If you were a 'real hip-hop' head lamenting the commercial viability of ‘lyrical’ rap, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly went gold. My favorite running gag of 2015 was hip-hop's patent refusal to submit to being anything pundits forecasted. I always knew this 14 minute track/play/science experiment was always going to be in my top 10 of the year from the first minute I heard it. I loved this so much I just basically did what the track told me to do.Īmnesia Scanner, “As Angels Rig Hook” (89 plays) Someone put pressure on these guys to put more music out-the world’s waiting. I don't think this track was actually officially released but you can get it on his Bandcamp. One Cloud is Andrew Aged, half of the group Inc. One Cloud, “Always The Flowers” (108 plays) Get her EP Tuareg Shawty for the full experience-my one to watch for 2016.Īnother one from the Awful camp-another one to watch for next year. As it goes, Ta-Ha only just came into my life a couple months or so ago, and I'm a little obsessed with her music. Honestly, if I’d heard about this track when it first came out it would be the most played in my playlist. One of my special tunes of 2015 for sure. Blaze Kidd & Uli-K, “Sniper Redux” (142 plays) Actually don't know why I love this so much, it just feels right.Įndgame x Kamixlo f. My favorite track from his mixtape Final Fantasy.ĭej Loaf, “Try Me (Midas Hutch remix)” (148 plays)ĭJ Martelo put me onto this one. Alexandria and Archibald SLIM, “Agarophobia” (173 plays) A favorite of mine and my 4 year old nephew.Įthereal f. It triggered some sort sensation in my brain-still feels the same every time I hear it. I actually can't explain how I felt when I first heard this.

Something between the Talking Heads and Craig Leon. Below is my top 10 if the year according to my iTunes 2015 tracks playlist: Simply looking at the play count and seeing what’s been played most is a pretty accurate indicator of the tracks that I've been rinsing, but still sound fresh. So I've decided to use my iTunes as a tool to measure what my favorites have been this year. For that reason alone it’s almost impossible to decide what my favorites for this year have been. It’s safe to say that I spend 60% of my day listening to new music.

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