tip producing (and features some other legacy rappers like Snoop Dogg, Nas, Busta Rhymes) and it is pretty awesome.