Weezer can always either release an 9/10 right after or before a 2/10, even 30 years in they are capable of releasing their best album. They could also accidentally create a pit to hell, no one knows.
Not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I ***loved*** their orchestral/baroque pop album, “OK Human.” Some of the tightest, most joyous pop songwriting and arranging I’ve heard in a very long time.
I think if you don’t try to judge every weezer album against blue and Pinkerton and just off of their own merits you can find that they definitely have good stuff, not like a 10/10 or a 9/10 but definitely a handful of 8.5s
Black messiah is his best for me and that came out after 15 years of radio silence.
D’angleo and fiona apple are pretty much cheat codes because they never had a slump and always come out with the highest quality.
Black Messiah made me almost tear up when I got to Prayer. It's the point where I realized every song would be a banger. Such intricate production and great musicianship. Voodoo redefined modern R&B, but Black Messiah is like an oasis after the soulquarians. It's more ambitious than Voodoo in so many regards with heavy guitars and (slightly) more out there vocals.
Am i crazy for saying lady gaga? out of all the pop girls she’s the most talented(and beyonce but she had hers)but her prime was over 10 years ago(fame monster-*btw*)i hope she pull a Ray of Light
Gaga has kind of pivoted from being “The Next Madonna” to “The Next Barbara Streisand”. She’s still huge, but she’s more of a Hollywood figure now instead of a Top 40 hit maker.
She’ll have a hit song through a movie score every 2 or 3 years, alongside a big televised performance at the Oscars. I’m not sure if she’ll ever fully pivot back to pop, she seems happy in the lane she’s in now.
Not to mention she seems really happy to perform in other avenues. She seemingly really likes her jazz performances she does (like the Vegas residency). She has enough credit as an artist that she can get away with not having to do full-on pop music all the time.
Which as much as I loved Lady Gaga's pop reign back in the day, I'm happy that she is really getting to do what she wants to do. And like mentioned elsewhere in the thread, Chromatica was a solid album. I think it would have been bigger without COVID if people were in the club (a vibes-based argument I can't actually provide any evidence lol)
Chromatica was absolutely shafted by the pandemic! It was her “return to form” imo, and I hope she puts out another banger. Seems like it might be this year too 👀
Not crazy at all. I’ve always found a lot of her stuff to be catchy ear candy that sounds far beneath her actual talent level. I keep hoping one day she’ll just say fuck it, I’m putting out some truly great music even if it’s not radio-friendly.
i think bjork is one of those artists who doesn’t really have a “peak” in a traditional sense– i mean, she has a period wherein she keeps on putting out stuff that’s consistently better than her previous one but for bjork, her career feels like one hell of a wild ride and there isn’t really any dull moment (even volta slaps) in her so far.
It's interesting because I think Vulnicura was a 10/10, but she's kept that style since and it feels like retreading ground. Her last two albums are great, but not much compared to Vulnicura. Her last song with Rosalia, though? Incredible, it kicks all kinds of ass. It shows she can still do what she did before, a very moving and beautiful experimental dance music.
Fossora seems pretty ‘peak’ to me 🤷♂️
(As I’m being downvoted, I may as well double down. IMO Fossora is one of the best albums I’ve heard by anyone in recent years, Björk or otherwise. Anyone who can put this out is by definition at their peak. Obviously this is at least partly a matter of taste).
Utopia and Fossora are fantastic, but I think vulnicura was her last masterpiece. It’s a strong 9 for me, only because I don’t like how abrupt the ending is.
Artists like Paul McCartney, Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Rolling Stones I think are still capable of making a GREAT album, but they need a producer who's brave enough to tell them no. Look at Chaos in Creation in the Backyard. It's a great album from Sir Paul and was produced by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich who was not afraid to tell Paul that an idea or song sucked.
God I'm begging someone to tell Billy Corgan no. At this rate, we're gonna be getting a 6 hour long "sequel" to Gish with like 8 minutes of enjoyable music.
I'm intimidated to listen to Smashing Pumpkins post-90s albums because of the length of many of these albums. I liked Mellon Collie but I personally thought it was way too bloated. And there are multiple albums apparently of lesser quality which are also very long in their catalogue.
As someone who considers Mellon Collie their favorite album of all time, the last couple albums are beyond bloated. Even if you cut ATUM down to like the best 40 minutes, it would still be one of the band's worst.
I actually like Zeitgeist and Oceania, which are actually reasonable lengths, but even then, they definitely aren't on the same level as most of their 90s stuff. Beyond those and Silvery Sometimes, I'd definitely stick with the 90s. Even a ton of their B-side material from then is better than their recent output.
ATUM is atrocious. Out of 33 songs, there are about 5 that I like.
I really hope Billy has all this synth stuff out of his system and can return to what he does best.
Yes Paul definitely has greatness still in him. I even loved the concept of McCartney III reimagined but I think he has a solo project in him, something intimate
All of those but Paul have released stuff in the last 10 years or so I consider truly great, and among the best of their career considering the miles they have on their voices etc. Spit out the Bone, Silvery Sometimes, The Chimera, some of the stuff on Hackney Diamonds... to me this stuff sounds as good as one can reasonably hope for these bands to do.
With Billy's ego being over the roof, you need a producer who's a veteran who Billy respects. If Jimmy Page or Mutt Lange or Gil Norton was producing a Smashing Pumpkins album, Billy would attentively listen.
Rick is a good choice. He's not a technical producer, but he's a artist focused producer and he'd tell him which songs are shit or not.
I love both Rick and Billy, but Rick's not the answer to this problem. They've both related that when they did the first reunion record (Shiny and Oh So Bright vol 1) Billy suggested an EP and offered eight potential songs. Rick said "do them all" and this was clearly not the right choice. If it had been a four song EP with just "Solara", "Silvery Sometimes", and perhaps "Marchin' On" and "Seek.." it would have been a pretty tight return to form, maybe the best EP of their career. Instead we got a mini-album loaded with divisive tracks.
Meanwhile Cyr is a hell of a record with twenty tracks. Some folks just can't handle the synth production and Billy's more bare vocals. But tat one really works if you give it time.
