Album of the Year

the best albums this year

The Roots- Game Theory
CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange

other great releases:

Jedi Mind Tricks- Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
People Under the Stairs- Stepfather
Ghostface Killah- Fishscale
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor
J Dilla- Donut (i know it's only instrumentals..but i enjoyed it from start to finish)
Apathy- Eastern Philosophy
Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury (this was shocking, i hated the first Clipse album but this was different. The album was great)
AZ- The Format

weak year for hip hop in my opinion.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
You're telling me that people spending hundreds and hundreds on car parts isn't wasting money? Unless their car is broke, it's nothing but want, not need.

You're right; cosmetic features such as hydraulics, customized decals, paint jobs, undercarriage neon, and metal shoes are just wants. However, vital components and performance parts are necessary, and incindently that's what most car enthusiasts (and regular people for that matter) spend their money on when it comes to "car stuff".

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I like music more than you do, apparantly.

I don't know about that. You like certain genres more than I do. For ejemple: I hate metal and modern rock, but you love both styles. The genres that I love; I eat, sleep and breathe

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Referring to a CD as an overpriced piece of plastic is something ignorant laymen say when they know nothing about the love of music. How the tables turn.

Are you kidding, carnal? I know a lot about the love of music. I'm Mexican; music and dance have always been a very large part of life, as well as my culture.

But still, buying a CD when you only like 1 or 2 of the songs is not a healthy spending habit. Don't believe me?; ask any financial adviser.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
...and when did I claim to know anything about cars? Oh, cos I'm a guy, I'm supposed to know about cars in your eyes, right? Well I don't.

Yes, I expect any self-respecting man to know something about cars; both parts and vehicle models. I'm not saying that you need to be a C.A.T. (certified automotive technician) like me, but do your self a favor and learn something.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I can get wherever I need to go in London or outside of London for about £3 a day, less if you get a yearly card. Why would I spend a couple of thousand on JUST a bog standard car, not including everything you need to make it legit, when I couldn't drive through London without bbeing stuck in traffic and get slapped with congestion charges?

I live in a big city too, ese. The sixth largest in the nation, in fact. And just like L.A., Phoenix is notorious for it's traffic congestion. That shouldn't dissuade you from having a ride, ey.

And think of all the money you'd save on public transportation every year if you simply had a road machine. Plus, you wouldn't have to sit with a bunch of the shady characters that frequent subways; it would just be you in your car while listening to the music that you love so much. Orale!

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Why? Because I don't think; "I'm a guy, I need to buy and be into- cars."

Well that's too bad, homes. When you do finally have to buy a car, feel free to PM me for advice. I know everything about buying the right car with out getting ripped off buy some pinche joto car-salesman.

Originally posted by -hh-
weak year for hip hop in my opinion.

Agreed.

I don't think any other album can beat 10,000 Days, to be honest. There are other excellent albums, but it's a foregone conclusion. Unless Radiohead pull something out of the bag in the next month, which they won't.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
You're right; cosmetic features such as hydraulics, customized decals, paint jobs, undercarriage neon, and metal shoes are just wants. However, vital components and performance parts are necessary, and incindently that's what most car enthusiasts (and regular people for that matter) spend their money on when it comes to "car stuff".

As I said.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I don't know about that. You like certain genres more than I do. For ejemple: I hate metal and modern rock, but you love both styles. The genres that I love; I eat, sleep and breathe

Then why make such silly comments as CDs are worthless pieces of plastic? I don't buy them for the discs, I buy them for the music and to support the people making it, to have the art as they wanted me to have it. If you don't care about that, then there's a distinct lack in your appreciation of the art.

Anyone can love free shit.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Are you kidding, carnal? I know a lot about the love of music. I'm Mexican; music and dance have always been a very large part of life, as well as my culture.

I explained my reasoning for my beliefs above.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
But still, buying a CD when you only like 1 or 2 of the songs is not a healthy spending habit. Don't believe me?; ask any financial adviser.

For one; I don't often hear anything off the albums before I buy them ANYWAY.

Two; Because of that, there's a greater chance I'll like it all, because I've not gave any two songs more attention than the rest.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Yes, I expect any self-respecting man to know something about cars; both parts and vehicle models. I'm not saying that you need to be a C.A.T. (certified automotive technician) like me, but do your self a favor and learn something.

I'm comfortable enough in myself that I don't need to go around with a love for cars. That's remarkably insecure and I feel sorry for you.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I live in a big city too, ese. The sixth largest in the nation, in fact. And just like L.A., Phoenix is notorious for it's traffic congestion. That shouldn't dissuade you from having a ride, ey.

It doesn't. The fact that I have better things to spend my money on, does.

You own a car partially because you think you have to, I'm not subjected to that pressure, because I don't waste my money, which is what the debate is about. I don't need a car, so I won't spend a couple thousand and more on something I'll never use.

