Blog is a Mix Tape http://negroplease.vox.com/library/posts/tags/lists/page/1/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. en Vox Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:50:00 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss lists 2007 Wrap-Up http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/2007-wrap-up.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Jason) http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/2007-wrap-up.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/2007-wrap-up.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:50:00 -0800 <p>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&#39;s hard to write when grandma&#39;s in town and a Felicia returns and you&#39;re stuffing your face all the daggone time.</p><p>So, here&#39;s what I would&#39;ve gone into more depth about.</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Albums of 2007</strong></span></p><ol><li>Untrue - Burial (Yeah, i<a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/song-for-sunday-the-2007-album-that-haunts-me.html">t creeped on up</a>)</li><li>Play With The Changes - 4Hero</li><li>Version - Mark Ronson</li><li>The Reminder - Feist</li><li>American Gangster - Jay-Z</li><li>Kala - M.I.A.</li><li>Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park</li><li>Koop Islands - Koop</li><li>Writer&#39;s Block - Peter, Bjorn &amp; John</li><li>Ear Drum - Talib Kweli</li><li>Neon Bible - Arcade Fire</li><li>Introducing... - Joss Stone</li><li>Under The Black Light - Rilo Kiley</li><li>The Fragile Army - The Polyphonic Spree</li><li>The Undisputed Truth - Brother Ali</li><li>Desire - Pharoahe Monch</li><li>The Weatherman LP - Evidence</li><li>Those Things - Miguel Migs</li><li>Proof of Youth - The Go! Team</li><li>Volta - Bjork</li></ol><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Record Label of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.numerogroup.com/">The Numero Group</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Hip-Hop Album of 2007 that you probably don&#39;t have</strong></span><br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc34240002" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc34240002.html"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc34240002-320pi" alt="Below the Heavens" title="Below the Heavens" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc34240002.html" title="Below the Heavens">Below the Heavens</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Blu &amp; Exile</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Albums of 2007 that didn&#39;t come out in 2007</strong></span><br /><ol><li>Bees + Things + Flowers - Incognito</li><li>Keep Reachin&#39; Up - Nicole Willis &amp; The Soul Investigators<br /></li><li>The Only Thing I Ever Wanted - Psapp</li><li>Set Yourself On Fire - Stars</li><li>Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lam 1996-2004 - Lamb</li></ol><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Compilation Makers of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.sonarkollektiv.com/artists/Jazzanova/">Jazzanova</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Songs of 2007</strong></span> (based on actual spins)<br /><ol><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414376f523c7f.html">Innocence - Bjork</a></li><li>Black Mirror - Arcade Fire</li><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414293b4b6a47.html">Unlike Me - Kate Havnevik</a></li><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d09e673fbcbe2b.html">Int&#39;l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (featuring Outkast) - UGK</a></li><li>Give It To Me (f/ Nelly Furtado &amp; Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland</li><li>The Show - Talib Kweli &amp; Madlib</li><li>Don&#39;t Act (F/ Freeway) - Skillz</li><li>I Still Love H.E.R. - Kanye West</li><li>Ancient Curse - Peter, Bjorn &amp; John</li><li>Lookin&#39; At Me Sideways - Brother Ali</li></ol><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Songs of 2007</strong></span> (based completely subjectively)<br /><ol><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414376f523c7f.html">Innocence - Bjork</a></li><li>Paper Planes - M.I.A.<br /></li><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d09e673fbcbe2b.html">Int&#39;l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (featuring Outkast) - UGK</a></li><li>I&#39;m A Flirt (Remix ft. T.I &amp; T-Pain) - R.Kelly</li><li>He Can Only Hold Her - Amy Winehouse</li><li>1 2 3 4 - Feist</li><li>Champion - Kanye West</li><li>Young Folks - Peter, Bjorn &amp; John</li><li>Look Inside - 4Hero</li><li>Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...) - Jay-Z<br /></li></ol><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Video of 2007</strong></span><br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc2bcb0001" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large video-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item video-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/video/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc2bcb0001.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc2bcb0001-320pi" alt="Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction" title="Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/video/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc2bcb0001.html" title="Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction">Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Movies of 2007</strong></span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://michaelclayton.warnerbros.com/">Michael Clayton</a></li><li>Ratatouille</li><li>No Country For Old Men</li><li>Superbad</li><li><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/movies-lars-and-the-real-girl.html">Lars and The Real Girl</a></li></ol><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Documentaries I Saw in 2007</strong></span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.heartofthegame.org/web/home.htm">The Heart of the Game</a></li><li>Who Killed The Electric Car?</li><li>Dixie Chicks: Shut Up &amp; Sing</li><li>An Unreasonable Man</li></ol><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best TV show I Liked that Nobody Else did in 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.hbo.com/johnfromcincinnati/">John From Cincinnati</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Read of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/books-the-race-beat.html">The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and The Awakening of a Nation</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Website of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://last.fm">Last.fm</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best Website of 2007 to hate to sorta like</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best <del>Blog</del> <del>Podcast</del> <del>Vlog</del> Content Site of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/">Undercover Black Man</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Best New (to me) Content Site of 2007</strong></span> - <a href="http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/">Away with Words</a></p><p></p> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/2007-wrap-up.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398cc434f0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> music tv videos lists books movies blogs best of 07