| 5.0 classic |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory |
| Armand Hammer Race Music |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Clipse Hell Hath No Fury |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| Defeater Lost Ground |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| As white as it may sound, this was my stepping stone into appreciation for Hip Hop. As a 13/14 year old, I hated everything I knew about hip hip, for what I actually knew about it was Lil Wayne/ Ying Twins/ Lil Jon/ Akon/ shittymainstreametc. But for some reason, this caught my attention. Whether it was the ferocity that Em is none for, or the fact that I could... understand?... the words that he was saying actually meant something. Whatever it was, I'll always be grateful for it, because no matter how many new hip hop albums I listen to now, this will always be the reason why I'm listening. |
| Glassjaw Worship and Tribute |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| Fuck grandiose. Fuck guest's. And fuck Kanye West. But you know what, this is just as great as the number of acclaim that it gets, and if you can't get that, then you can go fuck yourself. r-Kanye West |
| Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly |
| Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city |
| Probably my favorite mainstream Hip Hop release post 1999. It's a classic, and you know what? It may not tell the most original story, but neither did 'The Kings Speech.' The reason why The King's Speech won Best Picture wasn't because it was something we'd never seen before, but because of how much power and attention a true story can bring to the table when done with expertise. And that's the same reason why good kid, m.A.A.d city is the best album of 2012. |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair |
| letlive. Fake History (Re-Release) |
| Post-Hardcore has been revived, and Jason Butler is the doctor. |
| Madvillain Madvillainy |
| Modern Life Is War Witness |
| Nas Illmatic |
| Nick Drake Pink Moon |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral |
| Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| Pusha T DAYTONA |
| This shit is the best hip album I've heard in the past couple years. Ye's production is god-tier here, and fits perfectly with Pusha's voice and flow. |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come |
| Spanish Love Songs Schmaltz |
| The Menzingers On the Impossible Past |
| The National Boxer |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt |
| The War On Drugs Lost in the Dream |
| The Weeknd Echoes of Silence |
| There Will Be Fireworks The Dark, Dark Bright |
| Thrice The Illusion of Safety |
| Titus Andronicus The Monitor |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| 4.5 superb |
| Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties We Don't Have Each Other |
| As Cities Burn Come Now Sleep |
| Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons... |
| BADBADNOTGOOD BBNG |
| Basement I Wish I Could Stay Here |
| Bobby Barnett Little Wounds |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
| Brand New Science Fiction |
| Captain, We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled |
| Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise |
| Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo |
| City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar |
| CunninLynguists Oneirology |
| CunninLynguists A Piece Of Strange |
| D'Angelo Black Messiah |
| Danny Brown Old |
| De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism |
| Death Grips The Money Store |
| Defeater Travels |
| Denzel Curry Nostalgic 64 |
| Denzel Curry Imperial |
| Drake Take Care |
| Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) What It Takes to Move Forward |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues |
| Frank Ocean channel ORANGE |
| Glass Bones Seasons |
| Green Day Dookie |
| How to Dress Well What Is This Heart? |
| Probably the best R&B since Channel Orange came out back in 2012. |
| Husker Du Zen Arcade |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 |
| Isaiah Rashad Cilvia Demo |
| Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt |
| Jeff Rosenstock NO DREAM |
| Jeff Rosenstock We Cool? |
| Jeff Rosenstock Thanks, Sorry! |
| Joyce Manor Joyce Manor |
| Kanye West The College Dropout |
| Kanye West The Life of Pablo |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Killer Mike R.A.P. Music |
| La Dispute Rooms of the House |
| letlive. Fake History |
| Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing |
| Mayday Parade A Lesson In Romantics |
| mewithoutYou Brother, Sister |
| MF DOOM Operation: Doomsday |
| Miguel Wildheart |
| pg.99 Document #8 |
| Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps |
| Pianos Become the Teeth The Lack Long After |
| Pinegrove Cardinal |
| Pinegrove Meridian |
| Pinegrove Amperland, NY |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 |
| THEY FINALLY DROPPED IT MMMMMMMM #AChristmasFuckingMiracle |
| Saosin Translating the Name |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy |
| ScHoolboy Q Oxymoron |
| Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell |
| Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends |
| The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound |
| The Horrible Crowes Elsie |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| The National High Violet |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die |
| The Roots undun |
| The Roots Things Fall Apart |
| The Story So Far Under Soil and Dirt |
| The Weeknd House of Balloons |
| The Weeknd Thursday |
| The Weeknd After Hours |
| Thrice Major/Minor |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance |
| Created with a more mainstream approach than 'The Illusion of Safety' as TIoS settled with more technical riffs and crazier math-rock esque solo's to go along with its harsh vocals, everything here is more... concise. The lyrics have matured, the guitars clash to be one with the rest of the music/vocals instead of being the star, and the vocals are spoken through an easier to understand tone. While it may not appeal to the lo-fi that many enjoy in this genre, it appealed to me. And to me, that's all that matters. |
| Thursday Full Collapse |
| Touche Amore ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse |
| Trophy Scars Holy Vacants |
| Your Old Droog Your Old Droog |
| 3.0 good |
| ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP |
| At the Drive-In In/Casino/Out |
| Big Boi Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors |
| Circa Survive On Letting Go |
| Currensy The Stoned Immaculate |
| Death Grips Government Plates |
| Defeater Letters Home |
| Denzel Curry TA13OO |
| Drake So Far Gone |
| Drake So Far Gone |
| Drake Views |
| Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside |
| Emarosa Emarosa |
| From First to Last Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count |
| Future Pluto |
| GOOD Music Cruel Summer |
| Immortal Technique The Martyr |
| Isaiah Rashad The House Is Burning |
| CAMEOUTBUSTINCAMEOUTBUSTINCAMEOUTBUSTINCSMEOUTBUSTINCAMEOUTBUSTINCAMEOUTBUSTINCAMEOUTBUSTIN |
| J. Cole Truly Yours 2 |
| J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive |
| Jeff Rosenstock POST- |
| Kanye West Graduation |
| Kanye West ye |
| Kendrick Lamar C4 |
| Kevin Gates Stranger Than Fiction |
| Lil Wayne Tha Carter III |
| Lil Wayne Dedication 5 |
| Linkin Park Reanimation |
| Modern Life Is War Midnight in America |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium |
| Royal Blood Royal Blood |
| Saosin Saosin |
| ScHoolboy Q Setbacks |
| ScHoolboy Q CrasH Talk |
While it certainly isn't bad, it definitely isn't in line with Ox or Blank Face. The hooks on songs like
Water, Drunk, Floating, and Chopstix are inexcusably lazy, especially when you have a guy like Q
who made an album of great hooks on Oxy. However, the beats on this thing, while not redefining
anything in the genre, are pretty great. Die Wit Em, Numb Numb Juice, Attention and Gang Gang
are all stand out tracks. Overall though, this album is a disappointment. |
| Senses Fail The Fire |
| Tech N9ne All 6's and 7's |
| The Game Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf |
| Kevin Gates fucking destroys his feature on this, holy shit |
| The Mars Volta Octahedron |
| The Menzingers A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology |
| The Menzingers After the Party |
| The Weeknd Kiss Land |
| While it isn't House of Balloons or Echoes of Silence level, it is still a great release by The Weeknd. It's sad, however, that many will rate this poorly based off of Abel Tesfaye as a person and not his music. |
| The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness |
| Travis Scott Owl Pharaoh |
| Ty Dolla Sign Beach House EP |
| Tyler, the Creator Wolf |
| Viper the Rapper You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack |
| I don't smoke crack motha fucka I sell'etttt |
| Wiz Khalifa Kush & Orange Juice |
