ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

t swift was 10 years old when kid a came out

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:23 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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plus i like the original "ima read" better aka when project pat & la chat go back and forth on "chickenhead"

the Fives bootleg & the Mike Q/B.Ames remix of this are urgent & key.

yessss

njena's cut-glass contempt on "i don't like that bitch" is so great

njena's parts are def way better than zebra katz

also like to imagine Ima Read as max's great-great-grandmother

uh that track is kind of really unpleasant imo

i initially thought the original's minimalism wouldn't hold my attention long-term and i'd need to use the remixes but it turned out that none of the remixes really worked on the same level

<i>also like to imagine Ima Read as max's great-great-grandmother</i>

lol

hey katz, smell the coffee, bring in the katz! god this is so boring. unbelievable.

https://soundcloud.com/the-fives/zebra-katz-ima-read-the
https://soundcloud.com/#zebrakatz/ima-read-mike-q-x-b-ames-remix

Firs takes away the "too minimal" argument, second exacerbates it.

Such a good selection, great poll, as usual!

Didn't expect this to beat "Wut", makes me wonder if "Wavvy"'s still to come.

[Lil Chat]
yeah you like my outfit
don't even fake the deal
i thought you said you had your girl on the light bill

[Project Pat]
always in my face
talkin this and that
girl i had to buy some rims for da Cadilac

[Lil Chat]
you riding clean
but ya gas tank is on E
be stepping out ain't no decent shoes on ya feet

[Project Pat]
that's just the meter broke
youn't know'cha talkin bout
anyway them new Jordans finna come out

[Lil Chat]
hate see ya in a club
ya mobbin wit a mug
know that ya ridin wit ya boy
ya nothing but a scrub

[Project Pat]
but he was with me
that's when you hated
cause when i got up on ya friend ya damn-near fainted

[Lil Chat]
i sho did
in our face drankin on that "yak"
moutth fulla golds but yo ass need some tic tacs

[Project Pat]
what? you need some gum
breath like some thunder
what you lookin at
i don't want yo phone number
(boy please whateva)

huh I must be mellowing a little bit in my old age because I am really digging the Burial track

wow this fives remix is fantaastic

this song was completely perfect as a catwalk soundtrack for rick owens' paris fashion week show: http://youtu.be/8ZviPuZAzxU

uh that track is kind of really unpleasant imo

― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:26 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agreed. I have to admit I didn't waste any time trying to figure out what was going on or what the appeal was, but then again there was nothing there to inspire me to spend that time.

everytime someone referenced "Ima Read" on ILM i thought they were talking about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8

it's hardly trainspotting to understand no one outside of, like, my mom or total idiots thing mumford & sons are "indie hipsters"

― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:13 (11 minutes ago) Permalink

I think the mistake people appear to make ITT and elsewhere is to assume the line is an attack on indie rather than just an attack on her ex. She's flaunting her ignorance and lack of interest in whatever the f**k thing jake is listening to in her room because she's now totally indifferent to him - of course by doing so she ends up seeming anything but indifferent but that's relationship dynamics not taste jockeying.

My boyfriend is convinced that his music taste is ~much~ cooler than mine but probably only half of this board or the world would agree with him.

my #3!

the Fives bootleg & the Mike Q/B.Ames remix of this are urgent & key.

― etc, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:25 PM Bookmark

yes! I thought about nomming and voting for the MikeQ/B. Ames remix but I like it and the original about equally. It's kind of endlessly remixable tho and there are so many good ones, which contributed to its domination of my year. Stealing this observation from dream hampton, but I love that a gay dude and a woman made the hardest rap song of the year.

LOVE the MikeQ/B.Ames remix though this is not a tune where I draw hard and fast boundaries between versions.

"ima read" video was one of the videos of the year too

My girlfriend's reaction to Ty Dolla $ign:

http://i.imgur.com/97qPa.jpg

Hoooooeesss...

pissed i missed both the noms and voting deadline this year. great list so far.

A+ screen grab
lol that's me he's sitting on.

"ima read" video was one of the videos of the year too

― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:34 PM Bookmark

^^^

j0rdan's whole thing conflating "Chickenhead" (a great record too) with "Ima Read" is some willful sophistry

they really have zero to do with each other beyond having a woman and man rapping back and forth

the version of "Ima Read" on the Spotify playlist is super boring

'Ima take that bitch to college / Ima give that bitch some knowledge'

^ makes a good answer song to Wrapped Around Your Finger imo

they really have zero to do with each other beyond having a woman and man rapping back and forth

― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:37 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

they're reading each other!

they're also rapping insults (at each other? can't really tell), but yeah you could also compare it to "Bitties In The BK Lounge" or any number of other songs by that measure

xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsnq1IzJD9I

they're reading each other!

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:40 PM Bookmark

hmmm, true. but I view Zebra/Njena's relationship as less adversarial and more like wolves circling in on their prey.

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

27. SCOTT WALKER "Epizootics!" [330 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

Spotify / Youtubr

the version of "Ima Read" on the Spotify playlist is super boring

― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:39 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't think it could get more boring than the YouTube version but wow

but I view Zebra/Njena's relationship as less adversarial and more like wolves circling in on their prey.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:42 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah, i mean, it's not a 1-to-1 comparison. but anyway i was just being a grinch.

ooh, that reminds me of another amazing thing about "Ima Read"! how the way the voices circle around the stereo field contributes to that effect

I view Zebra/Njena's relationship as less adversarial and more like wolves circling in on their prey.

That's always been my take too.

is it even worth listening to a scott walker track outside of the album

it's 10 mins long

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Scott <3

hmmm, true. but I view Zebra/Njena's relationship as less adversarial and more like wolves circling in on their prey.

yeah they're obviously allies against the song's object

I voted for this - haven't actually got my head around the album yet and settled for the lead track.

I really can't get into Scott Walker, what am I missing, where do I begin?

ooh, that reminds me of another amazing thing about "Ima Read"! how the way the voices circle around the stereo field contributes to that effect

What mix is this? It isn't the version on the Spotify playlist.

xp begin here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZkU11CxNds

Well, when you say you can't get into "Scott Walker", do you mean the stuff he's putting out now?

xp

yeah they're obviously allies against the song's object

― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:44 PM Bookmark

if anything, they're competing to see who can better read said object (Njena wins, obv)

xps: oh never mind, just got to that section about 2:30 in; I'd turned it off before that point last time