On To The Next One: Big Dreams' Best of 2009 Singles 20-11
Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem - Forever Comments: I can't believe I almost forgot about this song for a min and then saw it on your guys countdown's and realized this has to be on mine. Everybody did their thing but hell Eminem made the song he even killed Kanye on this song which has been very hard to do this year. Em's verse was nuts. "there they go back in stadiums as Shady spits his flow nuts they go macadamia so ballistic so..." Just nuts man macadamias! N.E.R.D. - Sooner or Later Comments: I loved the video for this reminds me of how the Dow kept going up a few months after Obama got inaugurated into office this year. Oh memories. I got to see N.E.R.D. a couple times including the free concert here in Detroit for the Final Four this year they were awesome! Reminds me how I can fail my first two exams and then get 100s on the next 2 in Economics. How things seem like they can crash down and then things brighten up again. Thats how I relate to this awesome song that I rock out too. Ace Hood featuring Akon - Overtime Comments: Awesome song it motivates me when I'm getting work done or being competitive at something you know I'm going in overtime Jeremih - I'm A Star Comments: This is not a type I like both these song equally I can't just choose one because I can relate to this one as well because I am a star! Maxwell - Bad Habits Comments: This year Maxwell totally killed the R&B game BlackSummer Nights is a must pick up. This song is amazing! Enough said! Maxwell - Pretty Wings Comments: Another amazing Maxwell song! Musiq Soulchild - SoBeautiful Comments: This may sound kind of corny but everytime I think of this song I picture the girl of my dreams and seeing nobody but her moving while this song is playing. That is the vision I get from this song because the girl is SoBeautiful. Maino featuring T-Pain - All Of The Above Comments: I like Maino I like his story about making it to what he is now. Didn't hurt to have T-Pain on the hook either Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo - Knock You Down Comments: This is the perfect hit single to start off Keri's career. Because the message is true finding love really will Knock You Down. Ne-Yo killed it "I was on pimp ship flying high till this pretty little thang knocked me out the sky knocked me out the sky now I'm crashing don't know how it happened all I know is it feels so damn go good if I can go back there and make it happen faster...." And then Kanye of course definitely kills it like always "You always was the cheerleader of my dreams who used to only date the head of football teams and I was the class clown that always kept you laughing we were never meant to be baby we just happened so please don't mess up the trick hey young world I'm the new slick rick say we move too fast but we can't let this moment pass us let the hour glass..." Jay-Z - Death of Autotune Comments: I love this song because most rappers stopped using autotune afterwards which is great as long I as I don't have to hear Ron Browz on autotune anymore. A little advice Ron stick to producing songs for Nas like Ether! T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone Comments: Of course Justin Timberlake kills the hook. But 50 and Game take notes T.I. didn't let JT overshadow him on this song. He spit with so much lyrical content on this song. "Now they gushing ambulance rushing you to the hospital with a bad concussion you hit 4 times just missed your spine your wheel chair bound never mind that now you lucky to be alive"
Can't wait for a new album from T.I. in 2010
On To The Next One: Big Dreams' Best of 2009 Singles 10-1!!!
