1) “Adorn”
2) “Where’s the Fun in Forever”
3) “…All”
4) “Don’t Look Back”
5) “The Thrill”
6) “Do You…”
7) “Arch & Point”
8) “Gravity”
9) “Kaleidoscope Dream”
10) “Use Me”
11) “How Many Drinks?”
12) “Candles In The Sun”
13) “P*ssy Is Mine”
Kendrick Lamar “Good Kid, Mad City” Ranking
1) “The Recipe (featuring Dr. Dre)”
2) “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”
3) “m.A.A.d city (featuring MC Eiht)”
4) “Sing About Me, I’m Dying Of Thirst”
5) “Money Trees (featuring Jay Rock)”
6) “Backseat Freestyle”
7) “Poetic Justice (featuring Drake)”
8) “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
9) “Now Or Never (featuring Mary J. Blige)”
10) “Compton (featuring Dr. Dre)”
11) “good kid”
12) “Real (featuring Anna Wise)”
13) “Collect Calls”
14) “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter”
15) “The Art of Peer Pressure”
16) “Black Boy Fly”
17) “County Building Blues”
Niki & The Dove “Instinct” Ranking
1) “The Fox”
2) “The Drummer”
3) “Last Night”
4) “The Gentle Roar”
5) “DJ, Ease My Mind”
6) “Winterheart”
7) “Under The Bridges”
8) “Tomorrow”
9) “In Our Eyes”
10) “Love To The Test”
11) “Somebody”
12) “Mother Protect”
1) “Settle Down”
2) “Something In the Way You Are”
3) “Call Me”
4) “Two Way Street”
5) “Cameo Lover”
6) “Plain Gold Ring (Live)”
7) “Home”
8) “Come Into My Head”
9) “Good Intent”
10) “Old Flame”
11) “Warrior”
12) “Posse”
13) “The Build Up”
14) “Sally I Can See You”
15) “Limbo”
1) “Sun Is In Your Eyes”
2) “Sleeping Ute"
3) “Yet Again”
4) “gun-shy”
5) “Speak In Rounds”
6) “Half Gate”
7) “A Simple Answer”
8) “What’s Wrong”
9) “The Hurt”
10) “Adelma”
Brandy “Two Eleven” Ranking
1) “Do You Know What You Have”
2) “Hardly Breathing”
3) “Wish Your Love Away”
4) “Wildest Dreams”
5) “Without You”
6) “Paint This House”
7) “Scared of Beautiful”
8) “Put It Down” (featuring Chris Brown)
9) “Slower”
10) “Let Me Go”
11) “So Sick”
12) “No Such Thing as Too Late”
13) “Music”
14) “Can You Hear Me Now”
15) “What You Need”
16) “Intro” / “Outro”
Tennis “Young & Old” Ranking
1) “Origins”
2) “Petition”
3) “Traveling”
4) “Robin”
5) “Deep In The Woods”
6) “It All Feels the Same”
7) “My Better Self”
8) “Take Me To Heaven”
9) “Dreaming”
10) “High Road”
11) “Never To Part”
12) “Vegas”
Solange "TRUE" Ranking
1) “Losing You”
2) “Lovers in the Parking Lot”
3) “Bad Girls”
4) “Don’t Let Me Down”
5) “Locked In Closets”
6) “Some Things Never Seem to F*cking Work”
7) “Looks Good With Trouble”
(Other albums/EP's I didn't get a chance to re-listen and rank each track) The xx “Coexist”
Beach House “Bloom”
Stealing Sheep "Into The Diamond Sun"
Phillip Phillips "The World from the Side of the Moon"
Jessie Ware “Devotion”
Nas “Life Is Good”
Killer Mike “R.A.P. Music”
Childish Gambino “Royalty”
All Time Low “Don’t Panic”
Bat For Lashes “The Haunted Man”
Of Monsters & Men “My Head is an Animal”
MIKA “The Origin of Love”
Walk The Moon “Walk The Moon”
The Neighborhood “I’m Sorry”
Kitten “Cut It Out”
Azealia Banks “1991”
Panama “It’s Not Over”
With just a year ago of hearing Frank Ocean’s “Nostalgia” I was so ready for what he was going to be bringing to the table in 2012.
To hear that he will be releasing a 10 minute song had me so skeptical. I had the impression that although it would be good I probably would only listen to it once. That ended up being so untrue, I freaking loved it instantly and never replayed a song so long as much as I did with “Pyramids”. Its split into two sections, one is so funky spaced-out and the other is laidback and urban and the two are greatly put together with a great transition and the song ends with a mesmerizing guitar solo by John Mayer. Top 5 material this is.
