May 26, 2024 • 13 mins
Apple Music unveiled their 100 best albums of all time which has music community reacting. We're talking about the list's impact, how lists like these inspire conversation and exploration, and the personal connections we all share with music. While art is subjective, when a collective of people view music with appreciation, admiration mixed with a strong artistic foundation is what deems these bodies of music valuable.
In this episode I share how albums from the Apple Music 100 Best Album list have left their mark and discuss the list's embrace of diverse genres. I reflect on what makes an album not just good, but truly great. From timeless classics to contemporary masterpieces, this episode is a foray into the heart of music resonance.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of
the Silent Vibes podcast withyours truly Makayla.
I hope you are doing well.
If you are new to the family,welcome to the family, as I like
to say.
If you are returning, welcomeback, family.
So today is another solo episodewith me, and I thought this
would be a good one to do solobecause Apple just released
(00:27):
their 100 best albums of alltime list, and so you know, with
any list it's alwayscontroversial, but I'm going to
share why I'm not mad at it andkind of like what lists and
things like this really do forartists and for the conversation
.
So let's jump right in.
(00:47):
I think you know, art is reallysubjective and when a
collective people really view itin a appreciation stance and
there are a good number ofpeople who appreciate it in the
same way that's what reallycreates the value behind any
kind of artwork, whether it bemusic or visual arts, anything
(01:09):
like that.
And then there's this strongfoundational set of musical
principles that are probablyapplied, in which people are
used to, so that also kind ofplays a factor.
But I really do think thatthese lists are fun.
I think at one point you kindof look at these lists and
awards as like the goldenstandard.
(01:30):
But what lists like thesereally do because they are
subjective is they really getpeople talking.
They get people to onere-listen, revisit, you know, or
listen to songs that theyhaven't heard or discover
artists that they haven't heard.
It definitely drives engagementand conversation.
(01:50):
So I'm sure this is not goingto be the only podcast episode.
People are already commentingon the list on social media and
really kind of sharing theirthoughts and opinions of who's
not on the list, who's missing,that sort of thing.
So I think it's good for musicin general, but also, I do think
(02:10):
, as people who critique musicself-included, you know share
our thoughts.
There is also this personalconnection, outside of the
foundational basics that we havealigned to understanding music
and loving music, we also haveour affinities that kind of also
show, true.
So it really depends on who youask to do lists like these and
(02:35):
the results that you're going toget.
So overall, I don't think it'sa bad list.
Like, if you look at the listholistically, I think it has a
lot of really good albums andfor me, I think what makes a
really good album is that youwant to listen from beginning to
end you find yourself goingback to it over and over, and
(02:56):
you're not the only one.
There are moments and thingsthat you think are super
relevant as to the way theartist delivered it.
It sounds good, whether you arelistening to it the first time
or you're listening to it fiveto 10 years later, 20 years
later, there are things that arejust really timeless about a
body of work that I think isimportant.
(03:19):
So, overall, I don't think it'sreally a bad list.
It has a mix of genres, of agreat mix of, um, different
artists.
Some I have not listened tothose albums, um.
So I think for even for me, Iwant to go back and kind of
listen to, especially thingsthat are I haven't actually
heard at all, like a lot of therock albums and, um, you know,
(03:42):
some of the the more alternativebluesy albums that I haven't
heard in its entirety.
Or I've heard songs but Ihaven't heard the work and the
body in its entirety.
And overall I did think thatwhen I saw this list I was going
to be like thinking that therewere going to be more white
artists on there.
I think they did a really goodjob of capturing, you know, I
(04:04):
would say it really is in therealm of like late 80s, 90s,
(04:26):
heavy early 2000s and sprinkledin with some classics from other
eras.
So you'll have Marvin Gaye andAretha Franklin, but then there
is a lot from like late 80s, 90s, 2000s really make up the bulk
of the list.
So when you say of all time, Ithink that gives it that
(04:48):
pressure because you know somuch music has released that
even music critics haven't heardeverything.
So that's something that I kindof want to point out.
And then you know, of course, asthe Caribbean person I got to
look for who is on the list fromour genres.
None other than Bob Marley,which is no surprise.
