ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

song reminds me of Cathy Dennis' "Too Many Walls."

i'm guessing that j lo's vocals had nothing to do with why "i luh you papi" placed on this poll, but just hearing it for the first time and holy jesus her voice - minimal to begin with - has not aged well. the beat is solid but otherwise woooooooof

I voted for the Shorterz remix.

this performance sold me on "crying for no reason"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9oUQqkmwlI

not one of my picks off that album though

i tried with RNT, i really did! a six minute opening track?

Real Nigga Timeline is Migos' worst full-length since they became popular, mostly because they started to misunderstand what makes them good. Like it's way more focused on technical rappity-rapping then it should be, and while their technical skill definitely adds a dimension to them, it's really a secondary part of their appeal. Young Rich Niggas and No Label 2 both had way more catchy songs than RNT, which gets way too bogged down in them trying to prove themselves instead of just letting their chops serve the songs. Actually, my favorite songs on RNT are the 'real shit' songs at the end like "What Y'all Doin'?" and "Struggle".

Yeah Crying never sounded what its critics said it sounded like to me. Always dug it.

there are some good rappity rap tracks on RNT though... the first 5 or so songs are killer. then at the end it gets good as rev says. the middle is soggy though.

Yeah, I'm not saying it's all bad, just not what they're best at.

all migos mixtapes since YRN are imperfect though ... RNT has about as many good songs as 'no label II' imo they're just good in a diff way

i do quite like "crying for no reason" but it felt too soon for katy to sink to radio 2 territory. especially when she should have been getting back to back number ones in a chart landscape filled with commercial pop house that she use to do so well.

is she gonna put out another single? "everything" should totally be one

the success of commercial pop house weirdly almost requires that its performers be ~as anonymous as she was back when she broke w/ "katy on a mission"

having "still" be the next single was the dumbest decision ever lol

I never felt like she was anonymous until this year!

the campaign ended when "still" completely bombed. it was a ridiculous choice for a follow up single when she finally had momentum, but then i expected nothing less when her team couldn't even make the correct decisions on what should go on the standard version of the album.

http://i.imgur.com/B5tDM1O.jpg

42 SHAMIR "On The Regular" [311 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/Lp9GgdCgMXk

I loved this for about a week but I'm happy to see it.

on the real tho the entire singles campaign was fucked up, that "crying for no reason" got that high was probably a miracle if you consider what came before it

"loved for about a week" is right

and i don't understand why she released the danger ep when "aaliyah" and "got paid" could've been huge lead singles for the album proper. oh well.

i get why people like "on the regular" but it's a bit too precious & cute for me

it's basically tuneyards r&b

when it briefly turns into a ballad tho it gets real good

it's basically tuneyards r&b

so otm

This song is ok, thought so the first time I heard it and will probably think so this time next year. I've only heard it 4 or 5 times, though.

Shamir is one of those people who are just this close to something I would unreservedly love but somehow manage to get it completely wrong.

oh shit and J0rdan nailed it in the xposts.

i think shamir has so much potential and i am really excited to see what he does but i don't love this track as much as i want to, the raps are kinda wooden. i like his ep.

a lot of these made my original cut to about 100 but not the final 25 - this included

cool song

definitely but i meant more in the sing-y sense, i mean you have guys like z-ro and nate dogg who were doing the singy raps but were decidedly more gangster, plus you have gangster rappers who are also emo like pac and scarface, but before kanye and drake who were the emo rap/singers of today like future and quan influenced by, if anyone?

Not sure if they influenced any of those, but this was definitely the first "singy emo rap" act I ever came across:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEwHJX95QE#t=84

it's basically tuneyards r&b

― J0rdan S.,

hahaha

Tuomas.

lol that is actually a pretty good comparison

Tuomas.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 4:23 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark

Goonyards

lol

wtf guys Shamir is amazing; Rev I have been trying to get you to listen to Shamir like the entire year DO YOU RLY NOT LOVE IT???

you guys are just so awful

why would you say the Shamir was x-r&b before x-house ?? oh the rapping i guess..

wtf guys Shamir is amazing; Rev I have been trying to get you to listen to Shamir like the entire year DO YOU RLY NOT LOVE IT???

― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:25 PM Bookmark

Wait when?

Shamir is way closer to bad queer-party electro-house aftertaste than anything I'll publically endorse.

This song kind of made me wonder how the Yelle track did.

This song is ok, thought so the first time I heard it and will probably think so this time next year. I've only heard it 4 or 5 times, though.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 4:20 PM (11 minutes ago)

Hold up, the 6th time killed it dead for me. Blech.

hey thx Rev, i'll look into those earlier migos tapes. there were some things on RNT that stuck out but it's all kind of submerged for me at the moment. truth be told: i do a lot of deep listening in the car, and this tape is longer than a standard cd! i had to split it up on two discs and tbh i don't think i played the 2nd half, whoops.

good song, didn't vote for it

like 'I Know It's A Good Thing' more than 'On The Regular' anyway

also that HudMo-produced Tiombe Lockhart track in a similar vein (in turn what I'd have wanted the Hercules album to sound more like)

aw related vids shows his cover of "the house that built me" :'(

This Shamir tune is okay, definitely better than Tune-Yards one... But between those and some other tunes in this poll, I gotta ask, why does artsy electro/house/pop rap of today always have to sound so goddamn hyperactive, like everyone's eaten three too many boxes of Cheerios? Don't any of these folks smoke weed?

Oh man, I've tried with the last two Hercules albums and both were garbage.

You guys! There's only one more coming today. I hope it makes us all happy, because there were some bad vibes all over this thread today. <3

the placement of "YRN" is giving me hope for Lifestyle/Stoner/About The Money. really can't wait to see how upset the squares get with multiple Young Thug tracks.