10) Chase and Status – Blind Faith (Feat. Liam Bailey) Kicking off the top 10 we have the Bass song of the year. It has been a brilliant year for Chase and Status and this is their crowning achievement. Expansive dub production with a vocal as massive in scale, this is a grand achievement in … Continue reading
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Best of 2011: Best Single 20-11
20) Jay-Z and Kanye West – Otis (Feat. Otis Redding) Otis is the sound of two of the industry’s best rappers messing around in the studio over an Otis Redding sample. The fun these guys are having is so infectious you can’t help but want to join in with your own verse. Watch their faces … Continue reading
Best of 2011: Best Single 30-21
30) Björk – Crystalline It may not be one of the singer’s standout hits, and may have failed to set the chart alight, but the last minute or so of Crystalline remains one of my favourite moments of 2011. The drum fill before everything explodes into crazy drum and bass at the end makes me go … Continue reading
Best of 2011: Best Single 40-31
Here we are at my biggest list of the year as Christmas arrives. Prepare for some big surprises from the off, with some songs placing much higher or much lower than most people would expect. I’m going to have a small writeup for every song in the list this year, so let’s kick things off … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 7)
Robyn – Dancing On My Own – 2010 So here we are, the seventh and final part of a blog series that should have been one post long. I have thouroughly enjoyed looking back on the songs that have appeared thus far, and the stories I remember related to each. To close things … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 6)
Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) – 2009 Last night I was sat down with the very two people Part 6 of this series is about. No, not Jay-Z and Alicia Keys! Sat with my Mum and Dad in the dining room, we were listening to my playlist of the 7 songs … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 5)
Kanye West – Flashing Lights (Feat. Dwele) – 2007 I have always liked Kanye West, his first 3 albums featured a strong set of singles that impacted the Pop side of the charts enough for me to know them. That said I was still of the mindset that Rap had a time and place in … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 4)
Rihanna – Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z) – 2007 Oh Na Na, Ella Ella Ella Eh Eh Eh, Bom Bom Be Dum Bom Bom Be Dom Dom Na Na Na Na Na Come On, La La La La. They don’t work too well written down, but when heard on a record, you know exactly who you’re dealing … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 2)
Steps – Here and Now – 2001 It may not be the most important song on the list, but Steps were probably the most important group in my musical life so far. From the years of 1997-2001 when I was between the ages of 6 and 10, Steps were my life. Unlike Take That, who’s … Continue reading
Everything Changes But The Music (Part 1)
No matter what is happening in your life, whether good or bad, where you are in the world, or who you are with, the one thing that will send you back to those key moments in your life is the music you were listening to. Some see pictures, videos and people as the main cues … Continue reading
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