(05:09):
Exodus album is on there.
I do think that we had to haveat least one and I knew it was
going to be Bob Marley.
But could there have beenothers that would have gotten on
the list or, I think, would bea reasonable um suggestion and
you don't know if if it willstart out there and you just
(05:31):
don't know um.
But I'm not surprised that.
You know Bob Marley is the onerepresenting the region for the
Wallawee and Exodus is the albumespecially coming off of.
You know his movie release andthat was part of the movie as
well.
So it's very front of mind fora lot of people, especially
people who listen to musicoutside of our genre.
(05:52):
I'll get back to our genre in asecond.
But I was definitely surprisedto not see Whitney Houston,
mariah Carey, celine Dion like Iwas just floored that that that
that was my only likesurprising um moment in terms of
the list itself, like I'm verysurprised that none of those
(06:14):
three they're like the trifectaof voices and they all have
really good bodies of work froman album perspective.
So I'm really really surprisedthat they didn't make it.
I didn't see Justin Timberlakeon there.
I didn't see Britney Spears onthere, even like NSYNC or
Backstreet Boys.
I would think that you know,one pop-ish record like that
(06:34):
would make its way.
There's definitely some otherpop albums um that are on there.
Madonna's like a prayers onthere, um, and then, of course,
you know, you knew they weren'tgoing to leave out um, michael
Jackson and Prince.
Michael Jackson actually has anumber two um with Thriller, but
Prince has two albums he hasPurple Rain and Sign of the
(06:56):
Times.
Also, beyonce has two albumsLemonade and Beyonce, which I
didn't I wasn't expecting.
I was definitely surprised tosee Solange on the list.
I do love her album.
I don't know that I would haveput it on this particular list,
but I think those really stoodout to me in terms of people who
(07:17):
weren't or like options that Ithink kind of like A little
questionable.
I think.
Two albums for one artist,that's definitely, I think, a
little tough to swallow becauseno other artist has that.
Beyonce and Prince are the onlytwo to have that.
So I think it should have beenlimited to one.
(07:47):
Um.
Missy Elliott is on there withSuper Duper Fly, but that was a
really good album.
So, um, I expect that.
Um, who else?
I'm trying to think.
Uh, I was really glad to seeD'Angelo's Voodoo album on there
.
Usher's Confessions is on.
It's on pretty high, a highermeaning.
It was like in the second halfof.
It was like, I think, in the80s or 90s, um, but I would have
(08:11):
thought it would have been alittle bit earlier.
But I mean that that's alsosubjective, right.
So I think being able to movethe numbers along with swapping
out a few um is what would havemade this list.
You know You're missing peoplelike Earth, wind and Fire.
I just think that you could dothese lists and kind of really
(08:31):
talk about them all day.
But that is again.
This is the point, I think, ofthe list is to really get the
conversations going.
I wasn't mad at Lauryn Hill'sMiseducation of Lauryn Hill
being number one.
It's the classic album that shehas and while she did some work
(08:53):
you know two albums, I believewith the Fugees.
She has also a live album afterthe Miseducation album, but
this really stands out to me asa classic album.
Again, I'm born of a certainera so that really resonates
with me in terms of just thecontent, the delivery.
(09:14):
It's often an album Idefinitely go back and listen to
in its entirety.
A lot of the albums are that areon this list, so that, I think,
is probably part of thecriteria.
So I'm not mad at the numberone and I think anyone can
really argue the number one, thetop 10.
I think Beyonce's Lemonade isat number 10.
(09:38):
I didn't particularly likeLemonade, but a lot of people do
, so it makes sense that it's inthe conversation.
So again, these lists get usknow it's in the conversation.
So again, these lists get usdebating.
They get us talking and one ofthe things that I was inspired
by in this list, from aCaribbean music standpoint,
particularly reggae, dancehall,because that's, you know, my
(10:01):
thing.
Do we have a hundred albums thatwe could put on a list to say
that these are the classics?
I don't know, I don't know.
I think we have 100 written.
I don't know if we have 100classic albums because we are a
(10:23):
very singles-driven market.
There are very few albums thatyou listen to in its entirety,
over and over and over again.