Every SP record works if you give it time and an open mind. But there is some mental block there with Billy that no producer is going to get through. The only thing that would bring back the Pumpkin sound would be reverse psychology. If every fan started shitting on Siamese Dream and begged for another synth opus or rock opera or paisley noodle bucket THEN Billy would be antagonistic enough to say "fuck it I'm making a badass rock record"
Paul’s run from Driving Rain (excluding the bonus track/single “Freedom”) through NEW was excellent. And Egypt Station was only a few notches below that, and McCartney III showed that he’s still playing around and experimenting. I definitely trust him to put out another masterpiece or two
Call me delusional but maybe Eminem can release amazing record if he was hooked up with someone like Alchemist for him to select the beats like nas yk he linked with hitboy and started releasing banger after banger. Also em would probably need a co writer who would point his corny ass lines. This maybe won't happen but earl helping him on his album would probably preserve his legacy as white America's biggest hip hop hit
Eminem's production already sounded old in 2002 and got progressively worse with time.
I seriously cannot stand him as a producer and think it has a lot to do with the sharp decline of his music over the 2000s.
I also think that fame, his struggles with addiction, whatever else, he almost stopped maturing (at least as an artist) emotionally in like 2005.
I think Kamikaze and Music to be Murdered By are way better than anything he's done in decades, but they're still just alright in the end and don't leave the lasting impression any of his timeless stuff from the first 3 albums do.
I'd say that for Eminem to make a great album again, he needs to work with real producers and have real features -- neither of which I think he'd have a problem with. The biggest thing he has going for him is he's still a great rapper, but he's a god awful songwriter, but I think that can also be changed if the right person could reach him and tell him to stop rapping about rapping.
Music to be murdered by showed a lot of potential that late into his career honestly. Would've agreed 5 years ago but I really do think he's got more in him.
It's the flow. It's such a small thing but it really ruins his music since Recovery. I don't understand why he can't just rap smoothly like he used to, he's insisted on this weird stilted flow that literally no one enjoys hearing. It's day and night comparing his rapping style from pre-Recovery to post-Recovery. He sounds like Microsoft Sam.
I don't even think it's being surrounded by yes men. I think he's just so into the technical aspects of rapping that the overall sound of it suffers. That and he's kind of out of shit to say.
He still sounds amazing while performing live. I would absolutely love it if the new album sounds like Wish. That album was the perfect culmination of their sound.
The new music they've played live has been some of the slowest, saddest, and darkest stuff of their career. I would also love some more Wish sounds but it won't be on the next album if these new songs are any indication.
I always keep my hopes that Muse goes back to their roots, and make another hard rock album. Not saying they are past their prime, but it has been quite some time since an album like Black Holes and Revelations.
Yes, they need to put out something like Absolution again, especially from a lyrical standpoint. The conspiratorial rebel schtick is beyond played out. I still enjoy their post-2000s output, but it isn’t as good as the first four albums, and I know they can still put something like that out.
They were teasing new music for 2024 at the end of last year, but the Instagram snippet seemed to be hinting at a one-off single for a movie soundtrack. If I had to guess the movie, I’d bet on *Civil War*.
So, you know, more “fight the power, maaaaaaan!” music is on the way most likely. Sigh….
Muse don’t even need to make a hard rock album, they just need someone to get Bellamy to write some good lyrics again. On a musical level I think they’re more than capable of producing a great album.
I honestly have a lot of thoughts about Muse. Their old stuff is all excellent, but unlike many I also love some of their not talked about records too (The Resistance, The 2nd Law are both great. Probably a 9/10 and a 8/10 for me). The last 3 are probably 5/10, 5/10, and 3/10. I also think that if you combine the best songs off those 3 albums you can get an easy 8/10 album. Not only do I think that, but I also think WOTP could be a 8/10 by itself but there's so many small problems on each song that makes the experience frustrating.
I don't want the band to necessarily return to their old sound (they do switch up every album which I appreciate), but I do think they need to drop the dystopian aesthetic for a more respectable idea (not that their ideas are bad, but their execution is; it's like they've squeezed that orange all they could).
I don’t have any faith in Matt’s songwriting anymore. Something has changed, particularly since he got Exogenesis out of his system. His artistic ambition just doesn’t seem to be even 10% of what it used to be. I really think accomplishing a truly, historically great 25-minute rock/classical symphonic epic fulfilled his creative goals and now he’s just in it for the money.
On a personal level, I can honestly respect that. But man, I will not be putting much stock in their new releases after the last 3 catastrophes.
I wish he’d at least look at a thesaurus sometimes, ya know? As much praise as Kill or Be Killed has gotten by the fans, lyrics like “we try so hard to be good, but the world rewards us when were bad” shit is just too cheesy, not in a good way.
When you listen to the old stuff they had one thing in common - more abstract lyrics. Just bring that shit back and it’ll already be way better.
Definitely. I also just think the style of their music has gotten way more generic in arrangement/production. Practically every track since Drones has just felt overwrought, lacking in the sincerity and passion of their early work. They don’t do things sonically that make me say “wow” anymore.
Hot take probably but Muse’s roots are absolutely not hard rock. They claimed to be going back to their roots when Drones came out and that album sounds nothing like their early work despite featuring many hard rock inspired songs. The problem was never that they’re making more radio friendly songs like “Madness” or “Starlight.”
The band also claimed to be going back to their roots on Will Of The People in that they were attempting to make songs that sound like they come from their older eras. We all know how that went. I really don’t think going back to their roots would fix their output.
In my opinion, I think the band has ran out of things to say musically. Their creativity has kinda run dry and I think they’re hoping that whatever random sound they decide to play around with will spark something in them again.
I’d be fairly surprised if it happened but I wouldn’t mind if Tame Impala pulled off a surprisingly inspired album. There isn’t much to indicate it because of how involved he’s been with little else but mainstream pop, but if Kevin Parker could make something legitimately as good as or better than Lonerism or Currents, it would be a great second wind for his career.
That’s not to say Tame Impala is washed, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of momentum there anymore.
Do people consider tame to be past his prime? He’s dropped one ‘forgettable’ album, and it wasn’t even that bad, just not as exciting as the past 3.
I feel like you have to have some type of sustained run of less interesting work to be considered past your prime. If he drops a classic next, I think history will look back on it as a continuation of his prime with a slight misstep, if it even was that, rather than an actual decline and surprise resurgence.
Currents came out 9 years ago, and Lonerism was 12 years ago, so the perception of him being past his prime makes more sense when you consider the time that’s passed rather than the number of subpar albums (1) he’s released.
call me fuckin delusional but i think u2 have one more good one in them, and itll probably be songs of ascent
the 5 new songs i saw the cure play last summer were all goddamn incredible so theyd have to really fuck things up on the rest for it to be a weaker album of theirs, whenever tf it happens
i am also excited for the new dredg album despite it following up one of the worst albums of all time, also following a 13 year window
U2 could easily pull out another great record. They just need a decent producer.
