ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

twigs and tinashe still to come and they'll both do very well in the album's poll i'd bet

but yeah

hey-are those keyboards on Blank Space a bit of a Missy Elliott/Peter Piper homage?

i have just realised that yet again ILM continues to snub ariana grande :(

FKA Twigrocks #1?

i voted for 3 ariana grande tracks :(

this is only beginning

Other ILM staples missing - mid-tier song propelled ridiculously high by virtue of a great remix.

(I mean I'd like to think the DJ Q remix might tip Tinashe over into the #1 spot but I'm guessing I'm the only person who voted for it)

You guys didn't made Fancy #1 did you mothereffers?

this is the part when we break free

maybe "love me harder" is the surprise top 4 song no one sees coming

there's already like 5 songs on this list that sound exactly like "love me harder"

this year any of "bang bang" "problem" "love me harder" "fancy" could have conceivably placed. last year it was "the way" "baby i" "piano" :( all missing out

Lifestyle is the track where Young Thug and Rich Home Quan really make sense to me, I haven't heard anything else in this vein that's got anywhere near it.

Also if it's finishing below No Flex Zone then No Flex Zone is too high.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:49 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbh even though Thugger takes up most of the track, he's really stepping into Quan's realm than vice versa. He's really reigned in compared to most of his work. All the stuff about taking care of family that's the heart of the track is definitely RHQ's turf. I usally prefer Thug when he's more off the wall and his rapping is more stylized (I know those things sound at odds but they really aren't), but it really works here.

Also it bears mentioning that the production is totally late-90s west coast.

Chasing Time, Two Weeks, 2 On, Fancy and something else?

no way is fancy not going to place

there's really not enough you can say in praise of this song. it's, well... a lifestyle ;-)

the promise that "this is only the beginning" brings a tear to my eye

the dj q mix of "2 on" was the last thing i cut from by ballot. regretting that now with the spectre of "seasons" winning.

no way is fancy not going to place

― out here like a flopson (tpp)

I hope not.

I'm thinking it's going to be Two Weeks at number one with 2 On in second.

this year any of "bang bang" "problem" "love me harder" "fancy" could have conceivably placed. last year it was "the way" "baby i" "piano" :( all missing out

― danzig, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:57 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

it's funny bcuz ilm was really on ariana before any critics basically

amused that my spotify friends queue just lit up with lifestyle, like seven people

IM LIVING LIFE LIKA BEKIM M THISIS ONLY BLEGIMIN

really need to change my dn now flopson is back actually, confusing

i thought the ilm turnaround on ariana grande was bullshit, put "problem" in my top 10 and liked the album quite a lot

Search function tells me I just made the first mention of Chasing Time in this thread. Has ILM forsaken Azealia Banks?

The surprise nobody sees coming: Begin To Dissolve

Jordan otm about Quan's verse tying everything together. He's totally the heart of (this incarnation of) Rich Gang.

I voted for way more rap than r&b on tracks this year. Oh well.

Az. Banks will do well on albums but there never seemed to be any consensus about what the best tracks on her album other than "212" were.

Fancy is #78 with a bullet, is my guess.

"lifestyle" another song that makes me irrationally happy

this year any of "bang bang" "problem" "love me harder" "fancy" could have conceivably placed. last year it was "the way" "baby i" "piano" :( all missing out

― danzig, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:57 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

by "fancy" i mean "break free" obvs

LOL MarkoP u made my evening

Also it bears mentioning that the production is totally late-90s west coast.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

reminds me especially of "This D.J." by Warren G

I only voted for the Slum Of Legs b-side, let the team down -_-

Yeah the album was well-received but Chasing Time was definitely the 'consensus' pick I think? It did well in the singles jukebox and on the Azealia thread I think it was the most mentioned single. Definitely didn't expect her to place below Tkay and Shamir in the hip house front.

i don't see azealia making it this high

Benetint & Malevolence album version to place top 40 in 2015

I don't either unless more pro rock critics lurked and voted.

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http://i.imgur.com/jGx2vPi.jpg

4 FUTURE ISLANDS "Seasons (Waiting On You)" [683 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/-5Ae-LhMIG0

Tinashe, Twigs, Future Islands and...

phew

double phew

Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Oh, there's one.

Thank fuck that's out of the way.

this song is mostly fine, honestly

Love this song but kind of relieved to see it not win. The outrage would have been too much.

oh look pro rock critics lurking and voting

I guess this band gets some kind of underdog/sympathy vote? idgi

would ilm have imploded if the poll's #1 mirrored p4k and pazz & jop?