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BasedMinkus · 12-07-2013, 02:54 AM

Time for my Top 50 albums of the year. It was a fantastic year in music with old dudes coming back and showing they still got it while also having some new kids producing top 10 worthy albums. Without further ado.

50. The Man Who Died in His Boat by Grouper

Grouper is a solo project by musician Liz Harris. It is weird, creepy, drone music. It has a lot of strong riffs and instrumentation backed by ghostly vocals. It is a weird fucking album.

Best Song: Vital

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49. The 20/20 Experience PT 2 by Justin Timberlake

A much heavier Timberland feel to the conclusion of this two part epic. There are some hits but in the end there are so many more misses. JT sings fantastically but the production behind him seems outdated and uninspired.

Best Song: Cabaret ft. Drake

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48. Shaking the Habitual by The Knife Party

What happens when you mix synth pop with some very interesting vocals? You get this brother sister duo from Stockholm Sweden. Fantastic production backed by some out their vocals courtesy of Karin Dreljer. If you are looking for something totally different, then this is something to check out.

Best Song: Full of Fire

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47. Indicud by Kid Cudi

Better than MOTM 2 but not much nor is that saying much. Cudder is still a very average rapper and an even more average singer. He does have some deep messages and a few decent tracks on this album which is the reason it cracked my top 50.

Best Song: Red Eye ft Haim
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46. Magna Carta Holy Grail by Jay-Z

In my honest opinion, the worst rap album of the year and the most disappointing album on top of that. With all the opulence that Jay-Z shows, he falls flat in making you give a fuck. Where Kanye exceeds in emotion, Jay-Z falls back on being a rich dude with the baddest bitch in the game wearing his chain. There are some great tracks like the crossover star Holy Grail and Heaven which features a great sample and some good flow from Jigga.

Best Song: Heaven

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45. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

The second biggest let down of the year. If you are going to call your album the sequel of a classic, it better be a damn near classic. Unfortunately you get an album paddling in mediocrity. For the mighty highs like Rhyme or Reason and Bad Guy, there are terrible lows in Survival, Berzerk and So What. Eminem spits some of his most vicious bars of the last 10 years which is great. Unfortunately his craftsmanship isn't great and he makes some cringeworthy verses (Rap God, verse 2) which results in another disappointment in a string of disappointments.

Best Song: Rhyme or Reason

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44. Summer Knights by Joey Badass

Best Song: My Yout

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43. Doris by Earl

Earl spits pure fire. There is no denying that. Unfortunately he has no charisma and no flow switches which make it very, very boring.

Best Song: Chum

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42. SAAB Stories by Action Bronson

Best Song: Strictly 4 My Jeeps

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41. Bikini Daze by MO

Bikini Daze is a small EP that caught me by surprise. This girl can sing her ass off and has an amazing range. She is also backed by some great pop and electro beats which results in a top notch EP.

Best Song: XXX 88 ft. Diplo

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Stay Tuned for 40-31!

Also as a competition. I will be giving 1M to the person who comes closest to guessing my top, in order.

BasedMinkus · 12-07-2013, 03:03 AM

Bump over spangs/

Spangle · 12-07-2013, 03:17 AM

MOTM2 is a classic.

Wasty · 12-07-2013, 03:37 AM

2013 had some great fucking albums released. I think my top 5 are:

1. The Black Angels - "Indigo Meadow"
2. Portugal. The Man - "Evil Friends"
3. Hanni El Khatib - "Head In The Dirt"
4. Night Beats - "Sonic Bloom"
5. Holy Ghost! - "Dynamics"

HM: Wooden Shjips - "Back to Land"

#40 Niclas Wastlund - W - VANCOUVER WHALERS Whalers

/ MINNESOTA MONARCHS

BasedMinkus · 12-07-2013, 03:42 PM

Bumping this shit.

2M in SHL dollars to those who can get closest to correctly guess my top 5 albums of the year, in order.

Needs to be in before I hit #20 on this list.

