(TOP 5 TODAY, MOFOS!) 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 Albums Poll Results)

As of right now...

Albums I voted for:

UGK; Death

Albums I liked a lot but didn't vote for:

Gucci Mane

Albums I heard but wasn't hugely taken with:

Matias Aguayo; Meanderthals; JJ; Mariah Carey; Junior Boys; Royksopp; Omar-S; Mungolian Jet Set; Dam-Funk; Rihanna

Intend to check out:

Henrik Shwarz, Ame, & Dixon; NOMO

It's kinda sad that the third category is by far the largest

do you like any pop, rap, or r&b? maybe ilm polls arent for you

fwiw i'm as befuddled by these results as the next guy

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.),

:)

rev kinda surprised you dont dig dam-funk, have you heard part 3?

Albums I voted for:

Broadcast and the Focus Group
The Horrors
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

Albums I liked a lot but didn't vote for:

Matias Aguayo
Baroness
Dâm-Funk
jj
The Mountain Goats
Röyksopp
UGK

Albums I heard but wasn't hugely taken with:

Future of the Left
Grizzly Bear
Junior Boys
Neko Case

Intend to check out:

Lily Allen
Omar-S

i'm guessing from his album title that Dâm-Funk is an alias of Musiq Soulchild?

none of my votes are here

I have heard seven of these and liked Royskopp, FotL and Death. Neko and MG aren't really my thing but obv both good. don't get Grizzly Bear but I do get Lada Gaga, my friends' kids are all into her. there's probably 8 or 10 more that I plan on checking out when I spin radio rotation. I see a lot of this stuff in the stacks and pass it up but tbh an ILM recommendation does help.

rev kinda surprised you dont dig dam-funk, have you heard part 3?

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Saturday, February 13, 2010 4:42 PM Bookmark

Yup. His music is all so aimless and pointless.

I really wanted to like him a lot, but he really holds nothing for me unless he starts producing for a good vocalist.

Actually, I think I would really like a Dam-Funk & Kurupt album.

dude "i wanna thank U (4 steppin' into my life)" is like, perfect. kurupt would be interesting tho - i'm interested to see who he eventually lends his joints to, if he hasn't already

what about Nite Funk? oh wait you said good vocalist hehe

youtube is sorely lacking in the dam-funk dept. :(

lala is not.
http://www.lala.com/#album/648799821420058418/D%C3%A2m-Funk/Toeachizown

dam funk is a dam good time and i voted for it

re: dâm-funk and vocalists - i'd recommend his remix of red's "i should tell ya momma on you" - red is a beatboxer rather than singer as such but it's pretty awesome - not on youtube but there's a sample at http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/7-inch/redthemanwithoutthemachine/i-should-tell-ya-momma-on-you

I listened to Dâm-Funk a few months ago when Neil S recommended it to me saying it was my kind of thing, but I couldn't really get into it. I tried it again over the weekend and still nothing drew me in. Maybe I need to give it repeated plays but it's a bit long to keep doing that unless its just in the background but that's not an ideal way to get into something if it needs repeated listening.

It was a good year for femme Art Pop, what with Bat for Lashes (whose yet to place), Florence (who won't), and Cortney Tidwell (also likely out of the running).

tidwell is miles better than the other two imo - her album was one of those that only just missed my ballot

i'd also imagine that erykah would be a good fit for some of dam-funk's material - listening to "window seat", the beat isn't dissimilar from a lot of stuff he's doing

Looking forward to seeing the top 20

Nah, let's skip it...

Predict the top 20 while you wait?

the-dream
electrik red
animal collective
lindstrom & prins thomas
animal collective
dirty projectors
phoenix
yeah yeah yeahs
raekwon
the xx
the flaming lips
taylor swift
fever ray
maxwell
bat for lashes
fuck buttons
quik & kurupt
the juan maclean
dj sprinkles?
gucci mane?
neon indian?

animal collective: so good, it's gonna place twice

mastodon?

my predictions:

top 10: xx, dream, quik & kurupt, yys, phx, AC, taylor, fever ray, bat for lashes, DP
top 5: xx, dream, yys, AC, fever ray
top 3: xx, dream, fever ray
#1: fever ray

those are in no order btw

sunn o))) haven't placed yet, right?

Sunn 0))) may have won the metal poll narrowly but I can't see it cracking the top 20 in this one. It doesn't exactly have crossover appeal does it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKUOapQIl9w

i don't see why not, plenty of people seemed to like it

it would be strange for the baroness record to place & not sunn o)))

Baroness was 4th in the metal poll but there's definitely no way Mastodon, Converge & Sunn 0))) will place in the top 20.

I hope I'm wrong though.

Sunn o))) will be top 20, no question

as will Mastodon.

they will converge upon the poll like a baroness taken from the thrones of the earth sidling along the isis of hipster metal

I thought ILM metallers were all about Jamie Saft and Orphaned Land lately.

These have gotta be locks for the top 20...

Animal Collective
Bat for Lashes
Dirty Projectors
DJ Quik and Kurupt
The-Dream
Electrik Red
Fever Ray
The Flaming Lips
Fuck Buttons
The Juan Maclean
Lindstrom and Prins Thomas
Phoenix
Raekwon
Sunn O)))
Taylor Swift
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The xx

... which leaves 3 wild card albums. Hmmm.

did you really abc order those?

Did you really check whether I ABC ordered those?

(Guilty, both counts.)

i'm going with sprinkles, maxwell & gucci mane as 3 wild card albums

"X" comes before "Y." I know, I have an MLS.

i predict at least one of those washed out eps will show up

and that dj sprinkles will do very well

i'd say no and maybe, the latter only because i've seen his(?) name mentioned by like 5 people now on this thread, not that i've seen hype elsewhere or even heard it before

i think between how many dance LPs have already show up + this thread Strictly 4 My Underground Homo Deep House Thugs: DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues being 300+ posts long, i would be surprised if sprinkles didn't show

i don't think washed out will -- i think neon indian and/or memory tapes are more likely

y'all talking about Radric in the top 20 are smoking something

also Maxwell is a lock, no wild card

o & tm

callin a dude out by his ACTUAL name when shit gets heated

yeah i thought he had a chance to hit the 30s but prob not

i had maxwell as a lock in my original list, just had him as a "wild card" because stephen didn't list him