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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I actually think the hip-hop this year was far superior to last year. Here's a list:
Sage Francis-A Healthy Distrust
Kanye West-Late Registration
One Be Lo-S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Quasimoto-The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Cage-Hell's Winter
DangerDoom-The Mouse and the Mask
Common-Be
and the best album of the year (any genre)...
Edan-Beauty and the Beast
edit-I want to cry foul on some of those "Best of 2005" lists. One had Bjork's Medulla, which came out last year. And the Amazon list had an album with two headliners that have been dead over a decade! They should limit their lists to "Best music produced in 2005" not "Best music I found out about in 2005"
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Good selections Alan, I haven't had the chance to hear one be lo, cage, or quasi yet. Kayne, common, and sage are all pretty solid contributions. Damn, it takes me at least a couple listens to really decide if an album is good or not. Plus, I spend more time discovering older albums than current [in the same year, that is] stuff.
[Yeah, this is coming from a college radio station DJ - we rarely get new releases, so yeah].
I was annoyed that johnny cash and elliot smith was on those lists last year. meh.
Anyways, I'll list my nominations for good albums of the year 2005 [that were released in 2k5].
[besides ones not mentioned by alan...]
don juan dracula - young debutantes ii [electronic/rock sorta]
- Though there's the novelty of using a 'speak n' spell' computer into your music, it actually does it successfully without coming off as a gimmick, catchy tons
ninja high school - young adults against suicide
Little Brother - young minstrel show [honestly, only heard a couple tracks, but sounded good]
franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better [Proved they weren't a one hit album wonder]
Gorillaz - demon days [can't forget this early may release]