

Could be an interesting concept when done correctly but with these guys you expect groundbreaking and this is far from it. Nothing has kind of an old-timey feel to it. When the boys got back together 4 years later there was no longer a market for them. But then Pharrell went down the solo path recording with Snoop Dogg ("Beautiful") and putting out his own album. is one of the greatest debut albums ever and Fly or Die had a huge hit in "She Wants to Move". Of course the adoration wasn't completely undeserved. But then the world heard Pharrell's falsetto and girls everywhere swooned and people mistook popularity for quality. Truth be told, the hope for this group was always based on Pharrell and Chad Hugo's production skills as The Neptunes. They're past the initial lovefest when everyone is jumping on their bandwagon as the next great thing. is well beyond the stage in their careers where they sell 100,000 records in one week. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur LifeĤ. Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EPĨ. Without any further ado, here are my Top 20 Albums of 2010.ġ6.

This year I felt I was able to hone in on the genre and overall feel of the music I wanted to cover thereby leading to a much clearer year-end list.

I had just started this blog in July '09 and had a very broad idea of what I wanted to do here. It seems like just yesterday I was ranking the best albums of 2009 and here we are again.
