Frownland's Top 20 Albums of 2017 (featuring 17 honourable mentions)

**Exo** · 01-07-2018, 05:53 PM

Gold Digger is trash lol.

Flashing Lights is the ONLY song of his I actively like.

OccultHawk · 01-07-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Goofle

Okay. I'd believe you more if you didn't say Gold Digger was alright. He's made much better songs than that in the same kinda vein.

The fact that I can’t remember them or any KL songs except DNA proves the music is forgettable.

Dry. Like old chicken.

OccultHawk · 01-07-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Gold Digger is trash lol.

Flashing Lights is the ONLY song of his I actively like.

Don’t remember it.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-07-2018, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Gold Digger is trash lol.

Flashing Lights is the ONLY song of his I actively like.

What about the stuff he's done for other people?

Got loads of good beats.

**Exo** · 01-07-2018, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

What about the stuff he's done for other people?

Got loads of good beats.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-07-2018, 06:10 PM

lmao OK fair enough.

**Frownland** · 01-07-2018, 06:16 PM

Kanye's a good producer but I never came across anything that made me think he was above the grade or daring. I honestly think that you had to be there for the Kanye wave to really get it.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-07-2018, 06:25 PM

I bought The Blueprint the week it came out, and also The College Dropout.

I liked Kanye before he blew up I was there for the wave and I got it.

**Goofle** · 01-07-2018, 06:43 PM

All of his albums have at least one great track. Aside from maybe TLOP.

**Frownland** · 01-07-2018, 08:15 PM

Honourable Mention Number 4

A7PHA - A7PHA

Anticon artists Doseone and Mestizo come together as A7PHA. I don't know much about Mestizo, but he's on a K-the-I??? track which is an endorsement of the highest order, to say nothing of collaborating with Doseone, who I've been a long time fan of. I think it only makes sense to call Doseone the Beefheart of rap because of the way that he deconstructs it to the point of creating the rap of parallel universes. I've heard him referred to as the Mike Patton of rap as well and maybe that's more appropriate because I know that some people are annoyed by Doseone's voice.

The record is a bizarre listen that I gravitate to just to figure out what it's trying to be. It's full of hard electronic beats and these hooks that are melodic, odd, and punchy. There are some sick bars on here too, especially the Alias feature. Doseone has some really melodic parts, some grimier ones, and harder verses where he gets especially percussive. Musically, it jumps between synthy, dark, trippy, dancy, rock-influenced, and tribal. When I first listened to it, I had zero idea of what to think of it. There's still some element of that every time I hear it, but it's stood up in a good way after several spins.

https://anticon.bandcamp.com/album/a7pha

01-07-2018, 05:53 PM	#71 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Gold Digger is trash lol. Flashing Lights is the ONLY song of his I actively like. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

01-07-2018, 06:16 PM	#77 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Kanye's a good producer but I never came across anything that made me think he was above the grade or daring. I honestly think that you had to be there for the Kanye wave to really get it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-07-2018, 08:15 PM	#80 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Honourable Mention Number 4 A7PHA - A7PHA Anticon artists Doseone and Mestizo come together as A7PHA. I don't know much about Mestizo, but he's on a K-the-I??? track which is an endorsement of the highest order, to say nothing of collaborating with Doseone, who I've been a long time fan of. I think it only makes sense to call Doseone the Beefheart of rap because of the way that he deconstructs it to the point of creating the rap of parallel universes. I've heard him referred to as the Mike Patton of rap as well and maybe that's more appropriate because I know that some people are annoyed by Doseone's voice. The record is a bizarre listen that I gravitate to just to figure out what it's trying to be. It's full of hard electronic beats and these hooks that are melodic, odd, and punchy. There are some sick bars on here too, especially the Alias feature. Doseone has some really melodic parts, some grimier ones, and harder verses where he gets especially percussive. Musically, it jumps between synthy, dark, trippy, dancy, rock-influenced, and tribal. When I first listened to it, I had zero idea of what to think of it. There's still some element of that every time I hear it, but it's stood up in a good way after several spins. https://anticon.bandcamp.com/album/a7pha __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-07-2018, 06:10 PM	#76 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	lmao OK fair enough.

01-07-2018, 06:25 PM	#78 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I bought The Blueprint the week it came out, and also The College Dropout. I liked Kanye before he blew up I was there for the wave and I got it.