Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Singled Out.

TAUWAN'S "TOP TEN" SINGLES OF THE YEAR

ONE.



No! I choose you.

For Pimp C...

Where did this song come from? No, wait a minute, let me finish. Go back to last summer. Think about promotions. We all knew Kanye had a new disc coming, people across the country were being transfixed by a teenager encouraging them to captain save a ho or something, as well as riding on Lil Wayne's jock, and of course, UGK had a new album to give to the masses. Some cared, others got excited, and many waited for a lead single, but none of us were expecting this. We didn't all expect to wake up one day, turn on our computers, crank up our stereos, hit up BET and see this. Beneath all the ringtone, one note, here today gone tomorrow bombast, UGK and Outkast came in and went for the heart, tugged at our heartstrings, and rapped about grown man business like commitments with soul stirring clarity and conviction. Everybody's on point, offering up nothing but their best, and the track, which gorgeously samples Willie Hutch's I Choose You, builds as the song progresses, adding vocal flourishes, 808 cracks, and drops in volume or tone when the time calls for it. In other words the music here matters just as much as the words that are coming out of their mouths. And then of course, there's this:




  • TWO. - The Magic Position - Patrick Wolf


  • THREE. - Please Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna


  • FOUR. - Wipe Me Down - Lil Boosie feat Webbie and Foxx AND
    Crank Dat Soulja Boy - Souljaboytellem


  • FIVE. - D.A.N.C.E. - Justice


  • SIX. Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') T-Pain feat Yung Joc AND -Get it Shawty - Lloyd feat. Yung Joc


  • SEVEN. -Must Be the Moon - !!! AND - Gronlandic Edit - Of Montreal


  • EIGHT. - Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5


  • NINE. - Icky Thump - The White Stripes


  • TEN. - All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem


  • 11. What Goes Around Comes Around - Justin Timberlake


  • AND


  • 11. Ice Box - Omarion


  • 12. When I See You - Fantasia


  • AND

  • 12. Like This - Kelly Rowland Feat. Eve


  • 13. I Get Money - 50 Cent


  • 14. Boy Looka Here - Rich Boy


  • 15. Four Winds - Bright Eyes


  • 16. I'm A Flirt [RMX] - R.Kelly Feat. T.I. and T-Pain


  • 17. Can't Tell Me Nothing - Kanye West


  • 18. Blue Magic AND Roc Boys - Jay-Z


  • 19. Gravity - John Mayer


  • 20. Back in your Head - Tegan and Sara


  • 21. Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley


  • 22. When Did Your Heart Go Missing? - Rooney


  • 23. Dashboard - Modest Mouse


  • 24. No One - Alicia Keys


  • 25. Let It Go - Keyshia Cole feat. Missy Elliot & Lil' Kim
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