Music-Drop Magazine

It’s become incredibly popular to attack Kanye West at the moment, he’s been ridiculed for saying he’ll run for president, he did an insane rant against Jay-Z and Beyonce on stage and he’s become friends with the president elect. In fact it’s so hard not to have an opinion on Kanye West that he is now known more for his ego than his music and I can imagine a lot of the people who hate him haven’t listened to a single record of his, instead only reading headlines about him. Kanye is either insane or a great advertiser, but regardless of which of those he is, he can also create great albums, listen to his 2004’s The College Dropout or 2010’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye is a great artist, but any chance on a reputation equal to his talents has long since been removed ever since he famously said President George W Bush “Doesn’t care about black people.” back in 2005. The album artwork of Kanye's seventh studio album. The Life of Pablo suffers due to...

Skinny Love made Bon Iver famous, Bon Iver, Bon Iver confirmed their critical acclaim and 22, A Million has ripped apart the reputation Bon Iver built as a indie folk icon. 22, A Million isn’t a huge departure from Bon Iver’s routes however despite what critics tell you, in fact it was predictable that Bon Iver would take a experimental path though production, after all he made headlines for hanging out with Kanye, who is one of the best working producers. At the same time however 22, A Million is a vivid breakaway from the stereotypical Bon Iver sound. In this album we hear him playing with Art Pop, experimenting with electronics and really fighting to rid himself of the folk label. He succeeds. The album artwork of Bon Iver's third album. This album is one of the only albums I heard all year where there wasn’t a single song that I didn’t like. Each song is good, some are even great, but not one is bad, or even boring. 33 God and 29 #strafford ...

As far as music goes I’m a pretty bias sort. I have my preferences and the music I listen to often is contained within those preferences. I like alternative rock with a lot of guitar, sometimes I try the new releases of artists I like (Typically critically acclaimed artists) but I am very dependent on publication’s tastes, and I do follow several reviewers who I know share my tastes. This sometimes means I don’t listen to some of the more obvious albums of a year so that’s why I’m doing this, to rectify my issue and listen to what could be considered representative of 2016’s sound. So I decided to look at 20 sources of the best album of the year, add them all up, do a little aggregate, and churn out a top 20. Then I want to listen to those 20 albums, give them my personal opinions while laying them out in a fashion that makes them easy for the reader/listener to access. Iggy Pop's best album since The Idiot just missed out on the top 20. The lists I chose wer...