3. Logic - Young Sinatra: Undeniable
&
fun. - Some Nights
Waht a tweest! M. Night Shyamalan style, huh? A two-way tie for 3rd place in the countdown, and yes that is a very very mainstream album on the right, I enjoyed fun.'s album quite a bit. And Logic was one of my favorite artists of last year and his latest project gets love as well.
Logic
First I'll start with Undeniable. As I previously stated, Logic was one of my favorite artists of 2011 he's shown versatlity to not only appeal to fans of lyrical gangsta rap, as well as fans of more modern sounds like Drake, Lupe Fiasco, etc.
His mainstream appeal come from songs like Numbers and Tic Tac Toe where his flow is very Drakey...actually it pretty much is Drake's flow. His underground appeal is when he raps over classic instrumentals on the tracks No Biggie and the track that's a better Slim Shady track than anything Slim Shady has put out in about 10 years, Disgusting where he gets very lyrical dropping gems like "While you was learning about English, Big L was teaching Ebonics" and my favorite, "You can ask my ex, I bust quicker than two techs, caressed by a kid with category 5 tourettes".
When I saw these guys were signed to the leader of the emo-teeny-punk label Fueled by Ramen, I was worried that it'd be just another band that I dislike but I was pleasantly surprised. The choruses and transition tempos into very powerful outros stand out to me so much that I really can't knock this album for having a few pretty horrible auto-tune sections. I'm all for auto-tune and they use it well at times but at others, it's unlistenable. But nonetheless I can't knock points off simply because I had so much fun (pun definitely not intended) giving this album listen after listen.
fun.
Now onto the more mainstream pick, surprised? Surprised fun. isn't the subject of one of my "THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH MUSIC TODAY" rants? Yeah well no, I really do enjoy their music. The first thing that stuck to me about this album and about the band was how similar lead vocalist Nate Ruess sounds to Freddie Mercury and then the melodies and backing vocals on tracks like Some Nights and Why Am I the One put a smile on my face as it also was very Queen inspired. This is how the power-pop/rock sound is supposed to be pulled off to me.
When I saw these guys were signed to the leader of the emo-teeny-punk label Fueled by Ramen, I was worried that it'd be just another band that I dislike but I was pleasantly surprised. The choruses and transition tempos into very powerful outros stand out to me so much that I really can't knock this album for having a few pretty horrible auto-tune sections. I'm all for auto-tune and they use it well at times but at others, it's unlistenable. But nonetheless I can't knock points off simply because I had so much fun (pun definitely not intended) giving this album listen after listen.
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