I think 2012 was the best year for hip-hop, ever (critic-wise)

[Ciggavelli]

I was looking at metacritic's best reviewed albums of 2012, and goddamn, hip-hop kinda dominated...

1 Channel Orange by Frank Ocean 28 19 36 158
2 good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar 8 10 37 81
3 Lonerism by Tame Impala 7 6 23 56
4 The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple 6 4 28 54
5 Celebration Rock by Japandroids 3 5 25 44
6 Visions by Grimes 5 6 14 41
7 The Seer by Swans 3 2 19 32
8 An Awesome Wave by Alt-J 5 1 13 30
9 Blunderbuss by Jack White 2 0 20 26
10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike 0 1 23 25
11 Devotion by Jessie Ware 2 1 16 24
Kaleidoscope Dream by Miguel 2 0 18 24
13 Attack on Memory by Cloud Nothings 1 0 17 20
Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus 3 0 11 20
Shields by Grizzly Bear 1 1 15 20
Bloom by Beach House 0 1 18 20
17 Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes 0 0 18 18
18 Tramp by Sharon Van Etten 1 0 13 16
Kill For Love by Chromatics 1 2 9 16
20 Red by Taylor Swift 0 4 6 14
Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen 2 0 8 14
22 Life Is Good by Nas 3 0 4 13
23 Tempest by Bob Dylan 1 1 7 12
Django Django by Django Django 0 0 12 12
25 Old Ideas by Leonard Cohen 1 1 6 11
All We Love We Leave Behind by Converge 1 1 6 11
The Money Store by Death Grips 1 1 6 11
28 Sun by Cat Power 1 0 7 10
Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors 0 1 8 10
Our Version of Events by Emeli Sandé 2 0 4 10
Fear Fun by Father John Misty 0 1 8 10
Luxury Problems by Andy Stott


Music Critic Top 10 Lists - Best of 2012 - Metacritic

 

[prophecypro]

See 3 rap albums there and a couple of hipsters

 

[Loose]

best year for hipster fakkits yea.

 

[smokeurobinson]

2012 hip hop cant touch 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998 or 2000

 

[Ciggavelli]

See 3 rap albums there and a couple of hipsters

THere's 7 in there (if you count some left-field rap albums).

That's almost 25% of the top 30

 

[prophecypro]

Kinda ill seeing Nas ranked right there in between Springsteen and Dylan. No Stanism but I feel like he's aiming for a long career like them where he can just release his albums do his own thing and have his own small audience well into his elder years and still get props for it.

 

[Madvillain]

I only see Nas, Kendrick, Killer Mike/El-P and Death Grips. And FlyLo if that counts.

 

[labelplant]

THere's 7 in there (if you count some left-field rap albums)

name them...

We're talkin about just hip hop right? Frank Ocean and Miguel don't count

I see Death Grips and Flying Lotus is like borderline

 

[Ciggavelli]

name them...

We're talkin about just hip hop right? Frank Ocean and Miguel don't count

I see Death Grips and Flying Lotus is like borderline

1 Channel Orange by Frank Ocean (yeah, I'm counting it)
2 good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar 8 10 37 81
6 Visions by Grimes 5 6 14 41
10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike 0 1 23 25
Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus 3 0 11 20
22 Life Is Good by Nas 3 0 4 13
The Money Store by Death Grips 1 1 6 11

wait, grimes is not who i thought it was (lol). 6 then

 

[keon]

I was looking at metacritic's best reviewed albums of 2012, and goddamn, hip-hop kinda dominated...

