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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Pitchfork's 100 best tracks of the year: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147998-the-100-best-tracks-of-2008?page=10

And your second reminder to get YOUR tracks of the year to leagueofpop@gmail.com!

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[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

not the most awe-inspiring of lists rly. but then they haven't picked such dreadful stuff that it's to be slagged particularly, beyond generic blahblahpitchforkindieblahblah...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

NOEZ I was hoping to be able to ignore this (having already come across it by mistake on ILM).

Should I post the Vibe singles of '08 on Poptimists, if we're going to be posting other publications' lists? It's a damn sight better than...this indie shit and it contains loads more ideas for people to use in their lists. I can even do a zip file with loads of 08 tracks in, if people want it.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes pls :) more lists the merrier sa i!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

yes plz to zip file. Having followed the best-of-list thread on ILM it looks as if you've had a different year from everybody else in the blogosphere - and a much better year at that!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's been really annoying to see everyone paying so much attention to all these indie-centric lists - I don't see why they should be treated as a barometer of anything other than indie, which I don't have any interest in, but they seem to get dragged into the critical centre in a way the Vibe and Fact lists don't.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

(and what's most annoying is seeing all the music I've loved getting pushed aside for endless reams of grey indie mopeyness - Tom was talking about entryism earlier but it doesn't seem to have worked on the Pfork list.)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes the potential for entryism was there but in practise it didn't work that well. BUT the reasons I post the P4K list are fairly obvious i.e. i. there are bits by me on it and ii. it's the most-read music website in the world (actually I think metacritic is more read but that's aggregation not original content). I think Vibe has similar authority in its field, and I think Fact's list is generally better, but I never said anyone COULDN'T post those!

[martinv.livejournal.com]

It's a meh list but it's kind of been a meh year overall. Yes there may be some subgenres that have produced good stuff, but not on a broader scale. I'm struggling to produce a worthy #1 for my list (which probably falls into the same ballpark as P4k (minus anything pointlessly experimental and anything drearily strummy - mostly).

Vibe Magazine Top 80 Songs

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There are a few...head-scratchers in this one, but 90% is A+ stuff, and a far better reflection of 2008 than *shudder* Pfork.

80. Joe Budden ft. Joell Ortiz, Nino Bless, Crooked-I & Royce Da 5'9", "Slaughterhouse" (Amalgam)
79. Duffy, "Mercy" (Mercury)
78. MGMT ft. Jim Jones, "Electric Feel (Remix)" (mixtapes)
77. Sheek Louch, "Good Love" (Koch)
76. Mr. Vegas, "Tek Weh Yuh Self" (Delicious Vinyl)
75. Danity Kane, "Damaged" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
74. G Unit ft. Young Buck, "Rider, Pt. 2" (G Unit/Shady/Aftermath)
73. Tricky, "Puppy Toy" (Domino)
72. Red Cafe ft. 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Jadakiss & Fabolous, "Paper Touchin' (Remix)" (mixtapes)
71. Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" (Island)

70. Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love" (J)
69. Ciara ft. T-Pain, "Go Girl" (LaFace/Zomba)
68. Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz, "Arab Money" (Flipmode/Universal Motown)
67. Keri Hilson ft. Lil Wayne, "Turnin' Me On" (Mosley Music/Interscope)
66. Esperanza Spalding, "She Got to You" (Heads Up)
65. Charles Hamilton, "Brooklyn Girls" (mixtape)
64. Hot Stylz ft. Yung Joc, "Lookin Boy" (mixtapes)
63. Slim ft. Jadakiss & Freeway, "So Fly (Remix)" (mixtapes)
62. Yung L.A. ft. Young Dro & T.I., "Ain't I (Remix)" (mixtapes)
61. Chris Brown, "Take You Down" (Jive/Zomba)

60. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Music World/Columbia)
59. Solange, "I Decided Pt. 1" (Music World/Geffen)
58. David Banner ft. Chris Brown and Yung Joc, "Get Like Me" (SRC/Universal Motown)
57. Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne, "Girls Around the World" (The Inc./Universal Motown)
56. Al Green ft. John Legend, "Stay with Me (By the Sea)" (Blue Note)
55. Rocko ft. Young Jeezy, T.I., Boo & Big Kuntry King, "Umma Do Me (Remix)" (mixtapes)
54. Portishead, "Threads" (Island)
53. Wale, "The Crazy" (mixtape)
52. Rihanna, "Don't Stop the Music" (Def Jam)
51. Rich Boy, "Chevy a Monsta" (mixtape)

