ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

lol no comment

Phantogram, I love this song at first listen, didn't know it!

Am I right or completely off? Lol

lol gr8080

Lol

"Pooley" is good, I think I prefer the other afrobeats track that placed cause it was more turnt up and emphatic whereas this one is more laidback and cool.

I think there are at least 8 songs on Black Messiah I prefer to "Church". It doesn't really go anywhere, even by D'angelo's standards. Most of his songs slide in hook that might not grab you til the 5th time you hear it but then never lets go. This one doesn't. That bell is great tho, yeah.

Tkay Maidza I thought was gonna be more afrobeats based on name/title, turns out it's sub-Azealia Banks mediocrity instead.

http://i.imgur.com/TNG8uTh.jpg

36 YOUNG THUG "Stoner" [328 points, 12 votes]
http://youtu.be/Vs_ESC5gc5w

ANDALÉ!
ANDALÉ!
ANDALÉ!
ANDALÉ!
ANDALÉ!
ANDALÉ!

The Zooropa-vibe on U-Huh is because of the 'Numb'-like beat, right?

i like how this songs placement is also the title of a different track thugger was on in 2014

Btw Moka, can you please never type out "niggers" again? I was seeing all types of red for a minute. OK, thanks.

I like the version he did with Gucci Mane as well, this is the first one I have voted for that has featured.

I FEEL LIKE FABO

Tkay Maidza I thought was gonna be more afrobeats based on name/title, turns out it's sub-Azealia Banks mediocrity instead.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:50 AM (1 minute ago)

hahah somehow i just knew this is what a rev would say <3

Strictly speaking Stoner is a summer 2013 track but I guess it only really blew up in 2014 so I welcome its inclusion here.

Did you listen to the Nicki Minaj song? You'll pass out from redness if you dislike that word.

yeah i like this track but it feels ancient

old thug

40 GURU "Pooley" immediately grabbed by the production which is rather tremendous. (caught a few seconds of the "boadicea" sample at the beginning, no?) it goes on a liiiittle too long but otherwise it's awesome, great new find.

39 D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD "Prayer" this is 'nice' or w/e but i'll go ahead and assume you have to experience it in context of the whole album which is what everyone has said about everything from black messiah lol

38 TKAY MAIDZA "U-Huh" almost too catchy. i think i've woken up in the middle of the night with it running through my head.

37 PHANTOGRAM "Fall In Love" already forgotten it.

36 YOUNG THUG "Stoner" yesssssss i didn't have room for it but thank goodness it placed. completely arresting from the first time i heard it on the radio.

xxxp I could give a fuck about another black person using that word. You are not black.

i cant listen to "stoner" once without listening to it 3 more times minimum

xxxp I could give a fuck about another black person using that word. You are not black.

― The Reverend, miércoles 21 de enero de 2015 14:55 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How would you know?

moka stop

now

please

Tkay Maidza I thought was gonna be more afrobeats based on name/title, turns out it's sub-Azealia Banks mediocrity instead.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:50 AM (1 minute ago)

She's Zimbabwean-Australian iirc

miércoles 21 de enero de 2015

"Stoner" is one of the those songs that completely blew my mind the first time I heard it. I thought it was like 5 different rappers. One of the things I love about Young Thug is how he's constantly switching up flows in the middle of verses. He has as many styles on one song as many rappers do period.

How would you know?

― Moka, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:57 AM Bookmark

You've talked about your background here?

thought it was 5 different rappers OTM

young pentathug

my summer tune was the Stoner 2 Times version of this, a soundtrack to my imaginary holiday season!

not my favorite YT song but like Rev YT blew my mind the first time

hahah somehow i just knew this is what a rev would say <3

― gr8080, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:53 AM Bookmark

ha

there are spanish-speaking black people Eric

motion to bring back the hey qt debate

Can we please not do this? Rev was right to air his grievances about seeing that word used, c'mon people.

save us gr80 etc etc

imastoner imastoner imastoner

motion to bring back the hey qt debate

― telling like hot takes (imago), Wednesday, January 21, 2015 7:03 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Motion to tempban LJ

stoner is real fun
haha to touch on earlier statements this is the first time i've seen the video and always thought it was multiple artists

i listened to hey qt last night and couldn't figure out why it was contentious

do people just really not like the corny pitchshifted-up effect on the vocal? other than that it sounds like something i'd expect to hear in any given ilx poll

et tu gear :O

this sort of set the template for my "idgi" re young thug. his hiccuping tone and the stop-start tinny beat and the stop-start flows all make me feel a bit seasick. i guess if i could take his vocal tone i could appreciate it but i'm not even nearly enjoying it.

the moment i really "got" young thug's deal was "try me" (the trae single not dej loaf) which is a song literally only i seem to give a shit about

love stoner love the stoner beat especially it has such amazing momentum and narrative

It's for your own good :[

I love how the "I feel like Fabo" part is weaved through the track as a secondary hook, appearing in the background under the second chorus and then at the end of the song.

Ok I'm not but I wasn't using the word freely just pointing out I disliked how many times she said it in such a short amount of time. She literally says it every two seconds. Ignoring the debate about the word which I don't think anyone in here wants to get into (i'll just say it doesn't feel to me like you can 'earn' to say some words, if it's wrong for some group to say it, it should be wrong for everyone) and I don't know much about what's considered to be 'good' rapping but rhyming every verse with the same word whatever that word is seems lazy to me.

no

ima motherfucking stoner