ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011 (Los resultados!)

xxp haha, I don't think I'd pay attention to this track if it wasn't for the Lex

this is good but... it's making me nostalgic for Sean Paul?

btw, preemptive thank you to whoever makes the spotify playlist for this when it's done, have much post-job catching up to do

Good morning everyone. Let's take it from here.

First time hearing of Konshens. Sounds good on first listen but it doesn't quite grip me the way 'like glue' or 'hold yuh' did... is dancehall a popular genre on the UK?

nostalgic for Sean Paul

an emotion that underpins all our lives ;_;

I genuinely <3 lex's enthusiasm this stretch!

I just hope he can keep his "ugh this is awful shit" stuff in check when others are enjoying tracks he doesn't like.

btw, preemptive thank you to whoever makes the spotify playlist for this when it's done, have much post-job catching up to do

it's already in progress: http://open.spotify.com/user/sp10000/playlist/5w1deUncq412xqQJmwkFm5

also re: "we miss Sean Paul" oftentimes I think "Get Busy" is the greatest song ever recorded

<3 u sp10

do not <3 u selena gomez and the scene

unfortunately there are a few tracks missing already because they aren't on spotify but what can you do.

I love that Konshens song, undeniable stuff. Danny Daze managed to pass me by altogether.

Still think 1+1 doesn't manage to scale the heights it aims for, if you're going to try and imitate Prince in epic ballad mode you have to be damn sure you can pull it off. Beyonce does her best but under all the guitars and bluster it's quite a small and simple song and that skeletal guitar figure underneath betrays that. Contrast to End of Time which initially seems a straightforward club banger and just spreads out to feel properly epic.

^^^ I think that is very OTM (and part of why "End of Time" is my favorite song on the album)

also re: "we miss Sean Paul" oftentimes I think "Get Busy" is the greatest song ever recorded

it is!

xp dan and matt have you heard the red top remix of "end of time"? sooo u&k http://soundcloud.com/beyoncemusic/end-of-time-redtop-club-edit

http://i.imgur.com/2fXMG.jpg

50 - CONFOUNDED "Little Dog (ILX Pre-Covers Lulu)" (235 Points, 7 Votes, 3 First-Place Votes)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://soundcloud.com/ilxprecoversluluii/confounded-little-dog

I am trying to figure out why Konshens isn't full on slaying me like I think it should; I think maybe it's the lack of snare? My reaction was basically "wow I bet if someone remixed this, it would full-on MURDER"

awesome

oh hahahahahahahahahaha that is fucking great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 ILX, congrats Confounded!

Also Mindkilla is storming and Snowflake is beautiful, excellent run. Cosign anyone who had Mindkilla as the best track on Eye Contact. Is it too much to hope that I'll Blu's Meltdown might place?

What, nobody made a video?

(props to that "End of Time" remix for retaining the syncopation, I was concerned at first)

lol

BWAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

Score 1 for me!

I just hope he can keep his "ugh this is awful shit" stuff in check when others are enjoying tracks he doesn't like.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 24 January 2012

naw I think this is a thread where this is awful shit is just as valid as this is dope. all tracks are fair game

Little Dog! A-hooooooooooooooooooooooo!

can I just

3 First-Place Votes

^_^

Omg.

of all these precover tracks considered voting for Tylerw's take on "Brandenburg Gate" but in the end I didn't, so here's a little shoutout

Awesome confounded!!! Great track.

naw I think this is a thread where this is awful shit is just as valid as this is dope. all tracks are fair game

I don't know, I really wanted to crap on that awful Selena Gomez track earlier, but it didn't seem like the place to do that when people were so obviously enjoying it. I'm of the opinion that I'll just stay silent on the ones I don't like.

Catching up on the past hour or so...

Love Snowflake, though I seem to be one of the few people here who think Wild Man (which I voted for) is the best song on the album.

Glad to see Little Dog here; the ballot from a user I won't name here (let's call him "Confunded") that had this as #1 and no other tracks certainly helped its cause.

Hahahahaha loving this. Haven't heard the original one tho but we can all agree this is much better.

Obviously!

i voted confounded, not #1 tho, sorry

I'm of the opinion that I'll just stay silent on the ones I don't like.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 24 January 2012

this is the only thread where I'll call out shit and say that shit has got got go. would never do it on its own thread but if things are going to come out the dark of their own threads and sit under the spotlight then that's their own fault

I ended up not voting any of the precover tracks because no one nominated mine ;_; but it's awesome to see at least one here

'Little Dog' is truly great. Voted for the album, too.

I went for confounded and AIXTC

http://i.imgur.com/J2IUa.jpg

49 - FRANK OCEAN "Swim Good" (240 Points, 9 Votes)
P&J - 115
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/PmN9rZW0HGo

...what is this? what is lulu?

i am less than a minute in and i am struggling. is it comedy?

oh frank ocean can fuck off though for real

i hope "the view" is going to make it

nope, 1:34 into "little dog" and couldn't take it any more

xp Lulu is the Lou Reed/Metallica album. ILXors covered it before it was released, based on song titles and runtimes alone.

xp Lulu is the Lou Reed/Metallica album. ILXors covered it before it was released, based on song titles and runtimes alone.

...why?

i think i might back away slowly from this subject

Did you miss when they did that to the last U2 album too?

they did it for fun, lex

(sorry for the spotify monologue)
"Hell on Heels" is pretty great. The intro-ness of it makes it sound like the theme song to an edgy basic cable show...which I kind of like.

"The Bizness" is better than I remembered. Pretty much hated this on first listen. Still think it sounds like a 90s hippie fantasy team-up between Ani Difranco and Rusted Root.

Did you miss when they did that to the last U2 album too?

yes

two ilxors actually did make tracks last year that were in the running for my ballot though, lol. (rev and k8)

last two songs (before F Ocean) are pretty good tbh

hey DJP I voted for End of Time (and a diff't song that you took part in)

I like this Frank Ocean song. Didn't vote for it, but I like it anyway. Seems someone needs to have its back.