What albums do yall listen to from beginning to end? There are plenty of artists and bands that I like with great songs but sometimes the album has filler in between the main tracks. Which albums do you feel like have little to no filler? I’d put up Chief Keef’s Finally Rich (debut album) Licensed To Ill by the Beastie Boys, maybe Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles, Curtis (1970) by Curtis Mayfield and Cuba Libre by Carlos Puebla. What are your favorites?

  • KiG V2
    7•1 year ago

    TOUGH! Mostly rap

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    1. Revenge - XXXTENTACION
    2. The Sun’s Tirade - Isaiah Rashad
    3. DAMN - Kendrick Lamar
    4. A GHETTO CHRISTMAS CAROL -XXXTENTACION
    5. Calamari Tuesday - Feed Me
    6. Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
    7. Awful Swim - Father
    8. ? - XXXTENTACION
    9. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
    10. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt
    11. JESUS IS KING - Kanye West
    12. Summertime '06 - Vince Staples
    13. 3.15.20 - Childish Gambino
    14. KOD - J. Cole
    15. System of a Down - System of a Down

    Honorable Mentions: 17 (XXX), The Moon & Antartica (Modest Mouse), Toxicity (SOAD), Cilvia Demo (Rashad), Back to the Woods (Angel Haze), Feet of Clay (Earl), ye (Kanye), iridescence (BROCKHAMPTON), S16 (Woodkid), Age of Empire 2 OST, Is This Beauty? (Fukkit), Big Fish Theory (Vince), untitled unmastered (Kendrick), 2022 VOL 1 & 2 (WILLIE G), Iron (Woodkid)

    My ranking can be fickle sometimes, but my top 15 roughly stays the same

    I slept hard on JESUS IS KING for, perhaps, some obvious reasons, but I heard it at work and its actually so good, some wince parts nonwithstanding but that’s life.

    • ButtigiegMineralMapOP
      4•1 year ago

      Great list btw, Kendrick is a legend. I was a huge Kanye fan when I was younger and sorta listened to him less and less after his Trump turn, I completely skipped Jesus Is King bc it seemed like he was focusing too much on religion, I miss his old stuff, like anything from Life of Pablo all the way back to when he performed in ‘03 on Chappelle’s Show, but Donda had some amazing tracks here and there

      • KiG V2
        1•11 months ago

        Agreed mostly, I will say if you can tolerate the more opaque Christianity and some mildly uncomfortable moments (which is bog standard Kanye IMO) Jesus is King is actually a really good album too, I slept on it but someone played some at work and was like oh what’s this from??

        TYSM!!

        Kendrick is indeed obvious GOAT material 👑✅️ I plan to relisten to Mr. Morale soon.

        • ButtigiegMineralMapOP
          2•11 months ago

          Shoutout to XXXtentacion, his ? Album was legendary and Skins nearly made me cry a few times. Absolutely spectacular album that really made you feel the loss of his presence. And before anyone tries to catch me slipping, yes he was an awful person in his personal life, but the music he made resonated with a lot of people. I guess it gets into an Art vs Artist argument which I fully admit I am not principled or consistent on. I love some movies and albums and near nothing can make me dislike those songs. I’ve heard that Ace of Base is slightly Fascist leaning (idk if that’s true) but I love “The Sign”

          • KiG V2
            2•11 months ago

            I think it’s just yet another case of “hurt people hurt people”, the key takeaway to me is that he was young, traumatized, clearly was tortured by his actions, and made substantial steps to taking responsibility and radically changing his behavior and his life by the time ? came out. And THAT is why he is my favorite artist.

            I don’t discount his older stuff either, when he was in the middle committing such widespread violence and regularly gloating about it, because the pain is still quite clear. I think he always had a big heart and I know how pain makes us double down and do awful things, both I and many many people in my personal life have been warped by their pain and “passed the buck” so to speak. The difference is, is someone like him actually changed, no small feat, quite rare, dare I say inspiring.

            That said though I understand pre-empting, people just assume you love women beaters for liking X (completely discounting all the men he beat and stabbed but okay). I also have some music etc. that I like that is made but much more unambiguously awful people who have NOT changed and WILL NOT change. I try to just love people and not judge them for their ugliest–I would kill a fascist in battle and know it is necessary and even just, but I could not look them in the eyes without seeing the hurt child inside them. I love my dad even though he is greatly warped, I try to be friends with my coworkers and stand against their Andrew Tate brainpoison as a friend and not as an enemy, etc.

            • ButtigiegMineralMapOP
              1•10 months ago

              And as selfish as it sounds to say, XXXtentacion’s violent music went so fucking hard. Like that shit makes Chief Keef’s Earned It sound like Easy Listening music for the elderly.