Top 25 Tracks of 09 (imho)

There are a lot nerdy ass music bloggers so I'll preface this by saying, fuck those nerds, and also, I really don't care about "significance" or crap like that and if you do, please ky and die.

Obviously, 09 was a huge year for dubstep not only for shit like Joker, Zomby, etc. but for its continued increasing influence on everything else. The Lil Wayne/Pharrell dubstep mixes. The Wu dubstep remix album. Tons of trip hop esque breathy female vocal + dubstep beats tracks.

Without further ado:

25: Kode9 : Black Sun



24: Wiley ft Charlie Brown - The Rain



This is definitely not one of the more popular grime tracks of the year, but Bless Beats are crazy sickness here. People really like Dizzee's Bonkers more than this? Interesting.

23: Rustie : Bad Science



I picture a kiddie porn dungeon full of nintendo characters as a pervert in a white lab coat dances in his Dr Horrible goggles while gene splicing Yoshi's tongue into Zelda's mouth. EVIL EX SPEARMINT(S).

22: Dirty Projectors : Stillness Is the Move



Took me a long time to come around on this track -- I'm sure Pitchfork kids love this shit without the need to repeatedly ask themselves "Am I gay for like this?" (ye s for like this") but I'd recommend simultaneous viewing of lesbian porn to quell your initial fears. (Lesbian porn is a penis vacuum. As is ym)

21: Raekwon : House of Flying Daggers



Okay, honestly, I wanted it to be Gihad, but as much as I love the line "I'm like a crooked cop, Richard Gere / Big smirk on, getting' my cock sucked", this is probably my favorite as it includes all the best members of Wu. Ghost is fucking crazy this whole album. CRAZY. Also, for all you cats that think Blueprint or Supreme Clientele are your all-time-favorites, go listen to the original Built for Cuban Linx again and realize your life is a lie.

20: Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Zero



I really don't share the internet nerd love for the video but it's the best YYY track since Maps. (imo) Really reminds me of TV on the Radio for some reason which makes no sense...

19: MAN LIKE ME - London Town (JME & Rudekid remix)



Another amazing grime + garage mashup track that isn't terribly popular due to, well I don't know why. Seriously, TUUUNNEEEEEEEE. Yeah, I've been repping this all year on playlists...

18: Jay-z + Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind



Really? A Jay track? This is the BEST Jay track since Lucifer. I'm with the crowd on this one.

17: Deadmau5 : I Remember (Caspa Remix)



Yes, there's a shitload of dubstep on here, but I'm a sucker for post trip hop dubstep shit. Another uk radio hit I believe...

16: Doom : That's That



Where did this come from? After a long absence, Doom is back with as-per-usual disgusting covered-in-feces-and-vomit beats and production and onomatopoeia filled flows.

15: Distance - Traffic (Goth Trad Remix)



A huge choon that I've pimped before but trying to fight the dubstep this year is proving difficult bordering on impossible.

14: Mos Def - History (Feat Talib)



I think Casa Bey is probably more popular, but Talib is beast and the track is worth it if only for his brief verse.

13: Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Liam H's Re Amped Version)



This was a big track over the past few months but I doubt it will hit anybody's top of 09 which is a little weird to me and thus I shall rectify said lack of attention. It's a grower, not a show-er I suppose.

12: Junior Boys - Hazel



Not sure why this whole album isn't more popular. Seems as strong as their previous releases. Stupid indie nerds.


11: La Roux : In For the Kill (Skream's LGR Mix)



Heard this back in April on Radio1 while in Scotland and suddenly realized that dubstep + post Lily Allen pop is fucking huge. I'm sure American mainstream will get saturated by clones, but I'm not sure I'll mind...

10: Laidback Luke Vs. Diplo - Hey! (Foamo Remix)



Okay, there were a LOT of good foamo mixes this year, and I'm obnoxious for picking the fucked up psycho house track out of all of them, but need a little love for electro house. (I kinda feel that it was probably a good year for this shit in general but nobody cares because dubstep is WAY more trendy) TBH, Bulletproof is probably my favorite Foamo mix, but I'd lose "CRED" with two la roux tracks probably.