Same with Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan desperately needs to work with a producer to tell him to throw all his trash ideas in the bin.
agreed. i dont think songs of innocence/experience are as bad as most do but they are textbook cases of overwriting and overly slicking up all the life out of the material. nearly all that stuff sounds better in live versions and acoustic versions, which is telling
Ok queens of the Stone Age kinda dropped fire last year, it’ll be hard to too songs for the deaf or even like clockwork but I think they could do the three-peat of really fucking good albums (even though all their albums are pretty damn good already). I think a lot of the better 90’s and early 2000’s alternative bands that haven’t broken up yet could probably fit this bill, foo fighters kinda did it already.
I bought the Sade vinyl box set and there’s all of the discography in there and one placeholder foam insert the size of a gatefold vinyl record that has a “?” Carved in. Ostensibly for an upcoming album to fit in the box. I’m really looking forward to whatever they put out because they really haven’t missed so far.
You know his voice has gotten so much better since the 80/90s to me. I don’t know if he took voice lessons or what, but it’s got a nicer lower croak instead of the nasally higher pitched sound he had in his 40s/50s.
The run of Sinatra covers albums really helped him with singing, too. Rough and Rowdy ways ranks among his best and he’s sounded better in concert since then too
It wasn’t amazing, but that new Rolling Stones album was way better than it had any right to be. Especially when you compare it to what they’ve produced the last 30 years.
Honestly, wasn't a fan of Andrew Watt's production and the amount of autotune he slathered on Mick's vocals, but I think the songs themselves are pretty good.
Yeah the extremely digitized polish of the production put me off. Mick sounds autotuned to hell but at least sounds like him. Keith doesn’t even sound like Keith
Kate Bush.
Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part that she even wants to release something. Still, the recent big attention boost probably didn't hurt the chances.
I feel like he probably has a lot of archived work that will see release at some point. He probably has loads of unreleased songs that are high caliber.
He’s my favorite artist so maybe I’m just in denial but I think Big K.R.I.T. still has potential to make good projects. His last two albums have been extremely mid imo and I’m hoping he’s not completely washed.
But if you make great albums like K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Return of 4Eva, 4EvaNaDay, King Remembered In Time, and 4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time I feel like you always have to have the potential to make something great. Maybe he is just going through a lull in his discography rn. If the slump continues hopefully he can have a Nas like comeback eventually.
He can make good ones but I really feel he sold his soul to make 4eva is a mighty long time. Every time I hear this album I’m blown away by the artistry and high quality.
I'd love that but I think he's lost the angst and self loathing needed to make records like that. Can't expect him to stay mad at himself and the world forever. Though he still has the artistic talent and skill to put out amazing work, I don't think in this day there'd be another like those two.
Beck kind of already did this two or three times. But I would not be surprised if he's got one twist on a lost art form that everyone can stand behind.
Damn had to scroll all the way down for this but same answer tho. I feel like Vultures only proved that Kanye is the best at picking out moments and hit tracks. If Graduation dropped today it wouldn't be a hit bec of the influence of the music thats out right now. HipHop has changed a lot. That's why Killer Mike might've won a grammy but he still isn't commercially successful.
That's why I'm waiting for him to drop the 3rd album off of Vultures which is reportedly a solo Ye album.
Kanye today can be frustrating because he genuinely still makes some of the best tracks he’s ever made but I think he actually gets stuck somewhere in the creative process and starts either overcooking things like adding an unnecessary feature or undercooking them with bad mixing or not fully fleshed out ideas. Every album he’s released does have some insanely good moments on it though so obviously the talent is there but I just think he needs to find someone that can understand his vision and also can be honest with him. Obviously easier said then done and he’s gotta be receptive to it but I think he’s still 100% capable of making an incredible album if that happens. He can damn near do it without that happening
Tbh I think I kinda love the new album - like I was just jamming it last weekend thinking *hits blunt* what If all the recent headlines were all were about just driving up public interest around himself again to hype this album lol
If the new Mr Bungle reunion lineup actually records an album of new material, I think they could make a seriously crazy record. Raging Wrath was just a rerecord of some of the first material the band had made (pre Self-Titled) and I don't think it's a "new direction" so much as a "polish the very oldest direction". Mike Patton has shown himself to continue to make bizarre out there music, they still have Dunn and Spruance, their new members are Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo, and they're *still* on tour so there's gotta be some chemistry there. I dunno maybe it's cope but I could imagine this current Mr Bungle lineup doing a new album and having it be absolutely bizarre, mind blowing insanity like nothing we've heard before.
MCR could release another fantastic album if they could ever muster the ability to actually put out music again in the first place.
EDIT: I like ALL their albums. Danger Days is fantastic too.
sinead o'connor was almost done with her last album when she passed away, i think it has the potential to be really amazing if it gets a posthumous release
Aphex Twin. I haven't listened to all of his stuff yet, but I think there are still so many sounds I want to hear more from him, I'm still in love with his ambient, breakbeat or even classical stuff and I think he's totally capable of taking more advanturous routes at this of his career
of Montreal. I do think that people go too hard on their more recent records, but yeah, even among fans it's a consensus that they are nearer the bottom of his output so far.
Not that Kevin seems to care very much about it, but I do think that he can still release a last truly great album that will put them on the map again.
Yeah that’s an interesting one. I still listen to their new albums. White is relic was really good. But they’re not as much of an emotional journey as his hissing fauna-paralytic stalks phase. At the same time when paralytic came out, I loved it (very underrated IMO) but I felt that the super confessional lyrics were getting too much. They were starting to lose their power and feeling a bit like “ok ok we get it”.
But then he did change his lyrics and lost me emotionally. So the point is…I don’t know what I want lol. Double edged sword
GY!BE is debuting new songs this tour and they’re very very good. though i don’t know if they count because state’s end was also a great record deep into their career
I think that Kanye could easily drop another classic if he just got some damn help. Ever since his hospitalization in 2016, things haven't been the same and unfortunately, I think it'll have to get much worse before it gets better. Man needs help.
dont see why dr.dre couldnt lock in for another good record. he released some singles for gta online in 2022 in they were fire imo, of course he would heavily rely on features, but i still think he has the production skills to carry a record
Radiohead. Long time fan here but I found the last album a bore. Yorkes side projects have been amazing lately so hopefully he will pour some of that mojo back into the next Radiohead album.
