I find it pretty impressive that Shawn takes the time to consume a lot of new music year by year. I typically recycle the same old stuff and just add on only a couple songs & albums to my playlist if it’s a familiar artist
I feel you on that. I’ve definitely checked out a lot more genres/artists lately but the only ones that be added to my main list is very similar to what’s on it already, but I strive to have a broader horizon with music fs
James Blake’s album was a testament to his production and vocal ability as well as writing ability. He decided to step out of his usual ballads and go for an electronic dance record
@@ynswrld2130 I can see that but a lot of times to me that’s what a lot of dance and electronic albums are to me. They have a few tracks that are just instrumentals. The title track to me was just boring cuz it was the same thing over and over again plus no vocals on it too. But I definitely see that
MIKE - Burning Desire is so criminally underrated, MIKE has been the MVP of 2023 with all his insane verses on his Alchemist features + his feature on quaranta + this album, it's his best production / best rapping and every song has a new creative idea. I'm shocked that no one talks about this album, please listen to it.
personally, i prefer a top 50 list as i want to get put on to as much music as possible and i just like these year end list videos in general. happy holidays shawn ❤
One thing about it…Shawn definitely puts me on to artists I never heard of before (Susanne Sundfør, The Lemon Twigs, Young Fathers) definitely gonna give these a listen. Had a lot of the same favs this year. Great list Shawn.
Shawn, I really enjoy listening to you talk about music man. I know why you have taken a step back from regular reviews but it's good to see more music-related content from you. Thanks for the dope list.
Since I have a lover by 6lack ! As someone whose been such a big fan of 6lack since the start of his career, I can’t express how great it is to hear him on these tracks. So introspective yet always calm and confident. He’s so sure of himself and where he’s at and it’s honestly just nice to hear, especially after his last two projects.
My Top 5 1. Utopia - Travis Scott 2. Never Enough - Daniel Caesar 3. Genesis - Peso Pluma 4. Mafia Musik - D. Savage 5. Larger than Life - Brent Faiayaz
I love Unc in his streamer bag cuz we get more content, but I also hope we never stop getting these Music Reviewer Vids, too. He always puts me on top excellent music, I'mma give Kara Jackson's album a spin for sure.
My top 15: 1.JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES 2.Travis Scott - UTOPIA 3.Sampha - Lahai 4.billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps 5.Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 6.Danny Brown - Quaranta 7.MIKE - Burning Desire 8.Daniel Caesar - NEVER ENOUGH 9.Killer Mike - MICHAEL 10.Ken Carson - A Great Chaos 11.Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire 12.LUCKI - s*x m*ney dr*gs 13.Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here. 14.Young Nudy - Gumbo 15.Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus
great list all the way thru tbh, cant stand luckis new music tho personally. dont find much of the new stuff too replayable even where its alright. Do you find yourself relistening to smd?
a project i was rlly happy to finally hear this year was the new ryan beatty album, super rich and full sounds and his voice carries a weight throughout every song
My Best Albums of 2023 1. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 2. Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here. 3. Caroline Polacheck - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 4. Daniel Caesar - Never Enough 5. Travis Scott - Utopia 6. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes 7. bl4ck m4rket c4rt - Today I Laid Down 8. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 9. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony 10. Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People to Love 11. Model/Acritz - Dogsbody 12. Sampha - Lahai 13. PinkPantheress - Heaven knows 14. Grouptherapy - I Was Mature for My Age, But I Was Still a Child 15. Paranoul - After The Magic 16. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 17. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps 18. yeule - softscars 19. Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer Soundtrack 20. King Krule - Space Heavy 21. Black Country, New Road - Live From Bush Hall 22. Paramore - This Is Why 23. Danny Brown - Quaranta 24. Yaeji - With A Hammer 25. boygenius - the record
Huge W for the Kali Uchis placement, personally it's my album of the year. The numbers on the album are insane but haven't seen much conversation about it, definitely deserves the love.
Such a good album right? Absolutely loved this album and tried to get friends on it: they didnt love it but it like a classic nirvana or alice in chains or even an early paramore or Alanis Morissette album. Once you sit down and listen to the whole thing with patience you realise how well polished the album is. Great production matched by a voice that simply floats over the whole album. All mine was my favourite off the album
@@BucketGogglesits crazy how little plays it got. For me it was such an intimate song. I dont even have a partner but it made me think about those special moments😂 its a very simple song but gets its point across
I always like to see these videos of songs and albums you like, over the years you introduced me to many obscure and underrated artists that deserve more recognition.
