2011 In Pop: JUNE

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Better late than never! I forgot to check the OCC one week in June so apols if the best song ever has been missed off - bung it in the comments if so and I'll tack it on to July's poll. As far as I can work out it's been either Jason DeRulo, Example or Pitbull at #1 for the duration.

[Poll #1760000]

Feel free to post your Top 20 lists for 2011 in the comments!

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

My top songs of 2011:

1. Soulja Boy - The Juice
2. Rebecca Black - Friday
3. Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci
4. Metronomy - The Look
5. Katy B - Broken Record
6. tUnEyArDs - Bizness
7. Yelawolf - Shit I Seen
8. Kreayshawn - Rich Wh0res
9. Ms Dynamite - Neva Soft
10. Whatever the Romanian Eurovision entry was called

Other good stuff
Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow
The other new Beyonce song she did at Glasto
Metronomy - The Bay
The new The Horrors song (I was v worried about this until I realised I was confusing them with The Others)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Aw, we have Poptimists List House Style!

[koganbot]

"The Look" has been seriously overlooked (at least it was on the Jukebox, where it died during the interregnum). Haven't heard yr other Metronomy track yet.

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Good list. I am pleased that you like Kreayshawn. I'm contractually obliged to like her (but do anyway).

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Top 20 a bit too elaborate during work hours but top 10 something like this-

1. Wiz Khalifa- Black & Yellow
2. CREEP ft. Nina Sky- You
3. Ms Dynamite- Neva Soft
4. Yasmin- Finish Line
5. Nero- Guilt
6. Lupe Fiasco- Words I Never Said (don't care if this wasn't 2011)
7. Nicola Roberts- Beat Of My Drum (suspect next single will replace this tho)
8. Dawn Richard- Bulletproof
9. Kreayshawn- Gucci Gucci (will go up)
10. Chris Brown ft. Everyone- Deuces


Space reserved for ENTIRE NEW MASTODON ALBUM also.

ALSO RUNNING:
Rihanna & Dude- Who's That Chick, Adele- Rolling In The Deep, Gil Scott Heron/Jamie XX- I'll Take Care Of You, Britney- Trouble, N-Dubz ft Loick Essien- Morning Star, Cher Lloyd- Swagger Jagger, Aloe Blacc- Dollar,

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

OMG forgot about Who's That Check. Not Top 10 but close.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Er, chick.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Was that this year? I love that song.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Reviewed it on the Jukebox this year, but was from Guetta's 2010 album I think. Came out c. September 2010, I think?

Halfway stuff

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Good idea! (* = not a single)

1. Rebecca Black - Friday
2. Avril Lavigne - What the Hell
3. Britney Spears - Till the World Ends
4. Mann - Buzzin'
5. Selena Gomez and the Scene - Whiplash (http://cureforbedbugs.tumblr.com/post/7274182875/selena-gomez-the-scene-whiplash-damn-it)*
6. Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci
7. Chris Brown f. Lil' Wayne and Busta Rhymes - Look at Me Now
8. Pitbull f. T-Pain - Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)
9. Up with Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
10. Soulja Boy - Weed and Shoes (http://cureforbedbugs.tumblr.com/post/5462238844/soulja-boy-weed-and-shoes-this-song-needs-more)*

Other stuff, mostly from scenes/genres I can't keep up with a.k.a. teh rap:
Mary Mary - Walking
Jojo - Marvin's Room*
Keak da Sneak - Maxi Pads [2010]
Ace Hood f. Lil Wayne and Rick Ross - Hustle Hard (remix)
Wiz Khalifa f. Snoop Dogg, Juicy J, and T-Pain - Black and Yellow (remix)*
Wanda Jackson - Shakin' All Over
Roach Gigz f. Lil 4Tay - Wild Child (http://somanyshrimp.tumblr.com/post/5444973994/roach-gigz-feat-lil-4tay-wild-child-this-is)*
Husalah - Da Mob (http://somanyshrimp.tumblr.com/post/6159472805/shawarmageddon-husalah-da-mob-via-the)

Most likely to appear on this list before the end of the year: Dev

Re: Halfway stuff

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Pizza Bell Taco Hut Award for novelty introduced to me via Poptimists this year:

Bad Lip Reading - Gang Fight! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKaGwch0U)

The year that "Wobble" mattered

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

For any of y'all who missed out in '08, V.I.C.'s "Wobble" (http://youtu.be/fE_64SdD27w) (embedding disabled) inexplicably made its first Billboard appearance this year!

