Deadspin's Best Music Of 2014
Boy, what a year for jams, huh? From the creepy alt-R&B seductions of FKA Twigs to the '80s-dad mewlings of the War on Drugs to the incendiary political raps of Run the Jewels to the ... yeah, forget it. This was the real shit in 2014.
Hell, it's better than Raditude.
I have never heard this person rap, and yet am comfortable assuming this is his finest hour.
Double Turds, "Crankin' My Hog"
This left me incapacitated for about 20 minutes.
This happened on a Tuesday.
Don't try this in public.
Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" (Isolated Vocals)
Let her live. Mariah, too.
Big year for Plies. Rough year for Don.
I'm so old.
No way am I ever listening to this.
The "Ether" of its time.
My Buddy's 3-Year-Old Son Shouting, "MONSTER TRUCK" Over and Over Into a Frozen-Brand Karaoke Machine Mic A Capella for Like Five Minutes Straight at Last Week's Christmas Party [Audio Unavailable]
The highlight of my year, "Crankin' My Hog" aside. Sorry you missed it.
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