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I think bob marley should be in contention, dude had a solid decade in the 70s, the only great- alright album he ever had was Uprising which was the last album he made before he sadly died. U can make the argument he went 7 in a row, not to mention his only posthumous album is by far one of his best works, and legend the compilation album too is just incredible.
Hummm I thought take me to church was about a guy being adused by his girl friend or wife and being unwilling to do anything to change. I guse I miss understood lol
Michael Jackson can pass that test because of Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, and HIStory, heck, he can even pass the 6 album test, have you heard Invincible? Its great
Great video here however if you ask me you missed out on an artist who I think has had one of the most incredible album runs ever. Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, After the Goldrush, Harvest, Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonight’s the Night and Zuma were all released ONE AFTER THE OTHER. If you ask me, genuinely fucking insane
I disagree but I respect your opinion. While Mac miller and EL - P are great rappers, I don’t think Eminem had lost respect. Yes, revival sucks ass. I hate that album too but MAN, kamikaze was good. Aside from some bad songs on the album, lucky you, fall, the ringer and not alike were some banger songs. as for mtbmb, I only liked 3 songs on that album. Godzilla, Darkness and little engine. As for the side B of that album, I only think gnat and book of rhymes were good. The rest didn’t appeal so much to me. I know this video is from 4 years ago (as of posting this comment) em’s new album, the death of slim shady, absolutely slaps. With tracks like fuel, Antichrist, brand new dance, renaissance, Houdini (imo it’s good) and Tobey. Like I said at the beginning of the comment, I disagree with your opinion, but I respect it. At the end of the day, race really doesn’t matter anywhere. Humans are humans and you really can’t do anything about it. (you could say that im an eminem stan and that my opinion is biased because I know it myself)
I believe Genesis also qualifies: -Nursery Cryme (1971) -Foxtrot (1972) -Selling England by the Pound (1973) -The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) -A Trick of the Tail (1976)
4:36 DAMN. Being his least complex is wild. The twist at the end of that album and the reverse track order make it honestly probably only less complex than tpab, at least in my wyes
Along a similar vein is the song Believe by Cher. To most of us it could easily go down as one of the most annoying songs in history. That is until you hear the version Ella Henderson did on one of those Voice/Britain's Got Talent shows. It was the first time I actually listened to the lyrics... goosebump inducing 😊 It's probably still on RU-vid and is well worth watching if you've never seen it. Edit: X-Factor 👍🏽
Nine Inch Nails is one of those bands that almost passes the test for me. Not a fan of their first album and EPs don't count so you have to start with The Downward Spiral and while you see Trent's growth as a person the run's 5th album, The Slip, disqualifies it just because of how unimportant it feels. It was given away for free and while the material is great it feels like a hapazard combination of 2 unreleased EPs. It really doesn't sound like an album to me but I understand if people disagree heavily with me on that.
Individual tracks like Fear, Duckworth, etc. Are very complex, but tracks like Loyalty, Humble, Element, God, Love, are some of Kendricks simplest tracks in all of his discography. I think overall Damn is the simplest and that more than likely is the reason it is the most commercially beloved. I am a Kendrick fan by the way.
Riffing Ghost busters for an hour I will up the ante with this .... I don't' even know if it is music but it is performance art. The Pricemaster... yes that is a real link I see the word in there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CUmmxW7Ksc8.html
Ok your focusing on the video and remember in the eighties everything was behind a cable paywall and not everyone had cable back then. People would go to their friends house who had cable and we would see a small sample of what MTV had to offer. Videos were new then. So yes it was a huge experiment in the eighties because MTV came out in 1980. BEFORE the internet.
I reccomend Outkast's discography to anyone interested in hip hop. Save their final album, Idlewild, which isn't even a bad album, just not as good as it's predecessors, their discography is unbeatable. If you want the first album of them that you listen to to give you a good idea of their style tnroughout their discography, start with ATLiens then go chronologically. Southernplayalisticadillacmusik music is a great debut album who's only major flaw is the duo not having defined their own style yet, ATLiens is an all time classic that changed the game and remains a milestone in Southern hip hop. Aquemini is one of their most lyrically strong albums with songs like DAoS and SpottieOttieDopalicous, Stankonia is my favorite album of all time without a single bad song, and I could make this entire paragraph just about it. Speakerboxx/The Love Below was the duo passing the 5 album test with flying colors, full of incredible songs including my favorite of all time, A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre. Even Idlewild has some tracks I'm constantly playing, Hollywood Divorce has great features and is just a really solid track and Morris Brown is one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard (don't watch the music video first though.) TLDR I stan Outkast incredibly hard.
Depeche Mode had a pretty great five album good run from 1986 to 1997... Black Celebration (not originally popular, but now THE quintessential 80s goth album) Music for the Masses (starts with Never Let Me Down Again, ends with a baroque piano chant) Violator (Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence). Songs of Faith and Devotion (#1 on Billboard #200, and one of the most distinct 90s albums I've heard) Ultra (slow burn mix of Jazz, grunge, and industrial electronic. Also, a beautifully composed recovery album with a major music festival named after it)
