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

i'm so excited to be excited by 212!

kind of lolling that the top 2 are not on Spotify, so it looks like "Super Bass" won

so many rong opinions itt but i think the worst of all, somehow managing to top lex's kid sister > lil wayne challop, is jordan saying motivation doesn't sound sexy

212 is on there

THANK YOU JOHHNY AND SEANDALAI! <3

Now, lets listen to this number one, as it's completely unknown to me

aw, too bad

tempted to put a karaoke version of "Video Games" in there, seeing as the one I listened to was virtually indistinguishable from the original

so many rong opinions itt but i think the worst of all, somehow managing to top lex's kid sister > lil wayne challop

i can't help it if you think wayne's verse on "motivation" is good

maybe it is you with the rong opinions! ever think about that?

better singer for one thing xpost

Wayne's verse is bad for sure, but I have to admit I dont like the way the drum beat changes when Kid Sis starts rapping; it feels v tacked on

I might not 'get' this whole Chicago Juke thing

xp

thank you Johnny Fever!

So does the albums chart start on Monday?

How is the "enthusiasm" number calculated?

no lex, i hadn't

i think it's interesting how much more personalized 'tastes' seem to be getting, to the point that this list actually represents a lot of tastes that reach a certain group of people on ilx & when the right ppl cosign it, they sort of pick up steam. i'm think of, like, the love for 'drums' of course, and 'sure thing,' probably some others here; i guess this has happened for awhile, you could say the early interest in gucci was fairly ilx-centric, at least as far as critics go. Because I haven't seen much critic / blog love for "sure thing" or "drums" outside of ilx

anyway, i like 'drums' but think 'sure thing' is just ok, so this isn't a diss or w/e, just ~thinkin baout things~

seems like critic taste is more fragmented & localized on this new internets, moreso this year than in year's past, or maybe that's just more my perception this year than in years past, but anyway thought it was interesting

Wayne's verse is bad for sure, but I have to admit I dont like the way the drum beat changes when Kid Sis starts rapping; it feels v tacked on

I might not 'get' this whole Chicago Juke thing

― ban dejar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:33 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wayne's verse really isn't bad at all. kid sister is not a good rapper. stop trying to make her happen

(that was a general demand, not intended to be directed at Drugs A. Money)

no, I think it is now incumbent upon Drugs A. Money to stop ppl from trying to make Kid Sister happen

hmm maybe it would be good to assign that job to someone

I really like 212 but it was the only one of the top five I didn't vote for. Still overjoyed about Todd Terje though.

anyway, feelin this Emeli Sande track, love pop crossover dnb corniness

" wayne's verse really isn't bad at all. kid sister is not a good rapper."

I've not even heard that Kid Sister verse but whatever definition of "good rapping" includes that Weezy verse is bullshit.

why is it bad?

hilarious top 2 given how much blood has been shed over multiple threads slamming both artists the past 2 months

Fuck Azaelia Banks and haven't heard Video Games but fuck Lana del Ray too. Nicki and Beyonce are the rightful winners. HARRUMMMMMPH. *folds arms*

haha brilliant xpost

these are some garbage songs today huh

the wayne verse is my least fav thing about my fav song of the year, but it's an OK loverman weezy verse with some good lines & a nice flow. i agree with deej that it's not bad. the humour/wordplay is unnecessary, i like new position/i put her on my plate and then i do the dishes but think a more earnest or romantic verse would have been more appropriate, turn that girl into a rainforest is dope but ...brainstormin just kills the mood

Emeli Sande is practically 'Unfinished Sympathy Pt. 2' no?

Emeli Sande is practically 'Unfinished Sympathy Pt. 2' no?

yup, which is why it's so awesome

Yeah I'll allow it the world could use more unfinished sympathies.

the wayne verse is my least fav thing about my fav song of the year, but it's an OK loverman weezy verse with some good lines & a nice flow. i agree with deej that it's not bad. the humour/wordplay is unnecessary, i like new position/i put her on my plate and then i do the dishes but think a more earnest or romantic verse would have been more appropriate, turn that girl into a rainforest is dope but ...brainstormin just kills the mood

― flopson, Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:52 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah i don't really mind brainstorming, the do the dishes line is a little corny but 'hold her like a conversation' is a nice period on the verse i think.

Update re Perfume's apparent double-placing: 194th place is actually "King Louie - Too Cool", must have been a c+p error on my part.

As you were!

LBI: The "enthusiasm" score is the points total of a track divided by the maximum total it could have from the same number of voters.

So Enthusiasm = 1.0 if all voters for a track had it as #1.

Lack of Kush Groove itt is painful. Thought that was a lock.

Like (and voted for #1 & #2, in that order), but from their other output, I'd be content to never hear another song from either.

The Blawan is my clear favorite from today's batch, and I could listen to that on repeat.

yeah i don't really mind brainstorming, the do the dishes line is a little corny but 'hold her like a conversation' is a nice period on the verse i think.

― guilt is a useless emoticon (D-40), Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:05 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol @ us liking the opposite corny wayne lines

i don't mind either of those corny wayne lines

this is my annual announcement when i say i haven't heard any of these songs -- though it's not quite true this year, i must have heard the tune-yards since i played the record once through, and i heard the wild flag once though i remember nothing about it, and i think i heard whatever destroyer song was the first single from kaputt, which might have been one of these two. "212" is nice, i enjoy not being able to figure out what it's trying to do.

I might not 'get' this whole Chicago Juke thing

it's really important that that kid sister remix doesn't stop you from checking out juke lol

Thanks for explaining Sean!

I guess my imgur album is public, so lemme know if you can see all the images: http://imgur.com/a/gCkic

JF, the images look even more spectacular when they're all on one page like that!

tracks from 2011that i loved but didn't get nominated for the ILM Poll

great poll, discovered lots of stuff, the #1 is pretty good as was the todd terje, full attention, heaven, schoolin life and kaputt (i don't like dan bejar's voice neither but the excellent, intricate music somehow makes up for this). thanks johnny and seandalai! there were a couple of songs i voted for which placed in the end. besides the wilco - which is actually quite lame esp. compared to art of almost, it was destroyer's the laziest river, kate bush's snowflake, video games (a consensus choice). i am quite disappointed that james blake's the wilhelm scream did not make it into the top 77. where did it finish?

Thanks everyone who voted and posted on the thread this week. May sound nerdy, but this is exactly what I wanted to do on my birthday! The eoy polls are my favorite thing on ilm every year.

happy birthday jf!

too bad i didn't have a chance to watch results unfold live today buuuuuut the results were pretty fantastic so it's hard to complain

Great work Johnny (and happy birthday)!

I think a lot of these results (whether I or you or etc love or loathe any particular song in question) really capture a certain ILM aesthetic, not so much in terms of a particular style, sound or genre, but in terms of some kind of broader notion of pop music and music fandom.

This is a rare tracks list which really reflects a love of one-song-at-a-time listening, sharing and enthusing. The majority of the songs in the top ten make me immediately flash to the threads where that occurred.

happy birthday and great job JF!

Just got back from dinner and drinks.

Just want to say, Happy Birthday Johnny and thanks so much! I'll miss you ILM's TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011...