This time around I thought I’d share my top 5 favorite albums from this past year with you.
Because I mention several songs I am only going to include the video for my favorite song of 2015. I reserve the right to save a few albums (Sara Groves! Adele!) for my 2016 favorites list because I have not had time to listen to them.
Enjoy!
#5:
Furious 7 soundtrack
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I know this is a soundtrack, and not only that,
it’s from a movie I’ve never even seen.
But it’s the triple chocolate molten cake of albums this year. It’s incredibly indulgent hip hop with a
great variety of exciting people like Iggy Azalea, Wiz Khalifa and Lil
Jon.
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I listen to this when I hit on the backboard,
sure. But I also listen to it when I
write. When I’m working at the
library. I even listen to it when I’m in
the tub reading my literary journals. I
have taken the music from this album and permanently absorbed it into my body. You hear that? That’s Turn Down for What coming out of my
sweat.
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Of course See You Again is my favorite song on
here, and I recognize that it was on a few albums this year, but this album
kicks all those other album’s asses, and See You Again is just the lava on the
cake.
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Also, Iggy Azalea didn’t have an album this year
so we Iggy fans had to take what we could get.
She kills it on the song, Go Hard or Go Home. That juicy beat is irresistible to begin with
and then Iggy comes in and makes that beat her bitch.
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Whip is another great song on this album. Even though it’s ripe with filthy language,
it has a great beat and really strange noises including a fast car zinging
around. This makes sense because Whip is
code for a pimped-out car, like my Matrix when I decorated it with fortune
cookie slips and bedecked the driver’s seat with the faux-llama seat cover I
found at Wal-Mart.
#4
Meghan Trainor: Title
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If I need a little fun I listen to Meghan
Trainor. While picking my favorite
albums of 2015 I discovered that I must have had a lot of fun last year because
I listened to A LOT of Meghan Trainor.
Like if my Itunes was a teeter totter with my 5,000 + songs on one side
and Meghan Trainor's songs on the other, her songs would be sitting squarely on
the ground.
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I like how she’s brought that 90s fun, sugary,
bubblegum vibe back and added a little bit of kick ass to it. I’m talking about that Aqua, Real Mccoy, Ace
of Base, B*Witched, Cleopatra vibe. AND
SHE’S DOING IT ALL ON HER OWN.
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Plus she raps.
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And she’s gorgeous and gregarious. Any time she’s on television I am always
mesmerized by her.
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All About that Bass is of course my
favorite. It’s a great girl power anthem
that even dweeby girls like myself can belt out and sound great doing it.
#3
Ibeyi
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These two ladies have that silly sexy factor
that creates the feeling of flowers blossoming in my soul.
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They are also extremely connected and in sync
with each other, which makes sense because they’re twins.
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Tribal drums, piano and a stellar voice all
support some very thought-provoking and powerful lyrics sung in both English
and Yoruba (I had to Google this).
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Ghosts is my favorite song. It has incredible lyrics: ‘My ghosts are not
gone. They dance in the shade and kiss
the black core of my heart making words, making sounds, making songs,’ lots of
peppy rhythm and a voice that juts out very softly and with great command,
especially with the ‘should we just let it be’ piece.
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Whether I’m reading, sewing, writing or sitting
in peace, this album builds a little world for me that I can disappear
into.
#2
Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors
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This is #2 because of one song,
Polaroid. Sure, the other songs are
great. But Polaroid is extremely special
to me. It reminds me of my brother
Scott, especially the lines, ‘I am the color of boom,’ and ‘I’m a rollin’
freight train.’
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I have always looked up to Scott. One of the things I most admire about him is
his free spirit and the whatever attitude he has about anyone who doesn’t understand
this.
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The “Oh, how did it come to this’ part almost
always makes me cry, and when I’m not crying I’m singing to it.
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This is also a song I listen to when I write.
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It’s a rollercoaster of a song, and it makes me
incredibly happy.
#1
Derek Minor: Empire
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Smooth, joyous rapping.
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Super positive.
· The beats are easy to match with my footwork when I
play tennis on the backboard.
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A little bit robotic, with a nice balance of
techno and digitalized spiritual shouting.
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Very motivating.
And my favorite song from 2015 is…
Polaroid!
Polaroid!
Love the list! Enjoying Polaroid as we speak!
ReplyDelete-Mike from the library.