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While Yeat's music... (copypasta)

**While Yeat's music...** (shortened) is a copypasta that appeared on AOTY in 2022. It takes the form of an abstract to a fictionnal academic-grade paper analysis of the American rapper Yeat's single, *Rich Minion.*

## Transcript

The full copypasta goes as follows:

*While Yeat’s music is usually filled with braggadocious lyrics, here, he throws caution to the wind, dropping the tough-guy facade to reveal a compassionate side. He embraces his vulnerability, sharing his intimate connection with the Minions, revealing that they are more than just hired help. Rather, they are like children to him. In a violent world where his life could be taken from him at a moment’s notice, Yeat embraces his fatherly love for the Minions.*
Always Win

You have to win always in life.

## **What is Always Win?**

Always Win is the 32nd difficulty placed on the difficulty list of Jr’s Joke Difficulties. It is directly takes place after **Always Exist**.

## **Icon Description**

This difficulty’s icon simply represents a lime-dark green gradient with a lime colour at the top that transitions to a dark green colour down the bottom of the icon.

## **Obstacles**

Always Win being a Class 0 difficulty is still win-able very easily. Although, you’ll never fail, you can actually what you’re actually doing before transitioning to the next diffculty. There’s still NO obstacles though. You get teleported into the difficulty, but what you are actually doing, you’re literally falling.

### **Baseline AWi**

* Fall 1.1 studs.
* Fall 2.1 studs.
* Fall 3.1 studs.

### **Bottom AWi**

* Fall 5.1 studs.
* Fall 10.1 studs.

### **Low AWi**

* Fall 12.1 studs.
* Fall 16.1 studs.

### **Mid AWi**

* Fall 20.1 studs.
* Fall 25.1 studs.

### **High AWi**

* Fall 30.1 studs.
* Fall 35.1 studs.
* Fall 40.1 studs.

### **Peak AWi**

* Fall 45.1 studs.
* Fall 50.1 studs.

### **Borderline AWi**

* Fall 75.1 studs.
* Fall 100.1 studs.

## **Trivia**

* This is the thirty-second difficulty that is planned and created to be put onto this difficulty chart.

## **Continuing Beyond This Point**

We still know you always win when beating this difficulty, we’ll trust you and encourage you to go on with your journalizing adventure on your way through Class 0 to find your best buddy, **Friendly Void**! That difficulty is surely a voided friend.
The X Effect

**The X Effect** (where *X* is replaced by any critic or magazine) [alternatively known as *#The{Insert Critic}Effect*] is a meme that appeared on AOTY in late-November 2022.

## Origin

It is widely accepted that roots of The X Effect find their basis in The Fantano Effect, which was the first time such an effect was proposed. With the aftermath of Anthony Fantano's *I Didn't Mean To Haunt You* review on the album's AOTY page seeing some rare occurences of what could be considered as the "genesis" of the meme, it is thought that the first time the meme was in full throttle was on the *And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow*'s AOTY page following the Fantano review.

At that point, any review with a score below the average would be associated with a self-titled effect.

## Examples

> "I swear to fucking god, if any of y'all commit the Slant Magazine Effect and bring this below Quadeca, I will actually join KilliamBilliam and commit crimes (plural)."
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> "Man, I can't believe it. Another case of the Irish Times effect 😔"
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> "Cancel the #musicOMH effect people stay strong!"
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Brad Drones (or clones)

**Brad drones (or clones)** is a pejorative term used by many AOTY users to refer to fans of Brad Taste In Music who join the platform through him. They are often accused by the users of the term to have little to no sense of personal opinion and blindly follow Brad’s opinions and thoughts. Many users of the term cite the Revolver (Super Deluxe Edition) incident as evidence of this.
I'm not a bozo. (copypasta)

**I'm not a bozo.** is a copypasta that appeared on AOTY in 2021.

## Origin

When the American rapper JPEGMAFIA released his acclaimed fourth studio album *LP!*, he released two separate versions due to sample-clearing issues; one containing the full album with all samples (titled *Offline Version*), and the other where the offending tracks had been removed.

Upon release, the trimmed version was labeled as the original release on AOTY while the full version was labeled as ''reissue''. Many users took offense to this move, and consequently, made their voices heard by submitting corrections so that the full-version is considered the original release on the platform.

After multiple denied requests for a correction, a user by the name of **Vultrax** requested a correction in a vulgar way by sending: ''Make this an LP and the online version a reissue you bozos''. Usually, the site's moderator doesn't post a response to corrections, but this was an exception where he replied: ''I'm not a bozo.'' which became a copypasta.
Most Liked Review on AOTY

This page's purpose is to document the most liked review on AOTY throughout time.

