ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

also, "like a cheetah in the jungle but i'm motherfuckin faster - like a pre-teen boy in a church with a pastor" was such an immediate WTF-did-she-just-say-REWIND moment, and also has so much extra resonance considering what we now know about her own childhood

ha, there have to be at least 4, if not more, rap songs since then?

yup - keef, le1f, katz, haze

YES

If I ran music i would create an entire genre called "sounds like "R.P.M." a bit"

otm

up and coming starz of 2014: pane, y0rt, fuze, manz

"Bring In The Katz" is not a rap song c'mon

Hadn't heard Angel Haze before yesterday so opinion not worth much, think I prefer "New York" but this is cool too.

i be on your head like duck-duck-duck bitch
i be in the air like pump-pumped-up fists
nah, i'm like up-chuck, like gut-fish
like hands up my skirt like when-you-gon-let-me fuck, bitch?

"Bring In The Katz" is not a rap song c'mon

the other katz!

I hope that y0rt is a real artist. Sounds like a Simpsons bit charachter.

oh right that thing

I'ma song behind but... hey, remember when Scott Walker's lovely voice was backed by beautiful orchestrations and his songs had melodies and a wonderful pop sensibility?

;_;

R.P.M. w/ a bit of swizz

All the Le1f/Zebra Katz/Angel Haze etc placing is a reasonable counterpoint to whoever was arguing in the Keef thread that ILx doesn't talk about uh non-regional thug stuff.

"Werkin' Girls" is obv fantastic, and really happy when the horns come in on the Scott Walker; was expecting it to be more hitting-carcasses-with-sticks than orchestral.

i like angel haze

tho i do think it's kinda weird she gets so much love on ILM because she's basically just doing like NYC battle rap type punchline stuff...not that i'm complaining! i hope to see some iron solomon tracks placing higher up the poll

j/k even i don't like iron solomon really now

we will not tolerate your hate-speech in this establishment, viceroy

All the Le1f/Zebra Katz/Angel Haze etc placing is a reasonable counterpoint to whoever was arguing in the Keef thread that ILx doesn't talk about uh non-regional thug stuff.

yeah that was a pretty hilariously rong characterization of azealia banks-era ilm

Walker is aiming at the classical art song tradition from an untutored angle, but it takes a similar listening environment/frame to be appreciated. It's not for your AM radio.

Dark York is one of my favorite albums this year but "Wut" is pretty far from my favorite thing on it. I like my Le1f darker and weirder.

Oh, this Angel Haze is nice.

All the Le1f/Zebra Katz/Angel Haze etc placing is a reasonable counterpoint to whoever was arguing in the Keef thread that ILx doesn't talk about uh non-regional thug stuff.

ilm talks about it, but i guess that was more about how the rap thread doesn't talk about it because it's not "proper" rap or whatever

http://i.imgur.com/r2C3aUy.jpg

25. BAT FOR LASHES "Laura" [342 points, 13 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

tho i do think it's kinda weird she gets so much love on ILM because she's basically just doing like NYC battle rap type punchline stuff...not that i'm complaining! i hope to see some iron solomon tracks placing higher up the poll

― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:09 PM Bookmark

idk, Nicki has a pretty firm grounding in this stuff too, although she's strayed further from it obv

i never gave a fuck about bat for lashes but that song is a stone cold 10/10 joint

voted for "Wut" and am glad I did--love that screen cap!

― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), mercredi 23 janvier 2013 20:22 (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's so good that i was like "nah i don't even need to hear the rest of this album"

First time I'm finally listening to this one.

surprised there aren't any big songs about throwing shade yet considering that term seems to be wayyyyyyy more used than reading around the internet

― prolego, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:49 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i had definitely seen it before but a recent NYer article made me think the phrase originated in the gay/trans community?

tho i do think it's kinda weird she gets so much love on ILM because she's basically just doing like NYC battle rap type punchline stuff...not that i'm complaining! i hope to see some iron solomon tracks placing higher up the poll

her more emotional/cathartic stuff won't place here but it's a key to her appeal/what makes her stand out

I really wish I liked anything on the new BFL album as much as even some of the lesser tracks from the previous two. She was a total dud to me on this go-round.

surprised there aren't any big songs about throwing shade yet considering that term seems to be wayyyyyyy more used than reading around the internet

― prolego, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:49 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ime "throwing shade" is more of an internet phrase now where as "reading" is pretty much a gay/trans thing

good song

The library.....is open

holy shit, i never checked out the latest B4L stuff because i'd dutifully done so with everything she released before and i never felt it despite it being tailor-made for me stylistically, but this song is fucking great

HAven't had a chance to listen to or catch up with the whole countdown but I'm extremely pleased the Scott track placed. It's the pop hit of the album, and when that video came out it felt like an event (for me at least). My #2 track of the year.

i didn't feel the need to vote for any bat for lashes outside of the album context but still glad to see it place

wasn't there another B4L single this year that had a faster tempo and was more of a jam?

ime "throwing shade" is more of an internet phrase now where as "reading" is pretty much a gay/trans thing

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:15 PM Bookmark

it originated as a (black/latino) gay/trans thing tho

oh I guess 'all your gold'

I'm quite a fan of Ima Read too. Ominous shit.

Really like the idea of this track being "a stone cold 10/10 joint," even if I don't completely agree!

Yeah this B4L track is pretty great. But I'm a sucker for female vocals w/ piano. It's really good though!

her more emotional/cathartic stuff won't place here but it's a key to her appeal/what makes her stand out

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:15 (2 minutes ago)

Yeah; probably would have voted for "Wicked Moon" but bet-hedged on "Werkin' Girls", and IIRC emil.y voted "Cleaning Out My Closet" at #1.

Sadly I'm with JF here - prior BfL kinda filled a Siouxsie shaped hole in my listening, and the trad/stripped down arrangements that fill the new album just don't give me enough glitter to keep me engaged.

it originated as a (black/latino) gay/trans thing tho

― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

right right. i guess my point is that it makes sense to me that there was an "i'ma read" and not a "throwing shade" in 2012.

Maybe it's just that "superstar" is a lyrical red flag for me, wherein I can't take the song seriously after that. Unless it's the Carpenters.

this B4L song really reminds me of http://youtu.be/k-iQyGlKiKw (big compliment obv)