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Best Album of 2006 Poll

Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09

Alright guys, we’ve made it to 2006. You know the drill by now. Because we’re approaching the not too distant past, it’s becoming harder and harder to make these top 10 lists. I feel like most of these albums are fresh in my mind (in fact, I still listen to most of them today). As always, there will be some omissions you will probably not like at all, like Bloc Party’s absence in 2005 — pretty good album, but hardly came close to Top 10-dom. This year’s omissions feel extra painful because I love the albums left out almost as much as I love the Top 10 itself. Albums left out include works by Sunset Rubdown, Band of Horses, Neko Case, Liars, Beirut, Bob Dylan, The Thermals, among others. But let’s focus on the albums that “made the cut”.

A. The Knife – Silent Shout
B. TV on the Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
C. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
D. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
E. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
F. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
G. Joanna Newsom – Ys
H. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
I. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
J. Grizzly Bear – Yellow House

Good luck finding your favorite, because we’re having the toughest time.

PMA Presents… The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1

We knew Xaphoon Jones first as the producer and the sampling mastermind behind the quickly rising Chiddy Bang. Chiddy Bang owe most of the publicity they get to the tight, slick samples this guy has crafted for them. Like a musical pickpocket, Xaphoon Jones showed us that he has an ear for contemporary music and making it work in unconventional environments. With his debut eponymous mixtape, Xaphoon pushes passed the boundaries we thought he had and dips into soulful Motown favorites, East Coast Rap, and Reggae.

The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 introduces us to a very young, very talented producer full of promise, if not power. Pretty Much Amazing is proud to present this mixtape for your consumption. Download it, put it on your iPod, burn it onto a CD, play it at a party, send it to your friends.

The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 10786 downloads

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8
Aug 09

Clipse ft. Keri Hilson & Pharrell – All Eyes On Me

Clipse ft. Keri Hilson & Pharrell All Eyes On Me listen
The Clipse’s Rick Rubin produced Till The Casket Drops is almost upon us, dropping sometime in October. “All Eyes On Me” features one of the sickest beats The Neptunes have produced in quite a while. This new song, (second single? third single? I honestly don’t know…) is probably my favorite cut from the album so far.

I can appreciate Keri Hilson — She was, after all, that inescapable voice of 2007’s summer on Timbaland’s ultra-hit “The Way I Are” — but I can’t help but to feel that Rihanna would have made this song a lot more special. Keri’s voice sounds sullenly lifeless. Or maybe I’ve been jamming to “Live Your Life” for far too long.

Keri or Rihanna, this is one hell of a song. Listen to it here Continue reading →

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11
Jun 09

Clipse x N.E.R.D. – I’m Good

artwork by kaws. click to enlarge.

“I’m Good” (featuring Pharrell and production by the Neptunes) is the new single from Clipse’s upcoming record Til The Casket Drops which is out in September. This is far from bad, but is it memorable? Hardly. It is nowhere near as good as Til The Casket Drops‘ first single, “Kinda Like A Big Deal” featuring KanYeezy. Let’s bring that out. Continue reading →

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22
Apr 09

Super Cool MP3 Grab Bag #8

Any Color You Like

Haven’t done one of these in a while. Here some tracks you might enjoy. I’m not entirely crazy about them, so I won’t both doing individual posts on them, but they shouldn’t be ignored altogether.

Clipse feat. Kanye West – Kinda Like A Big Deal

Little Boots – New in Town (A1 Bassline Attack Mix remix)

TV On The Radio – Shout Me Out (Willie Isz Remix by Jneiro Jarel)

Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart

Charles Hamilton – Barbara Walters

Major Lazer (feat. Santigold & Mr. Lexx) – Hold the Line (LehtMoJoe Remix)

Annie – Anthonio (Fred Falke Remix)

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28
Jan 09

Pigeons & Planes Presents: Mixed Tapes

Pigeons & Planes Presents: Mixed Tapes listen

Spreading it like butter! Confusion says:

Mixed by Kid Couture, this is a 10 track project featuring some of our favorite mixtape songs from ‘08. Some of the best music of the year was featured on mixtapes, and unfortunately a lot of people don’t bother to check entire tapes, so we picked the best of the best to be featured on this. 10 tracks, no bullshit, smooth transitions, no need to skip a track. Trust me. Download it, put it on a playlist or on a CD, and let it spin. Check the tracklist below, along with links to all those involved. If you have the means, spread this.