## Chronology

As of April 6th, 2021, redbded's *"​MUSIC - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture"* rant was the most liked review on AOTY, before being surpassed by Chode's ''*Minecraft - Volume Alpha*'' shitpost review posted in December of 2020. Its spot was overtaken by Brad Taste's ''*Let's Start Here.*'' review on the 29th of January 2023, which was then later beaten out by cullenp72's review of "SCARING THE HOES" by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown.

Chode's review of "Minecraft - Volume Alpha" by C418 became the first review to reach 500 likes in February of 2023. Later the same year, cullenp72's review of "SCARING THE HOES" by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown went on to become the first review on AOTY to reach 1000 likes on the 11th of May 2023.

## Most Liked Reviews

Last updated: 2023-06-19

1. cullenp72's review of "SCARING THE HOES" by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown (1147 likes).

''*her loss for people who have never had a her to lose*''

1. Brad Taste's review of ''Let's Start Here.'' by Lil Yachty (765 likes).

''*Lil' Yachty's newest album has an absurd reception, but it is not just a symptom of hype. He has reinvented himself, while maintaining what made him a lovable voice from day one. Let's Start Here is beautiful, and has me hoping that this is not his peak. Please keep going on this path. I really look forward to what is next.*''

1. Chode's review of ''Minecraft - Volume Alpha'' by C418 (641 likes).

''*stfu*''

1. redbed's review of "MUSIC - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture" by Sia (448 likes).

*Full 1700+ words review available here.*
This is the most immature bullshit… (copypasta)

**This is the most immature bullshit**… (shortened) is a Discord and AOTY copypasta that appeared on AOTY in mid-November 2022. It is referring to a frustrated comment by a AOTY user by name of Xanderjones on the AOTY Wiki’s Tristan Theory page.

## Origin

The copypasta first originated when the comment was shared on Discord due to it being the first comment on the AOTY Wiki. Then, through amusement, the comment spread through the AOTY Community and through Hellfire Chat as a copypasta.

## Transcript

The full transcript of the copypasta goes as follows:

*This is the most immature bullshit I have even seen from someone on this site. Imagine listening to an album with an 88 user score, thinking it was really bad, and instead of admitting that you just think it's overhyped to death and move on, you then start calling ALL the positive scores on that said album bots. Satire or not, it's fucking sad.*
Favourite Albums Section

The **Favourite Albums Section** is a feature added by AOTY's founder Rob in November 2022 that consists of a section in a user's profile where you can put your favorite 5 albums of all time.

Some people have put weird albums as a joke or what they have been listening frequently in a week or in a month. It's a nice feature users can exploit for sharing their love for music. Some have requested that the feature be expanded or customizable.
The Kendrick Lamar Fanfiction Saga

The *Kendrick Lamar Fanfiction Saga* was a series of reviews created by a user who has used many different aliases, such as *Basic\_Garci*, *MirroredComfort*, and most recently, *Buckshot*.

The reviews were very long, detailed experiences of various sexual encounters the reader or other included characters had with legendary rapper Kendrick Lamar, and featured other artists such as Daft Punk, Eminem, J. Cole, and others. They were taken down by the author, as he felt ashamed of posting them, but archives of them do exist.
Pulse Demon

**Pulse Demon** is a 1996 noise album released by Japanese artist Merzbow. Due to its extremely harsh and abrasive sound, getting through the album in full has been the subject of challenges between AOTY users, and the album has thus subsequently become a meme in the site's community.

## Woodpecker No. 1 & 2

The first two songs on the album, *Woodpecker No. 1*, and *Woodpecker No. 2*, are often the subject of memes on AOTY.
User is no longer with us

***User is no longer with us*** is an indicator that can be found in users' shoutboxes. It replaces a user's message.

It appears when the poster's account was made *inactive*. Those who were made inactive can still use the site, but their scores don't count for the overall scores, and their posts only show up for their followers.

1. ↑ Rob on the official Discord server.

https://discord.com/channels/375410408451997698/890337003059675136/1070379385456181381
Metal Mausoleum

**Metal Mausoleum** is a leftist Discord server owned by AOTY user Myxogastrid. The server is notoriously difficult to get into because moderators of it do a background check on every user before joining.

It is said that: "If you piss in an unsightly, unholy, or unreal way, you’re allowed access. Conversely, if you reject piss then they reject you." (this may be a reference to the fact that you need to insert the word *piss* after reading the rules to be granted access).

## History

Metal Mausoleum was founded in 2017 by Myxogastrid. Soon after, many other members began joining ranging from various woodland critters to cyber demons of the 8th dimension. All of these various groups have come together to listen to music and "shoot the shit" as they call it. Their strict vetting policy is a result of a multitude of incursions from various troll servers.

