The House Of Coxhead: Top 100 Songs Of 2012

Not necessarily the 100 BEST songs of 2012, but here is The House Of Coxhead's 100 favourite songs of 2012. I tried to make the list as diverse as possible, but it was hard to get it down to 100 when my 2012 playlist has 8,000+ songs. Probably missed out a couple of glaring mistakes, but this is a fair representation of what has stood out for me over the past 12 months. Let me know what would have made your list, and I hope you all have an amazing Christmas!

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The House Of Coxhead: Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs of All-Time

After working on this since the turn of the new year, I am now pleased to present to you my 'Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs of All-Time'. Following the success of my yearly Top 100 lists, it was only right to do one for my favourite genre and a movement that has changed millions of people's lives over the past 30+ years. The list covers every type of sound/style that has ever been associated with Hip-Hop and is what I believe to be a perfect representation of everything that is positive about the culture that we have all come to love. As with all my lists, this is a personal opinion, and there will be songs in it that you wouldn't have in your list and songs that didn't make the cut which could well be in your Top 10. However, hopefully you will appreciate this and enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Hip-Hop will never die...

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WIN! The House Of Coxhead: Top 100 Songs & Remixes of 2011

Both my Top 100 Songs & Remixes of 2011 have been well received over the the past 7 days, and with my birthday and the new year approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to run a competition to give 10 people the chance to win all 200 tracks. All you need to do is send an e-mail to tjc89209@hotmail.co.uk with your full name, Twitter username and answer to the following question.

As of December 30th 2011, how many songs are there in my iTunes? (clue: between 41,000 - 42,000)

COMPETITION CLOSED!

This is my final post of 2011, as it's my birthday tomorrow. The winners will be announced in the new year at some point (probably January 2nd) and the songs will be sent to your e-mail as soon as possible. Hope you all have a lovely new year and an even better 2012. Thanks for your support, it means more than you will ever know.

Tom x

The House Of Coxhead: Top 100 Songs of 2011

After bringing you the Top 100 Remixes of 2011 on Christmas Eve, here is my Top 100 Songs of 2011. Whereas the majority of the tracks on the remixes list were from an Electronic genre, this list covers a much wider range of music, including Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, Folk, Alt Rock, Pop, Grime and more. There will be a distinct lack of songs from Rock/Indie artists, but for those people who follow my blog closely, you will already know that this isn't something that I cover on regular basis anyway. 2011 has been a simply mind-blowing year for music, and putting this list together became a much more difficult task than first planned, because I had to get down to an eclectically selected list of 100 tracks from a 8,500 song playlist. As with the remixes list there will be a few selections that you would/wouldn't have in your list (or higher than I have them), but for me this covers everything positive that has been released in 2011 and the incredibly wide diversity in sound. Hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed putting it together over the past 3 months, see you all in 2012 and thank you for your continued support. Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to me (for New Year's Eve)!

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The House Of Coxhead: Top 100 Remixes of 2011

It's a week before the end of the year, which means it's time for the first of my two 'Top 100 of 2011' lists. This is the Top 100 Remixes of the year, which mainly consists of my favourite reworks from the cream of the crop when it comes to Electronic music, alongside a selection of Hip-Hop/Soul tracks for good measure. When I started to compile my Top 100 Songs in September, I wasn't going to do a remixes list, but then realised how much of a shame it would be to not appreciate the time and effort that has gone into creating all of these songs that have been smashing up our clubs and blessing our ears over the past 12 months. There are some commercially successful remixes in here, along with a few under appreciated remixes and definitely a couple that you will have missed along the way. Granted there may be a few selections that you would/wouldn't have in your list (or higher than I have them), but for me this covers everything positive that has been released in 2011 and the incredibly wide diversity in sound. So yeah, hit the jump to see/listen to all 100 remixes, and hopefully you'll enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed putting the list together.

Top 100 Songs of 2011: New Year's Eve...

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Top 100 Songs of 2010

Last week I posted my Top 40 Albums of 2010, but now it is time for the post that has taken me months to put together. At first it was going to be a Top 20, then a Top 50, but then I realised that it was impossible to do either of those with the amount of quality music that has been released this year. There are songs in here that are very personal to me and there are songs that have been chosen purely on merit. Within the list there is a variety of genres, including Hip-Hop, House, Dubstep, Soul and many others, which means there should be something for everyone. After the jump you will find all 100 songs and you will be able to play every single one of them in full. Please leave a comment or tweet me to let me know what you think of the choices. Hopefully you will enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed putting it all together. This is my Christmas present to all the people that have supported the Blog over the past 6 months (yes, it’s 6 months today since I started this). A massive thank you to every single one of you.

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