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  • Special Section, IndyBlog, Dec 26, 2012
  • Songs of 2012 Countdown: #1 The Coup

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    Songs of 2012 Countdown: #1 The Coup

    “Guillotine” “Anger is an energy,” Johnny Rotten once snarled, but I’m fairly sure that nothing in the punk-rock canon can match the intensity of this track from Oakland’s premiere hip-hop duo. Try this lyric on for size: Please sir, may we have another portion? We’re children of the beast that dodged the abortion Neck placed firm ’tween the floor and the Florsheim We’ll shut your shit down, don’t call it extortion This irresistibly catchy track comes complete with choppy guitar riffs and infectious vocal chants (“We got the guillotine / You’d better run”) that can hold their own against George Clinton’s best. Add in a rumbling electrofunk groove that does the Gap Band’s “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” one better, and there’s no doubt that the Coup has finally outdone itself. Like the song’s French Revolution-themed video, which echoes the wildly theatrical aesthetics of Broadway’s The Wiz and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, “Guillotine” is as intoxicating as it is incendiary.

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  • Special Section, IndyBlog, Dec 25, 2012
  • Songs of 2012 Countdown: #2 Kimbra

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    Songs of 2012 Countdown: #2 Kimbra

    “Settle Down” While Kimbra was already finding fame Down Under, she’d remained relatively unknown here in the States until her featured vocals on Gotye’s breakthrough “Somebody That I Used to Know” helped make it the best-selling single of 2012. That said, I much prefer this track from her Vows album, which showcases a quirky pop sensibility that’s a bit less operatic, but no less brilliant, than Kate Bush. With its soaring chorus and intriguing lyrical references to ’50s noir film A Place in the Sun, “Settle Down” is the most musically developed and emotionally arresting track from a 22-year-old artist whose star continues to rise.

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  • Special Section, IndyBlog, Dec 25, 2012
  • Songs of 2012 Countdown: #4 Y.N.RichKids

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    Songs of 2012 Countdown: #4 Y.N.RichKids

    “Hot Cheetos and Takis” “Munchin’ on my Takis like I just don’t care / Then I walked up to your girl and she’s asking me to share.” Who would have thought that the year’s best ensemble rap would be a pre-teen ode to hyper-palatable snack addiction? With its heartfelt chorus (“Snack, snack, snack, CRUNCH”) and a procession of seriously talented grade-school emcees, this was truly a breath of fresh air. The accompanying video is essential viewing; be sure not to miss the dreadlocked kid whose fairly screamed verse makes Mystikal sound like a sleepy-eyed crooner.

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  • Special Section, IndyBlog, Dec 24, 2012
  • Songs of 2012 Countdown: #6 The ReMINDers

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    Songs of 2012 Countdown: #6 The ReMINDers

    “You Can Count on Me” When I watched the ReMINDers perform during the Planet Hip-Hop showcase at this year’s South by Southwest, “You Can Count on Me” was the song that surely got the biggest crowd reaction. It’s not hard to hear why. As featured on the Colorado Springs couple’s sophomore CD, Born Champions, it’s a moving expression of mutually assured devotion that juxtaposes rap verses and soulful choruses as deftly as anyone this side of Lauryn Hill and the Fugees.

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