best of Yndda's Best/Worst of 2017 ? | FINALE out! (p4) (7th batch)

[Samson]

Spoiler

 

On 12/18/2017 at 3:37 PM, Legend E said:

The worst songs are so bad

i try to list the worst of the worst

 

On 12/18/2017 at 1:17 PM, madonnas said:

I honestly like Swalla It has that cluster**** vibe that some kpop songs have.

 

On 12/18/2017 at 11:35 AM, Unoriginal said:

Swalla was offensive to my ears. A deserved thrashing

 

On 12/18/2017 at 11:30 AM, Kevin2803 said:

Bad Things & Swalla weren't that bad, but i needed some time to get into them.

 

On 12/18/2017 at 3:55 AM, alexanderao said:

Agree with both of your worsts here. Swalla is dreadful, and it really does seem like Derulo's foremost skills now are writing terrible hooks and singing cringeworthily about sexual intercourse.

 

Walk On Water was such a massive disappointment for me. Not engaging at all, with a really awkward chorus.

 

On 12/18/2017 at 1:03 AM, fireaero said:

Oh wow you're serving TASTE  

 

On 12/18/2017 at 0:54 AM, moonlight. said:

DRAG this trash song & T R A S H artists  

 

On 12/18/2017 at 0:10 AM, Lazuli said:

Swalla  

WOW is okay tbh

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:46 PM, theblackestday said:

Ugh I DESPISE Swalla.  WOW is also horrendeous obviously 

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:43 PM, cdschart said:

good picks WoW is truly terrible

here for the derulo lashings too 

 

didn't expect stormzy or avicii but those are nice tracks

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:17 PM, Godele said:

I live for your blurbs.  

Swalla is one of those trashy bops for me. 

nnn i have trashy bops too that i hide from view

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:14 PM, Dom said:

yass at that avicii song, it's so beautiful.

 

wow is trash.

yesssss without you is avicii supreme

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:12 PM, AlexisNeiers said:

WOW was simply tragic, even Bey couldn't save it. Big for Your Boots though

ik, i almost felt bad putting WOW on this list but yknow what? it's MY list and MY opinions

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:10 PM, ColdKeane said:

Stormzy + Avicii  

they really served this yr tbh

 

On 12/17/2017 at 2:10 PM, prézli said:

LEAVE KING DERULO ALONE!

 

WOW deserves it, tho. 

nnnnnnn i need derulo to go back to this watcha say stuff

 

 

 

clean bandit – rockabye (featuring anne-marie, sean paul)

 

 

this song absolutely slams.

 

the song kicks off with something that was quite trendy for late 2016; dancehall beat with a "feat. sean paul". one thing that you know instantly set it different was how they basically always infuse classical music into their songs, creating a very bubbly balance of EDM and classical.

 

but every single one of those things are slightly made odd. the beat is super reminiscent of ace of base, most specifically their worldwide hit "all that she wants". there's something about those synths, man.

 

then anne-marie comes in with a serious tone, more serious than the instrumental leads people to believe. she croons about a single mother with a missing father, who is just getting by to allow her son a good and decent life, through working as a pole dancer someplace "by the water".

 

sean paul blares in with a "DAILY STRUGGLE!" which is honestly hilarious but in a good way. he comes in with a dope dancehall-y verse, which truly pleased my inner jamaican tbh.

 

everything about this song is weird but that's why i love it. the no-vocals drop is pretty new for clean bandit; a lot of their singles do feature a slight drop of some sort, but there's always some lyrics over it. this time, there's no vocals and it's just pure break for two bars.

 

this song is absurd and i love every second of it.

 

frank ocean – chanel

 

 

i truly don't know why I dug this song so much this year, but it truly is good. I really dig the weird mall aesthetic beat with those "shuffling" sounds, and I truly dig the lyrics about his sexual identity and whatnot.

 

like, and his vocals still sound great too. the song sounds GREAT and… just UGH. slayed.

