2005.5: favorite new albums of the year so far

johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
edited July 2005 in Music Talk
The year is half over. Here's a brief list of some of the albums that have impressed me quite a bit:Access Immortal-Shades Of RealityAmbidex-Freedom FriesBlueprint-1988Blue Scholars-s/tBoop Bap Project-ReorganizeCommon-BeDeep Thinkers-Necks MoveFelt 2: A Tribute To Lisa BonetMed-Push Comes To ShoveRa??l Mid??n-State Of MindParis Zax-Unpath'd WatersPrefuse 73-Surrounded By SilenceQuasimoto-The Further Adventures Of Lord QuasRicci Rucker-FugaShed Light-Perseverance
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  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    hmmm....

    Mac Mall and Mac Dre - Tha US Open
    Sik Wit It Umbrella compilation
    Young MayLay - San Andreas The Original Mixtape
    King Tee - Ruthless Chronicles
    Rhymefest - A Star Is Born (I think this came out this year)
    Common - Be


    I can't think of any more but I know there's more...argh...I hate that.

  • DocBeezyDocBeezy 1,918 Posts
    here is a list of what impressed me:


    (crickets chirping)

  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    here is a list of what impressed me:


    (crickets chirping)

    that's such a random answer dude.

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    (crickets chirping)


    That bad, huh?

  • DocBeezyDocBeezy 1,918 Posts
    here is a list of what impressed me:





    (crickets chirping)



    that's such a random answer dude.







    You are determined to drive me crazy huh?



    I just got into another fight about the word random on another board. PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE THAT WORD.



    and yes Johmbolaya, that bad .

  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    here is a list of what impressed me:


    (crickets chirping)

    that's such a random answer dude.



    You are determined to drive me crazy huh?

    I just got into another fight about the word random on another board. PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE THAT WORD.

    and yes Johmbolaya, that bad .

    sorry dude, I'm being totally random.

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    sorry dude, I'm being totally random.


  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    sorry dude, I'm being totally random.


    best album of 2005 hands down

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Access Immortal-Shades Of Reality

    WORST. RAP NAME. EVER.

  • Art_FormArt_Form 188 Posts
    - The Perceptionists "Black Dialogue"
    - Common "BE"
    - John Legend "Get Lifted"
    - Quasimoto "Further Adventures of Lord Quas"

    there's more some where...

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts


    best album of 2005 hands down

    It's that Sharpie happy face on her knee that got to you.

  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts


    best album of 2005 hands down

    It's that Sharpie happy face on her knee that got to you.

    no it was the pro keds and the teddy bear with a blinged out watch.

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts


    best album of 2005 hands down

    It's that Sharpie happy face on her knee that got to you.

    no it was the pro keds and the teddy bear with a blinged out watch.

    Aaah. I heard for her next album, she may be promising "a lifetime of head".

  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts

  • dstill808dstill808 704 Posts
    Anyone else feeling this?

    I kinda slept when it first dropped, but I was rocking it at work the other day and it sounded pretty nice.

  • DocBeezyDocBeezy 1,918 Posts
    Anyone else feeling this?

    I kinda slept when it first dropped, but I was rocking it at work the other day and it sounded pretty nice.

    nope, thats ass just like everything those two people have ever put out

  • debardebar 215 Posts
    off the top of my head, in no order, shit i've checked out this year:

    The Game - The Documentary[/b]
    hot beats? yes please
    mediocre lyrics? wait, there were vocals on this album?
    occasional hot line? oh, so there were lyrics on here

    Common - Be[/b]
    soulful kanye beats? yes please
    90's common on the mic? yes please
    best album so far this year? yessir

    Sean Price - Monkey Barz[/b]
    BCC resurrection? yes please
    nostalgia on first listen? yes please
    boring album? no thanks
    buckshot & 9th wonder? bring it on

    112 - Pleasure & Pain[/b]
    synthesized r&b? yes please
    mindless sex jams? yes please
    occasional "deep" song? sure, why not

    Bobby Valentino - S/T[/b]
    synthesized r&b? yes please
    mediocre vocals? no thanks
    false advertisement on hot luda single? no thanks
    something to bump when females ride in the car? check

    Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is[/b]
    more r&b? yes please
    good vocals? yes please
    good beats? yes please

    Boyz N Da Hood - S/T[/b]
    Young Jeezy? yes please (no homo)
    Puffy capitalizing on Southern explosion? no thanks
    "Happy Jamz"? yeas please
    typical southern gangsta tracks? no thanks
    typical southern synth beats? no thanks

    Young Gunz - Brothers From Another[/b]
    rocafella? yes please
    sophomore slump? no thanks
    "We Still Here"? yes please

    50 Cent - The Massacre[/b]
    2 hot Hi-Tek beats? yes please
    2 formulaic lead singles? hey, they get the girls on the dancefloor
    "Hate It Or Love It" Remix? yes please
    major label sophomore slump? no thanks
    cheesy 21 Questions knockoff ("Build You Up")? yes please

    Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming[/b]
    Beanie Sigel? yes please (no homo)
    Beanie & Redman over Just Blaze? yes please (no homo)
    Beanie, Peedi & Twista over hot Chad Wes beat? yes please (no homo)
    Neptunes single? yes please
    Puba & Sadat over Just Blaze? yes please
    good album? yes

    Do Or Die - D.O.D.[/b]
    Chi-town rap? yes please
    hype as hell "U Already Know"? yes please!
    hot beats? yes please
    they're from the midwest, not southern!? yes please
    am i biased? hell yes

    I think I've officially outgrown my underground hip-hop phase.

