ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

xp aero's comment >>>>> Chief Keef's song

Gack. I'd rather listen to Keef again.

i heard and dug it on the Mike Will mixtape first so it was hard for me to not hear it as a highlight after that

wtf

agree that 'fuck u all the time' is the standout. there are some other jams on the mixtape tho & i think ppl majorly projected their own issues with the 'state of r&b' onto that mixtape xp

This Jeremih song is kind of a mess and really unpleasantly trebly in the chorus.

yeah, it stunned me on the mike will tape and i've loved it ever since. beat is a masterpiece and surprisingly good party song too.

'ahh shit' is also a really good, dark & slinky

Wish I'd paid attention to it before voting, because I may have been able to up it a few places. I really like this.

i still don't understand who all these people are that ignored Jeremih's first 2 albums and all their singles and then flipped for the mixtape though

or the people who loved jeremih's first 2 albums and then flipped for the mixtape

I liked his first album pretty well, but I got distracted by the time the second came around and I still haven't gotten around to the mixtape either.

So, "773 Love" is basically the first new material I've heard from him since 2009.

or the people who loved jeremih's first 2 albums and then flipped for the mixtape

― 乒乓, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you mean 'flipped' like i did (loved it) or like changed their tune? afaict the only person who hates on the mixtape is lex, who never seemed like a big jeremih person to begin with.

i thought that a lot of people who flipped for the mixtape were people in need of terius-isms, no matter how weak, after terius himself fell off

I was probably just thinking of lex xp

i was a big jeremih person! i mean "birthday sex" and "imma star" are all-time for me. listen to those and then listen to anything on the album - the songwriting just doesn't compare

the entire mixtape is incredible... it rarely if ever sounds like the-dream

that's extremely smooth. is that the music for candle light dinner in the 2010s? on the other hand this sounds pretty hollow and artificial. very retro with those synthesizer planes. cosy but cold.

jeremih had two songs in 2011 ("down on me" and wale's "that way") that were almost as big as "birthday sex"

there's nothing particularly the-dream about jeremih other than his vocal register imo

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32. LE1F "Wut" [302 points, 11 votes]

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idk 'fuck you all the time' is kind of terius

xp j0rdan - interesting opinion that i disagree with completely... i find his vocal style & way he writes his melodies just straight up terius

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

too low

well "birthday sex" is basically a dream rip off (tho classic in its own right) but i don't hear the-dream at all on this tape. i think there's a ton of influences more apparent than terius.

so much of what gets traced to terius is just common influences (prince/r. kelly/etc.) imo

wut is really amazing, put it just outside of the top 5 of my un-submitted ballot to penalize it for the vocals being too low in the mix

sweet!

also i didn't hate the jeremih mixtape, just thought it was average and not remotely noteworthy

le1f, that's more like it - another rap track we forgot to predict

i kinda prefer "fresh" off the mixtape, but "wut" is the obvious banger

did this song ('wut') ever get mixed properly?

I voted for Soda instead, and I hope it's still to come, but if this is all there is then I'll just be happy for it to place.

wut is so good

"wut" is cool... the beat is like "down 4 my niggas" or something which is a big reason why i fuck with it.

the rapping is pretty eh. good hook tho too.

le1f video giving me fond memories of lemme smang it

haha j0rdan just convinced me to listen to this

ukrainian cutie, he really wanna cuddle / the fever in his eyes, he wanna suckle on my muscle

omg what is this

"i'm an emperor, wanna see me in my new clothes?" is such an amazing brag/come-on

starting to lose hope that any lmao tracks will be placing, IE "friday" "nyan cat" or that hour-long beiber remix thing

what kind of a mess is that? at least it's short. but i don't get this, it's not made for my ears and my brain.

alex what are your favorite rap tracks

Le1f doesn't come to you. You go to Le1f.

this is aight for something released by 'greedhead,' the croaking delivery is pretty annoying though

wut is not really an lmao track in the same league as those u mentioned imo

starting to lose hope that any lmao tracks will be placing, IE "friday" "nyan cat" or that hour-long beiber remix thing

― billstevejim, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:16 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The only one I can think of from this year is 'Thanksgiving', but it's a bit boring in comparison, and doesn't have much of the actual musical merit of the ones you listed.

my #1 was this type of song but i don't wanna jinx it

starting to lose hope that any lmao tracks will be placing, IE "friday" "nyan cat" or that hour-long beiber remix thing

― billstevejim, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

what lmao tracks were even nominated this year

Gangnam Style, durr.

le1f song is cool, mix is distractingly bad tho