Year-End Critics' Polls '08

50. Rick Ross ft. Nelly & Avery Storm, "Here I Am" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
49. Young Jeezy ft. Nas, "My President" (CTE/Def Jam)
48. Keyshia Cole, "Heaven Sent" (Geffen)
47. Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" (EMI)
46. Swizz Beatz, "That Oprah" (mixtapes)
45. New Kids on the Block ft. Ne-Yo, "Single" (Interscope)
44. Mavado, "So Special" (VP)
43. Bloc Party, "Mercury" (Vice)
42. Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santan, "Pop Champagne" (Byrd Gang/Columbia)
41. The-Dream, "I Luv Your Girl" (Def Jam)

^^i truly don't know what to make of this group of 10 - please send help

top ten is solid-ish, im not a big fan of "low" but obv it was huge and i think that santogold-apes-MIA song is really stupid-sounding even tho i like her, but otherwise its good -- the next ten are pretty wtf. Gnarls barkley? who tf is still listening to that? i dont know how many people voted but it seems odd that its that high. also i couldnt stand 'superstar' -- if yr gonna do old lupe fiasco songs 'dumb it down' and 'hip hop saved me' are both way better

― merriweather passantino pavilion (J0rdan S.), Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

50. Rick Ross ft. Nelly & Avery Storm, "Here I Am" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
49. Young Jeezy ft. Nas, "My President" (CTE/Def Jam)
48. Keyshia Cole, "Heaven Sent" (Geffen)
47. Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" (EMI)
46. Swizz Beatz, "That Oprah" (mixtapes)
45. New Kids on the Block ft. Ne-Yo, "Single" (Interscope)
44. Mavado, "So Special" (VP)
43. Bloc Party, "Mercury" (Vice)
42. Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santan, "Pop Champagne" (Byrd Gang/Columbia)
41. The-Dream, "I Luv Your Girl" (Def Jam)

^^i truly don't know what to make of this group of 10 - please send help

― merriweather passantino pavilion (J0rdan S.), Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hahahha

haha but probably a good 65 songs on there are bangers - the rest is just totally wtf, which i guess is good in a way

otoh should you be rewarded for listing all the good songs on the radio?

i definitely give them credit for listing good radio songs that get ignored on most every other list. also i seriously doubt that that list was 'voted' on rather than just kind of assembled by committee and intensely strategized. i mean they probably had to bend over backwards to get that whole 'year of wayne and kanye' top 5, which is my least favorite part...i mean there's something to be said for tokenism when it means just letting an artist be represented once or twice in a top 10.

weird mavado pick...'on the rock' is much better than 'so special'. obv the first list i've seen that i've enjoyed, even with the wtfisms.

a pity they went for mediocre lead singles to represent some artists though...eg i like 'just fine' just fine but 'roses' is surely loads more outstanding even though it was an album track? and if even rolling stone can bring itself to recognise random ciara leaked tracks, surely vibe doesn't need to choose the mediocre 'go girl' above 'high price', 'echo' or 'work'?

78. MGMT ft. Jim Jones, "Electric Feel (Remix)" (mixtapes)

^^hang on wtf is this

haha file that under "lol @ jim jones"

there are some wtf choices that i kind of understand (lol all rappers love coldplay) but i can't think up one reason why vibe magazine would feel the need to include far and away the worst bloc part song of all time - they don't even have name cache or anything anymore

haha isnt there a thread on that redic remix

Vibe don't have a clue obv. And including Coldplay in such a list is just bullshit as then Coldplay should have been on top. Coldplay are obviously objectively way better than any R&B, hip-hop or dance will ever be.

AAAAAAGH STFU GEIR

I thought it was a joke. Was it not a joke?

geir dropping knowledge

:D

http://solbjorg.com/images/GEIR%20Bottle%20&%20Box%20(straight%20on)%20(1).jpg

Predictable opinions from Geir. The gift that keeps on giving...

