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2011 Album of the year (too soon?)

jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
edited November 2011 in Strut Central


Regardless of whether it's a propper album or not, I haven't felt anything more than this. Unless some serious lava drops in the next 1.5 months I'm going with Mr Ocean.
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  • youknowyouknowyouknowyouknow 264 Posts


    gil scott heron/jamie xx



    matthewdavid - outmind

    Two that come to mind.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    jjfad027 said:


    Regardless of whether it's a propper album or not, I haven't felt anything more than this. Unless some serious lava drops in the next 1.5 months I'm going with Mr Ocean.

    For me it's atoss up between Frank and this:

  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    I've been too immersed in my studies this year to catch up on all the new stuff that has been released, but I've been listening to this on repeat since it came out, so it gets my vote:



    Greg Foat Group "Dark Is The Sun". Frank Ocean is a close runner-up.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    jjfad027 said:




    if pressed, i give the advantage to HOB.
  • downtownrobbrowndowntownrobbrown 446 Posts


    Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
  • 3RD_Man3RD_Man 213 Posts
    Martin said:

    WTF??! When did this drop??

    Talk about prolific though, 2 Pilot Talk albums last year and now this!
  • 3RD_Man3RD_Man 213 Posts
    downtownrobbrown said:


    Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"

    TOP 5 for sure!

    This should count as a 2011 release and I haven't been able to stop playing it since it came out...

  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I keep thinking he's holding a drumstick.

    (the turkey kind)
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts
    this is up there

  • SpacechoSpacecho 176 Posts
    I think i enjoyed Danny Brown XXX the most this year.

    Honourable mentions to: Curren$y & Alchemist, Watch The Throne.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    If HOB is going up, can we please just do mixtapes/street albums in this thread, too?
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    yeah, in this day and age they count as albums in my book
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    SIRUS said:
    yeah, in this day and age they're better than albums in my book
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    phatmoneysack said:
    this is up there


    With you on this one. He was great live, too.
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    The only new release I've bought this year so far, and it was totally worth the price.
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  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    is dude still on here?

    *disconnected*
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Brian said:

    I suspect I'll never ever hear the album itself but I can't help feel that this is one of the greatest covers to grace the rap scene in years. So much emoting.

    Plus one for Frank Ocean and Danny Brown. Also probably put Zomby up there. To be honest I can't even remember what came out two months ago so will have to go back and see what was actually released this year.
  • hugh_lucerohugh_lucero 485 Posts
    I've been feeling these:










    And if mixtapes are in:



    ** edit **
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Albums:
    I don't really buy many albums, but I guess the Gil Scott Heron/Jamie XX collab and Dedication by Zomby make the shortlist.



    Singles:
    About Group - You're No Good (Theo Parrish remix) You're so damn good Mr Parrish
    Theo Parrish - Ugly Edits 11 just funky
    Daphni (Caribou) - various edits, and Ahora for the Margot remix
    Disrupt/Tapes - Events Occur In Real Time/Atomica Rydim 7" is fusking awesome, mainly for the Tapes track
    Moodymann - Private Collection 2 clear vinyl six tracker, un-named tracks unmistakably KDJ
    Brokenchord - Girl Of 13 Summers 7" of low-end vibrant noodly bliss
    Scuba/Synkro/System - Mosaic Volume 1 sampler forward-thinking stuff that sits between garage, DnB, dubstep, and electronica
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    Not a definitive list, but a few that spring to mind...

    Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
    Zomby "Dedication"
    Little Dragon "Ritual Union"
    Peaking Lights "936"
    Toro Y Moi "Underneath The Pine"

    Still need to pick up the new Bjork album, and the Gatto Fritto album on International Feel.
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    Daphni (Caribou) - various edits, and Ahora for the Margot remix

    Did you pick up the Caribou remix Virgo Four "It's A Crime"...? Great tune.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    neil_something said:
    Duderonomy said:
    Daphni (Caribou) - various edits, and Ahora for the Margot remix

    Did you pick up the Caribou remix Virgo Four "It's A Crime"...? Great tune.

    No, I will listen to the whole thing on yootoob or something, but it wasn't grabbing me as much as his other stuff.



    "I hope it was just tobacco"
    "No, it wasn't"
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    bassie said:
    I keep thinking he's holding a drumstick.

    (the turkey kind)

    Ha -- I'm glad I'm not the only one. All that gold (no throne?) gives me the image of some king and what king's feast would be complete without some mutton.

    This one might be one of my most listened to albums of the year:

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Junior said:
    Brian said:

    I suspect I'll never ever hear the album itself but I can't help feel that this is one of the greatest covers to grace the rap scene in years. So much phony whining - in this picture, in every one of his lyrics, in his whole faux-tortured manufactured persona.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    neil_something said:



    "Respect."
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    Nominees:

    -Big KRIT - Return of4eva
    -Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
    -James Blake
    -Jamie XX & Gil Scott Heron
    -Holy Ghost! - S/T
    -International Jones
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