| The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#25-1) | December 31, 2009 |
Brought to you by our sponsors, Brother Love and The Honky Tonk Man. 25. Diamond District – In The Ruff [Mello Music Group] Taking artists at their word is a notoriously tricky enterprise. Even allowing for 100 percent sincerity, intentions and ambitions are often discordant with the final results. Luckily, anyone attempting to assess Diamond […]
| The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#50-1) | December 30, 2009 |
Brought to you by our sponsor: “Piper’s Pit.” 50. Exile – Radio [Plug Research] Best known for producing 2006’s acclaimed collaboration with Blu, “Below the Heavens,” Exile emerged as a viable creative force in his own right on “Radio,” a found-art opus that found him re-configuring taped snippets of everything from old commercials to evangelical […]
| ZIP File of The 50 Best Songs of 2009 (Rap Lite Edition) | December 28, 2009 |
Because this is the only Calling Bird worth a damn. Download: ZIP: The 50 Best Songs of 2009 (Rap Lite Edition) (Left-Click)
| 2009’s 50 Best Songs (Rap Lite Edition) | December 24, 2009 |
To be fair, the urchin on the far right has bars for days. Like Quinton, a zip is on its way. 50. Dan Ex Machina – “Beautiful Women, Busy Plot” [Self-Released] 49. Times New Viking – “Move to California” [Matador] 48. White Denim – “Mirrored In Reverse” – [Downtown] 47. Souvenir – “Drums, Sex, Dance” […]
| ZIP File of The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2009 | December 17, 2009 |
There it is. Take it. Download: ZIP: Passion of the Weiss 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2009 (Left-Click)
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2009 (#25-1) | December 17, 2009 |
25. Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane – “Shine Blockas” Somehow, Big Boi, one half of the most popular rap group of all-time, has leaked fantastic album material for over a year-plus and still Sir Luscious Lead Foot can’t get a release date. The latest gem from Daddy Fat Sacks’s solo album, “Shine Blockas” combines Gucci’s […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2009 (#50-1) | December 16, 2009 |
If you’re kind enough to link, use this post, as the complete list will be added tomorrow. Yes, there will be a ZIP file at the end. Yes, we have no bananas. 50. Magr ft. Blu – “Laminated Looseleafs” Odes to the pen and pad seem prosaic in 2009. We’ve all heard a […]
| The Best Reissues & Compilations of 2009 (New Testament) | December 14, 2009 |
I strolled through the books of Job to unfold and open bibles/ instead of hopin’ on revivals. V/A: Hyperdub, 5 — 5 Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub] This wasn’t supposed to happen–what with Internet-era Jeremiahs prophesizing the demise of regionalism and the end of localized movements. Steve Goodman and company intuitively understood that change could come […]
| The Best Reissues & Compilations of 2009 (Old Testatament) | December 10, 2009 |
In no particular order. Old stuff today, new stuff later. Amadou & Mariam–The Magic Couple [Wrasse] Best-Of compilation culled from Amadou & Mariam’s 1997-2001 material, in which the divinely gifted Malian blind couple honed the style seen on sacred earth-opus, Welcome to Mali. Coldplay-endorsed, NPR-approved, and the darling of every critic cognizant of the word, […]
