BIG YUM'S TOP 10 SONGS OF 2012

WELL PEOPLE 2012 IS OVER AND MUSIC REALLY SEEMED TO BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AGAIN, EVEN SONGS WE DON'T CONSIDER "REAL MUSIC" OR "HIP HOP".  BEING THE MUSIC HEAD THAT I AM I DON'T TALK DOWN ON ANY MUSIC THAT JAMS.  WITH THAT BEING SAID, HERE IS SOME OF THE ARTIST AND SONGS THAT STOOD OUT THIS YEAR:

10. CHIEF KEEF- I DON'T LIKE FT. LIL REESE

THIS YOUNG KID FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS DOES NOT DISPLAY POSITIVE ROLE MODEL TYPE BEHAVIOR IN THIS VIDEO BUT THIS SONG DOES THE CLUBS JUSTICE AND HAS ME TOO LIVE.  THE FACT THAT MTV AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS PLAY A VIDEO THAT DISPLAYS YOUNG KIDS SMOKING WEED AND POINTING GUNS DOES NOT HELP EITHER BUT THAT'S WHERE WE AT TODAY.  OTHER THEN THE NEGATIVES THIS IS A GOOD JAM FOR YA SPEAKERS.  ALSO KANYE WEST AND OTHER BIG NAME ARTIST HAVE REMIXED THIS TRACK USING THE SAME HOOK CREATED BY THE YOUNGING.

9.  JOEY BADA$$-FROM THE TOMBS FT. CHUCK STRANGERS

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BROOKLYN NATIVE MADE BIG NOISE IN 2012 WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT.  JOEY BADA$$ AND HIS PRO ERA MOVEMENT SOUNDS LIKE EARLY 90s EAST COAST ARTIST SUCH AS WU-TANG, NAS, ONYX, ETC...  THIS KID'S VIDEOS EVEN RESEMBLE OLD SCHOOL RAP VIDEOS AND I LOVE IT AND THIS KID SHOULD PROSPER IN THE RAP GAME IF THE INDUSTRY EVER DECIDE IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY BUT THE TIMES WE LIVE IN......ANYWAYS WHEN YALL GOT TIME CHECK THIS KID OUT HE JAMS.

8.  TRINIDAD JAMES- ALL GOLD EVERYTHING
THIS SONG JUST BLOSSOMED TOWARDS THE END OF THE 2012, BUT IT SET THE CLUBS AND THE WORLD ON FIRE.  THIS CAT RECEIVED ALL KIND OF CRITICISM FOR LOOKING LIKE JEROME FROM MARTIN, LOOKING FOOLISH, ETC...  LET'S FACE IT EVERYBODY IN THEY MAMA KNOW THE WORDS TO THIS SONG AND WHEN IT COME ON EVERYBODY RAPPING IT.  PEOPLE WHO PARTIED IN THE 80s SHOULD LOVE THIS SONG BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YALL WORE (LAUGHS).  PROCEEDS TO JAM.

7.  CHIEF KEEF- LOVE SOSA
OK, I MUST ADMIT CHIEF KEEF IS JAMMING MUSICALLY BUT HIS LYRICS ARE AT 0, BUT MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE IS YOUNG AND HAS NOT DEVELOPED LYRICALLY YET I WON'T KNOCK HIM.  YOUNG CHOPS ON THE BEAT HAS PERFECTED KNOWING WHAT CHIEF KEEF SOUNDS GOOD ON BECAUSE IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS ROOKIE ALBUM "FINALLY RICH", THE ONLY SONGS THAT JAM OR STAND OUT WERE PRODUCED BY CHIEF KEEF'S IN-HOUSE PRODUCER.  BUT IN "LOVE SOSA", I REALLY DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT BUT A NICE BEAT AND SOME LYRICS THAT I WILL FIND MYSELF SAYING EVEN WHEN THE SONG IS NOT PLAYING.  OR MAYBE IT'S THE FACT THAT ALL HIS VIDEOS ARE HIM AND HIS BOYS IN AN APARTMENT LIVING YOUNG, WILD, AND FREE BUT THEY ARE SHOT PROFESSIONALLY.

