Here Come the Drums!

Top 50 Albums - 2009

2010-01-04T18:41:00.000-08:00

1. DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout
2. Death - For the Whole World to See
3. The-Dream - Love vs. Money
4. Electrik Red - How to Be a Lady, Vol. 1
5. Meshell Ndegeocello - Devil's Halo
6. Big K.R.I.T. - The Last King [Mixtape]
7. A-Trak - Fabriclive.45 [Mix]
8. Nicolay - City Lights 2: Shibuya
9. The Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come
10. Shafiq Husayn - Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka
11. Geeneus - Volumes: One
12. Donae'o - Party Hard
13. Wiley - Race Against Time
14. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings
15. The XX - s/t
16. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
17. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information 3
18. Maxwell - Blacksummers'night
19. UGK - UGK 4 Life
20. Gucci Mane - The State vs. Radric Davis
21. Blaq Poet - The Blaqprint
22. DJ Paul - Scale-a-Ton
23. Freeway & Jake One - The Beat Made Me Do It [Mixtape]
24. Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
25. Shakira - She Wolf
26. v/a - The Sound of UK Funky [Mix]
27. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II
28. Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully
29. Pill - 4180: The Prescription [Mixtape]
30. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - How Fly [Mixtape]
31. New Boyz - Skinny Jeans & a Mic
32. Two Fingers - s/t
33. Silkie - City Limits, Vol. 1
34. Ciara - Fantasy Ride
35. Ghostface Killah - Wizard of Poetry
36. Ryan Leslie - Transition
37. Deradoorian - Mind Raft [EP]
38. Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel
39. Ryan Leslie - s/t
40. Crazy Cousinz - This Is UK Funky House [Mix]
41. Young Dro - R.I.P. [Mixtape]
42. Pill - 4075: The Refill [Mixtape]
43. Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
44. Muhsinah - Triangle
45. Dyme Def - Panic [EP]
46. Curren$y - This Ain't No Mixtape
47. Booker T. Jones - Potato Hole
48. Willie Isz - Georgiavania
49. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines
50. JHawk - Jerkin' With JHawk, Vol. 1 [Mixtape]

Top 50 Singles - 2009

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1. House of House – Rushing to Paradise (Walkin' These Streets)
2. DJ Quik & Kurupt – 9x's Outta 10
3. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
4. Pill – Trap Goin' Ham
5. Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne – Turnin' Me On
6. Maxwell – Bad Habits
7. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
8. David Guetta f/ Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over
9. Crazy Cousinz – Inflation
10. Electrik Red – So Good
11. New Era – Pockets On My Pannies
12. Azari & III - Hungry for the Power
13. Big Boi f/ Gucci Mane - Shine Blockas
14. The Juan Maclean - One Day [Surkin Remix]
15. Kid Cudi – Day 'n' Nite
16. The-Dream – Sweat It Out
17. K.I.G. – Head Shoulders Knees 'n' Toes
18. Shakira - Loba
19. Royal P – Between Us
20. New Boyz – You're A Jerk
21. Nicki Minaj f/ Lil Wayne – I Get Crazy
22. Sticky f/ Lady Chann – Your Eye Too Fast
23. Lil Cali f/ Young Dro - Ric Flair
24. Soulja Boy - Turn My Swag On
25. Omarion f/ Gucci Mane – I Get It In
26. 2000F & J Kamata – You Don't Know What Love Is
27. Dorrough Music – Ice Cream Paint Job
28. Cooly G – Love Dub
29. Gucci Mane f/ Plies - Wasted
30. Eve – Me 'n' My
31. Jackie Chain – Diamonds & Cadillacs
32. Fuzzy Logik f/ Egypt - In the Morning
33. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is the Move
34. Jeremih – Birthday Sex
35. OJ Da Juiceman f/ Gucci Mane – Make Tha Trap Say Aye
36. DJ Hell f/ P. Diddy - The DJ
37. Donae'o f/ Princess Nyah - Party Hard [Remix]
38. Basement Jaxx – Raindrops
39. Geeneus f/ Katy B – As I
40. Lindstrom & Christobelle – Baby Can't Stop
41. Young Money - Every Girl
42. Kirby the Hottest – White Friends
43. Aeiress Ent – Billy
44. DJ Class – I'm the Ish
45. Swagg Kidz - I'm a Nerd
46. Project Pat f/ OJ Da Juiceman – Keep It Hood
47. MA1 - Waterfalls
48. Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart
49. Gorilla Zoe - Lost
50. J. Futuristic - Sauce

