the votes are in, the numbers have been crunched and the records have been obsessed over. here, in no particular order, is our comprehensive list of the best albums of 2023.the physical booklet of our top albums & films of the year is available in store for free! what did we get wrong?
The one and only Madvillain album has two eccentric hip-hop geniuses pushing each other to a peak of weirdo virtuosity: rapper MF Doom and producer Madlib. Doom started in the underrated Long Island crew KMD, but he became a cult figure on his own, a mysterious supervillain in a metal mas...
The decade has brought us major-label blockbusters, indie favorites, the world’s greatest Geocities gem, and more. Here are some of the best albums the 2020s have had to offer. By PitchforkOctober 1, 2024 Play/Pause Button Image by Chris Panicker ...
Undeniably prolific by 2014, he’d amassed a cult fanbase but most of the world didn’t yet know him. DSU, his fifth proper album as Alex G, changed this. Self-recorded in his Philadelphia home, the characters in its 13 songs are often bleak—lovesick fatalists, regretful junkies, and...
Let It Be is the highlight in a catalogue of cult-classic albums — a coming-of-age album both in terms of the record’s lyrical themes and the band’s musical ambitions. From the blistering Favorite Thing to the forward-thinking and beautifully plaintive Androgynous, newcomers will have ...
sent the group on a nu metal course after the success of their two previous alt metal albums. The record was certified five-times platinum in the United States and yielded a slew of awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for “Got the Life” for Best Rock Video and Best Editing. Growl...
Hip Hop Cocktail Book,by Blue Monday Press, is an illustrated drink recipe book that takes inspiration from the rap game. The book features cult-favorite cocktail recipes inspired by Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, The Beastie Boys, Ghostface Killah, Ludacris, Tone Loc, Kanye West, Lil’ Kim, ...
For the past four years, the Impose Top 50 Albums of the Year list has gone unranked. Instead of a countdown, the albums featured have been listed in alphabetical order. This has slightly irked some of our readers, and we hear you. I mean, if you’re gonna do year-end best-of piec...
(not to mention 15 studio albums, a few comps, and dozens upon dozens of singles and features). For many fans, the first remains the best, a funny, movie-length ode to drugs, guns, the South, and everything that comes with it. Songs like “745” and “Swing My Door” made it a...
making one of the most famous albums in history, amid one of the most infamous pop group break-ups in history. Following up his last "history brought to life" film, "They Shall Not Grow Old," director Peter Jackson uses freshly remastered, never-before-seen footage shot by Michael Lindsay...