My Pazz & Jop "Tracks" Picks, 2008-2012

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An idea that's been rattling around in my head for a couple days. No idea how I'd vote in this thing.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Beyoncé · "Countdown" 5
Lindstrøm · "Where You Go I Go Too" 4
Mariah Carey · "Ribbon" 4
Death Grips · "I've Seen Footage" 3
Animal Collective · "Brother Sport" 2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · "Walk Like a Giant" 1
Coldplay · "Viva la Vida" 1
Waka Flocka Flame · "Hard in Da Paint" 1
Nicki Minaj · "Roman's Revenge" 1
The-Dream · "Love King" 1
Cam'ron · "Cookin' Up" 1
Lil Wayne (ft. Young Money) · "Every Girl" 1
Cold Cave · "Life Magazine" 1
Eric Copeland · "Alien in a Garbage Dump" 1
Black Dice · "Pigs" 1
Schoolboy Q · "There He Go" 1
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · "Mladic" 1
Coldplay · "Paradise" 1
Sharon Van Etten · "All I Can" 1
Scott Weiland · "Paralysis" 1
Cryptacize · "Mythomania" 0
Eat Skull · "Cooking a Way to Be Happy" 0
Grasshopper · "Death Compass" 0
Stylophonic · "R U Experienced?" 0
Akon (ft. Lil Wayne) · "I'm So Paid" 0
Rosemary Krust · "Slow Amber" 0
Religious Knives · "On a Drive" 0
Oneida · "Brownout in Lagos" 0
Lil Wayne (ft. Juelz Santana) · "Always Strapped" 0
Juliette Commagere · "Your Ghost" 0
Rachel Goodrich · "G-Dino" 0
The Lonely Island (ft. T-Pain) · "I'm on a Boat" 0
Carly Ptak · "All Ways Different" 0
Mike Bell · "Monroe Station" 0
Starving Weirdos · "Land Lines" 0
Gang Gang Dance · "Mindkilla" 0
The Flaming Lips · "I Found a Star on the Ground" 0
Angels in America · "Trespass 2" 0
Elizabeth Veldon · "Can You Please Stop Raping Me? (Part 1)" 0
Freddie Gibbs · "187 Proof" 0
Kyle Clyde · "Industrial Park" 0
Pete Swanson · "Know When to Say Wha?" 0
Asher Roth · "Muddy Swim Trunks" 0
Autechre · "Y7" 0
Avey Tare · "Ghost of Books" 0
Juelz Santana (ft. Yelawolf) · "Mixing Up the Medicine" 0
No Age · "Aanteni Score Live at the Red Cat" 0
Peter J. Woods · "Corpse" 0
Telecult Powers (ft. Lala Ryan) · "Freakout" 0
Ab-Soul · "Track Two" 0


RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:00 (ten years ago)

Waka over Religious Knives, though I haven't heard most of these.

welltris (crüt), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:08 (ten years ago)

awww, me and ray comprised half the voters for "every girl"

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2009/RXZlcnkgR2lybHx8fExpbCBXYXluZSAoZnQuIFlvdW5nIE1vbmV5KQ==

The Cuddling Of The American Mind (some dude), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:15 (ten years ago)

Damn, really? "Every Girl" is still a personal favorite.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:19 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyOGNhdhlAY

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:25 (ten years ago)

Still brings the warm'n'fuzzies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nhSmzJLJXE

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:32 (ten years ago)

Kyle Clyde, "Industrial Park"

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Clyde/LIVE_on_WFMUs_My_Castle_of_Quiet_242011/01_Industrial_Park

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:33 (ten years ago)

Remember when The-Dream was fun?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGcQgUnxY14

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:38 (ten years ago)

"Countdown" easily for me, though I too am unfamiliar with much of this list.

Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:43 (ten years ago)

you can afford to surrender half an hour to this song today (and EVERY damn day)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx0yCpfNPmw

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:44 (ten years ago)

The No Age score is here: https://vimeo.com/84410058

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:49 (ten years ago)

Sorry for all the posts, I'm procrastinating a deadline by revisiting most of these songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGgj88D_G-8

The Weiland tune I tend to play on repeat whenever I dip back into it. Just something about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHWCzscsiag

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:11 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckIdSp5pekk

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:21 (ten years ago)

why this era specifically btw

The Cuddling Of The American Mind (some dude), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:27 (ten years ago)

Really it came down to what was accessible for records online, specifically via Pazz/Jop, though my voting history only goes back to 2008 (for some reason pre-2008 was excised). The plan was to make this a 2008-2014 tracks poll, but ILX polls limit the number of options, so.

