With summer almost over, I’m counting down the ten best albums that were released during our time away from school. Before summer I counted down the ten most anticipated albums of the summer, so how did that list compare to what was actually released and lived up to the hype? Check out the Top 10 Albums of the Summer below along with a few honorable mentions!
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Top 10 Albums of the Summer
Posted: August 23, 2011 by eptarheels23 in MusicTags: All 6's and 7's, Bad Meets Evil, Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Dom Kennedy, Eminem, Finally Famous, Follow Me Home, From Westside With Love II, Game, Hell: The Sequel, Hoodie Allen, Jay Rock, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Late At Night, Leap Year, Na Palm, Rockie Fresh, Royce da 5'9", Section.80, Success Is Certain, Summer Albums, Tech N9NE, The Cool Kids, The Otherside Redux, The R.E.D. Album, The Weeknd, Thursday, Top 10, Watch the Throne, We the Best Forever, When Fish Ride Bicycles
Album Review: Thursday by The Weeknd
Posted: August 19, 2011 by eptarheels23 in Album Review, MusicTags: Album Review, Drake, The Weeknd, Thursday
And with time running out on the shot clock in the 4th quarter, The Weeknd alley-oops Thursday to the world right before the buzzer hit on Friday. You can say that he dropped this out of no where and then he tweeted “f**k… it’s finally Thursday”. And like that the anticipation for this grew sky high, everyone wondering whether he would drop it or not. Well he did release it and managed to even crash his own website. If Thursday has the same kind of success that House of Balloons had (one of the best projects of the entire year), then it could propel The Weeknd into stardom and solidify him as one of the most talented musicians today, period. I don’t know if it’s even possible for me to build any more hype for this project, it’s already sky high. So without further adieu check out the review of The Weeknd’s Thursday + stream and download below!
Artist On the Rise: The Weeknd
Posted: July 11, 2011 by eptarheels23 in Artist On the Rise, MusicTags: Artist On the Rise, Drake, Echoes of Silence, House of Balloons, The Weeknd, Thursday
We are changing it up here today on the ESP, as we are going to cover one of the most promising R&B singers today. With that being said, no one in the music industry might be more mysterious than The Weeknd himself. I mean the picture above is one of about a total of six different ones, and you can’t even see his face well. I actually think that’s what makes him so intriguing. Not much is known about him, except for one thing: he makes damn good music. So come check out what makes The Weeknd the next big thing in music below!
Top 25 Albums of the Year (So Far)
Posted: June 21, 2011 by eptarheels23 in MusicTags: Ab-Soul, All 6's and 7's, Bad Meets Evil, Belive In Hope Wright, Best Day Ever, Big K.R.I.T., Big Sean, Chiddy bang, Childish Gambino, Covert Coup, Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, Elmatic, elZHi, EP, Fear of God, Finally Famous, Frank Ocean, H.O.P.E., Hell: The Sequel, House of Balloons, Lasers, Laws, Longterm: Mentality, Lupe Fiasco, M.i, Mac Miller, Mania!, Maybach Music Group, nostolgia, Pac Div, Peanut Butter & Swelly, Prep Time, Pusha T, Random Axe, Return of 4eva, Schoolboy Q, Self Made Vol. 1, Setbacks, Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse EP, Tech N9NE, The Alchemist, The Dean's List, The Drive In, The Original Dom Kennedy, The Weeknd, Top 25, ULTRA, XV, Yesterday's Future, Zero Heroes
It’s hard to believe that we are already halfway through 2011. Even harder for some to believe that there have been so many good releases in music already. That being said I’ve cooked up my Top 25 releases of the year so far. Rather than try to breakup mixtapes and official releases (which have become pretty much one in the same lately), I decided to lump them all together and give you my take on the twenty-five best releases at the midway point of 2011. Hit the jump for the countdown and let me know what your favorites are in the c-section!