| 5.0 classic |
| 2Pac Me Against the World |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
Progression. This word is often overlooked by many artists on a major label in an effort to break out on the pop charts. Progression is what makes the musical world go round, it's what keeps us from thinking that swing is still the most anti-establishment thing around, and it produces masterpieces.
At the Drive-In understands progression. They went from an unskilled, emotional bunch of teenagers on their first few recordings, to the genre defining post-hardcore band enjoyed by millions of loyal listeners, all while making it big. They didn't sacrifice their sound, and that should be a lesson to certain post-hardcore bands nowadays (everysingleonetobemorespecific).
Besides that, their music can only be described as gut wrenching. The rapid fire bass lines and creative rhythm guitars are great, but the real star is Cedric's vocals and Jim's backup vocals. From the first inaudible scream of "BEWARE" on Arcarsenal, you will know why this is a classic album. |
| cLOUDDEAD Ten |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| dredg El Cielo |
| Embrace (US) Embrace |
| Fugazi 13 Songs |
| Husker Du New Day Rising |
| I Hate Myself 10 Songs |
This album stands out as one of the best emocore recordings of all time. It mixes the soft-loud mechanics of Fugazi with the intense frenzy of Rites of Spring and can be as beautiful as any of Sunny Day Real Estate's strongest moments.
I would make passionate love to this music. |
| J Dilla Donuts |
| Minor Threat Complete Discography |
| Pete Rock Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Rites of Spring End on End |
| Television Marquee Moon |
| The Evens Get Evens |
| The Evens are an expressive two piece consisting of Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina, both Washington D.C. musicians. Ian plays baritone guitar and Amy plays the drums, and they both sing, though the sound is so full it's hard to tell they're a two piece. The guitar is clean and punk influenced with lapses into jazz and post hardcore. Ian's singing is controlled and even angelic at times and Amy's voice is astounding, and the lyrics are straightforward but beautiful; the vocals are nearly the highlight of the band. But the real star is the controlled, tight, expressive atmosphere. This is a must hear band. |
| The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| Yes Close to the Edge |
| 4.5 superb |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory |
| AFI The Art of Drowning |
| AFI Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes |
| Alkaline Trio Maybe I'll Catch Fire |
| Antioch Arrow In Love with Jetts/The Lady Is a Cat |
| At the Drive-In This Station Is Non-Operational |
| At the Drive-In Acrobatic Tenement |
| Avenged Sevenfold Waking The Fallen |
| Bad Brains Black Dots |
| Bear vs. Shark Right Now You're in the Best of Hands |
| Bear vs. Shark Terrorhawk |
| Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique |
| Beastie Boys Ill Communication |
| Blindside Blindside |
| blink-182 Enema Of The State |
| Boredoms Super Ae |
| Braid The Age of Octeen |
| This album is in a long line of albums made by Braid, and I think it's one of their best. As far as crunchy, fast, sporadic emo goes, this band is one of the bast. I think it has a lot of stand out songs, and the lyrics are just great. Must have. |
| Braid Frame & Canvas |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Camel Mirage |
| Circa Survive Juturna |
| Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo |
| City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar |
| cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD |
| Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade |
| Comus First Utterance |
| Consequence Don't Quit Your Day Job |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory |
| Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables |
| Dr. Dre The Chronic |
| El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead |
| Elliott Smith Elliott Smith |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full |
| Eric B and Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique |
| From First to Last Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count |
| Fugazi The Argument |
| Germs M.I.A.: The Complete Anthology |
| Germs (GI) |
| Ghostface Killah Ironman |
| Glassjaw Worship and Tribute |
| Gray Matter Thog |
| GZA Liquid Swords |
| Hey Mercedes Loses Control |
| HORSE the band R. Borlax |
| Husker Du Zen Arcade |
| Ice Cube Death Certificate |
| Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted |
| Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 1 |
| Jawbreaker Dear You |
| Jeff Buckley Grace (Legacy Edition) |
| Justice † |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Ledbetter Heights |
| M.I.A. Kala |
| Mastodon Blood Mountain |
| Mates of State Re-Arrange Us |
| Maximillian Colby Discography |
| Metallica ...And Justice For All |
| Minor Threat Live at DC Space/Buff Hall/9:30 Club |
| Minor Threat First Demo Tape |
| Minor Threat Out of Step |
| Minor Threat In My Eyes |
| Minor Threat Minor Threat |
| Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime |
| Mos Def Black on Both Sides |
| Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton |
| New York Dolls New York Dolls |
| No Cash Run Your Pockets |
| Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| Pearl Jam Ten |
| Pixies Surfer Rosa |
| Prince Purple Rain |
| Protest the Hero Kezia |
| Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet |
| Q and Not U Power |
| Quicksand Quicksand |
| Rites of Spring Rites of Spring |
| Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. 2 |
| Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings |
| Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers |
| RZA Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai |
| Shudder To Think Pony Express Record |
| Sleepytime Trio Memory Minus |
| Snoop Dogg Doggystyle |
| Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb |
| Sublime Sublime |
| Sublime 40 Oz. to Freedom |
| Sublime Robbin' the Hood |
| Swing Kids Discography |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| The Aquabats The Fury of the Aquabats! |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul |
| The Cure Disintegration |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Irony Is a Dead Scene |
| The Evens The Evens |
| The Fall of Troy Doppelganger |
| The Fall of Troy Ghostship Demos |
| The Locust Plague Soundscapes |
| The Locust New Erections |
| The Mae Shi Heartbeeps |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium |
| The Roots Things Fall Apart |
| The Thermals Fuckin' A |
| The Thermals are one of those bands that don't have to be over complex to be good. The songs are basically power chords with really deep bass and really chunky, high end guitars and a singer that has a mesmerizing voice. What keeps the album from being a 5 is that the songs are semi-repetitive and have been done before. But still, it was a superb album. |
| Thrice The Illusion of Safety |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance |
| Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land |
| X (USA) Los Angeles |
