What is your favorite album and why?

Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

Dragonslayer by Dream Evil, there ain't a music that is bad in that album.

Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

RisethNameless

The ones that just have the rapper standing there looking hard are pretty boring. There are some creative ones out there though.

That said, I'd rather have a boring cover than some stupid **** like an Amon Amarth cover.

Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

RisethNameless

They do tend to have pretty throwaway album covers, but then again, I don't like the generally unpleasent and overly busy artwork on alot of metal album covers either.

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[QUOTE="mexicangordo"] The production is one thing, I mean production now a days is usually top notch, however the creativity that was put into that album in "mainstream" context is very mind blowing. Incredible huge breath of fresh air for hiphop.

mexicangordo

Agreed. And you can see that he tried to tap into that for Watch The Throne, but for some reason it just didn't work nearly as well. It felt way more thrown together, like there was not enough thought put into it.

Well, I'm glad the fatigue set in on a side project rather than a main Kanye album.

That being said, I don't hate Watch the Throne or anything. It's just kind of sloppy (especially alot of the lyricism), it doesn't live up to Kanye's high standards, and it doesn't come off as good on repeated listens unlike MBDTF.

I can't pick between the Eminem Show or the Marshall Mathers LP.

My first CDs that I bought myself were Alanis Morrisett'es first CD and Joan Osbourne's CD that has the What If God Was One of Us song.

Their songs were for real and they were just right.

Nowadays today's musicians are full of crap and too manygarage bands like My Chemical Romance and other crap that's on the radio stations

My first CDs that I bought myself were Alanis Morrisett'es first CD and Joan Osbourne's CD that has the What If God Was One of Us song.

Their songs were for real and they were just right.

Nowadays today's musicians are full of crap and too manygarage bands like My Chemical Romance and other crap that's on the radio stations

My first CDs that I bought myself were Alanis Morrisett'es first CD and Joan Osbourne's CD that has the What If God Was One of Us song.

Their songs were for real and they were just right.

Nowadays today's musicians are full of crap and too manygarage bands like My Chemical Romance and other crap that's on the radio stations

slamminjammin69

You should check out Prince's version of One of Us. It's pretty awesome. I actually prefer it to the original.

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My first CDs that I bought myself were Alanis Morrisett'es first CD and Joan Osbourne's CD that has the What If God Was One of Us song.

Their songs were for real and they were just right.

Nowadays today's musicians are full of crap and too manygarage bands like My Chemical Romance and other crap that's on the radio stations

GreySeal9

You should check out Prince's version of One of Us. It's pretty awesome. I actually prefer it to the original.

I don't really know what to think. It was very funky as it should be, it is Prince after all. It's interesting though. I'll have let my mom listen to it, she loves Prince.

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My first CDs that I bought myself were Alanis Morrisett'es first CD and Joan Osbourne's CD that has the What If God Was One of Us song.

Their songs were for real and they were just right.

Nowadays today's musicians are full of crap and too manygarage bands like My Chemical Romance and other crap that's on the radio stations

BATTOSAI76

You should check out Prince's version of One of Us. It's pretty awesome. I actually prefer it to the original.

I don't really know what to think. It was very funky as it should be, it is Prince after all. It's interesting though. I'll have let my mom listen to it, she loves Prince.

I bet she'll like it alot. The slightly funky flavorings is what makes me like it more than the original, which seems a little bland in comparison.

Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

RisethNameless

Honestly? I have to say "Hot Fuss" by The Killers. It was the first album I ever owned (I was like 11 or so), and it got me into all the other bands I like today. so I have to swear by it. -and every song sounds like a hit single, tell me Im wrong.

close second is "Is this it?" By The Strokes. I would never be able to write a song if it wasn't for that record. The songs are so minimalistic, but so good. It is such a good lesson in writing. (Last niteeeee, she saidddddddd)

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Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

aaronmullan

Oh really?

I think those are pretty awesome.

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You should check out Prince's version of One of Us. It's pretty awesome. I actually prefer it to the original.

GreySeal9

I don't really know what to think. It was very funky as it should be, it is Prince after all. It's interesting though. I'll have let my mom listen to it, she loves Prince.

I bet she'll like it alot. The slightly funky flavorings is what makes me like it more than the original, which seems a little bland in comparison.

Yeah, she liked it tons. Thanks for sharing it.

Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

RisethNameless

Definietely much better

This is it- the strokes

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Just gotta say that Hip-Hop artists have really, really boring album covers

Asim90

Oh really?

I think those are pretty awesome.

Why: Strawberry Fields Forever and other amazing songs

• Mayday Parade- A Lesson in Romantics, Anywhere but Here, Mayday Parade
• Eminem- The Eminem Show, Recovery
• Angels and Airwaves- I-Empire, We Don't need to Whisper
• Disturbed- Indestructible
• Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
• A Day to Remember- Homesick

There are many more albums I own but I need to listen to more of such as Arcade Fire-Neon Bible, The National- High Violet, Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III and IV, and Eminem- Relapse: Refill edition. If I owned the other Eminem albums, I'm sure they'd be on the list as well.

Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd followed closely by Crime of the Century by Supertramp and Untitled by Led Zeppelin.

I don't usually like all the songs in an album. In fact, this is the only album where I actually like all the songs.

It's my personal favorite album (at least for this year). Haters gonna hate.

• Eminem-Recovery

M13L13S

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• Eminem-Recovery

Crokodile69

Yep I am. I like the album.

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• Eminem-Recovery

Crokodile69

I don't like that album either but I don't really see the point of questioning someone's taste in a favorite album thread.

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I don't really know what to think. It was very funky as it should be, it is Prince after all. It's interesting though. I'll have let my mom listen to it, she loves Prince.

BATTOSAI76

I bet she'll like it alot. The slightly funky flavorings is what makes me like it more than the original, which seems a little bland in comparison.

Yeah, she liked it tons. Thanks for sharing it.

You're welcome.

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• Eminem-Recovery

M13L13S

Yep I am. I like the album.

By the way, the title of favorite album ha been a bit uncertain recently.
I think I'll need several, sorry but I can't JUST have one album

I needed 12!

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• Eminem-Recovery

M13L13S

Yep I am. I like the album.

Recovery was phenominal, I'd rank it up there with the Slim Shady LP and Marshal Mathers LP.

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[QUOTE="Crokodile69"]what............ you cant be serious

DarkGamer007

Yep I am. I like the album.

Recovery was phenominal, I'd rank it up there with the Slim Shady LP and Marshal Mathers LP.

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[QUOTE="Crokodile69"]what............ you cant be serious

RisethNameless

Yep I am. I like the album.

Yeah. It's that special to me.

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Yep I am. I like the album.

M13L13S

Yeah. It's that special to me.

EL-P - Fantastic Damage

there is NOTHING out there that sounds like this. the pure brilliance and originality of this record is truly mind blowing. as a producer, el-p is light years ahead of anyone else in hip hop (and i mean ANYONE). as an MC, he weaves you through a post apocalyptic world where nothing is right, everything is fractured, yet everything makes sense and beyond all the dirt and grime is pure beauty and even a little hope. el-p is one of those artists who won't get his proper recognition until years after he quits the rap game, he's very much ahead of his time.

i advise anyone who has a place in their hearts for true hip hop to give this f*cking record a chance. don't just listen to it once, give it a couple listens before you form an opinion on it. it's an acquired taste, but with some patience and an open mind, i can promise you it will be a record you'll never forget.

wait a minute!!! did i just see grey seal list madonna's ray of light as his favorite album?!? wow.....uh, i was not expecting that. interesting choice to say the least...

This at the moment:

Amazing music right there.

as a producer, el-p is light years ahead of anyone else in hip hop (and i mean ANYONE).

lazerface216

That's how I feel about Kno :P

My top 5 albums:

1. Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange

2. Arcade Fire - Funeral

3. The Kills - Midnight Boom

4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

5. The Knife - Silent Shout

(Moon & Antarctica)
My heart did feel good.Wilfred_Owen

Oh yeah I gotta put that in my top 5 too somewhere. I guess I'll take the Arctic Monkeys album out.

Top 5 albums: 1. Be'Lakor - Stones Reach 2. Insomnium - Across The Dark 3. Equilibrium - Sagas 4. Tyr - The Lay Of Thrym 5. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beastmr_blobby213

[QUOTE="mr_blobby213"]Top 5 albums: 1. Be'Lakor - Stones Reach 2. Insomnium - Across The Dark 3. Equilibrium - Sagas 4. Tyr - The Lay Of Thrym 5. Iron Maiden - Number Of The BeastCosmoKing7717