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I listened to over 400 albums, LP’s and EP’s in 2017. I wanted to share my list and experience with you.
Hi reddit,
Initially this started out as a typical 365 Albums in 365 Days challenge. We’ve seen them before haven’t we? You’ve probably even tried one yourself I imagine. I enjoy keeping lists, and tracking what I do over a particular. I already keep a list of what films I watch throughout a year, what books I’ve read, and so on. It only made sense for me to track the albums I listen to, and that’s how I ended up doing the challenge. However, I found myself also listening to a wide range of shorter EP’s and LP’s.
When listening to EP’s it felt a bit like cheating. How could I justify listening to a 15 minute EP one day, and listen to a 3-hour triple-LP the next? I couldn’t, so to make it a bit fairer I increased the target to 400, and then to 430 which I was able to hit just after Christmas.
Please note that this is just a silly little project that I would like to share with you all, I don't take music all that seriously, nor do I judge other's for their music tastes, I used to do this privately as a teenager but realised how much of a dense motherfucker I was, so doing this list has allowed me to come full circle in that regard.
Below is a list of everything I listened to, but before that I should get into some context about my musical taste and some general notes on the list. I would advise reading these before jumping straight into the list, just so you have an idea of what to expect.
Notes on the list So I listen to a wide variety of music, I don’t generally stick to one genre, although like anyone, I do have my favourites and preferences and this will become obvious as the list goes on. For context, my favourite genres (I’m going to deliberately cast a very wide net here) range from electronic, jazz, hard rock, metal, electro-swing, blues/roots rock and punk. Again, I would like to stress this is deliberately vague and a wide net just to give you a general idea of what I like and what to expect to find in the list. I know reddit is home to some the world's greatest pedants but I'm not going to debate if deadmau5 is progressive house, tech house or two-step-inspired-80s-funk-disco-big-beat. It doesn't matter to me.
I will be the first to admit that there is a lack of some genres in this list, most notably hip-hop, especially compared to other genres. I’m a 26-year old white male from the UK countryside, I’m not exactly the first person you’d expect to listen to rap and grime and stuff Although I will admit, as the list goes on that number does start to grow - I will come back to this shortly.
I should also provide a greater context for the start of the list, and why it starts out the way it does. Throughout 2016 I spent a large portion of the year listening to the back catalogue of Miles Davis. He has dozens of albums and I spent a huge chunk of the previous year going through them. You can actually see this in action at the very start with the three albums, Sorcerer, Nerfititi and Filles de Kilimanjaro all being played in a row right at the start. These were the last three of his major label albums I needed to listen to, so it kinda spilled over into 2017 I guess. The first album, Nearness, was nominated for best Jazz Instrumental Album in the Grammy’s back in January so I just saw that as a simple place to start I guess.
How was I able to do this? Well I started the year working a part-time job in a small office, virtually by myself, I was essentially the only person in the office 80% of the time, and it allowed me to build up a huge collection of music to listen to. From dear favourites, to albums I probably should have already heard. (I will explain how I complied this shortly) I would work 6-hours a day, which if you include 40-minute-there-and-back commute allowed me to listen to as many as 7 albums/EP’s in a day, although this didn’t always happen.
I also figured I could listen to a lot of albums in the gym, which I ended up doing. I would handpick more suitable, faster, more aggressive albums which didn’t always work- Snuff by Slipknot coming on in the middle of a great workout is an immediate hype-killer, albeit a lovely song. From August I switched jobs, and so the list slowed down considerably, but by that point I had already amassed 250 listens. The rest would be listened to in the gym, at home, or via my new 50-minute commute. I also listened to a lot of audiobooks in this time, I probably could have got close to 500 if I was even more dedicated.
My methods of finding, storing and listening to albums simply came down to using spotify, specifically the Discover Weekly, Release Radar and Related Artists sections. I know this sounds like a bit of a shill, but I couldn’t believe how useful these tools are. My advice to anyone who is looking to find new bands/artists to listen to go to your favourite band’s spotify/deezetidal/apple music page and go through their related artists till you find one you like. Then go through their related artists pages, and so on. It starts slowly at first but as your tastes develop you begin to find more things you like, you understand them better, and learn to know what you like - classic example, I don’t like post-hardcore music. I just don’t like ‘shouty metal’ as I call it (there are a few odd exceptions, like anything but I generally don’t go in for it). However, as it turned out, I kinda like it when it’s a female vocalist doing it. I really enjoyed the sounds of Blood Command and Sumo Cyco for instance. Yes, I understand that these bands aren't 'post-hardcore' for you genre-pedants out there.
So, what did I learn/find out? Going chronologically is that I’ve learned to love Metal again. For years I dismissed it as shouty, over-indulgent noise but finding bands that blur the line between rock and metal, as well as the weird and wonderful. In March I stumbled across Ghost and absolutely fell in love with them. The Satanic thing is of course a fun gimmick but I love the pop-filtered metal sound. It was exactly what I wanted. I really, really love the album Meliora. I’d also second this to the various symphonic-metal bands, particularly Nightwish and Within Temptation. Dark Passion Play and Hydra have quickly become all-time favourites. I could go on but I’m sure you metalheads will be able to find what you’re looking for in the list.
Secondly, I learned to appreciate Kanye. So what you want about him as a person, his musical creations are phenomenal. I greatly adore his later work (MBDTF, Yeezus and TLOP) Yeezus in particular is another all-time favourite. I’m indifferent on the first three albums which I know is going to shock some people, they’re fine albums but I just prefer the later stuff.
Third, I learned to like Grime. I always held off on it but after sampling the likes of Skepta, Stormzy and a few others I learned that when they bang, there is nothing else like it. This can be seen towards the final third/back end of the list. I know
grime might not agree as a whole but Gangs Signs and Prayer was one of the best albums I heard from 2017, and if I were to do this list in 2018, there’d likely be more Grime present.
Fourth, King Gizz are just amazing. End of. Just wanted to get that one out there. I’ll likely be starting 2018 with Gumboot Soup.
Lastly, I wanted to do this to prove to myself that I really can learn to enjoy all kinds of different music, from a huge spectrum, and so can you. If you go in with an open mind you can appreciate all sorts of bands and artists, I looked forward to listening to even the most weird and experimental and I guess ‘challenging’ of music.
Speaking of which, I would just like to point out that I only failed to finish two albums off this list:
Toxicity by System of a Down and Sold Out by DJ Paypal. I just found SOAD to be annoying and frankly they just don’t click with me, although I have heard some of Serj’s other work which is great, I think I turned it off with about 4 songs left. Sorry SOAD fans, I see the appeal but it just simply didn’t click for me, it happens sometimes. The latter (Sold Out) just wasn’t very good in my opinion so I turned it off after about 10 or 15 minutes. It felt like it was put together by someone who didn’t understand how to compose music, like at all. There were maybe 3 or 4 other albums I turned off before finishing but I didn’t write these down.
That’s enough from me, if you would like to know more about the list, or have any more specific questions or what I thought of a particular band/artist/song/album, ask away! Here is the list:
- Nearness - Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
- Vikings - New Politics
- New Politics - New Politics
- Sorcerer - Miles Davis
- Nerfititi - Miles Davis
- Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis
- The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Miles Davis
- The Storm - Tech N9ne
- Nonagon Infinity - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- 10 Ways To Steal Home Plate - Wolfgang Gartner
- American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
- Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
- Elvis Presley - Elvis
- The College Dropout - Kanye West
- Late Registration - Kanye West
- Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
- A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
- La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Naught - Stolen Babies
- It Flew By - Electric Swing Circus
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
- Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
- Reset - Flying Lotus
- Chulahoma- The Black Keys
- Graduation - Kanye West
- Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
- Disc-Overy - Tinie Tempah
- For Lack of a Better Name - deadmau5
- BLVCK MVGIC - Kill the Noise
- To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
- Yeezus - Kanye West
- Giant Steps - John Coltrane
- Be Here Now - Oasis
- Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans Trio
- Thrust - Herbie Hancock
- Escape from Electric Mountain - Feed Me
- Watch the Throne - Jay-Z/Kanye West
- Animals - Pink Floyd
- Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Slipknot - Slipknot
- The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
- High Visceral, Pt 1 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Roosevelt - Roosevelt
- Collide - Colleen D'agostino
- Human - Rag n Bone Man
- Float Along-Fill Your Lungs - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
- The Fall - Gorillaz
- Lucid Dreams - Antiloops
- Random Album Title - deadmau5
- Iowa - Slipknot
- Under Stars - Amy MacDonald
- Live Life Living - Example
- Dumb Blood - VANT
- A Bad Girl in Harlem - New Politics
- Human After All - Daft Punk
- Once - Nightwish
- Drunk - Thundercat
- Idle Moments - Grant Green
- Flying Microtonal Banana - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Pure Heroine - Lorde
- Country for Old Men - John Schofield
- Divide - Ed Sheeran
- Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses - Slipknot
- Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against the Machine
- Opus Eponymous - Ghost
- I See You - The xx
- Different Creatures - Circa Waves
- The Evolution of Man - Example
- Stuff I used to do - deadmau5
- The New Vice - Otherkin
- Channel The Spirits - The Comet is Coming
- All Hope is Gone - Slipknot
- Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
- Infestissumam - Ghost
- Everything's Beautiful - Robert GlaspeMiles Davis
- Pattern + Grid World - Flying Lotus
- Ascension: Edition I - John Coltrane
- Jazz Samba - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
- Midnight Menu - TOKiMONSTA
- Study Guide - Question and Freddie Joachim
- Don't You Wanna - The Amazons
- Imaginaerum - Nightwish
- Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
- A/B - Kaleo
- Young Blindness - The Murlocs
- Rough Cuts - Parov Stelar
- Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
- The 201 - Otherkin
- Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin
- Zawadi - Kimyan Law
- Settle - Disclosure
- Perceptions of Pacha - Goldfish
- To The Stars - Feed Me
- Playing in the Shadows - Example
- Introducing Christian Scott - Christian Scott
