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koganbotChuck Eddy sent me his Pazz & Jop and his Country Critics ballot early last month (which I've reprinted down in the comments along with shitloads of other stuff from Chuck and other people's lists). I actually had no idea there still was a Pazz & Jop. I'm not commenting on the results because I haven't read them yet — still — but here are my Freaky Trigger Readers' Poll ballot and my ILM tracks ballot. Haven't looked at ILM results yet either, but here's the link; here's the link to the ILM album results, though I didn't vote in the album poll. Here are the four links to the Freaky Trigger results rollout: link, link, link, and link.
These were both "tracks" polls, so I included singles and nonsingles.* For the ILM poll you vote for tracks that are nominated; anyone can nominate a total of 30 albums and tracks, split however you want (say, 29 tracks and 1 album), but I always nominate very few so that I'll vote for/pay attention to stuff that at least some other people are plumping for. My two nominees this year were Kidd Kenn's "Slide Remix" and KeshYou & Baller's "Swala La La." The deadlines for the two polls were three-and-a-half weeks apart (Dec. 31 for Freaky Trigger, January 25 for ILM); sharp eyes will notice that I keep changing my mind on the relative merits of the Kidd Kenn, the Cassie, and the KeshYou & Baller.
*My 2018 top 100 or so singles playlist is still ongoing, if you want to take a look at its current makeup; and in late December I finally posted my Top 100 Singles And Commentary for 2017, where in the comments we talk about 2018 and 2019 too (esp. Jvcki Wai, who's like a 16-year-old just discovering anarchy and the joys of anticlericism, which is pretty appealing even though she's 22).
My ILM's 2018 End of Year Tracks Ballot
Kidd Kenn - Slide Remix
Cassie - Don't Play It Safe
KeshYou & Baller - Swala La La
bhad bhabie ft. lil yachty - gucci flip flops
Cardi B - Be Careful
Valee ft. Jeremih - Womp Womp
Niniola - Saro
Bali Baby - Backseat
Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It
Bích Phương - Bùa Yêu
blocboy JB ft. drake - look alive
Dladla Mshunqisi ft. Nokwazi & Prince Kaybee - Wangibamba
Tropical Fuck Storm – Rubber Bullies
DaniLeigh - Lil Bebe
LOOΠΔ/Olivia Hye ft. JinSoul - Egoist
Doja Cat - Go To Town
NCT U - Baby Don't Stop
Wande Coal - So Mi So
Vince Staples - FUN!
Lil Kesh - Apa Mi
MEUTE - You & Me (Flume Remix)
Tropical Fuck Storm - Chameleon Paint
Panic! At the Disco - High Hopes
Lady Leshurr - RIP
City Girls - I'll Take Your Man
My Freaky Trigger Readers' Poll Ballot 2018
1. Lil Pump "i Shyne"**
2. Bhad Bhabie ft. MadeinTYO, Rich The Kid, Asian Doll "Hi Bich (Remix)"
3. Cassie "Don't Play It Safe"
4. Franko "La remontada (Freestyle)"
5. Ninety One "Ah!Yah!Ma!"
6. KeshYou & Baller "Swala La La"
7. Kidd Kenn "Slide Remix"
8. Fairies "HEY HEY ~Light Me Up~"
9. Zulu Mkhathini ft. DJ Tira "Uniform"
10. 6ix9ine "Billy"
11. Bhad Bhabie "Thot Opps (Clout Drop) / Bout That"
12. Bhad Bhabie ft. Lil Yachty "Gucci Flip Flops"
13. 6ix9ine "Mooky"
14. Sheck Wes "Do That"
15. Cardi B "Be Careful"
16. Niniola "Saro"
17. A$AP Rocky ft. FKA twigs "Fukk Sleep"
18. Crowd Kontroller ft. Niniola "Bambam"
19. Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J. Balvin "I Like It"
20. Bali Baby "Backseat"
Despite not looking at P&J and ILM results yet, I will say that by one definition of "pop" — poppy-sounding stuff that's popular or at least semi-popular — Anglo-American pop these days is worse than at any other time in my life and has been for a decade (though maybe the earlier part of the decade qualifies as another time in my life; I don't know). But by another definition of "pop" — stuff in styles that are popular from all over the place, especially including hip-hop — pop is doing great, even in Anglo-America, and even with K-pop having an off-year. Anyway, I won't elaborate on these opinions just yet. Robyn is worse. Ashlee is worse. But neither is particularly representative of what I mean. As for my lists, the Bhad Bhabie I have as number two for Freaky Trigger is a remix of a track I liked even better last year but only had as number ten (though it made it up to number five when I eventually closed my 2017 singles list); so the top of my list may not be up to the top of last year's list but I assure you my number 100 will be way better than last year's number 100. Lots of really interesting stuff from all over. Very little I vote for or listen to represents my sensibility, owing to people culturally like me having stopped making good music around 1980, so in mucking about the world on YouTube I always feel like an outsider. But I'm sure my lists still manage to represent my attitudinal footprint in some way, "the sort of stuff I get taken by" or something, even if I don't feel at home in the musical worlds that are generated and depicted.