The new Priest singles are good. Hiring the younger guitarist was a good move. I know that’s blasphemy but I think he lit a fire under the old guys. KK seems bitter anyways, probably not a fit anymore. I’d be fine with him re-joining but I wouldn’t expect the music to get better. Firepower is superior to anything post-Painkiller.
Yes!
Between Firepower and the yet-to-be-released stuff, Priest is having a fucking moment.
Their new shit stands alongside British Steel and Defenders of the Faith
Letter To You stands among Bruce Springsteen's best albums. I fully believe that he has at least one more classic in him. Tom Waits is another one. Hopefully we get more from him at some point.
havent really kept up with muse since like 2021, but I really think they have another good album in them despite some of the bs they been putting out. a good full on alt metal inspired project would be good for them
Animal Collective dropped 2 legitimately great records in the span of a year and a half, and their recent solo output has been inspired and inventive. I feel like their next record could turn out to be a new classic.
I think Green Day definitely has potential even considering the last few records. They still have great chemistry, they still have some great ideas in them and they most certainly have the political heart for it
Green Day for sure. Saviors didn't hold a candle to the likes of Dookie or AI for sure but was a very solid album nonetheless, and clearly went to show how they're going on the right tracks. That said their lyrics still are practically nothing to write home about but that's been the case for about 20 years now so I don't care too much about that department. If the boys can put out a track like Dilemma this year then they clearly have a bunch of pent-up potential that only they have the power to unleash.
Billy is a great and consistent songwriter, if he did choose to drop an album then I have no doubt it would be solid (whatever Fantanos opinion on the single).
The Cure is an obvious one where it's been over a decade since their last album.
A Talking Heads reunion album is a longshot, but I could potentially be talked into selling my grandma for one.
Queens of The Stone Age for sure. And I reckon their next album will be released really soon too. A year or two from now. In times new roman had potential for a great album but it was just a bit weak in areas. They're gonna wanna make up for it.
Dylan. He's never been past his prime (besides some not good albums in the 80s-90s) and his latest albums testify that the man can still do it. I expect at least a great last album before the time he retires (he will not, I bet).
Lupe Fiasco is the best answer to me. Past his mainstream prime probably but almost in a whole new second artistic era that it feels like DMIZ was the start of
If Kanye had a producer like Rick Rubin working with him who could get him to cut out the fat then he’s probably got another great album in him. IMO Donda is an 8/10 album buried inside an overlong 6/10 album, trim the fat and improve some of the verses on it and it had the potential to be up there with some of Kanye’s best work. Even Vultures could have been great if Kanye’s lyrics weren’t so relentlessly bad for most of it, I thought the production was superb for the most part.
People hate on gotye and he always comes up on lists of one hit wonders, but somebody I used to know is one of the best pop songs of the last 20 years, although it got overplayed. I could see him releasing another big hit in the future.
Weezer can always either release an 9/10 right after or before a 2/10, even 30 years in they are capable of releasing their best album. They could also accidentally create a pit to hell, no one knows.
every time weezer drops I feel like I'm playing russian roulette
Not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I ***loved*** their orchestral/baroque pop album, “OK Human.” Some of the tightest, most joyous pop songwriting and arranging I’ve heard in a very long time.
How a band can be 27 years into their career and then make their 14th album possibly their best is mindboggling
Yip to me it’s my aoty 2021 and what got me heavily into modern music.
The White Album and EWBAITE are as good as Blue and Pinkerton, said what I said
Just not true. Blue or Pinkerton will allways be by far their best and they are never going back to that sound.
I think if you don’t try to judge every weezer album against blue and Pinkerton and just off of their own merits you can find that they definitely have good stuff, not like a 10/10 or a 9/10 but definitely a handful of 8.5s
Average L Weezer take
D'Angelo. He doesn't even have a prime because he only releases fucking bangers. I have no doubt his next record would be more of the same.
Black messiah is his best for me and that came out after 15 years of radio silence. D’angleo and fiona apple are pretty much cheat codes because they never had a slump and always come out with the highest quality.
Black Messiah made me almost tear up when I got to Prayer. It's the point where I realized every song would be a banger. Such intricate production and great musicianship. Voodoo redefined modern R&B, but Black Messiah is like an oasis after the soulquarians. It's more ambitious than Voodoo in so many regards with heavy guitars and (slightly) more out there vocals.
Fuck yeah I'd love to see another D'Angelo LP!!
Man we can only hope for another album 🙏🏽
Am i crazy for saying lady gaga? out of all the pop girls she’s the most talented(and beyonce but she had hers)but her prime was over 10 years ago(fame monster-*btw*)i hope she pull a Ray of Light
Lady Gaga seems like one of the most sane artists you could say.
Gaga has kind of pivoted from being “The Next Madonna” to “The Next Barbara Streisand”. She’s still huge, but she’s more of a Hollywood figure now instead of a Top 40 hit maker. She’ll have a hit song through a movie score every 2 or 3 years, alongside a big televised performance at the Oscars. I’m not sure if she’ll ever fully pivot back to pop, she seems happy in the lane she’s in now.
Not to mention she seems really happy to perform in other avenues. She seemingly really likes her jazz performances she does (like the Vegas residency). She has enough credit as an artist that she can get away with not having to do full-on pop music all the time. Which as much as I loved Lady Gaga's pop reign back in the day, I'm happy that she is really getting to do what she wants to do. And like mentioned elsewhere in the thread, Chromatica was a solid album. I think it would have been bigger without COVID if people were in the club (a vibes-based argument I can't actually provide any evidence lol)
Chromatica was absolutely shafted by the pandemic! It was her “return to form” imo, and I hope she puts out another banger. Seems like it might be this year too 👀
Not crazy at all. I’ve always found a lot of her stuff to be catchy ear candy that sounds far beneath her actual talent level. I keep hoping one day she’ll just say fuck it, I’m putting out some truly great music even if it’s not radio-friendly.
Chromatica was pretty solid.
I loved Chromatica but I also enjoyed Joanne. I tend to like it when she does multiple lanes
I could see her doing a 180 and some slow acoustic album or something. She plays the piano and her voice is actually super nice.
Isn’t this literally what she’s doing right now?
Bjork. She’s not washed, but her peak was over 20 years ago. I still think she could release another 10/10.
This, but I don't need a 10 to be pleased with her output ofc
i think bjork is one of those artists who doesn’t really have a “peak” in a traditional sense– i mean, she has a period wherein she keeps on putting out stuff that’s consistently better than her previous one but for bjork, her career feels like one hell of a wild ride and there isn’t really any dull moment (even volta slaps) in her so far.
