Top 10 Tracks of 2008 (Part 1)

25 Nov 2008, Posted by Kevin Lincoln in End-of-Year Lists, Lists, Music, Playground, 7 Comments

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Courtesy Darcy James Argues.

10. Estelle featuring Kanye West. “American Boy.” Leave it to a girl from overseas to sing the best song about Americans this year. And leave it to Kanye to only make it better.

9. Pete and the Pirates. “Knots.” A beautiful piece of guitar pop that will seem longer than its 2 minutes and 14 seconds once it logs a week of playtime inside your head.

8. Jamie Lidell. “Little Bit of Feel Good.” 2008′s best soul track, hands down, from 2008′s best soul album, hands down. Jamie Lidell is single-handedly striving to make Motown relevant in the age of computers.

7. Okkervil River. “Singer Songwriter.” If this song sounds as though it’s about you (or your girlfriend), don’t get mad; just appreciate the incredible perceptiveness of Will Scheff’s lyrics.
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The Voice of Our Generation

14 Nov 2008, Posted by Baishi Wu in Music, Playground, 0 Comments

Courtesy of vulture, I found out today that Kanye West believes he is the Michael Jordan of this generation. 

“I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” he said in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.”

Wake up Mr. West, how many times did Michael Jordan assault the paparazzi? Less than two, right? Not a very clutch performance today Yeezy. Meanwhile, Kanye’s competition for “voice of our generation” (at least in terms of other rappers using the autotune) just released a new mixtape today with beats from T.I.’s “Whatever You Like” and Outkast’s “The Art of Storytelling, Pt.4.” Check out Lil Wayne’s Dedication 3.