Re: Halfway stuff

[koganbot]

I'm counting "Wild Child" as a single, because he posted it on his own YouTube account.

Re: Halfway stuff

[koganbot]

My favorite Dev after "G6" is "A1" by Bobby Hutchins ft. Dev. (which I embedded during last month's roundup):

http://poptimists.livejournal.com/805233.html?view=15628657#t15628657

New Dev vid just out, in which she seems to be comparing herself to a spider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgEixhE3Oms

1st Half 2011

[koganbot]

Singles:
1. Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"
2. Jeremih "Down On Me"
3. GD&TOP "High High"
4. Galaxy Dream ft. Turbotronic "Ready 4 Romance"
5. IU "The Story Only I Didn't Know"

6. Bobby Brackins ft. Dev "A1"
7. Big Bang "Tonight"
8. Far East Movement ft. Lil Jon & Colette Carr "Go Ape"
9. Dia Frampton "Heartless" (live)
10. GD&TOP "Knock Out"
11. Rihanna "S&M"
12. 2NE1 "I Am The Best"

13. Rihanna "Man Down"
14. Reba McEntire "If I Were A Boy"
15. Nicola Roberts "Beat Of My Drum (Loverushuk Radio Remix)"
16. Secret "No. 1 (Inst.)"
17. Big Freedia "Almost Famous"
18. Girl2School "Let's Play Dance"
19. Kara "Jumping"
20. Lemonade Mouth Cast "Determinate"

Albums and EPs:
1. SOOLj Electro SOOLj (EP)
2. SNSD 1st Japan Album
3. Various Artists Mr.Collipark Presents Can I Have The Club Back Please
4. Britney Spears Femme Fatale
5. Roach Gigz Roachy Balboa 2
6. LPG The Special
7. T-ara Temptastic (EP)
8. T-ara John Travolta Wannabe (EP) [This is disco remixes of the Temptastic plus a couple new disco tracks, though "disco" probably needs scare quotes]
9. Rainbow SO女 (EP)
10. DJ Bedbugs Teen Pop Lock And Drop Vol. 1

Tracks that are not yet singles:
SNSD "Bad Girl"
fan vid:

DJ Bedbugs "Young Money Cash Minogue"
SOOLj ft. Tarae of Smash Bounce "앞 뒤 생각하지 말고"
SOOLj w/ DJ Tiz "Because I Am A Man (inst.)"
Mr. Collipark ft. Ying Yang Twins & DJ Kool "Let The Beat Hit"
DJ Bedbugs "Smile, Chalie"

Re: 1st Half 2011

[koganbot]

For the many of you who are trying to figure out the plot of the IU video, here's a version with more extensive subtitles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv9bez3lcXc

Best of June

[koganbot]

Best of June new to me and relatively new to the world:
Dia Frampton "Heartless" live
SNSD "Bad Girl" (Japanese version, which is the only one so far)
DJ Bedbugs "Young Money Cash Minogue"
Mr. Collipark ft. Ying Yang Twins & DJ Kool "Let The Beat Hit"
DJ Bedbugs "Smile, Chalie"
Mr. Collipark "Let's Have Some Fun"
AB ft. Jacob Eye "Slip"
Celia "D-D-Down"
Bubba Parks & Ying Yang Twins "Ridiculous"
The-Dream "Fuck My Brains Out"
CREEP ft. Nina Sky "You"
Miss A "Love Alone"
Dionne Bromfield ft. Diggy Sim "Yeah Right"
T-ara "Roly-Poly"
Rania "Masquerade"
Vato Gonzalez ft. Foreign Beggars "Badman Riddim"
DJ Schedule 1 "Go Crazy"
Britney Spears vs. M.I.A. "How I Roll"
Vato Gonzalez ft. Foreign Beggars "Badman Riddim" [Which I keep calling "Badminton" by mistake]
Kreayshawn "Gucci Gucci"
Ms. Dynamite "Neva Soft"
MissTER "玩夠沒"

New to me but not new to the world:
Huckleberry P w/ unknown second rapper "Freestyle Rap 1"
White Pony ft. Josephine Philip "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
Jewelry "One More Time" [This is virtually a note for note copy of the In-Grid track, but I like it slightly more for being slightly less authoritative]

SHU-I "Bomb Bomb Bomb"

2NE1 "Let's Go Party"
BoA "Touched"

Proofreader Spice

[koganbot]

Er, "Bubba Parks" needs to be "Bubba Sparxxx" (amidst Mr. Collipark, Park Bom, and Teddy Park I must be getting all confused). Also, "Badman Riddim" was such a badman it occupied two spots.

