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- Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs of 2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 92
- Views: 100930
Re: Songs of 2021 Discussion Thread
As with previous years (maybe not last year?!), I have trawled through various sites (acclaimed and unacclaimed, music and arts sites and general websites and blogs) and came across 46 in all for the best songs of 2021 so far. The top 20 or so songs by mentions are: Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, and ...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bruce/Hymie is banned
- Replies: 91
- Views: 45817
Re: Bruce/Hymie is banned
I'm a bit late to the discussion, but I'm glad Hymie is banned. Although he had good knowledge on stuff like 1950s doo-wop, he always came off as a troll. It was cringeworthy and frankly racist to see him use the "I have Black friends" card to defend his bigotry. It sounds like something I...
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:54 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2021 Albums So Far - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 42
- Views: 30409
Re: 2021 Albums So Far - LIST THREAD
I haven’t been on here much lately, but fuck it. I figured I’d post a list. 1. Renata Flores - Isqun 2. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 3. Mon Lafarte - SEIS 4. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram 5. N. Harden - Verdor 6. DAWN - Second Line 7. Floating Points, Young Points & The London Symphony - Pr...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:07 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of 2020 - RESULTS
- Replies: 79
- Views: 40736
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of 2020 - RESULTS
My personal number one is out of the Top 300: Angelica Garcia's "Jicama". It's sad everything from Angelica was even ignored in the votation for songs and albums. Anyway, I'll be waiting the playlist for the Top 300. It'd be good to check all those songs out of my radar last year. Cha Cha...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:05 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2020 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 223
- Views: 166920
Re: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2020 - LIST THREAD
Hopefully I’m not too late - Albums: 1. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 2. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG 3. Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure? 4. $ilkMoney - Attack Of The Future Shocked, Flesh Covered, Meatbags Of The 85 5. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 6. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 7. ...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: EOY 2020
- Topic: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39566
Re: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
Okay, So last night I had a very useful discussion with some of the forumers. I learned new things and we also talked about my favorite album of all time (Nevermind). I don't want to discuss about this subject but since you mentioned my name, Here's my point of view. You will disagree but I don't c...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: EOY 2020
- Topic: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39566
Re: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
So are we gonna talk about some of the posts Arsalan and Schüttelbrine have made on these topics recently? Comments like “I’m surprised Suck My Pussy With Your Face didnt top the EOY list” and “This album needs to be made by a Black artist to be acclaimed” are so obviously rooted in sexism and raci...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: EOY 2020
- Topic: EOY 2020 - Pitchfork (US)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 46888
Re: EOY 2020 - Pitchfork (US)
As for P4K’s albums list; Deserving #1 of course, but I’m glad What’s Your Pleasure? has been showing up high on recent lists.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: EOY 2020
- Topic: EOY 2020 - Pitchfork (US)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 46888
Re: EOY 2020 - Pitchfork (US)
I don't disagree with you on WAP, but I don't understand your take that it is differentiated from Bodak Yellow topping this list in 2017. There are a lot of songs I haven't heard on the bottom half of this list that seem interesting. As for the top part of the list, this is just the direction that ...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: EOY 2020
- Topic: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39566
Re: EOY 2020 - UPROXX (US)
So are we gonna talk about some of the posts Arsalan and Schüttelbrine have made on these topics recently? Comments like “I’m surprised Suck My Pussy With Your Face didnt top the EOY list” and “This album needs to be made by a Black artist to be acclaimed” are so obviously rooted in sexism and racis...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Top 100 Albums: AMF vs. Rolling Stone
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19062
Re: Top 100 Albums: AMF vs. Rolling Stone
As great as the all-time poll was, there was too much of an emphasis on "classic rock" and albums in general that were canonized before many of us were even born (there were only five albums from the 2010s in the top 100; one of those albums was released by someone who released the bulk of...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 386509
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
I forgot to include it, though if I had remembered When The Pawn would've made my list. It's my second-favorite Fiona Apple album, right after Fetch The Bolt Cutters.
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coronavirus
- Replies: 65
- Views: 95601
Re: Coronavirus
Capitalism and cronyism have been intertwined ever since the economic system's inception though. Also, a big reason for the U.S. Government not shutting down the country earlier than it should've been was to protect the economy. Under capitalism, you have a culture where those in positions of power ...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coronavirus
- Replies: 65
- Views: 95601
Re: Coronavirus
I think a lot about how well counties like Cuba and Vietnam handled COVID-19 compared to the United States. I still think that a big reason for this country’s failure to handle this virus is because of it’s culture of individualism, which is intwined with the failure of capitalism. That’s why a lot ...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:09 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 172735
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Yeah, contesting Twenty One Pilots as a critically big deal or Blurryface as an EOD success (neither of which are quantifiably true) but saying My Chemical Romance or Shakira are undeserving/have had little impact is the dictionary definition of fan goggles. Let me get this whole thing clear,Gettin...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264766
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 172735
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
This is a very good list and I’m blown away. I’m glad that this magazine has moved away from the 60-70s “canon” in order to make way for genres such as Hip Hop and R&B, which have shaped the most trends in popular music for the last forty years. I’m also pleasantly surprised by how gutsy this li...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264766
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
I’ve edited my list.
