the first 10 months of 2008
Albums:
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World War
2. Parts & Labor - Receivers
3. Young Jeezy - The Recession
4. Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
5. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
6. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
7. Robin Thicke - Something Else
8. A.B.N. - It Is What It Is
9. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
10. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
11. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
12. Sloan - Parallel Play
13. John Legend - Evolver
14. Prodigy - Product Of The 80s
15. T.I. - Paper Trail
16. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
17. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
18. Walter Becker - Circus Money
19. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
20. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody
21. Termanology - Politics As Usual
22. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
23. Nas - Untitled
24. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
25. Grand Buffet - King Vision
26. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
27. Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor
28. Blake Leyh - X-Ray Yankee Zulu Tango
29. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
30. Statik Selektah - Stick 2 The Script
31. The B-52s - Funplex
32. Dwele - Sketches Of A Man
33. Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla
34. Prodigy - H.N.I.C. 2
35. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
36. The Roots - Rising Down
37. R.E.M. - Accelerate
38. AZ - Undeniable
39. Faraquet - Anthology 97-98
40. The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
41. Little Feat - Join The Band
42. Portastatic - Some Small History
43. various artists - The Wire: " … and all the pieces matter"
44. Firewater - The Golden Hour
45. Ted Leo - Rapid Response EP
46. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
47. The Alchemist - The Cutting Room Floor Vol. II
48. Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious
49. Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
50. Young Dro - I Am Legend
Singles:
1. Ne-Yo - "Closer"
2. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
3. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - "No Air"
4. Jazmine Sullivan f/ Missy Elliott - "I Need U Bad"
5. John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light"
6. Pink - "So What"
7. Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. - "Life Of Da Party"
8. Cherish f/ Yung Joc - "Killa"
9. T.I. f/ Swizz Beatz - "Swing Ya Rag"
10. Ryan Leslie - "Diamond Girl"
11. Coldplay - "Lost!"
12. Soulja Boy - "Donk"
13. B.O.B. - "Haterz Everywhere"
14. T-Pain f/ Ludacris - "Chopped 'N Skrewed"
15. Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"
16. Hot Stylz f/ Yung Joc - "Lookin' Boy"
17. Slim f/ Yung Joc - "So Fly"
18. Paramore - "That's What You Get"
19. Ray J - "Gifts"
20. Alicia Keys - "Teenage Love Affair"
21. Ryan Leslie f/ Cassie "Addiction"
22. Webbie f/ Lil Phat of 3 Deep and Lil Boosie - "Independent"
23. Ludo - "Love Me Dead"
24. Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
25. The Jonas Brothers - "Lovebug"
26. Robin Thicke - "Magic"
27. Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"
28. T.I. f/ Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
29. Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - "Put On"
30. Plies f/ Chris J. - "Put It On Ya"
31. Shawty Lo - "Foolish"
31. "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Whatever You Like"
32. Theory Of A Deadman - "Bad Girlfriend"
33. Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"
