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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
03. M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (2007) [731.5 points, 30 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Not one first place vote!
― Eljero Elia Michele (pandemic), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey deej, no one but you gives a fuck. Peace.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:24 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
still tippin came out in 2002!
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
glockapella is cool, but i can't imagine a world in which it would sound better than crazy
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
jaymc your ability to collate information always astonishes me
― Dan S, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Parenthetical Grillz, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
oh good, "paper planes" didn't win
don't mind which of "1 thing" and "umbrella" comes first, though i voted for the latter
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp It's not hard!
"still tippin" displayName:"deej"
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
still holding out hope for Trap Goin Ham
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't even like "boyz" but "bamboo banga", "bird flu" and "hussel" are all way way above "paper planes"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
"Hussel" sux, dude.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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, 6 July 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for 'Trap' but yeah no chance it appears.
― Eljero Elia Michele (pandemic), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
oh god no not this again, please no, anything but this
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"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
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
noooooooooooo
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"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")
― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
white ppl responsible for an asian chick ever making good music, The Sun states.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
ooooookay...before this devolves, I'd better put up #2.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Btw should '1 Thing' beat 'Umbrella' by less than 40 pts then I accept responsibility seeing as I gave it 40pts and 'Umbrella' zero.
― Eljero Elia Michele (pandemic), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
pandemic deserves high fives.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
02. RIHANNA ft. JAY-Z "Umbrella" (2007) [974.5 points, 41 votes, 3 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBfHwUxHIk
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
wow -- really did not think "1 thing" was gonna win
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
best part of umbrella is the drum sound imo
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also "Umbrella" is still mad overrated although Rihanna gets a big "yesssssssssssssssssssssss" for the video
― emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
lol garageband
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also holy shit @ the points jump between these
if jay-z wasn't on it umbrella would be the best.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
umbrella is a jam but i'm always surprised that it's considered like a universal jam.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah points jump is crazy -- nothing like that in the albums poll
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's pretty easy to remove jay-z from the track
people always trash Jay's verse on that but I feel like the song is totally bolstered by having that as its intro and i kind of like how he fits every possible rain pun possible into those 8 bars
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Isn't there a Jay-Zless remix of the tune?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
(x-post)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
jay is tolerable--i hardly ever remember that he's there unless i actually listen to the song
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i think at the time people were rightfully like "this verse sucks!" cuz it was still sort of at the point where a jay-z guest verse (let alone to open the song) was some sort of event song, but in reality it's pretty much just okay and doesn't affect the song at all
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Its not a terrible verse but it just seems like the first part of his downfall.
Rihanna is ONLY 22? Fucking hell I have done nothing with my life and yet her career is p much perfect
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0
But yeah, apparently "Umbrella" has a wide universal appeal, because this rather crappy cover version was a big hit too (in Finland and Germany at least).
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link