1 Channel Orange by Frank Ocean 28 19 36 158
2 good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar 8 10 37 81
3 Lonerism by Tame Impala 7 6 23 56
4 The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple 6 4 28 54
5 Celebration Rock by Japandroids 3 5 25 44
6 Visions by Grimes 5 6 14 41
7 The Seer by Swans 3 2 19 32
8 An Awesome Wave by Alt-J 5 1 13 30
9 Blunderbuss by Jack White 2 0 20 26
10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike 0 1 23 25
11 Devotion by Jessie Ware 2 1 16 24
Kaleidoscope Dream by Miguel 2 0 18 24
13 Attack on Memory by Cloud Nothings 1 0 17 20
Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus 3 0 11 20
Shields by Grizzly Bear 1 1 15 20
Bloom by Beach House 0 1 18 20
17 Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes 0 0 18 18
18 Tramp by Sharon Van Etten 1 0 13 16
Kill For Love by Chromatics 1 2 9 16
20 Red by Taylor Swift 0 4 6 14
Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen 2 0 8 14
22 Life Is Good by Nas 3 0 4 13
23 Tempest by Bob Dylan 1 1 7 12
Django Django by Django Django 0 0 12 12
25 Old Ideas by Leonard Cohen 1 1 6 11
All We Love We Leave Behind by Converge 1 1 6 11
The Money Store by Death Grips 1 1 6 11
28 Sun by Cat Power 1 0 7 10
Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors 0 1 8 10
Our Version of Events by Emeli Sandé 2 0 4 10
Fear Fun by Father John Misty 0 1 8 10
Luxury Problems by Andy Stott


Music Critic Top 10 Lists - Best of 2012 - Metacritic

@ that horrible list

i only listened to 2 albums off that list (GKMC & LIG) and both of'em is

mixtapes is what made 2012 tolerable

 

[Madvillain]

1 Channel Orange by Frank Ocean (yeah, I'm counting it)
2 good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar 8 10 37 81
6 Visions by Grimes 5 6 14 41
10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike 0 1 23 25
Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus 3 0 11 20
22 Life Is Good by Nas 3 0 4 13
The Money Store by Death Grips 1 1 6 11

wait, grimes is not who i thought it was (lol). 6 then

If Frank counts, does Miguel?

@ that horrible list

i only listened to 2 albums off that list (GKMC & LIG) and both of'em is

mixtapes is what made 2012 tolerable

2012 to me was one of the first years in a minute where albums > tapes What tapes you fukk with?

 

[Ciggavelli]

If Frank counts, does Miguel?

I'm not counting him. He doesn't get hip-hop press really (or at least not nearly as much as Frank Ocean)

 

[smokeurobinson]

1 Channel Orange by Frank Ocean (yeah, I'm counting it)
2 good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar 8 10 37 81
6 Visions by Grimes 5 6 14 41
10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike 0 1 23 25
Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus 3 0 11 20
22 Life Is Good by Nas 3 0 4 13
The Money Store by Death Grips 1 1 6 11

wait, grimes is not who i thought it was (lol). 6 then

98 had..

Lauryn Hills 1st album

Jay Z Vol 2

Outkast - Aquemini

big Puns first

Nore 1st

Scarface - My Homies

Gangstarr - moment of truth

DMX's first 2 albums


Thats 9 albums to your 7 and I can keep going plus I didnt even go into R&B...

 

[Ciggavelli]

98 had..

Lauryn Hills 1st album

Jay Z Vol 2

Outkast - Aquemini

big Puns first

Nore 1st

Scarface - My Homies

Gangstarr - moment of truth

DMX's first 2 albums


Thats 9 albums to your 7 and I can keep going plus I didnt even go into R&B...

I agree, but would the critics (NORE, Scarface and likely Jay-Z probably weren't making many top 30 lists)? I'm strictly talking about critical praise here. It seems like 2012 was the first year that critics really respected hip-hop.

 

[keon]

If Frank counts, does Miguel?



2012 to me was one of the first years in a minute where albums > tapes What tapes you fukk with?

me being from the chi, i was consumed by mainly drill music in 2012

NOT keef thou, but just a bunch of random dudes, some of whom i know personally..besides that, i fukked wit casey veggies cg3 pretty heavy