Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

no carly rae #OUTRAGE

whats the king britt record like anyone? (cant play at work)

54: BAAUER ‘HARLEM SHAKE’ (JEFFREE’S)
55: FUNKINEVEN & FATIMA ‘PHONELINE’ (EGLO)
67: KCAT ‘BROKEN’ (MIKE DELINQUENT RADIO EDIT) (MINDSET DANCE)
86: DJ Q ‘ALL JUNGLIST’ (UNKNOWN TO THE UNKNOWN)

^ these were all new to me but I liked them quite a lot on first listen

I like Andres but i can't imagine being that enthusiastic about him

overplayed record but no surprise as a no 1 result

Funkineven is consistently great, more ppl should know about him

I don't think I've knowingly heard that Andres record.

ya me either

what an ugly person list

I'm more rolling my eyes at voting a Julia Holter album track at #2 and I actually like that album.

i don't think i've heard a quarter of those tracks TBH... Lists like that make me wonder what I did listen to in 2012.

dont know most of the stuff in most of the lists maybe you just played stuff you were into and didnt worry about it too much

8 BLOOD SAUSAGE - FUNERAL BEACH

I'm assuming this isn't the '90s band. When oh when will people learn to check their band name before releasing records?

i assumed it was an ILX joek.

Oh, ha, fair enough.

i dunno though

xpost They may be only a tiny fraction of our readership, the older readers. But they are, literally, the only ones who give us money.

38: BLAWAN ‘WHY THEY HIDE THEIR BODIES UNDER MY GARAGE?’ (HINGE FINGER)

okay this is awesome

^^^^^^^^

I seem to remember Dog Latin raving about that earlier in the year?

lol this is also retroactively getting me into "Getting Me Down"

He's got a style and he's not afraid to use it. I like that style. Getting Me Down and Bodies are two sides of the same light/dark coin

the rap picks on fact are pretty good

Power Circle's not great though is it

xp Wow, never heard of Enter Shitari. Kerrang may be good for laughs, but there's some great stuff sprinkled in that's mostly neglected elsewhere -- Orange Goblin, Black Moth, Saint Vitus, Alcest. I can't believe this is the first list with Alcest! I had no idea Therapy was still around.

i think it's kinda underrated xp

87: KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN ‘ISSUE GENERATOR (FOR ELIANE RADIGUE)’ (from GENERATORS, EDITIONS MEGO)

Very happy that someone besides me likes this!

8 BLOOD SAUSAGE - FUNERAL BEACH

factie wacties

'New For U' still doesn't really do it for me.

