We're more than a third of the way through 2010 and we still don't have a thread for our favorite singles/songs/tracks of the year?

Specifically "My Baby Left Me" seems to sing-songy, and it feels like it's all coming too easily to her. Not that things coming easily is necessarily bad, but here there's something about it that makes it a problem, to me. I'm kind of hoping I'll change my mind though, because I'd like to be listening to her voice. Maybe the song will sound different in the context of a whole album.

Also, I think that Jowell & Randy track would be of interest to general "dance music" fans, though maybe you have to be a little familiar with pop bachata beats to understand what's so distinctive about the way they take off from that.

A sucker for what exactly? xpost

t.i. - i'm back

Was going to say Rox's "My Baby Left Me," but I'm already kind of sick of it.

Something about the big budget album version is RONG. Can't put my finger on it. The demo that (I) floated around (via Fluxblog) in 2008 is greatly superior.

3) dj quik ft. suga free - nobody

yall are way overrating this, & im a fan

^^^^^^^

It's a fine Quik song but really nothing that stands out in his catalog.

well that's one way of thinking about, i just thought "WOW THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR" and wrote it down in a list and posted it on ilx. ordering on my list was really just an excuse to put yahzarah at number one anyways tbh, but if we're gonna get into dj quik's discography i like 'nobody' as much as my favourite songs off blaqkout.

would i be a total shit in saying that there's very little appearing above that i'm thinking "i must really check that out"? i can't think of much coming out in 2010 that i'm particularly looking forward to either :-( 2010 and all its portent seems to be largely retreading last year's territory what with all the gagas and dj quiks etc... that might be me being very myopic though. haven't had the internet in a while due to house moves etc.

that might be me being very myopic though

indeed it might

ntac, but I linked to the wrong J. Alvarez song. I had meant to list this bachaton (w/ Jowell & Randy):

http://www.youtube.com/v/l-i_ukCYJLw&fs=1&hl=en

(That other track is just okay.)

would i be a total shit in saying that there's very little appearing above that i'm thinking "i must really check that out"? i can't think of much coming out in 2010 that i'm particularly looking forward to either :-( 2010 and all its portent seems to be largely retreading last year's territory what with all the gagas and dj quiks etc... that might be me being very myopic though. haven't had the internet in a while due to house moves etc.

― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:23 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark

lol @ the idea that *last year* was when u should start paying attention to dj quik

& you might like it as much as the blaqkout stuff, samosa, but it sounds a lot like his pre-blaqkout shit -- bq was good cuz he was really stretching out on it, but it still sounded fun/funky/party-ready. 'nobody' is dece but not exactly blowing my mind or anything. if you like it, check the 1st two suga free albums, 'rhythmalism' & the two lp's after that

ya i mean, my point was basically that i enjoy the song as a dude who's oblivious to the narrative of dj quik and suga free's respective careers, just a dope hip hop song to me. obviously ever since listening to blaqkout i've been meaning to check out his previous stuff though, suga free now added to list as well.

it doesn't really sound like his work from that era tho (even if it's quite obv the work of the same guy), much more brashly synthetic

i dont think thats really the case -- hes def used synth keybs like that before -- and even if it is the effect isnt particularly surprising or notable. compared to quik classics like 'buck bounce' or 'up n da club' its pretty standard album track type generic funk jam

"nobody" is great because it seems beamed in from a suga free solo album

that's not something i'm holding against

also suga free is hilarious

yeah but hes been releasing an album a year for like 4 years straight

none of which have produced by dj quik (srs question tho: are any of them worth hearing?)

I did a Top 50 tracks (and 20 albums) on my Tumblr: http://thediscography.tumblr.com/post/480134038/2010-q1

Of those, 34 aren't listed above. They are, alphabeticaly:

