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35. Walk The Moon – Anna Sun
34. Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound
33. Gotye featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know
32. Princeton – Florida
31. M.I.A. – Bad Girls
30. Azealia Banks – Liquorice
29. David Guetta featuring Sia – Titanium
28. M83 – Reunion
27. Cassie – King of Hearts
26. Lana Del Rey – Ride
25. Usher – Climax
24. Rihanna – Where Have You Been
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AZEALIA BANKS
“1991” (3:30)
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Year: 2012
Album: "1991"
Previous Entries: Azealia Banks
"Atlantis" (#108, 2012)
"Luxury" (#72, 2012)
"Liquorice" (#30, 2012)
Discovery: "1991"
I could not get into this song... I mean the full song. You know why? Because I was so hooked - so addicted to the first verse alone. She sure knows how to make a statement ("1-9-9-1 my time has come, oh nah-nah ma ya time is done.") as she spits at a rapid pace over an addictive 90's House beat. I love the structure on "1991" and it's so classy and sophisticated.
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Miguel
"Do You...”
Outstanding track, starts out so airy and quite weird then builds up to a sexy seductive track.
Do you like drugs or do you like love, do you know how much you've been missing out if you haven't listened to Miguel?
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Ciara
"Sorry”
I too expected a risky track from this upcoming era but Ciara played it safe and in her comfort zone and it worked. The beat and melody is reminiscent to Ginuwine's "Differences" and the vocoder background takes you back to her classic "Promise".
It took a while to grow on me but I ended up loving it. It's a solid authentic R&B track.
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Charli XCX
"Nuclear Seasons”
Discovered this track on an ATRL rating game and boy, I fell in love ever since. It has such an 80's electronic pop groove and Charli's voice is so sexy and versatile.
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Rihanna
“Diamonds”
Very basic for it being a RIhanna track let alone the first single. I paid "Diamonds" so much dust when it first came out, it was pretty meh... Once I saw a couple of covers and performances, finally I saw the light. Sia gets up most respect for writing such a catchy and kudos to Rih really embodying Sia's tone and style of singing, and a nice vocal performance she gave.
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Nicki Minaj
“Beez In The Trap (featuring 2 Chaiz)"
Yas Onika this is what I use! The beat is so haunting and so grimy. This is that ratchet champagne poppin' anthem.
With an exception of "Mercy" and "Beez" I cannot tolerate 2 Chainz but he really show up on this track, nice addition.
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The Big Pink
"Give It Up"
You like how I did that transition from Onika to The Big Pink? That wasn't intentional either.
Anyway, "Give It Up" could have gotten more recognition then it did the production is so interesting and weird. It's quite a different sound coming from them too.
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Gotye
"Save Me”
The instruments used on here is so great, Gotye's chants "aaa-eee-yeah, aaa-eee-oooh" really ets the mood, this is such a pleasant sounding track (for it to be about depression) and one of my favorites off of "Making Mirrors".
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