ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

I have never heard of this

this is new to me, I like it

Yes! Voted for this, love the cheeky Inner City nod and everything else abt it tbh.

look at you, look at you

how did i not know about this, i really like it

fuck that get down :D

FUCK THAT, GET DOWN

FUCK THAT GET DOWN

FOR WHAT

Shit, was this from this year? Had no idea it was very popular. Love this one

20 DJ SNAKE & LIL JON "Turn Down For What" [290 points, 13 votes] it's not ok to not like this song

19 CARIBOU - "Can't Do Without You" [391 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes] there are some good tracks on the album but the vocals on this one are really not ok

18 BOBBY SHMURDA "Hot Nigga" [397 points, 17 points] perfect song, fun video, tension never lets up and every line hits

17 MERIDIAN DAN - "German Whip" Ft. Big H & JME [414 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes] woah, i love this! the raps are seriously FUN, cool flows, hilarious wordplay. and i am one of those ppl who front like they don't like british rap

16 TOVE LO "Habits (Stay High)" [420 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes] this one's ok, another radio song i can now place a name to. had no idea it was about smoking weed, so that's cool

15 SKEPTA "That's Not Me" Ft. JME [459 points, 16 votes, 2 first place votes] preferred german whip to this. but this is good too

14 RICHARD DAWSON "The Vile Stuff" [468 points, 11 votes, 4 first place votes] the guitar is cool but the vocals and lyrics are way too ummm...

13 FUTURE "Move That Dope" Ft.ft. Pharrell Williams, Pusha T [470 points, 18 votes] good song that i haven't really thought of in... 8 months? great beat & hook but it comes short of classic status

12 KIESZA "Hideaway" [476 points, 18 votes] this is a good song, would have completely loved it if i had heard it on the radio, i guessed i missed its period of ubiquity? or maybe it was only a hit in the UK. i support 90's house revival

11 RAE SREMMURD "No Type" [481 points, 20 votes] listening to this song is even sweeter than winning 5$, luckily for me i now get to do both

10 VIC MENSA "Down On My Luck" [483 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote] really good song. i never got obsessed with it but it's always a pleasure

OK, entering the top 10? Sweet.

Overjoyed to see this one.

many americans will have missed it as it failed to catch on in a big way here

― dyl, Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:43 AM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark

if you listened to pop radio for more than 30 minutes at any point over the summer you would've had a decent chance of catching it

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:45 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Perhaps. I never heard "Hideaway" on pop radio. Certainly nowhere else in the wild. Wouldn't have known about it if not for ILM/Singles Jukebox, probably.

Would have placed Down on My Luck fairly high, since I voted for it a number of other polls, but somehow I forgot to vote for it.

This is gudd

For someone who listened to 200+ new releases this year, and countless more singles, today has been a reminder why I visit ILM. I hadn't even heard of 5 of the 11 tracks so far. Not that into most of this stuff, but still very refreshing.

99% of my music listening in 2014 was on Spotify, and if a song wasn't on Spotify, I didn't really bother to seek it out. Occasionally, though, I'd look something up if I'd heard good things about it and was curious. "Down on My Luck" is probably my favorite song not on Spotify that I discovered in 2014.

if you listened to pop radio for more than 30 minutes at any point over the summer you would've had a decent chance of catching it

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:45 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i worked somewhere with constant radio exposure this summer but i didn't hear it. i wish i had

Vic Mensa sounds like Disclosure if they were any good.

It's on spotify, just not in the US.

fuck that get down :D

can see folks thinking the vic mensa track is slight, but it's such a sweet ride ~vibezzzz~

xp Huh, that's weird. I wonder why.

^another good set of flop-takes right there

Down on My Luck hasn't been officially released in the US

here's my british rap song top 5, all sales final

1. wiley - wearing my rolex
2. tinie tempha - pass out
3. dizzee rascal - i luv u
4. meridian dan - german whip
5. skepta - that's not me

― J0rdan S., jueves 22 de enero de 2015 15:06 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is an awesome top 5. I think I might like British rap better than US rap. The SBTRKT remix of Pass Out is also amazing.

^another good set of flop-takes right there

― gr8080, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:46 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i enjoy flopsons positivity but i want him to know hes not getting that $5 until no flex zone actually places

This Vic Mensa tune is a blast. Well done, folks.

german whip, lmao

My Brit rap top 5 would include She Rockers, Blade, Hijack & Caveman bcs I am old and fell out of big love with hip-hop around the time the Wu Tang broke lol.

I was honestly expecting Down on my Luck on the top 3. Glad it's up here.

i enjoy flopsons positivity but i want him to know hes not getting that $5 until no flex zone actually places

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:47 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

denial

i once bet dylannn 100$ the rob ford smoking crack video would be posted within a week and lost tho, i know the feeling

lol

say shmurda place & was like, ehh, too high, then saw german whip place above it & thought, lol wait no

*saw

rev & i have diverged more than usual this year

hey LJ you might enjoy some of the stuff on the post-fahey folk thread(s) if you like richard dawson, whom i wouldn't have known about if you hadn't been a relentless cheerleader. i didn't vote for it but i like it.

i hate it when mom and dad fight

So much rap this year!

rev & i have diverged more than usual this year

― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:52 AM Bookmark

Ehh we both like Vic Mensa and Young Thug.

lol gr80

http://i.imgur.com/4w3JnBZ.jpg

9 SOFI DE LA TORRE "Vermillion" [490 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/Tu2gQZ5le54

And I do like "Tchelete" fwiw! Just more for its hooks than its beat.

Yay!

more surprises!

I have never heard of this artist or song.

Likewise.

There was a week last month in which "Vermillion" was constantly in my head.

Singles Jukebox's top-rated song of 2014, iirc

only heard bc of the singles jukebox

not really a fan