- The Balcony - Catfish and the Bottlemen
- 808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West
- The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- Weather Report - Weather Report
- 2112 - Rush
- The Day is My Enemy - The Prodigy
- Meliora - Ghost
- Venice - Anderson Paak
- Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
- Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
- Cosmic Intoxication - TOKiMONSTA
- xx - The xx
- Skin - Flume
- DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
- Angels Fall First - Nightwish
- Roots and Herbs - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- This is the Life - Amy MacDonald
- Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
- Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down
- Sub Focus - Sub Focus
- Los Angeles - Flying Lotus
- Oceanborn- Nightwish
- The Burning Spider - Parov Stelar
- 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - Green Day
- Last Evenings on Earth - Melt Yourself Down
- Split the Atom - Nosia
- Cult Drugs - Blood Command
- Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
- Humanz - Gorillaz
- ROCKISDEAD - Dorothy
- Bishop Briggs - Bishop Briggs
- Sophisticated Ignorance - Kronic
- Out of the Pit - Kobra and the Lotus
- Lazers Not Included - Wilkinson
- Prophecy - The Comet is Coming
- Century Child - Nightwish
- Black Focus - Yussef Kamaal
- Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
- Time Machine - The Tazers
- Wish I Had An Angel - Nightwish
- Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers
- Money Sucks, Friends Rule - Dillon Francis
- Five Inches of a Car Accident - Blood Command
- Desiderium - TOKiMONSTA
- Mister Asylum - Highly Suspect
- Get Busy Living - Goldfish
- House of Gold & Bones Pt 1 - Stone Sour
- Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future - Underworld
- Blue and Lonesome - The Rolling Stones
- III - Moderat
- Smokin' At The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery
- Blue Train - John Coltrane Sextet
- Willoughby's Beach - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
- channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
- The Life of Pablo - Kanye West
- FOREVE - TOKiMONSTA
- The Unforgiving - Within Temptation
- Currents - Lux Pacific
- Amaranthe - Amaranthe
- Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine
- Kobra and the Lotus - Kobra and the Lotus
- Ascension: Edition II - John Coltrane
- Polygon - Battle Tapes
- 12 Bar Bruise - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Red Light Fix - The Dirty Youth
- The Invisible Girl - Parov Stelar
- You’re Invited - Gavin Turek & TOKiMONSTA
- Paradise - Lana Del Rey
- Canvas - Robert Glasper
- Ghostclocks - Blood Command
- Hypnotic - Wilkinson
- Spectrum - Billy Cobham
- The Amazons - The Amazons
- Lonerism- Tame Impala
- Exchange - The JuJu
- Ah Um - Charles Mingus
- Fanfares - GoGo Penguin
- House of Gold & Bones Pt 2 - Stone Sour
- Torus - Sub Focus
- Love in the 4th Dimension - The Big Moon
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans Trio
- Arcade Fire (EP) - Arcade Fire
- Radio Moscow - Radio Moscow
- The Ride - Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Chapter 7 - Ezra Collective
- End of an Era - Nightwish
- All Killer, No Filler - Sum 41
- Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
- Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
- We're All Mad Here - Tut Tut Child
- Feed Me's Family Reunion- Feed Me
- The Black Halo - Kamelot
- Chuck - Chuck Berry
- Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
- I LOVE JAN LUNDGREN TRIO - Jan Lundgren Trio
- Enema of the State - blink-182
- Hard Normal Daddy - Squarepusher
- Are You Satisfied? - Slaves
- If You Have Ghost - Ghost
- High Priestess - Kobra and the Lotus
- How Did We Get So Dark? - Royal Blood
- Melodrama - Lorde
- Slowdive - Slowdive
- Young Chasers - Circa Waves
- Different Gear, Still Speeding - Beady Eye
- If You Wait - London Grammar
- The English Riviera - Metronomy
- Malibu - Anderson Paak
- In Utero - Nirvana
- Starfucker - STRFKR
- Nubya's 5ive - Nubya Garcia
- Gravity X - Truckfighters
- Oddments - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- On The Corner - Miles Davis
- Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Animalia- Mammal Hands
- Space is the Place - Sun Ra
- Coexist - The xx
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- Death to the Planet - The Comet is Coming
- Does This Look Infected? - Sum 41
- In Search Of... - N.E.R.D
- Somewhere in Between - Braxton Cook
- Welcome Reality - Nero
- Design Your Universe - Epica
- Mars Red Sky - Mars Red Sky
- Box of Secrets - Blood Red Shoes
- Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler
- An Awesome Wave - alt-J
- The Boy Who Died Wolf - Highly Suspect
- Maybes - Mount Kimbie
- Sketch on Glass - Mount Kimbie
- New Eyes - Clean Bandit
- Every Valley - Public Service Broadcasting
- Theatre of Dimensions- Xandria
- Music For An Accelerated Culture - Hadouken!
- Diaspora - Christian Scott
- Feed Me’s Psychedelic Journey - Feed Me
- Extended Play - Baby Strange
- The Shadow Self - Tarja
- Keep Moving On - Friends In Tokyo
- Wisdom of Elders - Shabaka and the Ancestors
- I Sing The Body Electric - Weather Report
- Sold Out - DJ Paypal
- The Nothing - The Last Dinosaur
- XIII - Mushroomhead
- Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
- Saint Cecilia - Foo Fighters
- Prohibition Swing - Lyre Le Temps
- Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
- White Noise - The Living End
- Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall
- The Shape of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
- The Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES
- Loopholes - The Murlocs
- Toys - Crewdson
- Form - Battle Tapes
- Paper Mâché Dream Balloon - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
- Coeur Calme- Kimyan Law
- Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
- Know No Better - Major Lazer
- Superunknown - Soundgarden
- Prevail I - Kobra and the Lotus
- Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Miles Davis & Milt Jackson
- Dim Lit - Polar Bear
- SBTRKT - SBTRKT
- Miles Davis And Horns - Miles Davis
- Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) - Metronomy
- Born For This - 7kingz
- Dedication: The Start - 7kingz
- Dedication: The Finish - 7kingz
- After Laughter - Paramore
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Nightwish
- Overly Dedicated- Kendrick Lamar
- The Silent Force - Within Temptation
- Go Plastic - Squarepusher
- Royal Deluxe - Royal Deluxe
- Straight Outta Burbank - Stone Sour
- Cult of the New Beat - Blood Command
- Make Rock Great Again - Kaiser Franz Josef
- Midnight Cometh - Wo Fat
- Phi - Truckfighters
- Hacktivist - Hacktivist
- Enter - Within Temptation
- The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam - Thundercat
- Devil Electric - Devil Electric
- Sketches of Brunswick East - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard/Mild High Club
- … For The Whole World To See - Death
- The New Sounds - Miles Davis
- Demonstration - Tinie Tempah
- The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch
- Together, As One - Dinosaur
- God Save the Teen - Strange Bones
- The Quantum Enigma - Epica
- Stone Sour - Stone Sour
- We The Rats - Strange Bones
- In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
- One Day As A Lion EP - One Day As A Lion
- Mother Earth - Within Temptation
- Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes
- She’s Here Now - Estrons
- Experience - The Prodigy
- Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
- Headspin - Black Honey
- Music is Rotted One Note - Squarepusher
- color & monochrome - bohemianvoodoo/Fox Capture Plan
- Ouroboros - Ruby the Hatchet
- Call Him A Doctor - GFOTY
- Section 80 - Kendrick Lamar
- Falling Into Pieces - Black Casino and the Ghost
- Born For This - Royal Deluxe
- Whip It On - The Ravonettes
- How to be a Human Being - Glass Animals
- Concrete and Gold - Foo Fighters
- Mania - Truckfighters
- Please Please Me - The Beatles
- Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan Sextet
- Nuclear Blast (Bonus) - Nightwish
- Hand Us The Alpha Male - Blood Command
- Legendary EP - Welshly Arms
- War is the Answer - Five Finger Death Punch
- Save Yourself - SBTRKT
- Gold Dust - The Dirty Youth
- AVĪCI (01) - Avicii
- The Holographic Principle - Epica
- Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
- Budakhan Mindphone - Squarepusher
- Come What(ever) May - Stone Sour
- color & monochrome 2 - bohemianvoodoo/Fox Capture Plan
- The Heart of Everything- Within Temptation
- What Am I Going To Do With Everything I Know? - The Weather Station
- Gang Signs and Prayer - Stormzy
- Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
- XX - Dawnbringer
- Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
- Time and Space - Moses Boyd
- Companion - Braids
- Hailey Tuck - Hailey Tuck
- Halestorm - Halestorm
- Voodoo Swing - The Vaude Villainz
- Boiling Point - Tech N9ne
- Join the Q - The Qemists
- As You Were - Liam Gallagher
- Heliocentrics x GLK - Heliocentrics/Gaslamp Killer
- Harmony of Difference - Kamasi Washington
- Cardinal - Pinegrove
- EP - BARTEK
- Konnichiwa - Skepta
- The Decline of British Sea Power - British Sea Power
- Swagger - Flogging Molly
- The Decline - NOFX
- Hydra - Within Temptation
- In A Beautiful Place Out in the Country - Boards of Canada
- Popestar - Ghost
- A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo - Feed Me
- Snake EP - P Money
- Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
- Lost in Translation - New Politics
- The Social Network - Trent ReznoAtticus Ross
- Frost/Nixon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer
- Party All the Way to the Hospital - Blood Command
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Original Score) - Tyler Bates
- No Roots - Alice Merton
- Audio Secrecy - Stone Sour
- Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer
- USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) - New World Alphabet
- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- Back to the Future - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Danger Twins - Danger Twins
- For The Masses - Hadouken!
- S/T - Gost
- Toys - Broken & Remixed - Crewdson
- Muscle Museum - Muse
- Covers EP - Welshy Arms
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- The Storm - ZZ Ward
- Til The Casket Drops - ZZ Ward
- Lun - Destiny Potato
- Dual - Sampha
- Snake EP 2 - P Money
- Toxicity - System of a Down
- 13 Voices - Sum 41
- Uh Huh - Danger Twins
- Idiom - Joe Armon-Jones/Maxwell Owin
- Valley of the Snake - Ruby The Hatchet
- Petals - Darlia
- No Bullshit - Avelino
- So In Love - Hailey Tuck
- OK - Otherkin
- Lazy Afternoon - Zara McFarlane
- Go Away EP - Milk Teeth
- Encore - DJ Snake
- Quiet Things - Colleen D’Agostino
- I’m In Your Mind Fuzz - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- No Sleep EP - K2 World/Sir Spyro
- Pandora’s Piñata - Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Villains - Queens of the Stone Age
- Health - Alpha Male Tea Party
- Elephant - The White Stripes
- No Talk EP - Capo Lee
- Fly 4 Life - Route 94
- Have Yourself A Very KT Christmas - KT Tunstall
- Hydrograd - Stone Sour
- Talk Like Thunder - VANT
- Sad Sack - Milk Teeth
- Everyday is Christmas - Sia
- BARTEK - BARTEK
- Twelve Tales of Christmas - Tom Chaplin
- A Very Decent Christmas - Mad Decent
- Pacifisticuffs - Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Christmas at the Piano - Kevin Duncan
- Dead Sara - Dead Sara
- Winter Fantasy - David Arkenstone/Charlee Brooks
- Carols from Kings - The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
- Christmas in Blue - Sam Sparro
- Misunderstood - Route 94
- Delancey Street - Hailey Tuck
- Feed Me’s Existential Crisis - Feed Me
- Ceremony and Devotion - Ghost
- The Classic Christmas Album - Andy Williams
- The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets - Marmozets
- A Very Very Decent Christmas - Mad Decent
- Wrapped in Red - Kelly Clarkson
- Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
- Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin’ Stevens
- Christmas - Michael Bublé
- Funeral Beach - Blood Command
- Every Weekend - Hadouken!