50. Rick Ross ft. Nelly & Avery Storm, "Here I Am" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
49. Young Jeezy ft. Nas, "My President" (CTE/Def Jam)
48. Keyshia Cole, "Heaven Sent" (Geffen)
47. Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" (EMI)
46. Swizz Beatz, "That Oprah" (mixtapes)
45. New Kids on the Block ft. Ne-Yo, "Single" (Interscope)
44. Mavado, "So Special" (VP)
43. Bloc Party, "Mercury" (Vice)
42. Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santan, "Pop Champagne" (Byrd Gang/Columbia)
41. The-Dream, "I Luv Your Girl" (Def Jam)

The rest of the Vibe list! who knew lj had a character limit to posts

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

40. T.I., "What Up, What's Haapnin'" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
39. Trina, "Single Again" (Slip-N-Slide)
38. Raphael Saadiq, "Oh Girl" (Columbia)
37. TV on the Radio, "Golden Age" (Interscope)
36. Ray J ft. Yung Berg, "Sexy Can I" (Koch)
35. Maxwell, "Pretty Wings" (Columbia)
34. Webbie ft. Lil Boosie and Lil' Phat, "Independent" (Trill/Asylum)
33. Alicia Keys, "Teenage Love Affair" (J)
32. Plies ft. Ne-Yo, "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" (Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
31. Maino ft. T.I., Swizz Beatz, Plies, Jadakiss & Fabolous, "Hi Haters (Remix)" (mixtapes)

30. Mario, "Music for Love" (J)
29. Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown, "No Air" (Jive)
28. Kid Cudi, "Day N Nite" (mixtape)
27. T.I. ft. Rihanna, "Live Your Life" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
26. Usher ft. Lil Wayne & Beyonce, "Love in This Club Pt. 2" (LaFace/Zomba)
25. Erykah Badu, "Me" (Universal Motown)
24. Lil Wayne, "Dr. Carter" (Cash Money)
23. Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" (Geffen)
22. Nas, "Queens Get the Money" (Def Jam)
21. John Legend ft. Andre 3000, "Green Light" (G.O.O.D./Columbia)

20. Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Raekwon, "Royal Flush" (Jive/LaFace)
19. The Roots ft. Wale, "Rising Up" (Def Jam)
18. Shawty Lo ft. Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Hunt, Akon, Red Cafe, Plies & Lil Wayne, "Dey Know (Remix)" (mixtapes)
17. Robin Thicke, "Magic" (Star Trak/Interscope)
16. Lupe Fiasco ft. Matthew Santos, "Superstar" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
15. Ryan Leslie ft. Cassie & Fabolous, "Addiction" (Next Selection/Universal Motown)
14. Jay-Z, "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is . . . )" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
13. Kanye West, "Love Lockdown" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
12. T.I. ft. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
11. Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Atlantic)

10. Santogold, "Creator" (Downtown)
9. Flo Rida ft. T-Pain, "Low" (Atlantic)
8. Jazmine Sullivan, "Need U Bad" (J)
7. Ne-Yo, "Closer" (Def Jam)
6. Snoop Dogg, "Sexual Eruption" (Geffen)
5. T-Pain ft. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It" (Konvict)
4. Estelle ft. Kanye West, "American Boy" (Atlantic)
3. Young Jeezy ft. Kanye West, "Put On" (CTE/Def Jam)
2. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (Cash Money)
1. Lil Wayne ft. Static Major, "Lollipop" (Cash Money)

Re: The rest of the Vibe list! who knew lj had a character limit to posts

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I am glad someone else likes 'Roc Boys'! It is one of my most played youtubes this year I think.

Also worthy of note

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Fact Magazine Top 100 tracks (http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1604&Itemid=27&limit=1&limitstart=0) - ignore the indie and there are loads of excellent tracks in here which haven't appeared anywhere else, because everywhere else has terrible indie taste. Contains links to listen to them, too. I am down with at least three quarters of this list, which is a fantastic ratio. Their top 20 mixes of 2008 list also looks pretty ace.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

very surprised by Pfork's #1 track choice, partly because i think it's one of H&LA's weaker dance tracks (altho their own remix is much much better).

i like everything in their top 10 except Deerhunter (and the Cut Copy is kinda meh) which i don't think i've heard so their list is more of less fine by me.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

This list only shares 1 song in common with the top 10 I just submitted to poptimist orgafun. That's because I forgot about "Single Ladies" (actually, might not have made the top 10 anyways, would have been close.)