## Fun Facts

* The server mascot is a cryptid known as The Brobdingnagian Greylag, a goose of such immense size that it could block out the sun with its wings.
* Most of the userbase are stoners in some way, with one user, a winged Red Wolf who goes by the name "Anarchy" preferring to put peanut butter in his bong before smoking.
* The server owners have had sex with Baylen's mom, causing him much distress.
The album cover is actually a metaphor... (copypasta)

**The album cover is actually a metaphor...** (shortened) is a copypasta that appeared on AJR's *The DJ Is Crying For Help*'s single cover.

## History

The first instance of the copypasta on AOTY was posted by user **Haikality**. As of yet, it is not known if they are the original writer of the copypasta or simply posted it from another location.

## Transcript

The full transcript of the copypasta goes as follows:

*The album cover is actually a metaphor. AJR are so big, they're giants with spotlights aimed at them. They're the center of album art, the universe. They're bigger and better than you. And then there's the little people, representing y'all who criticize their music. AJR can easily step on you guys. You are nothing to them. Insignificant. Irrelevant. Tiny. Minuscule. Nothing. Less than nothing. Pathetic. But you can see from their faces. They don't want to, you can see the compassion through their eyes. They wouldn't do it because they care about their ima- I mean you. They don't have to do anything to show that they are smiling from the stage while you were booing in the nosebleeds. 😎🔥*
Metal Mausoleum Wiki Vandalism

The **Metal Mausoleum Wiki Vandalism** was an episode of vandalism on the AOTY Wiki orchestrated by members of the Metal Mausoleum.

## Timeline

The initial vandalism was committed by MM member *Anarchy.* The next day, contribution permissions for *Anarchy* were removed and the vandalism removed.

On the 25th of November, another MM user committed vandalism on the wiki. Their permissions were blocked and the content removed.

Nothing ever truest ends, however, and Anarchy eventually found a way to continue his work in peace. With Baylen none the wiser, he found new ways to spread joy and mischief across the wiki, starting with this page. He made it more accurate as he had no help or encouragement from Myxogastrid. Instead, he performed the edits of his own accord. And he would continue as long as the wiki stayed up.
Rob

**Robert 'Rob' Thomas** is the founder, administrator and one of three moderators of AOTY.

He is almost exclusively called *Rob,* this being his username on AOTY and Discord. He is also the owner of the AOTY Discord Server and the upcoming Filmoftheyear.org website.

## Early Life and Career

Rob grew up in Boise, Idaho in the company of DVD pirates. His father was Blackbar the Cheap, known for stealing VHS tapes of popular films and recording over them with daytime soap operas. His mother was known as Bunny Read, known for making illegal photocopies of new novels. When his parent's crew were eventually captured in the early days of the internet, they settled down in the woods just outside the city of Boise and began a life of isolationist potato farming. due to his parent's history, Rob wanted to get into the DVD pirating business as well, but was stopped by his parents, who proclaimed it was much too dangerous. Rob instead began pirating cable from his neighbors. He would trek out in the middle of the night with a hacksaw, a length of copper wire, a long stick, and a plan. He would cut the cables leading to his neighbor's houses in the woods, attach the copper wire to the cable leading to their houses, and lead them back to his place, stealing their cable for days at a time. While Rob's parents were initially thankful for the free cable, their neighbors eventually caught wind of what he had been doing, and he was kicked out of his house and had to move to the city proper. Eventually, he ran into a few members of his parent's old crew; Been-Jamin' Hoardin'-gold, known for stealing gold and silver jewelry and replacing it with aluminum and pyrite fakes, Car-letgo Jack, who used to own a used car dealership that sold repurposed vehicles from the scrap yard, and their leader, Devon Vincent Damien. Rob began working with them as a DVD pirate, stealing potted plants from people's balconies and porches and replacing them with cruciferous vegetables. He eventually left the DVD pirates, striking out on his own with his own crew of unique bandits operating around Boise, while he himself began to be called the Dread Pirate Robert. Eventually, Rob decided to retire after stealing a cactus and becoming too injured to continue stealing potted plants. He handed his title of Dread Pirate Robert to his second in command, Westly the Fruit Crusher, who was known for crushing fruit at the local grocery store while nobody was looking. Rob eventually decided to create the AOTY website for some odd reason.
Nurture Chat

**Nurture Chat** was the first unofficial chat-room of AOTY. It reached 100 000 comments before being shut down on the 22nd of February 2022.

## History

Nurture Chat unofficially began when Porter Robinson's sophomore album *Nurture* was released. Over the course of almost a year, there was over 100 000 comments posted on the chat-room.

