Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Flockaveli Waka Flocka Flame ★★★ 65 Hip-Hop Southern Hip-Hop Crunk If after hearing the main singles from Waka Flocka Flame’s debut album Flockaveli you thought to yourself, “this record’s gotta be made up of dumb, mindless, hyper-masculine, repetitive nonsense with no depth and a bunch of beats thatContinue reading “Flockaveli – Waka Flocka Flame”
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Disc-Overy – Tinie Tempah
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Disc-Overy Tinie Tempah ★★ 44 Hip-Hop Pop Hip-Hop I wouldn’t say Tinie Tempah’s debut record Disc-Overy is good, but I wouldn’t say it’s bad either, and like so many other hip-hop records with pop-leaning production of the post-blog era, there’s a fair amount of mindless fun to beContinue reading “Disc-Overy – Tinie Tempah”
B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray – B.o.B.
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray B.o.B. ★½ 38 Hip-Hop Pop Hip-Hop Of all of the post blog-era debut albums hat popped up from 2010-12, B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray is the most sterilized, generic and pop-radio ready. Simple, repetitive hip-hop drums play behind soft,Continue reading “B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray – B.o.B.”
Contra – Vampire Weekend ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Contra Vampire Weekend ★★½ 59 Rock Indie Pop Baroque Pop Contra’s a bit of a mixed bag. Every song has a little bit of charm to it — like a horn melody or playful guitar riff in the background or light electronic production — but some songs feelContinue reading “Contra – Vampire Weekend ★★½”
Brothers – The Black Keys ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Brothers The Black Keys ★★★½ 71 Rock Indie Rock Blues Rock I look back fondly on the days when The Black Keys were considered hip and cool, when they seemed like one of the last holdouts of the garage rock movement that started in the early 2000s withContinue reading “Brothers – The Black Keys ★★★½”
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 The Suburbs Arcade Fire ★★★★★ 98 Rock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Arcade Fire’s first three albums would win head to head against almost any other group’s opening run of records, and The Suburbs in my mind is the best of the bunch. Fusing together the childlike wonder andContinue reading “The Suburbs – Arcade Fire ★★★★★”
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West ★★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West ★★★★★ 98 Hip-Hop My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of those albums that, when you throw it on, it’s impossible not to sing along to the entire way through. From the Nicki Minaj introductory monologue and Kanye’s masterful opening verse, toContinue reading “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West ★★★★★”
Innerspeaker – Tame Impala ★★★½
Year Album Arist Stars Score Genre 2010 Innerspeaker Tame Impala ★★★½ 77 Rock Psychedelic Rock Indie Rock Tame Impala burst onto the scene as a rock band from a bygone era, and quickly became a go-to for music fans looking for a good trip. Calling back to the psychedelic ambience of the Beatles, early PinkContinue reading “Innerspeaker – Tame Impala ★★★½”
Best Albums of the 2010s
by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) We’re already six years into the 2010s, so I thought it would be a good time to list my favorite albums of the decade, so far anyway. This is a tentative list, so as I hear new things and change my mind on other albums the list list will be update. I’ll tryContinue reading “Best Albums of the 2010s”
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