Best of 2011 - Pop Music

What is "pop" music, really? I'm not really sure, so you should seriously question my choices for top 10 pop songs of 2011. Some of these songs are arguably electronic/synth-pop, folk, R&B or hip-hop. You decide...

1. Call It What You Want | Foster the People | Torches.



2. Keep A Secret | The Whitest Boy Alive | Rules.



3. Times Like These | Jack Johnson | On and On.



4. Shadows On Behalf | The Stepkids | The Stepkids.



5. Safety Dance | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | The Golden Age - EP.



6. Yes 2 | Sonnymoon.

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7. Amor Fati | Washed Out | Within and Without.  < Best Song of 2011 Candidate > 



8. The State We're In | The Chemical Brothers | Come With Us.



9. The Wilhelm Scream | James Blake | James Blake.



10. Glass Table Girls | The Weeknd | House of Balloons. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >

Best of 2011 - Vintage Music

Here are my picks for the best classics and rare groves (i.e., anything older than 10 years) that I re-discovered in 2011. Please note that instead of the album, I'm listing the music genre. I'm waaaaaay too lazy to look up the albums...

1. Something About Us | Daft Punk | Electronic.



2. Love Magic | Deodato | Disco.



3. Just Kissed My Baby | The Meters | Funk.



4. You Are What I'm All About | New Birth | Funk.



5. Underground | David Bowie | Pop.



6. You Caught Me Smilin' Again | Nineteenth Whole | R&B.



7. Open Your Eyes | Bobby Caldwell | R&B.



8. Fool's Paradise | Meli'Sa Morgan | R&B.



9. For What It's Worth | The Voices of East Harlem | R&B.



10. Violent Love | Oingo Boingo | New Wave.



11. For Belgian Friends | The Durutti Column | Pop.



12. Girlfriend Is Better | Talking Heads | New Wave.



13. The Worst Band In The World | 10cc | Rock.



14. Hit or Miss | Bo Diddley | Blues.



15. I'll Do My Best For You | The Ritchie Family | Disco.



16. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) | A Tribe Called Quest | Hip-Hop.



17. Goody Two Shoes | Adam Ant | Rock.



18. Oooh | De La Soul ft. Redman | Hip-Hop.



19. Promises, Promises | Naked Eyes | New Wave.



20. Intimate Connection | Kleeer | Funk.

Best of 2011 - R&B Music

Here are my picks for the best R&B songs I came across in 2011:

1. More & More | Georgia Anne Muldrow ft. Bilal | Owed to Mama Rickie. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >



2. Flaws and All | Beyonce | B'Day.



3. Oh, Maker | Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >



4. Supernatural | King | The Story.



5. Champagne Life | Ne-Yo.



6. Better Things | Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings | I Learned the Hard Way. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >



7. Love, Come Save the Day | Yahzarah | The Ballad of Purple Saint James.



8. SLEEP | Coco O | HomeBase Presents Live At The Clubhouse Vol. 1.



9. The Cure | Slakah the Beatchild | Something Forever.



10. Play | Goapele | Break of Dawn.

Best of 2011 - Hip-Hop Music

And now for my top 10 hip-hop songs of 2011:

1. Who Loves You More | Phonte ft. Eric Roberson | Charity Starts at Home. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >



2. Cold Game | Snoop Dogg ft. Latoiya Williams | Doggumentary.  < Best Song of 2011 Candidate > 



3. Be With You | David Banner & 9th Wonder ft. Ludacris & Marsha Ambrosius | Death of a Popstar.



4. Hol' Up | Kendrick Lamar | Section.80.



5. Privacy | MED ft. Steve Arrington.



6. Base for Your Face | Lil B The Based God ft. Jean Grae &  Phonte | Illusions Of Grandeur.



7. Three Sixty | Kaimbr & Kev Brown | The Alexander Green Project.



8. Special | Snoop Dogg ft. Brandy & Pharrell | Malice 'N Wonderland.



9. The Yorker | Von Pea | Pea's Gotta Have It.



10. 5.13.11 | Rapper Big Pooh | Dirty Pretty Things.

Best of 2011 - Rock Music

Welcome back to my annual roundup of music findings for 2011! Just like last year, I'm going to give you my picks from various genres of music. A special thanks goes out to my Music Fan First family, who helped me find some of the best music ever created...

Let's start with my top 5 rock songs of 2011...

1. Mammalian Locomotion | Abbe May | Mammalian Locomotion. < Best Song of 2011 Candidate >



2. All I Wanted | Paramore | Brand New Eyes.



3. Honest Face | Liam Finn + Eliza Jane | Champagne In Seashells EP.



4. VCR | The XX | xx.



5. Lets Call It Off | Drake ft. Peter Bjorn & John | Drake - So Far Gone.