I think it's not that they'renot being released.
I just think that we,particularly in dance hall, it's
definitely much morechallenging to kind of find that
(10:45):
full body of work.
I think we have a few, but Ican't say that we would fill it
out.
I think reggae definitely, wehave a good amount of albums
that I think would make a greatlist like this.
If you think about Budgets,till Shiloh or I was actually
gonna.
Well, I'm not really surprisedthat Sean Paul's the T-Rock is
(11:06):
not on this list, given hispopularity, but that's an album
that I think has longevity andlike now I'm blanking.
But I think it would be good tokind of like revisit and go
through like an entire catalog,like what would that look like
of a hundred albums of reggaeand or dancehall, what.
(11:29):
What would that look like?
What would a list like thisreally look like to really talk
about the catalog of music thatwe really have?
And then, when you talk aboutthe rhythm conversation, I feel
like the rhythms that would be aa really, really fun list to do
with, like a bunch of differenteven like the 100 album lists
Like if we did that, what wouldthat look like for our music
(11:49):
genre?
So I am putting it out there tosee, like maybe we should do it
and see how that looks.
But of course, these lists youknow people be all in their
feelings about these lists.
So maybe it's something that wecan revisit, feelings about
these lists.
So maybe it's something that wecan revisit, maybe it's
something that someone else willdo, I don't know, but
definitely get the conversationgoing.
(12:10):
I also think it's anopportunity for us to really
look at catalog and bodies ofwork from artists.
So I think that that isimportant as well, to kind of
continue to drive the genre.
I wasn't surprised that BobMarley was on this list.
I think we have the opportunityto have some other
(12:31):
representation when it comes tolists like these.
That's just my perspective,what your thoughts are If you
are watching a clip of this onsocial.
You can comment and let me know.
I appreciate your support.
(12:54):
But what did you think ofApple's 100 best albums of all
time list?
Have you seen the list?
What would you add?
What would you remove?
What are you surprised by?
Share your thoughts with me anduntil next time, leah Tamadips.
Thanks for listening to thelatest episode of the Style and
Vibes podcast.
If you like what you hear and Iknow you do share it with your
friends and family.
(13:15):
If you want more, make sure youvisit styleandvibescom and
follow us on our social channels, twitter and Instagram, at
Style and Vibes vibes.
Until next time, leah tummypeeps.
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of
the Silent Vibes podcast withyours truly Makayla.
I hope you are doing well.
If you are new to the family,welcome to the family, as I like
to say.
If you are returning, welcomeback, family.
So today is another solo episodewith me, and I thought this
would be a good one to do solobecause Apple just released
(00:27):
their 100 best albums of alltime list, and so you know, with
any list it's alwayscontroversial, but I'm going to
share why I'm not mad at it andkind of like what lists and
things like this really do forartists and for the conversation
.
So let's jump right in.
(00:47):
I think you know, art is reallysubjective and when a
collective people really view itin a appreciation stance and
there are a good number ofpeople who appreciate it in the
same way that's what reallycreates the value behind any
kind of artwork, whether it bemusic or visual arts, anything
(01:09):
like that.
And then there's this strongfoundational set of musical
principles that are probablyapplied, in which people are
used to, so that also kind ofplays a factor.
But I really do think thatthese lists are fun.
I think at one point you kindof look at these lists and
awards as like the goldenstandard.
(01:30):
But what lists like thesereally do because they are
subjective is they really getpeople talking.
They get people to onere-listen, revisit, you know, or
listen to songs that theyhaven't heard or discover
artists that they haven't heard.
It definitely drives engagementand conversation.
(01:50):
So I'm sure this is not goingto be the only podcast episode.
People are already commentingon the list on social media and
really kind of sharing theirthoughts and opinions of who's
not on the list, who's missing,that sort of thing.
So I think it's good for musicin general, but also, I do think
(02:10):
, as people who critique musicself-included, you know share
our thoughts.
There is also this personalconnection, outside of the
foundational basics that we havealigned to understanding music
and loving music, we also haveour affinities that kind of also
show, true.
So it really depends on who youask to do lists like these and
(02:35):
the results that you're going toget.