 

there's something about this song that gives it a bit of a "mystic" feel to it, a "je ne sais quoi" to it. the way how he flaunts his pan?/bi?-sexuality is great too, especially coming for a black bi teen like me. there is a lack of bi folks in the entertainment industry and seeing frank ocean just being open about it is refreshing, and just simply great.

 

the way how he switches up his vocals in the second half of the song at about two minutes in is a bit captivating, like, it holds over the song in a good way. it just sounds good.

 

 

iggy azalea – "mo bounce"

 

 

the fall of iggy azalea was truly something, huh?

 

iggy came back from her cave after the disappointment that was "team" in 2016 with this… electro-hop… thing.

 

the song is just straight annoying, first of all. the fauxccent she puts on when she raps really doesn't help with the hook, which is basically "mo bounce" repeated ad nauseum. it actually gets difficult to listen to the more you listen to it. the word "bounce" is repeated 133 times, including the "mo bounce" and all of the "bounce"s after the first few "mo bounce"s.

 

the beat is just there and is quite… well, it's super boring.

 

like, how do you even make a party song about shaking your ass so empty and at the same time obnoxious? the production is a super lazy attempt at making some kind of "trap" EDM beat. it doesn't sound good at all. you can't even shake your ass to this song, yet it's so clear that with the lyrics and the whole atmosphere of this song, it wants to be a crunk/party rap song.

 

sorry, but iggy needs to re-do almost everything after the The New Classic era, because everything right now doesn't sound good. it doesn't help that def jam basically shelved her whole "digital distortion" era either.

 

the entirety of pink guy's pink season

 

 

no

Edited December 22, 2017 by Yndda

[Dom]

mo bounce is trash, glad we see it ,we stan.

I love rockabye, talent won.

[Unoriginal]

not a fan of Rockabye it gets tf on my nerves but Chanel

I heard a snippet of Mo Bounce in a YouTuber's Worst Of yesterday. It was the first time I'd ever heard any part of the song. I'm still questioning my will to live.

 

[rvx]

Rockabye 

Edited December 22, 2017 by rvx

[ColdKeane]

Izzy released something?  

 

Frank Ocean   

[Bubble Tea]

Omg I haaattteee that "Rockabye" song. I hate every song that rhymes things with "cry" - it's sooooo corny. (yes "The Cure" is guilty - I cringe every time)

[Lazuli]

Rockabye is cute  

Mo Bounce 

[Dessy]

I heard Mo Bounce. I unheard it. 

 

 

chanel is... intriguing but so are a lot of Frank's songs. 

[fireaero]

Mo

BOUNCE [8x]

Mo bounce in da mofukin haus [2x]

Bounce [9x]

Mo bounce in da mofukin haus [2x]

 

Grade A+ lyricism

[Zay]

Chanel is my fav so far 

[World Eater]

Chanel is slightly overrated imo but I get why people like iT

drag this annoying ass Pink Guy

[Samson]

Spoiler

 

On 12/22/2017 at 6:52 AM, AlexisNeiers said:

Chanel is slightly overrated imo but I get why people like iT

drag this annoying ass Pink Guy

pink guy flew under a bunch of ppl's radars but luckily i have friends who have obscure taste in music

 

On 12/21/2017 at 11:14 PM, Zay said:

Chanel is my fav so far 

appeasing all demos

 

On 12/21/2017 at 11:14 PM, fireaero said:

Mo

BOUNCE [8x]

Mo bounce in da mofukin haus [2x]

Bounce [9x]

Mo bounce in da mofukin haus [2x]

 

Grade A+ lyricism

drag a bit

 

On 12/21/2017 at 10:47 PM, Dessy Fenix said:

I heard Mo Bounce. I unheard it. 

 

 

chanel is... intriguing but so are a lot of Frank's songs. 

"i unheard it" kiiii

 

On 12/21/2017 at 10:18 PM, Lazuli said:

Rockabye is cute  

Mo Bounce 

 

issa lovely song. light but serious.

