Still compiling my Top 100, and RaNia's "Masquerade" keeps crawling higher: chintzy little dance track, sounds a bit wasted, mid-'80s late-night glass clink and exhaustion, ghetto cuties not concealing the wear 'round the edges, and no one bothering with Autotune. I was disappointed by the rhythm sculpture Teddy Riley did for SNSD, and was outright ( Read more... )

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Galaxy Dream ft. Turbotronic, "Ready 4 Romance ( Read more... )

So far. And three of them are holdovers from last year, which I justify down in the wonky notes. I've already posted about Jeremih, the gorgeous tenuousness of the sounds seeming to have nothing to do with the booty-gazing lyrics. You likely already know about the Britney, and if you haven't heard " High High" yet, that's hardly my fault. "Knock Out ( Read more... )