Nobody reads this blog so this is more for me than anyone else (ordered by release)
Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
This is the album that solidified my love of chopped vocal samples. Crescendolls and High Life have really awesome ones in them. I always liked the use of vocals in music in a way that sounds more awesome than it does make sense.
Favourite Song: High Life
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Incredibly nostalgic. This is one of many albums that my parents used to listen to all the time. It’s grown on me a lot.
Favourite Song: She Will Be Loved
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Earl Sweatshirt once said that this was this generations ‘Illmatic’ and I completely agree. Madlib kills as a producer and Doom is the same old awesome doom.
Favourite Song - Fancy Clown
Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
Fuck genre, just make awesome shit like this.
Favourite Song - Feel Good Inc
mc DJ - Love Letter In An Unbreakable Bottle (2007)
Donald Glover before he was Childish Gambino. He had some work to do before getting to his current amazingness but this is a great start, I’d recommend it for all those into instrumental hip-hop/electronic stuff.
Favourite Song - Booty LSD
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
On Melancholy Hill and Broken are two of the greatest songs of all time and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Favourite Song - Broken
Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra (2011)
Frank putting his vocals onto already existing instrumentals from other bands was a great idea, and the original shit he puts in here are rad to.
Favourite Song - Nature Feels
Logic - Young Sinatra (2011)
There’s something very relatable about this mixtape that I can’t really describe. It’s just Logic fucking around with sampled beats and mad flows.
Favourite Song: Mind Of Logic
Childish Gambino - Camp (2011)
1.6 my arse. Choirs and violins aren’t something you hear often in Hip-Hop (at least not throughout an entire album) and Bino’s relatable lyrics and clever punchlines are awesome to.
Favourite Song - That Power
Childish Gambino - Royalty (2012)
Not much to say here, it’s just cool.
Favourite Song - Wonderful
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
A masterpiece. Everything about this is catchy, invoking and intelligent. Kendrick is a fucking god.
Favourite Song - Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe
Captain Murphy - Duality (2012)
This whole thing is a trip. The psychedelic instrumentals and the creepy cultish deep voice of Captain Murphy give this a unique vibe.
Favourite Song - Mighty Morphin’ Foreskin
Tyler, The Creator - Wolf (2013)
Tyler’s got a really unique style that varies from moody teenager to hyped and wild teenager, sometimes within a split second. Incredibly creative.
Favourite Song - Tamale
The 1975 - The 1975 (2013)
Every song sound like a single and has a strange nighttime feel to it, if that makes any sense? Really cool.
Favourite Song - Menswear
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
People seem to always hate on older Eminem. Personally I think the more mature style leads to music that still has a controversial edge and a wild style, except more refined and with more thought put into it.
Favourite Song - So Far...
Childish Gambino - Because The Internet (2013)
best album Best album BEst album BESt album BEST album BEST Album BEST ALbum BEST ALBum BEST ALBUm BEST ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!
Favourite Song - 3005
Childish Gambino - STN MTN / Kauai (2014)
A mix of banging southern rap and smooth beach soul is fine by me
Favourite Song - Pop Thieves
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
A politcally charged trip through Funk and Jazz influenced beats with thoughtful lyrics and a very cool vibe.
Favourite Song - Wesley’s Theory
Tyler, The Creator - Cherry Bomb (2015)
Find your wings.
Favourite Song - Fucking Young/Perfect
Logic - The Incredible True Story (2015)
Incredibly epic production and a mad flows from logic. The feel of the album is off the charts.
Favourite Song - Paradise
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
There will never be another album like this one, a swan song that’s completely aware of it’s creators imminent demise. Atmospheric and entirely existential.
Favourite Song - Girl Loves Me
Kendrick Lamar - untitled, unmastered. (2016)
If this is what ‘unmastered’ sounds like then every album should be made as such. Another ‘nighttime’ album for me personally.
Favourite song - untitled 02 06.23.2014
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
I don’t know why I love this so much, I just kind of do.
Favourite Song - Saint Pablo
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
There was clearly a lot of love and passion going into this and it shows.
Favourite Song - Summer Friends
clipping. - Splendor & Misery (2016)
This album is less about catchy hooks and melodies and more about setting an atmosphere and creating a captivating story. Amazing stuff.