On the 22nd of February 2022, Nurture Chat was shut down due to privacy concerns, with the entirety of the posts being hidden from sight.
Bad Genre Voting

AOTY's genre voting often appears in stark contrast to the genre votes on RYM of the same projects, as many users may misuse terms or genre names too literally. One easy example of this would be the genre Noise Pop being attributed to Pop albums that toy around with some Experimental tendencies, instead of noisy pop-inflected alternative rock. Another example of this would be the frequent use of the term Boogie - the former is a rock-and-roll-associated type of early blues rock, and the latter is a post-Disco electronic music genre, but as AOTY lacks an official Boogie Rock label, the term Boogie is incorrectly used to describe both.

AOTY users are also known for their redundancy in genre voting. They are known to upvote three or more genres which are all subgenres of each other. For example, voting Pop, Dance and Dance-Pop on an album wouldn't be an alien concept to AOTY users.

It is also common for AOTY users to vote up genres which vaguely appear throughout the album but aren't really representative of the work as a whole. As Rob doesn't bless us with a genre voting system divided by primary and secondary genres are RYM has, it should be our duty to only vote up genres who make up more than half of the album's content (with some exceptions for highly eclectic albums).

## Some examples of bad genre voting

* black midi - Hellfire (Avant-Prog, Brutal Prog, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock) [redudancy]
* Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (Indie Rock, Midwest Emo, Post-Hardcore) [a great example of AOTY overvaluing genres on an album]
* Angel Olsen - Big Time (Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country, Country] (things tend to really go south when it comes to Country-related genre voting; this album has nothing to do with Alt-Country)
* Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (Drill and Bass, Drum and Bass) [redundancy]
* Fishmans - 98.12.28 男達の別れ (98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare) (Dream Pop, Dub, Neo-Psychedelia) [misunderstanding of a genre]
* Pharoah Sanders - Karma (Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz) [Free Jazz listed as first genre wrongly on the quintessential Spiritual Jazz record]
* Turnstile - GLOW ON (Dreampunk Fiasco) [not an upvoted genre presently, but was for a while; really puts into perspective the lack of AOTY genre knowledge - upvoting a Vaporwave-related subgenre to a Punk album because it fits the imaginary description people made up]
* Paul McCartney - McCartney II (Pop Rock, Art Pop, Experimental)
Hybrid AOTY Users

**Hybrid AOTY Users** are AOTY Users who love to listen to both pretty unconventional music (e.g. grindcore, experimental, modern classical, etc. ) and conventional music (e.g. pop and rock) too.

These users include rater\_ratings, Fhhgvnjscvbbg, Geem, JustSomeGuy, Dabzilla and knewnie. These users are known for their strong opinions, stable rating scales and highly unorthodox and unpredictable mix of genres in their topsters.
The TomBejoy Feldman Review Uproar

**The TomBejoy Feldman Review Uproar** is a feud that happened in July 2021.

## History

It unfolded when AOTY user TomBejoy posted a negative review of the acclaimed modern classical album *Feldman Edition 6: String Quartet No. 2* by FLUX Quartet, calling the work ''*bottom tier, directionless snob filler filled with movements that invoke pretentiousness on every turn*'' thereby causing a sitewide uproar. A confrontation between some users and Black And White PFPs unfolded in the comment section of that review.

Over time, the attention brought by the traction on the review led many users to the, at the time, relatively unknown work, making the average score crumble.

## History

TomBejoy's description of the piece as *a grim blob of nothing to my ears, without any fat trimming, and as you near the end it starts to get even more taxing. I don't hear the life in this, there's no grandeur, no nothing. Sure, some may favor minimalism, but minimalism doesn't mean you have to strip music of what most of his find solace in, it's melody. And if it has no melody, then it should be able to prick up your ears in any form* drew criticism from many reviewers on the site.

Users like Inglume, constellious, endiannes, rater\_ratings and many more offered their criticisms on his surface level interpretation of the piece. A few other users gave constructive feedback on how to tackle a project of this nature, whereas a few users like avernannes and Toasterqueen12 came to TomBejoys defence. The discourse pertaining to the review lasted multiple days and resulted in a stalemate between all the parties involved.
Post-Blackgaze (copypasta)

**Post-Blackgaze** is a proposed-genre and copypasta that appeared on AOTY and Discord in early 2022. It originates from a new genre proposition by AOTY user, Baylen, in regards to Deafheaven’s fifth studio album, *Infinite Granite*.

## Origin

In early 2022, AOTY user Baylen proposed a new genre in the AOTY comment section for the new Deafheaven album, *Infinite Granite*, writing a multi-paragraph description of what the new genre would entail and its reasoning.

Immediately, the post caused hysteria in the AOTY Community, with members of the server jokingly mocking the analysis for being a silly pastiche of genre-elitists despite the seriousness of the user’s proposition.

After receiving no positive feedback for the idea but instead a seemingly endless load of mockery, Baylen deleted the original post. In the meantime, a copypasta consisting of the full analysis spread like wildfire in the AOTY Community, and later, in AOTY itself.

