ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

ditto.

i want 1 thing to win. i actually gave points to the other two but i really didn't want to see either of them win... will have to keep that in mind next time i think of voting for such ridiculously popular tracks. :(

Can I just point out that getting all up in arms about "Crazy" not being as good as solo Cee-Lo (which for the most part isn't that great) instead of, you know, fucking GOODIE MOB is kind of madness.

1 Thing is my favourite too, gave points to the other two songs as well, but only half as much.

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Cee-Lo's both solo albums are great, but I know not too many others share this opinion.

"1 Thing" was the only one I voted for. "Pon De Replay" and Arular got my Rihanna and M.I.A. votes.

Tbh, I never even checked out Soul Machine cause Perfect Imperfections pissed me off so much.

Maybe I'm wrong but if we were doing a 70s list would u really count a song based on when it charted instead of its release date?? Esp a song that spent such a long time bubbling up... its not like it came out dec. 04 or something

Can I just point out that getting all up in arms about "Crazy" not being as good as solo Cee-Lo (which for the most part isn't that great) instead of, you know, fucking GOODIE MOB is kind of madness.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:17 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

And I do rep for some stuff on that album, but a "Big Ole Words" is not worth a "Gettin' Grown". xps

Or five of them, really.

i'm not the biggest Rihanna fan but it is kind of a shame that 5 years of constant huge hits has been boiled down to just "Umbrella" here -- i voted for "Don't Stop The Music" personally

Hey deej, no one but you gives a fuck. Peace.

yeah, otm xp

Tbh, I never even checked out Soul Machine cause Perfect Imperfections pissed me off so much.

You should give it a try, it's rather different from Perfect Imperfections: more mainstream, but also more deep sounding. Or check out "Glockappella" at least (the link's above), that tune is seriously one of the best of the decade.

03. M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (2007) [731.5 points, 30 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y

Maybe I'm wrong but if we were doing a 70s list would u really count a song based on when it charted instead of its release date?? Esp a song that spent such a long time bubbling up... its not like it came out dec. 04 or something

― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

like most tracks/singles lists this one is based on impact and not exact release date. a lot of songs here were released on major label albums and cracked singles charts in late '04 ("Since U Been Gone," "Oh," "Hollaback Girl"), "Still Tippin'" did neither until '05

Not one first place vote!

Hey deej, no one but you gives a fuck. Peace.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:24 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

Stylus singles jukebox reviewed "Still Tippin" for the first time today. Slowly but surely.
― deej., Friday, March 18, 2005 9:25 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I dont care that i sound anal retentive but seriously folks - no way is "still tippin" a 2005 song. Didn't Hell Breaks Loose pt. 2 come out in 2003!?
― deej.., Monday, August 22, 2005 11:25 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Guys still tippin came out in late '03 which is why I'm not voting for it, even though its chart peak was this year. I didn't hear it til '04 but it was in my top ten in '04 and had a fairly high profile that year.
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, December 7, 2005 5:16 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Everybody gets mad when I do this sort of thing, and I dont really care but I thought I'd point it out anyway - not only was "Bring Em Out" released back in fall of 04, but it peaked on the charts in '04 too. I mean, Still Tippin may have been out longer but at least it peaked in '05 (although I still consider it '04 on my list)
― deej.., Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:01 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

still tippin came out in 2002!

glockapella is cool, but i can't imagine a world in which it would sound better than crazy

jaymc your ability to collate information always astonishes me

I was just going to come out and say I'd be satisfied with a M.I.A. win. "All My Friends," "Crazy" and "Paper Planes" were all on my best-of-decade list last year, but "Paper Planes" is the only one I voted for here.

oh good, "paper planes" didn't win

don't mind which of "1 thing" and "umbrella" comes first, though i voted for the latter

xxp It's not hard!

"still tippin" displayName:"deej"

glockapella is cool, but i can't imagine a world in which it would sound better than crazy

Maybe you're right, I guess my view on those two songs was coloured by "Glockappella's" parent album being a positive surprise and "Crazy's" parent album being a huge disappointment.

still holding out hope for Trap Goin Ham

oh paper planes. i mean it's a really good track. but still i don't think it should be this high. on kala alone there were like 4 better songs, including "boyz" which is my fav m.i.a. single

i don't even like "boyz" but "bamboo banga", "bird flu" and "hussel" are all way way above "paper planes"

"Hussel" sux, dude.

I think part of the mass appeal of "Paper Planes" has to do with the sample it's based around. I mean, I'm not saying everyone is a big stan of "Straight to Hell," but it's a legitimately pleasing sound. On top of that, "Paper Planes" is right catchy.

still holding out hope for Trap Goin Ham

― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:33 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think this would be the greatest achievement in ilm history; even better than the animal collection rickroll.

I voted for 'Trap' but yeah no chance it appears.

I think part of the mass appeal of "Paper Planes" has to do with the sample it's based around. I mean, I'm not saying everyone is a big stan of "Straight to Hell," but it's a legitimately pleasing sound. On top of that, "Paper Planes" is right catchy.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

oh god no not this again, please no, anything but this

"hussel" is definitely the best track m.i.a.'s ever done.

i still have no idea which bit of "paper planes" is the clash sample, lol

noooooooooooo

can we just not talk about this again, please? honestly

Yeah, I didn't mean to initiate SAMPLE WARZ '10, but that bit of "Straight to Hell" is a goddamn fine sample.

"Paper Planes" is not the best song on Kala but I like it and I'm glad it did well.

xp to Rev: get yer ears checked son, "Hussel" is hotness (although best track on the album honors is a tossup between "Bamboo Banger" and "$20")

anyway, paper planes is fantastic, head and shoulders above anything else on kala. strikes me as the kind of album that people buy for the single and aren't exactly disappointed with, but...

white ppl responsible for an asian chick ever making good music, The Sun states.

ooooookay...before this devolves, I'd better put up #2.

Btw should '1 Thing' beat 'Umbrella' by less than 40 pts then I accept responsibility seeing as I gave it 40pts and 'Umbrella' zero.

pandemic deserves high fives.

02. RIHANNA ft. JAY-Z "Umbrella" (2007) [974.5 points, 41 votes, 3 first place votes]

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

wow -- really did not think "1 thing" was gonna win

anyway, paper planes is fantastic, head and shoulders above anything else on kala. strikes me as the kind of album that people buy for the single and aren't exactly disappointed with, but...

no it fucking isn't

I mean, it's head and shoulders above "Jimmy", "The Turn" and "Mango Pickle Down River" but so is everything else on the album, including the dubious Timbaland song

in the full decade list can we man up and just pick one or two the-dream songs because that guy got killed by vote splitting

best part of umbrella is the drum sound imo