Nat King Cole – Lush Life Prod. by Cee-Lo Green (Windows Media File)

Much thanks to my old friend Honey Soul, who put me onto a new Nat King Cole compilation being released this month. Nat King Cole’s Re:Generations features a stellar lineup of artists and producers: Cee-Lo, The Roots, Will.i.am with Natalie Cole, Cut Chemist, Just Blaze, Nas with Salaam Remi, Souldiggaz with Izza Kizza, Michaelangelo L’Acqua with Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damian Marley, Bitter:Sweet, Brazilian Girls, Amp Fiddler and TV On The Radio.(Good lawd that’s a nice list!)  There hasn’t been much music that has excited me so far in 2009, but I’m on pins and needles for this album. It reminds me a lot of the Verve Remixed series (which is still one of my favorites), and hopefully will reignite interest in a legend.

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 Madeline, who resides in DC, and who you might remember provided us the pictures from U street on Election Night.

Name: Madeline
Location: Washington, DC

Albums:
Brazilian Girls- New York City
Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It
Thievery Corporation- Radio Retaliation
Q-Tip- The Renaissance
Santogold- Santogold

Songs:
Ray LaMontagne- I Still Care For You
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
MGMT- Electric Feel
Adele- Chasing Pavements