Jan 22, 2025

ROUND THREE POLLS OUT NOW -----> https://forms.gle/ppzNVCpHqdMzxEV5A

1. Imaginal Disk vs. Days Before Rodeo
2. BLUE LIPS vs. LANA
3. CHROMAKOPIA vs. THE FORCE
4. The Thief Next To Jesus vs. The Great American Bar Scene
5. GNX vs. Muddy Waters Too
6. Samurai vs. Better Me Than You
7. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To vs. The Crossroads
8. Dark Times vs. King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2

@Ordinary Joel @Mike Lager @GCasper @Botiz @Ripper Roo @jankland @Supersonic @Justin Trudeau @Allis Mines @icecube @Michael Myers @joeyp363 @Yeez @Minato

Round 2 results will be posted in a few minutes

 

Jan 21, 2025

POLLS CLOSE IN JUST OVER 12 HOURS! BE SURE TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY AND ARE ABLE!

----> https://forms.gle/H6ypH3e38uyf612Y8

@Ordinary Joel @Mike Lager @GCasper @Botiz @Ripper Roo @jankland @Supersonic @Justin Trudeau @Allis Mines @icecube @Michael Myers @joeyp363 @Yeez @Minato

 

Dec 29, 2024

Marilyn manson album is even better lol

 

Dec 28, 2024

@Justin Trudeau looks like you got a certain somebody in your corner up against Radical Optimism

 

Dec 28, 2024

FINAL ALBUM STANDINGS, COOKING UP BRACKET NOW!


**First number is critic, second number is audience, third is the average of the 2 which determined the score the album got**

 

Dec 27, 2024

If anybody wants a preview, as of today these are the finalists and eliminated albums (yes they are in an excel spreadsheet, that was the easiest way to keep track)

Spoiler: FINALISTS AS OF 12-27

Spoiler: ELIMINATED AS OF 12-27

Scores could change over the next 4 days on AOTY, nothing is final! Crazy how many major albums did not make the top 32

 

Dec 24, 2024

Death of Slim Shady probably won't make it if you're going by critics lol

 

Dec 5, 2024

But really, I don't care who's in the right
But you're losin' the fight you picked

 

Nov 21, 2024

Another one to add, You Only Die 1nce - Freddie Gibbs

 

Nov 20, 2024

Just an idea I had, everyone can suggest one (or as many as they want) albums that released in 2024 and I will randomize them and throw them in a bracket to see who comes out as the number one album of 2024.

GUIDELINES/SET-UP:
-Must have been released between Jan 1st, 2024 and Dec 30th, 2024
-“Released on streaming” releases count (ex. Days Before Rodeo)
-Deluxes that released this year for an album that released in 2023 or before do NOT count (ex. GUTS (spilled))
-Deluxes are NOT considered as their own album (ex. BRAT remix album will just fall under BRAT)
-"Anniversary" deluxes do NOT count as a 2024 release
-All genres accepted
-Mainstream and underground accepted
-First 64 albums named will be added
-Suggestions close Dec 31st @ Midnight EST or when we hit 64 total albums (64 albums achieved on 12/27/24)
-Seeding is based on average scores on AOTY.org on 12/27/24
-Polls for round 1 open Jan 8th
-Polls for the first two rounds will be open for 1 week to give everyone time to lend their ears to the albums and give their vote, after that it will be 4 days for each round. This whole process will take a few weeks so be prepared!
-Google Forms will be used for the polls. It will ask for your email just so it limits it to 1 response per person, but I will make it where it does NOT collect your email address for me to see!

**NOTE: YOU CAN NAME ANY ALBUM FROM 2024, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR AOTY OR EVEN AN ALBUM YOU LIKE! THIS IS JUST A WAY TO COLLECT A LARGE RANGE OF ALBUMS TO ALL FACE OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER AND INCLUDE FELLOW POSTERS IN THE BRACKET CREATION PROCESS! ALSO, USERNAME BESIDE THE SUGGESTED ALBUM DOES NOT MAKE THIS A COMPETITION TO SEE WHOSE ALBUM WINS, IT IS JUST TO SHOW WHO PICKED THE ALBUM**

CURRENT BRACKET:


WINNER
GNX - Kendrick Lamar

ALBUM POOL:

