So we're halfway through 2008; what are your top 10 albums of this year, so far?

pains of being pure at heart album leaked, though i suppose it is officially 2009, never really appreciated them but this is quite good.

I listened to a lot less music this year; still heard upwards of two hundred albums and way too many singles, but I guess I feel less connected. It felt like a really weak year...? But I guess that has more to do with me than with the music.
Plus, since everything was on muxtape or youtube or emailed or on tv or whatever, I don't have hard copies of much of this stuff so it feels that much more ephemeral.

My _very_ provisional list of top 11 albums and singles with possible alternates:

Singles -
Florida and T-Pain - Low
Cherryholmes - Don't Believe
Lil' Wayne - Lollipop
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
T Pain - Chopped and Screwed
David Banner w/Chris Brown and Yung Joc - Get Like Me
Outkast w/Raekwon - Royal Flush
Estelle - Wait A Minute
Eluveitie - Inis Mona
T Pain, Chris Brown, Lil Mama - Shawty Get Loose
Bun B, David Banner, MJG - You're Everything

also:
Lykke Li - Let It Fall
TI - Ready For Whatever
TI - Let My Beat Pound
Cherryholmes - Goodbye
Anthony David - Stop Playin'
Santogold - Shove It
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Lil' Wayne - A Milli
Lil' Wayne - Mrs. Officer
Ludacris - One More Drink
Erykah Badu - Honey
Santogold - Light's Out
Santogold - You'll Find a Way
Devin the Dude - Can't Make It Home
Sheek Louch - Good Love
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
Mariah Carey w/ T Pain - Migrate
The Menahan Street Band - Make the Road by Walking
RZA - You Can't Stop Me Now
Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash
Brandy - Right Here
John Legend w/Andre 3K - Green Light
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Webbie - Independent

Albums -
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe
Anthony David - Acey Duecy
Al Green - Lay It Down
RZA - Digi Snacks
Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
Ratat - LP3
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Janelle Monae - Metropolis
Braid Soundtrack
Polk Miller and The Old South Quartette - S/t

also:
Curren$y - Higher Than 30K Feet
Hercules and Love Affair - s/t
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Dizzee Rascal - Maths and English
Santogold - Santogold
T Pain - Thre33 Ringz
Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo
Estelle - Shine
Asher Roth - The Greenhouse effect
Devin the Dude - Landing Gear
Eluvietie - Slania
Lil Wayne - The Carter III
Mariah Carey - E=MC2
Britney - Circus

i made a mix of my fave songs of the year:

http://fortune5thousand.blogspot.com/

"low," seriously??

what a generic x boring song -- i dont think even tape store reps for that

'low' is a pretty monster pop hit. i would go for 'in the ayer', personally, but i really enjoyed 'low's ubiquity

just fyi "ubiquity" does not have positive connotations

SHAWTY GOT LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOWWWWW

what about it did you enjoy lex pretend

I listened to Low pretty obsessively for December and January and have avoided it ever since, but I'm not going to pretend like those months never happened.

just fyi "ubiquity" does not have positive connotations

just fyi i know this

what about it did you enjoy lex pretend

i enjoyed hearing it every week at street dance class

best ILM post ever

I listened to Low pretty obsessively for December and January and have avoided it ever since, but I'm not going to pretend like those months never happened.

― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:39 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this^^ also that means that track is from last year dogg

just fyi, I do not attend street dance class

grady, p+j asks that track have impact in the calendar year you nominate; low was a top 40 monster in January as i recall... maybe into feb?

ok i see

Hm, looks like Low hit its stride in February and March... was the Billboard Top 40 #1 for six weeks, second only to that fuckin' Leona Lewis thing.

Digi Snacks was terrible imo

1. Black Pus - Black Pus 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus
2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
3. Rings - Black Habit
4. Mutators - Secret Life
5. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
6. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
7. GOA - 3
8. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
9. Sun Araw - The Phynx
10. Stereolab - Chemical Chords

I really really liked Digi Snacks and I don't know anyone else who did.
Go figure.