ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

I was noticing the lower point totals this year, for example Flesh Without Blood, which placed at #11 in 2015 had 542 points. I'm wondering if this is because of fewer voters or general lack of consensus

― Dan S, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:39 AM

It's some of both. Spoiler: no song is even close to 1,000 points this year.

Let's break the seal on the top ten...

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

10 FUTURE "Mask Off" [364 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/xvZqHgFz51I

I do wonder if Bodak Yellow would have placed higher if it wasn't the critical consensus pick of the year.

it's been both fewer voters and less consensus in general

Bodak Yellow received about 3.45 points per voter, while Flesh Without Blood received about 4 points per voter

not sure I ever got all the way through "mask off" (I did vote for T-Shirt tho)

― rob, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:35 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

went to youtube to listen to Mask Off again and it started at 2:04 so I guess that answers that

what's up flute loop

#52 "Unmask Me" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #10 "Mask Off"

flute loop is sweet, but I'm very tired of dreary Future
besides 2017's best flute jam was Bum Bum Tam Tam: https://youtu.be/_P7S2lKif-A
(there's even a remix with Future if you must)

Back in March I thought I was the only one who thought "Mask Off" my favorite.

Iconic song

#52 "Unmask Me" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #10 "Mask Off"

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:45 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good mashup idea tbh

unmask me is better than most of the songs on this list tbf

oh sorry just got the mask thing, i'm tired

but I'm very tired of dreary Future

i thought i was too but mask off is p good

good mashup idea tbh

Or in this case a maskup

xxxxp but

pffft never underestimate this board's desire to stick it to deej
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, January 25, 2018

good mashup idea tbh

Or in this case a maskup

― MarkoP, Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:48 AM (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck it, maskoff

i kind of found bodak yellow to be very depressing song

don't get this twisted: t-shirt is just a really good song; deej's weird refusal of it conceivably being a hit was minor comedy
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:49 AM (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obviously this is objective truth

god "don't get this twisted" thanks forks, i won't

i don't think i like bodak yellow after reading the ilm thread

mask off is good
tshirt is good too

i don't think i like bodak yellow after reading the ilm thread

somehow i missed that whole thread but reading it now i feel the opposite, i like it more

i was kinda kidding lol

anyway, I like Mask Off, but I always thought the part where Future keeps rapping in the original flow when the drums drop out was a bit weird

What makes this song resonate for me above a million other similar bits of luxury braggardry is the line "These expensive/these is red bottoms/these is bloody shoes," which is not only catchy but lays bare the violence of capitalism in a way I haven't heard in other songs. The louboutins are literally "bloody" -- she acknowledge that she has stepped on and crushed others to get where she is. This line works not only on that sort of personal ruthless, status climber level but also describes the "blood" of the sweatshop labor that went into making her luxury item:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/17/revealed-the-romanian-site-where-louis-vuitton-makes-its-italian-shoes
"Red" is even more appropriate here being not only associated with blood but with labor. At the end of the day she openly admits to identifying with being a "boss" and that "worker(s)" are contemptible. And being a boss means she makes "bloody moves," i.e. she acknowledges that being a capitalist inherently requires violence. Moreover, she doesn't have to *dance* (sell her labor) because she "makes money move" (freely moves capital across borders).

― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Saturday, January 13, 2018 11:22 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I still don't know if this post was serious or not but either way i love it

:|

^^

brad aptly sums up my reaction to the BY phenomenon

i'm glad you're not getting it twisted Brad

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

09 MIGOS "T-Shirt" [367 points, 13 votes]
https://youtu.be/1VUa99-tJqs

good timing

I can see how a pro writer would find that less amusing than me :)

I think this is the third thing from my ballot to place? One of the better moments of the live set I saw.

It’s a hit.

woke
kemo
sabe
choppa
aimin
at yo
noggin

name someone can stop me
(no one)

OK Bad Liar was my other tip for #1 (so probably will be 'Boys' ergh)

Bicep's stuff still seems so dry, cold and not quite complete to me. Really don't get the love.

oh shit the way this kicks in is completely ripped off from something!!! hang on

oh it's the blacker the berry hahaha

i don't hate "boys" but i do dislike that there are terrible men in the video

Now rooting for an unlikely Akanamali or a rather more likely New Rules

last year's #9 (Lindstrøm's "Closing Shot") had 21 votes, inc one first place

my guess for numero uno is love galore

that jason isbell track was in my top 10, and the alvvays track in my top 20 iirc

yaeji in the bottom half

weird, i thought we accounted for all four Isbell votes earlier

Yeah...

*looks at spreadsheet*

Four votes, 1 first place

right let's start again

ive resubmitted my ballot

i never participate in these btw

*poll-runners all deescalate from simultaneous heart attacks*

https://i.imgur.com/wHLf9Bi.jpg

08 PARAMORE "Hard Times" [370 points, 14 votes]
https://youtu.be/AEB6ibtdPZc