2013 End of year roundup.
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Best (or worst) of the year that was. What you got SoulStrut?
A year when RIP threads seemed to become the norm, we lost Nelson Mandela, Stan Tracey, Junior Murvin, James Gandolfini, Bobby Bland, George Duke, Elmore Leonard, Lou Reed and others. Whilst on a happier note we also had a few new additions to the strut family as several struters had kids of their own. Congratulations.
The strut has trundle on. We've lost a few good poasters but gained a few too, and seen the welcome return of a few old heads. I still don't know if Skel was made a mod or not, but the troll problem seems to have diminished somewhat. The BeatOff contests have been a highlight for sure, so props to The_Non and everybody who's entered a beat. And hopefully we'll get to hear what tops the 100 list before the years out also.
Props to you all for making this a chill and interesting enough place to keep be coming back anyways.
also Kanye.
A year when RIP threads seemed to become the norm, we lost Nelson Mandela, Stan Tracey, Junior Murvin, James Gandolfini, Bobby Bland, George Duke, Elmore Leonard, Lou Reed and others. Whilst on a happier note we also had a few new additions to the strut family as several struters had kids of their own. Congratulations.
The strut has trundle on. We've lost a few good poasters but gained a few too, and seen the welcome return of a few old heads. I still don't know if Skel was made a mod or not, but the troll problem seems to have diminished somewhat. The BeatOff contests have been a highlight for sure, so props to The_Non and everybody who's entered a beat. And hopefully we'll get to hear what tops the 100 list before the years out also.
Props to you all for making this a chill and interesting enough place to keep be coming back anyways.
also Kanye.
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personal favourite
Band of the year.
Most irrationally hated-on.
Duckworth Lewis album
New GF (revisit from 1980) since Feb, still in situ
Job I'm really enjoying
Been a very good year; vintage, you might say.
TY m**c
2014 is the year we get to meet in a BritStrut massive stylee
the oneohtrix point never album is pretty singular. i don't love all of it, but it's hard to argue that it's not amazing. way more interesting to me than the actress. (although i do love some actress.)
also liked the disclosure, the earl sweatpants, jesse lanza, parts of the mount kimbie album and bunch of stuff from the rap thraed.
and this off his 2013 album:
I hadn't listened to King Krule yet - that voice is not what I expected to come out of that kid!
I hadn't listened to King Krule yet - that voice is not what I expected to come out of that kid!
Didn't love the whole album but there are several moments on there... and given how young he is, I will definitely be keeping an eye out.
The disclosure album was really great, might be the most consistent album this year.
Your album is awesome too Bosq
BRAVO!
http://75qhfudlqes9iehq.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Beutler_Heres_to_2013_FINAL.jpg
What's the giant lizard vs robot dude about?
Pacific Rim film
Only one thing comes to mind, which is that the Migos was pretty much unlistenable from beginning to end.
Not terrible but disappointing was Lil Herb and Lil Bibby's 'Heir Apparent' - great production but the lyrics were so fucking annoying...and you know I have a really high tolerance for meaningless blah blah blah.
Can knock off best five tracks of the year now, too, actually.
Pusha T - Numbers on the Board
Pusha T/Kendrick Lamar - Nosetalgia
Gunplay - Bible on the Dash
ASAP Ferg - Didn't Want To Do That
Gucci Mane had a good grip of tracks off different tapes this year, I can't really pick one so I'm going to cheat and list them all under my fifth. You can report me to the Top Lists Committee as you see fit.
Traphouse 3
Mama
Hell Yes
Use Me
It's Not a day
Cinderella
Activist
That Pack
Special FX are great, but the lines are so bad it's hard to believe they weren't corpsing all the time. You will want the 2 hours of your life back.
Not the worst film of the year though. That goes to Oblivion.
and some bloke called Delay or something did an LP called Morgan that I like a lot.
singles;
Omar S - Don't Let Dis Be HapNin
A.dd+ - Audio Daydream (vintage Outkast vibes for me)
Deadboy - Geek'd Up
Darondo - I don't want to leave (Tall Black Guy edit)
Bonobo - Cirrus (plus a few other decent tracks from his LP)
Gnork - both his singles on Blind Jack
the second Banduro 12" (Vakula alias)
Midland - Checkbob (automynous africa)
Frank Booker edits
the Batsumi re-ish
Stephen Encinas re-ish
It's been an interesting year for me. Been signed-off work with stress for 3 months, have a massive upheaval ahead of me that will require a lot of work, but hope to be out of the Shite House and living in Barcelona early 2014.
Chronixx - Here Comes Trouble (probably listened to this track more than any other)
Kes the Band - Tuesday on the Rocks
Shaggy ft Cocoa Tea & Joe - Like Never Before
Stylo G - Soundbwoy
Sizzla ft Vida Sunshyne - The Formula
Rikki Jai ft. Ravi B & Allison Hinds - Ent Yuh Know Remix
Konshens & Romain Virgo - We No Worry Bout Them
Charly Black & J Capri - Whine & Kotch
Machel Montano - Float
these were the 2 best things to come out of new orleans this year:
i know some of y'all on here know brice -- this came out on his label!
http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/shop/vinyl-long-play/stooges-brass-band-street-music/
2013 was a year of ups and downs for me and my family. On the downside, I lost my older (and only) brother at 47 years old to cancer. This was a terrible blow as he was one of my best friends in the world and a great source of support, advice, and good cheer. Despite this huge setback, it was a great year as I made great accomplishments professionally (e.g., I was named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology due to noteworthy research on workplace diversity) and improved my personal well-being (e.g., lost a gang of weight by working out and getting in shape). The 'Strut has been a great source of camaraderie and support during this year, and the site remains an everyday joy of my life. I picked up a wide assortment of wonderful music to enjoy this year on my various travel stops (e.g., Seattle, Portland, Dallas, NYC, etc.). I am truly blessed to have high subjective well-being physically, mentally, and emotionally. I am hopeful that each and every one of you have had peace and prosperity this year and continue to do so in the upcoming year.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Albums go to Karol Conka, Chance the Rapper, Lonnie Ronney, Glenn Jones, Theo Parrish, Mammane Sani Abdullaye and Ku.
Archival: Dieuf-Dieul de Thi??s
quite a lot of honorable mentions: The drones, La femme, Valerie june, Omar, Paavo, The uncluded notably.
Cool year.
Keep struttin y'all and hope you're takin some time off for the holidays.
and Pacific Rim is next level visually. We finally get giant robots after all this time.
Going into a Godzilla-esque/Giant Robot film expecting Solaris is silly.
Theyve tried to make a "Real Sci-Fi" Godzilla film and that shit always fails.
Keep the shit movin' and give us the action.
Im hopin for 2014 to get closer to embracing the 90's and shed the 80's Boogie, FauxHawks, and the Goldbergs.