If someone wanted to give me a Porsche, I'd take it. I'm not out there wanting or needing a car, it's impractical.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
And think of all the money you'd save on public transportation every year if you simply had a road machine. Plus, you wouldn't have to sit with a bunch of the shady characters that frequent subways; it would just be you in your car while listening to the music that you love so much. Orale!

I've got an iPod and a lack of concern for people around me, trains and buses are fine. It's not just about saving cash, it's about practicality, you'd understood if you lived here.

I can walk to the nearest cinema in 15 minutes. My dad would have to take actual roads there, and it'd take longer.

-AC

AC, you should get a car, as Homer Simpson said, public transportation is for losers. And Homer is the ultimate authority on all things.

Besides, you can't look very Bond-like and suave when you're sitting on a shitty bus between some homeless guy and some psychopath going downtown to pick up his "fun towels", and across from some weirdo talking to himself about the Vietnam war.

Since I couldnt pick just one, heres my favorites of 06

Protest the Hero - Kezia
Tool - 10000 Days
Audioslave - Revelations

Meh. Most of my music purchases this year were pre-06 albums.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I don't think any other album can beat 10,000 Days, to be honest. There are other excellent albums, but it's a foregone conclusion. Unless Radiohead pull something out of the bag in the next month, which they won't.

Stadium Arcadium and Revelations are both better than 10,000 Days.

Fact.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
That's remarkably insecure and I feel sorry for you.

Being a car enthusiast makes a man insecure? Right.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Then why make such silly comments as CDs are worthless pieces of plastic?

I said they're overpriced, not "worthless". Two enirely different words.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
You own a car partially because you think you have to

No, I own one because I know I have to, ey. I need one in in order to function in my day-to-day life when commuting across the many miles of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It would make no sense to walk over a mile to the nearest grocery store and carry back all my bags on foot.

"...Every hard working American man should have a car."

-the great Henry Ford

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
If someone wanted to give me a Porsche

👆 Nice! What's your favorite Porsche model?

Me: the 1998 Porsche 996 Carerra-S.

I have a car, not because I should, or because I want to be a man, but because I hate public transportation, and like to have freedom to drive where I want when I want, and not have to go by the shitty bus schedule. For me it's nothing more than a way to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible.

Originally posted by BackFire
For me it's nothing more than a way to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible.

Well of course. That was the idea behind the invention.

To be fair, AC is right when he says that a car is a waste in London. The fines to drive downtown and elsewhere make it useless.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
And how is that relevant to anything I said? I was never referring to taste. I was referring to relevance. Released this year generally means THIS year. There's no point saying "My favourite album released this year was Purple Rain.".

Yes, that would be idiotic wouldn't it? But is that what I said? No, no it's not, is it? No it isn't.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Which is what I just said before. Why do you always do this?

Yes, you said it after I said it. Before you said they are irrelevant, because they don't have a wide enough scope. Didn't you?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
So if you are saying something I agree with, why continue? Oh, because you're being you.

I don't agree with you. What is your problem. I think I made my standpoint clear and it seems to be the opposite of the one you have.

AC: I think you can't have a decent scope if you only bought 2 or three albums this year.
Bardock: I think you have a sufficient scope for this thread if you only bought two or three albums this year.

What did you not get. I will try to help you out.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
You don't think scope matters, I think it's better to have one. Wherein are you finding difficulty?

That those are contradicting opinions, aren't they? They are. Aren't they. Floo? Are they? They are, right? We have different opinions and I believe mine is right in this case. Since it does not matter for this thread which is about "Your favourite Albums released in 2006" how many albums released in 2006 you heard as long as you heard one.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
No problem here. You, once again, decided to put forth your unknowingly agreeing argument and not take the time to realise that we more or less agree on all of it, except scope and variation, which I said myself was a personal suggestion, not a fact.

Wrong. I stated from the beginning what part I disagree on. That we might agree on abortion is of no matter. We disagree on something you said in this thread. Why do you have a problem to comprehend thatß Our views are different. That's why we argue not because I want to argue with you and not because I misunderstood what you said, only because we disagree on an issue, minor as it may be.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
We don't need to argue. You think they can, I don't think they can. It doesn't matter why we think that, they're personal choices.

Of course we don't need to argue. But I like to give reasons why I think as I think as I might be able to convince others to believe what I believe is right as well. And I wouldn't really say they are personal choices.
You say "I believe that a bigger scope is better", which I don't doubt you do, so I don't disagree with that you believe it. I disagree with what you believe. Which I find wrong as it is of no matter in this thread.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
As I've proven once more, you weren't disagreeing a whole lot, just being attention starved.

-AC

Wow, wow, easy there cowboy. You didn't prove anything. You tried to twist my words. But I assume it is obvious that a) there is a disagreement and b) that I am right.

cars suck

ANY SELF RESPECTIN MAN KNOWZ ABOUT CARZ

what a **** view on self respect..