- Dookie - Green Day
- Opus Mar - Sumo Cyco
- Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy
- No Grave But The Sea - Alestorm
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Guide to Mac Miller
After some suggestions over at
/music and actually thinking about it myself, I decided to post my introduction to my favorite artist, Mac Miller.
Inspired by the awesome "Guide to Kanye West" by
habs76 that actually got me into Kanye and by all the other amazing "guides" out there, I decided, since I didn't found any, to create one for my favorite artist: Mac Miller. If you're thinking "hey that guy barely has four years of career, it's too short" I have to say that, although that's true, he has put out an impressive number of songs, actually his latest mixtape, FACES, is his
11th official release, so we're talking about a lot of material over a short period of time.
A Quick Introduction Mac Miller's music can be divided into two, distinct phases, with a very different sound: pre-Blue Slide Park and post-BSP. That is because a lot changed in his life after Blue Slide Park came out and those changes were reflected in his music. The former phase is maybe his most commercially successful one, with most, if not all his biggest hits written in this time. The sound is very white-boy rapper with predominantly dancey beats, although there are differences between each of the works that came out over this phase. The latter is a phase characterized by less commercial success but more artistic production, where Mac Miller is not just a rapper anymore, but an eclectic artist who can easily adapt to different genres and can also craft, both for himself and for other artists (such as Vince Staples and SZA), unique sounds under the pseudonym of Larry Fisherman.
So, let's get started:
The High Life (2009) [Mixtape] The High Life marks the proper introduction of Mac Miller into the world of professional hip-hop, granting him enough local success to ensure him lots of sold-out shows in his hometown of Pittsburgh and in Pennsylvania. It sounds a bit unpolished, but you can already hear hints of his distinct "modern rap, throwback beat" style.
Standout Tracks:
- Another Night - Praising nights spent alone in the house making music and smoking weed over a splendid guitar beat.
- Just My Imagination - This song is maybe better in retrospect than it was actually at the time, because few people have been able to achieve much of what he says in this song in as short time as him.
K.I.D.S. (2010) [Mixtape] This mixtape was his breakthrough work and one of his two best works in my opinion. It was his first release after signing with Rostrum, Wiz Khalifa's, and as of late Mac himself's now former, label. Recorded while he already had his own place thanks to the money he made with The High Life, the sound is pretty much on the same style as the latter, although in this mixtape the beats are more polished and his writing has improved greatly. The name K.I.D.S. stands for Kicking Incredibly Dope Shit, and comes for the movie
Kids.
Standout Tracks:
- Senior Skip Day - A song to show his love for skipping not just class but every kind of business to be able to enjoy himself. One of the most upbeat songs he has ever made.
- Knock Knock - The first single off the mixtape (yeah, his mixtape game is that good), this is another really upbeat song about him "knocking" on the rap game's door and explaining why they should let them in. Great beat, great hit.
- Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza - Two and a half minutes of straight rap with no hook over a beautifully old-school beat that caused him a good chunk of trouble (you can read about that on his Wikipedia page). One of his best songs.
Best Day Ever (2011) [Mixtape] This was the mixtape that made him an international superstar. It has many hits, probably thanks to the very bangery sound of most of the beats.
Standout Tracks:
- Best Day Ever - I have to note that there are two versions of this song on the mixtape: the linked one (called BDE Bonus), which is my favorite, and the proper "Best Day Ever" that samples Beauties Can Die by M83, one of my favorite bands. Both are really good. The song is about him finally living his dream.
- Donald Trump - This song was an international hit, largely thanks to the amazingly catchy beat crafted by SAP. Of course, Mac knows how to write properly to a catchy song.
- All Around The World - Up until this song, Mac Miller was missing a good song about partying, and for someone like him that was not a good thing. Luckily this came around. Writing not exceptional, but it fits perfectly into Just Blaze's dancey beat.
Blue Slide Park (2011) Named after the Pittsburgh park, up until this album, his debut album, Mac Miller had built so much hype that it was inevitable to see this album skyrocket to the top of the charts on its first week of sales, setting the record for most successful independent album of all time. But, for most of the critics, notably Pitchfork, this was only because of the hype and not because the album was actually that good, therefore receiving generally unfavorable reviews. I think that the album is far from perfect, and a bit redundant if you listen to it as a whole, but it surely has got its fair share of good pieces, such as:
- Frick Park Market - Mac goes really hard on this "I don't give a fuck" track named after the eponymous shop on real-life Blue Slide Park.
- Missed Calls - A beautiful and heartbreaking song about dealing with the consequences fame has over relationships. Crystal clear beat by Ritz Reynolds.
- One Last Thing - As Mac Miller said, the (w)rap-up. This Clams Casino-produced gem is one of Mac's best lyrical efforts up until this point (his lyrical skills will rise dramatically up over the next works). Straight rap and no hook always means some good lines.
Macadelic (2012) [Mixtape] This mixtape marks the start of Mac Miller's second artistic phase. The rather harsh reception that Blue Slide Park received put Mac under a lot of stress, and he went through a bad period in his life. This led him to change his direction in music towards a darker, more thoughtful path, although Macadelic still shares some similarities with his previous work.
Standout Tracks:
- Loud - Mac Miller's trademark banger, Macadelic style.
- Thoughts From A Balcony - Maybe the first real taste of what Mac's music was becoming: deep, thoughtful lyrics about the world, life and drugs over a mellow piano beat crafted by Donald Trump's man, SAP.
- 1 Threw 8 - In this song Mac is really introspective and wonders what will be remembered of him after he dies. Deep, moody beat by Black Diamond.
Watching Movies With The Sound Off (2013) His second album, it didn't nearly get the same reception as BSP, under every point of view. In fact, it sold much fewer copies while being received overwhelmingly better by critics. I think that it is his best work, maybe together with K.I.D.S. (the two are really different and thus not comparable). In this album Mac's artistic evolution, started on Macadelic, blossoms in an astonishingly wonderful way, with 19 songs that are wonderfully diverse and rich, a cast of collaborators picked perfectly and beautiful production, sometimes handled by the man himself. I recommend listening to the whole album, but there are a few tracks that I think are above the others. The name comes from the way he worked on the album, actually while watching movies with the sound off in the studio.
Standout Tracks:
- S.D.S. - A Flying Lotus-produced track that sees Mac defining his beliefs and wondering about the hardly explainable things in the world. Awesome.
- I Am Who Am (Killin' Time) - This song is what I believe is the best lyrical work ever conceived by Mac. It criticizes himself but also what other people say of himself, but in a way that it could be valid for everyone. The beat is dark-dreamy piece by ADOTHEGOD and Niki Randa's voice fits perfectly into the hook.
- Objects In The Mirror - This Pharrell Wiliams(!!)-produced work of art is addressing lean, or any other drug, as a girl with whom you have a not so rosy relationship. This is, in my opinion, the best track of the whole album, perfectly crafted both musically and lyrically.
Live From Space (2013) [Live Album] This is not your usual live album, because it's not just a recording of him performing his usual songs at a show. After WMWTSO came out, Mac embarked on The Space Migration Tour and brought, along with the likes of Earl Sweatshirt and Chance The Rapper, the experimental band The Internet from Odd Future together. In fact, on the first part of each show Mac played some of his best songs off of WMWTSO but also from previous works in a wonderfully rearranged version together with The Internet. I recommend listening to the whole album as well because some of the rearrangements are done perfectly, but I'd also suggest giving a listen to some of the new material on the album, because it's really good.
Standout Tracks:
- Youforia (Live) - Although when together with The Internet his songs sound wonderful, I believe that this is the song that exposes Mac Miller as an all-around musical artist. Just him and a slightly processed electric piano, played by the man himself while he sings a song that originally, on WMWTSO, was a rare Clams Casino-produced slow, dreamy ballad. Here he makes it sound more personal and even better.
- Eggs Aisle - The name a play on the word exile, a really good stream of consciousness song (which will be pretty much the norm on FACES) in which he contemplates life and spirituality over a spacey beat.
- Life - Yet another dreamy beat on this album, makes for a kinda-creepy and deep song about the true definition of "crazy in love". Brilliant "not rapping nor singing" performance by Mac.
FACES (2014) [Mixtape] His latest mixtape, although on the same wave length of Macadelic and WMWTSO, starts to bend a little towards a more alternative, and a touch brighter, direction, and also features much more production by himself, as he's getting much better. The mixtape provides the listener with a staggering 24-track set, although some tracks are (and this is a new entry in his style) instrumentals.
Standout Tracks:
- Polo Jeans - A really good song produced by Earl Sweatshirt in which Mac talks about fame and his new cocaine habit (sigh) while Earl delivers his usual (amazing) rap poetry.
- Diablo - One of Mac's best productions under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman, here he addresses haters and rivals in a really stylish way.
- New Faces - Another Earl Sweatshirt-produced track, this is yet another song about drugs (like most of the lyrics off of FACES), although this might be the best one at that.
EDIT: Thanks to
nulspace, I added Live From Space.
EDIT 2: Guys I know it's missing some stuff from really early/Easy Mac days, his Larry Lovestein stuff and Delusional Thomas too, but his early projects are somewhat obscure and he even said once to "don't even listen to that shit" because he was too young... As for his side projects, I skipped them because they are completely different from the stuff he does under the "Mac Miller" name and I wanted this to be just a Mac Miller introduction for people who are not that into him... I believe that once someone gets hooked they'll find out soon enough about that stuff ;)
EDIT 3: To everyone saying that this is not complete and I'm missing out on his best stuff and the guide is completely useless and shit: this post was meant for people who are not really into Mac Miller, to make them listen to what I believe is the best bit of his work. This was not meant for fans of Mac Miller who know the lyrics to Smoke Signals by heart. This is a starting point from where someone who is genuinely interested can start to then dig deeper onto that other stuff on his own. At least that's been the case for me with all of the different guides out there, from OutKast to Modest Mouse, that is my concept of an introductory guide. Man, that guide didn't even feature
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, which is an
album, not a mixtape, and yet it was still awesome to me. I'm sorry if my concept of introduction seems wrong to you, you are free to not read this guide, especially if you already are a Mac Miller fan.
