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01.15.03 10:35 PM
the best music of 2002
In checking out some of the nods for the best music of 2002 this is what I came across. I will save my views for later, but some of my votes are on these lists. What are yours?
"The Top 10 Essential Albums of 2002," by Ken Gibbs, Africana.com, January 15, 2003:
- God's Son, Nas (Sony/Columbia)
- Electric Circus, Common (MCA)
- Red Hot + Riot: Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, Various Artists (Red Hot/MCA)
- All I Have, Amerie (Columbia)
- Instant Vintage, Raphael Saadiq (Universal)
- Let It Rain, Tracy Chapman (Elektra/Asylum)
- Nothing's In Vain, Youssou N'Dour (Nonesuch)
- The Complete Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions, Sarah Vaughan (Mosaic)
- Justified, Justin Timberlake (Jive)
- Headphone Masterpiece, Cody Chesnutt (Ready Set Go)
"Best Music Of 2002," by PopMatters Music Staff, PopMatters.com, December 31, 2002:
"Following several less than stellar musical years, 2002 shaped up to be the best year for new music since 1997. Hip-hop was vastly reinvigorated by ambitious and grand albums like Common's Electric Circus, Blackalicious' Blazing Arrow, and Talib Kweli's Quality. UK garage fulfilled its promise and went global with The Streets' Original Pirate Material and the rocketing stardom of North London's Ms. Dynamite. Rock 'n' roll was in very good health and surged ahead with Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot scoring major critical acclaim, Coldplay's massive A Rush of Blood to the Head, and the emergence of The Hives and The Vines. Alt-country reached new heights and touched the US national consciousness with Steve Earle's Jerusalem and Ryan Adams' continued artistic prolificness. Only dance and electronic music seemed to shine less brightly with few classic records this year. A great, banner year.— More...
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Awww, man. It's so hard to remember what all's from this year and last. Mostly, my top CDs have been home-made mixes of old and new; I don't have many full albums I've got in heavy rotation (Pete Yorn; Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels, not Essence); I'm really digging that Cody Chestnutt lately, though I can't listen to it when the girl's around, but I got her turned onto the Roots so she's always playing Things Fall Apart and a lotta Tribe; I ended up getting *sick* of Missy, after playing her non-stop; the Doves, they rock even though they ganked U2; I always listen to San Severino while I'm cooking; John Prine's duets album; definitely the Raphael Saddiq; and all those UK mish-mash bootlegs. I still adore those). I miss two-sided 44-minute albums. Half the time when I buy an album, it's because of a great song but then I get home and it's 76:30 of filler, probably because a lot of artists (or the record co.s) are of the mindset that just because they can, they will. There's something to be said for restraint.
posted by gwen | January 16, 2003 6:23 AM #
In no particular order:
1. High Contrast - True Colors
2. Stereotyp - My sound
3. Peven Everett - Speed of light
4. Tweet - Southern Hummingbird
5. Common - Electric Circus
6. Nuspirit Helsinki - Nuspirit Helsinki
7. Recloose - Cardiology
8. Akufen - My way
9. Lewis Taylor - Lewis II
10. Justin Timberlake - Justified
For the top 10 compilation/remix albums:
1. Verve Remixed
2. Music and Movement Vol. 1 compiled by Nik Weston
3. chateau flight - remixent
4. moshi moshi compilation
5. secondhand sounds - herbert
6. peace orchestra - reset
7. hidden treasures - king britt
8. scattered snares volume one
9. welcome to the house, vol 1 - doggy style allstars
posted by de angela duff | January 16, 2003 4:18 PM #
Ummm going to be a little difficult..can I have more or less than ten?? LOL!!
Tweet - Southern Hummingbird
Jerzee Monet - Jerzee Monet
Floetry - Floetic
Cee-Lo - Cee-lo Green and his Perfect Imperfections
Remy Shand - The Way I Feel
Glenn Lewis - World Outside My Window
Justin Timberlake - Justified
that one single by Robin Thicke that samples Beethoven's 5th..can't think of the name
Undaground Legend -Lil Flip (gottta represent for the hometown (Houston))
Scarface - The Fix ( another Houston icon)
GUILTY PLEASURE:
Nelly - Nellyvile
Best Album That Never Came Out Legally: the Loveland bootleg - R Kelly
I think that's it. Thanks for listening...
posted by Tiffany | January 16, 2003 4:57 PM #
Let's see:
a)India.Arie's "Voyage To India"
b) Floetry -- "Floetic"
c) Tweet -- "Southern Hummingbird"
d) Donnie -- The Colored Section
I'll have to come back with the rest of my list ... I need some more time to think about the list ... I just realized I heard some good singles this year -- but 2002 was somewhat of a disappointment musically.
posted by Antonio G | January 16, 2003 6:10 PM #
nas - the lost tapes
heather headley - this is who i am
john coltrane - a love supreme: deluxe edition
2pac - Better Dayz
bobby mcferrin - beyond words
rachelle ferrell - live at montreux
anita baker - the best of anita baker
lauryn hill - mtv unplugged no. 2.0
snoop dogg - paid the cost to be the boss
jahiem - still ghetto
guilty pleasure?
amerie - all i have
posted by hardCore | January 16, 2003 8:32 PM #
1. Four Ambient Tales (re-release) - Billie Ray Martin
2. 18 Carat Garbage - Billie Ray Martin
3. Sambas De Enredo 2002 - Escolas De Samba Do Rio De Janeiro
4. Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection - Minnie Riperton
5. Cookie, The Antropological Mixtape - Meshell Ndegeocello
6. (tie)
First Album - Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Kittenz And Thee Glitz - Felix Da Housecat
7. Electric Circus - Common
8. Verve Remixed - Various Artists
9. Paradigm - Osunlade
10. All The Love - Oleta Adams
posted by Donald | January 16, 2003 8:49 PM #
Hmmm not sure this was all from last year, but here goes nuthin...
1) Justin Timberlake - Justified
2) Floetry - Floetic ** all I gotta say is Track 8 "Say Yes" WHAT!!! Makes ya wanna jump up and slob somebody down...hehehe"
3) Meshell N`degeocello - Cookie, The Anthropological Mixtape
4) Donnie - The colored section
5) Norah Jones - Come away with me
That's my spin on thangs..
Peace!
posted by Mocha | January 16, 2003 9:49 PM #
Hmm... I believe I'll just say what album I agree with from the original list. 2002 was the "broke-as-hell" year for this young college student so the purchase of CDs was scarce. However I made SURE I picked up God's Son. 2002 was the year I evolved a little bit in my rap preference, Stillmatic did it. I'm not really on the bandwagon either, but Jay gave him the opportunity to slide right in. Anyhow, Amerie kinda disappointed me, I'd definitely put "Southern Hummingbird" above "All I Have"- WAY above it. Tweet was real through the entire thing. You felt her emotions and everything. I was pleasantly surprised, glad the whole thing wasn't "Oops..." And my favorite, FAVORITE album (right now anyway...) is the bwoy Justin's. Oh man! I had no idea it would've been that nice. I didn't want to fall into the hype but damn... It ain't hype- It's real. It's like he knew he was gonna have something to prove with this album so it had better be good. I just got it after that Vibe cover. It was like, "Okay. That's it. I wanna see what all this is about." I've never been a pop music fan. The Anti-N'Sync Fanatic. But this album... I might have to see him in concert now and risk getting trampling by all the hormone- raging pubescents. Think he's going back to N'Sync?
posted by Nadine G. | January 20, 2003 6:25 PM #