## Transcript

The full transcript of the copypasta goes as follows:

*I feel like Deafheaven created a new music sub-genre with their latest album, "Infinite Granite".*

*Many people have pointed out that it is a mix of shoegaze and dream pop but I disagree. Shoegaze, yes, arguably, but dream pop is only there in essence, no songs on the LP could be categorised as dream pop.*

*Furthermore, I feel like labelling IG as shoegaze is misleading, because yes, even though it sounds a lot like shoegaze, it is mostly derived from DH’s blackgaze roots and blackgaze is present all over the LP while never taking the front-row of the sound.*

*Therefore, I feel like IG is actually a softer more catchy and poppier version of blackgaze. That said, as post-grunge was a catchier and poppier version of grunge, one could argue that IG is actually "post-blackgaze" and therein lies my point that DH have spawned a new sub-genre.*
Fantano Drones (or clones)

**Fantano drones (or clones)** is a negatively charged term used by many AOTY users to refer to fans of Anthony Fantano. They are often accused by the users of the term to have little to no sense of personal opinion and blindly follow the music critic's opinions and thoughts. There has been no real study to prove if the accusations against Fantano Drones are factual, but many believe it to be real.
Osnova (Telegram Chat)

Osnova (official name ''qqrequ core.') is a Russian-speaking chat in messaging service Telegram, and as well a community that originally moved away from Neosnova, initially due to a challenge to listen to the entire /mu/core, later due to disagreements with the admins and the then member of Neosnova-chat.

Founded in January 2023 for the purpose of listening to /mu/core, the chat quickly became popular among former Neosnovtsy and began to be used not only for /mu/core challenge, but also for full-fledged communication separate from Neosnova, which caused resentment in funklildim (amiD), which was later repaired during another crisis in the relationship between chats.

The chat, initially created for a limited purpose, quickly created a whole cult around itself and spawned many local memes. Subsequently, various former Neosnova members joined the chat, with Valetov\_Vitaly and funklildim himself among them.
Baylen’s Mid Theory

**#BaylensMidTheory** (also known as *Baylen’s Mid Theory*) is a musical theory conceived by fan favourite AOTY user Baylen.

## Premise

Baylen’s manifesto describes how mid music grows to achieve great degree of acclaim due to the initial hype generated by online music communities, and how this process constructs an unavoidable bias, inflating the scores of albums far beyond the score they would’ve achieved without such a distortion. The main source Baylen cites for their theory is the AOTY Review page for JID’s *The Forever Story*, which currently sits at an 87 User Score, indicating universal acclaim.

## Origin

The term #BaylensMidTheory was coined by AOTY user HenryThe12.
Brad Taste in Music

Bradley Lehmann, widely known as **Brad Taste in Music** is a AOTY user and YouTuber with a channel that has over 300k subscribers. The Brad Taste in Music channel is dedicated mostly to the YouTuber reacting to and discussing music. He is also the most followed user on AOTY, with over ten thousand followers — a majority of which can be attributed to being fans of his YouTube channel. The fans of his who end up joining AOTY are often painted in a bad light and referred to as Brad Drones (or clones).

On June 20th, 2023, he became the first user ever to reach 10.000 followers on the site.

## **Controversies**

### The Beatle's *Revolver (Super Deluxe)* Controversy

Brad has been the host of many controversies on AOTY, including a recent event where he told his audience to negatively review bomb the most recent The Beatle's *Revolver (Super Deluxe)* release. He later apologised by writing a review in that version of Revolver calling his action as immature. He later deleted that review for unknown reasons.

### The Cokie The Clown Review

Brad wrote in a now deleted review on Cokie The Clown's You're Welcome that whoever felt triggered by the way the record tackled themes such as suicide as a someone who had a major overreaction. Now the review has been deleted for unknown reasons.

### The SMITHEREENS Controversy

Brad wrote in a review for Joji’s third full-length album SMITHEREENS that Joji fans were letting the artist get away with the bare minimum and that they would "call this trash deep and experimental". Many felt offended by the remark and took it personally, which caused huge backlash on the review and in the album’s comment section.

### The Make Happy Review

Brad posted a review in the middle of summer of '21 for the video Make Happy by Bo Burnham, where he points out that videos shouldn't be on the same chart as albums. It was a point that a lot of people agreed with but found the way he dealt with it wrong, by saying that 0 bombing the video and writing a review instead of contacting Rob as move to stir reactions. Brad supports this wasn't the case and he was at the time in a very poor place psychologically.

The argument did get sorted out by the end, with the video getting removed from the album charts.
Lists

**Lists** are a category in AOTY where users and critics catalogue music, releases are often ranked but other formats roam the website. Certain lists are able to achieve the prestige "POPULAR THIS WEEK" and "POPULAR THIS YEAR" badge if many users visit and like the project. These lists are featured in the top of the website and the right side of releases. Currently, the most liked user list in the website is "/mu/ essentials" by user okcomputer12127 with a whopping 181 likes.

