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Best of 2008

Best of 2008: Top 50 Albums of 2008

I’m an old soul. I’ve been reading reports about how the album format is dead, and that more and more people are choosing to buy a couple of singles from iTunes than cop a full album from your local mom and pop record store. Times have changed, and I’m sure that writing is on the [...]

January 5, 2009

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Reader Best of 2008: Rob from Bold As Love

The Black Rock Musical Passing Strange
We’re ringing in 2009 with our reader Best of 2008 lists. I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks. Today’s Reader is Rob Fields of [...]

Reader Best of 2008 – Christie (BONUS Chicago Edition)

Hey Champ!
We’re ringing in 2009 with our reader Best of 2008 lists. I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks. Today’s reader is Christie, who also provides us with her [...]

January 2, 2009

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The 5 Most Annoying Songs of 2008

Like I’ve said before, I don’t mind mainstream music. Sure, I rarely blog about it here, but that’s only because I would rather use my platform to feature artists who don’t have million dollar production budgets and payola on their side. Even if radio had some standout cuts (Ryan Leslie’s Addiction, Ne-Yo’s Miss Independent, and [...]

December 31, 2008

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Reader Best of 2008: DJ Cam Jus

Mavado
This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks to see what their best tracks of ‘08 [...]

Reader Best of 2008: DJ Eurok BONUS DC Edition

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is Upset the Setup founder [...]

December 30, 2008

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08 In The HOOOUUUSE!!!

This is my “best of ‘08″ music edition.
I mean it was a really good year for alot of people, not so good for others.

Musically speaking Kanye took a super risk, and depending on your take of the album it could be deemed as successful or not. Is they jury still out? Not for [...]

December 29, 2008

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Reader Best of 2008: Julian

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is Julian, who is one [...]

Reader Best of 2008: DJ O.S.U.M

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is DJ O.S.U.M from Toronto, [...]

December 23, 2008

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Best of 2008: Best Remixes of 2008

With falling prices of music production software, more and more people are creating tracks, post it on MySpace or zShare, and calling it a remix. In 2008, the internet was clogged with a variety of “remixes”, ranging from hipster-hoppers rhyming over indie rock beats to apiring DJs and producers trying to put their mark on [...]

Reader Best of 2008: Divynthought

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is reader and former Couch [...]

December 22, 2008

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Reader Best of 2008 – Diego

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is my homeboy Diego from [...]

December 19, 2008

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