Hmm - we probably have similar taste in rock and metal to the point that you would already know most of my favorites. How about something Indian:

Pandit Nikhil Banerjee - Lyrical Sitar

well, i certainly have never heard that one before. look forward to checking it out.

Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives

I haven't listened to much post-2000s Nas, so I went into this knowing very little of what he would bring to the table. I can certainly respect some of his earlier works, Illmatic and It Was Written in particular, but his style often only allows for me to listen to 3 or 4 tracks before growing bored of him.

On Distant Relatives, Nas teams up with reggae artist Damian Marley to create a project that is quite far removed from Nas' early material. In a lot of ways, the collaboration worked well. Nas' long ago stale 90s NYC street style production was traded in for a more dancehall/reggae infused approach, and with Damian Marley around to handle the hooks, Nas was able to step away from the weakest elements of song writing.

Now while all of that is fine and dandy, the music itself failed to make all too much of an impression me. It lacked in consistency, the track listing was a mix-match of songs that I thought were decent and others that shouldn't have made their way onto the finished project, especially the opening track. It also feels to me like this happened a little too late in both of their careers. Was their really a market for reggae in 2010? I know Drake is doing the whole dancehall thing now, but he kinda sells himself. Hearing this just feels like two artists decided to smash their styles together, without compromising on a style that would highlight the best of one another.

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable or entertaining enough for me to call it good either. It was just flat out okay. I can understand the appeal Ki, and I would chalk this one up to just a difference in taste rather than the album being good or bad, but it just didn't resonate all that much with me.

Frowndad gets the first point as Meatraffle remains as the top album.

also for the sake of the triple post, the OP has been updated with all the need to knows down at the bottom. i've been thinking about the round format that grindy suggested, but ultimately that wouldn't work with the scoring system. the only way it would make sense is if it was essentially "last album standing" meaning that the album that was top at the end, won.

i like the idea of rounds, because i could try doing it with specific genres or whatever for something different, but i'm not sure how to better the format. any suggestions are welcome.

I've got a suggestion. Review ICP already, pussy.

how did you miss this?

Fair enough. Thanks for listening though.

not a problem! if you wanna throw another rec in it feel free.

I am reccing this one Q-Man.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...nce_ForYou.jpg

Let me know what you think.

i think that cover is sex

I was pretty high last night. Now listen to this...


Insane Clown Posse - Hell's Pit

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....13-tqjoLWL.jpg

no

Don't be Trollheart.

See my usertitle

if not listening to ICP's entire discography makes me Trollheart then ship me out to Ireland tomorrow

But then you'd be able to say you hate as much of their discography as you possibly could and no one could say, "Well you just haven't listened to them enough."

I swear to god if you use this joke ONE more time.

im good

We wouldn't have you.
See my usertitle.

d'eh lahve meh in Irelan'!

Fine.


Twiztid - Mostasteless (the original version, not the rerelease with the different track list)

http://thamidwest.com/wp-content/upl...stasteless.jpg

Is that supposed to be an Irish accent? :D

i tried :(

and failed

:D

Reads like someone from Essex mate :laughing:

hehe

I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Everyone knows it's pronounced "Oireland" anyway. Shee.
No. No you didn't.
Also, see my usertitle.

exposed

I don't know where this thread is going ... like it, lump it, buy the vinyl and use it as a thrizbee I don't care.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...0000476655.jpg

Oh and I suck at remembering lyrics, but I can still quote "The Show Must Go On" line for line.

Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/175...e.d64212bb.jpg
Chosen by TIM

This is my second time giving Pallbearer a chance. The first time I gave the band a go was with their 2014 effort Foundations of Burden. While I dug what they were bringing to the table, I found that album ended up being flat and outright forgettable. While it may not have left a sour taste in my mouth, I can't say it managed to leave much of anything at all.

On this album here, however, the band manage to make quite a remarkable impression. This checks all the boxes for must-haves in doom metal. The riffs are heavy as all ****, and with the production complimenting them, they come off just as crunchy and pummelling as I could ask for. The clean vocals, which as far as I'm concerned work far better in doom metal than any other subgenre of metal, sound crisp throughout and stay buried just deep enough in the mix to compliment the band's sound. Each member of the band is a cog in the machine, and they all work together to make this project one hell of a ride.

My biggest issue with them upon hearing them for the first time was that they lacked their own identity. They did what they were doing well, but they failed to carve their own style in the same way that an Electric Wizard or Sleep have done before them. I found that they had done doom in such a run of the mill way that it failed to make them important in any way. Digging back into their catalogue however, TIM has shown me I may have been mistaken. They seem to be quite heavily influenced by the earlier doom bands. I can hear some Candlemass influence for sure, but it's as if Candlemass decided to team up with Electric Wizard and really turn things up to 11.

This undoubtedly gave Meatraffle a run for their money, and required a fair bit of thought and listening in order to make a final choice. As great as this project is, it just doesn't top Frown's album. Hifi Classics stays as best album again, but I'll be digging back into Pallbearer's discography in the meantime, so you can take that as a personal victory TIM.

Was Foundations of Burden the other one you heard? Because the way you describe it is 100% equal to my thoughts on that record.

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i'm gonna need to go back to it though. this one was definitely good enough to warrant me giving them another chance.

You said forgettable and my brain said that you forgot the album title. What a dumbass.

**** your brain then, you gotta ditch that guy asap.

Sigh...

Glad you enjoyed it Qwerty. Do I have to wait then before I can rec again?

I wanna suggest this since apparently that wasn't already clear https://noosefiller.bandcamp.com/album/noosefiller-2

nope, go right ahead. after hearing that album i'm looking forward to whatever you've got for me next.

**** i forgot again, adding it.

Nocturnus - The Key (1990)