Spangle · 12-08-2013, 12:22 AM

1. Haim's album
2. Daughter's album
3. Run the Jewels
4. Yeezus
5. 20/20
6. My Name Is My Name
7. Modern Vampires of the City
8. KRIT
9. 12 Reasons
10. NWTS

BasedMinkus · 12-08-2013, 12:51 AM

40. Tomorrows Harvest by Boards of Canada

The triumphant return of electronica superstars arrived in 2013 with much fan fare. They did not disappoint. The duo crafted a sonically driven album with a bunch of different sounds intertwined with strong instrumentation to make a very enjoyable album.

Best Track: Cold Earth

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39. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

This album was disappointing. Good but disappointing. Everyone always says Daft Punk are the kings of electronic music and I went into this album expecting that. What I got was some fantastic songs and the hottest single of the summer but also some real shit songs. This has more of a 70s funk vibe than it does on electronic album

Best Track: Give Life Back to Music

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38. Loud City Song by Julia Holter

Best Track: Maxim I

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37. Pain Is Beauty by Chelsea Wolfe

Best Track: Feral Love

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36. The Next Day by David Bowie

Best Track: The Stars are Out

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35. Woman by Rhye

Woman produced one of my favorite tracks of 2012 with The Fall. This album had a lot of promise but unfortunately fell short of being amazing. It is packed with some rich instrumentation and has a lot of baby making music. Unfortunately the end of this album is lackluster.

Best Track: The Fall

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34. Cavalcade by Milo

Packed with airy production and more pop culture references than one could count, Milo delivers a great 2nd album/tape. His voice is different but it works and his word play and philosophical thinking makes you really sit down and actually listen to what he is saying. Also the wrestling references are a nice touch.

Best Track: Geometry and Theology

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33. Kiss Land by The Weeknd

A solid debut album for The Weeknd. It is dark, moody, emotional and self depricating. It is backed by strange instrumentals over some of the best vocals from an R n B crooner. Does suffer from a lot of the songs sounding the same and not in a cohesive way. Still a top notch album.

Best Track: Love in the Sky

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32. True Romance by Charli XCX

This is a fun album. There is very little heavy material or any deep meanings. It is very surface level. But I enjoyed it immensely. Solid pop/rap production and some cool lyrics. Charli has a great pop voice and all of this results in fun.

Best Track: What I Like

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31. Sober EP by Ellie Ingram

A better Adele. This UK pop outfit came out of nowhere to surprise me with some of the best vocals of 2013. This EP comes in at 6 tracks but all of them are good with one being exceptional. Her rendition of Poetic Justice by Kendrick Lamar, blows his version out of the water. On top of that there is some smoky beats that help some lackluster song topics and equates to a top notch EP.

Best Track: Poetic Justice (Retrial)

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That does it for this part. Stay tuned for 30-21. AND PLEASE GET UR TOP 10 PREDICTIONS IN FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN 2 MILLION IN SHL DOLLARS.

Wadester · 12-08-2013, 02:31 AM

1. If You Leave
2. Yeezus
3. The 20/20 Experience
4. Modern Vampires of the City
5. Days are Gone
6. Run the Jewels
7. My Name is My Name
8. Hide And Seek
9. Old
10. Pull My Hair Back

Joester09 · 12-08-2013, 11:50 AM

The Forecast is a great band

Late Night Conversations, A Shadow of Two Gunmen, The Forecast and Everybody Left are all great records.

Shutout · 12-08-2013, 08:36 PM

The Neighbourhood album was pretty sweet.

teztify · 12-09-2013, 12:22 AM

10.) Reflektor
9.) King Remembered in Time
8.) My Name is My Name
7.) 20/20 Experience
6.) Hide and Seek
5.) Yeezus
4.) Modern Vampires of the City
3.) Run The Jewels
2.) If You Leave
1.) Days Are Gone

JayWhy · 12-09-2013, 01:56 AM

10.) Reflektor
9.) King Remembered in Time
8.) Run The Jewels
7.) Modern Vampires of the City
6.) Hide and Seek
5.) My Name is My Name
4.) Yeezus
3.) If You Ever Leave
2.) Days Are Gone
1.) 20/20 Experience

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An old man's dream ended. A young man's vision of the future opened wide. Young men have visions, old men have dreams. But the place for old men to dream is beside the fire.

