AOTY 2023
ZachTheOddBall

ZachTheOddBall

New Jersey, currently burning because Chief Keef

Favorite Albums

Best of 2023

yeule - softscars
yeule
softscars
100
Sep 22

Recent Ratings

Recent Reviews

파란노을 [Parannoul] - After the Night
86
After 8 months of being busy and sidelining this, I finally got to it. The highest rated album of 2023 on AOTY. Do I think it's the best album of the year? Nah. Do I think it's great? Yeah! But it's not flawless. I'm not the biggest fan of both the intro and outro.

The intro sounds off. I know changing chords and melodies for live renditions of songs is FAR from something new. But it sounds really awkward on the Polaris live version. It damages my enjoyment of that song a lot for me.

The ... read more

André 3000 - New Blue Sun
68
Ehhhh. It's alright. It's calming and a great album to sleep too, but not the best album to pay attention to. Andre's flute playing is quite soothing in the midst of the tribal-sounding ambience and ethereal electronic music, but it's not anything thats impressive or interesting. It's kinda just decent new age music. Wouldn't hurt to listen to, but there's much more interesting stuff out there than this.
Danny Brown - Quaranta
85
An interesting addition to Danny's discography. The first half is what people expected from Danny's style, but the second half takes a VERY mellow and trippy approach. Danny also gets really personal on here. I like the change of pace that he does. It helps make this standout in his discography for the right reasons. Definitely worth checking out if you're a left-field rap fan.
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
85
Aesop returns with a concept album discussing multiple topics under the illusion of a product that can offer you a bit of everything. His rapping is on point as usual, and same goes for his lyricism. His storytelling is on display at many points and his massive vocabulary just baffles me. Production is very good and varied throughout. It's cryptic, yet also engaging and relatable at many points. I can see this growing on me even more in the future.
quannnic - Stepdream
72
A project with a familiar sound and some interesting ideas, but is in need of a lot more fleshing out of those ideas. Quannnic's vocals are more simple and easy, but sometimes they blend a bit too much with the music. I think they work way better on the more noisy and dense songs. The singing is great. The production has good effort put into it. The highlights on here are REALLY good. I think even more well-made work is visible in the future.

Shoutbox

1w
Ooh, I'm interested! I'll try to check it out soon!
1w
hey zach!! i just released my first song in spanish and i thought you’d like to check it out. give it a listen if you can and let me know what you think!! :)
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/783942-shorewood-lo-unico-que-quiero.php
https://linktr.ee/shorewood
2mo
Yeah! It’s got a lot of cuts on it that stand up when listening to them on their own and her voice is great!
2mo
Love the Slayyyter score!
3mo
hi!! since you’ve rated/reviewed my music in the past, i thought you might want to check out my most recent DJ mix. let me know what you think!
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/737205-nathan-half-sliced.php
https://soundcloud.com/nathanaskenazi/half-sliced
3mo
👁️
3mo
I KNOWWWWWWWWW IM SO FUCKING EXCITEDDD
3mo
I HAD TO UPDATE MY DONOR TAG 😭 IT EXPIRED LAST WEEK
4mo
Hey Zach! Me and my cousin just released a new short project, if you'd wanna check it out, that would be much appreciated :)

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/remisreviews/album/714706-sewen-visions/

About

I am the one, the only, the ODDBALL.
19
Bisexual (He/Him)
White, Irish & Italian

Some ratings are objective, others are based on personal enjoyment

Library = physically owned

Favorite albums aren't my favs but albums I have in rotation a lot atm

I keep my reviews short and brief as I don't like to type really long often

Discord: ZachTheOddBall#9600

Spotify acc: https://open.spotify.com/user/1m6bwljx7ot3nvz6oszh5cml8?si=pwnO6xinT6yTRjag82lNL

Rating Distribution

90-99
 
89

80-89
 
124

70-79
 
66

60-69
 
36

50-59
 
19

40-49
 
9

30-39
 
1

20-29
 
1

10-19
 
3

0-9
 
3

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Recent Lists

i'm gonna randomly pick from these albums once in a while since i'm fixated on hearing new stuff ALSO FEEL FREE TO RECOMMEND STUFF!! I have heard some stuff that isn't on here but I'll let you know ...
Updated 4d ago 4
If oranges are called oranges...then why are apples not called red oh my GYA-.....I can't. take it anymore!! Eating a burger wit no honey mustard. Eating a burger wit no honey mustard. Eating a ...
Updated 1mo ago 5
Member since October 10, 2022

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