ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

i think 'i luv dem strippers' might have overtaken 'beez..' as the chainz & nicki masterpiece of the year.

not too bad, weird that a girl saying motherfucker is so much more fun than a guy. it's a little repetitive though.

nicki rapping the states of america at the end of this is some of my fav rapping of the year

otm at first i was like what a cop out, i want another proper nicki verse but really she embeds that rhythm of the states in your head

i can't remember if i voted for a track or just the album but if i had i would've voted for a non-album track - prob "the boys"

i hope to see a lot more nicki as the poll progresses

Never heard this before, but yeah it's sweet.

I think he's my second-favorite vocalist of the year after Miguel. He's so blues (although less so here than elsewhere).

also seems very dancehall, i discovered the other day? although i also don't really know anything about dancehall so i could just be way off

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, January 21, 2013 12:18 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hadn't even thought of this but yeah. Also he's Haitian-American iirc? Caribbean connection.

late to this thread but...

The main problem I have with 'Crayon' is that the pun is so laboured. For a good pun, you need both sides to be resonant, not just "oh yeah, get your cray on", and a fucking child's drawing implement. BAH.

might help to know that it's a double pun - it's also a play on G-dragon's real name, Kwon Jiyong (Crazy + Jiyong). The division between GD and Jiyong is a recurring theme in his songs, actually.

Anyway... NICKI. YES. And love that Javiera Mena track, why hadn't I heard it before?!

http://i.imgur.com/Tn8MsrE.gif

I kind of feel like Beez is a great first half of a song in search of a great second half of a song.

Poll has been really underwhelming so far but I love those clicks and pops on the Minaj track (as well as Nicki). Best track so far by quite a margin.

that nicki/2 chainz gif! my fav bit of the video, where SHE'S the static pivot that HE dances around

might help to know that it's a double pun - it's also a play on G-dragon's real name, Kwon Jiyong (Crazy + Jiyong). The division between GD and Jiyong is a recurring theme in his songs, actually.

It does help, thanks Roz!

Nicki is awesome, not much else to say, really.

nicki rapping the states of america at the end of this is some of my fav rapping of the year

it's delaware, connecticut, it's newjersey got hellabricks
it's queensbrooklyn and yeahtheywildin
it's BRONX HARLEM AND STATEN ISLAND

she just hits every syllable in the perfect way

I have no use for Nicki. I'm checking out Future on youtube and definitely like the space ballad stuff more.

especially "staten island" xp

Here I was looking for entomological/botanical metaphor, and she's just singing about being a drug stockroom.

^ being in a drug stockroom.

...

fuck so upset I forgot to include "gun shot" in my ballot ;_;

have read other people on here being dismissive of 2 chainz' verse on this which is just crazy imo

i don't know man fuck is on your biscuit?

that gif : D

my only criticism his his repping for true religion trousers

Here I was looking for entomological/botanical metaphor

the apiarian metaphor is the beat

my only critcism is he changed his name from tity boi

have read other people on here being dismissive of 2 chainz' verse on this which is just crazy imo

― 乒乓, Monday, January 21, 2013 12:29 PM Bookmark

srsly!

GOT MY TOP BACK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I BEEN THINKIN/ AND IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW THAT I BEEN THINKIN FRANKLINS

also essential: http://soundcloud.com/schwarz420/beez-in-tha-ha-ft-kevin-jz

speaking of the devil...

http://i.imgur.com/c7B3TJr.png

67. NICKI MINAJ "Starships" [200 points, 8 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

i've just realised how sad i'll be if "the boys" misses the 77

xp YES though!

if it weren't pimpin I'd be gettin i
PERIOD

tity boi historians, what does T.R.U. stand for?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

"starships" is pretty dope, redone is a mad genius

I have totally succumbed to Starships at this stage. As a bit of enormous pumping Guettahouse it works in a way that so many of these things don't. Having a chorus that isn't utter shit helps.

i thought this was gross when it first came out but by the end of the year all i ever wanted to do was to get really really drunk and dance to it in communal settings

AND I AIN'T PAYIN MY RENT THIS MONTH - I OWWWWWWWE DAT

contra so many other memento mori club pop the beauty of "starships" isn't that we're dancing cuz the world is about to end, it's that we're dancing because tonight will never end

q: how many redone songs can people admit to loving while still pretending they think he is an awful producer?

a: apparently limitless

"higher than than a motherfucker" and than the ludicrous drops, i can't not dance to it, i am actually going to dance a bit around my room right now

still can't stand "Starships" :/

weird thing is i like all the other edm-pop songs on RR tho

yeah i only barely started to tolerate this song, surprised by the legit love for it

was fortunate to almost never hear this outside of my own volition, i.e. on like my first two passes through RR and just now

That song was inescapable and is horrible.

this song is completely tacky and ridiculous and also the first thing here that i voted for, hmmm

that fucking bass

that kind of hip-hop is quite ok as party music, it has a nice, positive vibe. and it is even melodic. to dance to this i'd have to be very, very drunk though...

still can't get over how bad the video is

Actually, I don't really like 'Starships'. Nicki makes it an okay song, but it's not quite enough.

It's a little too LMFAO for my liking but Nicki elevates it.

yes thank goodness y'all, our first example of non-shite hip-hop, good ole starships

still can't get over how bad the video is

― prolego, Monday, January 21, 2013 10:40 AM (2 minutes ago)

lol it won a VMA