Pop albums often come across as repetitive and that’s annoying.
Through the generations, artists always prove to break those patterns and release the music they want to release. Here are five albums that helped changed music today, released after 2010. They all have done some part in changing either their genre or helping change the world socially. Most of these are known just by their singles, but listening to the albums forward to back can give them a whole new meaning. Enjoy these five albums in whatever setting you please, but headphones and a smile would definitely be recommended. In tradition, because these album track-lists are picked with precision, I will be posting the link to the first song as to not disrupt the formatting.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West (2010)
If 808’s & Heartbreaks was Kanye discovering the new world, this is his Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Coming off of his mother’s death and the humiliating Taylor Swift fiasco, Kanye does not hold back in showcasing this track-list full of greatness. From the raw beginnings to an end that calls out to the heavens, this album mirrors Kanye’s own career path, a fairy tale mixed with its hip-hop foundations when blended together solidify West’s place as a legendary, mystical, demigod. As over-played as it may have seemed in 2010, “All Of The Lights” makes so much more sense in place between the interlude and the next track. “Monster,” which nobody can ever forget, is Nikki Minaj’s second-best verse (beaten only by her iconic opening verse on “Only,”), which she threw down for a payment of $50,000, with no album out. With the reputation of being notoriously secretive during the production process (even Rick Ross was baffled by how tightly the Studio Rules were enforced), it really was enough to change the social status of a man widely-hated amongst America.
