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DJ Wolff's Best of 2011 | Top Videos
#9 Video
Katy Perry | "Last Friday Night" (T.G.I.F.)
She truly knew how to hold her own in 2011, claiming those #1s like nobody’s business and leaving her mark as one of pop music’s staples. Her 2011 videography was a bit hit and miss, I would say more hit than miss, but this is definitely the biggest of her ‘hits’. Recreating the 80’s aesthetics, this release was one of the smartest, including fads like Rebecca Black and 80’s legends (yes, I said legends) Debbie Gibson and Kenny G. And Gaga, sorry for the shade, you’re my fave, I love you, but this is what a +5 min pop video should look like!
DJ Wolff's Best of 2011 | Honorable Mention (Albums)
Chris Brown – F.A.M.E.
2011 has been all about late discoveries and expanding musical horizons. If there is any scene that I am not familiar with is the urban scene, and Chris Brown emerges as one its most controversial and prolific representatives. I was one of those who wrote off Brown after the “scandal”, but there is no denying of his performance skills and his silky voice that he regrettably hides in his lipped dance sets. His 2011 offering, F.A.M.E., plays with urban, dance and pop beats, all intertwined in his usual sound and flow, thus making it one of his signature releases. To me, this album is pure fun, great hooks and beats, good production, and oozes sex all over (“Wet The Bed” anyone?). It failed to make my Top 10, because there is no personal connection with this material, but it is an undeniable, solid urban record and it deserved a mention somehow. Key Tracks: “Deuces”, “Beautiful People”, “Next To You”, “Yeah x 3”, “Look At Me Now”
DJ Wolff's Best of 2011 | Top Albums
#8 Album
Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto
I am very, but very tolerant with Coldplay. They might know that it would be a huge challenge to attempt to match the greatness of “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends”, but this time around Chris Martin & Co. offers a collection of playful and melodic tracks that stands its own to previous Coldplay releases. Martin’s vocals are still on point and give his unique and characteristic mixed sense of joy and sorrow. Key Tracks: “Hurts like Heaven”, “Up In Flames” (this one is gorgeous), “Charlie Brown”