I may or may not start posting more often

2009-08-24T21:37:00.000-07:00

Of course, this may just become a vault for youtubes I like, too.

more jukebox

2009-04-20T02:47:00.000-07:00

what it sez in the title; not the best crop

Fever Ray, "When I Grow Up"
Eric Hassle, "Hurtful"
Tinchy Stryder, "Number One"
Dizzee Rascal, "Bonkers"
Depeche Mode, "Wrong"
Smashproof, "Brother"
Keri Hilson, "Knock You Down"
The Lonely Island, "I'm on a Boat"

unanswered pop conference question #1

2009-04-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

it ain't trickin' if you:

a) can afford to do so
b) had sex with her
c) have what might cause a man to trick on you
d) were the recipient of what was being tricked off
e) understand exactly what's going on
f) other?

da mystery of jukeboxin'

2009-04-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

More Jukebox:

The-Dream f/ Mariah Carey, "My Love"
Jim Jones, "Blow the Bank"
Veronica Maggio, "Stopp!"
Bat For Lashes, "Daniel"
Girls Aloud, "Untouchable"
Brick & Lace, "Bad to di Bone"
Flo Rida, "Sugar"
Lil Wayne, "Hot Revolver"

And a couple that didn't make the cut:

The Lonely Island f/ T-Pain, "I'm on a Boat"

They're committed enough to the joke to pull it off, and this could well have been awesome if they'd picked one that was funny.
[5]

Marina & The Diamonds, "Obsessions"

Does this woman really sing like that, in that goat-frog groan? Presumably that's someone else doing the perfectly pleasant background vocals.
[2]

Q1

2009-04-03T02:04:00.000-07:00

top tens, why not

Albums:

1. The-Dream, Love vs. Money
2. UGK, 4 Life
3. The Juan MacLean, The Future Will Come
4. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, II
5. Ryan Leslie
6. Royksopp, Junior
7. Camp Lo, Stone & Rob: Caught on Tape
8. Heavy, First Sessions
9. Gorilla Zoe, Don't Feed da Animals
10. Telefon Tel Aviv, Immolate Yourself

Singles:

1. House of House, "Rushing to Paradise (Walkin' These Streets)"
2. Keri Hilson, "Turnin' Me On"
3. K.I.G., "Head Shoulders Knees 'n' Toes"
4. The Juan Maclean, "One Day"
5. Kid Cudi, "Day 'n' Nite"
6. Project Pat, "Keep It Hood"
7. Jamie Foxx, "Blame It"
8. Gorilla Zoe, "Lost"
9. The Twelves, "Be My Crush" (The Juan MacLean remix)
10. Crazy Cousinz, "Inflation"

loss; new things

2009-04-01T17:41:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated in a while. Part of that is that I lost my good friend Rickey Wright, and each time I opened this blog, I'd see the post at the top wishing him well, leading to an uncomfortable knot in my stomach. Not to dwell on such things, but he was an amazing guy that I can only take consolation in the fact that he will never have to suffer again.

With that out of the way, I've been writing in a couple new places: a) at the new hiphop.com, where I have a review of the new EPMD album; and b) at the revived Singles Jukebox. I wrote for the old Jukebox at StylusMagazine.com and I'm more than glad to have it back. Here I am on:

The Noisettes
Maino
Soulja Boy
Keri Hilson
The-Dream
Asher Roth

Get well, Rickey

2009-02-16T01:44:00.000-08:00

Know that we all hope for the best.