1. Asher Roth – Humansirkme
2. Ad ele & Mick Boogie – Melt My Heart (ft. Big Pooh)
3. 88 Keys – Cuddle Bums (ft. Tanya Morgan)
4. Ki d Cudi – Man On The Moon
5. The Cool Kids – That’ll Work
6. Clipse – Addiction
7. Wale – The Freestyle
8. B.o.B. – Generation Lost
9. Blu – Local Legends (Prod. Flying Lotus)
10. Charles Hamiltion – Don’t Touch Me
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22
Jul 08

New Britney Spears Album Release Date – Mid-December

Britney Spears

Britney Spears fans (like me) will have even more to look forward to this Christmas.

From The #1 Britney Spears Fansite BreatheHeavy.com:

“Britney Spears is definitely in the studio and working on a new album,” a source tells FoxNews.com. “[Britney] is working on a CD that Jive is expecting to get out by mid-December.”

According to the source, “the album is a follow-up to “Blackout… many of the same producers and writers will be on this one, too.” Fine by me; “Blackout” has been her best album to date in my opinion. Although I do love me some Indyzone.

But why the rush to put out an album? “One reason for the big push to put Britney back in stores is that she owes Jive a lot of money. If they can finish the album and get it out without incident, my guess is that Spears will go out on tour in 2009.”

Last month, Jive Records announced that they were going to stop releasing any more singles off Britney’s Blackout — leaving many fans kind of confused, arguing that Blackout still had many single-quality tracks up its sleeve. But the truth is that Britney’s been in the studio.

Here is what wiki has to say:

Music producers, JR Rotem and Sean Garrett, whom worked with Spears on her previous album, Blackout, told People that they are back in the studio with Spears. A source also told the magazine that she is in the experimental stages of a new album and Spears is trying to find the sound and direction she wants to go in.

Music producer, Guy Sigsworth spoke with the Los Angeles Times and said that he has signed on to work with Spears on her upcoming album due out later in the year. Sigsworth previously produced her single, Everytime in 2004.

Britney’s aunt, Chandra McGovern told Britain’s The Sun that Spears is working on a new album and could go head to head with Whitney Houston’s upcoming album.

Several reports have surfaced, that Spears could be in talks with George Maloof, owner of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to perform a string of shows at the resort’s Pearl Theater. Spears and Maloof have been seen on multiple occasions having dinner business meetings, were thought to be making plans for the performances.

This last piece of news/rumor is definitely something I am interested in. Last May I dished over $100 to go see Britney perform 5 songs at the House of Blues in Los Angeles — I will definitely travel to Vegas to see her put on a proper performance at the Palms

I hope all this news is accurate, a new Britney album will be friggen KILLER. Blackout is STILL on heavy-ish rotation on my iPod. Here’s some remixes and rarities you might like:
Britney Spears vs. Justice – I Just Wanna D.A.N.C.E. With You (Neon Coyote Remix)
Britney Spears – Me Against The Music (Ft. Madonna Justice Remix)
Britney Spears vs Madonna – 4 Minutes to Break the Ice (Remix)
Britney Spears – Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix A)
Britney Spears Feat. Justin Timberlake & Clipse – Break The Ice (Raza Remix)

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13
Mar 08

New MP3s: Lil Wayne, Lollipops, Wale, The National

New MP3s: Lil Wayne, Lollipops, Wale, The National mp3

1. Lil Wayne – Lollipop DOWNLOAD| LISTEN
A couple days ago, “Lollipop”, Lil Wayne’s probable first single off his Tha Carter III album leaked. It just might be the best rap song to use lollipops as a metaphor for oral sex, but even though, this song is getting a wtf from me. There has been some speculation that this is not the final album version (what is with Weezy anyway?), but hopefully its not and hopefully Lil Wayne will pump up the bass or something, and maybe learn to say something other than “lickin’ like a lollipop”.

2. Wale – Back in the Go-Go f. Bun B & Pusha T DOWNLOAD | LISTEN
This next one is the first leaked single off Wale’s new release The Mixtape About Nothing. A solid track indeed. It makes me excited for the Seinfeld-inspired album.

3. The National – Around The Bend DOWNLOAD | LISTEN
A couple of weeks ago, The National premiered “Around The Bend” at BAM. National fanatics around the internets are treating this song like its a God-send. Did I miss something? Maybe a studio version will convert me…

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5
Dec 07

New Clipse and Pharrell

New Clipse and Pharrell mp3

DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz: The Album was released on Tuesday and as I understand it, it has been well received. I sure as hell found a larger bunch of songs I enjoyed more than 8 Diagrams. The Clipse track, featuring Pharrell Williams is sure fire, competes with OutKast’s track on the album for my favorite.

The Clipse feat. Pharrell – Cheers (YSI)

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16
Nov 07