yeah it's exciting and maybe one of the first examples of a true pan-national genre emerging, or at least a 360 axis between US trap/UK grime/Nigerian Afrobeats/JA Dancehall all collaborating and putting their sounds into a melting pot. I'm not super taken with the UK afrobashment sound yet. I like J Hus's album but the rest is a bit samey from what I've heard. I will keep listening.
― Badgers (dog latin), Friday, 2 February 2018 11:51 (six years ago) link
maybe one of the first examples of a true pan-national genre emerging
I agree it's exciting but this is an insane statement to make.
― Matt DC, Friday, 2 February 2018 11:56 (six years ago) link
well, a new one that's forged across countries as opposed to started in one place and then adopted by others. maybe just talking out my bum
― Badgers (dog latin), Friday, 2 February 2018 12:20 (six years ago) link
the thing about all this stuff breaking now is I was going to club nights 5+ years ago that had all these elements in the mix: Afrobeats, dancehall, UKG etc and the basis of the sound was there
― slouching towards depresslehem (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 February 2018 12:33 (six years ago) link
it's gotta start somewhere and clubs is usually where it starts.
― Badgers (dog latin), Friday, 2 February 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
this is a very good list and i am thrilled by the top 10. sad i didn't vote.
― maura, Friday, 2 February 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link
btw, I'd nominate Moka as a poll partner, but she may be way too busy.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, February 2, 2018 3:13 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Would endorse.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 February 2018 07:56 (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thirded
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 2 February 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
I never knew Moka was a she!
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 2 February 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
Thanks, poll runners! I'll do my best to vote next year.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 February 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
Saturday night is when voting closes for The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!
please vote!
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
Hello there! I would love to help you out whatever you need as a poll partner. My line of work is sometimes very busy but I have several months I’m practically on vacation.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 February 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
― ArchCarrier
Yes! Feisty, spanish, girl iirc lol
you'd basically need to spend the 3rd or 4th week of the year preparing posts, bbcode, and images for the 77 albums, and then post them over the course of the 4th or 5th week of the year
― gr8080, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
I can work with that. I’m in.
In case you call on some thread and I’m not around to read it:
motelmoka (at) gmail.com
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
i knew feisty and spanish; the onion has so many layers
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
lol
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
Yay Moka! She'll be great at this.
― emil.y, Friday, 2 February 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
Love you emily
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 February 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
Ooh wow, looking forward to next year already!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 February 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
why wait? let's do it now.
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
It's probably the only way the Tracey Thorn album would win.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:35 (six years ago) link
octo octa album is incredible; she really has a touch for making quite maximal tracks smooth as ice
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 3 February 2018 04:25 (six years ago) link
― groovypanda, Saturday, 3 February 2018 06:31 (six years ago) link
NV:
I think I don't listen voraciously to enough new albums to be a viable music-poll voter.
This is p much exactly how I feel, but I talked myself into submitting a 13-album ballot shortly before the deadline, and am glad I did.
I think it's pretty crucial that partial and unranked ballots are allowed. I decided I was comfortable with submitting a ballot that in effect says "here are a few albums from 2017 I enjoyed"; a ranked ballot would feel uncomfortably like stating "this is the actual very best album of 2017".
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 3 February 2018 10:22 (six years ago) link
(nb that is just how it would feel to me, I don't look at the ranked ballots of others as necessarily making grandiose claims or anything)
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 3 February 2018 10:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah I'm the same really. I tend to parasitically use the yearly polls to get recommendations of music to check out. I listened to the tracks Spotify playlist and there was quite a bit of stuff I wasn't aware of that I liked (e.g. I didn't even know Charlotte Gainsbourg was a musician) and downloaded some albums that looked intrsting from the albums poll.
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 3 February 2018 11:27 (six years ago) link
a friend of mine recently said he never heard anything from Stormzy that came close to the Shut Up freestyle, I was about to tell him he was wrong but then I couldn't really come up with as great a song from his catalogue
wonder if he'll ever top it
― niels, Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
bummed i didn't vote for BALSAMS by Chuck Johnson.
― omar little, Monday, 5 February 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
what's the gif (by gr80?) that every was applauding?
― flopson, Monday, 5 February 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
the image for the reveal of #1 and #2. If it's not working, right click the image and open it in a new tab (that's how i saw it)
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 5 February 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
bummed i didn't vote for BALSAMS by Chuck Johnson.― omar little, Sunday, February 4, 2018 7:56 PM (yesterday)
― omar little, Sunday, February 4, 2018 7:56 PM (yesterday)
my number one!
― gr8080, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
what's the gif (by gr80?) that every was applauding?― flopson, Sunday, February 4, 2018 8:34 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Sunday, February 4, 2018 8:34 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
click this
― gr8080, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
xp my number 6!
works like a balm...
― niels, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
i probably read three whole books just to that album alone in 2017
― gr8080, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
fantastic stuff, I had no idea. glad you singled it out just now, right up my street.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
xps- woahhh
― flopson, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link