Originally posted by BackFire
I have a car, not because I should, or because I want to be a man, but because I hate public transportation, and like to have freedom to drive where I want when I want, and not have to go by the shitty bus schedule. For me it's nothing more than a way to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible.

Think of the O-O-O-Zone, man. Think of that, man. Think of that.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Stadium Arcadium and Revelations are both better than 10,000 Days.

Fact.

In other news: Spurs are good.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
In other news: Spurs are good.

They are. One of the best nowadays. Won the Championship thrice in the last 7 years.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Being a car enthusiast makes a man insecure? Right.

I said they're overpriced, not "worthless". Two enirely different words.

No, I own one because I know I have to, ey. I need one in in order to function in my day-to-day life when commuting across the many miles of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It would make no sense to walk over a mile to the nearest grocery store and carry back all my bags on foot.

"...Every hard working American man should have a car."

-the great Henry Ford

👆 Nice! What's your favorite Porsche model?

Me: the 1998 Porsche 996 Carerra-S.

I don't want a car, that about settles that.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Yes, you said it after I said it. Before you said they are irrelevant, because they don't have a wide enough scope. Didn't you?

No, I have always held this opinion. You simply took my wording far too literally. I said "They can't...", but I didn't mean they literally are incapable of having an opinion. You took it too literally.

Originally posted by Bardock42
I don't agree with you. What is your problem. I think I made my standpoint clear and it seems to be the opposite of the one you have.

AC: I think you can't have a decent scope if you only bought 2 or three albums this year.
Bardock: I think you have a sufficient scope for this thread if you only bought two or three albums this year.

What did you not get. I will try to help you out.

Well the fact is, two or three albums isn't really massive variation. My personal opinion is that it's a bit stupid entering this discussion with said limited scope, if you don't believe that's the case, then fine. They can do as they wish. They're not incapable, I just don't think it's the best option.

My points are clear, you're just trying to be silly.

Originally posted by Bardock42
That those are contradicting opinions, aren't they? They are. Aren't they. Floo? Are they? They are, right? We have different opinions and I believe mine is right in this case. Since it does not matter for this thread which is about "Your favourite Albums released in 2006" how many albums released in 2006 you heard as long as you heard one.

Of course they're not. You don't believe it matters how many albums someone has heard, and if we're being anally literal, you're correct, I never doubted that. When I said "They can't", I meant it from a practical sense.

If you are saying what your FAVOURITE album is, then you don't need to have heard more than one album, although I'd personally recommend that you do.

I was more talking to the people who come in and say "Nothing can touch..." so and so, without having heard more than one album. If you personally think an album is your favourite of the year, fine, but don't go saying it's better than any other album.

There's a difference between: "Evanescence was my favourite.", and "Evanescence new album is the best of all albums this year." if you actually didn't buy any others, because you have nothing to compare to.

I'm not sure why you're so upset about this. I merely said it was better, in my opinion, to have a scope of variation when discussing the years albums. You don't, I do.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Of course we don't need to argue. But I like to give reasons why I think as I think as I might be able to convince others to believe what I believe is right as well. And I wouldn't really say they are personal choices.
You say "I believe that a bigger scope is better", which I don't doubt you do, so I don't disagree with that you believe it. I disagree with what you believe. Which I find wrong as it is of no matter in this thread.

The difference is that you wish to try and convince others to think as you do. I'd rather not do that.

Ok, so you disagree with me saying a bigger scope is better, in my opinion. What now? You've told me you disagree and why, I've told you many times why I believe as I do. What's left to debate? If all of this is because you're trying to convince me to think as you do, which I now realise it is, then you should stop.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Wow, wow, easy there cowboy. You didn't prove anything. You tried to twist my words. But I assume it is obvious that a) there is a disagreement and b) that I am right.

A) There's no right or wrong on this issue, they're personal choices. I can simply counter you by saying that I disagree, and the only thing you can do is try to make me agree with you, which isn't going to happen.

B) You make the idiotic mistake of not only explaining your disagreement, but trying to debate with a view to making others agree. If you take the stance that you believe you are factually correct on all counts, then I feel sorry for you.

-AC

You are right, there is nothing left to debate. We both made out points clear. No need to argue anymore. Lets get back to the topic.

My favourite this year, I decided, is indeed....

Morrissey's Ringleader of the Tormentors.

too $hort - da $hort factor
method man - tical 5.63: raiders of da lost ark
dr. dre - detox
biggie n tupac - bruvaz in ressurrexion (da prequel)
the fugees feat lauryn hill - lauryns solo (feat lauryn hill)

Liars- Drum's Not Dead
Sonic Youth- Rather Ripped
Tool- 10,000 Days
Girl Talk- Night Ripper
Bright Eyes- Noise Floor
Sufjan Stevens- The Avalanche