Some dude, like you do, I need to get back into blogging my picks for a given year so I can have half a chance that they won't get wiped in a database purge.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:31 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMK6Ro6dfgs

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:35 (ten years ago)

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Angels_in_America/Narrow_Road_To_The_Interior/7_Trespass2

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:37 (ten years ago)

love the eat skull representation but "cooking a way to be happy" wouldn't be one of the first 10 songs of theirs i'd choose

k3vin k., Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:37 (ten years ago)

To be fair, I really only heard that one Eat Skull album, and "Cooking a Way to be Happy" was THE SONG that stuck with me, and I never pursued them further. I should, someday.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:40 (ten years ago)

their first album is so good. all about "punk trips"

k3vin k., Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:41 (ten years ago)

i'll revisit that, kev!

meanwhile, Drake was SO YOUNG here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzq2HQ2YRs

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:49 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnOe6QFyvts

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:51 (ten years ago)

other favorites: "fade to smoke", "stick to the formula"

k3vin k., Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:54 (ten years ago)

"Ribbon"

thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 November 2015 19:25 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpDr97ZUsI

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 19:39 (ten years ago)

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Telecult_Powers_featuring_Lala_Ryan/The_Modern_Rites_of_Pei/03_Freakout

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 19:41 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ranlTsoAI

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 19:41 (ten years ago)

"Ribbon" is still amazing, yup.

But also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SED_MSE1GRE

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 19:48 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWUEfgZ_Z88

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 November 2015 20:17 (ten years ago)

ALIEN IN A GARBAGE DUMP! super psyched to see Rosemary Krust on here, too

flappy bird, Sunday, 22 November 2015 21:34 (ten years ago)

I wish I could find the Rosemary Krust song streaming anywhere :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7I67PpiI0

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 23 November 2015 18:53 (ten years ago)

Eric Copeland had such an amazing run from 2007 to 2013: HERMAPHRODITE, ALIEN IN A GARBAGE DUMP, STRANGE DAYS, WACO TACO COMBO, LIMBO, JOKE IN THE HOLE... plus all the singles! the man was on a tear

flappy bird, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:02 (ten years ago)

I went with "Pigs" - technically Eric Copeland.

billstevejim, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:16 (ten years ago)

where have Black Dice been btw? no record for nearly four years? I know they've played some shows post-MR. IMPOSSIBLE era with new material, but im bummed, the world needs more Black Dice

flappy bird, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:21 (ten years ago)

as in all things, my sensibilities are split between death grips and beyonce

Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 November 2015 20:31 (ten years ago)

https://peterjwoods.bandcamp.com/track/corpse

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:20 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIBT3vxHYk

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:21 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE5F2XYWmUo

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:23 (ten years ago)

(I've voted, will reveal my pick once all ballots have been cast)

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:24 (ten years ago)

Grasshopper, "Death Compass"

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Grasshopper/My_Castle_of_Quiet_Session_26thAug09/Death_Compass

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:28 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUUgVClm74

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:12 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyWPT4jtsr4

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:16 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:20 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hlzbe9t4BI

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:25 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqrYtmHp57M

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:27 (ten years ago)

At the time I was absolutely SLAYED by this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73NQeVxL5i8

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:29 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnYiW5dnhQ

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:32 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iBl681oUeE

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:35 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C985uGVnso0

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:37 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7k1_kOqvk

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 02:42 (ten years ago)

This was the last time I had any interest in Nicki

https://vimeo.com/16390642

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 30 November 2015 02:15 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 5 December 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

Forks otm, went Beyonce tho

albvivertine, Saturday, 5 December 2015 02:41 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 6 December 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

I'm glad I voted for "Paralysis," for a bunch of reasons.

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 6 December 2015 00:21 (ten years ago)

(and gratified that Lindstrøm finished so high!)

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 6 December 2015 00:21 (ten years ago)


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