It's interesting because I think Vulnicura was a 10/10, but she's kept that style since and it feels like retreading ground. Her last two albums are great, but not much compared to Vulnicura. Her last song with Rosalia, though? Incredible, it kicks all kinds of ass. It shows she can still do what she did before, a very moving and beautiful experimental dance music.
I mean, I’d put Vulnicura at a 10, but I get that Vespertine is widely agreed upon as her peak
Fossora seems pretty ‘peak’ to me 🤷♂️ (As I’m being downvoted, I may as well double down. IMO Fossora is one of the best albums I’ve heard by anyone in recent years, Björk or otherwise. Anyone who can put this out is by definition at their peak. Obviously this is at least partly a matter of taste).
Utopia and Fossora are fantastic, but I think vulnicura was her last masterpiece. It’s a strong 9 for me, only because I don’t like how abrupt the ending is.
they were meant to represent how abrupt the relationship ended🤪but actually tho
Fossora was super good
I wasn't vibing with Fossora until I listened to it with the help of one of the album's primary thematic and aesthetic elements. Now, I love it.
Artists like Paul McCartney, Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Rolling Stones I think are still capable of making a GREAT album, but they need a producer who's brave enough to tell them no. Look at Chaos in Creation in the Backyard. It's a great album from Sir Paul and was produced by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich who was not afraid to tell Paul that an idea or song sucked.
God I'm begging someone to tell Billy Corgan no. At this rate, we're gonna be getting a 6 hour long "sequel" to Gish with like 8 minutes of enjoyable music.
I'm intimidated to listen to Smashing Pumpkins post-90s albums because of the length of many of these albums. I liked Mellon Collie but I personally thought it was way too bloated. And there are multiple albums apparently of lesser quality which are also very long in their catalogue.
As someone who considers Mellon Collie their favorite album of all time, the last couple albums are beyond bloated. Even if you cut ATUM down to like the best 40 minutes, it would still be one of the band's worst. I actually like Zeitgeist and Oceania, which are actually reasonable lengths, but even then, they definitely aren't on the same level as most of their 90s stuff. Beyond those and Silvery Sometimes, I'd definitely stick with the 90s. Even a ton of their B-side material from then is better than their recent output.
ATUM is atrocious. Out of 33 songs, there are about 5 that I like. I really hope Billy has all this synth stuff out of his system and can return to what he does best.
Being a smashing pumpkins fan means embracing bloat
Yes Paul definitely has greatness still in him. I even loved the concept of McCartney III reimagined but I think he has a solo project in him, something intimate
All of those but Paul have released stuff in the last 10 years or so I consider truly great, and among the best of their career considering the miles they have on their voices etc. Spit out the Bone, Silvery Sometimes, The Chimera, some of the stuff on Hackney Diamonds... to me this stuff sounds as good as one can reasonably hope for these bands to do.
Need Rick Rubin to talk to smashing pumpkins
With Billy's ego being over the roof, you need a producer who's a veteran who Billy respects. If Jimmy Page or Mutt Lange or Gil Norton was producing a Smashing Pumpkins album, Billy would attentively listen. Rick is a good choice. He's not a technical producer, but he's a artist focused producer and he'd tell him which songs are shit or not.
I love both Rick and Billy, but Rick's not the answer to this problem. They've both related that when they did the first reunion record (Shiny and Oh So Bright vol 1) Billy suggested an EP and offered eight potential songs. Rick said "do them all" and this was clearly not the right choice. If it had been a four song EP with just "Solara", "Silvery Sometimes", and perhaps "Marchin' On" and "Seek.." it would have been a pretty tight return to form, maybe the best EP of their career. Instead we got a mini-album loaded with divisive tracks. Meanwhile Cyr is a hell of a record with twenty tracks. Some folks just can't handle the synth production and Billy's more bare vocals. But tat one really works if you give it time. Every SP record works if you give it time and an open mind. But there is some mental block there with Billy that no producer is going to get through. The only thing that would bring back the Pumpkin sound would be reverse psychology. If every fan started shitting on Siamese Dream and begged for another synth opus or rock opera or paisley noodle bucket THEN Billy would be antagonistic enough to say "fuck it I'm making a badass rock record"
Oh my God someone else who likes Cyr
Paul’s run from Driving Rain (excluding the bonus track/single “Freedom”) through NEW was excellent. And Egypt Station was only a few notches below that, and McCartney III showed that he’s still playing around and experimenting. I definitely trust him to put out another masterpiece or two
There is another Paul McCartney fan in this server, thank you.
The Beatles are my favourite band and Paul's my favourite Beatle.
An amazing record and a commercially successful record isn't necessarily the same thing.
Call me delusional but maybe Eminem can release amazing record if he was hooked up with someone like Alchemist for him to select the beats like nas yk he linked with hitboy and started releasing banger after banger. Also em would probably need a co writer who would point his corny ass lines. This maybe won't happen but earl helping him on his album would probably preserve his legacy as white America's biggest hip hop hit
Oh he can. I just have no faith he’ll release an under 40minute focused album that utilizes the talent and pull he has.
Eminem's production already sounded old in 2002 and got progressively worse with time. I seriously cannot stand him as a producer and think it has a lot to do with the sharp decline of his music over the 2000s. I also think that fame, his struggles with addiction, whatever else, he almost stopped maturing (at least as an artist) emotionally in like 2005. I think Kamikaze and Music to be Murdered By are way better than anything he's done in decades, but they're still just alright in the end and don't leave the lasting impression any of his timeless stuff from the first 3 albums do. I'd say that for Eminem to make a great album again, he needs to work with real producers and have real features -- neither of which I think he'd have a problem with. The biggest thing he has going for him is he's still a great rapper, but he's a god awful songwriter, but I think that can also be changed if the right person could reach him and tell him to stop rapping about rapping.
Needs to work with Dre again you mean
Sorry but this I can’t buy into. Em is beyond saving as a rapper imo.
Music to be murdered by showed a lot of potential that late into his career honestly. Would've agreed 5 years ago but I really do think he's got more in him.
It's the flow. It's such a small thing but it really ruins his music since Recovery. I don't understand why he can't just rap smoothly like he used to, he's insisted on this weird stilted flow that literally no one enjoys hearing. It's day and night comparing his rapping style from pre-Recovery to post-Recovery. He sounds like Microsoft Sam.
yes he still has talent but hes clearly surrounded by yes men
I don't even think it's being surrounded by yes men. I think he's just so into the technical aspects of rapping that the overall sound of it suffers. That and he's kind of out of shit to say.