Cocaine Blunts Best Rap 2012

http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blunts/?p=7373

1. Kendrick Lamar f/ Gunplay – “Cartoon & Cereal” (THC)
2. Future -”Turn On The Lights” (Mike Will Made It)
3. Chief Keef f/ Lil Reese – “I Don’t Like” (Young Chop)
4. Rich Kidz f/ Waka Flocka Flame – “My Life” (London On The Track)
5. Nicki Minaj – “Come On A Cone” (Hit Boy)
6. Ab-Soul – “The Book Of Soul” (Tommy Black)
7. Meek Mill f/ Drake & Jeremih – “Amen” (Key Wayne & Jahlil Beats)
8. Rocko f/ Future – “Squares Out Your Circle” (Ensayne Wayne)
9. Gunplay – “Take This” (Slade Da Monster)
10. Kanye West f/ 2 Chainz & Complex Magazine – “Mercy” (Lifted)
11. Lil Durk – “Ls Anthem” (Paris Bueller)
12. Gucci Mane f/ Waka Flocka Flame – “Walking Lick” (Mike Will Made It)
13. Rick Ross f/ French Montana & Drake – “Stay Schemin” (Beat Bullies)
14. Shy Glizzy – “Busters” (For That Money)
15. Alpoko Don – “All I Know” (N/A)
16. Young Thug – “Keep In Touch” (London On The Track)
17. Earl Sweatshirt – “Chum” (Christian Rich)
18. Schoolboy Q f/ Ab-Soul – “Druggy With Hoes Again” (Nez & Rio)
19. Ty$ & Joe Moses – “Weekend” (DJ Mustard)
20. Fat Trel – “Devil We Like” (Boss Major)
21. Starlito – “Mental Warfare” (DJ Burn One)
22. Chance The Rapper – “Juke Juke” (Caleb James)
23. Aesop Rock – “Racing Stripes” (Aesop Rock)
24. Plies – “Can’t Let ‘Em Bury Me” (Big Herb)
25. King Louie – “Bars” (C-Sick)
26. Ka – “Cold Facts” (Ka)
27. E-40 f/ YG, Problem & Iamsu – “Function” (Trend)
28. Young Scooter – “Colombia” (Lil Lody)
29. Lil Reese – “Haters” (Dibent)
30. Cousin Fik – “Knocka N**** Down” (Thizzy Monster)
31. Odd Future – “Oldie” (Tyler, The Creator)
32. The Underachievers – “Gold Soul Theory” (Rich Flyer)
33. Mystikal – “Hit Me” (KLC)
34. T.I. f/ Andre 3000 – “Sorry” (Jazze Pha)
35. Trina f/ Gunplay and Ice Berg – “Beam” (??)
36. Lil B – “I Own Swag” (David Banner/”Swag“)
37. Metro Zu – “Sell Ma Ho” (Mr. B the Poshtronaut)
38. Young Gleesh – “Skrong” (Somebody Else’s Instro No Royalties Batch)
39. Killer Mike – “Southern Fried‘” (El-P)
40. Lil Dev – “I’m Perkins” (Dnyc3/”Faded“)
41. Jay Ant & Iamsu – “Stoopid (P-Lo)
42. Cash Out – “Cashin Out” (DJ Spinz)
43. Don Trip f/ Danny Brown & Starlito – “Gold” (The Futuristiks)
44. Armstrong – “645” (Tony Fonzerelli)
45. Tree – “All” (Tree)
46. DJ Drama f/ 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih – “My Moment” (T-Minus)
47. Action Bronson f/ Riff Raff – “Bird On A Wire” (Harry Fraud)
48. King of 334 Mobb – “Check On Me” (KE On The Track)
49. Juicy J – “Bands A Make Her Dance” (Mike Will Made It)
50. Macklemore f/ Wanz – “Thrift Shop” (Ryan Lewis)

so good

10. Kanye West f/ 2 Chainz & Complex Magazine – “Mercy” (Lifted)

lol

'amen' at 7 makes me happy

i'm going through the kerrang list just because they rated the deftones record, which is awesome.

i'd never heard enter shikari before today, but they're so awful that it's kind of compelling?

but uh, i think i'm in love with the blood command record (lol at the blood sausage talk upthread)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UCiiGQBjFs

i thought noz's list was good

Yeah noz's list is pretty great

Mmm...I wonder if Frank Ocean was a known homophobe (you know...like most of the R&B scene), would he have won???

Probably not, but so what? If he was a homophobe, he'd be a completely different artist, wouldn't he? It's like saying, "If Bob Dylan was a known racist would he be so critically acclaimed?" It's a weird hypothetical.

That Best Coast cover album actually makes me angry when I see it, but I'm not sure why.

what is a "known homophobe"?

There are known known homophobes; there are homophobes we know that we know. There are known unknown homophobes; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know are homophobes. But there are also unknown unknown homophobes – there are homophobes we do not know we don't know.

http://radio.foxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rumsfeld.jpg

Would love a list of "known homophobes" in "the R&B scene"

deej how soon can complex hook that up?

Mya did a song with Beenie Man once

Little White Earbuds:

10. Lone, Galaxy Garden
09. Claro Intelecto, Reform Club
08. Jahiliyya Fields, Unicursal Hexagram
07. Laurel Halo, Quarantine
06. Shackleton, Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
05. Madteo, Noi No
04. Terrence Dixon, From The Far Future Pt. 2
03. Andy Stott, Luxury Problems
02. Juju & Jordash, Techno Primitivism
01. Actress, R.I.P

^ pretty legit, save laurel halo i suppose. cool to see that jahiliyya fields album get some praise

Yeah, that album looks intriguing, even the terrible pun in the title is right my street.

Daily Mail all y'all
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2247812/Best-albums-2012-Who-big-noise-2012.html

Actually if someone could cut and paste the list pretty please, we wouldn't be giving them added clicks

KEANE - Strangeland (Island)

Keane’s fourth album did for the seaside towns of East Sussex what Bruce Springsteen once did for his native New Jersey.

Had no idea that Keane had even made an album this year, and what's worse, now i've read this blurb, i feel duty bound to listen to it. :(

Shame it's not West Sussex really, guess i'm going to have to sit on my Lancing In The Dark and Goring Days puns for now.