Shoutout for putting me on to the Kara Jackson album earlier this year when you did your song bracket, her music blew me away. Ended up in my top 3 this year
here’s my top 5 albums of the year 1. Snow Strippers - April Mixtape 3 2. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time 3. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 4. Kelela - Raven 5. Slayyyter - STARFUCKER
This year has not been full of a ton of new music listening for me (unfortunately) but some of my faves- Corinne Bailey Rae- Black Rainbows [really fascinating creation story around the album], Niecy Blues- Exit Simulation, rum.gold- U Street Anthology, grouptherapy. - I was mature for my age but I was still a child, Meshell Ndegeocello- the omnichord real book Kelela- Raven Victoria Monét- Jaguar II I have so much music to catch up on. Looking forward to listening to Kari Faux's, Liv.e's, & L'Rain's albums & some albums from Shawn's list. ☝🏽
Same with me i feel like this year hasnt had much in terms of innovative music. Spent most of the year trying to gather more understanding of music in general. Visiting classics. Michael jackson, nirvana, 2pac, jayz etc etc. 2023 i feel like was a horrible year for music: alot of artists going platinum off generic music. The worst offenders were central cee and jack harlow
I am surprised to not see Armand Hammer in this list, but good and enjoyable list nonetheless! Always enjoyable to see your opinion and spread your energy. Happy holidays and will see you again :)
I saw a clip of him reacting to a rolling stone list having Billy woods in their top 3. He called maps good but weird which makes me think maybe Billy Woods and ELUCID aren’t his cup of tea maybe.
I was so blown away and so PLEASED with Mick this year, man. I really was a huge fan of his early shit. I love Trees n Truth. And while, I think that’s still my favorite album or tape of his…that might not be the case for long!
My top 5 1.Scaring The Hoes by Jpeg and Danny 2.Softscars by Yeule (aint no way its not in ur top 25) 3.Beloved Paradise Jazz by Mckinley 4.Let's Start Here by Lil Boat 5.Se Bueno by TURQUOISEDEATH (Great Showgaze and Dream Pop if you haven't listened to it yet)
I genuinely miss bro and his general commentary on music. I’d love to see what his reaction is for the ongoing Drake and Kendrick beef. I’ve loved watching Shawn’s videos for over 6 years now - loveddd his videos cause they helped me not get sucked into internet toxicity at a young age and have my own opinion, while being mindful of having respect and understanding and looking at music with a no BS lens. Beautiful human being and I truly, dearly miss him and his presence from the bottom of my heart
i know Mabe Fratti’s 2022 record resonated with you and i was wondering if you heard Vidrio by Titanic? it’s her with a regular collaborator on the 2022 album playing with kinda sparse, avant-grade jazz elements and it’s really incredible! i think if you enjoyed Se Ve Desde Aquí, you’d really like this one too. anyways, this is a great list and i’m looking forward to listening back to some of the stuff i missed earlier this year that you highlighted here!
Just love seeing Mabe's audience continuing to grow, found her by chance a few years ago when her first album dropped and have loved everything so far.
i love the way you talk about albums, out of the albums you listed that i've heard your descriptions were extremely accurate. my favorite album this year is Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2, fell in love off the first listen
Solid list, i haven't heard the #1 so i'll def take a listen. My top 10 would go: 1. Space Heavy - King Krule 2. STH - jpegmafia 3. Osama Season - Osamason 4. Stepdream - Quannic 5. Praise a Lord Who.... - Yves Tumor 6. A Great Chaos - Ken Carson 7. Left 4 Dead - Hi-C 8. 1of1 - Hardrock 9. Census Designated - Jane Remover 10. ghetto cupid - jaydes
My Top 5 albums this Year: 5. 3D Country - Geese 4.Unreal Unearth - Hozier 3. Beloved Paradise Jazz! - McKinley Dixon 2. LAHAI - Sampha 1: Let’s Start Here - Yachty
Yeah brodee! Kara had me bawling on the title track; never lost anyone that close (yet) but shit man the whole album had me captivated!! In no particular order my top 5 were Scaring the Hoes, Um Novo Tom; a crazy jazz album by this dawg ass bassist and composer from Brazil Michael Pipoquinha. The Fear of Fear EP by Spirit Box 🔥, Voir Dire and Kara's LP!
1. Caroline Polachek "Desire..." 2. Mitski "The Land..." 3. Danny Brown "Quaranta" 4. George Clanton "Ooh Rap I Ya" 5. Youth Lagoon "Heaven is a Junkyard" 6. Young Fathers "Heavy Heavy" 7. JPEG/Danny Brown "Scaring the Hoes" 8. Kara Jackson "Why Does the Earth..." 9. Armand Hammer "Diabetic Test Strips" 10. Lana Del Rey "Did You Know...."
My Top 15 1. Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable & So R We 2. Zach Bryan: Self Titled 3. Sampha: Lahai 4. Lana Del Rey: Did You Know 5. Sufjan Stevens: Javelin 6. McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?! 7. Daniel Caesar: Never Enough 8. Danny and Peggy: Scaring The Hoes 9. Caroline Polachek: DIWTTIY 10. Q: Soul, Present 11. Paramore: This Is Why 12. Jason Isbell: Weathervanes 13. Travis Scott: Utopia 14. Hozier: Unreal Unearth 15. Wednesday: Rat Saw God
Thank you as always for putting me on to the best of the best, Shawn. Feel like I've been playing catch up this whole year listening to old acclaimed projects from artists I'm interested in, but was glad to bump new releases like Lil Yachty, Mick Jenkins and Jorja Smith. Two of my favorite songs this year came from the rock genre and are worth checking out - The Artist In The Ambulance (revisited) by Thrice and Portrait Of A Blank Slate by Lovejoy. Much love, happy holidays!
