Disclosure - Settle
NR

imagine me sensing that everyone else at my workplace is crazy stressed out and losing their minds, and I'm just in my office typing on my little computer GROOOOOOVING to this

OutKast - Stankonia
NR

2000 be like
Broke: caring about east coast vs west coast hip hop wars
Woke: detroit hip hop
Bespoke: ATL

So Fresh, So Clean is my favorite

The Stooges - Fun House
NR

I'm Nicholson nodding. This is what I crave when I seek out punk/garage/hardcore

trentemøller - The Last Resort
NR

Discovering this one back in the day was like finding hidden treasure, re-discovering it now all these years later feels the same way. How can you be so chill with the bass like that

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
NR

My boy is just having a nice time. Really feel like all of this music is deep within him and needs to come out. I love Moondance but this one is really something special

Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
NR

chill grooves

I gotta say I have this on double vinyl and I have no idea which record is first, which side is A/B lol listening to this in random order every time and it's not a problem

Pixies - Doolittle
NR

Kind of a great bridge in music history from the sort of waning more chill punk/hardcore 80s and the incoming grunge era of the 90s. Nobody like the Pixies. I feel like the laugh/scream on Debaser says it all. RIP Salvador Dali you would've loved Doolittle

Parliament - Mothership Connection
NR

Try not to groove challenge level impossible

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (Deluxe Version)
NR

There's that famous Robert Johnson story about how he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar skills, but I remember hearing a rumor that Jimi Hendrix's handband was soaked in acid so he was just taking it straight to the dome and absolutely trippin out to another galaxy where he was probably vibing with the machine elves who instructed him on the ways of SHREDDING. The absolute best to ever do it (shredding)

Slightly Stoopid - Closer to the Sun
NR

ol' reliable San Diego icons, good hangout music with chill vibes and a little punk thrown in here and there. my culture.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
NR

Even with the culture taking a second look at Kanye due to his ongoing antics, I still feel like I'm going to get crucified for saying the same thing I always have. I like Kanye, Kanye's music is good. This album is great! It still feels like musical sacrilege to say anything less than "THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BEST TO EVER DO IT!!!!!! GENIUS PRODUCER!!!!!!" As if just thinking Kanye's music is pretty good, really good even, is a reflection of me not ... read more

JAY-Z - The Blueprint
NR

Jay-Z is cool and has earned his right to flex on all of us, and he's so real it's honestly a little intimidating to hear him talk shit. My hottest take is that this album proves Kanye should've just been a producer

Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
NR

Unfortunately really only good when they're sticking with the classic folk/bluegrass that they do BETTER THAN ANYONE, I respect the rock-ish experiments but it doesn't work

Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
NR

Beautiful and timeless, which is saying a lot given the era in which it was recorded and released. The instrumental tracks, especially Ode to a Butterfly, are incredible, and the tracks with vocals are sweet and emotional (The Lighthouse's Tale gets plenty of attention but I love Out of the Woods, and The Fox is just plain stomping fun)

Carla Morrison - Déjenme Llorar
NR

Lovely voice, chill songs, simple and effective, I liked some of the tracks that were more than just vocals+guitar.

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
NR

So chill, the perfect marriage of jazz and hip hop, Buggin' Out is so good, the track title "Vibes and Stuff" might as well define their whole sound, literally find me someone somewhere who couldn't kick back and relax with this album

Patti Smith - Horses
NR

chicks rock. "proto punk" is right. sometimes I experience art and think "I could do that" even though I can't because she already did it. but I take that as inspiration.

Barry Can't Swim - When Will We Land?
NR

So fun! One of my favorite releases of the last few years, especially in the realm of dance-able bops

Paul McCartney - McCartney
NR

I know this is most notable for its context as Paul's Beatles breakup album, the manner in which it was recorded and released, but I think it's more interesting how much love for Linda McCartney is vibrating through this. Paul's solo beginnings was fueled by a beautiful love story. I'm amazed.

Radiohead - Kid A
NR

What I love about Kid A is that it can't be put into a box. Music nerds love genres and sub genres and sub sub genres but Kid A is just Kid A. Everything in Its Right Place and Idioteque are both all timers. So chill and magical and hypnotic and never gets old.

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