Ok, so how about that. There's only one hip-hop artist in this part of this list. Anyway, Here are the next six.
7. Jars of Clay - "Much Afraid"
I fell in love with this album around the same time I truly fell in love with music. I must have been either 11 or 12. Their self titled debut was one of the first three albums that I ever owned and which is up to now one of my favorite albums of all time. Much Afraid, their follow-up, is a little heavier, a little more electro and when I first heard it, a little disappointing. Given the luxury of perspective, however, I have actually come to think of it as the superior of the two. It has been another one of my 2013 throwback albums. Oh, the 90's.
8. James Blake - "Overgrown"
Overgrown is a perfectly ground cup of melancholy. A sound-scape for the nocturnal, the heavy-hearted and the heavy-lidded. The 24 year old British producer/ singer/ Song-writer weaves a tapestry of such subversive and opulent beauty that it's almost impossible not to get lost in it. I got lost in it for months.
9. Game - "Jesus Piece"
I tend to gravitate towards music that (like assume most people do) somehow captures my state of mind and/ or emotional atmosphere at any given time. The volatility captured by this album, of a man grappling with the question, "How do I serve God and remain a man of faith while still staying true to these streets, this music and this life that I've built for myself?" gripped me from the get go. A question that (in its own variation) I've been grappling with myself. The hook on the cut "Can't Get Right" cuts especially deep.
10. Justin Timberlake - "20/20 Experience"
7 years since his last album and just like his previous smash Futuresex/ Lovesounds, The 20/20 Experience sounds like nothing that is on the radio right now. It's a pop album that's not really a pop album and that's something that I can definitely rock with. JT has never been the best lyricist (listen to Strawberry Bubblegum and Spaceship Coupe to hear what I mean) but there's just something about the man's music. Ice that with the fact that the album it's basically a 70 minute long love letter to his significant other (which I can totally relate with for like the first time in my life) and I've had this baby on copious rote since the day of its release.
11. Paramore - "Paramore"
It's been a long road for Haley Williams and her band Paramore. The last couple of years has seen the band rent with internal conflicts, culminating in two of its founding members walking out. Their self titled return is Haley saying , "Hey guys, we're still here and we're still gonna rock out". Add on that it's an album about growing up and by golly-gosh! was that, is something I could/ can relate with. And so when Haley sings "If there's a future- we want it! Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow! " I find myself pumping my fist and singing along.
12. Limp Bizkit - "The Chocolate Starfish and the Hot dog Flavored Water"
Fred Durst was one angry individual. Need the proof? He and his band have a song called "Break stuff" where the first lines are "It's just one of those days/ where you don't wanna wake up/ everything is fucked/ everybody sucks!!!/ you don't really know why/ but you wanna justify/ ripping someone's head off!". Needless to say their music helped fuel an entire generation of angry and violent teenagers. I just happened to be one of them. The Chocolate Starfish... was one of my teen defining albums and during my nostalgia fueled search for old music I decided to dust off Durst & Crew and give them another listen.
And with those, I will see you next time.
Peace.
7. Jars of Clay - "Much Afraid"
I fell in love with this album around the same time I truly fell in love with music. I must have been either 11 or 12. Their self titled debut was one of the first three albums that I ever owned and which is up to now one of my favorite albums of all time. Much Afraid, their follow-up, is a little heavier, a little more electro and when I first heard it, a little disappointing. Given the luxury of perspective, however, I have actually come to think of it as the superior of the two. It has been another one of my 2013 throwback albums. Oh, the 90's.
8. James Blake - "Overgrown"
Overgrown is a perfectly ground cup of melancholy. A sound-scape for the nocturnal, the heavy-hearted and the heavy-lidded. The 24 year old British producer/ singer/ Song-writer weaves a tapestry of such subversive and opulent beauty that it's almost impossible not to get lost in it. I got lost in it for months.
9. Game - "Jesus Piece"
I tend to gravitate towards music that (like assume most people do) somehow captures my state of mind and/ or emotional atmosphere at any given time. The volatility captured by this album, of a man grappling with the question, "How do I serve God and remain a man of faith while still staying true to these streets, this music and this life that I've built for myself?" gripped me from the get go. A question that (in its own variation) I've been grappling with myself. The hook on the cut "Can't Get Right" cuts especially deep.
10. Justin Timberlake - "20/20 Experience"
7 years since his last album and just like his previous smash Futuresex/ Lovesounds, The 20/20 Experience sounds like nothing that is on the radio right now. It's a pop album that's not really a pop album and that's something that I can definitely rock with. JT has never been the best lyricist (listen to Strawberry Bubblegum and Spaceship Coupe to hear what I mean) but there's just something about the man's music. Ice that with the fact that the album it's basically a 70 minute long love letter to his significant other (which I can totally relate with for like the first time in my life) and I've had this baby on copious rote since the day of its release.
11. Paramore - "Paramore"
It's been a long road for Haley Williams and her band Paramore. The last couple of years has seen the band rent with internal conflicts, culminating in two of its founding members walking out. Their self titled return is Haley saying , "Hey guys, we're still here and we're still gonna rock out". Add on that it's an album about growing up and by golly-gosh! was that, is something I could/ can relate with. And so when Haley sings "If there's a future- we want it! Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow! " I find myself pumping my fist and singing along.
12. Limp Bizkit - "The Chocolate Starfish and the Hot dog Flavored Water"
Fred Durst was one angry individual. Need the proof? He and his band have a song called "Break stuff" where the first lines are "It's just one of those days/ where you don't wanna wake up/ everything is fucked/ everybody sucks!!!/ you don't really know why/ but you wanna justify/ ripping someone's head off!". Needless to say their music helped fuel an entire generation of angry and violent teenagers. I just happened to be one of them. The Chocolate Starfish... was one of my teen defining albums and during my nostalgia fueled search for old music I decided to dust off Durst & Crew and give them another listen.
And with those, I will see you next time.
Peace.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a nice playlist. I'm setting it up now... Thanks for the good work!
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