my top 5 of the year 1. raven - kelela 2. yves tumor - (long album title lol) 3. JPEGMAFIA danny - scaring the hoes 4. sampha - lahai 5. shame - food for worms (yall needa check this out, great alt rock album)
@@Slame333 i think it might be better imo, it seems each record they make the quality and talent is just even better, their next record will be a masterpiece i feel
MY TOP FAVE ALBUMS OF 2023 1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 2. Wednesday - Rat Saw God 3. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 4. yeule - softscars 5. Amaarae - Fountain Baby 6. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross 7. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 8. Yaeji - With a Hammer 9. boygenius - the record 10. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog 11. Noname - Sundial 12. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 13. Kelela - Raven 14. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 15. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 16. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 17. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) 18. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody 19. Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is a Junkyard 20. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus 21. 파란노을 (Parannoul) - After the Magic 22. Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2 23. Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? 24. billy woods / Kenny Segal - Maps 25. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics Honorable Mentions: Sampha - Lahai Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II Paramore - This Is Why The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
Why are you people so completely unoriginal? Caroline Polacheck, Olivia Rodrigo, Sufjan Stevens, boygenius, 100 gets, Yves Tumor. It's like all youtbers have some sort of mandate to put these people on their year-end lists. Find some different music, for gods sake
@@kramersilver8331 sufjan and Caroline deserve their spots tho but their is some form of truth to that for some reason unlike other mediums ( TV, films, manga, books etc..) people are much more complacent and less likely to expand their music taste
tbh I love the 50 list. the impatient who just wanna hear your top 10 or whatever will skip but it's nice to have recommendations if there's anything that I/we never got to listen to, so the more the better imo.
My top 25: 1/ JPEGMAFIA - SCARING THE HOES 2/ Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER 3/ Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips 4/ McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? 5/ Kenny Mason - 6 6/ Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here. 7/ Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 8/ Travis Scott - UTOPIA 9/ Danny Brown - Quaranta 10/ Paris Texas - MID AIR 11/ Jordan Ward - FORWARD 12/ The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony 13/ Yeat - AftërLyfe 14/ RAYE - My 21st Century Blues 15/ Paramore - This Is Why 16/ Amaarae - Fountain Baby 17/ Key Glock - Glockoma 2 18/ 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 19/ Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus 20/ billy woods - Maps 21/ Tinashe - BB/ANG3L 22/ Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We 23/ Sampha - Lahai 24/ Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 25/ PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows
I haven’t listened to the Kara Jackson album yet but Shawn really makes me feel like I’m missing out damn. My album of the year is Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis, I feel like R&B had so many breakouts this year and barely noticed the hip-hop drought people have been talking about because of it.
Such a good album. I really hope hip hop makes a return next year. The sounds of central cee and jack harlow and how popular their songs became have really ruined 2023
My top 5 1. Never Enough- Daniel Caesar 2. To be Eaten Alive- Mariah The Scientist 3. Red Moon in Venus- Kali Uchis 4. Utopia -Travis Scott 5. Scarlet- Doja Cat
you gotta check out king krule if you haven't alr, his album Space Heavy is by far my fav from the year, this album is an alt-rock mix with touches of jazz and it holds such a sad but beautiful sound, also carried by his powerful voice truly like none other.
lol… I’m happy you found the Lemon Twigs been listening to them for years. And I really like Kara Jackson’s album as well… I think Pawnshop might be my favorite track on the album
My top 10 just to show the variety of Shawn cee listeners🤷🏾♂️ 1.lets start here- yachty 2. Larger than life- Brent 3. Ganger- Veeze 4. For All the Dogs 6. Fridayy- Fridayy 6. Lahai- sampha 7. Voir Dire- Earl Sweatshirt 8. Utopia- Travis 9. Nostalgia- Rod Wave 10. Glockoma- Key Glock
To be completely honest, that entire description for Veeze's "Ganger" album sounds like an excuse to discredit people's opinions who didn't enjoy it. To essentially say "This is a regional project, if you didn't grow up in Detroit you're not going to get it" is implying 2 things: 1) Everybody from Detroit who hears this album is going to like it (there can easily be Detroiters who don't fw the album) 2 ) If you're not from that specified region, your opinion on the album is automatically invalidated (if someone from Montana heard the album and loved it, you won't say anything. But if they think it's trash you'll go "Oh you not from Detroit so you don't get it". You can't pick and choose when to say someone's opinion matter and when it doesn't.
1. I didn’t say that lmao. I was referring to there being plenty of references and vocal types of expression more native to the Detroit area that some who’ve given him the criticism “he sounds too sleepy/lacking energy” might not get. 2. I wouldn’t criticize anyone for liking who isn’t from Detroit, but I’d hold a Detroiters opinion in significantly higher regard knowing they at base understand some of the references whether they liked it or not. Everyone’s opinion matters but not everyone’s opinion matters TO ME when speaking on art that makes references to where I’m from and they aren’t and may not get, which is fine.
@@ShawnCee I'm from Detroit too which is the only reason I'm commenting this. I haven't listened to Ganger yet but with your description and review of it, that's the feel I got from your words. That if someone was dogging the album but they wasn't from Detroit you would just go "Ah ✋🏼, you're not from the D so your opinion doesn't matter that much to me". Babyface Ray is an easy example. He completely sounds like he's "too sleepy/lacks energy" on his records. I don't believe me being from Detroit makes that statement more and less valid.
