2007 Wrap-Up
I had grand plans to do a post a day about my favorite 2007 things starting about 2 weeks ago but life got in the way. It's hard to write when grandma's in town and a Felicia returns and you're stuffing your face all the daggone time.
So, here's what I would've gone into more depth about.
Best Albums of 2007
- Untrue - Burial (Yeah, it creeped on up)
- Play With The Changes - 4Hero
- Version - Mark Ronson
- The Reminder - Feist
- American Gangster - Jay-Z
- Kala - M.I.A.
- Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park
- Koop Islands - Koop
- Writer's Block - Peter, Bjorn & John
- Ear Drum - Talib Kweli
- Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
- Introducing... - Joss Stone
- Under The Black Light - Rilo Kiley
- The Fragile Army - The Polyphonic Spree
- The Undisputed Truth - Brother Ali
- Desire - Pharoahe Monch
- The Weatherman LP - Evidence
- Those Things - Miguel Migs
- Proof of Youth - The Go! Team
- Volta - Bjork
Best Record Label of 2007 - The Numero Group
Best Hip-Hop Album of 2007 that you probably don't have
Best Albums of 2007 that didn't come out in 2007
- Bees + Things + Flowers - Incognito
- Keep Reachin' Up - Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
- The Only Thing I Ever Wanted - Psapp
- Set Yourself On Fire - Stars
- Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lam 1996-2004 - Lamb
Best Songs of 2007 (based on actual spins)
- Innocence - Bjork
- Black Mirror - Arcade Fire
- Unlike Me - Kate Havnevik
- Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (featuring Outkast) - UGK
- Give It To Me (f/ Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
- The Show - Talib Kweli & Madlib
- Don't Act (F/ Freeway) - Skillz
- I Still Love H.E.R. - Kanye West
- Ancient Curse - Peter, Bjorn & John
- Lookin' At Me Sideways - Brother Ali
- Innocence - Bjork
- Paper Planes - M.I.A.
- Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (featuring Outkast) - UGK
- I'm A Flirt (Remix ft. T.I & T-Pain) - R.Kelly
- He Can Only Hold Her - Amy Winehouse
- 1 2 3 4 - Feist
- Champion - Kanye West
- Young Folks - Peter, Bjorn & John
- Look Inside - 4Hero
- Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...) - Jay-Z
- Michael Clayton
- Ratatouille
- No Country For Old Men
- Superbad
- Lars and The Real Girl
- The Heart of the Game
- Who Killed The Electric Car?
- Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
- An Unreasonable Man
Best Read of 2007 - The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and The Awakening of a Nation
Best Website of 2007 - Last.fm
Best Website of 2007 to hate to sorta like - Facebook
Best Blog Podcast Vlog Content Site of 2007 - Undercover Black Man
Best New (to me) Content Site of 2007 - Away with Words
Comments
I love your list overall. A lot of diversity. I expected more hip-hop from you though given how much you listen to. :-) But overall, I <3 your list.
I do listen to a lot of hip-hop but I didn't get struck by a lot of "new" hip hop this year. I feel like all the interesting hip hop is happening on the mixtapes and I just haven't gotten on-board with mixtape culture.
More telling about me this year, however, is that I have no Stones Throw albums in my top 20 and Common's album didn't touch me at all. That's quite a transition from the last 2 or 3 years.