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

but in both og and remix, it's the pause when she sings "i don't wanna feel my...legs" that makes it for me

good but not even the best track named 'motivation' last year

― pandemic, Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:38 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"motivation" is like a solid 7.5 or 8 of 10 for me... def a reliable radio jam but not something i ever really listened to myself

Hmm...

That Chicago Juke remix is dope.

I almost feel like Lil Wayne is doing a public service by doing such a ridiculous self-parody tbh; "rain on my head/call it brainstorming" lol O RLY....

and who would have thought she'd have a bigger hit than beyoncé in 2011!

"Motivation" was a bigger hit on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but "Best Thing I Never Had" peaked higher on the Hot 100.

wayne's lyrics are obviously totally inane but he sounds good on it, whic his also a rarity for him

what was the other record called "motivation"? mind blank

if you hate wayne that much listen to the kid sis version instead

I think they mean the Clams Casino/Lil B track.

even tho "best thing i never had" peaked higher on the hot 100, "motivation" was around for way, way longer and in terms of airplay i doubt that there's even a conversation there

I think they mean the Clams Casino/Lil B track.

smh they're wrong

The very sound of Wayne's voice is horrible on this, he just sucks all the sexy out of the record.

"i put her on my plate then do the dishes"

ugh, fuck you!

wayne doesn't quite ruin it for me, though. i def voted for it.

def a reliable radio jam but not something i ever really listened to myself

yep, pretty much. lex- can't believe this wasn't a single in the UK!

I'd seen the next one talked about, but I never listened to it until last night. DAYUM!

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

13 - JOJO "Marvin's Room (Can't Do Better)" (398 Points, 13 Votes)
P&J - 226
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/JUDbSL-5GHQ

ha, i think the thing that keeps "motivation" from being a classic is that it's really not all that sexy to begin with

poor drake :(

this is good but I liked Jhene Aiko's better (and wouldve voted for that if I hadn't already had two Jhene tracks in my top 10)

Wow, interesting. This track is cool, but super raw.

this jojo thing might be the most hilariously ilx placement on any of these lists since i've been posting here

haha :)
amazing

YESSSSSSSS JOJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RAN INTO YOUR HOMEBOYS / THEY'RE ALL FUCKING IDIOTS

TOO LOW.

I have no idea what this is at all.

What's this?

Beastin isn't going to place, is it?

it's a pretty alright remake, idk

???

whaaaa

Hilariously ILX?

she sounds like robyn

it's cool for what it is but i sorta feel like its placement here is just an overboard attempt to spite drake

"i've been up three days / adderall and red bull" is about as POW an opening line to a pop song as you're gonna hear

it feels so heavily medicated, like she's singing it through this drugged-out fug in the corner of a club, and i love that despite that her sheer contempt slices through the backing. "and when you're in her i know i'm in your head" SO RAW. i can't wait for her album :)

Isn't Jojo the woman who does jobbing cover versions of music that isn't on Spotify in like double-quick time?

~and when you're in her I know I'm in your head~

So many people have done a version of this it's crazy... including people on this list, like CL from 2NE1.

JoJo is the best, though. Shame her actual singles can't be like this and her mix tapes :\

Is there a thread about this? Feel like I'm missing some context...

btw has Jojo been bringing the rawness and swagger for a while now? Last time I knew anything about her was Too Little Too Late

I have no idea what this is at all.

jojo's answer record to drake - like k michelle's "nothin' on you" in 2010, it was one of those answer messages that dissects the original lyrically as well as musically, looks straight at it and says "this is NONSENSE and here is why"

btw the whole flouting of Drake is kinda odk, like I feel like Marvin's Room was the song that pop starlets were lining up all year to prove that they could 'do better'...

odk = idk, as in i dont know how to respond exactly

what the hell

Isn't Jojo the woman who does jobbing cover versions of music that isn't on Spotify in like double-quick time?

mdc how quickly you forget the 13-year-old starlet who gave us "leave (get out)" ;_;

I mean seriously, what the hell

my favorite Marvin's Room remake

I hear very little rawness and swagger in Jojo. I hear major posing, which is pretty repulsive to me. I can see how it would appeal to some people but this it feels so heavily medicated, like she's singing it through this drugged-out fug in the corner is just not my thing for real.

I didn't vote for the JoJo version of this song because I hate Drake. The rawness of it is just so much more intense, and the lyrics make more sense sung from her point of view

i can't believe i have to listen to the drake version now

JoJo is the woman who was previously the girl who is Leave (Get Out) and Too Little, Too Late and that puppy love rap duet with Bow Wow.

Then she was in label hell for a while and put out a decent electronic-ish r&b mixtape and then this.

(And it's not just about spiting Drake. It takes everything I love about Marvins Room - production, melody - and gets rid of everything I can't stand - Drake's weak delivery, the creepy/uncomfortable character narrating the whole thing - and replaces it with strong vocal delivery and a narrator who is actually flawed but interesting instead of just calling up ex's while drunk and negging them.)

it feels so heavily medicated, like she's singing it through this drugged-out fug in the corner of a club

i thought your entire argument against the weeknd was based on hating exactly this

yeah i didn't vote for this to spite drake at all - if anything jojo showed me that there was worth in an original i had no use for at all