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I listened to over 400 albums, LP’s and EP’s in 2017. I wanted to share my list and experience with you
Hi reddit,
Initially this started out as a typical 365 Albums in 365 Days challenge. We’ve seen them before haven’t we? You’ve probably even tried one yourself I imagine. I enjoy keeping lists, and tracking what I do over a particular. I already keep a list of what films I watch throughout a year, what books I’ve read, and so on. It only made sense for me to track the albums I listen to, and that’s how I ended up doing the challenge. However, I found myself also listening to a wide range of shorter EP’s and LP’s.
When listening to EP’s it felt a bit like cheating. How could I justify listening to a 15 minute EP one day, and listen to a 3-hour triple-LP the next? I couldn’t, so to make it a bit fairer I increased the target to 400, and then to 430 which I was able to hit just after Christmas.
Please note that this is just a silly little project that I would like to share with you all, I don't take music all that seriously, nor do I judge other's for their music tastes, I used to do this privately as a teenager but realised how much of a dense motherfucker I was, so doing this list has allowed me to come full circle in that regard.
Below is a list of everything I listened to, but before that I should get into some context about my musical taste and some general notes on the list. I would advise reading these before jumping straight into the list, just so you have an idea of what to expect.
Notes on the list: So I listen to a wide variety of music, I don’t generally stick to one genre, although like anyone, I do have my favourites and preferences and this will become obvious as the list goes on. For context, my favourite genres (I’m going to deliberately cast a very wide net here) range from electronic, jazz, hard rock, metal, electro-swing, blues/roots rock and punk. Again, I would like to stress this is deliberately vague and a wide net just to give you a general idea of what I like and what to expect to find in the list. I know reddit is home to some the world's greatest pedants but I'm not going to debate if deadmau5 is progressive house, tech house or two-step-inspired-80s-funk-disco-big-beat. It doesn't matter to me.
I will be the first to admit that there is a lack of some genres in this list, most notably hip-hop, especially compared to other genres. I’m a 26-year old white male from the UK countryside, I’m not exactly the first person you’d expect to listen to rap and grime and stuff Although I will admit, as the list goes on that number does start to grow - I will come back to this shortly.
I should also provide a greater context for the start of the list, and why it starts out the way it does. Throughout 2016 I spent a large portion of the year listening to the back catalogue of Miles Davis. He has dozens of albums and I spent a huge chunk of the previous year going through them. You can actually see this in action at the very start with the three albums, Sorcerer, Nerfititi and Filles de Kilimanjaro all being played in a row right at the start. These were the last three of his major label albums I needed to listen to, so it kinda spilled over into 2017 I guess. The first album, Nearness, was nominated for best Jazz Instrumental Album in the Grammy’s back in January so I just saw that as a simple place to start I guess.
How was I able to do this? Well I started the year working a part-time job in a small office, virtually by myself, I was essentially the only person in the office 80% of the time, and it allowed me to build up a huge collection of music to listen to. From dear favourites, to albums I probably should have already heard. (I will explain how I complied this shortly) I would work 6-hours a day, which if you include 40-minute-there-and-back commute allowed me to listen to as many as 7 albums/EP’s in a day, although this didn’t always happen.
I also figured I could listen to a lot of albums in the gym, which I ended up doing. I would handpick more suitable, faster, more aggressive albums which didn’t always work- Snuff by Slipknot coming on in the middle of a great workout is an immediate hype-killer, albeit a lovely song. From August I switched jobs, and so the list slowed down considerably, but by that point I had already amassed 250 listens. The rest would be listened to in the gym, at home, or via my new 50-minute commute. I also listened to a lot of audiobooks in this time, I probably could have got close to 500 if I was even more dedicated.
My methods of finding, storing and listening to albums simply came down to using spotify, specifically the Discover Weekly, Release Radar and Related Artists sections. I know this sounds like a bit of a shill, but I couldn’t believe how useful these tools are. My advice to anyone who is looking to find new bands/artists to listen to go to your favourite band’s spotify/deezetidal/apple music page and go through their related artists till you find one you like. Then go through their related artists pages, and so on. It starts slowly at first but as your tastes develop you begin to find more things you like, you understand them better, and learn to know what you like - classic example, I don’t like post-hardcore music. I just don’t like ‘shouty metal’ as I call it (there are a few odd exceptions, like anything but I generally don’t go in for it). However, as it turned out, I kinda like it when it’s a female vocalist doing it. I really enjoyed the sounds of Blood Command and Sumo Cyco for instance. Yes, I understand that these bands aren't 'post-hardcore' for you genre-pedants out there.
So, what did I learn/find out? Going chronologically is that I’ve learned to love Metal again. For years I dismissed it as shouty, over-indulgent noise but finding bands that blur the line between rock and metal, as well as the weird and wonderful. In March I stumbled across Ghost and absolutely fell in love with them. The Satanic thing is of course a fun gimmick but I love the pop-filtered metal sound. It was exactly what I wanted. I really, really love the album Meliora. I’d also second this to the various symphonic-metal bands, particularly Nightwish and Within Temptation. Dark Passion Play and Hydra have quickly become all-time favourites. I could go on but I’m sure you metalheads will be able to find what you’re looking for in the list.
Secondly, I learned to appreciate Kanye. So what you want about him as a person, his musical creations are phenomenal. I greatly adore his later work (MBDTF, Yeezus and TLOP) Yeezus in particular is another all-time favourite. I’m indifferent on the first three albums which I know is going to shock some people, they’re fine albums but I just prefer the later stuff.
Third, I learned to like Grime. I always held off on it but after sampling the likes of Skepta, Stormzy and a few others I learned that when they bang, there is nothing else like it. This can be seen towards the final third/back end of the list. I know
grime might not agree as a whole but Gangs Signs and Prayer was one of the best albums I heard from 2017, and if I were to do this list in 2018, there’d likely be more Grime present.
Fourth, King Gizz are just amazing. End of. Just wanted to get that one out there. I’ll likely be starting 2018 with Gumboot Soup.
Lastly, I wanted to do this to prove to myself that I really can learn to enjoy all kinds of different music, from a huge spectrum, and so can you. If you go in with an open mind you can appreciate all sorts of bands and artists, I looked forward to listening to even the most weird and experimental and I guess ‘challenging’ of music.
Speaking of which, I would just like to point out that I only failed to finish two albums off this list:
Toxicity by System of a Down and Sold Out by DJ Paypal. I just found SOAD to be annoying and frankly they just don’t click with me, although I have heard some of Serj’s other work which is great, I think I turned it off with about 4 songs left. Sorry SOAD fans, I see the appeal but it just simply didn’t click for me, it happens sometimes. The latter (Sold Out) just wasn’t very good in my opinion so I turned it off after about 10 or 15 minutes. It felt like it was put together by someone who didn’t understand how to compose music, like at all. There were maybe 3 or 4 other albums I turned off before finishing but I didn’t write these down.
That’s enough from me, if you would like to know more about the list, or have any more specific questions or what I thought of a particular band/artist/song/album, ask away! Here is the list:
- Nearness - Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
- Vikings - New Politics
- New Politics - New Politics
- Sorcerer - Miles Davis
- Nerfititi - Miles Davis
- Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis
- The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Miles Davis
- The Storm - Tech N9ne
- Nonagon Infinity - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- 10 Ways To Steal Home Plate - Wolfgang Gartner
- American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
- Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
- Elvis Presley - Elvis
- The College Dropout - Kanye West
- Late Registration - Kanye West
- Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
- A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
- La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Naught - Stolen Babies
- It Flew By - Electric Swing Circus
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
- Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
- Reset - Flying Lotus
- Chulahoma- The Black Keys
- Graduation - Kanye West
- Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
- Disc-Overy - Tinie Tempah
- For Lack of a Better Name - deadmau5
- BLVCK MVGIC - Kill the Noise
- To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
- Yeezus - Kanye West
- Giant Steps - John Coltrane
- Be Here Now - Oasis
- Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans Trio
- Thrust - Herbie Hancock
- Escape from Electric Mountain - Feed Me
- Watch the Throne - Jay-Z/Kanye West
- Animals - Pink Floyd
- Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Slipknot - Slipknot
- The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
- High Visceral, Pt 1 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Roosevelt - Roosevelt
- Collide - Colleen D'agostino
- Human - Rag n Bone Man
- Float Along-Fill Your Lungs - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
- The Fall - Gorillaz
- Lucid Dreams - Antiloops
- Random Album Title - deadmau5
- Iowa - Slipknot
- Under Stars - Amy MacDonald
- Live Life Living - Example
- Dumb Blood - VANT
- A Bad Girl in Harlem - New Politics
- Human After All - Daft Punk
- Once - Nightwish
- Drunk - Thundercat
- Idle Moments - Grant Green
- Flying Microtonal Banana - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Pure Heroine - Lorde
- Country for Old Men - John Schofield
- Divide - Ed Sheeran
- Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses - Slipknot
- Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against the Machine
- Opus Eponymous - Ghost
- I See You - The xx
- Different Creatures - Circa Waves
- The Evolution of Man - Example
