Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

^i think the same thing, it's anthemic the way certain mid-00's hip hop songs are imo. it took a few months for it to click for me though tbh. 1st of my votes to show up. xp

"Shine Blockas" hasn't got even enough of a flicker of airplay to get into the top 100 of the Billboard R&B chart. i'm not even sure the label is pushing it as an official single.

xpost -- yeah but even vote-splitting aside, "Lemonade" deserves votes so much more and I don't expect to see that here

i voted for "lemonade"

i get the pill = depressing thing, that's part and parcel of the whole "gritty street life" angle he works so well (and he makes it a lot more explicit on some of his other tracks), though it's not JUST depressing by any means

"shine blockas" is excellent, and it's great to hear gucci mane in such a different context than usual, but it's just nowhere near my FAVOURITE rap tracks of the year or something i'd consider voting for.

can't remember if i voted for a gucci track or just the mixtape but if i had it would've been "my shadow"

aw don't spoil the suspense by telling what yr votes were plz

Trap goin Ham (for the uninitiated):

trap house - Term used to define a crack house, or the surroundings in which a drug dealer or(trap star) would use to make their profit.

ham - When a person is unstoppable or just in the zone in any type sport or competition setting; It can also be defined as going crazy and buying up everything in a store; or even doing something beast like

So much for selling yams & pies then..

actually relistening, i can really see how "shine blockas" would only be improved by hearing it in public, on the radio &c - that piano and that descending bass are pretty perfect and the chorus just rollllls out like a red carpet

Thanks for the facts, Pillbox!

Shine Blockas and TGH coming so low makes me think that this poll isn't going to be very rap heavy. Can't exactly see anything other than Gucci/9x/10 coming higher than them. Was hoping for Glass low, TGH high.

cheers for doing this musically

^^

yes, thanks!

rap tracks that I could see making the poll: Empire State of Mind, Wasted, 9X Outta 10, Best I Ever Had, House of Flying Daggers

nominated tracks that probably won't make it but are as deserving as any of the above: Lemonade, Mafia Music, Swag Surfin, Who Dat, Every Girl, Renaissance Rap (remix), You're A Jerk, Cold Summer, Turn My Swag On

surely there's enough of a jerk posse to get a couple of placings there? unless the vote was split :(

pink dollaz - "pockets never hungry" was dope and on the nomination list

if u like shina blockas make sure you google for the other big boi track from last year 'fo yo sorrows'

i can't see anything besides maybe "you're a jerk" having a profile high enough to get >10 votes

if 'empire state of mind' makes this poll i mite suggest ban myself

btw I lied, there are two artists that double-dipped in the 40-31

39 -- Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (1 vote, 10.5 points for D. Lissvik Remix) (9 votes, 101.5 points) (97 in P&J, 36 in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-CpE73o2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MbZEyHy0iM

"when i grow up" is actually far far more of an odd choice a) as a single b) as an individual track to vote for than "if i had a heart" - i pretty much only listen to it in the context of the album, and it's great but not a highlight. loved the lissvik remix on first hearing but it's more of a curiosity innit, has nothing on the banging martyn remix of "seven"

fo yo sorrows was even better than shine blockas imo but less universal appeal

Nice! The first of my voets to appear. <3<3 this track, tho still I wish I could have voted for "Concrete Walls" (which is my favorite track from the FR album).

lmao at the fever ray vid. what's going on there? is she some sort of witch or shaman in sneakers?

liking that D. Lissvik Remix of Fever Ray - hadn't heard it before. I guessing there will be at least a couple more Fever Tracks in the rest of the results.

and echoing others, THKS muscially. really enjoying the countdown.

guys, a pie is a bird; think visually like a cream pie
a yam is a rubber filled with heroin.

OK, now my innocence has been completely shattered.

"when i grow up" is actually far far more of an odd choice a) as a single b) as an individual track to vote for than "if i had a heart" -

I would reverse these. "When I Grow Up" is easily my favorite track on the album, while "If I Had a Heart" mostly just sounds like a warm-up/intro to me. I listen to the former by itself all the time.

agreed^ "if i had a heart" is great for setting the atmosphere of the album, but as far as being an actual song it seems really slight. someone said upthread that it was by far their favorite song on the album and i'm just like O_o are we listening to the same album?

i got to love "if i had a heart" as an individual track b/c i had to, before the album was released; it's popped up in a few dj mixes too (notably dixon's excellent temporary secretary) and its steady pulse means it works really well there. also, it's secretly very catchy indeed (which "when i grow up" isn't, at all, for me).

that's true, it works surprisingly well on that dixon mix, sped up a little; though it does play a similar role as an atmospheric tone-setter

since I don't know that song I now have "When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls in my head, thanks a lot you fucking guys

and now i have a mental image of the pussycat dolls ft. fever ray - when i grow up (medley)

this one had the lowest average vote:

38 -- Florence & the Machine - You Got the Love (Jamie xx Re-Work) (12 votes, 101.5 points) (DNP in P&J, DNP in p4k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UiFU-K1dQ

Their remix of Florence and the Machine's "You've Got The Love" is astonishing, one of my favourite things of this year. ― Tim F

It's really annoying me trying to figure out what other rap song features the same sample as Shine Blockas. I'm sure its a song I've heard millions of times, I just can't seem to remember and it is bugging the hell out of me. I'm thinking Kanye but that can't be right. Anyone wanna help?

so does that mean the original florence cover didn't get any votes? (which is how it should be.)

(xp)

First one I voted for - didn't save my ballot, but pretty sure I put it in the appropriate 18th or 19th place.

@ a hoy hoy, replace xxxx with http (don't want to post an OT video in this thread)
xxxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey2JUUrBFs8

and now i have a mental image of the pussycat dolls ft. fever ray - when i grow up (medley)

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:12 PM

okay this would be ridiculously awesome

It's really annoying me trying to figure out what other rap song features the same sample as Shine Blockas. I'm sure its a song I've heard millions of times, I just can't seem to remember and it is bugging the hell out of me. I'm thinking Kanye but that can't be right. Anyone wanna help?

― brrrrrrrrrrrrrt_stanton (a hoy hoy), Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:34 AM (4 minutes ago)

Jay-Z - This Can't Be Life (Kanye prod.)

Yeah, I keep wishing they'd recorded that, decided that they didn't want to put out under a "Florence & The Machine" banner and just released it - rightfully - as The XX's "You Got The Love"

http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Harold%20Melvin%20%26%20the%20Blue%20Notes/

That remix is great. It would have placed higher if I had remembered to put it on my ballot

THIS CAN'T BE LIFE! omg thank you! that was annoying me so much. Scarface verse slays me.

florence+xx is the first thing i voted for fyi

First one I voted for - didn't save my ballot, but pretty sure I put it in the appropriate 18th or 19th place.

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:38 PM (18 minutes ago)

this including putting it 18th

AFAIK the original was not even nominated...

Just looked over my ballot, i'd be shocked if more than five of my votes made it to THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

but holding out hope for ester dean

hey musically idk if my emails arent getting through but if you could plz email me my ballot that would be great