Leavin' Big Holes With Small Gats

2 terrors since the public school era, both 'Big' by title, both shot dead at 24. 2 prime examples of 90s NYC rap:

Big L - Fall Back (feat. Kool G Rap)


Biggie Smalls - Party & Bullshit


Note: "Fall Back" samples The Temptations - "I Truly, Truly Believe". "Party And Bullshit" was Biggie's debut single.

An Electronic Squeeze

At the start of December Bristol youngin' Julio Bashmore dropped his new EP, Everyone Needs a Theme Tune through PMR Records. Battle For Middle You was the first hyped track, a rolling number that would go down nicely at a sunset tea party or a 4am dungeon session.

The other standout on the EP is Ask Yourself. It floats along effortlessly. Don't know if there will ever be a film clip, but if there was it should contain magic carpets, pink clouds and Leeloo from The Fifth Element. Check out some more of the Bashmore flavour:

Julio Bashmore - Ask Yourself

Up & coming Leeds producer, Midland is a no-restricitons type guy. He's delivered an array of tasty remixes over the last year, most notably his re-edit of Caribou's Sun. Here's his version of Ask Yourself:

Julio Bashmore - Ask Yourself (Midland Remix)

Top Tracks Of 2010

Click here to download the top 62 tracks of 2010 - Top Tracks Of 2010
An eclectic mix of tuneski's to wiggle to. Feel free to rag on ones you hate and froth on your favourites - comment section down the bottom. If any artist's wish to have their song removed please say so.

1. Four Tet - Love Cry

2. Bonobo - We Could Forever

3. Aloe Blacc & Wu-Tang Clan - I Need A Dollar (Chrome Remix)

4. Foals - Alabaster

5. The Roots - How I Got Over (feat. John Legend)

6. Magnetic Man - Getting Nowhere (feat. John Legend)

7. Caribou - Odessa

8. Big Boi - Shutterbug (feat. Cutty)

9. Reflection Eternal - Ballad Of The Black Gold

10. Forest Swords - Miarches

11. Bonobo - Kong

12. Caribou - Sun (Midland Edit)

13. Tame Impala - The Bold Arrow of Time

14. Netsky - Storm Clouds

15. The Black Keys - Tighten Up

16. The Roots - The Fire

17. RJD2 - Let There Be Horns

18. Talib Kweli - Cold Rain

19. Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You

20. Lusine - Two Dots

21. Big Boi - Daddy Fat Sax

22. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Lose It In The End (feat. Ghostface Killah)

23. Bonobo - In All Forms

24. Black Milk - Black & Brown (feat. Danny Brown)

25. Arcade Fire - Rococo

26. Two Door Cinema Club - What you Want

27. Foals - Spanish Sahara

28. Bonobo - 1009

29. Flight Facilities - Crave You

30. Netsky - let's Leave Tomorrow

31. Aeroplane - We Can't Fly

32. Kanye West - Gorgeous

33. Arcade Fire - Ready To Fire

34. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Bang Bang Bang (feat. Q-Tip & MNDR)

35. Twista - The Heat (feat. Raekwon)

36. Kanye West - POWER

37. Foals - Miami

38. Little Dragon - My Step

39. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss

40. James Blake - CMYK

41. Butch - Disco Shhh

42. Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon - Criminology 2.5

43. Nas & Damien Marley - As We Enter

44. Miami Horror - I Look To You (feat. Kimbra)

45. Janelle Monae - Dance Or Die (feat. Saul Williams)

46. Little Red - Rock It

47. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)

48. Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja

49. The Liminanas - Funeral Baby

50. Nu: Tone - Strange Encounter feat. Natalie (Thinnen Remix)

51. Cassius - I 3 U So

52. Space Invadas - Ready or Not (feat. Dank)

53. Nina Simone - Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Edit)

54. Black Milk - Deadly Medley (feat. Royce Da 5'9'' & Elzhi)

55. Pendulum - ABC News Theme Remix

56. Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul (Shortened)

57. Tunng - Sashimi

58. Tricky - UK Jamaican

59. Malente & Dex - Gipsy Kings (Round Table Knights Remix)

60. The Temper Trap - Down River (Fools Gold Remix)

61. Nicki Minaj - Roman's Revenge (feat. Eminem)

62. Lana Del Ray - Diet Mnt Dew