- Stuff I used to do - deadmau5
- The New Vice - Otherkin
- Channel The Spirits - The Comet is Coming
- All Hope is Gone - Slipknot
- Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
- Infestissumam - Ghost
- Everything's Beautiful - Robert GlaspeMiles Davis
- Pattern + Grid World - Flying Lotus
- Ascension: Edition I - John Coltrane
- Jazz Samba - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
- Midnight Menu - TOKiMONSTA
- Study Guide - Question and Freddie Joachim
- Don't You Wanna - The Amazons
- Imaginaerum - Nightwish
- Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
- A/B - Kaleo
- Young Blindness - The Murlocs
- Rough Cuts - Parov Stelar
- Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
- The 201 - Otherkin
- Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin
- Zawadi - Kimyan Law
- Settle - Disclosure
- Perceptions of Pacha - Goldfish
- To The Stars - Feed Me
- Playing in the Shadows - Example
- Introducing Christian Scott - Christian Scott
- The Balcony - Catfish and the Bottlemen
- 808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West
- The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- Weather Report - Weather Report
- 2112 - Rush
- The Day is My Enemy - The Prodigy
- Meliora - Ghost
- Venice - Anderson Paak
- Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
- Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
- Cosmic Intoxication - TOKiMONSTA
- xx - The xx
- Skin - Flume
- DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
- Angels Fall First - Nightwish
- Roots and Herbs - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- This is the Life - Amy MacDonald
- Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
- Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down
- Sub Focus - Sub Focus
- Los Angeles - Flying Lotus
- Oceanborn- Nightwish
- The Burning Spider - Parov Stelar
- 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - Green Day
- Last Evenings on Earth - Melt Yourself Down
- Split the Atom - Nosia
- Cult Drugs - Blood Command
- Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
- Humanz - Gorillaz
- ROCKISDEAD - Dorothy
- Bishop Briggs - Bishop Briggs
- Sophisticated Ignorance - Kronic
- Out of the Pit - Kobra and the Lotus
- Lazers Not Included - Wilkinson
- Prophecy - The Comet is Coming
- Century Child - Nightwish
- Black Focus - Yussef Kamaal
- Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
- Time Machine - The Tazers
- Wish I Had An Angel - Nightwish
- Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers
- Money Sucks, Friends Rule - Dillon Francis
- Five Inches of a Car Accident - Blood Command
- Desiderium - TOKiMONSTA
- Mister Asylum - Highly Suspect
- Get Busy Living - Goldfish
- House of Gold & Bones Pt 1 - Stone Sour
- Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future - Underworld
- Blue and Lonesome - The Rolling Stones
- III - Moderat
- Smokin' At The Half Note - Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery
- Blue Train - John Coltrane Sextet
- Willoughby's Beach - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
- channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
- The Life of Pablo - Kanye West
- FOREVE - TOKiMONSTA
- The Unforgiving - Within Temptation
- Currents - Lux Pacific
- Amaranthe - Amaranthe
- Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine
- Kobra and the Lotus - Kobra and the Lotus
- Ascension: Edition II - John Coltrane
- Polygon - Battle Tapes
- 12 Bar Bruise - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Red Light Fix - The Dirty Youth
- The Invisible Girl - Parov Stelar
- You’re Invited - Gavin Turek & TOKiMONSTA
- Paradise - Lana Del Rey
- Canvas - Robert Glasper
- Ghostclocks - Blood Command
- Hypnotic - Wilkinson
- Spectrum - Billy Cobham
- The Amazons - The Amazons
- Lonerism- Tame Impala
- Exchange - The JuJu
- Ah Um - Charles Mingus
- Fanfares - GoGo Penguin
- House of Gold & Bones Pt 2 - Stone Sour
- Torus - Sub Focus
- Love in the 4th Dimension - The Big Moon
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans Trio
- Arcade Fire (EP) - Arcade Fire
- Radio Moscow - Radio Moscow
- The Ride - Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Chapter 7 - Ezra Collective
- End of an Era - Nightwish
- All Killer, No Filler - Sum 41
- Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
- Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
- We're All Mad Here - Tut Tut Child
- Feed Me's Family Reunion- Feed Me
- The Black Halo - Kamelot
- Chuck - Chuck Berry
- Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
- I LOVE JAN LUNDGREN TRIO - Jan Lundgren Trio
- Enema of the State - blink-182
- Hard Normal Daddy - Squarepusher
- Are You Satisfied? - Slaves
- If You Have Ghost - Ghost
- High Priestess - Kobra and the Lotus
- How Did We Get So Dark? - Royal Blood
- Melodrama - Lorde
- Slowdive - Slowdive
- Young Chasers - Circa Waves
- Different Gear, Still Speeding - Beady Eye
- If You Wait - London Grammar
- The English Riviera - Metronomy
- Malibu - Anderson Paak
- In Utero - Nirvana
- Starfucker - STRFKR
- Nubya's 5ive - Nubya Garcia
- Gravity X - Truckfighters
- Oddments - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- On The Corner - Miles Davis
- Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Animalia- Mammal Hands
- Space is the Place - Sun Ra
- Coexist - The xx
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- Death to the Planet - The Comet is Coming
- Does This Look Infected? - Sum 41
- In Search Of... - N.E.R.D
- Somewhere in Between - Braxton Cook
- Welcome Reality - Nero
- Design Your Universe - Epica
- Mars Red Sky - Mars Red Sky
- Box of Secrets - Blood Red Shoes
- Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler
- An Awesome Wave - alt-J
- The Boy Who Died Wolf - Highly Suspect
- Maybes - Mount Kimbie
- Sketch on Glass - Mount Kimbie
- New Eyes - Clean Bandit
- Every Valley - Public Service Broadcasting
- Theatre of Dimensions- Xandria
- Music For An Accelerated Culture - Hadouken!
- Diaspora - Christian Scott
- Feed Me’s Psychedelic Journey - Feed Me
- Extended Play - Baby Strange
- The Shadow Self - Tarja
- Keep Moving On - Friends In Tokyo
- Wisdom of Elders - Shabaka and the Ancestors
- I Sing The Body Electric - Weather Report
- Sold Out - DJ Paypal
- The Nothing - The Last Dinosaur
- XIII - Mushroomhead
- Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
- Saint Cecilia - Foo Fighters
- Prohibition Swing - Lyre Le Temps
- Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
- White Noise - The Living End
- Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall
- The Shape of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
- The Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES
- Loopholes - The Murlocs
- Toys - Crewdson
- Form - Battle Tapes
- Paper Mâché Dream Balloon - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
- Coeur Calme- Kimyan Law
- Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
- Know No Better - Major Lazer
- Superunknown - Soundgarden
- Prevail I - Kobra and the Lotus
- Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Miles Davis & Milt Jackson
- Dim Lit - Polar Bear
- SBTRKT - SBTRKT
- Miles Davis And Horns - Miles Davis
- Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) - Metronomy
- Born For This - 7kingz
- Dedication: The Start - 7kingz
- Dedication: The Finish - 7kingz
- After Laughter - Paramore
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Nightwish
- Overly Dedicated- Kendrick Lamar
- The Silent Force - Within Temptation
- Go Plastic - Squarepusher
- Royal Deluxe - Royal Deluxe
- Straight Outta Burbank - Stone Sour
- Cult of the New Beat - Blood Command
- Make Rock Great Again - Kaiser Franz Josef
- Midnight Cometh - Wo Fat
- Phi - Truckfighters
- Hacktivist - Hacktivist
- Enter - Within Temptation
- The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam - Thundercat
- Devil Electric - Devil Electric
- Sketches of Brunswick East - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard/Mild High Club
- … For The Whole World To See - Death
- The New Sounds - Miles Davis
- Demonstration - Tinie Tempah
- The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch
- Together, As One - Dinosaur
- God Save the Teen - Strange Bones
- The Quantum Enigma - Epica
- Stone Sour - Stone Sour
- We The Rats - Strange Bones
- In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
- One Day As A Lion EP - One Day As A Lion
- Mother Earth - Within Temptation
- Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes
- She’s Here Now - Estrons
- Experience - The Prodigy
- Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
- Headspin - Black Honey
- Music is Rotted One Note - Squarepusher
- color & monochrome - bohemianvoodoo/Fox Capture Plan
- Ouroboros - Ruby the Hatchet
- Call Him A Doctor - GFOTY
- Section 80 - Kendrick Lamar
- Falling Into Pieces - Black Casino and the Ghost
- Born For This - Royal Deluxe
- Whip It On - The Ravonettes
- How to be a Human Being - Glass Animals
- Concrete and Gold - Foo Fighters
- Mania - Truckfighters
- Please Please Me - The Beatles
- Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan Sextet
- Nuclear Blast (Bonus) - Nightwish
- Hand Us The Alpha Male - Blood Command
- Legendary EP - Welshly Arms
- War is the Answer - Five Finger Death Punch
- Save Yourself - SBTRKT
- Gold Dust - The Dirty Youth
- AVĪCI (01) - Avicii
- The Holographic Principle - Epica
- Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
- Budakhan Mindphone - Squarepusher
- Come What(ever) May - Stone Sour
- color & monochrome 2 - bohemianvoodoo/Fox Capture Plan
- The Heart of Everything- Within Temptation
- What Am I Going To Do With Everything I Know? - The Weather Station
- Gang Signs and Prayer - Stormzy
- Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
- XX - Dawnbringer
- Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
- Time and Space - Moses Boyd
- Companion - Braids
- Hailey Tuck - Hailey Tuck
- Halestorm - Halestorm
- Voodoo Swing - The Vaude Villainz
- Boiling Point - Tech N9ne
- Join the Q - The Qemists
- As You Were - Liam Gallagher
- Heliocentrics x GLK - Heliocentrics/Gaslamp Killer
- Harmony of Difference - Kamasi Washington
- Cardinal - Pinegrove
- EP - BARTEK
- Konnichiwa - Skepta
- The Decline of British Sea Power - British Sea Power
- Swagger - Flogging Molly
- The Decline - NOFX
- Hydra - Within Temptation
- In A Beautiful Place Out in the Country - Boards of Canada
- Popestar - Ghost
- A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo - Feed Me
- Snake EP - P Money
- Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
- Lost in Translation - New Politics
- The Social Network - Trent ReznoAtticus Ross
- Frost/Nixon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer
- Party All the Way to the Hospital - Blood Command
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Original Score) - Tyler Bates
- No Roots - Alice Merton
- Audio Secrecy - Stone Sour
- Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer
- USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) - New World Alphabet
- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- Back to the Future - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Danger Twins - Danger Twins
- For The Masses - Hadouken!