## User Lists

Any account in AOTY is allowed to make a list, this can be either ranked or private for personal enjoyment. The most common types of list-making are often rankings, these can include rankings of certain artists (ex. Brads' Swans Best to Worst) or albums releases in specific years (ex. DoubleZ's TOP 100 Albums of 2021 / TOP 100 Songs). Some users able to incorporate the AOTY Community into lists by shouting for suggestions, they would end up getting credited and be connected to the community. These community lists ask a variety of questions such as:

* Recommendations
* "What Album makes you feel like (insert emotion)?"
* "What would you want your last album to be?"
* "What is your favorite album?"
* "What is your least favorite album?

Other concepts exist but these are the most common to exist on the website. Formats are practically endless, some users decided to take advantage of the expansive catalogue of albums on the site to make giant lists of releases that they want to listen or come out. Outside of the usual types of lists, comical, parody lists spawn in unusual ways. These lists can make fun of:

* Album Covers
* Fanbases
* Other lists
* Genres
* Lyrics

User lists are a great way of keeping music conversations interesting in a unique, and fun for all users, editing or not.

## Critic Lists

When clicking on the list tab on the top of the website you will be taken to the "(Current year) Music Year End Lists". This is where dozens of critic lists are taken to show you the best releases of each year, decade, or even of all time. Near the end of every year AOTY's End List Aggregate begins. This is a system where every album is given certain points depending on how they rank in many critic websites.

***How Points are Measured:***

1. First place: 10 Points
2. Second Place: 8 Points
3. Third Place: 6 Points
4. Top Ten: 5 Points
5. Top Twenty Five: 3 Points
6. Other: 1 Point[1]

**How Points are Measured for Unranked Lists:**

1. Ten albums or less: 5 Points
2. Twenty Five albums or less: 3 Points
3. More than Twenty Five albums: 1 Point

Additionally, these points are shown in the overview of all releases in the end of the year and rank differently from the standard critic score. This is done because of the previously mentioned system. The year end lists start to take affect as early as November and the site gets quickly updated for early major list.
Good Morning Good Night

**Good Morning Good Night** (also known as GMGN) is an onkyo album, meme and copypasta. Originally, it is a collaborative album between Japanese onkyokei pioneers, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura, released in 2004 through experimental music label Erstwhile Records.

## History

Despite its original release in 2004, the album was only subject to popularity, memes and controversy in recent years. The album's cult following began in 2008 and the early 2010s as Rate Your Music users started reviewing the project, some describing the album as powerful and the artists as exceptionally skilled, while a more vocal majority described the album as unbearable and said it causes earaches.

The album was first rated on AOTY by incapablehuman, at a negative score of a 10/100 and the album sat dormant with one rating on the site for 8 months. Throughout 2019, the album got a few very positive ratings but went mostly unnoticed until July 2020.

## Controversy

In July and August 2020, the album was rated positively by AOTY users drugs, indiegalaxy and gec2isabella and rated negatively by AOTY user ConcreteCastles. In October 2020, the album started to spread like wildfire on the site when oh rated the album positively and Oreox4 gave the album a 0.

Since that point the album has exploded in popularity on the site, largely due to a very positive review by user Tristan which garnered over 100 likes. Fans and haters have clashed, both leaving upset comments and reviews on the album. RiskR's review likens the album to, "walking into a progressive modern art museum and looking at all the million dollar paintings that are literally one collar shade". On the other hand, Tristan's rather popular review says the album is like, "Sitting in an empty room. Fluorescent lights humming, drilling into your mind. The day drifts by." The admirers and haters have nearly evened the score, which now rests at a 50/100.

A new wave of controversy around the album was formed when a whole series of negative reviews came out, in which haters of the album reproached Good Morning Good Night for being a set of sinusoidal waves. It mainly attracted attention due to the fact that the score turned red for the first time, which forced people to stand up for this album and those people who like this kind of art. The situation with the album made people think about how different people can perceive music differently and stop using the word "pretentious" in relation to any kind of art. Controversy around the album lead to formation of GMGN chat on January 7th of 2023, formed out of the chaos of battle between haters and admirers of Good Morning Good Night at comment section. At the moment, the core posters of this chat were users like JIDS, DM\_Orbit, Baylen and JustSomeGuy. Chode, Andrei and rater\_ratings, previous active Hellfire members, also participated in GMGN chat. This chat is now inactive and turned into meme-posting hole

## GMGN Sweep

**GMGN Sweep** was a short-lived copypasta thought by AOTY user Baylen. His spam of the copypasta in the Hellfire Chat Discord server was amongst the reasons that led to his ban from said server.
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Im done with this wack-ass band bruh. (Copypasta)

## History

Originally posted by user OZYMVNDIAS, after the cover art and title for the upcoming Brockhampton album changed repeatably. The band had recently broke up, and their (supposedly) final album was under intense speculation. After the title was briefly changed to "Album that is finished and ready to go", this copypasta was started. After the final title and cover art were announced, (being "The Family"), user Zwuppo posted an alternate version of the copypasta, saying "im not done with this wack-ass band bruh. been riding on this shit for 5 years, since the sat trilogy. im not done w this bullshit now i am listening to it even if it never comes out. love this shit dude."

