TOP TEN 2010

So finally I’m done. It was harder than I thought but here it is, my top ten for 2010. Starting of with number 10.

10. Chemical Brothers – Escape Velocity
They know how to do it, Ed and Tom.




9. Håkan Hellström – Du är snart där
Håkan is just getting better and better and better for every album.




8. Strong Arm Steady - Best of times
A magnificent Madlib production.




7. Jai Paul – BTSTU
Not much happened after BTSTU but he has signed with XL, which is always a good sign so hopefully we will hear more from Jai Paul this year. However, if you make one song this good it’s ok just to release one every year instead of releasing three albums all sounding the same, Robyn….




6. James Blake – Limit to your love
James Blake released a couple of EP:s during 2010 all of them great. Limit to your love is also featured on the album released a couple of weeks back.




5. Big Boi – Shine Blockas (remix ft. Gucci Mane, Bun B & Project Pat)
A great album, a great song and a great guest appearance by Bun B. He’s been quite busy in 2010 appearing almost everywhere but doing it good.




4. Salem – King Night
According to Chinese astrology 2010 was the year of the Tiger. I say it was the year of the witch. Witch-house was the sound of the spring and the summer and Salem did it the best, with a bit of competition from oOoOO. The whole album is well worth spending some time with.




3. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC remix)
Home is a great song, filled with love, summer and happiness, and what else do you need. The original is great but RAC manage to make it even a little bit better with this remix. RAC had a good year with a couple of other nice remixes.




2. Caribou – Sun
Swim was the best album of 2010 and Sun is a song that you never get tired of. I’ve heard a couple of remixes of it but no one comes even close to the original, it’s a brilliant track, nuff said.




1. Kanye West – The Joy
“No electro, no metro, a little retro, ah perfecto” I never thought that I would ever have Kanye on the top of one of my lists. But with this Pete Rock beat based on a Curtis sample together with Jay Z sounding like his glory days, nothing could top it in 2010. As Kanye says “This beat deserves Hennessy, a bad bitch and a bag of weed, the Holy Trinity”

I don’t know if this song will be part of the Jay Z – Mr West collaboration album or if it just was one of the G.O.O.D Friday treats. What I know though, is that this album can become one of the golden moments of 2011, Madlib, Pete Rock and Q-Tip, three of my favourite producers out there, are set to contribute to it.