I don't know how many of you guys on here are into hip-hop, but Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar is as good of a hip-hop album as I've heard in years. Damn good stuff.

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I don't know how many of you guys on here are into hip-hop, but Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar is as good of a hip-hop album as I've heard in years. Damn good stuff.

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There is much better hip-hop this year and without crunk-inspired beats, production, and samples that leave a lot to be desired.

That album was pretty bland. Killer Mike, Aesop Rock (actually might be his best offering to date), Death Grips, and Nas all had far superior releases this year.

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That album was pretty bland. Killer Mike, Aesop Rock (actually might be his best offering to date), and Nas all had far superior releases this year.

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The Gift of Gab as well.

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That album was pretty good. Action Bronson, Killer Mike, Death Grips, and Ab-Soul all had far superior releases this year.

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Are Animal Collective's first few albums worth listening to? I've listened to everything since Strawberry Jam and haven't dug any of it, but it seems like they're pretty well-liked, so I want to at least give them a chance before I write them off completely.

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Are Animal Collective's first few albums worth listening to? I've listened to everything since Strawberry Jam and haven't dug any of it, but it seems like they're pretty well-liked, so I want to at least give them a chance before I write them off completely.

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I didnt much care for Strawberry Jam, but much liked Merriweather Post Pavilion so I don't know there. But I did like Here Comes the Indian, Sung Tongs, Feels and the Avery Tare & Panda Bear output separately. I would say its worth a shot.

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I didnt much care for Strawberry Jam, but much liked Merriweather Post Pavilion so I don't know there. But I did like Here Comes the Indian, Sung Tongs, Feels and the Avery Tare & Panda Bear output separately. I would say its worth a shot.

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Yeah. Strawberry Jam (and their recent albums, too, I guess) sound too much like a less talented/annoying-instead-of-endearing version of The Flaming Lips, but I'll give their other records a spin.

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Are Animal Collective's first few albums worth listening to? I've listened to everything since Strawberry Jam and haven't dug any of it, but it seems like they're pretty well-liked, so I want to at least give them a chance before I write them off completely.

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Avey Tare and Panda Bear's Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is among my very favorite albums. The output of Animal Collective before they were called Animal Collective outside of that is generally middling or straight-up ****e.

Sung Tongs is one of the great freak folk records to be released, and HCTI and Feels have their fans. Though Feels might be closer to the Strawberry Jams sound, the former two definitely are very different.

I hate screamo/metalcore and have no respect for it.

Am I using this thread correctly?