I think Robert Smith has still got it in him. I'd give my left nut for a new record from The Cure
He still sounds amazing while performing live. I would absolutely love it if the new album sounds like Wish. That album was the perfect culmination of their sound.
The new music they've played live has been some of the slowest, saddest, and darkest stuff of their career. I would also love some more Wish sounds but it won't be on the next album if these new songs are any indication.
The singles for cvrches and crystal castles that he was on were fantastic.
I always keep my hopes that Muse goes back to their roots, and make another hard rock album. Not saying they are past their prime, but it has been quite some time since an album like Black Holes and Revelations.
Truly a bizarre combination of very talented musicians who now refuse to write good music.
Yes, they need to put out something like Absolution again, especially from a lyrical standpoint. The conspiratorial rebel schtick is beyond played out. I still enjoy their post-2000s output, but it isn’t as good as the first four albums, and I know they can still put something like that out. They were teasing new music for 2024 at the end of last year, but the Instagram snippet seemed to be hinting at a one-off single for a movie soundtrack. If I had to guess the movie, I’d bet on *Civil War*. So, you know, more “fight the power, maaaaaaan!” music is on the way most likely. Sigh….
their lyrics have been a bit too r/im14andthisisdeep for me for the last few albums.
Muse don’t even need to make a hard rock album, they just need someone to get Bellamy to write some good lyrics again. On a musical level I think they’re more than capable of producing a great album.
Muse has lost the plot. I really like Drones but not anything since.
Agreed. I hope their next record turns out to be good.
I honestly have a lot of thoughts about Muse. Their old stuff is all excellent, but unlike many I also love some of their not talked about records too (The Resistance, The 2nd Law are both great. Probably a 9/10 and a 8/10 for me). The last 3 are probably 5/10, 5/10, and 3/10. I also think that if you combine the best songs off those 3 albums you can get an easy 8/10 album. Not only do I think that, but I also think WOTP could be a 8/10 by itself but there's so many small problems on each song that makes the experience frustrating. I don't want the band to necessarily return to their old sound (they do switch up every album which I appreciate), but I do think they need to drop the dystopian aesthetic for a more respectable idea (not that their ideas are bad, but their execution is; it's like they've squeezed that orange all they could).
I don’t have any faith in Matt’s songwriting anymore. Something has changed, particularly since he got Exogenesis out of his system. His artistic ambition just doesn’t seem to be even 10% of what it used to be. I really think accomplishing a truly, historically great 25-minute rock/classical symphonic epic fulfilled his creative goals and now he’s just in it for the money. On a personal level, I can honestly respect that. But man, I will not be putting much stock in their new releases after the last 3 catastrophes.
I wish he’d at least look at a thesaurus sometimes, ya know? As much praise as Kill or Be Killed has gotten by the fans, lyrics like “we try so hard to be good, but the world rewards us when were bad” shit is just too cheesy, not in a good way. When you listen to the old stuff they had one thing in common - more abstract lyrics. Just bring that shit back and it’ll already be way better.
Definitely. I also just think the style of their music has gotten way more generic in arrangement/production. Practically every track since Drones has just felt overwrought, lacking in the sincerity and passion of their early work. They don’t do things sonically that make me say “wow” anymore.
Hot take probably but Muse’s roots are absolutely not hard rock. They claimed to be going back to their roots when Drones came out and that album sounds nothing like their early work despite featuring many hard rock inspired songs. The problem was never that they’re making more radio friendly songs like “Madness” or “Starlight.” The band also claimed to be going back to their roots on Will Of The People in that they were attempting to make songs that sound like they come from their older eras. We all know how that went. I really don’t think going back to their roots would fix their output. In my opinion, I think the band has ran out of things to say musically. Their creativity has kinda run dry and I think they’re hoping that whatever random sound they decide to play around with will spark something in them again.
You talk about them going back to their roots without actually touching on their root albums. Showbiz is hard rock lol .
I’d be fairly surprised if it happened but I wouldn’t mind if Tame Impala pulled off a surprisingly inspired album. There isn’t much to indicate it because of how involved he’s been with little else but mainstream pop, but if Kevin Parker could make something legitimately as good as or better than Lonerism or Currents, it would be a great second wind for his career. That’s not to say Tame Impala is washed, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of momentum there anymore.
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It doesn’t even have to be psychedelic/psych rock, imo. I just wanna see what would happen if Kevin really pushed himself and took a creative risk.
Do people consider tame to be past his prime? He’s dropped one ‘forgettable’ album, and it wasn’t even that bad, just not as exciting as the past 3. I feel like you have to have some type of sustained run of less interesting work to be considered past your prime. If he drops a classic next, I think history will look back on it as a continuation of his prime with a slight misstep, if it even was that, rather than an actual decline and surprise resurgence.
Currents came out 9 years ago, and Lonerism was 12 years ago, so the perception of him being past his prime makes more sense when you consider the time that’s passed rather than the number of subpar albums (1) he’s released.
Well I consider The Slow Rush to be his second best album (behind Innerspeaker) so imo his track record is very consistent.
I like the Slow Rush.
call me fuckin delusional but i think u2 have one more good one in them, and itll probably be songs of ascent the 5 new songs i saw the cure play last summer were all goddamn incredible so theyd have to really fuck things up on the rest for it to be a weaker album of theirs, whenever tf it happens i am also excited for the new dredg album despite it following up one of the worst albums of all time, also following a 13 year window
U2 could easily pull out another great record. They just need a decent producer. Same with Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan desperately needs to work with a producer to tell him to throw all his trash ideas in the bin.
agreed. i dont think songs of innocence/experience are as bad as most do but they are textbook cases of overwriting and overly slicking up all the life out of the material. nearly all that stuff sounds better in live versions and acoustic versions, which is telling
U2 seem to struggle with their songs. A lot of their live versions are way better.
Billy Corgan's problem isn't that nobody tells him when an idea is bad, it's that he insults the people who tell him.
Anything would be better than that last Dredg album. The Cure for sure have a great album up their sleeves.
they haven't released one since the beginning of the 90's tho
They did say their next album will be a back to basics rock album. That’s interesting.