- S/T - Gost
- Toys - Broken & Remixed - Crewdson
- Muscle Museum - Muse
- Covers EP - Welshy Arms
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- The Storm - ZZ Ward
- Til The Casket Drops - ZZ Ward
- Lun - Destiny Potato
- Dual - Sampha
- Snake EP 2 - P Money
- Toxicity - System of a Down
- 13 Voices - Sum 41
- Uh Huh - Danger Twins
- Idiom - Joe Armon-Jones/Maxwell Owin
- Valley of the Snake - Ruby The Hatchet
- Petals - Darlia
- No Bullshit - Avelino
- So In Love - Hailey Tuck
- OK - Otherkin
- Lazy Afternoon - Zara McFarlane
- Go Away EP - Milk Teeth
- Encore - DJ Snake
- Quiet Things - Colleen D’Agostino
- I’m In Your Mind Fuzz - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- No Sleep EP - K2 World/Sir Spyro
- Pandora’s Piñata - Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Villains - Queens of the Stone Age
- Health - Alpha Male Tea Party
- Elephant - The White Stripes
- No Talk EP - Capo Lee
- Fly 4 Life - Route 94
- Have Yourself A Very KT Christmas - KT Tunstall
- Hydrograd - Stone Sour
- Talk Like Thunder - VANT
- Sad Sack - Milk Teeth
- Everyday is Christmas - Sia
- BARTEK - BARTEK
- Twelve Tales of Christmas - Tom Chaplin
- A Very Decent Christmas - Mad Decent
- Pacifisticuffs - Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Christmas at the Piano - Kevin Duncan
- Dead Sara - Dead Sara
- Winter Fantasy - David Arkenstone/Charlee Brooks
- Carols from Kings - The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
- Christmas in Blue - Sam Sparro
- Misunderstood - Route 94
- Delancey Street - Hailey Tuck
- Feed Me’s Existential Crisis - Feed Me
- Ceremony and Devotion - Ghost
- The Classic Christmas Album - Andy Williams
- The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets - Marmozets
- A Very Very Decent Christmas - Mad Decent
- Wrapped in Red - Kelly Clarkson
- Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
- Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin’ Stevens
- Christmas - Michael Bublé
- Funeral Beach - Blood Command
- Every Weekend - Hadouken!
- Dookie - Green Day
- Opus Mar - Sumo Cyco
- Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy
- No Grave But The Sea - Alestorm
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Jiang Qing, Triads, Legation Cities and Realism
JUST TO BE CLEAR: I AM REPOSTING MY OWN POST. I feel like this title more adequately addresses my propositions.
WALL OF TEXT INCOMING.
I would love it if people, especially the devs, read this post and at the very least, considered it. Constructive criticism is more than welcome. To be honest, I don't know that much about Chinese history and KR lore for this to be the most realistic. These are just ideas that came to me one day. I don't even have the game, I follow it on Youtube and here on Reddit. I am just really passionate for this mod and wholeheartedly support its devs in the evolution of what is arguably the best mod for HOI4.
Anyway, without further ado, I think the Legation Cities COULD (not should) be revamped in this way;
The Legation Cities’ full name is the Union of Legation Cities, and they are often referred to externally as the Legation Cities but internally as the Union. The Legation Council will be renamed to the Board of Go
First, the political parties: Parties Totalist, Syndicalist, RadSoc: ZQZH SocDem, SocLib: CEM MarLib, SocCon: Int'l Mandate (Moderates), led by Cecil Clementi AuthDem, PatAut: Int'l Mandate (Centralists), led by Commissioner Errol NatPop: XZD
CEM: China Emancipation Movement ZQZH: All-China Federation of Trade Unions XZD: Revive China Party (Revivalists)
Commanders Josslyn Errol (Field Marshal) Tobias Ehrler (General)
National Spirits
The effects of Economic Meltdown and Recruitment Crisis will be changed so Economic Meltdown: -10% production efficiency cap, +15% consumer goods factories, -20% factory output, -5% national unity Recruitment Crisis: -3% recruitable population factor, -10% division recovery rate (not halved), -0.2% recruitable population
To further debuff the Cities, these national spirits will also be present:
Pervasive Trade Unions: The industrial and commercial nature of the Cities mean that the ZQZH or All-China Federation of Trade Unions has established itself in almost every workplace, save for the civil service and government. Like the FAUD, they have not been radicalised as of yet, but we have reason to suspect that they may have links to other syndicalist organisations. -10% production efficiency cap, +15% consumer goods factories, -20% factory output, -5% national unity
The XZD and the Guominjun: Many Chinese see the Legation Cities as a leech, sucking the lifeblood from China, and an epitome of Western imperialism and colonialism. As a result, many have turned to the far-right XZD, or Revive China Party in order to express their nationalistic anger. This in turn has caused the XZD to form a paramilitary organisation called the Guominjun (Nationalist Army), named after the army which operated in Northern China in the Warlord Era, and was destroyed in the German Intervention. So far, they have limited their actions to mere demonstrations but may soon engage in street brawls with whoever they deem to be an enemy of the Chinese people. -3% recruitable population factor, -0.2% recruitable population, -5% national unity, -0.25% daily political power gain
The CEM: Those Chinese nationalists who also support liberal democracy flock instead to the CEM (China Emancipation Movement). They have gained a substantial presence in the Legislative Assembly of the Union, to the point where they have veto power and can call upon a significant following to rally in the streets. Their influence is not limited to the populace, as large sections of the civil service, especially the lower echelons, employ ethnic Chinese who dearly wish for a brighter future for their homeland. -0.25% daily political power gain, +0.25% daily political power cost, +25% cost to political actions, -5% national unity
Rampant Organised Crime: The nature of the Cities means that trade with the rest of China flows through our ports. This means that we are rich, and enjoy protection from the world powers. However, an unfortunate side effect is that several triads have sprung up and cause a lot of trouble due to their criminal activities. We need to find a solution: either we co-operate with these triads or we crush them. Triad related events will occur from time to time. -5% national unity, +5% consumer goods, -5% division organisation recovery rate
Underpaid Civil Service: The economic downturn occurring around the world means that we have been running a deficit for quite some time now. While it is not a bad thing to run a deficit at times, we are in such a bad state of debt and decay that we can no longer afford to properly pay and staff both the civil services that keep the Union running and the constabularies which maintain order and monitor criminal activities. -3% recruitable population factor, -10% division recovery rate (not halved), -0.2% recruitable population, -20% division organisation recovery rate
Jiang Qing: The famous actress burst onto the international stage in 1935, with her debut film, Journey to the West, where she stars as Kuanyin, the bodhisattva tasked with guiding Xuanzand and Sun Wukong on their pilgrimage. Since then, she has become entangled in political life as well, after meeting Cecil Clementi, who became her godfather. People eagerly flock to see her movies, as she has truly earned herself a spot on the world stage. Not only that, her philanthropic deeds and love for the common man have made her the Idol of Shanghai. +5% national unity, +0.2% political power gain
Political Crisis: The worsening global economic trend has had a lethargic and worrisome impact on our economy. The peoples faith in the Mandate is failing, and even as internal squabbles threaten to tear us apart, outside forces seek to end it entirely. -0.25% daily political power gain, +0.25% daily political power cost, +25% cost to political actions, -5% national unity
The Focus Tree
The Struggle for Shanghai doesn't seem like something you can just take, so it should be a focus available only after a major event, such as Black Monday.
It would be a 180 day focus (too long?) where several events fire on a regular basis. Such events would be:
Strike in [insert city here] The ZQZH has called a strike in [insert city here]. Workers from various occupations are demanding an 8 hour workday, a minimum wage and expanded rights. What shall we do? -Give in to the workers' demands: + syndicalist popularity -Crackdown on the strike: +centralist pop -Offer them some empty promises: +moderate pop -Ask for third party negotiator: minus political power (e.g. if you don't want to increase popularity of syndicalists but wait for a event that increases NatPop popularity)
Democratic rally in [insert city here] The CEM has called a rally in [insert city here]. Activists from various occupations are demanding expanded rights for Chinese citizens, welfare reforms and public works. What shall we do? -Pass pro-Chinese reforms: +democratic pop -Disperse the activists: +centralist pop -Give them limited reform: +moderate pop -Third party negotiator: minus pp
The Guominjun brawls in [insert city here]! The XZD has mobilised its paramilitary, the Guominjun, and brawled with trade unionists, CEM activists and constabularies! -Let them quarrel: +NatPop pop -Clear the area!: +moderate pop -Mobilise the constabularies! +centralist pop -We really can't do anything: minus pp
Events that only fire once:
Hergé - Tintin and the Blue Lotus: The Flemish cartoonist Hergé has released a new comic book, depicting a Flemish journalist's adventures in the Cities. Among his adventures, the journalist fights a Japanese affiliated triad and busts an opium smuggling scheme. How should we respond? Endorse the comic: plus pp Slander it on behalf of our triad friends: minus pp, minus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days
No, Jiang Qing will NOT be a head of a triad but for all you thirsty players out there she CAN have a cameo. However, she COULD also come to power in the Night of the Monkey's Head, details below.
Jiang Qing - The Dragon of Shanghai: (after the Blue Lotus event) The famous actress Jiang Qing is the star of this film, which has just premiered in cinemas across the world. In it, her character, a young peasant girl who becomes entangled in the high life of Shanghai, makes some implicitly pro-triad remarks, especially since her lover is a triad head suspiciously similar to Du Yueh Seng. However he is eventually betrayed by the young girl who murders him when she discovers the true, grisly extent of his crimes. The film has proved quite unpopular with the triads who are asking us to shut screenings of the film down. We will continue to screen the film: plus pp, minus nat unity We will show respect to our friends: minus pp, minus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days
Cecil Clementi adopts Jiang Qing! Recently, Jiang Qing was officially adopted by Cecil Clementi, assuming the name Lady Clementi. While she will still figure prominently in acting spheres, she has also assumed a lot more political power. This is sure to drive a new wedge between Clementi and Errol, as the latter is rumored to be a secret admirer of Jiang's. Furthermore, her recent movie, The Dragon of Shanghai, was quite controversial among the triads and may place further obstacles between the government and the triads. -Whoopee!: Replace Jiang Qing NS with Lady Clementi: +5% national unity, +0.2 pp gain, -0.2 daily pp cost
The options that increase syndicalist, democratic and nationalist popularity would fire around 4 times and give 15% popularity whereas moderate and centralist give 5% popularity.
After the Struggle the choice between self-government and the status quo is made. If self-government is chosen then the player can choose the socialist, democratic or NatPop paths; this bit is pretty straightforward as the party with the highest popularity locks you into its corresponding paths. The self-government focus will instantly get rid of the Recruitment Crisis spirit, and once a path is chosen the Pervasive Trade Union, The XZD and Guominjun and The CEM national spirits will be removed. If the status quo is maintained then the player will encounter another event, leading to either moderate or centralist paths. Once either the self-government or status quo focuses are chosen, the player will take a hit in pp, but the Pervasive Trade Union, The XZD and Guominjun and The CEM national spirits will be removed.