Bitch I'm 'bout to blow up too
I'm the one today
I'm the new **** boo
Young Rapunzel
Who are you bitch, new lunch?
I'm a ruin you ****
I wish I hadn’t overlooked this song back in 2011 otherwise it would have probably been top 5 then. I thought this would be some viral video and that we would never hear any material from her again… long behold this record was just the beginning and it’s not even my favorite of hers but it MUST be acknowledged.
‘212’ is just as vulgar like its lyrics; C*nt! The production is amazing, up-tempo and electro-house beat, catchy melodies, and a great bridge before an epic breakdown that gets you hyped. Banks rips the track with her dope flow and raspy singing voice.
The song has shock-value (about lesbianism) and controversial lyrics that you may question if she’s coming for other artists by giving them this warning? I think so. We’ll see what else Azealia has in stores in 2013 because I’ve been in love with the EP and Mixtape.
I knew you waiting for the rest that you can't get from me
Just treat me good and baby i'll give you the rest of me
I'm not the one that you should be making your enemy.
Year: 2012
Album: “TRUE”
Previous Entries: None.
Discovery: Sisters of The Crown
Lord this song came out of nowhere and slayed my soul!
I get too much bliss for this for it to be a breakup song, how is that possible? It must be Solange’s beautiful light vocals.
The first few seconds the beat kicks in I’m in love; great production there. The sound is also like awe to Lionel Ritchie’s ‘All Night Long’. Solange is clearly stuck in the 80’s and this aint a bad thing whatsoever because this is great music. The music video is so perfectly fitting for this song location and fashion wise. The Knowles family is truly talented. And know their musicality.
Touch me and then turn away
Put your hands into the flame
Tell me if you feel this pain
'Cause I don't want to be a ball and chain
Year: 2012
Album: “You Are All I See”
Previous Entries: None.
Discovery:Spotify
A shocking number two, I know. Had the music video not premiered in 2012 this probably wouldn’t have been added to my list. Something about this song I just can’t help but to like, it made for good use of meditation for me.
I didn’t even know Ellie Goulding covered the song and put it on her album. She has nice taste but it’s not as beautiful and vocally more appealing as the original.
The focus of the song for me is beyond the lyrics but more so about the composition of the song overall. The synths, echoing harps, the falsetto, and harmonies are all amazing.
I gladly discovered Active Child’s 2011 album ‘You Are All I See’ on spotify and I became a fan earlier in the year.
The original version of this song was only 2 minutes long and yet it was still mesmerizing. In the beginning of the year the “ART DEALER CHIC’ volumes were my most anticipated EP’s the entire year as well as ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ released later in the year.
'Adorn' is so sexy, sophisticated and sultry with a synth-laced production and soothing harmonies/backings. It's also called the modern day Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".
There’s not a single song I played more than ‘Adorn’ and if there was any song that was going to bring R&B to the limelight of the mainstream charts again, I just knew this was that song that would do so. I’m actually overwhelmed that he broke boundaries and earned himself a top 20 hit and GRAMMY nominations (including 'Song Of The Year') – Can we say best R&B single of the year? Clearly. I’m so happy for the success and recognition this song has received this year; it was great watching the sudden growth of this song. This just goes to show that the music speaks for itself.
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Hope you all enjoyed my countdown for the most part just as much as I enjoyed all of yours. My countdown ends here. I'll continue to comment on your C/D's and I'll see you next year hopefully.
Great albums you have listed including, Miguel’s Kendrick’s, Grizzy Bear’s , Brandy’s, Frank’s, Solange’s, Kimbra’s, as well as xx’s, Nas’s, Killer Mike’s & more. Yeah It’s Time in the top 20, WOO! Take Care, Refill man what a song that is and I Don’t Care too, Two Way street , MY Kind of Love, Disparate Youth, Spectrum, Some Nights, Stimela, and The Recipe damn all good and the top 5 Pyramids is one big EPIC song that has ever come to our ears, 212 is such a song to be reckon with, I’m not losing you Solange, your awestruck vocals that has a spell on me, that 80s sound for this kind of a indie pop song is just musically a big bomb of awesomeness, checking out the Hanging out song and that’s a good song to listen all day to & the Ellie cover f this is nice too, & yeah Adorn as the #1 is excellent , yeah it’s like a modern day Sexual healing, and this song is just everything that you can to listen on your bed. Great work on this Best of dude.