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Welcome to my “Off the top of the dome” impulsive best/worst list of 2009. I tried to include some of the songs, which either inspired me or just made me feel good. I am sure that most of you will disagree, and I would love to hear your point of view in the comments, so feel free to share 
And now, ladies and gentlemen – without further ado, the list.
Best songs – most played on my ipod:
K-os – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman (featuring Saukrates)
Daniel Merriweather – Cigarettes
Mr Hudson – Knew We Were Trouble
Laws – Old Man
Fabolous – My Time (featuring Jeremih)
Kid Cudi – Cudi Zone
Hudson Mohawke – FUSE
Saigon – Believe it (originally leaked to the Internet earlier – but relaunched in 2009)
Drake feat. Saukrates – The Search
XV- Everybody’s nobody
A & E – Little Young
Illest singles of the year:
Drake – Best I ever had
Clipse – Kinda like a big deal (although Popeyes – popular demand is a crazy single as well)
Best albums:
Zee Avi – Zee Avi
Fashawn – Boy meets world
Mixtape of the year:
It’s a tie between Drake – So Far Gone & Laws – Your future favorite rapper
Runner up: XV- Everybody’s nobody
Albums, that didn’t immediately hit me, but grew on me:
Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon
I tried, but had to give up on:
Imogen Heap – Ellipse
Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse (Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Royce Da 5’9″ and Crooked I)
Biggest disappointment:
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
Runner up: Air – Love 2
Biggest loss of the year:
The way too early death of Michael Jackson
Biggest accomplishment by a Danish Producer:
Pilfinger for having co-produced S.O.S (Let The Music Play) for Jordin Sparks alongside Cutfather. Big ups!
Craziest outburst:
Kanye West for ruining Taylor Swifts award winning moment and claiming that “Beyonce had the best video of the year”.
Artists, who almost stole the show away:
Ratatat on Kid Cudi’s – The Man on the Moon.
Artists I used to idolize, but didn’t really check for this year:
Brother Ali – US
Best videogame of the year:
Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2
Runner up: Batman – Arkham Asylum
Comeback’s that really wasn’t needed:
Cam’ron (Come on man, your verses are based on ad-libs)
Runner Up: Allen Iverson
Best movie:
Inglorious Basterds (Tarantino is BACK).
Runner up: Avatar (I mean, based on the hype alone?)
Most depressing movie, but still very thought-provoking_
Synecdoche New York
Most disappointing movie:
Terminator 4: Salvation
Best animated movie:
Up
Runner up: 9 (Nine) & Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
Best series:
Entourage & Dexter
Runner up: The office
Best unreleased FredNukes track, which the public haven’t heard yet:
FredNukes – Pipe Down (keep it low-key)
Albums to look forward to in 2010:
Hopefully Common finishes up another classic in the line of Finding Forever and Be – because his last one really sucked. Kanye West hopefully comes out with a new rap album! Also – If Little Vic decides to drops his long-awaited follow up, then it should be dope!
Best event/party of 2009:
Roskilde festival 2009
A toast to 2009 for being the worst year ever personally for the Fredster. I am looking forward to 2010, which can only be better than this year!
Arkham Asylum 2 is coming up!
Best songs (agree that most of your listed tracks are dope):
Emilio Rojas – Nothing Like It
J. Cole – Losing My Balance
Charles Hamilton – Most Likely To Succeed (late ’08?)
Slaughterhouse – Move On (Remix)
KiD CuDi – Soundtrack 2 My Life
KiD CuDi – Alive (Nightmare) (feat. Ratatat)
J The S – My Thing (late ’08?)
FredNukes – Gone Fishing
Jay-Z – Already Home
Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y – The Checkpoint
Vinnie Paz – Street Wars (feat. Clipse)
Probably forgot a few golden ones…
Biggest disappointment:
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 – Really?? Maybe not up to par with the original Blueprint, but still a great effort imo.
Biggest loss of the year:
The way too early death of Michael Jackson – I second that!
Craziest outburst:
Kanye West for ruining Taylor Swifts award winning moment and claiming that “Beyonce had the best video of the year”. – Funny and embarrassing at the same time, but hey, that’s Kanye… Amazing talent comes at a price I guess…
Best videogame of the year:
Uncharted 2 – made me dust off the PS3
Comeback’s that really wasn’t needed:
Cam’ron – He looks like Bubbles (The Wire) in the Clipse vid
Best movie:
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Slumdog Millionaire (watched it in ’08 but ’09 release in DK
Seven Pounds
Fanboys (laughed so hard when I first saw it!)
Most disappointing movie:
Terminator 4: Salvation – I agree. Terrible movie!
Best series:
Entourage & Dexter (was actually pretty disappointed with Entourage season 6/don’t watch Dexter anymore).
Heroes got better this fall, but still not as good as season 1
Best unreleased FredNukes track, which the public haven’t heard yet:
FredNukes – Pipe Down (keep it low-key) – Give us the album already… When you’re finished with it, that is.
Albums to look forward to in 2010:
Hopefully Common FredNukes finishes up another classic in the “line” of Deconstructing Fred… Kanye West hopefully comes out with a new rap album!
Really looking forward to Lupe Fiasco – Lasers and hope that Nas and Damian Marley has a gem coming up…
Best event/party of 2009:
Roskilde festival 2009 – Yep, although I missed Kanye’s performance. Oasis were brilliant!!
Hope your 2010 rewards your persistence and dedication…
All the best,
Pelle
Pelle, I really liked Kid Cudi – “Soundtrack 2 My Life” and I somewhat liked the Vinnie Paz and Clipse collabo, although I thought: “What an odd combination?”.
As far as “Blueprint 3″ I thought the best track on there was “Run this Town”, where I think Kanye stole the show a lil’ bit. I also really like “Already Home” and “Empire state of mind”. But overall, not a classic. Too many fillers.
and yeah, SOMETIMES, just SOMETIMES – like 2-3 times a year – I wish I had a PS3. Unchartered 2 would be one of those times.
Slumdog wasn’t really up to par with all the hype it recieved, although it really was a great movie. And I agree – Fanboys was REALLY funny and nerdy.
Entourage (Season 6) was by far the worst season thus far – but the ending of the season made up for it, with Ari gold going nuts with the paintball gun, hehe). I lost interest in Heroes at the end of the last season, it bored me. But hey, GET BACK on Dexter. That series is INCREDIBLE. Season 4 is crazy – John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer = Priceless.
And I’ll see what I can do about that damn FredNukes album..
Thanks for contributing.