Best Coast, “Something In The Way” (PPM)
Deniz Kurtel ft. Guests of Nature, “Yeah” (Crosstown Rebels)
DJ Kaos, “Kosmischer Ruckenwind” (Clone Loft Supreme)
DJ Zinc ft. Ms. Dynamite, “Wile Out” (Zinc)
Eddie Vedder, “My City of Ruins (Live from the Kennedy Center Honors)” (Monkeywrench)
Gil Scott-Heron, “Me and the Devil” (XL)
Goldfrapp, “Rocket” (Mute)
Grateful Dead, “Shakedown Street (Tommie Sunshine & Figure Brooklyn Fire Edit)” (Soundcloud.com/tommiesunshine)
Gui Boratto, “Telecaster” (MP3)
Hanoi Janes, “Skeleton Girl” (Captured Tracks)
Hot Chip, “One Life Stand (Carl Craig PCP Remix)” (EMI)
I:Cube, “Falling” (Versatile)
Josh Turner, “Why Don’t We Just Dance” (MCA Nashville ’09)
Joy Orbison, “The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow” (Aus)
Kyle Hall, “Kaychunk” (Hyperdub)
Mi Ami, “Cut Men” (Thrill Jockey)
Michael Bublé, “Haven’t Met You Yet” (Reprise ’09)
No Age, “Depletion (Daytrotter Session - 2/8/2010)” (Daytrotter.com)
Pangaea, “Sunset Yellow” (Hessle Audio)
Peter Van Hoesen, “Terminal” (Time to Express)
Professor Green, “I Need You Tonight” (Virgin)
Ray Mang, “Look Into My Eyes” (DFA)
Strong Arm Steady ft. Mitchy Slick, “Two Pistols” (Stones Throw)
Subeena, “Picture” (Opit)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, “Ativan Eyes” (Matador)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, “The Mighty Sparrow” (Matador)
The Bangz ft. the New Boyz, “Found My Swag” (Asylum)
The Sight Below, “Blown” (Ghostly International)
The Unthanks, “Lucky Gilchrist” (Rough Trade)
The xx, “Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)” (Young Turks)
T-Pain, “Reverse Cowgirl” (Jive)
Vampire Weekend, “Giving Up the Gun” (XL)
Vampire Weekend, “Ruby Soho (Live @ Maida Vale)” (BBC Radio 1/MP3)
Wiley & Chew Fu, “Take That” (Island)

Oh, duh: this is first-quarter only. Plenty in the past month I haven't even listed yet.

samosa what's this pastor troy bet i bust remix you speak of? the t.i./playboy tre version would be somewhere on my list. and ya swang real wide is amazing i'm surprised thats not on more peoples lists.

some other stuff ive liked but might not have been mentioned:

m.i.a.- space odyssey
erykah badu feat. lil wayne- jump up in the air and stay there
titus andronicus- a more perfect union (album version obv) or richard II
and something by kesha

I guess it's technically a December 2009 single, but out of things that haven't been mentioned I've definitely been playing Luda's "How Low" the most this year.

Eddie Vedder, “My City of Ruins (Live from the Kennedy Center Honors)”

Nice -- I could see this working.

lol @ the idea that *last year* was when u should start paying attention to dj quik

how is that even implied by dude's post -- must u be a total dick abt everything

samosa what's this pastor troy bet i bust remix you speak of?

fuck sorry playboy tre is what i meant to type.

in no order...

Delorean - Stay Close
Watch Out for Rockets - Lift Off Cloud Controller
Hari & Aino - entire EP
Juan MacLean - Feel So Good
White Fence - Mr. Adams
Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain
Quasi - Bye Bye Blackbird
Apples in Stereo - No Vacation
Radio Dept - Heaven's on Fire, even with that dumb introduction
Caribou - Kaili
Serena Maneesh - Blow Yr Brains in the Mourning Rain
Ariel Pink - Round & Round
Sambassadeur - Days
Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out of Your Mind
Kesha - Tik Tok (really)
most of the Lindstrom & Christabelle album
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Golden Bug - Flamingo
LCD - Home
Pipettes - Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra - That Hat

Juan MacLean - Feel So Good
Radio Dept - Heaven's on Fire, even with that dumb introduction
Caribou - Kaili

Ought to add these tunes to my list, I'm playing the hell out of them. Agree that "Kaili" is one of the high points of the Caribou album.

Forgot Class Actress's "Let Me Take You Out". "Adolescent Heart" has the most amazing neo-Nena buildup in the verse before the bottom completely falls out of the chorus. If they had just repeated that chord progression!

Radio pop sucks this year, obv.

1. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
2. Ciara feat. Ludacris - Ride
3. Rihanna - Rude Boy
4. Yelawolf feat. Bun B - Good to Go
5. Cassie - Skydiver
6. Sleigh Bells - Tell Em
7. Zinc feat. Ms Dynamite - Wile Out
8. Corinne Bailey-Rae - I'd Do It All Again
9. Natalia Kills - Activate My Heart
10. Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
11. Erykah Badu - Window Seat
12. M.I.A. - Born Free
13. Michael Buble - I Just Haven't Met You Yet
14. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
15. Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris - Baby

if we're getting all indie album tracks in here then "white hinterland - icarus" is in my top five

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4fYlsf-Es

how is that even implied by dude's post -- must u be a total dick abt everything

― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Friday, May 7, 2010 10:47 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

bcuz dude implies is ***so last year*** to be paying attention to dj quik in 2010 which is like ... what the fuck?

yeah that's not at all what he was saying

2010 and all its portent seems to be largely retreading last year's territory what with all the gagas and dj quiks etc.

― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:23 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

what else does this mean

i think he's talking about music, not people who pay attention to i -- but idk, it's dog latin, who really cares, is kind of what we should be taking away from this

it*

if i cant diss dog latin i dont know if i want to ilx any more

haha

how does referring to people who had great or notable records in 2009 as "last year's territory" imply that that was also the time to start paying attention to said artists? i mean one was a newer artist, one wasn't, but you pretty much read something into it that wasn't there is all.

"how does referring to people who had great or notable records in 2009 as "last year's territory" imply that that was also the time to start paying attention to said artists?"

cant believe yr asking this but

1. dl implies that talking about quik sounds like last year retread
2. quik has had a career for so long that implying that we should associate quik with '09 makes no sense unless
3. you think quik just showed up as a worthwhile artist in 2009

this was the logic for my tossed off comment, which isnt exactly particularly nuanced but makes sense dude, jeez

he was just saying he wants to be excited about 2010 records by people that didn't just drop records he liked in 2009. he used 2 random examples, and since one of them was on the master list of a dozen or so rappers that any mention of on ilx causes you to show up and hulk out, here we are.

'hulk out' really

Wow! This year has been a real corker for singles! Several fantastic labels have taken to sort of specializing in ye olde vinyl 7" joints, and the result has been tres groovy. Smith Westerns, El Jesus de Magico, Dum Dum Girls, Melted Sunglasses, Girls at Dawn, Broken Water, Blank Dogs, Woven Bones, Haunted George - all kinds of terrific stuff from all over the musical map. If yr interested try Google. I don't recall all the titles.

― ImprovSpirit,

Ok, that sucks mister. You come back at tell us the name of the songs you're referring to.

Rooney - I Can't Get Enough
just crashed my top ten, I think

zinc ft. ms dynamite - wile out
monica - blackberry

hold on, this is gonna turn in to the other "favorite music of 2010" thread

Jowell & Randy - Goodbye [bears some relation to "No Te Veo"]

Great year so far!

1. Craig David - One More Lie (Ill Blu Remix)
2. Shy Child - Dark Destiny
3. Devine Collective - People Keep Dancing
4. Funkystepz - Lovers
5. Drake - Shut It Down
6. Marcus Cabral & Shux - A Lifetime Groove
7. Ruby Suns - Cranberry
8. Yelawolf - Pop The Trunk
9. Devine Collective - House Girls Part 8
10. Ward 21 & Tifa - High Come Down
11. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
12. Rudimental - Midnight Affair
13. T2 - Better Off As Friends (Lil' Silva Remix)
14. J Stalin - Money On The Way
15. Sabrina Washington - OMG (Ill Blu Remix)
16. Naughty Raver - Drama
17. Funkystepz - Hurricane Riddim
18. Ciara ft. Ludacris - Ride
19. Yeasayer - I Remember
20. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Princess Nyah Remix)
21. Emvee - Windrush Riddim
22. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
23. Roll Deep - Good Times (Ill Blu Remix)
24. Big Boi - Shutterbug
25. Lady Gaga - Alejandro
26. Screama & Farah - Kiss Me
27. Shawnna - Nappy Boys
28. Taylor Swift - Today Was A Fairtytale
29. Ne-Yo - Drinks Up
30. Sensato Del Patio - Watagatapitusberry (Remix)
31. Damian Marley & Nas - As We Enter
32. Marcus Nasty & Bassboy - Let's Get Nasty
33. Rich Boy - Go Crazy
34. Devine Collective - Touch Her In The Morning
35. Chris Sorbello - So Lonely

Cults - Go Outside
Eli Escobar - Oslo
Four Tet - Sing
Gold Panda - Quitters Raga
Gorillaz - On melancholy hill
jj feat. Lil Wayne - My Way
Janelle Monae - Tight Rope
Javelin - Oh Centra
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
Pawel - Dawn

Mostly culled from albums that I mostly love but:

Lady Gaga - Alejandro
Against Me - White Crosses
Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
Beach House - Zebra
Eminem - Despicable
Erykah Badu - Turn Me Away (Get Munny)
The Gaslight Anthem - Stay Lucky
Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish, Rhinestone Eyes, other stuff!
jj - Let Go
Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke
Motion City Soundtrack - Her Words Destroyed My Planet
The Radio Dept - Heaven on Fire
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
Hadag Nahash - Shir Nehama