ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

this is probably my least favorite song in the top 77. What am i missing here?

whattttttt I did NOT expect this to place. voted for it!

idk it's beautiful man xp

ten love songs was obviously an amazing record, but there wasn't a song that showcased just how incredible a vocalist she is like "undercover" does. the final minute is mind-blowing.

I like the album plenty but this can't help but kinda tower over it

she nails it every time live too. we are lucky to have her.

https://youtu.be/8MmbT9ASWyg

Incredible song. The way it builds towards the end is breathtaking.

there were a few other songs i liked more on the album but it's still quite good.

just another day on earth where i listened to "undercover" and cried lol

she nails it every time live too

yeah this was something to behold

some days i feel like i'm in bizarro world; pretty sure this isn't even in my top three songs released in 2017 named "Undercover"

tbh, this might not be the highest-placing "undercover" on this poll

it almost certainly isn't, and I voted for both!

the final minute is mind-blowing.

Yep. Coming off Ten Love Songs, I was all "eh, so we're doing this now?" and THEN I got to the end of this.

didn't get into the album unfortunately but love this track

yeh the final 2 mins spook me in a good way

I admit I don’t really get Sundfor but I see she has a heavy following on ILM.

back to back "Undercover"s would be amazing but the Kehlani one was my most played track of 2017 so I'd like to see it as high as possible

i was VERY slow to warm to Kehlani's "Undercover" but I rediscovered it in November and it's been on heavy repeat since and i think i'm going to play it again now

Undercover is beautiful. That's all.

Undercover is great and when I heard her doing it live it reached new heights for me. Best voice.

https://i.imgur.com/9BiRyt3.jpg

22 YAEJI "Drink I'm Sippin On" [286 points, 11 votes]
https://youtu.be/xoxCItHxLiM

n1ck sylvester has his revenge!!

(this is good)

yes this is excellent -- i voted for it. had no idea sylvester was involved til later.

Just now checking out the J Hus album. Title track is so my thing.

Yaeji killed this rollout dead it seems.

i don't really get the yaeji hype or this track but raingurl was decent

This feels like hack shit to me, but ¯\(ツ)/¯

^^ new board description

Raingurl definitely better

this Octo Octa track is nice and I definitely prefer the more subdued origin than the compressathon of the remix

God, even I like XO Tour Llif3 and I'm usually bored shitless by stuff like this.

same

https://i.imgur.com/bM7Q0kn.jpg

21 LORDE "Green Light" [295 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/dMK_npDG12Q

Top twenty speculation can now run wild

this means saer will crack the top 20 \m/

"liability" was my jam from the Lorde album

i still want “palette” to place but uh it’s looking unlikely

I think I had to leave "Drink I'm Sippin On" off my ballot at the last minute, but I'm glad it placed.

I've been quite enjoying a bit of trap in the last couple of years but for whatever reason had only given the Uzi Vert track a cursory listen. It's okay but a little generic compared to some of the stuff the usual suspects (yeah Migos and Thug and Future) brought out this year. Does its job and goes. Maybe needs to sink in a bit more

much prefer raingurl as well

doglatin, i would bet XO will grow on you with time; it sure did for me

I actually heard the Lil Uzi Vert track out in the wild around my neighborhood. That's basically how I keep up with what's popular in mainstream rap...people driving by with the windows down.

love raingurl too!

Apparently I haven't been keeping up with Canadian music? I'm rather liking the Alvvays song too. It's a little heartwarming that music like this is still being made.

90s guitar indie is making a rather sizeable comeback, both of the jangle variety and the crunch distortion variety.

voted for green light, it took me a little while but i really love it, definitely her best track. whole chorus is great especially the "i'm waiting for it" vocals

as a non-trap fan, xo tour llif3 is much more immediate to me than most is

some predictions/hopefuls for the top 20:

Patek Water (hoping)
Mask Off (likely)
Self Esteem - Your Wife (hoping)
Living In The City (if only cos I whacked it at the top of the summer jams thread so)
Give Me A Reason (hoping)
Strike A Match (but more likely Sacred Paws will be in the albums poll)
I Feel It Coming (Likely? is this well liked by ILM?)
Bagbak (maybe?)
Common Sense (not a hit and maybe a bit blood sausage)

Yeah I had a lot of things to say about Palette in the even of it placing but I've given up so I put it on my notepad for me to post after the list is over.

feel like "feel it coming" missed its moment last year