## Transcript

The full transcript of the copypasta goes as follows:

"im done with this wack-ass band bruh. been riding on this shit for 5 years, since the sat trilogy. im done w this bullshit now i aint listening to it even if it ever comes out. fuck this shit dude."

Zwuppo's alternate version here:

"im not done with this wack-ass band bruh. been riding on this shit for 5 years, since the sat trilogy. im not done w this bullshit now i am listening to it even if it never comes out. love this shit dude."
Shortcutting Easiness

Always take a shortcut in life.

## **What is Shortcutting Easiness?**

Shortcutting Easiness is the 28th difficulty placed on the difficulty list of Jr’s Joke Difficulties. It is directly takes place after **Common Speedrunning**.

## **Icon Description**

This difficulty’s icon represents a diagonal gradient with blue on the left corner, and green on the right corner. On the center of the icon represents the word ‘SHORTCUT’, with a curved arrow pointing to the right.

## **Obstacles**

Like all the other previous Class -1 difficulties, Shortcutting Easiness is still instantly win-able, but the chances of losing are just four sand grains. Shortcutting is the main component in this difficulty which makes you win at all times. This difficulty just does it for you so you don’t have to use any of your controlling presence.

### **Baseline ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 1 second.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.9 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.8 seconds.

### **Bottom ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.75 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.7 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.65 seconds.

### **Low ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.6 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.55 seconds.

### **Mid ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.5 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.4 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.3 seconds.

### **High ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.25 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.2 seconds.

### **Peak ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.1 seconds.
* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.05 seconds.

### **Borderline ShE**

* Shortcut through the difficulty chart under 0.01 seconds.

## **Trivia**

* This is the twenty-eighth difficulty that is planned and created to be put onto this difficulty chart.

## **Continuing Beyond This Point**

A light year is considered trillions of kilometres, but how will you take on a mild challenge called ‘**Baseline-Year Easiness**’? We’ll find out… I’ll see you there.
The Hellfire / Nurture Memorial Chat

**The Hellfire / Nurture Memorial Chat** (also known as the **General Chat**) is a chat that was created by Rob on the 16th of September 2023 in the aftermath of Hellfire chat being terminated. It is the only official chatroom on AOTY.

## History

On the 16th of September 2023, Hellfire Chat was terminated by Rob, the reasons for its termination are still unclear. Following the termination of the chat, AOTY user Iris posted a thread on AOTY's official Discord server asking that an official chat was created since many users found refuge and solace in the former chat.

Merely half an hour after the thread was posted, Rob responded with a modest ''ok'' and an hour later, posted the link to the official chatroom titled ''**The Hellfire / Nurture Memorial Chat**''. When it was posted, the title had a typo with ''Nurture'' missing its first ''r''.

### Milestones

#### Highest amount of chatters reached

The current maximum amount of chatters reached is 234 chatters (2023-09-21, 08:46).

#### Highest amount of daily messages reached

The current maximum amount of chats is of 4 890 messages.
Baseline-Year Easiness

The baseline along the year’s side easiness.

## **What is Baseline-Year Easiness?**

Baseline-Year Easiness is the 29th difficulty placed on the difficulty list of Jr’s Joke Difficulties. It is directly takes place after **Shortcutting Easiness**.

## **Icon Description**

This difficulty’s icon simply represents a blue sky with green grass with a tree on the left side and on the right side, shows the text ‘Baseline’ that is underlined.

## **Obstacles**

Like all the other previous Class -1 difficulties, Baseline-Year Easiness is still instantly win-able. There’s no regrets, it’s just like the first descendants in the year easiness chain in a hard nutshell.

### **Baseline B-YE**

* Win oblivion times within 0.2 femtoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.18 femtoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.16 femtoseconds.

### **Bottom B-YE**

* Win oblivion times within 0.14 femtoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.12 femtoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.1 femtoseconds

### **Low B-YE**

* Win oblivion times within 0.08 picoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.06 picoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.04 picoseconds.

### **Mid B-YE**

* Win oblivion times within 0.035 picoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.03 picoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.015 picoseconds.