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Some first half tracks, loosely organized

f(x) - Danger
Paramore - Monster
Bobby Brackins ft. Dev - A1
Katy B - Easy Please Me
Taylor Swift - Story of Us
After School - Shampoo
Lloyd - Private Dancer
Big Bang - Tonight
Hyuna - Bubble Pop
Inna - Amazing
Rainbow - Sweet Dreams
IU - Story Only I Didn't Know
Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxo Beast
Capsule - Prime Time
Rihanna - Man Down
Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci
Omarion - Forgot About Love
2NE1 - Lonely
Miguel - Sure Thing
Jay Park - Tonight
TVXQ - Keep Your Head Down

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Beast, Beat, whatever

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

My top 10 singles of 2011, at this point, would look something like:

1. The Dirtbombs – Sharevari
2. Mary Mary – Walking
3. GS&TOP – High High
4. Carl Sims - Hell On My Hands
5. Galaxy Dream feat. Turbotronic – Ready 4 Romance
6. Blame Sally – Living Without You
7. Buraka Som Sistema – Hangover (Ba Ba Ba)
8. Eric Church – Homeboy
9. Big Freedia - Almost Famous
10. Korpiklaani feat. Tuomari Nurmio – Ukon Wacka **

Top 20 albums of 2011 would look something like:

1. Randy Montana – Randy Montana (Mercury)
2. Cauldron – Burning Fortune (Earache)
3. Nazareth – Big Dogz (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
4. Gentleman’s Pistols – At Her Majesty’s Pleasure (Rise Above)
5. John Waite – Rough and Tumble (Frontiers/No Brakes)
6. Kultur Shock – Ministry Of Kultur (Kultur Shock)
7. Stealing Angels – Stealing Angels (Skyville)
8. Yaron Herman Trio – Follow The White Rabbit (ACT)
9. Thompson Square – Thompson Square (Stoney Creek)
10. The Dirtbombs – Party Store (In The Red)
11. Premonition 13 – 13 (Volcom Entertainment)
12. Blame Sally – Speeding Ticket And A Valentine (Ninth Street Opus)
13. Gutbucket – Flock (Cuneiform)
14. Garland Jeffreys – The King Of In Between (Luna Park)
15. Eric Church – Chief (EMI Nashville)
16. Ghost – Opus Eponymous (Metal Blade/Rise Above)
17. Too Slim and the Tail Draggers – Shiver (Underworld)
18. Black Spiders – Sons Of The North (Dark Riders)
19. Selena Gomez & the Scene – When The Sun Goes Down (Hollywood)
20. Sarandon – Sarandon’s Age Of Reason (Slumberland)

Have a shot at my year-end Top 10 album ballot, despite not technically qualifying for the list above: 2010 albums by Carl Marshall and Band Perry; E.via best-of mix CD sent to me by Frank Kogan.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I'm so out of the loop. My Top 20 so far is mostly stuff wot Capital plays to death and gets lodged in my brane. After a while, even Jessie J starts to sound acceptable :(

Wiz Khalifa - "Black and Yellow"
Mann ft. 50 Cent - "Buzzin'"
Diddy-Dirty Money ft, Skylar Grey - "Coming Home"
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - "Hello"
Adele - "Rolling in the Deep"
Alexis Jordan - "Good Girl"
Ke$ha - "We R Who We R"
Wretch 32 ft L - "Traktor"
Black Eyed Peas - "Just Can't Get Enough"
Chris Brown - "Yeah 3X"
Katy B - "Easy Please Me"
Adele - "Rumour Has It"
Keri Hilson - "Pretty Girl Rock"
Katy B - "Broken Record"
Rihanna - "S&M"
Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
Nicki Minaj - "Girls Fall Like Dominoes"
Lady Gaga - "Judas"
Beyonce - "Run The World (Girls)"
Adele - "Someone Like You"

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Some good things entered the chart high up on Sunday last though (I think! I'm rubbish at identifying even what song is called what these days!) Also the new Mann song w/ Snoop is good even if Mann's now rather obv a bit rub.

Not heard the N Roberts song yet AFAIK. Shocked that Einaudi has charted; relieved to see no ticks yet.