What on earth is that particular Portishead song doing in there though?

OMG that Geir aftershave!

Metal Geir Solid

Anyway... Not much to comment otherwise. Marcello is Marcello. The Lex is The Lex. Nothing new....

Have to chuckle at Geir calling someone out for being dogmatic and predictable.

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there are some wtf choices that i kind of understand (lol all rappers love coldplay) but i can't think up one reason why vibe magazine would feel the need to include far and away the worst bloc part song of all time - they don't even have name cache or anything anymore

― merriweather passantino pavilion (J0rdan S.), Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:44 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Two words:

Living Colour.

thank u sir

gotta love waking up to a geir truth bomb

Geir Bombgro

Is your lady's hair thinning? Buy Her Gwangro

we are not scare mongro-ing
this is really happening

Ladies love the cool scent of Geir.

Anyway... Not much to comment otherwise. Marcello is Marcello. The Lex is The Lex. Nothing new....

― Geir Hongro, Friday, December 12, 2008 3:21 PM Bookmark

I think this may be the first time I've ever seen Geir acknowledge anyone else on this board exists.

Ladies Love Cool Geir

Nice to see the Koen Holtkamp make WIRE's electronica list. Criminally overlooked, I tell you!

Nice to see Esperanza Spaulding on the Vibe list. My favorite thing I've discovered today.

discovered? DISCOVERED? oh rev

that's why you gotta read your Cave17 yo

I'd actually forgotten about Cave 17! Thanks for reminding me, I should check that.

78. MGMT ft. Jim Jones, "Electric Feel (Remix)" (mixtapes)

^^hang on wtf is this

― lex pretend, Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:32 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Another track will be the remix to MGMT's "Electric Feel". Jim Jones said this to GQ.com about it

“They did a show (at United Palace Theater) up in Washington Heights, the initial conversation was just that it was an honor to meet them, I think they're kinna cool. And from there it lead into me saying, It'd be crazy if I remixed "Electric Feel". They were like, Yeah, that would be crazy. So I said, Let me get the beats and shit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pray_IV_Reign

what a great fuckin story

"Great Story, Katie Holmes Jim Jones!"

Matos we're gonna do a top 20 and some other stuff in the next week, stay tuned

Everyone else what's up, I'm back kinda

Clash Magazine

40. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of Understatement
39. Cadenie Weapon - Afterparty Babies
38. Adele - 19
37. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
36. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
35. Killers - Day & Age
34. No Age - Nouns
33. Eiene Kliene Nacht Musik - s/t
32. Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
31. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
30. Friendly Fires - s/t
29. Why? - Alopecia
28. Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
27. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
26. Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
25. Fleet Foxes - s/t
24. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
23. Emiliana Torrini - Me & Armini
22. Dr. Dog - Fate
21. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
20. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
19. Mystery Jets - Twenty One
18. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
17. Deerhunter - Microcastle
16. Aliens - Luna
15. Portishead - Third
14. Coldplay - Viva La Vida...
13. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
12. White Denim - Workout Holiday
11. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
10. The Bug - London Zoo
9. Gang Gang Dance - 'Saint Dymphna'
8. Santogold - s/t
7. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
6. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
5. Benga - Diary Of An Afro Warrior
4. Foals - Antidotes
3. Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
2. Vampire Weekend - s/t
1. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

Culturedeluxe - The Top 50 Albums of 2008
http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=5291

Pop Matters - Best Metal Albums of 2008
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/66667-the-best-metal-albums-of-2008/

That's a pretty good metal list.

Rolling Stone's Top 100 Singles

1. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
2. Santogold, "L.E.S. Artistes"

OTM

More like "L.O.L. Artistes"

How can you dislike that song?! I mean, the chorus!

What chorus? You seem to imply that there's some sort of hook there. I like it, just not that much.

i never thought a song could make me miss the real Gwen Stefani

Not sure how it sounds like Gweni? More like YYYs. Would probably be better off sounding like the former.