 

On 12/21/2017 at 9:02 PM, Reinvention said:

Omg I haaattteee that "Rockabye" song. I hate every song that rhymes things with "cry" - it's sooooo corny. (yes "The Cure" is guilty - I cringe every time)

yes ga ga yes cry rhyme

 

On 12/21/2017 at 9:00 PM, ColdKeane said:

Izzy released something?

hey, most people clearly didn't know

 

On 12/21/2017 at 7:30 PM, Unoriginal said:

not a fan of Rockabye it gets tf on my nerves but Chanel

I heard a snippet of Mo Bounce in a YouTuber's Worst Of yesterday. It was the first time I'd ever heard any part of the song. I'm still questioning my will to live.

 

girl i'm so sorry this happened to u

 

On 12/21/2017 at 7:40 PM, rvx said:

Rockabye 

 

On 12/21/2017 at 7:28 PM, Dom said:

mo bounce is trash, glad we see it ,we stan.

I love rockabye, talent won.

issa bop

 

 

 

bleachers – don't take the money

 

I am an absolute sucker for jack antonoff's music when it comes to his project bleachers.

 

this song is particularly so good in a way that I honestly don't know how to word it. it's a perfect amount of faux-80's aesthetic/80's nostalgia stuff, that's basically become the standard sound of bleachers, with hints of lorde all over the track, but in a way that it doesn't sound like it's totally her track. it's great.

 

the hook is booming and anthemic, with jack's phrase "don't take the money" constantly repeating throughout the track. the phrase meaning, as per jack himself, don't cop out; it's not literally about not taking money.

 

and then there's lorde's addition to the track, with the guest vocals!! I was so thrilled to hear her on this track, especially with the melodrama era kicking off. it was great hearing her.

 

I really really cannot wait to hear what bleachers have in store for their next album. I wonder if they'll try out a different sound this time, something that's not their signature 80's bruce springsteen'd sound.

 

childish gambino – redbone

 

 

there's something about this song that simply captivates me…

 

it's refreshing to hear a straight up psychedelic neo-soul piece become mainstream, especially to hear it be featured in a mainstream film ("get out").

 

there's something extremely sensual about this song. the quirky neo-soul production on this track is oddly soothing. the lead guitar has that "womp womp" thing that truly catches my ear.

 

and childish gambino shows a very high pitch, on this song, much higher than everyone thought he could reach. no-one knew that he was capable of such a high-pitched and soulful R&B-soul voice. even genius was shocked; they created a video showing how redbone would sound like if the vocals were to be "pitched down", as if they were pitched up in the first place. and that's what i love about this song. it's a mindf*ck, from the psychedelic production to the quirky vocals.

 

and the lyrics are great too. the hook is actually quite catchy. after a few listens, you will probably find yourself humming the rhythm to this song.

i think this song is probably best enjoyed with a side of peanut butter chocolate cake. preferably kool-aid as the bev.

 

migos – bad & boujee (featuring lil uzi vert)

 

 

this song absolutely is a bona fide banger. the thing about this song is that it kicks off with a hook so catchy that you will find yourself rapping, humming, or tapping along to it after the first listen. and just after that, you hear one-liner after one-liner and bar after bar, which truly makes this song even more of a banger.

 

also, there is no one flow! each artist that stars on this track has their own flow and delivery which is truly great. offset kicks in with the hook, and then comes in with a nice slick rick reference ("rick the ruler, diamonds cooler") and a pretty cool rhyming scheme:

 

I tell that bitch to come come for me
I swear these n*ggas is under me
They hate and the devil keep jumpin' me
Bankrolls on me keep me company

 

i mean, call me a simpleton if you want if you're some kind of rap elitist about these things and how the triplet flow is "ruining hip-hop", but i really think those rhymes are actually quite cool. offset's verse is truly one of his best, hands down.

then there's also quavo's verse which also carries a bit of a similar rhyming scheme:

 

Still be playin' with pots and pans, call me Quavo Ratatouille
Run with that sack, call me Boobie
When I'm on stage show me boobies
Ice on my neck, I'm the coolest
Hop out the suicide with the Uzi

 

a bit simpler, but i truly dig it still.

there's a reason why this song is actually great for a mainstream trap song: the song is largely verse. a lot of mainstream trap songs rely on the hook, but the great thing about this song is that the hook isn't relied on. this sound would honestly be just as good if one were to just cut the hook out. i mean that's probably just my taste; I tried this in audacity and it sounded fine to me.

