Ranking Monstercat's Best of 2021

good picks but the light got robbed

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This list is strictly my opinion, please respect my reasonings and ratings.
#LGalaxy #monstercat #edm #2021

[hexnight]

ughh, i was so hoping to see internet love; 2010. maybe it went by too fast for people to truly appreciate it 🤷‍♂️

[jacknguyen]

New favs (after nearly exactly 8 months, just happens to came back)
- Glacier - Warriors (holy cow its the best 1st impression, like it kinda flows in REALLY slow)
Honorable mentions:
- Crankdat: What it feels like (still in favs but like I liked it so much, 1st drop gives me chills)
- Proff: Dark Magic (waiting to grow on me, might take another 8 months :)))
- Shingo Nakamura: Glow (same, I liked one of his other song, Darling Midnight, and from that kinda inspires me to this one, may take 8 months lmao)

[Rednodge_]

playlist adds: Fix It, Sleepless, Warriors, Destroy Me, and of course, Awaken.

[MrsirBS]

FLWR - Existentia is a huge guilty pleasure of mine

[jacknguyen]

Prays...for something nice as an addition of my favs is needed
This is a good way for that

[jacknguyen]

Best in the list:
- Saint Punk - Empty Bed (this used to be in ur LG Recommendations February, this has caught my attention, I liked it but it's not something that's too great to be in my favs, but still memorable af for 10 months, 8/10)
- Tynan & Ace Aura - Stay (same as Saint Punk but 50/50, took me until October to see it's actually very nice in the fav collection, 8.5/10)
- Crankdat - What it feels like (this sounds nice enough might put in fav)
- Pixel Terror - Sleepless (Teminite, Chime) (same as previous but only quite less memorable)
- Bossfight - Shadow (thought you hated this though :D, wasn't too memorable but was in fav for a bit, got grew off for being too repetitive)
- Ellis - Orbit (legendary af ngl, all part of the song, just very funky and catchy, so memorable, this is something that caught my attention much better than Tynan - Stay (yes I found interest for both of the song at that point), 9.5/10)
- Bad Computer - Paradise (hehe same as Orbit, but more memorable and catchy, 9.7/10)
- Why do I have a feeling it's Au5 in 1st though, yep, not too memorable but it will be something that makes you sit through the whole 6 mins of the song at 1st time listening :)), was in favs, did not last long, 8/10 in summary
Have a great day

[pongjames]

Nice list! 👏
Good to see 2 Rating: Perfect again

[lgalaxy_prismatics]

I’m finally back from semester exams! Hope you’re excited for what’s on the way soon..

[proddnvxk]

best: somewhere new or awaken
worst: idk lol

[martyx]

Probably one of my least favorite best of albums in a while not gonna lie… just not enough silk representation and i think a lot of really good tunes got forgotten… anyway here’s my personal bo2021 for monstercat cause im not making a video

40. Pixel Terror - Magma
39. Vindata - Good 4 Me
38. KDYN - Fire
37. Tisoki - SENSITIVE
36. Matrx - A Moment Apart
35. Kumarion - Pure Action
34. Drinks On Me - More To Give
33. Crankdat & Ace Aura - The Feeling
32. Tony Romera - Party On My Own
31. OVSKY & MYLK - Other Side
30. Bad Computer - Somewhere Else
29. Banaati - Choir Of Angels
28. Kompany & Teddy Killerz - Beast
27. Bishu - Worst Behavior
26. Hausman & Wynnwood - Catharsis
25. TYNAN & Ace Aura - Stay
24. Drinks On Me - Falling Down
23. Danny Leax - Daydream
22. Banaati & Brandon Mignacca - Love Again
21. KUURO & Psycho Boys - D.E.A.L
20. Eptic - Paypack
19. smle, oksami & Nick Smith - Can’t Sleep Alone
18. The Bloody Beetroots & Teddy Killerz - Elevate
17. EDDIE - Night Runners
16. KDYN - Through Your Love
15. Eminence, Weston & Teston x Aloma Steele - Vertigo
14. F.O.O.L & Caster - INERTIA
13. Direct & AK - Sehnsucht
12. Vindata - Skin (I Give In To You)
11. Anamanaguchi & Flux Pavilion - Dreams
10. Shingo Nakamura x Brandon Mignacca - Daring Midnight (BT Remix)
9. Ellis - Orbit
8. David Broaders - Going Home
7. Ellis - The Taste
6. Crankdat - What It Feels Like
5. OVSKY - Not Afraid
4. Bad Computer - Destroy Me
3. Rylan Taggart & Lumynesynth - Adrift
2. Glacier - Warriors
1. Effin - Unlucky