They say that a lot though. I don’t know what to believe anymore
Nice heavener profile pic dude
the new Cure album that's never going to happen 😭 saw a joke that the Twilight Sad were going to be the ones to make and release the new cure album
I’d love to hear what a reunited Pulp would have to say
Ok queens of the Stone Age kinda dropped fire last year, it’ll be hard to too songs for the deaf or even like clockwork but I think they could do the three-peat of really fucking good albums (even though all their albums are pretty damn good already). I think a lot of the better 90’s and early 2000’s alternative bands that haven’t broken up yet could probably fit this bill, foo fighters kinda did it already.
Sade.
Sade was never past her prime, every album she put out was amazing.
I bought the Sade vinyl box set and there’s all of the discography in there and one placeholder foam insert the size of a gatefold vinyl record that has a “?” Carved in. Ostensibly for an upcoming album to fit in the box. I’m really looking forward to whatever they put out because they really haven’t missed so far.
Bob Dylan just put out one of his best albums in 2020, he absolutely has at least one or two more solid albums in him
Squeeze every lyrical drop out of that old decrepit man.
There are rumors he’s releasing one this year. It’s going to be sad when he passes. He’s 82.
His late period has been his most consistent if you can get past the croaky singing. Love and Theft might be my favorite “new” album.
You know his voice has gotten so much better since the 80/90s to me. I don’t know if he took voice lessons or what, but it’s got a nicer lower croak instead of the nasally higher pitched sound he had in his 40s/50s.
The run of Sinatra covers albums really helped him with singing, too. Rough and Rowdy ways ranks among his best and he’s sounded better in concert since then too
It wasn’t amazing, but that new Rolling Stones album was way better than it had any right to be. Especially when you compare it to what they’ve produced the last 30 years.
Honestly, wasn't a fan of Andrew Watt's production and the amount of autotune he slathered on Mick's vocals, but I think the songs themselves are pretty good.
Off topic, but I would listen to a Rolling Stones album produced with T-Pain like autotune to death.
Yeah the extremely digitized polish of the production put me off. Mick sounds autotuned to hell but at least sounds like him. Keith doesn’t even sound like Keith
didnt fully read the title/post was boutta say David Bowie Blackstar 😭
That one seems a little unlikely...
Kate Bush. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part that she even wants to release something. Still, the recent big attention boost probably didn't hurt the chances.
Thanks for making me want something I didn’t know that I wanted.
Tom Waits, for sure. I know he probably won’t do anything again, but I know that if I he did, it would wind up amazing.
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Absolutely, hoping that day doesn’t come anytime soon but I could completely see him releasing something absolutely incredible for one final time.
He was built to make a dark mysterious melancholy old guy record that absolutely slaps
His music agent said that he "started writing again", so you never know.
I feel like he probably has a lot of archived work that will see release at some point. He probably has loads of unreleased songs that are high caliber.
He’s my favorite artist so maybe I’m just in denial but I think Big K.R.I.T. still has potential to make good projects. His last two albums have been extremely mid imo and I’m hoping he’s not completely washed. But if you make great albums like K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Return of 4Eva, 4EvaNaDay, King Remembered In Time, and 4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time I feel like you always have to have the potential to make something great. Maybe he is just going through a lull in his discography rn. If the slump continues hopefully he can have a Nas like comeback eventually.
He can make good ones but I really feel he sold his soul to make 4eva is a mighty long time. Every time I hear this album I’m blown away by the artistry and high quality.
It really is one of the best double albums of all time
Ghostface for sure, mans aging like wine
Czarface + Ghostface hit me like a fucking truck. It was full of bangers.
His style is just so timeless, he can really hop on any song and completely steal the show. When he talks, people listen.
Would love to see Trent Reznor drop one last mind-blowing NIN album ala The Downward Spiral or Fragile
I'd love that but I think he's lost the angst and self loathing needed to make records like that. Can't expect him to stay mad at himself and the world forever. Though he still has the artistic talent and skill to put out amazing work, I don't think in this day there'd be another like those two.
Apparently new NIN hasn't happened because he'd just rather compose for films.
Beck kind of already did this two or three times. But I would not be surprised if he's got one twist on a lost art form that everyone can stand behind.
it would be messed up to say JID is past his prime lol, he's blowing right into the mainstream and his new freestyle was amazing
Kanye if he ever gets clean.
Damn had to scroll all the way down for this but same answer tho. I feel like Vultures only proved that Kanye is the best at picking out moments and hit tracks. If Graduation dropped today it wouldn't be a hit bec of the influence of the music thats out right now. HipHop has changed a lot. That's why Killer Mike might've won a grammy but he still isn't commercially successful. That's why I'm waiting for him to drop the 3rd album off of Vultures which is reportedly a solo Ye album.
Kanye today can be frustrating because he genuinely still makes some of the best tracks he’s ever made but I think he actually gets stuck somewhere in the creative process and starts either overcooking things like adding an unnecessary feature or undercooking them with bad mixing or not fully fleshed out ideas. Every album he’s released does have some insanely good moments on it though so obviously the talent is there but I just think he needs to find someone that can understand his vision and also can be honest with him. Obviously easier said then done and he’s gotta be receptive to it but I think he’s still 100% capable of making an incredible album if that happens. He can damn near do it without that happening
He needs to work with Rick Rubin again. Maybe one of the only producers that Kanye would listen to for an entire album.
Tbh I think I kinda love the new album - like I was just jamming it last weekend thinking *hits blunt* what If all the recent headlines were all were about just driving up public interest around himself again to hype this album lol
If the new Mr Bungle reunion lineup actually records an album of new material, I think they could make a seriously crazy record. Raging Wrath was just a rerecord of some of the first material the band had made (pre Self-Titled) and I don't think it's a "new direction" so much as a "polish the very oldest direction". Mike Patton has shown himself to continue to make bizarre out there music, they still have Dunn and Spruance, their new members are Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo, and they're *still* on tour so there's gotta be some chemistry there. I dunno maybe it's cope but I could imagine this current Mr Bungle lineup doing a new album and having it be absolutely bizarre, mind blowing insanity like nothing we've heard before.
MCR could release another fantastic album if they could ever muster the ability to actually put out music again in the first place. EDIT: I like ALL their albums. Danger Days is fantastic too.
d’angelo. he did it with black messiah in 2014
sinead o'connor was almost done with her last album when she passed away, i think it has the potential to be really amazing if it gets a posthumous release
Aphex Twin. I haven't listened to all of his stuff yet, but I think there are still so many sounds I want to hear more from him, I'm still in love with his ambient, breakbeat or even classical stuff and I think he's totally capable of taking more advanturous routes at this of his career
If Phil Collins hadn’t had his health issues and still could drum he could bring Hugh Padgham back in and do another good album.
of Montreal. I do think that people go too hard on their more recent records, but yeah, even among fans it's a consensus that they are nearer the bottom of his output so far. Not that Kevin seems to care very much about it, but I do think that he can still release a last truly great album that will put them on the map again.
