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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (2 Viewers)

Yo Mama said:
This has been on my short list for a while now, but it seems fitting to take this after that video of Killer Mike from Atlanta last night has been going viral around the innerwebs.  Yo Mama selects:

28.22 - Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

1 - Jeopardy

2 - Oh My Darling Don’t Cry

3 - Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1

4 - Close Your Eyes (And Count to F***)

5 - All My Life

6 - Lie, Cheat, Steal

7 - Early  😍

8 - All Due Respect

9 - Love Again

10 - Crown

11 - Angel Duster

12 - Blockbuster Night, Pt. 2

Probably in my top 3-5 hip hop albums of the last decade. I’ve tried to get my kids into these guys since they’re both into all the new hippity hop stuff but they think it’s just more of what they call my DadRap. Had a hard time picking my second song - partly because I like so many of them, and partly because most would be unfriendly to the playlist sanctity. 
 

And if you don’t like this pick,  you can all run naked backwards through a field of #####. 
 
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28.18 - Diana - Diana Ross (1980)

I'm going to switch gimmicks in round 30 so Iet's go with one more undrafted legend.  For Diana, Ms. Ross went outside the Motown bubble to bring in Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic to write, produce and perform.  Together they recorded an album that sounded a lot like Chic.  Diana radiates her big star energy and contributes more distinctive vocals than Chic's usual studio singers.

Ross didn't care for the record so prior to release, it was remixed and partially re-recorded without the involvement of the original producers.  The current digital releases includes both versions.  There aren't huge differences to my ears but the original mixes of the familiar hits just don't sound quite right. 

I'm Coming Out

Give Up - Original CHIC mix

 
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Rd 28

L.A.M.F. - (Johnny Thunders &) the Heartbreakers (1977)

ok, so it was just "Heartbreakers" officially ... but Thunders got himself top billing for a spell, and rightfully so. 

trading in the AquaNet from his NY Dolls days for some razor blades and Brylcreem (only the works remained, as was his wont and downfall), Johnny mined the same seedy sleaze as the Dolls blazed, this time in a more compact and economic fury. 

it's as boozy/bluesy as one would expect, but now with a heavy hot load of punk junk.

the attitude was all Thunders, and he couldn't help but slide right in as the guitar god of the genre ... the 'breakers were quite a legit all-around band ... matter of fact, Johnny Ramone once said outta all the bands that played at CBGBs, the Heartbreakers were the only ones he thought were as good as the Ramones, but, to quote: "we knew they were junkie losers, so we weren't worried too much".

was gonna be Johnny's calling card right up 'til the day he booted out ... sorry waste of great talent and pure NYC chops - he is very missed by so many, big hit when i heard of him passing.  ####!

but this glorious artifact remains, long a top spinner for me, and one i gladly would've taken in rd 1 ... my absolute musical hero, and this travels wherever i go - love my paisan like a long lost big brother 🇮🇹

Born To Lose  can't think of an instance where an artist better encapsulated the story of his whole ####### crazy life ...

... but this Chinese Rocks comes pretty damn close ... co-written with partners in Needle Park crime Richard Hell & Dee Dee Ramone - riff crunchy enough to withstand 43 years of sittin' in milk - balls out. 

 
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Dr. Octopus said:
Round 28 If There Was A Way - Dwight Yoakam (1990)

I was working in a record store when this came out and although I was not into country at all at the time I fell for this record when we played it in the store and I've been a fan of his since. It also helped I saw him open for the Dead once and he does a great job on with Trucking on one of the Dead Tribute albums. 

Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose

It Only Hurts When I Cry
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Oh man, that album title really bothers me.

 
MAC_32 said:
I owe a debt of gratitude to the Ignition and Morningview drafters. I didnt slide this one up til those picks happened. I feel kinda bad because I too would have been gutted if I missed this. 
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Yeah it was fun watching these guys grow up (we’re friends with one of the band members) and then just blow up. The SCIENCE album was always my favorite because it still had all their early raw funkiness, but was cleaner and more refined to show how big they’d be able to get. 
 

My wife and I have seen them probably 20-30 times, from the earlier days at smaller Hollywood clubs to when they started selling out the biggest venues. They were also my kids first rock concert, and they got to meet the band after. 
 

Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) has always been one of my favorite jams. 

 
wikkidpissah said:
28.35 Moon-shaped Pool, Radiohead (2016)

I look @ my lineup and i still need more dissonance, not resolution. Gimme Twitchy Toscanini & His Orchestra. I wasnt gonna take em from you young folks, but it's Rd. 28. Plus, look at the first songpick:

Desert Island Disk

The Numbers
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Oh man, I was waiting this one out.thought it wouldn't be on anyone's radar so I took a few others. This is a good one.

  Was gonna go w burn the witch because Jonny had it going on that one and decks dark.

Excellent selection esp this late

 
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Yo Mama said:
28.22 - Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
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This album used to have its own thread it's so legendary. Of course, that thread was started by a drunken me, so it might not be so legendary, but you know what I'm saying. I draft RTJ every draft so was trying to stay away. I figured KP would beat you to this, but alas, none for KP, either.

Great pick. The hip hop act of the teens.

 
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