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When I try to make sense of all the great music that's come out this year and break it down into a list (a preliminary one, of course, as the year's only half over) I find myself getting lost after a few seconds in "wait, I forgot [ ... ]!!" And "ok that looks right- oh fuck, but that's just January!"
Still, it's not hard to think of the albums that, so far, simply MUST be in the top five. So far, the albums that I can couldn't leave out if I tried, are
Lips - Terror
Black Bug - Reflecting the Light
Ghostface Killah - 12 Reasons to Die
And Yeezus.
All albums that I've had plenty of time to digest, but still play a track from at least daily. Yeezus is the newest, but because I haven't been able to get it out of my head for a month now (not just some of be songs, but the whole album, which melds together into one massive song for me when I think about it) I think it's safe to say that it will land in the top five at the end of the year as well.
Possibly even above 12 Reasons..., which is a superior album musically and lyrically, but doesn't pack the emotional punch of Kanye's ridiculously titled half-album/whole masterpiece (gotta hear the other sessions tracks.)
But those are my gut response picks... I still have a hefty chunk of new albums to look forward to, so I may have a backwards and upside down list in December. Good thing nobody gives the smallest of shits.
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