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  • agree w/brock that puberty 2 isn’t pop, and for that reason, love you to death makes my top-three on this list, behind lemonade and anti. love you is a hell of an achievement of synth-pop bliss, with hooks that never leave your head and instrumentation that never overwhelms but instead perfectly complements the wonderful harmonizing of tegan & sara. i saw them live two weeks ago and the songs they played off this album were as ebullient and strong in person as on the album, and this definitely deserves a top-three spot -brian duricy

  • Agree with Brian’s analysis, the beauty is in the hooks and harmonies. It’s great fun. -Vesuvius

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  • Eh. Such a bog-standard indie-pop album. I was majorly into this kind of music about 4 years ago but I quickly grew out of it (thanks Passion Pit). If you guys think it should be this high, I won’t complain! But it wasn’t my cup of tea. -Theonlydjorkaeff

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They say that I'm country but I'm number one in the country Gucci Mane (Ft. Young Thug) – I Told You
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When Gucci first rapped this line, it was a boast with definite backing (see the enthusiasm of fans and famous rappers alike in his post-prison endeavors), but without empirical proof. Now, thanks to the #MannequinChallenge, the Gucci Mane-assisted “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week beginning November 14.

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Get the llama, I party with the real Madonna (Yeah) Future (Ft. Drake) – Used to This
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Drake and Madonna have appeared on stage together in honor of Drake’s song of the same name. It’s not known if Future’s met the pop star, but he name-checked her in the third verse of his track “Codeine Crazy.”

“Llama” is a slang term for a gun deriving from the Spanish arms company of the same name.

Future has one foot in the streets by carrying a gun, and the other in the world of the rich and famous.

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Llama sounds just as lumber. Lumber is slang for paper, (paper comes from trees). This lingo is used by Future & his fellow associates one being Rocko for example. Rocko also explained the terminology before in one of his interviews.

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I Told You Gucci Mane (Ft. Young Thug) – I Told You
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“I Told You” is a loose single released by Gucci Mane and Young Thug, produced by Zaytoven and Mike Will Made It. The four have worked with one another time and again, and each are giants in the Atlanta hip-hop scene. The song breaks little new ground in the way of lyrical advancement or production style, but instead is trap’s equivalent of easy-listening.

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And how was I to know
Seeing my seconds pass in a line
If there was a way to reckon love
Except as a symptom of time? Joanna Newsom – Make Hay
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Newsom references the closing song from Divers, “Time, As a Symptom,” specifically the lines “Love is not a symptom of time/ Time is just a symptom of love.” Regarding the intent of Divers that is centered around the philosophy of time, an interview she did with Tiny Mix Tapes in 2006 for her debut The Milk-Eyed Mender speaks on the subject of time affecting one’s love well,

The second subject of [“Sadie”] is a friend, my age, who was diagnosed with cancer. I remember marveling at the reaction of people around me, the way they sprung to action, finally articulated to her their love and appreciation,
finally made those lunch dates they’d always talked about…and I sheepishly include myself in this phenomenon. It wasn’t disingenuous; it was just that our collective illusion, that we have forever to let someone know how loved she is,
had been shattered.

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“What did I make?”) Joanna Newsom – Make Hay
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The nib of a pen is the tipped portion that transfers ink to paper, and in the context of “Make Hay,” its rattling state suggests that the one holding the pen is uncertain of themselves, regretting whatever it is they did to cause them to write that message.

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It could also mean that the person using the pen is dying or fading from existence: the nib is ‘rattling’ which suggests that it’s ceasing to work, the pen is a metaphor for the person and their life. The next line ‘“What did I make?”’ suggests that this person is at the end of their life, looking back and ruminating on what they did in that time, if they left any impact on the world.

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in the running with tim hecker’s love streams for my #1 album of the year, entranas is less a traditional album than it is a mixtape that knows no boundaries. songs melt into one another and exhibit a truly visceral, devastating quality that only arca could create. though arca’s had a hand in some of the best records this decade, entranas feels like the truest encapsulation of what exceptionally intense electronic music can sound like. it’s not for everyone, but for those who appreciate this type of music, there is no ideal higher than entranas

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I think Arca excels at making mixes in a way that he can’t exactly translate into his albums. “Visceral” and “devastating” really are some of the only ways I can describe it; it’s very ethereal. Plus, I LOVE his voice on “Sin Rumbo”. I’m wondering why he didn’t sing to us sooner!

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Didn’t even realize he released an album this year. I’ll be sure to give this a listen

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Was slightly disappointed in this and Tim Hecker’s album. Didn’t match up to Xen

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mitski is one of those artists that, prior to puberty 2, had yet to release an album that was less than “very good,” but all existed just below the vaunted realm of “classic.” lush is my personal favorite of all her records still, but it’s hard to argue that puberty 2 isn’t her most realized statement to date. her songwriting on this record is impeccable, telling full-length stories while also making room for stuck-in-your-head hooks. there’s been talk on music twitter of “your best american girl” being in the running for song of the year, and while i have it at #33 on my list, that it’s still one of the best songs this decade shows just how strong 2016 is from a singles standpoint. i have puberty 2 at #23 on my albums list, but wouldn’t be upset with virtually any ranking save for top-5

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@Theonlydjorkaeff could’ve sworn you brought it up in conversation a few weeks ago but maybe that was Brian.

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@Vesuvius I had it in the 30-40 range personally, but I haven’t listened to it in a while, I’ll give it another listen and get back to you

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@Vesuvius i’ll have to check this out i havent ever heard it

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I am now fully converted! I’d like to see this in the top 10. There are so many great songs on here – “Your Best American Girl”, “Happy”, “A Loving Feeling”, “I Bet On Losing Dogs”. Yes it’s under-produced but this has the best songwriting of the year bar Blackstar imo. @channelYELLOW @Theonlydjorkaeff @BasedGator thoughts?

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The fifth time was the charm! I do think the quiet bits are a bit dull (oh no I’m 12 again) but I get it now.

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I’ve given this four listens through and I haven’t “got” it yet. Slightly prefer Bury Me At Makeout Creek. I will give “YBAG” a few listens and see if that sucks me in.

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“Make Hay” was released on October 23, 2016 as a loose track that was cut from Joanna Newsom’s 2015 album, Divers. Taken from the song’s description:

‘Make Hay’ is for the divers and the delvers to divine — is it just another piece or the missing one? Only (your) time will tell.

The song references multiple Divers tracks – “The day is long” is sung in a similar way to “As the day is long” from “Waltz of the 101st Lightborne,” while “If there was a way to reckon love / Except as a symptom of time?” recalls “Time, As a Symptom.”

“Make Hay” is a song about death, yes, but just as importantly, is about its opposite: life. The title comes from the phrase “Make hay while the sun shines,” and Newsom implores the listener to make the most of life.

Joanna mentioned the song, though not by name, in an interview with Rookie, saying it had been cut because “it seemed unnecessary because it was all in there already, it was redundant in a way.”

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“Girls Go Wild” is the first song after thesis statement “Late Nights” on Jeremih’s mixtape of the same name. Over raucous, bell-driven production by Mike Will Made It, he takes account of his status as one of R&B’s brightest voices, and how that has afforded him a life of temptation.

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