9: Major Lazer - Keep it Goign Louder (ft NS & RB)



It's impossible to not take a track off this album in any 09 list unless your heart is a black lump of indie rock coal. Not sure if I really like this more than Pon De Floor but it's more "accessible." I just talked about accessibility, haha, /wrists.

8: Joker & Ginze - Re-Up



For my 22nd century stick up kids getting $$ the only way they know how. I LOVE YOU FUTURE SPACE OMAR EVEN IF YOU ARE QUITE HOMOSEXUAL AND I'D HIT UP PUSSY DEALERS WITH YOU ANYDAY WITH SWEET FUTURE LAZER GUNS. PEWPEW. Why does nobody else love this track btw? I don't see it on anybody's lists. Are these nerds retarded? And if so, are they still nerds? IM SO CONFUSED AND ANGRY.

7: Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Night



I know, right? Going with the Crookers mix for the link, but the original and the Jim Jones mixes are also solid.

6: Phoenix : 1901



Filthy frenchies. <3 What needs to be said really? This track is everywhere.

5: Basement Jaxx - Raindrops

Another big uk radio single that got absolutely no play here in the states. Cool bro. I had no idea that Jaxx had a new release and caught this randomly on Radio1 at the beginning of the year and initially thought it was a remix/B-side from years ago. That's a good thing. The chimes into the synth @ 1:50ish is OMGS.

4: Joy Oribson - Hyph Mngo



I'm in denial that this is the best track of the year, but somehow this tracks brings back all of the best memories of the old pieter k and ltj bukem releases without any of their descent in coffee table-ness.

3: Animal Collective : My Girls



Yes, this is an 08 track. True. Fair point. But fuck it, it was big this year and mostly unheard of last year. It's also the first AC track since Reverend Green that I couldn't take off repeat. It's on everyone's end of year lists, but I'm not too cool for school. You can find me smoking cigs in the girls bathroom. (With my girls)

2: The XX : Crystalized



Yup, I've bought into the hype for this band. "Intro" or "Islands" could just as easily makes this list, but this track is probably the standout. A vicodin saturated love song. ^^

1: Crystal Fighters : Xtatic Truth




We were born to be alone,
everybody all alone,
born alone to be alone,
we'll stand alone forever.

Dubstep + Weird Indie Folk-Rock that isn't massive fail and is instead epic? Yeah. Band name supposedly comes from an unfinished opera that Laure's grandather wrote. (Titled Crystal Fighters) I MUST SEE THEM LIVE.


Honorable Mentions That Got a Lot of Play (Like me!)

La Roux - Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)
The XX - Islands
The Strange Boys - No Way for A Slave to Behave
Gucci Mane - Round One (Salem Rmx)
Cooly G - Love Dub!
Empire of the Sun - We Are the People
Zomby - Digital Flora
MS Dynamite - Bad Gyal
jj - From Africa to Malaga
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
Moderat - Seamonkey (Untold Remix)
Ill Blu w/ Princess Nyah - Frontline


Tracks I Never Got
Bat For Lashes - Daniel - Yeah I don't get it
Fever Ray - Seven - The MS remix beats sound wicked but her vocals imo don't fit at all
Any track by Girls, Wavves, Washed Out, or any other Animal Collective single this year
That Burial + Four Tet collabo pos
That Big Boi + Gucci Mane collabo
Anaconda by Untold - I KNOW ITS AN ANTHEM BUT WTF PEOPLE

Hydra Is A Cutie (But F Yiska)

Hydramist

It's sweet. ^^

No wizards got paid last weekend, too bad. Therefore, I shall continue my support of wizardry for the next MLG as well.

ps wtf is up with tongues/mn/slow vs haste affected dots lol