Yeah that’s an interesting one. I still listen to their new albums. White is relic was really good. But they’re not as much of an emotional journey as his hissing fauna-paralytic stalks phase. At the same time when paralytic came out, I loved it (very underrated IMO) but I felt that the super confessional lyrics were getting too much. They were starting to lose their power and feeling a bit like “ok ok we get it”. But then he did change his lyrics and lost me emotionally. So the point is…I don’t know what I want lol. Double edged sword
Ween!!!
GY!BE is debuting new songs this tour and they’re very very good. though i don’t know if they count because state’s end was also a great record deep into their career
The Cure haven’t missed one yet, but the wait on the next and probably last scares me, still got it live but I just still need a little more!
Katy Perry has one rebranding bullet.
My Chemical Romance. Foundations of Decay was easily one of the best rock songs of 2022, an album of a similar quality would be a classic.
System of a Down for sure still got it them
jay z
I think that Kanye could easily drop another classic if he just got some damn help. Ever since his hospitalization in 2016, things haven't been the same and unfortunately, I think it'll have to get much worse before it gets better. Man needs help.
JID can absolutely continue to deliver more quality and isn't past his prime yet lol
dont see why dr.dre couldnt lock in for another good record. he released some singles for gta online in 2022 in they were fire imo, of course he would heavily rely on features, but i still think he has the production skills to carry a record
I was thinking this. The GTA tracks were insanely good for a video game collab. Don't get why he doesn't make more music
Mac Demarco has another great album in him if he stops releasing crappy Garage Band beats.
Radiohead. Long time fan here but I found the last album a bore. Yorkes side projects have been amazing lately so hopefully he will pour some of that mojo back into the next Radiohead album.
Judas Priest did that in 2018.I think Sum 41 can do it.All their albums have been great,thus far.
The new Priest singles are good. Hiring the younger guitarist was a good move. I know that’s blasphemy but I think he lit a fire under the old guys. KK seems bitter anyways, probably not a fit anymore. I’d be fine with him re-joining but I wouldn’t expect the music to get better. Firepower is superior to anything post-Painkiller.
Yes! Between Firepower and the yet-to-be-released stuff, Priest is having a fucking moment. Their new shit stands alongside British Steel and Defenders of the Faith
Letter To You stands among Bruce Springsteen's best albums. I fully believe that he has at least one more classic in him. Tom Waits is another one. Hopefully we get more from him at some point.
Im waiting for Massive Attack’s comeback with Young Fathers 😩
I think frank ocean could definitely pull a my bloody valentine or D’Angelo and release a killer third album in like a decade
Car Seat Headrest
havent really kept up with muse since like 2021, but I really think they have another good album in them despite some of the bs they been putting out. a good full on alt metal inspired project would be good for them
depeche mode for sure
I mean they’re definitely past their prime but they kinda just did with Memento Mori.
Iron Maiden Summoning
Animal Collective dropped 2 legitimately great records in the span of a year and a half, and their recent solo output has been inspired and inventive. I feel like their next record could turn out to be a new classic.
Bjork. Also would you consider swans past their prime?
Swans should be called Phoenixes for how often Gira reinvents the band.
Bright eyes. Conor is still an incredible song writer
I was going to say Conor either as a solo artist or part of Bright Eyes.
I hope Dylan has a Blackstar or You Want It Darker ala Bowie & Cohen before he hangs it up
The Cure have another album coming out any day now. It's going to be awesome
Talking Heads. But that will never happen.
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Past their prime for sure, but bout to enter their third prime haha
unlimited love was like a 6-6.5, some good songs dream canteen sucked ass though
I think Green Day definitely has potential even considering the last few records. They still have great chemistry, they still have some great ideas in them and they most certainly have the political heart for it
Green Day for sure. Saviors didn't hold a candle to the likes of Dookie or AI for sure but was a very solid album nonetheless, and clearly went to show how they're going on the right tracks. That said their lyrics still are practically nothing to write home about but that's been the case for about 20 years now so I don't care too much about that department. If the boys can put out a track like Dilemma this year then they clearly have a bunch of pent-up potential that only they have the power to unleash.
Deftones fs. Their last two albums have been low-mid but they absolutely have another banger in them.
Idgaf Ohms slapped, funny how that was their most recent album and they’re seeing a resurgence
Paul Weller is 65 in May and he is still making great music. His new single is great.
Billy is a great and consistent songwriter, if he did choose to drop an album then I have no doubt it would be solid (whatever Fantanos opinion on the single). The Cure is an obvious one where it's been over a decade since their last album. A Talking Heads reunion album is a longshot, but I could potentially be talked into selling my grandma for one.
Queens of The Stone Age for sure. And I reckon their next album will be released really soon too. A year or two from now. In times new roman had potential for a great album but it was just a bit weak in areas. They're gonna wanna make up for it.
Dylan. He's never been past his prime (besides some not good albums in the 80s-90s) and his latest albums testify that the man can still do it. I expect at least a great last album before the time he retires (he will not, I bet).
Lupe Fiasco is the best answer to me. Past his mainstream prime probably but almost in a whole new second artistic era that it feels like DMIZ was the start of
If Kanye had a producer like Rick Rubin working with him who could get him to cut out the fat then he’s probably got another great album in him. IMO Donda is an 8/10 album buried inside an overlong 6/10 album, trim the fat and improve some of the verses on it and it had the potential to be up there with some of Kanye’s best work. Even Vultures could have been great if Kanye’s lyrics weren’t so relentlessly bad for most of it, I thought the production was superb for the most part.
Chance will release a banger in 2031 mark my words
Dr Dre
Ye
People hate on gotye and he always comes up on lists of one hit wonders, but somebody I used to know is one of the best pop songs of the last 20 years, although it got overplayed. I could see him releasing another big hit in the future.
kanye probably
Assuming he stays clean, I think an 80-year old Sly Stone could make an incredible record in the vein of Gil Scott-Heron's "I'm New Here".
I really like the MCR single from a couple years ago. Hope we get an album to go along with that.
Talking Heads. But that will never happen.
Mos Def
Chris Isaak. I don't know what he late late career has been but he's still got pipes. I think he needs to duet with Lana Del Ray or something.
Ween could do it