Favorite Singles of 2006 So Far (most of which admittedly were released in '05 but are peaking in '06)

1. Twista f/ Pitbull - "Hit The Floor" (mp3)
2. Beyonce f/ Slim Thug and Bun B - "Check On It"
3. Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable"
4. Daddy Yankee - "Rompe"
5. All-American Rejects - "Move Along"
6. Remy Ma - "Conceited"
7. Ne-Yo - "So Sick"
8. Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep"
9. Ludacris, Trick Daddy and Luke - "Throw Da D '06" (mp3)
10. Click Five - "Catch Your Wave"
11. Three 6 Mafia - "Poppin' My Collar"
12. Morningwood - "Nth Degree"
13. T.I. - "What You Know About That"
14. Donnell Jones f/ Jermaine Dupri - "Better Start Talking"
15. Shawnna - "Gettin' Some" (mp3)
16. Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You"
17. Ghostface f/ Ne-Yo - "Like That"
18. Don Omar f/ Fabolous and Swizz Beatz - "Dale, Don, Dale" (remix)
19. Pitbull f/ Pretty Ricky - "Everybody Get Up"
20. Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It"
21. LL Cool J f/ Freeway - "Whatcha Want"
22. Young Jeezy - "Trap Star"
23. Keyshia Cole - "Love"
24. E-40 f/ Keak Da Sneak - "Tell Me When To Go"
25. Nelly f/ Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp - "Grillz"

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51. Black Rob - "Ready"

Like every rap song with children singing and every rap song with millitary snares thrown in a blender with Pharrell's egg timer bit from "Drop It Like It's Hot".



52. Will Smith - "Switch"

I love Kwame.



53. Pitbull f/ Lil Jon - "Toma"

A little behind his collabs w/ Twista and the Ying Yang Twins for my favorite Pitbull track of the year, but still pretty good.



54. Fat Joe - "So Much More"

Love that synth whine.



55. Trick Daddy f/ Cee-Lo and Lil Kim - "Sugar"

Kim fits in there much better than the Luda-by-numbers verse on the album version.



56. U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"

"With Or Without You" is my favorite U2 song, I always like the slow ones best.



57. 112 - "U Already Know"

Q's voice is the bomb.



58. Bow Wow f/ J-Kwon - "Fresh Azimiz"

J-Kwon's voice sounds way better on the hook, I wish they let him do a verse.



59. Paul Wall f/ Big Pokey - "Sittin' Sidewayz"

It kind of pains me to put Paul Wall on this list twice, because I don't really give a shit about the dude, but this song might have my favorite snare drum sound of the year.



60. Bloodhound Gang - "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"

I think I like their faux indie rock better than their faux synth pop or faux rap metal.



61. Shakira - "Don't Bother"

I'll be FOINE I'll be FOINE I'll be FOINE.



62. Omarion - "Touch"

Although I still hate hate hate almost everything else Pharrell did this year, this one gradually grew on me big time.



63. Boyz N Da Hood - "Dem Boyz"

I still can't get over those rattling triplet beats that keep cropping up every few measures.



64. Nivea f/ Lil Jon and the Youngbloodz - "Okay"

I love how the jolly, innocent veneer of the song isn't even broken in the 2nd verse where she says stuff like "your hands all on my boobs, two stepping in my coochie".



65. B.G. f/ Homebwoi - "Where Da At"

If his other 3 entries further up on this list don't make it clear, I love Mr. Collipark.



66. Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps"

I think that my absolute repulsion with BEP topped off with "Don't Phunk With My Heart" instead of with this like for a lot of people. It's kind of fun.



67. Gwen Stefani - "Cool"

No Doubt always average at least one single per album that I loved, and this is the one from her solo shit, also the only one that doesn't have any annoying cheerleader shit or dancehall jacks or stale Neptunes beats or Harajuku girls.



68. Lyfe Jennings f/ Fantasia - "Hypothetically"

This song hit me like a ton of bricks the other day when I really listened to it closely for the first time so I switched out another song for it.



69. U2 - "City Of Blinding Lights"

I like the stately retro U2 of Atomic Bomb's later singles much more than the forced rawk schtick of the first two.