@@AmiriHipHop I'm not saying it does to the average person, I'm speaking for myself. The fact that you're from there will mean more to me by default, whether you like it or not versus someone who isn't from there.
I personally feel like TEC by lil Tecca should be on here. Hands down one of the most cohesive albums I’ve ever listened too. On top of having so many bangers on the album. Super underrated in my opinion
He doesn’t like making UA-cam videos. More effort, less money. So he made a new channel to post his twitch streams, which is basically this, but worse editing.
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Thank you for throwing my tape on there homie. Appreciate it heavy!
It's an incredible album. One of my top albums of the year as well.
The man himself is here!!
Loved your album man
Lookin forward to what’s next, your deserve a lot more success then you have.
I find it pretty impressive that Shawn takes the time to consume a lot of new music year by year. I typically recycle the same old stuff and just add on only a couple songs & albums to my playlist if it’s a familiar artist
@@aaron-tr4ok lol u thought u did something with the sarcasm huh 😂he’s passionate about what he does and it so happens that he makes a bag from it.
That’s boring
I feel you on that. I’ve definitely checked out a lot more genres/artists lately but the only ones that be added to my main list is very similar to what’s on it already, but I strive to have a broader horizon with music fs
Damn almost like its his job or something
@@Amaling someone else already made that comment before u did
Waiting for best albums of 2024
U finna be waiting a while
you cant put jack harlow in all 25 spots just because u “jack men” shawn
This ain’t Anthony fantano
OK bro like what the frick☝️
Boring ass comment
Bruh why this shi even get likes 😂 same nerdy ass comments under fantano
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
James Blake’s album was a testament to his production and vocal ability as well as writing ability. He decided to step out of his usual ballads and go for an electronic dance record
tbf he started off making electronic music
I enjoyed the album only thing I can get upset with is that he didn’t use his vocal prowess or more cuts leaving them as just good instrumentals
@@ynswrld2130 I can see that but a lot of times to me that’s what a lot of dance and electronic albums are to me. They have a few tracks that are just instrumentals. The title track to me was just boring cuz it was the same thing over and over again plus no vocals on it too. But I definitely see that
MIKE - Burning Desire is so criminally underrated, MIKE has been the MVP of 2023 with all his insane verses on his Alchemist features + his feature on quaranta + this album, it's his best production / best rapping and every song has a new creative idea. I'm shocked that no one talks about this album, please listen to it.
Top 50 song from Burning Desire so I imagine he listened through the whole thing
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facts
Danny Brown is the real mvp of 2023
I love that album so much.
Kara Jackson absolutely blew me away with her album. So many amazing songs, an absolutely amazing album.
I saw Kara live with Corinne Bailey Rae this year! She's great!!
@@Cello21777pop k pop p😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
This is literally a perfect album to listen to
personally, i prefer a top 50 list as i want to get put on to as much music as possible and i just like these year end list videos in general. happy holidays shawn ❤
One thing about it…Shawn definitely puts me on to artists I never heard of before (Susanne Sundfør, The Lemon Twigs, Young Fathers) definitely gonna give these a listen. Had a lot of the same favs this year. Great list Shawn.
Shawn, I really enjoy listening to you talk about music man. I know why you have taken a step back from regular reviews but it's good to see more music-related content from you. Thanks for the dope list.
Glad to see Kelela on this list, Raven is a hypnotic but rewarding listen!
Yes Kelela is awesome
It's so good, all the singles hit like crack and there's barely any songs I skip whenever I re-listen
It’s one if my favs of the year for sure. I’m obsessed with Bruises
Luv Kelela...not this album so much...but appreciate it being in the list doe
Since I have a lover by 6lack ! As someone whose been such a big fan of 6lack since the start of his career, I can’t express how great it is to hear him on these tracks. So introspective yet always calm and confident. He’s so sure of himself and where he’s at and it’s honestly just nice to hear, especially after his last two projects.
My Top 5
1. Utopia - Travis Scott
2. Never Enough - Daniel Caesar
3. Genesis - Peso Pluma
4. Mafia Musik - D. Savage
5. Larger than Life - Brent Faiayaz
Good list! I have Mafia Musik #1
Nice list! Except it's shit, Peso Pluma lol
@@Ajani186how you gonna tell the man its trash when its completely subjective you goof, let the man enjoy his albums
I love Unc in his streamer bag cuz we get more content, but I also hope we never stop getting these Music Reviewer Vids, too. He always puts me on top excellent music, I'mma give Kara Jackson's album a spin for sure.
happy to see Shawn stopping hating on Travis Scott and putting utopia at all 25 spots!
Love to see it, he was hating for years lol
I fw Travis too but get off his nuts lol
Shawn really abandoned us for 60 K people on Twitch 😂
UA-cam money must be shite
Was wondering where tf he been lol
Still probably makes more money than youtube because of copyright claims
twitch is just the better platform for a creator
He prolly gonna do a list for 2024 at least
abandoning this account is crazy
forgot the password😂
Bro don’t fw his fans on here, he didn’t say it like that but it’s what he meant
i would’ve loved to hear a top 50 this year. I found some of my favorite albums no one has talked abt with your top 50
Imagine having a UA-cam channel then abandoning it for twitch. The ceeman forgot where he came from.