### **High B-YE**

* Win oblivion times within 0.1 picoseconds.
* Win oblivion times within 0.08 picoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.06 picoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.04 picoseconds.

### **Peak B-YE**

* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.03 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.02 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.015 nanoseconds.

### **Borderline B-YE**

* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.01 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(2)) times within 0.005 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(1.5)) times within 0.001 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(1)) times within 0.0005 nanoseconds.
* Win SCGG(SCGG(1)) times within 0.0001 nanoseconds.

## **Trivia**

* This is the twenty-ninth difficulty that is planned and created to be put onto this difficulty chart.
* This was a difficulty made in 1st January 2023, after the fireworks at 12:00 AM AEDT.

## **Continuing Beyond This Point**

Your class -1 journey is about to reach the borderline limits, take the final test and go to **Commonly Never Fail**. The test is quite easy though, so you will pass intentionally.
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The True First Difficulty

The unlosable primordial.

## **What is The True First Difficulty?**

The True First Difficulty is the 1st difficulty placed on the difficulty list of Jr’s Joke Difficulties. It is known to be truely unlosable, no matter what you do, you still win.

## **Icon Description**

The difficulty’s icon represents the ‘absolute infinity’ symbol in the middle with the galaxy being the background. On the top of the icon, it says "ALWAYS WIN" and at the bottom of the icon, it says "NEVER LOSE". And on both sides of the decal blending in with the background, it says "FIRST" hence the difficulty’s name.

## **Obstacles**

The True First Difficulty has no obstacles at all, you just simply manoeuvre on to the next difficulty, instantaneously winning it. You can’t prevent yourself losing, the difficulty forcefully makes you win at all imperative costs.

### **Baseline TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -150 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -140 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -130 yoctoseconds.

### **Bottom TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -120 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -110 yoctoseconds.

### **Low TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -100 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -90 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -80 yoctoseconds.

### **Mid TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -70 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -60 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -50 yoctoseconds.

### **High TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -40 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -35 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -30 yoctoseconds.

### **Peak TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -25 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -20 yoctoseconds.

### **Borderline TTFD**

* Win infinite times within -15 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -10 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within -5 yoctoseconds.
* Win infinite times within 0.01 yoctoseconds.

## **Trivia**

* This is the first difficulty that is planned and created to be put onto this difficulty chart.
* Everyone can say that this is the complete opposite of **The True Final Difficulty**.

## **Continuing Beyond This Point**

When you’re reading this, you should’ve been onto the next difficulty straight away by now. If not, just continue your journey and go to **The Lower Infinity Gap**.
Tristan Theory

The **Tristan Theory** *(also called TristanTheory or #TristanTheory)* is a theory developed by and named after popular site user Tristan, a member of the Black And White PFPs. The theory was first developed on November 11th of 2022 in the Hellfire Chat. The name was coined by rater\_ratings when he stated that, "jsg not knowing what scenery is further proves all raters are bots **#TristanTheory**." This statement would then inspire many others to begin using the hashtag in reply to users, accusing them of being a bot for various reasons.

## Premise

Although no official definition exists, the main premise of the **Tristan Theory** seems to be based on the idea that "90% of AOTY users are bots" and that they flock to specific albums to mass rate them extremely positively or extremely negatively, causing the average score to be incorrect. The general understanding is that being a bot is similar to being a sheep or mindless follower.

## Qualities

The definition and qualities of bots in the **Tristan Theory** differ from the general definition of bots on websites. The main qualities include rating or listening to specific albums greatly (usually popular or highly acclaimed albums). Calling these users bots may imply that they are difficult to differentiate between due to similar ratings and personalities.

In the Hellfire Chat, rater\_ratings stated that, "if you have more than 0.5% 10/10 you fit in the Tristan bot theory." Tristan agreed and said, "True, bots love to give 100s."

## Controversy

The theory began to stir controversy quickly as users used it as an excuse to call other users bots, attempting to invalidate their opinions. Others used the theory to make jokes about albums and other users, calling them bots for enjoying specific releases. Some found this to become annoying and asked for the end of bot jokes.

## Examples

The main example of the **Tristan Theory** was stated to be observed in Quadeca's 2022 release: *I Didn't Mean To Haunt You*. This was the album which sparked the idea of the theory and caused Tristan to begin accusing others of being bots.

At one point in the Hellfire Chat, user Doofly uploaded a screenshot of an account with only Quadeca's newest release rated at 100. They stated that this was proof of the **Tristan Theory**, to which multiple users agreed and replied with the hashtag.
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Venus

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Probably the most annoying character or planet in the series due to being just an horrible person- planet. She even stabbed Luna! What an absolute horrible planet to meet! Well she wasn’t always like this, even was nice to Earth! The only planet she is nice to is Mercury, because he is her friend since she was born.