70. Ludacris - "#1 Spot"

Terrible, terrible idea, but incredibly committed execution.



71. Foo Fighters - "Best Of You"

Dave's over-reaching metal voice works surprisingly well on the mid-tempo stuff.



72. Big & Rich - "The Big Time"

This feels...jaunty.



73. Papa Roach - "Scars"

Nu-metal power ballad yada yada yada, but I love the drums on the verses.



74. Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"

I don't like it that much when it's on, but it really gets stuck in my head, and sounds better there somehow.



75. Backstreet Boys - "I Just Want You To Know"

Ultimately, "Incomplete" was just too Coldplay for me, but this was fun. The video definitely helped.

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in my stereo:

Sheek Louch - After Taxes
Black Rob - The Black Rob Report
Trick Daddy - Thug Holiday
Petra Haden - Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out
Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Chris Corsano - Immolation/Immersion
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Lungfish - Feral Hymns
DNA/Don Brody - Bitches N Gunz
South Paw Entertainment - South Paw Entertainment
DJ Unique - Classic Odell's Club Mix Vol. 2

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top ten:

1. System Of A Down - "Hypnotize"
2. Trick Daddy featuring Tre+6 & Deuce Poppi - "SNS / Roland (skit)"
3. Apollo Sunshine - "Lord"
4. Private Eleanor - "Photocopy Of A Photocopy Of A Photograph"
5. Tyree Colion - "Bass Drop"
6. Mark De Gli Antoni - "Hong Kong"
7. The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
8. Blink 182 - "Not Now"
9. INXS - "Don't Change"
10. Fine Young Cannibals - "Good Thing"

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in my stereo:

Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming
DJ Quicksilva - The Hot Boy Volume 1
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love
The Pretenders - The Pretenders
Bossman - Charm City's King, Mixtape Vol. 2
Enon - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Blink 182 - Blink 182
Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony

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in my stereo:

Huli Shallone - It's My Turn
Trick Daddy - Book of Thugs: Chapter AK, Verse 47
Chisel - Set You Free
Travis Morrison - Travistan
Rod Lee - Operation: Start-Up
Enon - High Society
Nas - It Was Written
Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty
Nels Cline Singers - The Giant Pin
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

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my 200 favorite singles of the first half of this decade:

1. Twista f/ Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - "Slow Jamz"
2. Ludacris - "What's Your Fantasy?"
3. The Clipse f/ Pharrell - "Grindin'"
4. Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Get Low"
5. Ja Rule f/ Lil Mo and Vita - "Put It On Me"
6. Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
7. R. Kelly - "Step In The Name Of Love" (Remix)
8. Nas - "One Mic"
9. Bone Crusher f/ Killer Mike and T.I. - "Never Scared"
10. Joe Budden - "Pump It Up"

11. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
12. Sisqo - "Thong Song"
13. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
14. Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"
15. Talib Kweli - "Get By"
16. R. Kelly - "Ignition"
17. Monica - "So Gone"
18. Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg - "The Next Episode"
19. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z and Missy Elliott - "Is That Your Chick?"
20. Trick Daddy f/ Trina, Co and Duece Poppito - "Shut Up"

21. Juelz Santana f/ Cam'ron - "Dipset (Santana's Town)"
22. N Sync - "Girlfriend"
23. Baby f/ The Clipse - "What Happened To That Boy?"
24. Vanessa Carlton - "One Thousand Miles"
25. Jay-Z f/ Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek - "Change The Game"
26. Outkast - "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)"
27. M.O.P. - "Ante Up"
28. Nivea f/ R. Kelly - "Laundromat"
29. Kylie Minogue - "Love At First Sight"
30. Britney Spears - "Toxic"

31. Linkin Park - "Faint"
32. Toby Keith - "I Love This Bar"
33. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
34. Christina Aguilera - "Beautiful"
35. Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz f/ Mystikal and Krayzie Bone - "I Don't Give A Fuck"
36. Sugar Ray - "When It's Over"
37. Eminem - "Without Me"
38. Sum 41 - "Fat Lip"
39. Coldplay - "Clocks"
40. Usher - "U Don't Have To Call"