So overall, I don't think it'sa bad list.
Like, if you look at the listholistically, I think it has a
lot of really good albums andfor me, I think what makes a
really good album is that youwant to listen from beginning to
end you find yourself goingback to it over and over, and
(02:56):
you're not the only one.
There are moments and thingsthat you think are super
relevant as to the way theartist delivered it.
It sounds good, whether you arelistening to it the first time
or you're listening to it fiveto 10 years later, 20 years
later, there are things that arejust really timeless about a
body of work that I think isimportant.
(03:19):
So, overall, I don't think it'sreally a bad list.
It has a mix of genres, of agreat mix of, um, different
artists.
Some I have not listened tothose albums, um.
So I think for even for me, Iwant to go back and kind of
listen to, especially thingsthat are I haven't actually
heard at all, like a lot of therock albums and, um, you know,
(03:42):
some of the the more alternativebluesy albums that I haven't
heard in its entirety.
Or I've heard songs but Ihaven't heard the work and the
body in its entirety.
And overall I did think thatwhen I saw this list I was going
to be like thinking that therewere going to be more white
artists on there.
I think they did a really goodjob of capturing, you know, I
(04:04):
would say it really is in therealm of like late 80s, 90s,
(04:26):
heavy early 2000s and sprinkledin with some classics from other
eras.
So you'll have Marvin Gaye andAretha Franklin, but then there
is a lot from like late 80s, 90s, 2000s really make up the bulk
of the list.
So when you say of all time, Ithink that gives it that
(04:48):
pressure because you know somuch music has released that
even music critics haven't heardeverything.
So that's something that I kindof want to point out.
And then you know, of course, asthe Caribbean person I got to
look for who is on the list fromour genres.
None other than Bob Marley,which is no surprise.
(05:09):
Exodus album is on there.
I do think that we had to haveat least one and I knew it was
going to be Bob Marley.
But could there have beenothers that would have gotten on
the list or, I think, would bea reasonable um suggestion and
you don't know if if it willstart out there and you just
(05:31):
don't know um.
But I'm not surprised that.
You know Bob Marley is the onerepresenting the region for the
Wallawee and Exodus is the albumespecially coming off of.
You know his movie release andthat was part of the movie as
well.
So it's very front of mind fora lot of people, especially
people who listen to musicoutside of our genre.
(05:52):
I'll get back to our genre in asecond.
But I was definitely surprisedto not see Whitney Houston,
mariah Carey, celine Dion like Iwas just floored that that that
that was my only likesurprising um moment in terms of
the list itself, like I'm verysurprised that none of those
(06:14):
three they're like the trifectaof voices and they all have
really good bodies of work froman album perspective.
So I'm really really surprisedthat they didn't make it.
I didn't see Justin Timberlakeon there.
I didn't see Britney Spears onthere, even like NSYNC or
Backstreet Boys.
I would think that you know,one pop-ish record like that
(06:34):
would make its way.
There's definitely some otherpop albums um that are on there.
Madonna's like a prayers onthere, um, and then, of course,
you know, you knew they weren'tgoing to leave out um, michael
Jackson and Prince.
Michael Jackson actually has anumber two um with Thriller, but
Prince has two albums he hasPurple Rain and Sign of the
(06:56):
Times.
Also, beyonce has two albumsLemonade and Beyonce, which I
didn't I wasn't expecting.
I was definitely surprised tosee Solange on the list.
I do love her album.
I don't know that I would haveput it on this particular list,
but I think those really stoodout to me in terms of people who
(07:17):
weren't or like options that Ithink kind of like A little
questionable.
I think.
Two albums for one artist,that's definitely, I think, a
little tough to swallow becauseno other artist has that.
Beyonce and Prince are the onlytwo to have that.
So I think it should have beenlimited to one.
(07:47):
Um.
Missy Elliott is on there withSuper Duper Fly, but that was a
really good album.
So, um, I expect that.
Um, who else?
I'm trying to think.
Uh, I was really glad to seeD'Angelo's Voodoo album on there
.
Usher's Confessions is on.
It's on pretty high, a highermeaning.
