We kick off our final week of Best of 2011 coverage with our Top 10 Free Downloads of the Year.
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January 23rd 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Free Downloads of the Year
January 18th 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Kwes’ Albums of the Year
For our next guest list we asked the author of our new column Letters From The Front, Kwes, to tell us his favourite five tracks of the last year.
January 17th 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Andy Cooper’s Albums of the Year
For the first time we’re going to allow our favourite artists have a say on their favourite artists. So before we finish up with our album of the year list, let’s hear what others thought of the past 12 months in music. First off, Ugly Duckling’s Andy Cooper.
Who could forget 2011? A year filled with, um, well, there was that one time when, uh…darn, I don’t remember anything. after 365 days, it can all become a blur but, somehow, I do recall some really good music so as I groove my way into 2012, I would like to submit my favorite albums of 2011 in no particular order…
January 9th 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Tracks of the Year (Final 10)
Before we move onto our albums and free downloadable of the year (along with a few guestlists), we’ve got the little matter of our top 10 tracks of 2011.
January 6th 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Tracks of the Year (20-11)
The bar is raised incredibly high in our penultimate entry for the Tracks of 2011.
January 4th 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Tracks of the Year (30-21)
We continue our countdown of the top 50 tracks of 2011 with those just outside the top 20.
January 4th 2012 Lesson Six Original
Best of 2011: Tracks of the Year (40-31)
We continue our countdown of the top 50 tracks of 2011 with those just outside the top 30.
January 2nd 2012 Lesson Six Original
The Best of 2011: Tracks of the Year (41-50)
This time last year we had to extend our 2010 tracks of the year just to give everyone credit for a great year in music. It turns out, that 2011 was no slouch either and over the next week on the site, we’ll hopefully prove that with more tracks in our recap of 2011 in Cliché-Free Hip-Hop. So with that being said, here’s numbers 50 to 41 in our tracks of the year countdown.
December 20th 2011 Lesson Six Original
Letters From The Front: The Substance and Substance Abuse of Stoner-Swag Rap
If late 80′s and early 90′s gangster rap is to be viewed in the context Reaganomics and the plague of crack cocaine, mid 00′s conspiracy rap in the context of the paranoia and hysterics of our so-called post-9/11 world, then the 10′s stoner swag rap should be viewed in the context of the pessimism which followed the 2008 economic crisis. The near-implosion of free market economics had a profound impact on a culture obsessed with consumption and the music known for glorifying it. With the current economic outlook murky and the future uncertain, people would rather get high and not think about it. That being said, I am simply not high enough on (insert drug here) to truly appreciate the the majority of buzz-generating stoner swag rappers and their music. They exist on a frequency of zoned-out that I rarely-if-ever get, so there is a chance that I may never be able to determine their value or merit. I don’t know if I’ve ever been “on one” and maybe I never will. And maybe that’s sad, but I’ve got responsibilities and bills to be paid.
December 16th 2011 Lesson Six Original
Lead Out: Jeff Spec’s Specnology
Lead Out is a new feature were we talk to artists who have recently released an album. In the first week we talk to Vancouver MC, Jeff Spec, to find out more about his recently released album Specnology. Which, if you haven’t listened to, get on this.