My top 15:
1.JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
2.Travis Scott - UTOPIA
3.Sampha - Lahai
4.billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
5.Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
6.Danny Brown - Quaranta
7.MIKE - Burning Desire
8.Daniel Caesar - NEVER ENOUGH
9.Killer Mike - MICHAEL
10.Ken Carson - A Great Chaos
11.Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire
12.LUCKI - s*x m*ney dr*gs
13.Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
14.Young Nudy - Gumbo
15.Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus
Can you give mick jenkins album one more chance?
YASSSSS KALI UCHIS😍
w list
nice
great list all the way thru tbh, cant stand luckis new music tho personally. dont find much of the new stuff too replayable even where its alright. Do you find yourself relistening to smd?
a project i was rlly happy to finally hear this year was the new ryan beatty album, super rich and full sounds and his voice carries a weight throughout every song
YOOO I found Kara Jackson’s new record a few months ago and fell in LOVE with it. Was not expecting it to be here, very cool.
U should do a Top 50 every year for now on
My Best Albums of 2023
1. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
2. Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here.
3. Caroline Polacheck - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
4. Daniel Caesar - Never Enough
5. Travis Scott - Utopia
6. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes
7. bl4ck m4rket c4rt - Today I Laid Down
8. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
9. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
10. Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People to Love
11. Model/Acritz - Dogsbody
12. Sampha - Lahai
13. PinkPantheress - Heaven knows
14. Grouptherapy - I Was Mature for My Age, But I Was Still a Child
15. Paranoul - After The Magic
16. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
17. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
18. yeule - softscars
19. Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer Soundtrack
20. King Krule - Space Heavy
21. Black Country, New Road - Live From Bush Hall
22. Paramore - This Is Why
23. Danny Brown - Quaranta
24. Yaeji - With A Hammer
25. boygenius - the record
all great picks, and javelin was such a beautiful beautiful album i loved it
Great list!
bro watches Brad Taste in Music
Dogsbody in their goes crazy, great list man!
W
Holy shit amazing pick for #1! They are doing so much right and I cannot wait for new stuff from them! Beautiful album!
Huge W for the Kali Uchis placement, personally it's my album of the year. The numbers on the album are insane but haven't seen much conversation about it, definitely deserves the love.
Such a good album right? Absolutely loved this album and tried to get friends on it: they didnt love it but it like a classic nirvana or alice in chains or even an early paramore or Alanis Morissette album. Once you sit down and listen to the whole thing with patience you realise how well polished the album is. Great production matched by a voice that simply floats over the whole album. All mine was my favourite off the album
@@liamlindsay1458 AYYYYY All Mine is my favorite too!!
@@BucketGogglesits crazy how little plays it got. For me it was such an intimate song. I dont even have a partner but it made me think about those special moments😂 its a very simple song but gets its point across
I always like to see these videos of songs and albums you like, over the years you introduced me to many obscure and underrated artists that deserve more recognition.
Where is Shawn Cee when we need him!!!
ngl this is a good list full of different genres and vibes, lots of album I missed too
Shoutout for putting me on to the Kara Jackson album earlier this year when you did your song bracket, her music blew me away. Ended up in my top 3 this year
same here. her album got the number 1 spot for me
the way you describe things is just , wow
Surprised Quaranta isn't on here, But i still fw with most your list tbh, That Lemon Twigs album is insanely catchy i agree.
here’s my top 5 albums of the year
1. Snow Strippers - April Mixtape 3
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time
3. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
4. Kelela - Raven
5. Slayyyter - STARFUCKER
Fellow snow stripper enjoyer 🤜
W for Jessie Ware.
Girlboss list W
W for Snow Strippers
I had no idea that Carlie Rae Jepsen had a new album out thanks bruv
This year has not been full of a ton of new music listening for me (unfortunately) but some of my faves-
Corinne Bailey Rae- Black Rainbows [really fascinating creation story around the album], Niecy Blues- Exit Simulation,
rum.gold- U Street Anthology,
grouptherapy. - I was mature for my age but I was still a child,
Meshell Ndegeocello- the omnichord real book
Kelela- Raven
Victoria Monét- Jaguar II
I have so much music to catch up on. Looking forward to listening to Kari Faux's, Liv.e's, & L'Rain's albums & some albums from Shawn's list. ☝🏽
Oh. I forgot Yussef Dayes- Black Classical Music. That was a good one.
Same with me i feel like this year hasnt had much in terms of innovative music. Spent most of the year trying to gather more understanding of music in general. Visiting classics. Michael jackson, nirvana, 2pac, jayz etc etc. 2023 i feel like was a horrible year for music: alot of artists going platinum off generic music. The worst offenders were central cee and jack harlow
Mfs still dont know he switched to a while nother channel 😂
WHICH ONE
Shawn cee live @@inorial5960
Stream Shawn and UA-cam channel Shawn are different ppl. Great video with good insights, love to see it.
i think sticking to 25 albums is best because it gives you more room to discuss the 25 you chose
I am surprised to not see Armand Hammer in this list, but good and enjoyable list nonetheless! Always enjoyable to see your opinion and spread your energy. Happy holidays and will see you again :)
I saw a clip of him reacting to a rolling stone list having Billy woods in their top 3. He called maps good but weird which makes me think maybe Billy Woods and ELUCID aren’t his cup of tea maybe.