41. Jagged Edge f/ Nelly - "Where The Party At?"
42. Jadakiss f/ Styles P. - "We Gonna Make It"
43. Cam'ron f/ Juelz Santana - "Oh Boy"
44. Limp Bizkit - "My Way"
45. Pharrell f/ Jay-Z - "Frontin'"
46. Carl Thomas - "I Wish"
47. Lil Mo f/ Fabolous - "Superwoman" (Remix)
48. Sean Paul - "Like Glue"
49. Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
50. Freeway f/ Peedi Crakk - "Flipsides"

51. Da Band - "Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That"
52. Big & Rich - "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)"
53. T.I. - "Rubber Band Man"
54. Wayne Wonder - "No Letting Go"
55. Terror Squad - "Lean Back"
56. John Mayer - "Clarity"
57. Da Brat - "That's What I'm Looking For"
58. Lloyd Banks f/ 50 Cent - "On Fire"
59. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"
60. R. Kelly f/ Jay-Z - "Fiesta" (Remix)

61. Jimmy Eat World - "Sweetness"
62. Mya - "Case of the Ex"
63. Sunshine Anderson - "Heard It All Before"
64. Madonna - "Don't Tell Me"
65. J-Kwon - "Hood Hop"
66. Nas - "Made You Look"
67. Trina f/ Ludacris - "B R Right"
68. Bow Wow f/ Jagged Edge - "My Baby"
69. Bubba Sparxxx - "Ugly"
70. Young Gunz f/ Rell - "No Better Love"

71. Juvenile f/ Soulja Slim - "Slow Motion"
72. Wacko & Skip f/ Juvenile - "Nolia Clap" (Remix)
73. Fabolous f/ Nate Dogg - "Can't Deny It"
74. Faith Evans - "You Gets No Love"
74. Justin Timberlake f/ The Clipse - "Like I Love You"
75. Big Tymers - "Get Your Roll On"
76. R. Kelly - "Ignition" (Remix)
77. Busta Rhymes f/ Pharrell - "Light YOur Ass On Fire"
78. Jay-Z - "Hey Papi"
79. Twista - "Overnight Celebrity"
80. Aaliyah - "More Than A Woman"

81. Nelly f/ St. Lunatics - "Air Force Ones"
82. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "By The Way"
83. Anthony Hamilton - "Charlene"
84. Jadakiss f/ Anthony Hamilton - "Why"
85. Mannie Fresh - "Real Big"
86. P. Diddy - "Bad Boy 4 Life"
87. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
88. Musiq - "Halfcrazy"
89. Mystikal - "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)"
90. Alicia Keys - "You Don't Know My Name"

91. Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule - "Ain't It Funny" (Remix)
92. Lostprophets - "Last Train Home"
93. Ludacris f/ Mystikal and I-20 - "Move"
94. Mario - "Just A Friend 2002"
95. Nappy Roots f/ Jazze Pha - "Awnaw"
96. Christina Aguilera - "Fighter"
97. Foo Fighters - "Times Like These"
98. Amerie - "Why Don't We Fall In Love?"
99. Isley Brothers f/ R. Kelly and Chante Moore - "Contagious"
100. Phantom Planet - "California"

101. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z - "Do My"
102. Youngbloodz f/ Lil Jon - "Damn!"
103. Beenie Man f/ Sean Paul and Lady Saw - "Bossman"
104. Brandy - "What About Us"
105. Janet Jackson - "Someone To Call My Lover"
106. Craig David - "Fill Me In"
107. Lil Mo f/ Fabolous - "4Ever"
108. Green Day - "Waiting"
109. Alien Ant Farm - "Movies"
110. Daniel Bedingfield - "If You're Not The One"

111. N.O.R.E. f/ Pharrell - "Grimey"
112. Wu Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
113. Lil Wayne f/ Hot Boyz - "Shine"
114. Beyonce f/ Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love"
115. Petey Pablo - "Raise Up"
116. Joe f/ Mystikal - "Stutter" (Remix)
117. Aaliyah - "Come Over"
118. B Rich - "Woah Now"
119. LL Cool J - "Luv U Better"
120. No Doubt - "Bathwater"