34. Nas f/ Keri Hilson - "Hero"
35. Smashing Pumpkins - "G.L.O.W."
36. Lil Mama f/ T-Pain - "What It Is (Strike A Pose)"
37. Lupe Fiasco f/ Nikki Jean - "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
38. Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die"
39. Nickelback - "Gotta Be Somebody"
40. 50 Cent - "Get Up"
41. Trina f/ Killer Mike - "Look Back At Me"
42. Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Part 2"
43. Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix)"
44. T.I. - "No Matter What"
45. Ashanti - "Good Good"
46. Janet Jackson - "Luv"
47. Chris Brown f/ Keri Hilson - "Superhuman"
48. Young Jeezy - "Who Dat"
49. One Day As A Lion - "Wild International"
50. Ron Browz - "Pop Champagne"
51. John Legend - "Show Me"
52. Big Boi f/ Raekwon and Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"
53. Atreyu - "Falling Down"
54. Ne-Yo - "Go On Girl"
55. Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
56. The Roots f/ Wale and Chrisette Michelle - "Rising Up"
57. Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne - "Turnin' Me On"
58. T.I. - "What Up, What's Haapnin'"
59. DJ Pharris f/ R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Fabolous and Busta Rhymes - "The Money"
60. Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"
61. John Mayer - "Say"
62. Lee Carr - "Stilettos"
63. New Kids On The Block f/ Ne-Yo - "Single"
64. Bow Wow f/ Yung Joc - "Big Girls"
65. Nelly f/ Fergie - "Party People"
66. Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline"
67. Chris Cornell - "Long Time"
68. Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)"
69. Sophia Fresh f/ Kanye West - "What It Is"
70. Danity Kane - "Damaged"
71. Lil Wayne f/ Bobby Valentino - "Mrs. Officer"
72. Ice Cube - "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"
73. Pitbull f/ Lil Jon - "The Anthem"
74. Metro Station - "Shake It"
75. Usher f/ Young Jeezy - "Love In This Club"
76. Sara Bareilles - "Bottle It Up"
77. Plies f/ Jamie Foxx and The-Dream - "Please Excuse My Hands"
78. Michelle Williams - "We Break The Dawn"
79. New Kids On The Block - "Summertime"
80. The Pretenders - "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"
81. LL Cool J f/ The-Dream - "Baby"
82. Ace Gutta f/ T-Pain and Rick Ross - "Cash Flow"
83. G-Unit - "I Like The Way She Do It"
84. Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
85. Bun B f/ David Banner, Rick Ross, 8 Ball & MJG - "You're Everything"
86. Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger - "Scream"
87. Missy Elliott - "Ching-A-Ling"
88. Coheed And Cambria - "Feathers"
89. Erykah Badu - "Honey"
90. Foxboro Hot Tubs - "Mother Mary"
91. Chingy f/ Amerie - "Fly Like Me"
92. Sheek Louch - "Good Love"
93. Soulja Boy - "Let Me Get Em"
94. Chingy f/ Ludacris and Bobby Valentino - "Gimme Dat"
95. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
96. Mike Jones f/ Hurricane Chris - "Drop & Gimme 50"
97. Hurricane Chris - "Playas Rock"
98. Say Anything - "Shiksa (Girlfriend)"
99. Weezer - "Troublemaker"
100. Jaheim - "Never"
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: 4th World War
2. Parts & Labor - Receivers
3. Young Jeezy - The Recession
4. Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
5. Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
6. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
7. Robin Thicke - Something Else
8. A.B.N. - It Is What It Is
9. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
10. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
11. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
12. Sloan - Parallel Play
13. John Legend - Evolver
14. Prodigy - Product Of The 80s
15. T.I. - Paper Trail
16. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
17. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
18. Walter Becker - Circus Money
19. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
20. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody
21. Termanology - Politics As Usual
22. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
23. Nas - Untitled
24. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
25. Grand Buffet - King Vision
26. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
27. Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor
28. Blake Leyh - X-Ray Yankee Zulu Tango
29. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
30. Statik Selektah - Stick 2 The Script
31. The B-52s - Funplex
32. Dwele - Sketches Of A Man
33. Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla
34. Prodigy - H.N.I.C. 2
35. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
36. The Roots - Rising Down
37. R.E.M. - Accelerate
38. AZ - Undeniable
39. Faraquet - Anthology 97-98
40. The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
41. Little Feat - Join The Band
42. Portastatic - Some Small History
43. various artists - The Wire: " … and all the pieces matter"
44. Firewater - The Golden Hour
45. Ted Leo - Rapid Response EP
46. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
47. The Alchemist - The Cutting Room Floor Vol. II
48. Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious
49. Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
50. Young Dro - I Am Legend
Singles:
1. Ne-Yo - "Closer"
2. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
3. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - "No Air"
4. Jazmine Sullivan f/ Missy Elliott - "I Need U Bad"
5. John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light"
6. Pink - "So What"
7. Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. - "Life Of Da Party"
