An unknown classic imo. The song was originally a song from Travis Scott that featured T.I., but when adapted for the G.D.O.D mixtape, they added B.o.B who delivers a less than satisfactory verse, but still makes it better than two verses from Travis The production is sweet, the vocals in the chorus remind me a lot of old B.o.B (before he became ****) and the verses (excluding B.o.Bs) are very good T.I.'s flow specifically is FIRE.
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KiD CuDi ft. King Chip - "Just What I Am" #13
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Indicud is that album that will make the artist lose a lot of fans but gain a lot of others. It's a more personal album not in terms of lyrical content, but in terms of how it was made. KiD CuDi produced everything and had executive creative control over the music, so it came out a lot different than it would have if it were made by G.O.O.D. people rather than CuDi himself. This song demonstrates KiD CuDi's production abilities the best imo, and is a bop anyways. Though I still can't tell KiD CuDi and King Chip apart vocally
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Tyler, the Creator - "Colossus" #12
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Tyler, the Creator I can relate to in a lot of ways. He's real and has never really changed unlike most artists, so he actually has a human relatively first off. And this is part of what makes "Colossus" so great. The song is Tyler talking about how he wishes he could not deal with the ******** fans give him, giving the example of him wanting to ride a roller coaster at Six Flags. Fame comes with a price, and often this price will get you pissed off because you want to be a normal human being. The song is in the vein of "Stan" but yet very different, an amazing rap song.
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T.I., B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar - "Memories Back Then" #11
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Storytelling like crazy. Originally made with a sample of "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, and stories based around somebody that each of the rappers used to know. It's beautiful and tragic, with the vocals each shining and Kris doing very well on the hook too. There are various accusations of whatever the original track was before STIUTK was taken out, but most likely the original just hasn't been released and the ones accused of being the original are all just fan-made edits. Some are exceptionally high quality, though, like this one.. But even then, it's just a small edit (that makes it 100x better)
19. Kanye West ft. Justin Vernon, Chief Keef - "Hold My Liquor" 19. Eminem ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Love Game" 18. Kanye West ft. Justin Vernon and Assassin - "I'm In It" 17. Kendrick Lamar ft. Emeli Sandé - "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International Remix) 16. A$AP Rocky ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T. - "1 Train" 15. Radical Something ft. Kinetics, Outasight - "Ghost Town" 14. T.I., B.o.B, Travis Scott - "Animal" 13. KiD CuDi ft. King Chip - "Just What I Am" 12. Tyler, the Creator - "Colossus" 11. T.I., B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar ft. Kris Stephens - "Memories Back Then"
Diane Young is ok, I never been a big fan of Vampire Weekend, but this is not bad.
Instant Crush is growing on me, it's one of my least favorite songs from RAM but is not bad in any way.
#Beautiful is one of the few songs I like from Mariah
In the pop countdown I love that song from Drake! It's amazing, my favorite from him by far.
The amazing Tennis Court! and You Make Me!!! I'm so glad you really appreciate when Avicii releases good songs Get Lucky! what an amazing song, my favorite comeback of 2013.
From the hip-hop songs I like Colossus, need to listen to the rest
#****IT I want to get this out before I forget, school took over too quick so I couldn't release everything on time as I wanted to. Next year I'll pre-write everything. Sorry y'all!
ALBUMS
Yeezus - Kanye West
Wolf - Tyler, the Creator
Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend
Try To Keep Your Balance - Paul Judge
Bangerz - Miley Cyrus
Cardboard Castles - Watsky
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head - T.I.
Omens - 3OH!3
Indicud - KiD CuDi
AM - Arctic Monkeys
Native - OneRepublic
The 20/20 Experience pt. 1 - Justin Timberlake
Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem
Siberia (Acoustic) - LIGHTS
Blessed Unrest - Sara Bareilles
Pure Heroine - Lorde
The Great Gatsby - Various Artists
Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
POP SONGS
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I.
Gettin' Dumb - will.i.am ft. 2NE1 & apl.de.ap
Give It 2 U - Robin Thicke ft. Kendrick Lamar
Old School Love - Lupe Fiasco ft. Ed Sheeran
Counting Stars - OneRepublic
Team - Lorde
Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
You Make Me - Avicii ft. Salem Al Fakir
Tennis Court - Lorde
Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake
Brave - Sara Bareilles
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Do What U Want - Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly
I Really Want It - A Great Big World
Let Her Go - Passenger
Dark Horse - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
ALTERNATIVE SONGS
Blood on the Leaves - Kanye West
Midnight - Paul Judge
Wiseman - Frank Ocean
Treehome95 - Tyler, the Creator ft. Coco O & Eryka Badu
Ya Hey - Vampire Weekend
Gorilla - Bruno Mars
Farrah Fawcett Hair - Capital Cities
Say Something - A Great Big World
The Love Club - Lorde
Doin It Right - Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear
#Beautiful - Mariah Carey ft. Miguel
Instant Crush - Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas
Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
This Is The New Year - A Great Big World
HOPE - Paul Judge
Royals - Lorde
Back To Life - 3OH!3
Out of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Ray
The Next Day - David Bowie
RAP SONGS
Sloppy Seconds - Watsky
New Slaves - Kanye West
Bound 2 - Kanye West ft. Charlie Wilson
Awkward - Tyler, the Creator
IFHY - Tyler, the Creator ft. Pharrell
John Doe - B.o.B ft. Priscilla
Black Skinhead - Kanye West
Guns and Roses - T.I. ft. P!nk
Answer - Tyler, the Creator
On Sight - Kanye West
Crooked Smile - J. Cole ft. TLC
Memories Back Then - T.I., B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar, Kris Stephens
Colossus - Tyler, the Creator
Just What I Am - KiD CuDi ft. King Chip
Animal - T.I., B.o.B, Travis Scott
Ghost Town - Kinetics & One Love, Outasight, Radical Something
1Train - A$AP & friends
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International) - Kendrick Lamar ft. Emeli Sandé
I'm In It - Kanye West ft. Assassin, Justin Vernon
Love Game - Eminem ft. Kendrick Lamar
Hold My Liquor - Kanye West ft. Justin Vernon, Chief Keef
BEST ALBUMS
Yeezus - Kanye West
Bangerz - Miley Cyrus
Native - OneRepublic
The 20/20 Experience pt. 1 - Justin Timberlake
Blessed Unrest - Sara Bareilles
Pure Heroine - Lorde
The Great Gatsby - Various Artists
Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Kanye, Miley, 1R, Sara, Lorde, Bruno
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POP SONGS
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I.
Gettin' Dumb - will.i.am ft. 2NE1 & apl.de.ap
Counting Stars - OneRepublic
Team - Lorde
Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
Tennis Court - Lorde
Brave - Sara Bareilles
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Do What U Want - Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly
Dark Horse - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
Miley, Lorde, Sara, Gaga, Katy
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ALTERNATIVE SONGS
Blood on the Leaves - Kanye West
Gorilla - Bruno Mars
The Love Club - Lorde
#Beautiful - Mariah Carey ft. Miguel
Royals - Lorde
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Ray
Kanye, Bruno, Lorde, Lana
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RAP SONGS
New Slaves - Kanye West
Bound 2 - Kanye West ft. Charlie Wilson
Black Skinhead - Kanye West
On Sight - Kanye West
I'm In It - Kanye West ft. Assassin, Justin Vernon
Hold My Liquor - Kanye West ft. Justin Vernon, Chief Keef
Kanye, fffff
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ARTISTS
Kanye West
Miley Cyrus
Both slay!
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DISAPPOINTMENTS
Lady Gaga
Skylar Grey
Katy Perry
Ch... you lost me here. Everyone has Gaga on their list so I can't be shocked about that one, but SKYLAR GREY?!??! You better take another listen to Don't Look Down.
Hey all! So I didn't have time to do my countdown the way I wanted to (sorry ) but maybe next year I can prewrite all the stuff and then just copy-paste the posts when I want to do them ^_^
So for now... Lets look at a recap of my Best of 2013!
I chose "Blood on the Leaves" as the Alternative #1 as this year was a big year of making generic alternative music. After it caught on in the mainstream, people began kinda merging it WITH mainstream music. So there wasn't really a lot of alternative music released this year, and while I do include rock music too, there wasn't much of it either. However, the bits that were good were among the best. "Blood on the Leaves" isn't a rap song (even though it is by Kanye) and so I place it here, and it outweighs the amazing songs by Vampire Weekend and Paul Judge through its creativity and production scale which brings it to the top of the list.
I chose "Safe and Sound" as the Pop #1 as it brings me to a happier time. The song makes me happy in the first place with its uplifting horns, hopeful lyrics, and varying vocals already, but the memories it brings of where I was when I first heard the song and the events that happened them also shape the song's glory for me. It's not the most original song out there, but it was for sure one of the most original to hit the top 10 on Billboard this year! It's beautiful and uplifting, a timeless song that will never die with me.
I chose "Sloppy Seconds" as my hip-hop #1 after a much heated argument in my head between "Bound 2," "New Slaves," and "Sloppy Seconds." The reason why I choose Watsky's cheesy song over Kanye's masterpieces is because of relatability and emotion. Is "New Slaves" arguably one of the best rap songs of all time? Sure. Is "Bound 2" one of the most powerful songs to me this year? Sure. But "Sloppy Seconds" is less angry, less political, more easygoing and enjoyable. "Sloppy Seconds" is cheesy and meaningful to me in ways that only cheesy songs about relationships can be. Would be my #1 song of the year should I have made a single list, beating out "Safe and Sound" and "New Slaves" as competition. Special thanks to AshleeSimpsonFan for introducing me to this song, by the way!
Yeezus is simply one of the greatest rap albums of all time, no question. The album is a perfect response to the perfect album, and gains its own right to greatness through its groundbreaking and wild production and writing. The album breaks boundaries and provides formula-less songs that still catch and demand repeated listens. As a whole, the album works well, with a masterly done tracklist. Beginning with "On Sight" as a disruptive wild song and ending with the career-summarizing "Bound 2." It's the best album of the year, and the competition isn't even close.
Kanye West therefore gains the title of Artist of 2013 due to his amazing tour which I was lucky enough to attend, his album which ranks among the top rap albums of all time, and the songs from it which summarize who Kanye West has become today.
Gaga... The woman who was on top of the world in 2009/2010 and provided some of the greatest pop songs of all time ("Paparazzi," "Bad Romance," etc.) had so much potential to keep her throne and continue dominating the pop culture scene... but she didn't. The music released from ARTPOP was atrocious, muddy, uninspired, and basic. The album not only put her on the level of normal pop artists such as Katy Perry and Britney Spears, but brought her to an even lower status due to the cringeworthy "Jewels and Drugs" and 'artful' songs such as "MANiCURE." The only artful thing about them is that they make noise in the first place. The saddest part is that none of the songs even sound like Gaga, everything sounds so manufactured and so fake that its hard to believe that Gaga claims it is the real her. The closest song to the Gaga that seems real is "Venus," and it ends up being one of the muddiest and most atrociously written songs on the album. It's really sad her downfall, and I hope that one day we can see the re-rise of Lady Gaga. For now, though, The Fame Monster lives only in memory.
ALBUMS
I knew Yeezus was your #1 Watsky wasn't expecting him! His album is great, I'm so glad you like him now Bangerz, my #1 album of 2013 aka Random Access Memories, Eminem, Blurred Lines and Pure Heroine are fantastic too!
POP SONGS
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I.
Give It 2 U - Robin Thicke ft. Kendrick Lamar
Counting Stars - OneRepublic
Team - Lorde
Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
You Make Me - Avicii ft. Salem Al Fakir
Tennis Court - Lorde
Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Do What U Want - Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly
Let Her Go - Passenger
Dark Horse - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
16/20 a lot of masterpieces! Safe and Sound is so amazing, I love that song since 2011, would have been easily a top 5 for me if the music video was released in that year, in 2013 I was already bored WCS! My fave single from Miley. The masterpiece of You Make Me! Avicii + Frank is an amazing combo. Give It 2 You, Tennis Court even that KP song, the first I like from her since Hot N Cold
ALTERNATIVE SONGS
A lot of songs that I don't know From the ones I love: Doin It Right! That's one of my fave non-single songs from RAM, just epic. Royals! and Out Of My League are my faves + Instant Crush, #Beautiful...
RAP SONGS
OMG your #1 agree, that's my favorite rap song of 2013 well, actually Thrift Shop is, but that song was released in 2012 Cold Pizza I love the lyrics!
Awkward, Kanye West
ARTIST
Kanye again, and Miley she was a great surprise this year! I don't like her hair, but the music is really good
I don't agree with Gaga yes, ARTPOP is not her best album but is better than BTW for me, it's not a big disappointment.
One of my favorite Best Of 2013 for sure
oh, and thank you for the mention on Sloppy Seconds, I'm so glad you really liked that amazing song