Socialist path- The Jiangnan Strike: A strike at the Jiangnan Shipyard escalated out of control after the managers refused to accept some of the strikers’ demands. The ZQZH then responded by calling a general strike for Shanghai, but when Commissioner Errol threatened to mobilise the Cities’ constabularies, trade unions all over the Cities broke out in full revolt! The strikers were originally unco-ordinated, but soon organised themselves and stormed the -We will empower the Chinese proletariat!: syndicalists take over
Democratic path- Article 23: Recently, pro-CEM legislators came forward to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the Mandate. Article 23, as the amendment was called, would introduce several sweeping pro-CEM policies, effectively ending the Mandate and turning the Cities into a union under a Republic. The CEM, led by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, has rallied outside the Legislative Quarters of each city, demanding the Board of Governors pass the Article. At noon, Clementi signed the Article, making it law and effectively restructuring the Cities into a Republic. -The Article will bring freedom to China: CEM takes over
NatPop path- Battle of Cable Street: In the early hours of the morning, several divisions of the Guominjun assembled in the newly built Nelson Square, not far from the Shanghai Headquarters of the International Mandate. They began marching along the newly constructed Cable Street, until they were stopped at the Kaiser Wilhelm Plaza by the city's constabularies. When the Guominjun overturned a tramcar and two trucks, the constabularies engaged them in battle. However they did not account for the native Chinese who flocked to the battle in droves, and soon they were overcome, and the path to the Headquarters was wide open. -Now we can restore China to greatness!: nationalists take over
If status quo then this event will occur:
The Night of the Monkey's Head: In the weeks after the so-called Struggle for Shanghai, the Cities continued on their downward spiral into chaos and anarchy. Citing the ever worsening conditions, Commissioner Commissioner Errol declared Cecil Clementi unfit to govern and ordered him to step down. At 6:00 in the evening, constabularies entered the Headquarters and had a tense standoff with Clementi’s personal bodyguard. The tension was broken as a constabulary fired at Clementi, injuring him and starting a battle that soon engulfed the Cities as constabularies loyal to either sides battled it out in the streets. -Clementi dies and Commissioner Errol assumes power: centralists take over -Clementi survives and arrests Commissioner Errol: moderates remain -Clementi dies but Madame Clementi and the Board arrest Errol: moderates remain, hit to pp
And voila, we have a plausible(?) way that Jiang comes to power, although may I justify it by saying: A- she isn't a triad head; she’s just a high profile actor who, due to her proximity to Clementi, had the chance to get engaged in political intrigue. Besides, she got entangled with Communism OTL anyway. This path of her becoming a politician through her links as a famous actor is a lot more plausible than her becoming the head of a triad. B- real power will mostly lie with the Board of Governors, which will be the Head of Government.
After the Struggle for Shanghai, the focus tree splits in two: one branch deals with Government and the other concerns the Triads. Government: The Government branch splits into Self-Government and Status Quo. Depending which path you chose, you'd be locked into its respective branch. The options for Self Government are:
Socialism Triumphant: This unlocks several options, such as the decision to join either the Third or Fourth (if it exists) Internationale, and whether to go Totalist, Syndicalist or Radical Socialist.
China Emancipated: Pretty straightforward, but after this the CEM reforms into the KMT and the MarLib and SocCon parties also become part of the CEM. Options to join the Fengtian Government or form ROC.
China Resurgent: After this, the AuthDem and PatAut parties become part of the XZD and there is a decision to be made on whether to revive the Ming Dynasty under Zhu Rongji (AuthDem if constitutional, PatAut for absolutist) or create the Pan-Chinese State, or (as I have heard, not entirely sure, don't quote me on this) since the Shangqing Tianguo is going to be axed from the rework there should be an option to invite the Ikuantao into government.
There is also a tree that has focuses which boost their popularity in other Chinese cliques and gives the player focuses to attack them or use covert actions.
However embracing self government would trigger an event for all countries which have non-aggression pacts and guarantees with them (except Japan).
The Cities break free of the Mandate!: -We must restore the Mandate! To war!: DoW, plus pp -Place sanctions on them: remove non-aggression pact and guarantee, plus pp -There's nothing we can do: minus pp -Ask the Chinese and Japanese to intervene: see below
If the last option is selected then whoever neighbours the Cities (to begin with, according to the upcoming China rework, the League of Eight Provinces, AOG, Qing) and Japan get this modified version of the event:
We are asked to intervene to restore the Mandate!: -We must restore the Mandate! To war!: DoW, plus pp -There's nothing we can do: minus pp
At the end, whoever annexes the state of Shanghai gets this event: The Fate of the Union: -Restore the Mandate: restores independent Cities with AuthDem in control -Restore the Mandate... under our control: puppets Legation Cities, triggers intervention event, HUGE hit to pp
If not all of the cities are owned by the same country then these options are available: -Restore the Mandate... under our control: puppets and demands Legation Cities, triggers intervention event, HUGE hit to pp -Annex the cities: demands the other cities if they are not all owned by the same country, triggers intervention event, HUGE hit to pp -Partition the cities: keeps as is, triggers intervention event, HUGE hit to pp
If the rest of the Cities are demanded, then everybody else who owns a core will be forced to give it to the puppet or new controller or risk war.
The second intervention event triggers if the above options are chosen and appears to every country that originally had a non-aggression pact and guarantee with the Cities:
The Mandate is not restored!: -We must restore the Mandate! To war!: DoW, plus pp -There's nothing we can do: minus pp
After this the Mandate will be restored and the Cities will be status quo ante bellum but are locked into AuthDem; the previous prerequisite focuses will be bypassed and the Cities locked into the Centralist path.
The options for Status Quo are:
Moderate: Reform the Mandate: Madame Clementi - Pass pro-Chinese reforms and appease the CEM, (turning the SocDem and SocLib parties into the Int'l Mandate) and eventually integrating them into the Mandate. Also, Madame Clementi will reform the political system.
The Mandate Prevails: Cecil Clementi - use same tree as its namesake from the base KR.
Centralist: Commissioner Errol could use his power to merely stabilise the Cities at first, suspending the Council.
Commissioner Errol dissolves the Council: -Tobias Ehrler launches a coup and stops Errol: stay AuthDem -Errol dissolves the Council: go PatAut
Centralised Mandate: Ehrler’s Coup. The more moderate centralist path, stay AuthDem
The Commissioner Takes Control: uses its namesake focus tree. But with a choice: the NatPop party turns into the Int’l Mandate, giving options between Traditional Autocracy (PatAut) and Radical Autocracy (NatPop).
The Status Quo would have an option to invade the League of Eight Provinces and AOG in the event that they collapse or form the Republic. The Legation Cities could then become the League of Chinese Autonomies (resembling the current AOG) and then, under an enterprising player, go on to conquer all of China through an extension of the focus tree that gives claims on the various cliques.
Note on National Spirits: the Political Crisis NS will be removed by taking the Self-Government or Status Quo focuses, but the CEM, Pervasive Trade Unions and the XZD and Guominjun will only be removed once you have taken one of the focuses that come after it. For example, taking the China Emancipated focus will remove those three.
Triad events These events just fire anytime at random and aren't resolved until you finish the triad branch of the tree.
Triad warfare engulfs [insert city here]!: Recently, a fight has broken out between major triads, leading to robberies, killings and intrigue all over the cities. Shops and businesses have shut down and the Cities' citizens are trying to keep their heads down. -Clamp down on the triads!: +pp, minus manpower -Let them fight!: minus pp, plus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days
Opium shipment seized!: Recently, a lucrative shipment of opium was seized at a customs office, no doubt headed for opium dens across China or the world. The smugglers are offering us a small payment to let the shipment through, and to keep the incident silent. -Accept the bribe: minus pp, minus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days -Seize the shipment and arrest them!: plus pp
Arms smugglers arrested!: Recently, a lucrative shipment of arms and munitions was seized at a customs office, no doubt headed for wars across China or the world. The smugglers are offering us a small payment to let the shipment through, and to keep the incident silent. -Release them... for a fee: minus pp -Seize the shipment and arrest them!: plus pp, plus small amt of inf equipment
Money laundering operation uncovered!: Recently, a money laundering operation involving several casinos, banks, money exchange offices and dummy corporations was uncovered during a raid conducted by constabularies. The scandal has rocked the Cities, as many wealthy aristocrats and senior officials in the civil service are shipping their money elsewhere. The triads and those involved are offering us a small payment to let the operations resume. -Let them be... for a price: minus pp, plus national unity -Shut it down and arrest those involved!: plus pp
The Triad branch would split into two branches: co-operation vs crushing the triads, and you gain a corresponding national spirit. The co-operation branch would split between the three Triad trees that are currently in the game (Du for arms smuggling and Jinrong for money laundering or whatever) but Jiang Qing is replaced by Zhang Xiaolin, who was historically, one of the Three Bosses of Shanghai, and a much more realistic boss than Jiang Qing of all bloody people do you really want Madame Mao running an opium smuggling operation SHE WAS HATED FOR RUNNING THE GANG OF FOUR AND CLINGING TO POWER AFTER MAO’S DEATH IN OTL!. ahem But of course, she will still have an appearance as an actress with a movie.
Once you complete a triad co-operation branch its related event will not fire. For example, co-operating with opium kingpin Xiaolin will cause the opium event to stop firing but the others will keep firing since you did not choose to co-operate with them. If you co-operate with a triad instead of getting the regular triad warfare event you will get these:
Triad requests help in their operations: Our deal with the triads is a mutual one; we benefit from the profits and in return we turn a blind eye to some of their more unsavoury deeds. However, they have run into some problems in a recent operation and have asked us for assistance. -We will help out our friends: plus pp, minus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days -They'll have to go it alone: minus pp
Triad requests aid in feud: The triads operating in our Cities have a bad habit of feuding, although since we signed our deal we have had one less triad to worry about. However, they have gotten entangled in a rather nasty feud, so it falls to us to pick up the pieces. -We will help out our friends: plus pp, minus manpower -They'll have to go it alone: minus pp
Triad offers manpower: We have been having a shortage of manpower and the constabularies are begging for help in their operations. As per our deal with the triad, they can be obliged to offer some of their 49'ers and Blue Lanterns to aid us. -We accept with gratitude: minus pp, plus manpower -We are fine, thanks: plus pp
Triad offers surplus profits: We have been running a deficit as of late and the civil service is begging for help with administration. As per our deal with the triad, they can be obliged to offer some of their surplus profits to aid us. -We accept with gratitude: minus pp, minus 5% consumer goods factories for 30 days -We are fine, thanks: plus pp
The triad isn't behaving: We have received worrying reports that members of the triad we have made a deal with have raided a government owned institution. This places an uncomfortable dilemna before us; who do we side with? -Rein the triad in: minus pp, minus manpower -Tell those affected that it is their tough luck: minus pp, minus 0.2 pp gain for 30 days
Alternatively you could spend lots of consumer goods factories, manpower and build a lot more divisions to crush the triads once and for all and stop all events firing permanently.
