ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

Hah!

there was a discussion upthread about the emotional range of techno, which i think is vast, but "can't do it without you" is the kind of track that would make you think otherwise - its emotional effect is very saccharine and dissipates very quickly compared to the actual emotional heft electronic music can provide

it was outdoors yeah! at a festival in croatia that was seemingly only attended by people who worked in the media

http://i.imgur.com/x6DiGkP.jpg

18 BOBBY SHMURDA "Hot Nigga" [397 points, 17 points]
http://youtu.be/vJwKKKd2ZYE

too high

Yessssss

Shmurda saves me from going 0/25.

background dude in blue hoodie otm

GET THE MONEY BACK AND SPEND IT ON THE SAME THING

my sixth vote. undeniable rap anthem.

it was outdoors yeah! at a festival in croatia that was seemingly only attended by people who worked in the media

― out here like a flopson (tpp),

music for the oudoors has largely been a huge failure, which is a shame. On the one hand its good because it preserves the sanctity of the valley from the developers and the local autotune company, though they do set up camp near here once or twice a year and i have to retreat further into the longer grass, but on the other hand the best music in the world is afters music, 50-100 people, a cabin, and a river, and a variety of genial atmospheres

"hot n*gga" has so many hooks despite not having a hook

Just find this and loaf so much more menacing than I ever did NWA.(Mainly the vid for Shmurda more than the track) Maybe just cos I'm old now. Still love it but a little heartbreaking at the same time.

"undeniable" has been deployed as a descriptor far more sparingly than last year's thread but imo this is the track for it

This only just missed my ballot, woulda definitely made it into a 30. Awesomeness.

there were a gazillion remixes of it but the reggae remix with jah x, junior reid, mavado and popcaan felt like a very fitting companion

dog latin 'pooley' is transparently priapic lascivious woman-objectification* but this is ilm so it's ok

*correct me if i'm wrong, like, but

― my shoes are deception (imago), Thursday, January 22, 2015 7:25 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I googled this and found a dubiously sourced article saying that it's Guru's made-up word for "prostitute" but it's not meant to be disparaging: “It is no fault of some of the girls to be commercial sex workers but they find themselves on the street. I coined the name Pooley to give prostitutes some respect”

i started this track and went to write an email and it was over. trying again.

tell them n*ggas free miccio

― lool at the herrlich (wins), Sunday, 5 October 2014 12:10 (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've decided many of you are insane

very concise track

I googled this and found a dubiously sourced article saying that it's Guru's made-up word for "prostitute" but it's not meant to be disparaging: “It is no fault of some of the girls to be commercial sex workers but they find themselves on the street. I coined the name Pooley to give prostitutes some respect”

― rob, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:34 PM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actively showing sex workers respect still feels like a very rare progressive thing to do, sadly, so kudos to guru if the article's correct

yeah it really gets in makes its point and gets out

where's deej...sure he's got an opinion on this placing

Well we're off to a promising start today, nice!

More favourably disposed towards this since discovering it's from an EP entitled 'Shmurda She Wrote'.

lol

!

haha

Ok I'll listen to it then.

I have to say, just that fact has me almost wanting to investigate this dude now

Shmurda on the Orient Express.

Shmurd is teh word

A Shmurda of Crows.

Dial M For Shmu-- oh shit.

shmurda on the dancefloor

This is...effective.

Dial Shm for Shmurda xp!

shmurd is the word

xposts!

shmurda at the vicarage

shmurda in the rue morgue

ok enough

http://i.imgur.com/COG7V68.jpg

17 MERIDIAN DAN - "German Whip" Ft. Big H & JME [414 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes]
http://youtu.be/HNnrW54xPaY

Don't beshmurch his good name y'all

Shmurda Woulda Coulda

(okay, maybe not that one)

YES!

Choooon! Even enjoyed the freaky parody thing.

The Shmanson Family Shmurdas

JME is that Tropical guy, yes?

amazing song and in my top 10, despite featuring the worst lyrics of the year from jme:

20 pounds of diesel mate, if i fill up my tank it'll make me late

German Whip is amazing and i'd have voted for it had i not been as strict about 2013 releases.