Armand Hammer's album was so good, def going in my top 10!
@@emomuas it should
@khailart8858 maps is in 13th place so he clearly doesn't dislike Billy woods maybe he didn't hear the armand hammer album
I was so blown away and so PLEASED with Mick this year, man. I really was a huge fan of his early shit. I love Trees n Truth. And while, I think that’s still my favorite album or tape of his…that might not be the case for long!
My top 5
1.Scaring The Hoes by Jpeg and Danny
2.Softscars by Yeule (aint no way its not in ur top 25)
3.Beloved Paradise Jazz by Mckinley
4.Let's Start Here by Lil Boat
5.Se Bueno by TURQUOISEDEATH (Great Showgaze and Dream Pop if you haven't listened to it yet)
Brave of you to put Sexyy Red's Hood Hottest Princess at #1
Thank you Shawn for putting me into about a dozen more fantastic albums this year!!!!!!
I genuinely miss bro and his general commentary on music. I’d love to see what his reaction is for the ongoing Drake and Kendrick beef. I’ve loved watching Shawn’s videos for over 6 years now - loveddd his videos cause they helped me not get sucked into internet toxicity at a young age and have my own opinion, while being mindful of having respect and understanding and looking at music with a no BS lens. Beautiful human being and I truly, dearly miss him and his presence from the bottom of my heart
Just watch his second channel
i know Mabe Fratti’s 2022 record resonated with you and i was wondering if you heard Vidrio by Titanic? it’s her with a regular collaborator on the 2022 album playing with kinda sparse, avant-grade jazz elements and it’s really incredible! i think if you enjoyed Se Ve Desde Aquí, you’d really like this one too. anyways, this is a great list and i’m looking forward to listening back to some of the stuff i missed earlier this year that you highlighted here!
Just love seeing Mabe's audience continuing to grow, found her by chance a few years ago when her first album dropped and have loved everything so far.
Thoughts on Meet the Grahams??
i love the way you talk about albums, out of the albums you listed that i've heard your descriptions were extremely accurate. my favorite album this year is Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2, fell in love off the first listen
Solid list, i haven't heard the #1 so i'll def take a listen. My top 10 would go:
1. Space Heavy - King Krule
2. STH - jpegmafia
3. Osama Season - Osamason
4. Stepdream - Quannic
5. Praise a Lord Who.... - Yves Tumor
6. A Great Chaos - Ken Carson
7. Left 4 Dead - Hi-C
8. 1of1 - Hardrock
9. Census Designated - Jane Remover
10. ghetto cupid - jaydes
Love the Quannic recognition
space heavy is such a good pick
I adore that Young Fathers album. Such a triumphant, atmospheric release
My Top 5 albums this Year:
5. 3D Country - Geese
4.Unreal Unearth - Hozier
3. Beloved Paradise Jazz! - McKinley Dixon
2. LAHAI - Sampha
1: Let’s Start Here - Yachty
First time you heard a prog rock album huh?
@@alikaostermiller guilty but it’s still sick
Surprised Lana’s “Ocean Blvd” didn’t make the cut. That album is amazing
He has an irrational dislike of her even tho ocean blvd completely destroys most of his list
I'm surprised cause it's objectively better than like 90 percent of the albums here😭 one of the most important albums to come out of 2023
@@raurvish so real Lanas album owns Utopia and Kali Uchis especially so hard it's not even close
Yeah brodee! Kara had me bawling on the title track; never lost anyone that close (yet) but shit man the whole album had me captivated!!
In no particular order my top 5 were Scaring the Hoes, Um Novo Tom; a crazy jazz album by this dawg ass bassist and composer from Brazil Michael Pipoquinha. The Fear of Fear EP by Spirit Box 🔥, Voir Dire and Kara's LP!
Idk about some of these but VEEZE is definitely poppin here in the SOUTH too, I wouldn’t say Regional
1. Caroline Polachek "Desire..."
2. Mitski "The Land..."
3. Danny Brown "Quaranta"
4. George Clanton "Ooh Rap I Ya"
5. Youth Lagoon "Heaven is a Junkyard"
6. Young Fathers "Heavy Heavy"
7. JPEG/Danny Brown "Scaring the Hoes"
8. Kara Jackson "Why Does the Earth..."
9. Armand Hammer "Diabetic Test Strips"
10. Lana Del Rey "Did You Know...."
My Top 15
1. Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable & So R We
2. Zach Bryan: Self Titled
3. Sampha: Lahai
4. Lana Del Rey: Did You Know
5. Sufjan Stevens: Javelin
6. McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?!
7. Daniel Caesar: Never Enough
8. Danny and Peggy: Scaring The Hoes
9. Caroline Polachek: DIWTTIY
10. Q: Soul, Present
11. Paramore: This Is Why
12. Jason Isbell: Weathervanes
13. Travis Scott: Utopia
14. Hozier: Unreal Unearth
15. Wednesday: Rat Saw God
Thank you as always for putting me on to the best of the best, Shawn. Feel like I've been playing catch up this whole year listening to old acclaimed projects from artists I'm interested in, but was glad to bump new releases like Lil Yachty, Mick Jenkins and Jorja Smith. Two of my favorite songs this year came from the rock genre and are worth checking out - The Artist In The Ambulance (revisited) by Thrice and Portrait Of A Blank Slate by Lovejoy. Much love, happy holidays!