121. Sarai - "Ladies"
122. Westside Connection f/ Nate Dogg - "Gangsta Nation"
123. Kelly Rowland - "Can't Nobody"
124. Liz Phair - "Why Can't I?"
125. Outkast f/ Killer Mike - "Land of a Million Drums"
126. TLC - "Girls Talk"
127. Ginuwine - "There It Is"
128. Tank - "Maybe I Deserve"
129. Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent"
130. Limp Bizkit - "Rollin'"

131. Ashlee Simpson - "La La"
132. Nelly - "Na-Nana-Na"
133. Ali f/ St. Lunatics - "Breathe In, Breathe Out"
134. Fat Joe f/ R. Kelly - "We Thuggin'"
135. Ray J f/ Lil Kim - "Wait A Minute"
136. Nelly - "Hot In Herre"
137. Scarface f/ Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - "Guess Who's Back"
138. Cee-Lo f/ Timbaland - "I'll Be Around"
139. Tweet f/ Missy Elliott - "Oops (Oh My)"
140. D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"

141. Cam'ron f/ Juelz Santana - "Hey Ma"
142. Big Tymers - "Still Fly"
143. John Mayer - "No Such Thing"
144. Eminem - "Lose Yourself"
145. N.E.R.D. - "Rock Star"
146. Jay-Z f/ UGK - "Big Pimpin'"
147. Missy Elliott f/ Ludacris - "Gossip Folks"
148. Good Charlotte - "The Young and the Hopeless"
149. Truth Hurts f/ Rakim - "Addictive"
150. Ying Yang Twins - "Naggin'"

151. Busta Rhymes - "Break Ya Neck"
152. R. Kelly - "I Wish"
153. Freeway f/ Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel - "What We Do"
154. Lloyd - "Hey Young Girl"
155. Michael Jackson - "Butterflies"
156. Jagged Edge - "Walked Outta Heaven"
157. Mya f/ Jay-Z - "Best of Me" (Remix)
158. Beenie Man f/ Mya - "Girls Dem Sugar"
159. Train - "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"
160. Evanescence - "Going Under"

161. Usher - "U Got It Bad"
162. N Sync - "Gone"
163. Sean Paul - "Get Busy"
164. Nick Cannon f/ B2K - "Feelin' Freaky"
165. R. Kelly - "Feelin' On Yo Booty"
166. Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious"
167. Ludacris, LL Cool J and Keith Murray - "Fatty Girl"
168. St. Lunatics - "Midwest Swing"
169. Da Brat f/ Tyrese - "What Do You Like"
170. Madonna - "Music"

171. Common f/ Bilal - "The Sixth Sense"
172. Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me A River"
173. Freeway and Beanie Sigel - "Roc the Mic"
174. Kanye West - "Through The Wire"
175. Big Punisher - "It's So Hard"
176. Good Charlotte - "Little Things"
177. Eve - "Who's That Girl?"
178. The Darkness - "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
179. Maroon 5 - "Harder To Breathe"
180. Mario - "C'mon"

181. Faith Hill - "Cry"
182. Blink 182 - "Feeling This"
183. Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
184. John Mayer - "Why Georgia"
185. Aaliyah f/ Timbaland - "We Need A Resolution"
186. P. Diddy - "Diddy"
187. Redman - "Let's Get Dirty"
188. DMX - "X Gon' Give It To Ya"
189. Nate Dogg f/ Fabolous, Kurupt and B.R.E.T.T. - "I Got Love" (Remix)
190. Nelly Furtado - "Turn Off The Light"

191. N Sync - "Pop"
192. N.E.R.D. f/ Lee Harvey and Vita - "Lapdance"
193. The Strokes - "Someday"
194. 112 - "Peaches and Cream"
195. Ludacris - "Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!)"
196. Ms. Jade - "Feel The Girl"
197. David Banner f/ Lil Flip - "Like A Pimp"
198. Hillary Duff - "So Yesterday"
199. Chingy f/ Ludacris and Snoop Dogg - "Holidae Inn"
200. Jay-Z - "Song Cry"

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