Single/Album of the year 2014
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As good a time as any to get suggestions and see what I missed.
For me it's been a great year for '90s influenced sample-based electronic music, and particularly the resurgence of JUNGLE music.
Sinistaar & Silent Dust - [em]The Chant[/em]
What have I missed?
For me it's been a great year for '90s influenced sample-based electronic music, and particularly the resurgence of JUNGLE music.
Sinistaar & Silent Dust - [em]The Chant[/em]
What have I missed?
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Also want to say Omar with 'The Man' but despite perusing the CD just now I can't see if it was a '13 or '14 release.
Fuck me, didn't realise "Deep Dubstep" was a thing. Ridiculous.
Silkie - Limits
Ridonculous good, or ridiculouso bad?
Deep dubstep. Well, I think dubstep peaked in 2009. By the time Skrillex came along, it had gone the way of the wobble - see also Jungle's metamorphosis into mid-range jump-up DnB.
Pre-bro-step, all dubstep was "deep". The tag only came about to differentiate the good stuff from the EDM glowstick version.
2013.
Gibbs & Madlib - I loved the beats...
Is [em]Run The Jewels 2[/em] great, or people holding out for [em]Meow The Jewels[/em]?
Theo Parrish has a new LP just released - anyone listened? Long-time fan of his, but his singles have always been stronger than his LP material imo.
honorable mention:
Set to be a new-new age classic
The Fatima album walked a very fine line between "future jazz" (ugh) and soul. It could have been mad corny, but I think it's really really good.
The YZ album works so well - Mustard and the others made a real cohesive sound and kid is a really thoughtful rapper. It came out in the first quarter and I'm still noticing new lyrics and sonic things. All of the singles were hardbody - no sell-out. Can't wait for the next album!
and a big yes to the whole Popcaan record too.
my favorite pop singles of the year:
The best Theo Parrish track not by Theo Parrish released this year?
Nao vs A.K. Paul - So Good:
Nice!
These are some of my favourite tracks of the year. half of them haven't even been released it seems.
Cherish - Unappreciated (Murlo Remix)
Fatima Al Qadiri - Szechuan
Trends & JLSXND7RS - The Undertaker
Hi5Ghost - kung fu kick JLSXND7RS remix
Mumdance — Take Time feat. Novelist
Slackk - Shogun Assassin (Spooky Remix)
Mine is below - anyone else have one to share? I always learn about so many things off these things...
+Songs
DEJ LOAF - Try Me
TINK - Around The Clock
NAO/AK PAUL - So Good
YOUNG THUG (so much) - Treasure/About The $/Old English/Stoner (Evian Christ mix)/California Rari/The Blanguage/Take A Picture/Lifestyle
FUTURE (so much) - Monster/Against All Odds/Good Morning/Move That Dope/Chanel Vintage/Break The Rules
ROBERT GLASPER/JILL SCOTT - Calls
TRINIDAD JAMES - Def Jam
BIG SEAN - Paradise/I Don't F*ck With You
VINCE STAPLES - Hands Up
CAM/JUELZ/A-TRAK - Dipshits
D'ANGELO - Really Love/Betray My Heart
LAURYN HILL - Black Rage
SCHOOLBOY Q - Gangsta/Los Awesome/Break The Bank
NICKI MINAJ - Four Door Aventador/Only
RAE SREMMURD - No Type
MAC MILLER - Angel Dust
AB SOUL - Tree of Life/Hunnid Stax
COZZ - Dreams (I need to listen to the album more)
BAS - Mook in New Mexico/My Ni**a Just Made Bail
DJ QUIK - Back That Shit Up
JUJU f. TRAGEDY - Thriller
+Albums
FATIMA LP
YG LP
RICH GANG LP
MARISSA NADLER LP
TREE/CHRIS CRACK LP
MIKE WILL LP
SUN KIL MOON LP
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - I CAN'T RAP MIXTAPE
This.
Came out very late in 2014, but has been my holiday winter-driving soundtrack so far.
A very solid album.
D'Angelo, Lito and Gates all made a mockery of the very idea of year-end lists just as Beyonce did at the end of last year.
The Azealia Banks album was a really nice surprise.
On the reissue tip, I enjoyed Numero's Ned Doheny comp and the expanded version of Grace Jones' Nightclubbing was great.