1. 2093 - Yeat
2. Alligator Bites Never Heal - Doechii @Ordinary Joel
   
3. american dream - 21 Savage
4. Believe Me Now? - Becky Hill @Mike Lager
5. Better Me Than You - Big Sean @GCasper
6. BLUE LIPS - ScHoolboy Q @Botiz
7. BRAT - Charli xcx @Ripper Roo
8. Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker @jankland
9. C,XOXO - Camila Cabello
10. CARNAL - NOTHING MORE @GCasper
11. Cellophane Memories - Chrystabell & David Lynch @Supersonic
12. CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator
13. Clancy - Twenty One Pilots @GCasper
14. COSM - Tech N9ne @joeyp363
15. COWBOY CARTER - Beyoncé
16. Dark Times - Vince Staples @Botiz
17. DAYS BEFORE RODEO - Travis Scott
18. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande
19. Everything I Thought It Was - Justin Timberlake @Justin Trudeau
20. From Zero - Linkin Park @GCasper
21. GEMINI! - LUCKI @Allis Mines
22. GNX - Kendrick Lamar
23. HARDSTONE PSYCHO - Don Toliver @Botiz
24. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Billie Eilish
25. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay @Ripper Roo
26. King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 - Denzel Curry @GCasper
27. LANA - SZA @Ordinary Joel
28. LYFESTYLE - Yeat
29. Man Down - Ice Cube @icecube
30. Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs For Sinners And Saints - Killer Mike @GCasper
    
31. Missionary - Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre @Michael Myers
32. MIXTAPE PLUTO - Future
33. Muddy Waters Too - Redman @Justin Trudeau
34. Negative Spaces - Poppy @jankland
35. Not Now I'm Busy - Joyner Lucas @GCasper
36. One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1 - Marilyn Manson @Justin Trudeau
37. Personification - Maxo Kream @GCasper
38. Please Don’t Cry - Rapsody @Ordinary Joel
39. Popular Monster - Falling In Reverse @GCasper
40. POST HUMAN: NeX GEn - Bring Me The Horizon @GCasper
41. Quit!! - HARDY @GCasper
42. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa @Michael Myers
43. Ravenite Social Club - Juicy J @Justin Trudeau
44. #RICHAXXHAITIAN - Mach-Hommy @Ordinary Joel
45. Samurai - Lupe Fiasco @Ordinary Joel
46. Scrapyard - Quadeca @jankland
47. shadowbox - MAVI @Botiz
48. Short n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter @Ripper Roo
49. Soul Burger - Ab-Soul @Allis Mines
50. The Crossroads - Cordae @Justin Trudeau
51. The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) - Eminem
52. THE FORCE - LL COOL J @GCasper
53. The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan @jankland
54. The Party Never Ends - Juice WRLD
55. The Surface Seems So Far - Seether @GCasper
56. The Thief Next to Jesus - Ka @Ordinary Joel
57. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - Taylor Swift
58. VULTURES 1 - Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign
59. VULTURES 2 - Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign
60. WE DON’T TRUST YOU - Future & Metro Boomin
61. WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU - Future & Metro Boomin
62. Why Lawd? - NxWorries @Ordinary Joel
63. You Only Die 1nce - Freddie Gibbs @Botiz
64. You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To - Knocked Loose @jankland

 

Feb 15, 2025

I will let you guys in on something though for the 2025 bracket, if it released in 2025 and went #1, it has a guaranteed spot on the next bracket.

So our first 3 confirmed competitors in year 2 are

WHAM - Lil Baby
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny
Hurry Up Tomorrow - The Weeknd

 

Feb 15, 2025

I feel I’m already behind on 2025 releases due to my own music journey I’ve been on since the start of the year, but hey I played catchup for 2024 I sure as h--- can do it again this year! I had such a great time going through 64 albums from 2024, even though there was a big big range in quality imo

 

Feb 15, 2025

Jump Out by OsamaSon, EUSEXUA by FKA twigs, and Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd are already 3 2025 highlights for me

 

Feb 15, 2025

h--- yeah! Thanks for participating. Gonna post a message to everyone in the morning about year 2 of this, very excited for it already!

 

Feb 15, 2025

How poetic it is that it came down to Em vs. Kendrick, all to be decided by the fate of the spinny wheel...champion soon

 

Feb 11, 2025

I think we all know who’s gonna win this one. It was predicted before the bracket even began.

 

Feb 11, 2025

FINAL POLLS OUT NOW ----> https://forms.gle/voiEF7JcvoGg8oUaA

1. GNX vs. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace)

@Ordinary Joel @Mike Lager @GCasper @Botiz @Ripper Roo @jankland @Supersonic @Justin Trudeau @Allis Mines @icecube @Michael Myers @joeyp363 @Yeez @Minato

Semi Finals results will be posted in a few minutes

 

Feb 10, 2025

R.I.P to one of the eliminated, the vinyl came in today and I will play it in it's honor