I’m just speechless over these two songs; especially Roads. Portishead is without a doubt, amazing, Nickelus is also holding it down, this is just brillant in general.

download : Nickelus – Cowboys ft. Portishead
download : Nickelus – Roads ft. Portishead

so yesterday i posted a quick list of what i thought was the best of 2008, but today, i realized that there was a lot of stuff missing, so I edited my list to finalize the whole thing, and to you know … add more flesh around the bones.

in a particular order.

Best 2008 Albums

1. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
2. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
3. Kanye West – 808’s & Heartbreak

worth mentioning : MGMT – Oracular Spectacular, Portishead – Third, Kings Of Leon – Only By Night, Coldplay – Viva La Vida, The Tings Tings – We Started Nothing, The Presets – Apocalypso

Best 2008 Tracks

1. Kid Cudi – Day N’ Nite
2. Kanye West – Heartless
3. MGMT – Kids

worth mentioning : Coldplay – Viva La Vida, Kings of Leon – Use Somebody, MGMT – Time To Pretend, Lil Wayne – A Milli

Best 2008 Artists

1. Kanye West
2. Coldplay
3. Justice

worth mentioning : Santogold, Foals, Bon Iver, MGMT

Best 2008 Up and Coming / Breakout Artists

1. Wale
2. Lykke Li
3. Kid Cudi

worth mentioning : The Last Shadow Puppets, The Tings Tings, Drake, N.A.S.A.

Best 2008 Mixtapes

1. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
2. Charles Hamilton – Sonic The Hamilton
3. Black Milk – Elec

worth mentioning : Kid Cudi – A Kid Named Cudi, Asher Roth – The Greenhouse Effect pt. 1, Lil Wayne – The Drought Is Over Part 6, DJ Benzi, Plain Pat & Kanye West – Sky High, Colin Munroe – Colin Munroe Is The Unsung Hero

Best 2008 Shows

1. Kanye West & Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D. & Rihana @ Bell Center
2. Justice @ Metropolis
3. Common & N.E.R.D. @ Metropolis

Best 2008 Movies

1. The Dark Knight
2. Role Models
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Pineapple Express

Best 2008 TV Shows

1. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. The Office

Best 2008 video games

1. GTA IV
2. Fallout 3
3. Call of Duty 4 (OH YEAH, THE FOURTH ONE, FUCK WORLD AT WAR!)