Kindness
Open Mike Eagle
PRhyme
YG
Vince Staples
Yung Lean
Isaiah Rashad
GFK
RTJ
Black Milk
Old Droog, Sean P, Lil Fame- Hot Breath
Diamond D & Nottz - Vanity
Diamon D - Jose Feliciano
JS-1 - Sample Abusers
JS-1 - She Loves Me Not
DJ Lord Lewis Presents:
The Rumpus Room (WESU 88.1 FM)
Top 100 Albums for 2014
CURATING the BEST from the INTERNATIONAL
DEEP FUNK/SOUL/AFROBEAT/REGGAE UNDERGROUND
100.Dustaphonics- Big Smoke London Town [UK]
99.RebirthBrass Band - Move Your Body [USA]
98.M-Tet- Hot Buttered Rum [USA]
97.TheMeow Meows - Somehow We Met [UK]
96.Nostalgia 77 and the Monster - Measures [UK]
95.TheQualitons - Tomorrow's News [Hungary]
94.TheImpellers - My Certainty [UK]
93.NickPride and Pimptones - Rejuiced Phat Shake [UK]
92.BombayRoyale - The Island of Dr Electro [Australia]
91.Jazztronik- Vamos La Brasil [Japan]
90.Quasamodo& the Q Orchestra - The Big Picture [Greece]
89.JariBuAfrobeat Arkestra – JariBu [Japan]
88.Quantic- Magnetica [UK]
87.TheMighty Sceptres - All Hail the Mighty Sceptres! [UK]
86.TakayuKuroda - Rising Son [Japan]
85.GregFoat Group - Live at the Playboy Club London
84.SpanishGold - South of Nowhere [USA]
83.NaomiGospel Queens - Cold World [USA]
82.Saskwatch- Nose Dive [Australia]
81.NevilleStaple - Ska Crazy [UK]
80.TheUnbelievable Two - S/T [Germany]
79.EpirusQuartet -Transatlantic [USA]
78.Lackof Afro - Music for Adverts [UK]
77.ElectricPeanut Butter Company - Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics Vol. 1 [USA]
76.BakerBrothers - Hear no Evil [UK]
75.10ft. Ganja Plant - 10 Deadly Shots III [USA]
74.EarlSixteen - Natty Farming [Jamaica]
73.AlexPuddu - The Golden Age of Danish Pornography 2 [Italy]
72.G'sWay – Patchwork [France]
71.CoolinSystem - Refrigerate after Opening [USA]
70.Smooveand Turrell - Broken Toys [UK]
69.ErnestRanglin - Bless Up [Jamaica]
68.MilesTackett - The Fool Who Wonders [USA]
67.WilBlades - Field Notes [USA]
66.TheEminent Stars - Sittin In [Amsterdam]
65.TonyAllen - Film of Life [Nigeria]
64.EmmaDonovan & the Putbacks - Dawn [Australia]
63.LeeFields - Emma Jean [USA]
62.LeftiesSoul Connection - Akathisia EP [Amsterdam]
61.Lions vs Dub Club - This Generation in Dub [USA]
60.Le Grand Miercoles - Ghost Cowboys [Spain]
59.Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra – Pulsion [USA]
58.Roger Rivas- Autumn Breeze [USA]
57.The Grits - Make a Sound [UK]
56.Resolution 88 - S/T [UK]
55.Various - Disco Reggae 2 [France]
54.Nicola Conte- Free Souls [Italy]
53.DeRobert and the HalfTruths - I'm Tryin [USA]
52.Sir J & the Kinkylab Allstars - Sounds from the Vulcano [Spain]
51.HughGledhill - Big Dinosaur Mouth [UK]
50.AJand the Jiggawatts - S/T [USA]
49.StudioRio - The Brazil Connection [Brazil]
48.Cookinon 3 Burners - Blind Bet [Australia]
47.ZongoJunction - No Discount [USA]
46.Tuatara– Underworld [USA]
45.BlueMode - Space Race [Spain]
44.EuroCinema - Funkstamatic [Netherlands]
43.SharonJones and the Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want [USA]
42.PhoenixCity Allstarts – Skatisfaction [UK]
41.NickWaterhouse – Holly [USA]
40.AkaleWube – Sost [France]
39.TheKutiMangoes - Afro-Fire [Denmark]
38.DubColossus - Addis to Omega [UK]
37.SecondSky - Touching the Surface [USA]
36.LeeScratch Perry - Back on the Controls [Jamaica]
35.ShawnLee and the Ping Pong Orchestra - Hits the Hits [USA]
34.GoldenDawn Arkestra - S/T EP [USA]
33.AddisPablo - In My Fathers House [Jamaica]
32.SeunKuti- A Long Way to the Beginning [Nigeria]
31.RayLugo and the Boogaloo Destroyers - Que Chevere! [USA]
30.TaggyMatcher – Singasong [France]
29.BigMean Sound Machine – Contraband [USA]
28.OrlandoJulius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro [Nigeria/UK]
27.Shandy,Will, and Gruff - Island Time [UK]
26.NewMastersounds - Therapy [UK]
25.FunkArk- Man is a Monster [USA]
24.Brownout- Brown Sabbath [USA]
23.SonnyKnight & the Lakers - I'm Still Here [USA]
22.ShaolinAfronauts - Follow the Path [Australia]
21.Dopegems– Necksnappin [France]
20.HotBorder Special - S/T [UK]
19.HollieCook – Twice [UK]
18.PrinceFatty Meets Nostalgia 77 - In the Kingdom of Dub [UK]
17.Various- Funk, Soul, and Afro Rarities: An Introduction to ATA Records [UK]
16.Mato- Homework Dub [France]
15.IkebeShakedown - Stone By Stone [USA]
14.BlackFlower - Abyssinia Afterlife [Belgium]
13.Captain Planet - Esperanto Slang [USA]
12.TheBudos Band - Burnt Offering [USA]
11.VaudouGame - Apiafo [France]
10.KarlHector and Malcouns - Unstraight Ahead [Germany]
9.ThirdCoast Kings - West Grand Boulevard [USA]
8.GeradoFrisina - Movements [Italy]
7.MrPresident - Hips Shaking [France]
6.TheGetup - Straight from the Hob [UK]
5.JungleBy Night - The Hunt [Amsterdam]
4.MountainMocha Kilmanjaro - Ichi Ni San Shi Go Roku [Japan]
3.TheSoujazz Orchestra - Inner Fire [Canada]
2.WoimaCollective - Frou Frou Roko [Germany]
1.JungleFire - Tropicoso [USA]