  • noznoz 3,625 Posts

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    Just a few off the top of my head that I like-

    Beck "guero"
    Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "naturally"
    The Mighty Imperials "thunder chicken"
    M.Ward "transistor radio"
    Fourtet "everything ecstatic"
    Luke Temple "hold a match for a gasoline world"
    Blue Scholars s/t

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts


    112 - Pleasure & Pain[/b]
    synthesized r&b? yes please
    mindless sex jams? yes please
    occasional "deep" song? sure, why not

    Bobby Valentino - S/T[/b]
    synthesized r&b? yes please
    mediocre vocals? no thanks
    false advertisement on hot luda single? no thanks
    something to bump when females ride in the car? check





    I think I've officially outgrown my underground hip-hop phase.

    and checking Bobby Valentino and 112 albums is an improvement?

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts

    Boyz N Da Hood - S/T[/b]
    Young Jeezy? yes please (no homo)
    Puffy capitalizing on Southern explosion? no thanks
    "Happy Jamz"? yeas please
    typical southern gangsta tracks? no thanks
    typical southern synth beats? no thanks

    Really disappointing record. I don't know, I guess Puff was on some cheap shit with the production.

    Straight Outta A-Town, their tape with DJ Drama, was much better.

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    people actually check for puff diddy records? haha

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    people actually check for puff diddy records? haha

    Puffy didn't really have anything to do with that one besides put the Badboy South logo on it and--I assume--put up some of the money.

    All four of those guys were already established in Atlanta, and Puff wasn't even the person whose idea it was to put them together into a supergroup.

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts

    Edan - Beauty & The Beat
    Quas - The Further Adventures
    Mall & Dre - The US Open

    More will come to mind I'm sure...

  • AserAser 2,351 Posts

    Beret - Arco-iris (jappy jap vocals over great brazilian production)


    Joe Bataan - Call My Name (hasn't lost one bit of soul in his vocal delivery)


    Elektro4 - Keystroke One (what rjd2 tries but fails miserably. BRAZING PSYCH DOWNTEMPO)


    Silhouette Brown - s/t (Dego of 4 hero & Kaidi of Bugz together, a good combination)


    Breakthrough - s/t (if you like dj mitsu, this is very similar)

    the faith album is pretty good too, considering I had zero expectations. Otherwise it's been a slow year for lps, especially in rock.

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts

    Beret - Arco-iris (jappy jap vocals over great brazilian production)


    Joe Bataan - Call My Name (hasn't lost one bit of soul in his vocal delivery)


    Elektro4 - Keystroke One (what rjd2 tries but fails miserably. BRAZING PSYCH DOWNTEMPO)


    Silhouette Brown - s/t (Dego of 4 hero & Kaidi of Bugz together, a good combination)


    Breakthrough - s/t (if you like dj mitsu, this is very similar)

    the faith album is pretty good too, considering I had zero expectations. Otherwise it's been a slow year for lps, especially in rock.


    I heart Aser's musical tastes.

    I just peeped some of the Joe Bataan today and I was really impressed by it. I'm just waiting for the Groove Merchant to have some copies.

    word on the Silhouette Brown. I think it's kinda getting slept on because it's getting shelved in the "broken beat" section so new-soul dj's arent' checking for it.

    I need to check that Breakthrough, I think Groveman Sport did a remix and I really dug the Martian Gang 12'' he did.

  • Anyone else feeling this?

    I kinda slept when it first dropped, but I was rocking it at work the other day and it sounded pretty nice.

    anyone know if Sever MSK did that album cover? looks like it.

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts

    Beret - Arco-iris (jappy jap vocals over great brazilian production)


    Joe Bataan - Call My Name (hasn't lost one bit of soul in his vocal delivery)


    Elektro4 - Keystroke One (what rjd2 tries but fails miserably. BRAZING PSYCH DOWNTEMPO)


    Silhouette Brown - s/t (Dego of 4 hero & Kaidi of Bugz together, a good combination)



    Breakthrough - s/t (if you like dj mitsu, this is very similar)

    the faith album is pretty good too, considering I had zero expectations. Otherwise it's been a slow year for lps, especially in rock.


    I heart Aser's musical tastes.

    I just peeped some of the Joe Bataan today and I was really impressed by it. I'm just waiting for the Groove Merchant to have some copies.

    word on the Silhouette Brown. I think it's kinda getting slept on because it's getting shelved in the "broken beat" section so new-soul dj's arent' checking for it.

    I need to check that Breakthrough, I think Groveman Sport did a remix and I really dug the Martian Gang 12'' he did.

    Joe Bataan brought it on this one..."I'm the fool" is no joke.

  • LamontLamont 1,089 Posts
    Edan
    Bloc Party
    Jamie Lidell
    QOTSA
    Major Swellings aka Prins Thomas

  • Art_FormArt_Form 188 Posts
    Anyone else feeling this?

    I kinda slept when it first dropped, but I was rocking it at work the other day and it sounded pretty nice.

    anyone know if Sever MSK did that album cover? looks like it.

    Well I was gonna pick it up too because I got "Ma Look No Hands". But I was kinda nervous about it. Is it worth it??
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