Dec 16, 2015 http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9764-the-50-best-albums-of-2015/5/ @KendrickSXN OTHER HIP-HOP/R&B/ETC. PLACEMENTS 50. Dawn Richard - Blackheart 48. Shamir - Ratchet 44. Jazmine - Sullivan 41. Jeremih - Late Nights: The Album 36. Janet Jackson - Unbreakable 33. Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown 32. Dr. Dre - Compton 31. Kelela - Hallucinogen EP 29. Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife 25. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like s---, I Don't Go Outside 24. Thundercat - The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam 21. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Surf 19. Future - Dirty Sprite 2 17. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late 16. FKA twigs - M3LL155X 15. Björk - Vulnicura (should be Top 10 ) 14. Young Thug - Barter 6 10. Kamasi Washington - The Epic 8. Miguel - Wildheart 7. D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah 4. Vince Staples - Summertime '06 2. Jamie xx - In Colour
Dec 16, 2015 DISSECTING THE TOP 10: 10. Kamasi Washington - The Epic Wasn't in my top 25 because its f---ing 3 hours long and I never found the time to re-listen but this is well-deserved, no complaints. 9. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit Here and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit I liked the album a lot on first listen but on repeated ones, it didn't hold up that well. The lyrics and Courtney are great, but the instrumentation half the time felt generic. Tons of potential though and see why it's this high, but I didn't feel this all that much. 8. Miguel - Wildheart Again, on first listens I liked this a lot, but f--- that second half is a mess starting with "what's normal anyway" due to bad production and general corniness. Also, the first three tracks are the best tracks by a decent margin and that's not good. Really shouldn't be this high. 7. D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah No complaints here, should be higher. 6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Should be a bit higher on this list. 5. Tame Impala - Currents Shouldn't even be in the top 10, let alone top 50, let alone honorable mentions. 4. Vince Staples - Summertime '06 Well deserved. 3. Grimes - Art Angels A surprisingly generic and forgettable pop album made by someone far from it. Should just be in the honorable mentions. 2. Jamie xx - In Colour An enjoyable, but too safe album. Really doesn't need to be this high. 1. Kendrick Lamar - To p---- a Butterfly It would have been a travesty had this not be #1, definitely well deserved.
Dec 16, 2015 Agreed, I've only listened to this a few times other than Good Times. I don't get why it's so high on everyone's lists.
Dec 16, 2015 I loved his album with Gil Scott, but In Colour was, no pun intended, kinda bland to me outside a few songs.
Dec 16, 2015 Yah, it's not a bad album, but def kinda bland. Whenever I've tried listening to it after the first few times I make it a few songs in and skip to Good Times. Shoulda called the whole album Sleep Sounds tbh. Kinda surprised @ no Mac DeMarco even though Another One is isn't as good as Salad Days or 2. P4K loves him. edit: also couldn't get into the Gil Scott album but I didn't try that hard. Should revisit it.
Dec 16, 2015 Honestly Slime Season 1 was better imo. I haven't revisited anything from Barter 6 aside from Check since SS1 dropped. But I'm glad he got a high placement, Thugger deserves it. Like @Ordinary Joel said, BBTM is missed. It's at least better than IYRT, and maybe better than B6. Not better than Wildheart though. And Jamie xx album was great guys, that whole joint is a journey. When 'The Rest Is Noise' comes on That whole song is subtle yet triumphant.
Dec 16, 2015 Mac being on here doesn't really surprise me. I liked Another One but it was pretty insignificant and he had that controversy filming his friend masturbating in front of minors.
Dec 16, 2015 Still waiting on that long list of critics that supposedly hate this album in secret. @WPG confirm this
Dec 16, 2015 Also for anyone mad about SS1 not being on this list, it was in their honorable mentions: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9768-albums-of-the-year-2015-honorable-mention/2/
Dec 16, 2015 Barter 6 is a better project than ss1 as a whole. trust me, listen to it front to back again. its so cohesive its ridiculous. ss2 is closer in that aspect, but b6 still beats both of them in terms of being a complete project. im not denying ss1's highs tho. but man from the moment constantly hating twinkles on, to how surreal songs like dream are, to halftime, and then the 3 track sequence to end the album...man so many people underrated barter 6. thats why i hit u up for my review of it, some writers i follow on twitter were talking about how they were wrong for underrating it when it dropped lol
