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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Mos Def – Quiet Dog Bite Hard Ah, the best song category. Even though my choices were limited to hip-hop, I had a nearly impossible time compiling this list and selecting a victor. In the end, I narrowed the short-list down to the songs that got progressively better with each listen and chose the winner from that. “Quiet Dog Bite Hard” might not grab your attention in your first listen. Like me, you might ignore this song for months before giving it another chance. As you give it that second chance, then a third, a fourth and so on, you begin to realize that “Quiet Dog Bite Hard” is an addicting song. It’s lively, up-tempo bounce puts you in a good mood and the beat that drives this feeling is hard to dislike. The Latin flair in the instrumental feels more rhythmic and energetic than any standard hip-hop beat from this year.The quiet “simmer down” hook accentuates the high-energy verses, making the balance in this song on point. Party song or not, Mos Def delivers with some tight lyrics and his flow is just as rhythmic as the beat. “Quiet Dog Bite Hard” is not the best song of 2009 because it draws you in on the first listen; rather, it’s the best song because it retains your interest for many more listens to come. Check out and listen to the full list of honorable mentions after the jump.
Tagged: 2009, 3 AM, a yo, ain't nothing like you, al shux, alicia keys empire state of mind, angels, audio two, ayo, back on my b.s., ballskin, bite hard, blackout, blackout 2, blakroc, boi 1-da, boi-1da, born like this, Busta Rhymes, chillin, Common, dame dash, decision, doom, drake, eminem, enemy of the state, exhibit c, forever, ghostface, gza, Hoochie Coo, house of flying daggers, i wish i knew natalie portman, inspectah deck, jamie foxx, jay electronica, Jay-Z, Jim Jones, john legend, k-os, Kanye West, kid cudi, lady gaga, lil wayne, Lupe Fiasco, man on the moon, mary j blige, Method Man, mf doom, mos def, nelly furtado, only built 4 cuban linx 2, quiet dog, raekwon, Redman, refill, relapse, saukrates, slaughterhouse, solo dolo, song of the year, successful, the black keys, the ecstatic, the end of day, the one, the recap, Toronto, trey songz, Wale
Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day This was not an easy choice. I was struggling between this and Mos Def’s The Ecstatic for weeks, but ultimately, I felt that Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon: The End Of Day was the more complete album. Presented as a mini-movie with its division into acts, narration by Common, and movie poster included with the CD, this album took the listener on a trip through Cudder’s mind. Not much straight rapping is actually done on the album (only a few tracks have verses that are solely rapped), but it still felt like hip-hop. Man On The Moon is so far the greatest work expressing the new school of thought in hip-hop, which proves that the genre is not defined as songs performed through rapping just as rock is not defined as songs with guitars. The production on this album was fantastic and it works well with the concept of a voyage through the mind. All that being said, Kid Cudi doesn’t let the album get weighed down by deep, heavy tracks and keeps it all in check with the inclusion of some more light-hearted songs like “Make Her Say” and “Pursuit Of Happiness”. Is Cudi a lyrical maestro? Absoulutely not. But this only makes me eager to see what he’ll be able to achieve once he becomes a more developed artist. See which albums made the list of honorable mentions after the jump.
Tagged: 2009, album, album of the year, attention: deficit, blackout, blackout 2, blakroc, born like this, cd, dame dash, diamond district, doom, in the ruff, k-os, kid cudi, man on the moon, man on the moon: then end of day, Method Man, mos def, Oddisee, only built 4 cuban linx 2, pt. 2, pursuit of happiness, raekwon, Redman, slaughterhouse, the black keys, the ecstatic, the end of day, Wale, x.o., year, yes, yu
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Lupe has been all over the net recently and today there are several things of his that I would like to post. First is this alternate version song for “Blackout” which was available as a bonus song on the Japanese version of The Cool. Trey Songz basically takes over the chorus but besides that there isn’t too much of a difference from the original. Second, Lupe released a public statement clearing up a lot of the rumors surrounding him and his music over the past year or so. There are definitely some interesting facts regarding his new album and his band Japanese Cartoon so check after the break for that and the download for this song.
Tagged: alternate version, audio, blackout, download, japanese cartoon, lupe, Lupe Fiasco, mp3, Rumors, the cool, trey songz
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