 

this is a song that works the best when you just chill and don't take it so seriously.

 

also, can we please give some praise to the cover art? it fits this song so well.

 

 

owl city – all my friends

 

 

seeing owl city release this song was particularly disappointing, especially because i actually like ocean eyes and midsummer station.

 

the thing about this song isn't even that it's outright godawful compared to some of the other songs on this list, it's just straight boring and droning.

the production reeks late 00's DCOM OST. the hook is … really not good. and so aren't the lyrics. there's that weird fake flow thing that a lot of white artists do, like ed sheeran and taylor swift.

 

some of the lyrics are straight sh*t but very laughable:

 

It's been this way from the start
It's like they're always trying to tear us apart
But we will stand strong, stand true
And everybody's gonna watch what we do
And they'll be awestruck saying 'ah shucks'
They either got real good or they got real good luck

 

like, it's actually slightly difficult to make fun of these lyrics because you can't help but feel as if owl city was just f*cking around. it's a bit hilarious to be honest. but it really is quite sh*t, regardless. nothing as bad as another track that is coming soon on this list, though.

 

it's even hilarious down to the cover art, which is also hilarious for the album it comes from, cinematic. which, by the way, why is he releasing the song now when it comes out in june?

 

let's just say i would rather listen to "fireflies" than this.

 

neal mccoy – take a knee my ass

 

 

kneel mccoy

 

blackbear – do re mi

 

 

a lazy, boring, uninspired sexist piece of breakup music, "do re mi" is truly something that one probably doesn't want to listen to.

the song's beat is a bit serious for seemingly no reason. no reason because of these damn lyrics:

 

Yeah, if I could go back to the day we met
I probably would just stay in bed
You run your mouth all over town
[…]

And you got me thinking lately
Bitch, you crazy
And nothing's ever good enough
[…]

You never had to buy yourself a drink
'Cause everybody want to tap that ass sometime

 

reading the entire lyrics of the song, you would probably think that blackbear is in the wrong and deserves all of this. because, honestly, some of the sh*t he says really makes me think that he probably did something seriously f*cked up and is just acting like he's not in the wrong. like, seriously? "'cause everybody want to tap that ass sometime"? he sounds like a dudebro sleazebag.

 

not only that, but the song literally features a sound of glass breaking. like, you'd think this song is probably a joke but it really isn't. it's actual sh*t. the gucci mane remix really isn't any better neither. this is the actual bane of soundcloud PBR&B. sh*tty sexist breakup lyrics with a piss-poor beat that tries too hard to be actually serious, with boring vocals that seriously lack character.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Yndda

[jose168]

Bad and Boujee was a MOMENT in pop culture. Migos did that, a shame they never really reached that greatness again although tshirt and motorsport were nice

[Kevin2803]

"Mo Bounce" was so annoying. But it was also kinda catchy for some time. So i'm torn.

[Unoriginal]

Redbone

All My Friends was really... something... huh

[alexanderao]

Redbone and B&B are incredible.

 

And yeah, that guitar on the former is incredible. The outro is particularly awesome.

 

[Lazuli]

Don't Take The Money  

Who is still checking for Owl City today  

[fireaero]

Redbone  

 

Do Re Mi and All My Friends getting dragged  My best friend is addicted to Do Re Mi and I've had ENOUGH 

[Dessy]

Redbone and Bad and Bougie   

[Uncatena]

Redbone is an instant classic. Loved DTTM for a hot sec too

[JGibson]

Bleachers for best 

 

Glad to see Mo Bounce and Take A Knee... My Ass as worst. 

[Dom]

owl city has not released anything decent ever since that sing with Carly God Jepsen. so deserved.

Love migos song.

[ColdKeane]

Redbone     masterpiece

 

Owl City still exists?   what a mess

[Staryu]

Redbone and Rockabye are great  

[World Eater]

Redbone  Migos also kinda did that with Bad and Boujee