It was like in the second halfof.
It was like, I think, in the80s or 90s, um, but I would have
(08:11):
thought it would have been alittle bit earlier.
But I mean that that's alsosubjective, right.
So I think being able to movethe numbers along with swapping
out a few um is what would havemade this list.
You know You're missing peoplelike Earth, wind and Fire.
I just think that you could dothese lists and kind of really
(08:31):
talk about them all day.
But that is again.
This is the point, I think, ofthe list is to really get the
conversations going.
I wasn't mad at Lauryn Hill'sMiseducation of Lauryn Hill
being number one.
It's the classic album that shehas and while she did some work
(08:53):
you know two albums, I believewith the Fugees.
She has also a live album afterthe Miseducation album, but
this really stands out to me asa classic album.
Again, I'm born of a certainera so that really resonates
with me in terms of just thecontent, the delivery.
(09:14):
It's often an album Idefinitely go back and listen to
in its entirety.
A lot of the albums are that areon this list, so that, I think,
is probably part of thecriteria.
So I'm not mad at the numberone and I think anyone can
really argue the number one, thetop 10.
I think Beyonce's Lemonade isat number 10.
(09:38):
I didn't particularly likeLemonade, but a lot of people do
, so it makes sense that it's inthe conversation.
So again, these lists get usknow it's in the conversation.
So again, these lists get usdebating.
They get us talking and one ofthe things that I was inspired
by in this list, from aCaribbean music standpoint,
particularly reggae, dancehall,because that's, you know, my
(10:01):
thing.
Do we have a hundred albums thatwe could put on a list to say
that these are the classics?
I don't know, I don't know.
I think we have 100 written.
I don't know if we have 100classic albums because we are a
(10:23):
very singles-driven market.
There are very few albums thatyou listen to in its entirety,
over and over and over again.
I think it's not that they'renot being released.
I just think that we,particularly in dance hall, it's
definitely much morechallenging to kind of find that
(10:45):
full body of work.
I think we have a few, but Ican't say that we would fill it
out.
I think reggae definitely, wehave a good amount of albums
that I think would make a greatlist like this.
If you think about Budgets,till Shiloh or I was actually
gonna.
Well, I'm not really surprisedthat Sean Paul's the T-Rock is
(11:06):
not on this list, given hispopularity, but that's an album
that I think has longevity andlike now I'm blanking.
But I think it would be good tokind of like revisit and go
through like an entire catalog,like what would that look like
of a hundred albums of reggaeand or dancehall, what.
(11:29):
What would that look like?
What would a list like thisreally look like to really talk
about the catalog of music thatwe really have?
And then, when you talk aboutthe rhythm conversation, I feel
like the rhythms that would be aa really, really fun list to do
with, like a bunch of differenteven like the 100 album lists
Like if we did that, what wouldthat look like for our music
(11:49):
genre?
So I am putting it out there tosee, like maybe we should do it
and see how that looks.
But of course, these lists youknow people be all in their
feelings about these lists.
So maybe it's something that wecan revisit, feelings about
these lists.
So maybe it's something that wecan revisit, maybe it's
something that someone else willdo, I don't know, but
definitely get the conversationgoing.
(12:10):
I also think it's anopportunity for us to really
look at catalog and bodies ofwork from artists.
So I think that that isimportant as well, to kind of
continue to drive the genre.
I wasn't surprised that BobMarley was on this list.
I think we have the opportunityto have some other
(12:31):
representation when it comes tolists like these.
That's just my perspective,what your thoughts are If you
are watching a clip of this onsocial.
You can comment and let me know.
I appreciate your support.
(12:54):
But what did you think ofApple's 100 best albums of all
time list?
Have you seen the list?
What would you add?
What would you remove?
What are you surprised by?
Share your thoughts with me anduntil next time, leah Tamadips.
Thanks for listening to thelatest episode of the Style and
Vibes podcast.
If you like what you hear and Iknow you do share it with your
friends and family.
(13:15):
If you want more, make sure youvisit styleandvibescom and
follow us on our social channels, twitter and Instagram, at
Style and Vibes vibes.
Until next time, leah tummypeeps.
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