In the final episode of 2021 we introduce our respective Top 5 songs of 2021, discuss why it was difficult to make these lists this year, and why excellent music was so hard to come by this last year.
At the end of the day, the good songs released this year stood WAY out in front of the vast majority of songs produced this year, where mediocrity and imitation was the rule and not the exception.
Songs played during this Episode
1. St. Vincent- The Melting of the Sun
2. Morcheeba- Edge of the World
3. Broken Baby- Hand Heat
4. The Bronx- Superbloom
5. Billie Eilish- Happier than Ever
6. Tom Morello, Serj Tankian, and Gang of Four- Natural's Not In It
7. Nas- Moments
8. The Halluci Nation- Tanokumbia
9. Arrested Development- Swing Um
10. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- I DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING
11. (Bonus) The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band- Crime to be Poor
12. (Bonus) Blue deTiger- Toast with the Butter
Beds utilized in this Episode
1. The Skatallites- Fidel Castro
2. The Coup and Talib Kweli- My Favorite Mutiny (Loop)
Production elements used in this Episode (no samples cleared)
* George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers- Bad to the Bone (segment)
* Vanilla Ice- Life is Just a Fantasy (segment)
* MC5- Kick out the Jams (segment)
* Downhillbattle.org- "School of the Americas" (PSA) (edited)