my top 5 of the year
1. raven - kelela
2. yves tumor - (long album title lol)
3. JPEGMAFIA danny - scaring the hoes
4. sampha - lahai
5. shame - food for worms (yall needa check this out, great alt rock album)
Echolalia is probably my song of the year
AAAAAALLL THE PEOPLEEEEEEE THAT YOURE GONNA MEEEEEEEET
@@thedravidiandongreat song, i think parody is my song of the year
Shame hasn’t been getting enough love this year. It wasn’t Drunk Tank Pink, but it was still pretty damn good.
@@Slame333 i think it might be better imo, it seems each record they make the quality and talent is just even better, their next record will be a masterpiece i feel
I would’ve liked a 50 song list just to hear your take on more projects
Nice list. Loved your description of MAPS also. I'd personally be into the idea of a top 50 albums from you if you ever feeling that idea.
My top 3
1.Ways of Knowing by Navy Blue
2.utopia by Travis Scott
3.how do you sleep at night by teezo touchdown
Scrolled for 10 minutes tryna find someone who fucked with the Teezo album 😭
MY TOP FAVE ALBUMS OF 2023
1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
2. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
3. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
4. yeule - softscars
5. Amaarae - Fountain Baby
6. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
7. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
8. Yaeji - With a Hammer
9. boygenius - the record
10. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog
11. Noname - Sundial
12. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
13. Kelela - Raven
14. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
15. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
16. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
17. Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
18. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
19. Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is a Junkyard
20. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus
21. 파란노을 (Parannoul) - After the Magic
22. Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2
23. Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
24. billy woods / Kenny Segal - Maps
25. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Honorable Mentions:
Sampha - Lahai
Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
Victoria Monét - JAGUAR II
Paramore - This Is Why
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
Love this list. *screenshots* lol
W for Lana, crazy how Shawn dislikes her even tho she completely destroys 99% of the artists he likes 😂😂😂
Why are you people so completely unoriginal? Caroline Polacheck, Olivia Rodrigo, Sufjan Stevens, boygenius, 100 gets, Yves Tumor. It's like all youtbers have some sort of mandate to put these people on their year-end lists. Find some different music, for gods sake
@@kramersilver8331 sufjan and Caroline deserve their spots tho but their is some form of truth to that for some reason unlike other mediums ( TV, films, manga, books etc..) people are much more complacent and less likely to expand their music taste
@@kramersilver8331 why are you trying so hard to be different? theyre good music and theyre what i also am into listening. get a life, for gods sake
90% of these artists I’ve never even heard of but imma check out a few. Starting with Kara Jackson.
Shawn we need to see that review on Kendrick light jab at Drake
Go check it on his 2nd channel , shawncee live
MIKE - Burning Desire needed a placement
tbh I love the 50 list. the impatient who just wanna hear your top 10 or whatever will skip but it's nice to have recommendations if there's anything that I/we never got to listen to, so the more the better imo.
Loving that PinkPantheress placement.
The fact that you put Swans in your top made my respect for your taste grow huge levels. My favorite band of all time
Great list! I really enjoyed the Ralphie Choo record this year! R&B-flamenco infused hip-hop with a little bit of reggaeton!
Shawn gotta be one of the most eloquent people out here. I know he probably wrote alot of this beforehand, but flows so smooth.
I had no clue you listened to Swans. Nice one.
paramore being mentioned here made my day fr
you pmo to Karen Jackson from one of your streams and it was definitely one of my favorite album listens this year. such good songwriting
My top 25:
1/ JPEGMAFIA - SCARING THE HOES
2/ Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER
3/ Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
4/ McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
5/ Kenny Mason - 6
6/ Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
7/ Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
8/ Travis Scott - UTOPIA
9/ Danny Brown - Quaranta
10/ Paris Texas - MID AIR
11/ Jordan Ward - FORWARD
12/ The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
13/ Yeat - AftërLyfe
14/ RAYE - My 21st Century Blues
15/ Paramore - This Is Why
16/ Amaarae - Fountain Baby
17/ Key Glock - Glockoma 2
18/ 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
19/ Kali Uchis - Red Moon In Venus
20/ billy woods - Maps
21/ Tinashe - BB/ANG3L
22/ Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
23/ Sampha - Lahai
24/ Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
25/ PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows
W jordan ward
YEEES finally some love for AftërLyfe
W on genesis owusu and gecs.
Can’t wait for next year’s list to have Music by Carti at #1
I haven’t listened to the Kara Jackson album yet but Shawn really makes me feel like I’m missing out damn. My album of the year is Red Moon in Venus by Kali Uchis, I feel like R&B had so many breakouts this year and barely noticed the hip-hop drought people have been talking about because of it.