I finally gave in to Facebook

2009-02-16T01:43:00.000-08:00

HARRUMPH!

YOUTUBE JAM VAULT (sry for lack of wordz)

2009-02-05T23:43:00.000-08:00

A few new (to me at least) thangs I've been bumpin' like pinball tilt.

Erre XI, "Carita Bonita"

Sebastien Tellier, "Kilometer" (Aeroplane 'Italo 84' Remix)

Ryan Leslie, "Quicksand"

SAVION!

2009-02-02T02:58:00.000-08:00

I saw him Saturday night. He was as great as always, but Marshall Davis Jr. is my new tap hero. I wrote a review of sorts.

Amtrak...

2009-01-24T16:09:00.000-08:00

...y'all are some MFs. I was supposed to be in Olympia around 9:30 yesterday morning. I didn't get there until past noon and missed the legislative session I was supposed to sit in on because they canceled the 7:30 train to Portland. I had a mighty fun time waiting in King St. Station for two hours before they finally came up with a bus.

btw...

2009-01-18T00:53:00.000-08:00

With a bit of prodding and a bit of received generosity, I am back in school. It was a good decision, because, you know, I need to be doing something, anything, with my life.

We Still Party

2009-01-12T00:34:00.000-08:00

song of the day:

you know, cause right this very second Quik is that dude

Marvin kick in effect

2009-01-11T03:47:00.000-08:00

No idea why "Praise" isn't regarded as some sort stone classic beyond it not really having been a hit, but here it is.

today :-(

2009-01-07T20:04:00.000-08:00

My life's passion got straight up put on hold.

First orders of business

2009-01-05T02:48:00.000-08:00

Hey. Just to let you know, this blog probably isn't worth your time to read. I doubt I'll post in it very often, and most longform stuff I write will be posted at Cave 17, or elsewhere, such as this piece about Georgia Anne Muldrow's song "New Orleans". That one is worth your time.

I also have lists I made of my 20 favorite albums and singles of 2008, the former of which (in slightly different form) was contributed to Cave 17's top 25 albums of '08.

The albums:

1. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part 1 (4th World War)
2. Solange, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
3. The Foreign Exchange, Leave It All Behind
4. Kelley Polar, I Need You to Hold on While the Sky Is Falling
5. Calle 13, Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
6. The Bug, London Zoo
7. The-Dream, Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter
8. Robin Thicke, Something Else
9. Portishead, Third
10. Nappy Roots, The Humdinger
11. Hercules & Love Affair, Hercules & Love Affair
12. Matmos, Supreme Balloon
13. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
14. Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman
15. T.I., Paper Trail
16. Sébastien Tellier, Sexuality
17. LaBelle, Back to Now
18. J*Davey, The Beauty in Distortion/The Land of the Lost
19. T-Pain, Thr33 Ringz
20. Esperanza Spalding, Esperanza

And singles:

1. The Juan MacLean, "Happy House"
2. Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
3. Crazy Cousinz, "Bongo Jam" (f/ Calista)
4. Solange, "I Decided"
5. Grind Mode, "I'm So High"
6. Hercules & Love Affair, "Blind" (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
7. Young Jeezy, "Put On" (f/ Kanye West)
8. Hood Headlinaz, "Rollin'" (f/ Jackie Chain & Jhi-Ali)
9. Janet Jackson, "Rock With U"
10. Portishead, "Machine Gun"
11. The Roots, "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)"
12. Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"
13. Jazmine Sullivan, "Need U Bad"
14. Le Le, "Breakfast"
15. Ne-Yo, "Closer"
16. Lloyd, "Girls Around the World" (f/ Lil Wayne)
17. Wisin y Yandel, "Siguelo"
18. The Bug, "Skeng" (f/ Killa P & Flowdan)
19. T.I., "Live Your Life" (f/ Rihanna)
20. Wiley, "Wearing My Rolex"