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:36 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264766
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 3. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein 4. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 5. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 6. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On 7. Fiona Apple - Fet...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:56 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2020 Mid-Year Albums Poll List Thread
- Replies: 63
- Views: 56695
Re: 2020 Mid-Year Albums Poll List Thread
Albums 6 | Black Dresses | Peaceful as Hell I’m glad to see this album getting some love. I have a thing for electro-industrial pop, but this album is one of the genre’s high points; catchy at times but defiantly chaotic for pop music, with an end-of-world feel to the harsh and daring explorations ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.2
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19057
Re: Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.2
1. Madness - One Stop Beyond
2. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. Pass
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
2. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina
3. Pass
4. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:13 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
- Replies: 230
- Views: 146526
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
Thanks for the presentation Schüttelbirne. I love the crop of songs in the top 100 especially.
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:48 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
- Replies: 230
- Views: 146526
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
I’m bringing this up because of how beautiful of a song it is, but when I was marching in the George Floyd protests in Washington D.C. a while back, “Freedom” came on at the end of the rally I attended. I’m thinking about it now because looking back on it, it was the perfect song for the moment. I’m...
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.1
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14680
Re: Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 2.1
1. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
2. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
3. Edan - Beauty And The Beat
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape
2. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
3. Edan - Beauty And The Beat
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:21 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
- Replies: 230
- Views: 146526
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - RESULTS
For the live version of “FDT” you should’ve picked this
https://youtu.be/uEtnQupfL-8
https://youtu.be/uEtnQupfL-8
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kanye is running for president
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23376
Re: Kanye is running for president
I wouldn’t freak out over this. It’s far too late for West to appear on the ballot in many states. I also doubt that write-in votes for him are gonna make any impact whatsoever. All things considered, whatever he’s talking about here isn’t gonna come to fruition. And yeah, I have to agree with Nick ...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 278
- Views: 351623
Re: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
I’ve further edited my albums list.
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: My Television Pilot
- Replies: 10
- Views: 24378
Re: My Television Pilot
I haven’t watched a lot of sitcoms (at least not yet) but I read the script over the last few days and found it very entertaining. Keep up the great work fam.
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13254
Re: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
Although I despise Trump obviously, I have issues with Biden as a candidate. He wrote most of the 1994 crime bill which expanded the mass incarceration in this country which started under Nixon And Reagan and in the 1970s he opposed desegregated busing, as well as him voting to let states overturn R...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13254
Re: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
As a wise man once said, Fuck Donald Trump.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 3:51 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 278
- Views: 351623
Re: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
Not trying to insult anyone’s taste, but one song I do not really get the appeal of is Hotline Bling. It just sounds tacky to me, and ultimately not even really that interesting. I’d be interested in hearing why others like it To talk about why I love this song I’d have to discuss why I love Drake’...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:47 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 278
- Views: 351623
Re: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
Here’s my songs list. I edited my albums list too btw 1. Kendrick Lamar - Alright 2. Beyoncé - Formation 3. Drake - Hotline Bling 4. Mitski - Your Best American Girl 5. KALLITECHNIS - Come Up 6. Future - Mask Off 7. Kendrick Lamar - A.D.H.D. 8. Grimes - Oblivion 9. Childish Gambino - Redbone 10. Car...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:14 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 1974 Poll
- Replies: 71
- Views: 63939
Re: Albums and Songs of 1974 Poll
I have a question about No Woman, No Cry. The version which gets the most acclaim is the one on Bob Marley’s “Live!” which came out in 1975, the year where I was going to rank the song. Is it okay if I ranked it in the ‘75 poll since that version is considered the definite one? (as well as my favori...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:38 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: AMF Top 200 Films of the 2010s, Results Thread!
- Replies: 57
- Views: 76644
Re: AMF Top 200 Films of the 2010s, Results Thread!
Thanks for another fantastic rollout Holden. A phenomenal top five as well to say the least.
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:26 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Parasite (Spoilers)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30521
Re: Parasite (Spoilers)
With all due respect I really disagree with the black-and-white thinking. Sorry, I don't understand which part of my comment was black-and-white thinking. If you could tell me, I would appreciate that. Personally I can sympathize with this family because let’s face it, they were screwed by the syst...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:57 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Parasite (Spoilers)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30521
Re: Parasite (Spoilers)
With all due respect I really disagree with the black-and-white thinking. Maybe a lot of you can’t relate to the situation the family faced in the film (not aiming this towards anyone in particular) but poverty and socioeconomic inequality can fuck a person up. Part of the reason why I love Parasite...
- Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Rate the Album, 2020, Ratings Thread!
- Replies: 141
- Views: 250152
Re: Rate the Album, 2020, Ratings Thread!
Updated rankings - 10/10 Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 9/10 Hook - Crashed My Car Angelica Garcia - Cha Cha Palace 8/10 Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG Grimes - Miss Anthropocene R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake Tha God Fah...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:19 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs of 2020 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 91
- Views: 119532
Re: Songs of 2020 Discussion Thread
Denzel Curry and Terrace Martin's new protest song "Pig Feet" seems destined to be one of the tracks of the year. Martin produced many of the tracks on To Pimp a Butterfly, and this song would feel at home on that album (even including a Kamasi Washington feature!). The song is tearing up...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:08 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Classics Edition 83
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9157
Re: AMF Classics Edition 83
I’ll second Fuck Tha Police. It’s the perfect song for this year.
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2020 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 185
- Views: 247810
Re: Albums of 2020 Discussion Thread
The new Freddie Gibbs album is excellent. This is the third straight year where he’s dropped a superlative album (first with Fetti in 2018 and Bandana in 2019)
There’s also a new Run The Jewels album coming out tonight. I’m excited for that.
There’s also a new Run The Jewels album coming out tonight. I’m excited for that.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 1.13
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15543
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 11 - Round 1.13
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
- Fri May 29, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: End of Decade Film Poll-List Thread
- Replies: 62
- Views: 98274
Re: End of Decade Film Poll-List Thread
1. Get Out 2. Moonlight 3. Parasite 4. The Social Network 5. Roma 6. O.J.: Made In America 7. Melancholia 8. Burning 9. Shoplifters 10. Whiplash 11. BlacKkKlansman 12. Boyhood 13. The Favourite 14. 13th 15. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) 16. Mudbound 17. Her 18. Mad Max: Fury Road 1...
- Fri May 29, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Parasite (Spoilers)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30521
Re: Parasite (Spoilers)
I don't see why you need the film to be black and white. It doesn't need to be, so Holden's interpretation makes more sense. But I am still surprised and a little disheartened that people seem to think that poverty alone caused the Kims' despicable actions (and perhaps even justified them). To me, ...
- Thu May 28, 2020 10:37 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Parasite (Spoilers)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30521
Re: Parasite (Spoilers)
I see a number of you consider Parasite the best movie of the decade. It was definitely entertaining and thought-provoking, but I don't see it as this amazing depiction of the plight of the poor and the privileges of the rich like a lot of people seem to. The Kims had my sympathy early on. I was ok...
- Wed May 27, 2020 8:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Rate the Album, 2020, Ratings Thread!
- Replies: 141
- Views: 250152
Re: Rate the Album, 2020, Ratings Thread!
Updated rankings - 10/10 Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Angelica Garcia - Cha Cha Palace 9/10 Hook - Crashed My Car Alien Nosejob - Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud 8/10 Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG Grimes - Miss Anthropocene R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake Th...
- Tue May 26, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 1973 Poll
- Replies: 89
- Views: 71494
Re: Albums and Songs of 1973 Poll
Albums 1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 2. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Catch A Fire 3. Dave Holland Quartet - Conference Of The Birds 4. The Stooges - Raw Power 5. John Cale - Paris 1919 Songs 1. Stevie Wonder - Living For The City 2. John Cale - Paris 1919 3. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Concrete J...
- Tue May 26, 2020 6:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Help Wanted for AMF Best Albums of All-Time Poll 2020
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23818
Re: Help Wanted for AMF Best Albums of All-Time Poll 2020
I just filled in some of the release years. I'll fill in more later on.
- Fri May 22, 2020 10:42 pm
- Forum: Debut albums or singles
- Topic: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
- Replies: 65
- Views: 66616
Re: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
. On issues of sexism Another issue arose in this topic about the marginalized reception of women. I hope that this was not aimed specifically at me, as I listen to perhaps more female-led music these days than male and have written extensively and favorably about many of them here, including two l...
- Thu May 21, 2020 10:59 pm
- Forum: Debut albums or singles
- Topic: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
- Replies: 65
- Views: 66616
Re: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
I’d buckle up, because I think that is where the world is moving. And honestly, it probably should. I don’t get this argument that Spears was somehow a “manufactured product” that could have been any other woman. If the industry could have just manufactured 30 more Britneys with the same level of s...
- Thu May 21, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: Debut albums or singles
- Topic: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
- Replies: 65
- Views: 66616
Re: Rolling Stone (U.S.): The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time
Britney Spears is also one of the most influential music figures of the 21st Century, though. In fact, she was not only a catalyst for her beginning genre but is the prominent influence on modern commercial pop acts while simultaneously holding major influence on the "indie", critical dar...