6.  MASTER P- FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS FT. KIRKO BANGZ
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOGULS/RAPPERS OF ALL TIME IS BACK!  WHEN THIS FIRST DROPPED I WAS LIKE "COME ON P, STICK TO THE POLITICS, ETC.", BUT WHEN I LISTENED I WAS LIKE "YEAAAHHHHH, P!"  IT'S PRODUCED BY 1500 OR NOTHING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A CLASSIC BEATS BY THE POUND TYPE PRODUCTION AS IT SAMPLE'S JODECI'S "FREEK'N YOU".  KIRKO BANGZ ADDS THAT HEAT TO THE HOOK AND MAKES THE SONG THAT MUCH BETTER.  P DID RIGHT TO MAKE HIS RE-ENTRANCE BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

5.  RICK ROSS- ASHAMED

NOT THAT BIG OF A RICK ROSS FAN BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I COME ACROSS A SONG THAT I CAN SLIDE THROUGH THE CITY AT 2 MPH AND SWERVE ON EM AND THIS IS ONE OF EM.  THE PRODUCER OF THE TRACK CAUGHT THE ESSENCE OF WILSON PICKETT'S ORIGINAL SONG "SHAMELESS" GOOD ENOUGH FOR ROSS TO GIVE IT TO EM RAW.  LOVE THIS SONG OFF HIS ALBUM "GOD FORGIVES, I DON'T".

4.  THE GAME- MURDER FT. SCARFACE, KENDRICK LAMAR

 WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE BEST ALBUM OF 2012.  THE GAME CAPPED OFF A GREAT YEAR OF ALBUMS IN THE INDUSTRY.  IT WAS A LOT OF GREAT SONGS ON THE JESUS PIECE ALBUM BUT NONE STOOD OUT BETTER THAN THIS TRACK THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE ALBUM BECAUSE OF SAMPLE CLEARANCE.  WITH ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND SCANDALS NOWADAYS, THE GAME DOES NOT WASTE ANYTIME STATING THE OBVIOUS, PEOPLE THAT WERE MURDERED TO MANY BUT THEIR DEATHS WERE SUGAR COATED TO NOT BELIEVE IT'S MURDER.  SCARFACE CLEANS UP THE TRACK AND KENDRICK LAMAR MAKES YOU THINK ON THIS DEEP HOOK.  THE SONG IS DEEP AND I'M FEELING IT.

3.  T.I.- BALL FT. LIL WAYNE 

TIP IS OUTCHEA!  HE CAME TO LOUISIANA TO GET THE HELP OF LIL WAYNE AND MC T. TUCKER & DJ IRV TO GET THE CLUB LIVE WITH "BALL".  THE CLASSIC NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE SAMPLE "WHERE THEY AT?" GIVES T.I. A LOUISIANA APPEAL IN THE CLUBS ACROSS THE NATION.  OF COURSE US LOUISIANA FOLKS LOVE THIS SONG.  THIS CLUB SO PACK.....FREE BOOSIE!

2.  BIG KRIT ME AND MY OLD SCHOOL REMIX FT. LIL KEKE, SLIM THUG

YOUNG KRIZZLE HAILS FROM MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI BUT SOUNDS LIKE TEXAS, GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE ALL IN ONE.  I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO HIM YOU HEAR SOME UGK, OUTKAST, CROOKED LETTAZ, AND 8BALL & MJG ALL IN ONE.  THIS IS SLAB MUSIC AT IT'S FINEST. 

1.  NAS- DAUGHTERS
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MANY, MANY, MANY GREAT SONGS IN 2012, THESE 10 WERE SOME OF THE ONES THAT I LISTEN TO AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.  SO IMA LEAVE YA WITH NAS BEING NUMBER 1 BECAUSE HIS ALBUM WAS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND HE BOUGHT IT ON THE ALBUM.  I LIKE DAUGHTERS BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE SPOKE ON IN THIS SONG IS TRUE AND AS THE NEW YEAR COMES MUSIC HAS REVOLTED BACK TO GOOD MUSIC AND SELLING CDs AGAIN SO MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK TO WHAT 2PAC WAS TRYING TO SAY AS FAR AS RESPECTING OUR WOMEN.  LET'S HELP RAISE THE LITTLE GIRLS TO BE RESPECTABLE YOUNG LADIES.  LOUD JAMMING.