The Clipse featuring Pharrell - I'm Good Comments: Excellent song. My anthem during the summer. Pharrell is just simply amazing anything him and the Neptunes touch turns to gold. Anytime you got Pharrell on your track you got a classic record. Not to mention The Clipse were excellent this year. Cop Till The Casket Drops. Fabolous featuring Jeremih - My Time Comments: This is definitely a motivational song for me "Go Hard today can't worry about the past because that was yesterday I'm a stay on the line because its my time got to stay on my grind because its my time my time" This was the song to my Michigan Wolverines and at the beginning they were doing so well but I guess in the second half of the season they didn't play this song enough lol. Awesome awesome song a must listen. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling Comments: Anytime I'm about to chill with friends get high, drunk whatever this is the song I think of because "I gotta feeling woohoo that tonights gonna be a good night that tonights gonna be a good good night I got a feeling" Beyonce - Halo Comments: This song was just that heavenly. Amazing vocals from Beyonce in this song. I dedicate this song to Michael Jackson who is now up in heaven looking down at us. Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos - Shining Down Comments: I think of this song as the time people realize there is life after death. That when people die they are not really gone just look up in the sky they are there. Anyways I thought it was funny how Lupe used autotune there for a second and only did it because he made fun of it with that "now if we autotune that ****...." Anytime Lupe raps he kills it period. Clearly one of my favorite MCs right now. Kid CuDi - Day N Nite Comments: I love this song because I can relate to it I get high all the time because I never get the girls I want in my life. "The lonely stoner frees his mind at night at at at night" Chris Browl - Crawl Comments: Rihanna's new song and this song came out the same day but Rihanna's new song really didn't impress kind of scared me a lil bit actually lol. But this song when I heard it I was like holy **** this is amazing, this is a turning point in pop music! I like how the instrumental starts off slowly when he starts singing "Everybody sees its you I'm the one who lost the view everybody says we're through hope you didn't say it too so wheeeeeeeere do we go from here with all these tears in our eyes and wheeeeeeere does love take us now we are so far down but we can still have it all if we crawl till we can walk again then we'll run until we're strong enough to jump then we'll flyyyyyyyy until there is no wind so lets crawl crawl crawl back to love!" Its a shame you know if he wouldn't have beat up Rihanna this song could have hit #1 then again if he wouldn't have beat up Rihanna he probably would have never been able to come up with this song in the first place. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart Comments: When I first saw this video and heard this song I couldn't believe how amazing it sounded to me since it did sound like an 80s song. Her vocals were off the hook. The video was amazing I swear at 0:51 I saw a nipple in the video that was hot. She looked absolutely amazing in that video especially in that purple suit just perfectly amazing. Eminem - Beautiful Comments: This is clearly Eminem's best emotional song since Lose Yourself this should have hit #1 easily I don't know why the **** this song didn't hit #1 at all! Especially with a motivational message for us all us "Don't let them say you ain't beautiful whoaoaooa they can all get ****ed just stay true to youuuu whooaoaoah!" His lyrics are once again outstanding "I'm so ****ing depressed right now I can't seem to get out of this slump I took my bruises took my lumps fell down that I got right back up in order to put the mic back up I'm unaware how I ended up in this position I'm in I'm start to feel distant again so I pick up this pen I just can't admit the fact that I may be done with rap I need a new outlet" That last line right there got me feeling this song even more. But what could be a more amazing song than this year seriously what could?????? Jay-Z featuring Alica Keys - Empire State of Mind Comments: This is the only song that could be more amazing than Beautiful this year. Jay-Z's first #1 and its well deserved. I am very pleased that I got to see Jay-Z perform at my school when he performed this song me and my homies had to throw the Roc in the air just amazing! Alicia Keys part is simply amazing "IN NEW YORK!!!!" Each of Jay-Z's verses were on point especially "Yeah I'm about that Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca home to DeNiro but I'll be hood forever I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here I can make it anywhere I said they love me anywhere I used to drop rocks in Harlem to my Dominanos about on my broadway next to that McDonalds all white lexus BK is from Texas Me I'm about that Bedstop home of that boy Biggie right next to the Billboard and I left my boys with me still sipping mai tais Knicks and Nets on the court give me high fives ***** I be spiked out I could trip a referee you can tell about my attitude that I'm from" I know that verse isn't totally correct in fact the ones I posted earlier aren't either just what I remember lol. Anyways I think this song helped inspire the New York Yankees as this song was played after they won not to mention it was Derek Jeter's at bat song. I dedicated this song to my favorite Michigan WR of all time Braylon Edwards after he got traded from Cleveland to New York Jets better situation much better QB and a new start and he's really starting to make the best out of it now. Hell I think this song inspired my New York Knicks who are now only a game or a half out of that 8th spot in the East which is amazing considering what they've done the past couple of years. This song is classic, inspirational which makes it have pretty much the same signifance of Sinatra's "New York, New York" Anytime your in New York now you'll hear this song that is why its clearly #1!!!!
Absolutely perfect set!! Especially the top 5! I discovered Day n Nite in late 08 and have really like it since! And Crawl and Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart are my R&B jams right now! They might even be on my list next year! And you know how much I like Beautiful, but man! Empire State of Mind is my jam!! I still have it on my playlist, and it's been like 3 1/2 months since I put it on!
amazing list! the sole inclusion of Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart makes this list memorable but I also love Empire State of Mind and a bunch of others. Great work!