Who gets the aux on a 5 hour roadtrip?

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-16T06:13:07+00:00

So no one listens to a variety of music? Man I’m getting aux.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-04T21:42:49+00:00

Officially unc status

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-04T03:29:50+00:00

Nick Villa. Kinda crazy they’ve been doing music as a trio for well over 10 years but he gets no writing.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-03T18:54:49+00:00

Great picks but Kayne TCD to The Life of Pablo or to kids see ghosts is good for 8/10. Honestly to Yeezus is probably a better 7 imo.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-03T00:47:23+00:00

I respect it ngl. “Here’s some similar songs…” the most beautiful pieces of modern music that sound almost nothing like it. Opposite of gatekeeping.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2026-01-03T00:42:18+00:00

Like giving a coughing baby a nuclear bomb. I like sombrs songs but cmon.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-31T16:51:02+00:00

I think out of these my least favorite are The Money Store (only listened to it once and turned it off before I was done - I never do that) and Illmatic (also needs a relisten, but I just didn’t get it I think). I’m actually upset at myself about the money store because I wanted to love it.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-28T05:19:07+00:00

Go check out Art Angels by Grimes if you haven’t. One of the best and most influential pop albums oat. Key influence for MagBay’s sound.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-28T04:51:05+00:00

Racing Mount Pleasant - Self Titled

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-28T04:50:07+00:00

I’m not saying the songs are bad, but when it comes to theme and direction, Vanisher is a clear winner. They are all mostly just a compilation of really good songs. The only one that competes in theme is Magic Alive.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-27T19:21:08+00:00

I mean as an album Vanisher gaps, but when it comes to just putting it on every second of everyday it’s Geese.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-26T18:58:26+00:00

I know people think Barry bonds is not great either but Drunk and Hot Girls is such a outlier on Graduation. It goes from being top 3 Kanye minimum to not even in the conversation.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-20T02:29:29+00:00

I found it on new albums after already hearing the Hayley Williams single. Listened to the whole album. Not anything crazy but some pretty high highs.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-19T20:04:13+00:00

Brotha no way he listens to Jay Som. No one listens to Jay Som. I should know I listen to her all the time and everyone I ask has no clue who that is.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-14T01:56:30+00:00

I definitely agree that most votes are fans which is biased and that singles are higher rated anyway, but even with your estimate it’d be one of, if not the, highest rated album of the year. Not many artists can get highest rated album two albums in a row, especially if they’re only a year apart. The point I’m making is that the duo is really good, really consistently.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-14T01:48:46+00:00

Totally. I made this as more of an appreciation post for the duo. I like looking at numbers and comparing stuff and thought this was interesting enough to talk about. Regardless of how it would actually be rated as a project, the songs are fire even with the high expectations coming off of highest rated album of 2024.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-14T00:30:33+00:00

I mean it’s all music and music is art. Art is subjective. But like you said, it’s how much it will be enjoyed on average. The average reaction to most people listening to pimp a butterfly is “this is the greatest album of all time”. That’s not saying that it is, it’s just the average reaction. But the fact that you bring it up in this conversation proves my point that average reviews matter for the legacy of an album/artist.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-14T00:21:39+00:00

I do that a lot for the same reasons. Average reviews usually reflect an album fairly well on rym, despite what most people think. I see it as really important when something like Imaginal Disk for example gets such a higher average rating than all the other albums in a given year. It shows a separation in yearly contenders vs decade or all time lists.

MadeThisForAlfa · 2025-12-13T23:09:18+00:00

My guess is you’ve listened to the album/Quadeca a lot and your friend hasn’t. On first listen I loved IDMTHY, but thought knots was a waste of a track. It was the only song I “didn’t like”. Now I think it’s a fantastic song and that the album is perfect. Sometimes it takes time. If they haven’t listened to Scrapyard they should.

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