[crypton]

Best - destroy me
Worst - light of mine

[nolansSky]

Orbit deserves the spot here. I don't get the love of Awaken

[ky_fak]

LOL THE #15 COPYPASTA IS GOLDEN
also i'm probably gonna get flamed for this but awaken is one of my least fav au5 songs in the recent years

[nxt]

40. 45/100
39. 42/100 highly unexpected form TOKI
38. 65/100
37. 67/100
36. 67/100
35. 65/100
34. 59/100
33. 57/100
32. 62/100
31. 70/100
30. 72/100 the drop is bad but other then that is really great. (definitely not bcause of RL)
29. 50/100
28. 71/100
27. 78/100
26. 70/100
25. 90/100 the melody is awesome
24. 88/100
23. 76/100
22. 72/100
21. 84/100
20. 100/100 hmmm
19. 81/100 Orbit is way better
18. 87/100
17. 91/100
16. 75/100
15. 80/100
14. 58/100
13. 81/100
12. 97/100 yes definitely
11. 82/100
10. 80/100
9. 65/100 not interesting
8. 88/100
7. 99/100
6. 78/100
5. 70/100
4. 91/100
3. 92/100 really unique
2. 90/100
1. 95/100

I can't believe Medusa wasn't in the album. But whatever.

[quickestscoped]

here's a really biased bo2021 where a lot of songs i wanted to make it didn't and a lot of ones I didn't want to make did
40. this is kind of cool tho, interesting for him (already gone was better)
39. he made future bass and I don't love it
38. nice, fading wind was better tho
37. decent
36. koven dnb is boring and bland and got old pretty quickly. this being on the list shows bias
35. this is much better vocal-type dnb
34. it's nice and much better than anything else he did
33. catchy and cool
32. it's different for him but not good. I don't like pop-esque stuff like this usually
31. this is good
30. decent but grew off me
29. i forgot this existed
28. cool, this is much better than anything else they put out last year
27. really nice, glad this made it
26. good vocals, production is interesting
25. decent, maybe this being here reflects a bit bias but it's good
24. this is stupid and bad and dumb and it's placement reflects a ton of bias
23. this is cool tho
22. i don't like kpop. production is ok
21. good
20. pretty predictable that this would be on here but this time it's really good
19. why wasn't there an ellis ep
18. good
17. good, keep up the pace was better tho
16. why did so little silk make it? this is good tho
15. didn't know you lived in australia
14. insane. you don't get stuff like this on the label these days
13. incredible, would put it higher
12. basically the same here
11. good but not incredible
10. nice, probably got on this because it's kaskade but it's still good
9. much better than move on
8. beautiful
7. really cool
6. good, inertia was better tho
5. there are better silk songs out there (including better songs by this guy)
4. glad this made it over his other two releases this year
3. good but never got into this fully
2. this is much better, I like this style from him a lot more
1. it's fine but 1. i don't love the structure 2. dying star is better and 3. the brostep sections are eh. melody is nice tho
snubs (there are a lot): solar wind, the light, valley of hope, dying star, darling midnight bt remix, glow tendon remix, arcade highs, boogie,

[garbohanzo]

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Bad Computer somehow isn't #1