Solange's A Seat at the Table taking #1 on the Pitchfork list was a surprise, but well deserved. When reviewing the year, how much weight does a larger societal context factor in to your collective decisions, as opposed to straight musicality. Last year, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly took #1 (again, well deserved), but that also was released in the wake of the initial #BlackLivesMatter upheaval and around the time of George Zimmerman's trial conclusion. Does an album of the year need to capture the greater culture of the year, or does it need to be the end-all best sounding thing that came out over that year?
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Solange's A Seat at the Table taking #1 on the Pitchfork list was a surprise, but well deserved. When reviewing the year, how much weight does a larger societal context factor in to your collective decisions, as opposed to straight musicality. Last year, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly took #1 (again, well deserved), but that also was released in the wake of the initial #BlackLivesMatter upheaval and around the time of George Zimmerman's trial conclusion. Does an album of the year need to capture the greater culture of the year, or does it need to be the end-all best sounding thing that came out over that year?
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