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Tom's Best of 2015 | Finished
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Justin Bieber - Purpose
-During the later half of the year Bieber delivered a 1-2-3 punch with What Do You Mean, Sorry, & I'll Show You. This was the first Bieber album that I anticipated and overall I found it to be great. The downsides I would think of are the non-eventful mid slow tempos that creep around the 2nd half of the album. I would say it has a strong start but loses momentum around the middle. Shout out tracks to Company, The Feeling, No Sense, Sorry, WYD, & Where Are U Now.
Disclosure - Caracal
- Disclosure's sophmore album did a nice attempt at recreating the experience from their first album Settle. It ended up for me being a bit underwhelming as there were little outstanding tracks that would make have desire to move around. A big plus it has though is Lorde's collaboration on Magnets, which "hint-hint", is one of my favorite songs of the year.
Rick Ross - Black Market
- A nice late addition to the year, and a step-up from Ricky's last album. The collabs were great & within it has a few bangers (Silk Road, Crocodile Python). It was alright for me.
Snoop Dogg - Bush
- A nice forgotten inoffensive record from Snoop for me. It had a nice funky psychedlic rap vibe to it. It sort of just came & went. The only issues I had with it were the songs were sounding a bit repetitive. Shoutout tracks to Peaches N Cream, California Roll, & So Many Pros.
Marina & The Diamonds - Froot
The 3rd album from Marina was decent. I liked the bubbly atmosphere & melodies and view it as a step up from Electra Heart. Nothing really stood out to me as a whole, but best tracks on it for me includes FROOT, Blue, Gold, Savages, & Immortal.
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Purpose could have been sooooo much more! Damn those boring balllads.
I love your picks from Froot, they really are the best. Savages and Blue
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Selena Gomez - Revival
-Selena really stepped her game up this time around. Especially with the lead single Good For You, which is one of my favorites of the year. With a strong start with the Title track & HTM, I was persuaded that this was her best album. Shoutout to Camoflauge & Perfect.
Logic - The Incredible True Story
-Another great record from Logic. Although I prefer Under Pressure, their production & execution is still exceptional.
Kehlani - You Should Be Here
- The upcoming "breakout" grammy nominated young R&B singer had me impressed with her mixtape-album. The first song I heard from her was FWU and I thought it was just for the moment. I'm glad she's getting recognized though. The Way is a great tune.
Drake ft Future - What A Time To Be Alive
-I was so hyped for this mixtape when it was first announced. I remember being perched on the beats 1 radio for its premiere and at the time it was worth it. It had so many bangers (Diamonds Dancing, Jumpman, Plastic Bag, etc). The only reason why it's not in my top 50 is because although the songs are great, it just feels like a random collection of songs that they recorded in a few days. I still bump it once in a while though
Jodeci - The Past, The Future, The Present
-This was a pretty unexpected release from them. At the time I enjoyed their tunes even in 2015, and I wanted to give them a mention because R&B currently is lacking.
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I'll start the EPs & Music video countdowns tomorrow.
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Originally posted by madonnas
Purpose could have been sooooo much more! Damn those boring balllads.
I love your picks from Froot, they really are the best. Savages and Blue
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Thanks. For Purpose I wasn't expecting as much . It kind of threw me off a bit.
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An amazing start so far Tom
Purpose surprised me with how good it was, but the album is too long for its own good. I like the midtempo middle and No Pressure is my favorite, it's the more straight-forwards dance-pop songs at the end that bring it down for me.
Haven't checked out Ricky Ross's new album (his mixtape was good though) but happy to see Aubrey, the biggest boss, here with Ciara's ex. I forgot that Snoop released an album, I like it though and the album cover is one of my favorites of the year.
Logic, Kehlani, Marina, Disclosure, nice stuff Had no idea Jodeci had an album that came out, I've been getting into them lately, I've added it to my list to check out. Thanks for that
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I use Froot and some of Purpose
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Originally posted by Bloomers
An amazing start so far Tom
Purpose surprised me with how good it was, but the album is too long for its own good. I like the midtempo middle and No Pressure is my favorite, it's the more straight-forwards dance-pop songs at the end that bring it down for me.
Haven't checked out Ricky Ross's new album (his mixtape was good though) but happy to see Aubrey, the biggest boss, here with Ciara's ex. I forgot that Snoop released an album, I like it though and the album cover is one of my favorites of the year.
Logic, Kehlani, Marina, Disclosure, nice stuff Had no idea Jodeci had an album that came out, I've been getting into them lately, I've added it to my list to check out. Thanks for that
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I didn't even know about Jodeci until another forum told me about it. They still retained a bit of their 90's atmosphere. & yeah, Purpose did feel a big dragged on. Had it cut some filler, it would definitely be higher in my rankings.
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this looks great, can't wait
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Purpose, Caracal and FROOT will actually make my list
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I heard...decent things about the new Bieber album, and "What Do You Mean" was...okay. So maybe, just maybe, Purpose will be...alright.
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Originally posted by Amaloner
Purpose, Caracal and FROOT will actually make my list
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They're all great tbh. I'll be checking yours as well.
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Originally posted by Red
I heard...decent things about the new Bieber album, and "What Do You Mean" was...okay. So maybe, just maybe, Purpose will be...alright.
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It's definitely not dated i'll say that much. I would give it a try whenever you have the time.
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Bieber & FROOT I would agree that both have some great tracks but overall there were better releases this year.
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Revival is amazing
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Lord if these albums are in your honorable mentions I cannot wait for your Top 50 albums
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I hadn't heard Emperor's New Clothes until now. Cool song and video
Magnets is incredible. Hoping to see more of that from Lorde.
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Magnets has a lovely video
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Magnets' video
Purpose has some nice songs but a lot of filler too
Revival
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FROOT
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Froot and Revival are nice, but yeah, they're definitely honourable mentions.
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