*** Reaper's Favorite Albums of 2014 ***

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

I didn't listen to much this year, but My top 4 contained releases from some of my fav bands that I thoroughly enjoyed.

1) Skyharbor - Guiding Lights

Great release. Had The Contortionist not blown it out of the water with Language, Skyharbor would take the progressive metal/djent throne.
I'm glad the singer has gone back to Tesseract -- i missed his harsh vocals.

The Contortionist

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

Great release. Had The Contortionist not blown it out of the water with Language, Skyharbor would take the progressive metal/djent thrown.
I'm glad the singer has gone back to Tesseract -- i missed his harsh vocals.

The Contortionist

ahhh yes, The Contortionist would have been #5 on my list. Forgot about it.

Dan going back to Tesseract is going to be awesome.
He is my vocal instructor. =)

Best singer in rock/metal today imo.

[-King-]

Have you listened to Logic- Under Pressure or JColes new album yet?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by -King-

Have you listened to Logic- Under Pressure or JColes new album yet?

J Cole's album was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I don't like it, really. But I don't dislike it, which is a huge step up in how I usually view Cole.

Logic's album is very good in a certain sense. But it's also just Kendrick worship to such an extreme point that it kind of pisses me off. I was craving originality every time I listened to that Logic album.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

J Cole's album was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I don't like it, really. But I don't dislike it, which is a huge step up in how I usually view Cole.

Logic's album is very good in a certain sense. But it's also just Kendrick worship to such an extreme point that it kind of pisses me off. I was craving originality every time I listened to that Logic album.

Thats exactly how I felt about the two. I really like Logics album, but yeah, all it is is a repackaged GKMC.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by -King-

Thats exactly how I felt about the two. I really like Logics album, but yeah, all it is is a repackaged GKMC.

Couple of other rap and hip hop albums that I liked pretty well:

Wara from the NBHD, Kidnapped: I'd slept on this album, then I saw it on the Bitter Southerner's best of Southern Music 2014 list (great blog by the way). Jazzy, disconnected beats. Since we're making GKMC comparisons... this is kind of a southern version.



PRhyme, PRhyme: I'd also slept on this one until I saw it in a list. DJ Premier with Royce Da 5'9". It's old school east coast hip hop. Nothing original or inventive, but it's damned good. Lots of nice cameos as well.



clipping, CLPPING: Not sure that I like this whole album. It's a little bit of Death Grips a little bit of Flatbush Zombies. Noisy and disconcerting. It's a little unsettling. The track "Body & Blood" is pretty impressive, though.

Video is NSFW:



Reaper, thanks for the Ces Cru recommendation. I've been listening to that album non stop since you posted it up. Really good.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I do like this one though.

[Sannyasi]

Did you listen to Open Mike Eagle's Dark Comedy? That was one of my favorite hip hop albums of the year

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Sannyasi

Did you listen to Open Mike Eagle's Dark Comedy? That was one of my favorite hip hop albums of the year

No, I didn't. I think I will now.

[Molitoth]

I should also add "Nothing More".

There are a couple of lame songs on the album, but production quality in itself is fantastic.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I would just like to peak my head in to say that while I am not much of a music person, I am in awe of the depth of Reaper's knowledge of the art form.

Reaper knows metal better than I know my dick.

[Sannyasi]

CLPPNG was a very pleasant surprise for me. While I could appreciate what they were doing last year with their Midcity mixtape it wasn't really the type of thing I could come back to again and again. CLPPNG on the other hand is a lot more accessible while still retaining their sound. Its gotten a lot of play at the gym for me since it came out.

[Pablo]

Been jamming the **** out of some Sturgill Simpson the last couple of days.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Been jamming the **** out of some Sturgill Simpson the last couple of days.

Me too!

Only albums I have are High Top Mountain and Metamodern sounds in Country Music.