Top Ten’s of 2014: Garrett Strickler

by Garrett Strickler 
Music Reviewer 

Top 10 Jaden Smith Tweets of 2014:

Instead of trying to focus on whether or not Jaden Smith is smart, wise, possessed, or right, try to focus on the fact that there was no better way to start off your week or end your day than with a good Jaden tweet. Also, keep in mind that he’s still in the full throngs of puberty, he’s been famous since he could talk, and he was astonishingly good at acting in “The Pursuit of Happyness” at the age of 8. I suppose it’s worth mentioning that the music he released this year was significantly, and admittedly, much better than we were expecting. As a celebration of his rise into the upper echelon of pop culture this year, I present to you the top 10 Jaden-iest Jaden Tweets of 2014:

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1. Top 10 Albums of 2014

1. Sun Kil Moon: “Benji”
2. How to Dress Well: “What Is This Heart?”
3. Cloud Nothings: “Here and Nowhere Else”
4. FKA twigs: “LP1”
5. The War on Drugs: “Lost in the Dream”
6. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: “Piñata”
7. Travi$ Scott: “Days Before Rodeo”
8. Silk Rhodes: “Silk Rhodes”
9. Alex G: “DSU”
10. Lana Del Rey: “Ultraviolence”

*Both D’Angelo: Black Messiah and Beyoncé: Beyoncé could be argued to be included or excluded due to release dates. If included, they would fall at #4 and #5, respectively

Top 10 Songs of 2014

1. iLoveMakonnen: “Club Goin Up on a Tuesday (ft. Drake)”
2. Cloud Nothings: “I’m Not Part of Me”
3. Rae Sremmurd: “No Type”
4. How to Dress Well: “Repeat Pleasure” (A.G. Cook Remix)
5. Lana Del Rey: “Once Upon a Dream”
6. Travi$ Scott: “Drugs You Should Try It”
7. Mac DeMarco: “Chamber of Reflection”
8. Mr Twin Sister: “Blush”
9. Angel Olsen: “White Fire
10. Young Thug: “Danny Glover (Remix)” [ft. Nicki Minaj]