Chuck and I overlap on Bhad Bhabie, Bali Baby, City Girls, and Mylène Farmer, 50% of whom are baby.***
**I probably should've credited this to "Lil Pump and Carnage."
***Well, Dev now too but I hadn't heard "Rock On It" until he listed it. It's yet another year with Cassie, Dev, and K-pop.
These were both "tracks" polls, so I included singles and nonsingles.* For the ILM poll you vote for tracks that are nominated; anyone can nominate a total of 30 albums and tracks, split however you want (say, 29 tracks and 1 album), but I always nominate very few so that I'll vote for/pay attention to stuff that at least some other people are plumping for. My two nominees this year were Kidd Kenn's "Slide Remix" and KeshYou & Baller's "Swala La La." The deadlines for the two polls were three-and-a-half weeks apart (Dec. 31 for Freaky Trigger, January 25 for ILM); sharp eyes will notice that I keep changing my mind on the relative merits of the Kidd Kenn, the Cassie, and the KeshYou & Baller.
*My 2018 top 100 or so singles playlist is still ongoing, if you want to take a look at its current makeup; and in late December I finally posted my Top 100 Singles And Commentary for 2017, where in the comments we talk about 2018 and 2019 too (esp. Jvcki Wai, who's like a 16-year-old just discovering anarchy and the joys of anticlericism, which is pretty appealing even though she's 22).
My ILM's 2018 End of Year Tracks Ballot
Kidd Kenn - Slide Remix
Cassie - Don't Play It Safe
KeshYou & Baller - Swala La La
bhad bhabie ft. lil yachty - gucci flip flops
Cardi B - Be Careful
Valee ft. Jeremih - Womp Womp
Niniola - Saro
Bali Baby - Backseat
Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It
Bích Phương - Bùa Yêu
blocboy JB ft. drake - look alive
Dladla Mshunqisi ft. Nokwazi & Prince Kaybee - Wangibamba
Tropical Fuck Storm – Rubber Bullies
DaniLeigh - Lil Bebe
LOOΠΔ/Olivia Hye ft. JinSoul - Egoist
Doja Cat - Go To Town
NCT U - Baby Don't Stop
Wande Coal - So Mi So
Vince Staples - FUN!
Lil Kesh - Apa Mi
MEUTE - You & Me (Flume Remix)
Tropical Fuck Storm - Chameleon Paint
Panic! At the Disco - High Hopes
Lady Leshurr - RIP
City Girls - I'll Take Your Man
My Freaky Trigger Readers' Poll Ballot 2018
1. Lil Pump "i Shyne"**
2. Bhad Bhabie ft. MadeinTYO, Rich The Kid, Asian Doll "Hi Bich (Remix)"
3. Cassie "Don't Play It Safe"
4. Franko "La remontada (Freestyle)"
5. Ninety One "Ah!Yah!Ma!"
6. KeshYou & Baller "Swala La La"
7. Kidd Kenn "Slide Remix"
8. Fairies "HEY HEY ~Light Me Up~"
9. Zulu Mkhathini ft. DJ Tira "Uniform"
10. 6ix9ine "Billy"
11. Bhad Bhabie "Thot Opps (Clout Drop) / Bout That"
12. Bhad Bhabie ft. Lil Yachty "Gucci Flip Flops"
13. 6ix9ine "Mooky"
14. Sheck Wes "Do That"
15. Cardi B "Be Careful"
16. Niniola "Saro"
17. A$AP Rocky ft. FKA twigs "Fukk Sleep"
18. Crowd Kontroller ft. Niniola "Bambam"
19. Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J. Balvin "I Like It"
20. Bali Baby "Backseat"
Despite not looking at P&J and ILM results yet, I will say that by one definition of "pop" — poppy-sounding stuff that's popular or at least semi-popular — Anglo-American pop these days is worse than at any other time in my life and has been for a decade (though maybe the earlier part of the decade qualifies as another time in my life; I don't know). But by another definition of "pop" — stuff in styles that are popular from all over the place, especially including hip-hop — pop is doing great, even in Anglo-America, and even with K-pop having an off-year. Anyway, I won't elaborate on these opinions just yet. Robyn is worse. Ashlee is worse. But neither is particularly representative of what I mean. As for my lists, the Bhad Bhabie I have as number two for Freaky Trigger is a remix of a track I liked even better last year but only had as number ten (though it made it up to number five when I eventually closed my 2017 singles list); so the top of my list may not be up to the top of last year's list but I assure you my number 100 will be way better than last year's number 100. Lots of really interesting stuff from all over. Very little I vote for or listen to represents my sensibility, owing to people culturally like me having stopped making good music around 1980, so in mucking about the world on YouTube I always feel like an outsider. But I'm sure my lists still manage to represent my attitudinal footprint in some way, "the sort of stuff I get taken by" or something, even if I don't feel at home in the musical worlds that are generated and depicted.
Chuck and I overlap on Bhad Bhabie, Bali Baby, City Girls, and Mylène Farmer, 50% of whom are baby.***
**I probably should've credited this to "Lil Pump and Carnage."
***Well, Dev now too but I hadn't heard "Rock On It" until he listed it. It's yet another year with Cassie, Dev, and K-pop.