There will be a dedicated economic branch of the tree, not requiring the Struggle for Shanghai focus but also only available after Black Monday. For a placeholder, you could use the Social Democratic and Social Conservative economy trees from Austria, (the brances beginning with Public Welfare Reforms and National Austerity Council), although altered so:
Subsidies for Farmers: -> Subsidies for Factories Compromise with the SDAP: -> Introduce co-operatives Naturfreunde -> Devolve Power to Municipal Authorities National -> Union-wide
Upon completing either branch they will merge into one focus which lets the player get rid of the Underpaid Civil Service national spirit. Only after getting rid of this NS can you complete the end of the branches (e.g. complete Economic Boom or Reforged Economy which will replace the Economic Meltdown NS).
The military tree will have two branches: Internal Security This branch splits into: Expanding the Police Force (only if you crushed the triads) and Incorporate the Triads (only if you co-operated with them).
An Army of Our Own Gives different options for doctrine and armament research bonuses, can choose to either get a socialist, democratic army of expand the Guominjun or have League army resembling that of Mittelafrika or AOG: European officer corps, Chinese soldiers.
I also reckon that Black Monday would hit the Cities really hard, giving it a National Spirit that cripples them and is only removable through the economy focuses.
For those wondering what the League of Eight Provinces are, check the forum for news on the upcoming China rework.
Note: WOW this got a lot longer and more complicated than it first was. Lots of editing.
Thanks to all of those who stuck there and read to the end.
Also, I propose that the Princely Federation should be renamed to Azad Hind (Free India) just cus I feel like it is more appropriate than Princely Federation, and it also makes it clear that this is an Indian Nation, not a random generic name.
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Guide to Mac Miller
Inspired by the awesome "Guide to Kanye West" by
habs76 that actually got me into Kanye and by all the other amazing "guides" here on
/music, I decided, since I didn't found any, to create one for my favorite artist: Mac Miller. If you're thinking "hey that guy barely has four years of career, it's too short" I have to say that, although that's true, he has put out an impressive number of songs, actually his latest mixtape, FACES, is his
11th official release, so we're talking about a lot of material over a short period of time.
A Quick Introduction Mac Miller's music can be divided into two, distinct phases, with a very different sound: pre-Blue Slide Park and post-BSP. That is because a lot changed in his life after Blue Slide Park came out and those changes were reflected in his music. The former phase is maybe his most commercially successful one, with most, if not all his biggest hits written in this time. The sound is very white-boy rapper with predominantly dancey beats, although there are differences between each of the works that came out over this phase. The latter is a phase characterized by less commercial success but more artistic production, where Mac Miller is not just a rapper anymore, but an eclectic artist who can easily adapt to different genres and can also craft, both for himself and for other artists (such as Vince Staples and SZA), unique sounds under the pseudonym of Larry Fisherman.
So, let's get started:
The High Life (2009) [Mixtape] The High Life marks the proper introduction of Mac Miller into the world of professional hip-hop, granting him enough local success to ensure him lots of sold-out shows in his hometown of Pittsburgh and in Pennsylvania. It sounds a bit unpolished, but you can already hear hints of his distinct "modern rap, throwback beat" style.
Standout Tracks:
- Another Night - Praising nights spent alone in the house making music and smoking weed over a splendid guitar beat.
- Just My Imagination - This song is maybe better in retrospect than it was actually at the time, because few people have been able to achieve much of what he says in this song in as short time as him.
K.I.D.S. (2010) [Mixtape] This mixtape was his breakthrough work and one of his two best works in my opinion. It was his first release after signing with Rostrum, Wiz Khalifa's now former label. Recorded while he already had his own place thanks to the money he made with The High Life, the sound is pretty much on the same style as the latter, although in this mixtape the beats are more polished and his writing has improved greatly. The name K.I.D.S. stands for Kicking Incredibly Dope Shit, and comes for the movie
Kids.
Standout Tracks:
- Senior Skip Day - A song to show his love for skipping not just class but every kind of business to be able to enjoy himself. One of the most upbeat songs he has ever made.
- Knock Knock - The first single off the mixtape (yeah, his mixtape game is that good), this is another really upbeat song about him "knocking" on the rap game's door and explaining why they should let them in. Great beat, great hit.
- Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza - Two and a half minutes of straight rap with no hook over a beautifully old-school beat that caused him a good chunk of trouble (you can read about that on his Wikipedia page). One of his best songs.
Best Day Ever (2011) [Mixtape] This was the mixtape that made him an international superstar. It has many hits, probably thanks to the very bangery sound of most of the beats.
Standout Tracks:
- Best Day Ever - I have to note that there are two versions of this song on the mixtape: the linked one (called BDE Bonus), which is my favorite, and the proper "Best Day Ever" that samples Beauties Can Die by M83, one of my favorite bands. Both are really good. The song is about him finally living his dream.
- Donald Trump - This song was an international hit, largely thanks to the amazingly catchy beat crafted by SAP. Of course, Mac knows how to write properly to a catchy song.
- All Around The World - Up until this song, Mac Miller was missing a good song about partying, and for someone like him that was not a good thing. Luckily this came around. Writing not exceptional, but it fits perfectly into Just Blaze's dancey beat.
Blue Slide Park (2011) Named after the Pittsburgh park, up until this album, his debut album, Mac Miller had built so much hype that it was inevitable to see this album skyrocket to the top of the charts on its first week of sales, setting the record for most successful independent album of all time. But, for most of the critics, notably Pitchfork, this was only because of the hype and not because the album was actually that good, therefore receiving generally unfavorable reviews. I think that the album is far from perfect, and a bit redundant if you listen to it as a whole, but it surely has got its fair share of good pieces, such as:
- Frick Park Market - Mac goes really hard on this "I don't give a fuck" track named after the eponymous shop on real-life Blue Slide Park.
- Missed Calls - A beautiful and heartbreaking song about dealing with the consequences fame has over relationships. Crystal clear beat by Ritz Reynolds.
- One Last Thing - As Mac Miller said, the (w)rap-up. This Clams Casino-produced gem is one of Mac's best lyrical efforts up until this point (his lyrical skills will rise dramatically up over the next works). Straight rap and no hook always means some good lines.
Macadelic (2012) [Mixtape] This mixtape marks the start of Mac Miller's second artistic phase. The rather harsh reception that Blue Slide Park received put Mac under a lot of stress, and he went through a bad period in his life. This led him to change his direction in music towards a darker, more thoughtful path, although Macadelic still shares some similarities with his previous work.
Standout Tracks:
- Loud - Mac Miller's trademark banger, Macadelic style.
- Thoughts From A Balcony - Maybe the first real taste of what Mac's music was becoming: deep, thoughtful lyrics about the world, life and drugs over a mellow piano beat crafted by Donald Trump's man, SAP.
- 1 Threw 8 - In this song Mac is really introspective and wonders what will be remembered of him after he dies. Deep, moody beat by Black Diamond.
Watching Movies With The Sound Off (2013) His second album, it didn't nearly get the same reception as BSP, under every point of view. In fact, it sold much fewer copies while being received overwhelmingly better by critics. I think that it is his best work, maybe together with K.I.D.S. (the two are really different and thus not comparable). In this album Mac's artistic evolution, started on Macadelic, blossoms in an astonishingly wonderful way, with 19 songs that are wonderfully diverse and rich, a cast of collaborators picked perfectly and beautiful production, sometimes handled by the man himself. I recommend listening to the whole album, but there are a few tracks that I think are above the others. The name comes from the way he worked on the album, actually while watching movies with the sound off in the studio.
Standout Tracks:
- S.D.S. - A Flying Lotus-produced track that sees Mac defining his beliefs and wondering about the hardly explainable things in the world. Awesome.
- I Am Who Am (Killin' Time) - This song is what I believe is the best lyrical work ever conceived by Mac. It criticizes himself but also what other people say of himself, but in a way that it could be valid for everyone. The beat is dark-dreamy piece by ADOTHEGOD and Niki Randa's voice fits perfectly into the hook.
- Objects In The Mirror - This Pharrell Wiliams(!!)-produced work of art is addressing lean, or any other drug, as a girl with whom you have a not so rosy relationship. This is, in my opinion, the best track of the whole album, perfectly crafted both musically and lyrically.
Live From Space (2013) [Live Album] This is not your usual live album, because it's not just a recording of him performing his usual songs at a show. After WMWTSO came out, Mac embarked on The Space Migration Tour and brought, along with the likes of Earl Sweatshirt and Chance The Rapper, the experimental band The Internet from Odd Future together. In fact, on the first part of each show Mac played some of his best songs off of WMWTSO but also from previous works in a wonderfully rearranged version together with The Internet. I recommend listening to the whole album as well because some of the rearrangements are done perfectly, but I'd also suggest giving a listen to some of the new material on the album, because it's really good.
Standout Tracks:
- Youforia (Live) - Although when together with The Internet his songs sound wonderful, I believe that this is the song that exposes Mac Miller as an all-around musical artist. Just him and a slightly processed electric piano, played by the man himself while he sings a song that originally, on WMWTSO, was a rare Clams Casino-produced slow, dreamy ballad. Here he makes it sound more personal and even better.
- Eggs Aisle - The name a play on the word exile, a really good stream of consciousness song (which will be pretty much the norm on FACES) in which he contemplates life and spirituality over a spacey beat.
- Life - Yet another dreamy beat on this album, makes for a kinda-creepy and deep song about the true definition of "crazy in love". Brilliant "not rapping nor singing" performance by Mac.
FACES (2014) [Mixtape] His latest mixtape, although on the same wave length of Macadelic and WMWTSO, starts to bend a little towards a more alternative, and a touch brighter, direction, and also features much more production by himself, as he's getting much better. The mixtape provides the listener with a staggering 24-track set, although some tracks are (and this is a new entry in his style) instrumentals.
Standout Tracks:
- Polo Jeans - A really good song produced by Earl Sweatshirt in which Mac talks about fame and his new cocaine habit (sigh) while Earl delivers his usual (amazing) rap poetry.
- Diablo - One of Mac's best productions under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman, here he addresses haters and rivals in a really stylish way.
- New Faces - Another Earl Sweatshirt-produced track, this is yet another song about drugs (like most of the lyrics off of FACES), although this might be the best one at that.
EDIT: Thanks to
nulspace, I added Live From Space.
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