1001 Albums Summary

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Devotional Songs Honestly, Qawwali isn't really my thing, I don't really listen to religious songs, specially to those who are not from my beliefs, but instead of using that as an excuse to not listen to this album, I just went for it and listen it for what it is, and I ended up liking this album WAY more than I initially thought so. 6 songs, but all of them surpass 7 minutes of time length, this album offers the catchiest tunes you could listen to, the instrumentals and the harmonies go hand in hand beautifully and the choruses make you want to dance and groove on the song. In my case, I don't speak arabic, so I don't know the lyrics that he's singing, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless, this is great! 1.- Allah Hoo Allah Hoo = 9/10 2.- Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka = 7/10 3.- Haq Ali Ali Haq = 8/10 4.- Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam = 9/10 5.- Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bacchae = 7/10 6.- Ni Main Jogi De Naal = 8/10 FINAL SCORE: 8/10

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Don't get me wrong, I hate this guy as much as you do. As an ex-Kanye West fan, ever since he went on that Alex Jones interview in 2022, I knew it was all over for me to continue giving a blind eye on the bullshit he has done. For years I had defended the actions he made before that, but afterwards, it was impossible for me to ignore. He has all the resources in the world to improve mentally and get better with himself, but he's a grown ass man and he's choosing to continue living the lifestyle he has, with the lastest twitter rants proving that point even further. However, this was one of the first albums I ever heard before I loved listening to albums, so this really brings a lot of memories and nostalgia for me. This album not only saved his career (temporarily), but also saved me. Even in my darkest moments, I listened to this album countless of times and became unstoppable, wanted to continue living and ignore the negative bullshit that I was going to, hoping to strive for better things and that's what I did. This album feels massive in any way, feeling as if you were capable to rule over the whole world with this album, and it truly is bigger than life itself. This album is so amazing that it was capable to revive an career that had a lot of backlash back then. It's not the best rap album of the decade because To Pimp A Butterfly exists, but this is definitely one of the best: The intro has to be some of the best intros I heard, not only in a rap album, but in all albums overall, giving an glimpse of how Kanye was feeling after his backlash with Taylor Swift and showing how maximalist and massive this album feels. Then Gorgeous comes in, great Kid Cudi feature there and some iconic and yet funny lines that Kanye says are also there. POWER has to be one of his most iconic songs he's ever made, with the king crimson sample, and the way he builds up to the end, metaphorically jumping down the window on there. All Of The Lights starts with a short yet beautiful piano section, before inevitably you hear a bunch of voices singing, while the song goes hard. Monster has by far the best Nicki Minaj verse she has ever done in her career, better than almost any song she has wrote. Many people would exclude So Appalled as an amazing song, but there were so many rappers rapping on it and somehow it worked greatly in their favour, as if they united the smartest kids in the class for a school project. Devil In A New Dress has the best riff section I heard in awhile, and can't forget the iconic Rick Ross verse. However, Runaway is the best song on this album personally, everything about it is perfect, start to finish. Hell Of A Life is such an underrated song too, the way he builds up the beat to feel grand and huge is so compensating to hear. Then there's Blame Game which to be honest is great, but didn't had to be that long (that Chris Rock skit was great though). Finally there's the last two tracks, Lost In The World and Who Will Survive In America, such an amazing way to end an incredible once-in-a-lifetime album. If I'm being honest, I had already gave up hope for Kanye West to recover for years, he had the chance too, but he's still the same guy he was back in 2022, nothing changed. Kanye West is dead, and now all we have is a clone of him, Ye, someone who represents the exact opposite of what Kanye preached in his songs. It's sad how he went from making songs like these back in 2010 to make Vultures 1 and 2. Eventually one day, Mr. Ye will have to wake up to his beautiful dark twisted fantasy, and return to what made him so impactful and great to hear in the first place. Overall, this album is the epitome of near perfection. I miss the old Kanye. I hate the new Kanye. 1.- Dark Fantasy = 10/10 2.- Gorgeous = 10/10 3.- POWER = 10/10 4.- All Of The Lights (Interlude) = 9/10 5.- All Of The Lights = 10/10 6.- Monster = 10/10 7.- So Appalled = 10/10 8.- Devil In A New Dress = 10/10 9.- Runaway = 10/10 10.- Hell Of A Life = 10/10 11.- Blame Game = 8/10 12.- Lost In The World = 10/10 13.- Who Will Survive In America = 7/10 FINAL SCORE: 9.5/10

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Really good album to listen! There's a lot of elements of what makes this album really unique, also the fact that it has a lot of depth into the lyrics and the messages that they try to convey to the audience. This album is so complex that there's rarely one genre to categorize it, it combines so many genres into one and somehow it works. Overall, this is REALLY great! 1.- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart = 10/10 2.- Kamera = 8/10 3.- Radio Cure = 9/10 4.- War on War = 8/10 5.- Jesus, Etc. = 9/10 6.- Ashes of American Flags = 9/10 7.- Heavy Metal Drummer = 7/10 8.- I'm the Man Who Loves You = 9/10 9.- Pot Kettle Black = 7/10 10.- Poor Places = 10/10 11.- Reservations = 10/10 FINAL SCORE: 8.7/10

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread Great reggae album coming from Bob Marley which features a lot of political depth into almost every song on here. Short and conscise album, overall this is great! 1.- Lively Up Yourself = 9/10 2.- No Woman No Cry = 9/10 3.- Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) = 8/10 4.- Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) = 10/10 5.- So Jah S'eh = 9/10 6.- Natty Dread = 7/10 7.- Bend Down Low = 7/10 8.- Talkin' Blues = 9/10 9.- Revolution = 10/10 FINAL SCORE: 8.7/10