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My 2018 Freaky Trigger and ILM ballots (plus bunches of other people's in the comments)
Chuck 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.
Chuck Eddy's Pazz & Jop and Country Critics ballots
Also-rans from Chuck
Running more also-rans from Chuck
These also-rans from Chuck are just walking
Don Allred concurs
Don Allred's Pazz & Jop Ballot 2018
David Cooper Moore's Pazz and Jop ballot+ for 2018
Er, based on what Dave was actually listed as voting for I compiled this list:
David Cooper Moore: "My top whatever lists feel like more effort"
This is somehow Sweden's fault
Blame Sweden?
P.S. And LOOΠΔ/Yves "new" which was my favorite Korean track from 2017 (the one that reminds me of Spandau Ballet).
Chuck Eddy's ballot similarities
Don Allred's Country Critics Ballot 2018 (and link to Edd Hurt's)
And I'm linking Edd Hurt's ballot (both his and Don's posted on Rolling Country 2019 but I'm not reprinting Edd's 'cause I haven't asked his permission yet).
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There’s an Anna Julia Cooper Learning & Liberation Center in south Atlanta (though it’s hard for me to tell from their website how much they’ve been able to get off the ground) and for that alone I want to listen to the Kemet.
KeshYou is back down to three (I know which member left by sight but I’m kicking myself that I don’t know the members’ names) but they’ve got a new single as of February.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBMSSAafkEE
Listening to KeshYou's older stuff — pre-"Swala La La" — I wouldn't call it "Q-pop" (or Baller's older stuff either). I think Q-pop has made them better.
[I'm stressed-out from work and on top of that I'm getting laid off at the end of the school year and trying to figure out if I can afford to go part time and spend more time writing.]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwwnYOCmAUw