[MP3] Keita Juma – PEACE IN/PEACE OUT feat. Progress

Track from just-released Chaos Theory EP by #DK11 album alum and Kitchen favorite, Keita Juma featuring fellow Toronto MC, Progress (he of the Night.Rhetoric EP fame). Ya dig? Then check out the entire EP HERE which also includes Keita’s track, “YRWEONTHISBEACH?” from the #DK11 album, THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN….

[Music Video + MP3] Jai Nitai Lotus – Ends In Transition

Another #DK11 album alum is doing big things. Homie & Kitchen favorite, Jai Nitai Lotus premieres the video for the latest single from his great Acknowldgement mixtape on OkayPlayer.

[MP3] Noah Vinson – Lemonade

“When life gives you Don Lemon, make lemonade…”

All Instrumentation & Beat creds go to Slakah The Beatchild. Just a collection of personal thoughts & things on my mind.. you may find some of these to be true. Something unexpected! #YoungAndProud15 (this isn’t on my project) BUT know its coming!

The homie (and #DK11 album alum), Noah Vinson goes IN over “Byram’s Groove (Cut a rug)” from the Soul Movement 2 album by Toronto alternative soul maestro and (friend/favorite of The Kitchen), Slakah The Beatchild. Despite all the craziness right now, the mere existence of this song tells me there is still hope and good things in this world.

[MP3] O.T. Genasis – CoCo

Haha, crazy #latepass on this one. After wrapping up last year, I should be starting fresh for 2015, right??! Psych! This is far too big a song not to post (word to Busta….) Also, hit the jump for O.T.’s turn on the “Touchdown (remix)” featuring Busta Rhymes and French Montana.

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DIFFERENT KITCHEN’S FAVORITE SONGS OF 2014

Unlike my Favorite Albums of 2014 List posted yesterday there is some sense of what was more liked versus less liked here on my Favorite Songs (not necessarily just singles) List of 2014. The Top 10 is the 10 songs I voted for in this year’s Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll and my number 1 song, “Forever Don’t Last” by Jazmine Sullivan was my favorite by a country mile. Soul for days! If that song doesn’t touch you, you haven’t had your heart broken or been through a break up.

Going down the rest of the Top 10, #2 and 3, “Blue Suede” by Vince Staples and “Hot N*gga” by Bobby Shmurda are pretty much locked in too. Positions #4-10 are a little more fluid and could have changed depending on my mood or if I did this list another day. Anything beyond that would have been pure guesswork so I just listed the rest alphabetically although I will cop to saying Travi$ Scott has an honorary spot in the ‘Top 10’ at #11, that song is just EPIC and L.atasha A.lcindor melted my mind with “Bee.Em”, I just wished it was longer! Some obvious songs like Rae Sremmurd‘s “No Flex Zone” I liked OK but mostly because I heard them so much, not because I genuinely loved them personally so no flame attacks for me missing any obvious ‘big’ tracks along those lines. Although if there are songs you think I’d like based on my picks here, let me know because I’m always looking to check out new music and/or I may already be up on it but have forgotten to include it.

Anyway, here goes my list (note: links in song title go to audio streams via soundcloud & Rdio or posts on The Kitchen about the song or artist or alternatively, check out a playlist of the tracks that were available on Rdio at the bottom of the post)

FAVORITE SONGS OF 2014:
01. Jazmine Sullivan – Forever Don’t Last
02. Vince Staples – Blue Suede
03. Bobby Shmurda – Hot N*gga
04. Kendrick Lamar – i
05. Kaytranada – Leave Me Alone feat. Shay Lia
06. Theophilus London – Can’t Wait feat. Kanye West
07. Saint Pepsi – Fall Harder
08. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
09. Moon Boots – Whatever You Need
10. Jillionaire & Salvatore Ganacci – Fresh

Honorable Mentions:
L.atasha A.lcindor – Bee.Em
Daniel Caesar – Violet
J. Cole – Be Free
Dain the Sire – Dain the Asshole
Drake – 0 To 100 / The Catch Up
Melanie Durrant – Four Seasons
Fatima – Ridin’ Around (Sky High)
Future – Move That Dope feat. Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino
Future Island x Badbadnotgood – Seasons (Waiting On You) (remix)
Gentlemen Thieves – Down
Gold Link – Sober Thoughts
Grandtheft & Keys N Krates – Keep It 100
Nick Hakim – Cold
iLoveMakonnen – Tuesday Feat. Drake
July Child – C O O L (Le Youth Cover) (aka “Cool”)
Junia T – Sky Is Falling (JU$TUNLTD remix) feat. Kemikal
Mono/Poly – Ra Rise
Popstrangers – Distress
Isaiah Rashad – Tranquility
P Reign – DNF feat. Drake
Young Scooter – Bag It Up feat. Future
Travi$ Scott – Don’t Play feat. The 1975 & Big Sean