Such a good album. I really hope hip hop makes a return next year. The sounds of central cee and jack harlow and how popular their songs became have really ruined 2023
@@liamlindsay1458 please get both of them off the airwaves😭😭
drop the vid for 2024!!
Utopia at 16 is wilddddd
My top 5
1. Never Enough- Daniel Caesar
2. To be Eaten Alive- Mariah The Scientist
3. Red Moon in Venus- Kali Uchis
4. Utopia -Travis Scott
5. Scarlet- Doja Cat
Thanks for the list, doing my end of year shopping. Yeah, I picked the same No. 1 - it's just a startling album!
Shawn where are you, history has unfolded right before our eyes!
ShawnCeeLIVE
Can you react to the Kanye vultures album
you gotta check out king krule if you haven't alr, his album Space Heavy is by far my fav from the year, this album is an alt-rock mix with touches of jazz and it holds such a sad but beautiful sound, also carried by his powerful voice truly like none other.
beloved paradise jazz is just true music man it doesn't get much better than this
My top 10
10. Tim Hecker - No Highs
9. Mckinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
8. Lankum - False Lankum
7. Susanne Sundfor - Blomi
6. HMLTD - The Worm
5. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
4. JPEGMAFIA/Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
3. Slowthai - UGLY
2. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
1. Sprain - The Lamb As Effigy
lol… I’m happy you found the Lemon Twigs been listening to them for years. And I really like Kara Jackson’s album as well… I think Pawnshop might be my favorite track on the album
Always excited for these videos because I get put on to so much music, would love a top 50 next year
SOS by SZA was left off both your 2022 and 2023 lists. I would love to know your thoughts on the project. Its the front runner for all the big awards.
He had a reaction/review for it lol. He thought it was okay and was livid at Rolling Stones for putting it at #1
Finally.. good albums to listen to
nice list. i had 8 of the albums listen in my top 30 of the year!
My Top 5 Albums of 2023
1 Utopia-Travis Scott
2 Larger Than Life-Brent Faiyaz
3 A Great Chaos- Ken Carson
4 New Blue Sun-Andre 3000
511:11-Chris Brown
That Swans finger-come-hither description is spot fucking on man! A-tier music journalism (and a great record)
My top 10 just to show the variety of Shawn cee listeners🤷🏾♂️
1.lets start here- yachty
2. Larger than life- Brent
3. Ganger- Veeze
4. For All the Dogs
6. Fridayy- Fridayy
6. Lahai- sampha
7. Voir Dire- Earl Sweatshirt
8. Utopia- Travis
9. Nostalgia- Rod Wave
10. Glockoma- Key Glock
Do 50 next year its a lot more music for me to check out
the alchemist earl collab album was amzing
To be completely honest, that entire description for Veeze's "Ganger" album sounds like an excuse to discredit people's opinions who didn't enjoy it.
To essentially say "This is a regional project, if you didn't grow up in Detroit you're not going to get it" is implying 2 things:
1) Everybody from Detroit who hears this album is going to like it (there can easily be Detroiters who don't fw the album)
2 ) If you're not from that specified region, your opinion on the album is automatically invalidated (if someone from Montana heard the album and loved it, you won't say anything. But if they think it's trash you'll go "Oh you not from Detroit so you don't get it".
You can't pick and choose when to say someone's opinion matter and when it doesn't.
1. I didn’t say that lmao. I was referring to there being plenty of references and vocal types of expression more native to the Detroit area that some who’ve given him the criticism “he sounds too sleepy/lacking energy” might not get.
2. I wouldn’t criticize anyone for liking who isn’t from Detroit, but I’d hold a Detroiters opinion in significantly higher regard knowing they at base understand some of the references whether they liked it or not.
Everyone’s opinion matters but not everyone’s opinion matters TO ME when speaking on art that makes references to where I’m from and they aren’t and may not get, which is fine.
@@ShawnCee I'm from Detroit too which is the only reason I'm commenting this. I haven't listened to Ganger yet but with your description and review of it, that's the feel I got from your words. That if someone was dogging the album but they wasn't from Detroit you would just go "Ah ✋🏼, you're not from the D so your opinion doesn't matter that much to me".
Babyface Ray is an easy example. He completely sounds like he's "too sleepy/lacks energy" on his records. I don't believe me being from Detroit makes that statement more and less valid.
@@AmiriHipHop I'm not saying it does to the average person, I'm speaking for myself. The fact that you're from there will mean more to me by default, whether you like it or not versus someone who isn't from there.
I personally feel like TEC by lil Tecca should be on here. Hands down one of the most cohesive albums I’ve ever listened too. On top of having so many bangers on the album. Super underrated in my opinion
Ay pookie ima need ur thoughts on vultures 1, and new 21 savage while ur at it
He probably won't come back to UA-cam again
where you at shawn
He doesn’t like making UA-cam videos. More effort, less money. So he made a new channel to post his twitch streams, which is basically this, but worse editing.
WHY DONT YOU REVIEW MUSIC ANYMORE BRO I WANTED TO SEE UR REACTION TO THIS NEW 21
Shawn and fantano putting Paramore in their top 25 brings me joy
Sampha did deliver I love that album