Thanks to Jackson, Copenhagen, and Harry Hans!

GOING DOWN IN STYLE. TOAST4LYFE

JumpierPegasus · 12-09-2013, 02:08 AM

Predictions?

1. The Man Who Died in his Boat
2. The 20/20 Experience pt. 2
3. Shaking the Habitual
4. Indicud
5. Magna Carta Holy Grail
6. MMLP2
7. Summer Knights
8. Doris
9. SAAB Stories
10. Bikini Daze

I hope I'm right...

***Hallsy*** · 12-09-2013, 09:04 PM

This is a SHL predictions thread right?

1. The Man Who Died in his Boat
2. The 20/20 Experience pt. 2
3. Shaking the Habitual
4. Indicud
5. Magna Carta Holy Grail
6. MMLP2
7. Summer Knights
8. Doris
9. SAAB Stories
10. Bikini Daze

BasedMinkus · 12-10-2013, 02:53 AM

30. Once I Was an Eagle by Laura Marling

Laura Marling is a folk godess with a silky smooth voice. She is basically the folk version of Fiona Apple and that is about the highest regard I can give to any female artist because Fiona Apple is the GOAT. This album is packed with acoustic guitars and ghostly drums. If anyone is looking for a folk album to give you a fix without the stupid washboards and shit, then Laura is your girl. Album features a song called Where Can I Go which sees Laura using her voice to produce a cadence similar to the song Afternoon Delight.

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29. Wrath of Cain by Pusha-T

The mixtape that started the year of Pusha. It is so brash and in your face. Hard sounding beats and even harder sounding bars. Pusha is able to spit these vivid pictures of his drug game career while also being able to brag about how great he is. The 3rd best mixtape of the year and a very solid release.

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28. Second Hand Rapture by MS MR

The New York based duo dropped one of the best electropop albums of the year. It is a strange mix of doo wop with pop surrounded by a lot of snares, synths and hi hats. What results is a fun albeit weird album for an up and comer duo that people should have on their radar.

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27. Where Does This Door Go by Mayer Hawthorne

If you like a band like Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, then Mayer Hawthorne may be for you. He is basically the white version of any great soul singer of this generation. He does it more so behind RnB production heavy on the bass guitar and 808 drums. The outstanding track on this album is Her Favorite Song. It is so smooth that you can put it on in the background and just make babies. The rest of the album is a tad hit or miss, but when it hits, it hits beautifully.

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26. Nocturnal by Yuna

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25. Same Trailer, Different Park by Kacey Musgraves

I HATE COUNTRY. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. I think its terrible. They talk about the same three things and have a terrible twang in there voice. Then this album comes around. Kacey talks about substance abuse, mean people and family trauma that has the background of that twang but comes off as a mainstream album. This isn't more obvious than in the best song Merry Go Round. Hell has frozen over people, I have found a country album I like.

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24. Sail Out EP by Jhene Aiko

Jhene Aiko is sexy as fuck. That is all.

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23. Victim Of Love by Charles Bradley

Charles Bradley is now the hardest working man in show business. This is the music of the soul era, translanted to a slightly more modern sound. And backing this movement is the modern day James Brown. This album is packed with horns and love lyrics but the star of the show is Bradley's voice. It has so much fucking soul that it gives me chills. I can't do this album justice, so just listen to the song

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22. Blue Chips 2 by Action Bronson

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21. The Bones of Which You Believe by Chvrches

This album was a surprise to me because it was a little out of my typical music preferences. It is really electronically heavy with snares and electronic drums/keyboards dominating the production of this album. This reason I like this Album is two fold and both have to do with lead singer Lauren Mayberry. Her voice is very inconspicuous while also coming off as strong and she sounds the same live which is always a plus in my books. The album has some pretty terrible lows but the highs are once again very strong and I find myself coming back to this album quite often.

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