8. Cherish f/ Yung Joc - "Killa"
9. T.I. f/ Swizz Beatz - "Swing Ya Rag"
10. Ryan Leslie - "Diamond Girl"
11. Coldplay - "Lost!"
12. Soulja Boy - "Donk"
13. B.O.B. - "Haterz Everywhere"
14. T-Pain f/ Ludacris - "Chopped 'N Skrewed"
15. Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"
16. Hot Stylz f/ Yung Joc - "Lookin' Boy"
17. Slim f/ Yung Joc - "So Fly"
18. Paramore - "That's What You Get"
19. Ray J - "Gifts"
20. Alicia Keys - "Teenage Love Affair"
21. Ryan Leslie f/ Cassie "Addiction"
22. Webbie f/ Lil Phat of 3 Deep and Lil Boosie - "Independent"
23. Ludo - "Love Me Dead"
24. Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
25. The Jonas Brothers - "Lovebug"
26. Robin Thicke - "Magic"
27. Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"
28. T.I. f/ Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
29. Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - "Put On"
30. Plies f/ Chris J. - "Put It On Ya"
31. Shawty Lo - "Foolish"
31. "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Whatever You Like"
32. Theory Of A Deadman - "Bad Girlfriend"
33. Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"
34. Nas f/ Keri Hilson - "Hero"
35. Smashing Pumpkins - "G.L.O.W."
36. Lil Mama f/ T-Pain - "What It Is (Strike A Pose)"
37. Lupe Fiasco f/ Nikki Jean - "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
38. Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die"
39. Nickelback - "Gotta Be Somebody"
40. 50 Cent - "Get Up"
41. Trina f/ Killer Mike - "Look Back At Me"
42. Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Part 2"
43. Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix)"
44. T.I. - "No Matter What"
45. Ashanti - "Good Good"
46. Janet Jackson - "Luv"
47. Chris Brown f/ Keri Hilson - "Superhuman"
48. Young Jeezy - "Who Dat"
49. One Day As A Lion - "Wild International"
50. Ron Browz - "Pop Champagne"
51. John Legend - "Show Me"
52. Big Boi f/ Raekwon and Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"
53. Atreyu - "Falling Down"
54. Ne-Yo - "Go On Girl"
55. Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
56. The Roots f/ Wale and Chrisette Michelle - "Rising Up"
57. Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne - "Turnin' Me On"
58. T.I. - "What Up, What's Haapnin'"
59. DJ Pharris f/ R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Fabolous and Busta Rhymes - "The Money"
60. Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"
61. John Mayer - "Say"
62. Lee Carr - "Stilettos"
63. New Kids On The Block f/ Ne-Yo - "Single"
64. Bow Wow f/ Yung Joc - "Big Girls"
65. Nelly f/ Fergie - "Party People"
66. Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline"
67. Chris Cornell - "Long Time"
68. Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)"
69. Sophia Fresh f/ Kanye West - "What It Is"
70. Danity Kane - "Damaged"
71. Lil Wayne f/ Bobby Valentino - "Mrs. Officer"
72. Ice Cube - "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"
73. Pitbull f/ Lil Jon - "The Anthem"
74. Metro Station - "Shake It"
75. Usher f/ Young Jeezy - "Love In This Club"
76. Sara Bareilles - "Bottle It Up"
77. Plies f/ Jamie Foxx and The-Dream - "Please Excuse My Hands"
78. Michelle Williams - "We Break The Dawn"
79. New Kids On The Block - "Summertime"
80. The Pretenders - "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"
81. LL Cool J f/ The-Dream - "Baby"
82. Ace Gutta f/ T-Pain and Rick Ross - "Cash Flow"
83. G-Unit - "I Like The Way She Do It"
84. Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
85. Bun B f/ David Banner, Rick Ross, 8 Ball & MJG - "You're Everything"
86. Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger - "Scream"
87. Missy Elliott - "Ching-A-Ling"
88. Coheed And Cambria - "Feathers"
89. Erykah Badu - "Honey"
90. Foxboro Hot Tubs - "Mother Mary"
91. Chingy f/ Amerie - "Fly Like Me"
92. Sheek Louch - "Good Love"
93. Soulja Boy - "Let Me Get Em"
94. Chingy f/ Ludacris and Bobby Valentino - "Gimme Dat"
95. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
96. Mike Jones f/ Hurricane Chris - "Drop & Gimme 50"
97. Hurricane Chris - "Playas Rock"
98. Say Anything - "Shiksa (Girlfriend)"
99. Weezer - "Troublemaker"
100. Jaheim - "Never"
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