2010 is a formative year for me that's when I started seriously listening to music and albums and it holds a lot of nostalgia

So I decided to go over some albums from that year, rate them itt and do a little review. Idk how many albums I'm aiming for maybe like 20. Most of them will be familiar albums I haven't checked in a while. I'd also like some recs itt and I might listen to them.

Albums ranked:

Bolded = loved

Day 1:
Drake - Thank Me Later - 7/10 (page 1)

Day 2:
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 6/10 (page 1)

Day 3:
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach - 8/10 (page 2)
Gorillaz - The Fall - 4/10 (page 2)

Day 4:
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday - 6/10 (page 3)

Day 5:
Rick Ross - Teflon Don - 7/10 (page 3)

Day 6:
MGMT - Congratulations - 9/10 (page 3)

Day 7:
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot - 7/10 (page 4)

Day 8:
M.I.A. - ΛΛ Λ Y Λ - 8/10 (page 5)

Day 9:
B.o.B - Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray - 5/10 (page 7)

Day 10:
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon 2 - 10/10 (page 7)

Day 11:
Vampire Weekend - Contra - 5/10 (page 10)

Day 12:
Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid - 7/10 (page 10)

Day 13:
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma - 9/10 (page 11)

Day 14:
Eminem - Recovery - 7/10 (page 12)

Day 15:
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - 6/10 (page 12)

Day 16:
Lil Wayne - Rebirth - 3/10 (page 12)

Day 17:
Beach House - Teen Dream - 9/10 (page 15)

Day 18:
Sleigh Bells - Treats - 8/10 (page 16)
Toro y Moi - Causers of This - 8/10 (page 16)

Day 19:
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli - 7/10 (page 16)

Day 20:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 9/10 (page 17)

Day 21:
Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here - 8/10 (page 20)
Wiz Khalifa - Kush & OJ - 7/10 (page 20)

Day 22:
The Roots - How I Got Over - 8/10 (page 21)

Katy perry teenage dream

u should do electra heart in 2012

I actually never listened to that album

its my all time fav rite next to die lit

Day 1: Drake - Thank Me Later

This album is mixed for a lot of fans, I've seen some consider it the worst Drake album possibly because they think he got so much better since or because they feel like the least of his vision and more of an attempt of the label to make him a big pop star in then's Young Money "bubblegum" era.

The beats are poppy, Drake's voice is all filtered and reverbed and the bars are corny as ever and hard at the same time, a good example for that is Jay-Z's verse.

I think this album holds a lot of charm and nostalgia. I don't see it as a soulless trendy album because it has a lot of real moments like The Resistance which is an early introspective Drake song, and it has a lot of Drake making songs with musical legends like Alicia Keys and The-Dream that inspired him and having good chemistry with them, adds to his credibility as an artist and having a "passing the torch" moment in a way

Drake's rapping and singing on here is not top tier I think his singing voice improved a bit later and that the rapping is just slow and has some silly lines like making the b****es say "toodles" and more about the vibe and personality he's showing with the subject matter and lyrics. And the singing / choruses themselves are really catchy.

Also Over and Find Your Love still go stupid and will always have a place in my heart (but I wonder how younger Drake fans feel).

Overall this is not a bad album, a lot of good moments... ppl call it a less creative So Far Gone but tbh this album is better than SFG and more nostalgic to me, this and TC is what I play when I try to remember THIS Drake. Not that the new Drake is worse or anything especially not after this year, but something really genuine and ahead of its time about this Drake, even though it's pretty mainstream safe music the reason it stands out is Drake himself, even while being radio friendly it feels like he had a lot to say.

What album is next?

Good rating, didn't succumb to internet narrative

-superfan of the most popular artist on earth

This site leans old tho u gotta understand most drake fans here were fans before he was the number one guy and before this album even dropped

Quadra shouldn’t be alive tho I agree with you there

I might do the Katy Perry one next why not

I shouldn't be what?!

gotta include MAYA and Cosmogramma in here

I never listened to MAYA so I should

congratulations by mgmt the best album of that entire decade and it came out in 2010

You gotta do Teflon Don & Flockaveli

And for the f*** of it….Goon Affiliated by Plies

Do man on the moon 2 next

arcade fire - the suburbs
beach house - teen dream
deerhunter - halcyon digest
walkmen - lisbon
vampire weekend - contra

all classics op give them a spin

Now listening to Teenage Dream

Day 2: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Alright so this is a pretty straight forward easy to digest pop album... if you weren't following music in 2010 this is a glimpse to the good and bad of pop during that era.

Since half of this album is hit singles let's discuss them first.

Fireworks imo is the most undeniable, you can go ahead and call the lyrics corny and it's been overplayed on radio and on every movie... and yet it still slapped! I bumped my head, best song here hands down.

Teenage Dream and The One That Got Away are also really good songs, just fun and catchy and don't feel too much "of their time" instead they're just simple and still have appeal.

As for Last Friday Night, E.T. and California Gurls, all obviously nostalgic, but all have either corny lyrics that take me out of the song, corny vocals or an annoying part musically (like the end of Last Friday Night with that trumpet) that lowkey ruin them. That being said California Gurls slaps in an ironic way and the video (and this album's cover) is still pretty hot.

Now let's get into all the non-singles, which are all first time listens for me. So first of all it's impressive that there are so many huge hits coming off this album, but listening to the other songs they all also attempt to be hits but fall flat.

Peacock one of the most annoying songs I've heard in my life.

Circle the drain is the best out of the non singles and it's a nice pop rock cut.

The last leg of the album which is the more emotional sounding songs are pleasant enough to put in the background but enhance Katy's flaws... basic writing... off key singing... she doesn't really shine in this type of songs and I can't really get any kind of genuine emotion or personality from her. It's B disney teen movies songs. Which might be good for the intended tween fanbase that would listen to a Katy Perry album at this time. But nothing special a decade later.

That rating crazy

MOTM 2

Contra

make sure you check out Big Boi album