Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2005

[CM1847]

Re: Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2005

It's absolutely priceless how they're all "indie" for everything except hip-hop. Damnned morons. Cam'ron and Young Jeezy on there?!?!

They made themselves look like complete fools w. their attempt to mix in some hip-hop.

Exactly. Every rap album they bother reviewing gets over an 8(if they give any rock album over 8, it is a pretty big deal).

[muzion]

Re: Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2005

them college boys LOVE JEEZY!!!

Go to a record store in the morning and you'll see the typical music nerd bumping songs from Let's Get It: Thug Motivation.

With so many people out there being obsessed with Scarface, why not listen to a cd which provides the same gangster features as the movie, along with comical infectious ad-libs. Drug for your eardrum!

Have to admit though this website is funny, mixing indie-rock with commercial rap. I remember them praising Madvillainy last year, but there were no albums on this level this year in the underground rap world. MF Doom, Blackalicious, Little Brother (a bit disappointing), DJ Quik and Cage all dropped good albums, but them putting mixtapes on that list is questionable.

[supremeslang]

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It is an indie website, that is the way they want it to be.

I hate how they mix in mainstream rap with completely underground/indie rock. If they go to great lengths to find out about some new great unsigned band from Norway, why can't they take the time to look a little deeper and find more underground rap? I'm not a HUGE rap fan and don't really listen to much underground stuff, but I find it really hard to believe The Game put out the 5th best rap album this year. It is also a problem when I am an indie rock fan and I haven't heard of a lot of their rock albums on that list, but a novice rap fan(at best) but I've heard of all of the rappers on the list except one(Clipse).

I don't think Illinois is the best album of the year. I think it is likable enough to make a bunch of top 20 lists, but I don't think it is the absolute best of the year. It is too long(22 tracks, at least 5-7 of which are under a minute and equate to musical skits like on rap albums), and too much of the same musical style on the actual songs. He does what he does pretty well, but he doesn't change it up very often. Good album, probably in my top 10 of the year, but definitely not the best IMO.

The Game's album was pretty good. If not top five then top seven.