Soul Sides
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Soul-Sides.com is a mp3 blog written and curated by Oliver Wang. Oliver Wang is a music journalist, sociology professor and DJ. He has been writing on pop music, culture, and politics since 1994 on publications including NPR, Vibe, Wax Poetics, Oakland Tribune, Village Voice, SF Bay Guardian, URB, LA Weekly, Scratch and Minneapolis City Pages. He also has edited and co-authored the book , Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide with Peter Shapiro and David Toop among others. Founded in 2001, it was initially a only reviews site, and progressively introduce mp3 archives featuring Soul, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Hip-Hop and other groove-related music. In 2005 Wang compiled Soul Sides Volume One for Zealous Records. Oliver also runs Poplicks with Junichi Semitsu.
USA Today, Reuters, Le Monde, Morning News, Daily Camera, Rolling Stone,Newsweek and The Guardian among others have featured articles about Soul Sides.
Annually Oliver selects his favourite tracks, not necessarily being recordings of the present year.
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[edit] 1998 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 10 Talib Kweli: "Manifesto"
- 09 Smut Peddlers :"One by One"
- 08 Scaramanga: "Special Effects"
- 07 Pumpkinhead: "Dynamic"
- 06 Missin' Linx : "M.I.A."
- 05 Loot Pack: "Lost Art"
- 04 Lauryn Hill: "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
- 03 Jay-Z :"Hard Knock Life"
- 02 Hieroglyphics :"You Never Knew"
- 01 Dilated Peoples : "Work the Angles"
[edit] 2000 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 09 De La Soul: "Declaration"
- 08 Jay-Z: "Big Pimpin"
- 07 Fatlip: "What's Up Fatlip?"
- 06 Royce The 5'9 : "Boom"
- 05 Wu-Tang Clan: "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
- 04 Aimee Mann: "Save Me"
- 03 Dr. Dre: "The Next Episode"
- 02 Dub Diablo: "Disko Headache (Dis Joint)"
- 01 Nelly: "(Hot S**t) Country Grammar"
[edit] 2001 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 10 Eve feat. Gwen Stefani: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
- 09 Poets of Rhythm: "Smilin' While You're Cryin'"
- 08 Alicia Keys: "Mr. Man"
- 07 Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye: "Music"
- 06 Ghostface Killah: "Strawberry"
- 05 Edan: "You $uck"
- 04 Encore: "It's Time"
- 03 Shaggy: "It Wasn't Me"
- 02 Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott: "Get Ur Freak On"
- 01 Jay-Z: "Girls Girls Girls"
[edit] 2002 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 10 Jean Grae : "Lovesong"
- 09 Jurassic 5 : "Freedom"
- 08 Freeway : "Line 'Em Up"
- 07 Mr. Lif : "trouble shooting"
- 06 Cam'ron : "Oh Boy"
- 05 DJ JS-One w/OC : "Beyond"
- 04 Clipse : "Grindin'"
- 03 Noreaga : "Nothin'"
- 02 Nas : "Doo Rags"
- 01 Scarface : "Guess Who's Back"
[edit] 2003 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 10. Ghostface Killah : Run
- 09. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra : Che Che Cole
- 08. Young Gunz : Can't Stop, Won't Stop
- 07. Mark Ronson : On the Run
- 06. LA Carnival : Blind Man remix
- 05. Killer Mike : A.D.I.D.A.S.
- 04. 50 Cent : In Da Club
- 03. Pharrell featuring Jay-Z : Frontin'
- 02. OutKast : Hey Ya!
- 01. Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z : Crazy in Love
[edit] 2004 Pazz and Jop singles ballot
- 10 Slim Thug/Mike Jones/Chamillionaire: "Still Tippin'"
- 09 DJ Day: "What Planet, What Station"
- 08 Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharell: "Drop It Like It's Hot"
- 07 Common featuring Kanye West: "The Food"
- 06 Cam'ron: "Get 'Em Girls"
- 05 Federation: "Hyphy"
- 04 Pitbull Featuring Lil' Jon: "Culo"
- 03 Jadakiss Featuring Anthony Hamilton: "Why?"
- 02 Fabolous: "Breathe"
- 01 Young Gunz: "Friday Night"
[edit] 2005 Soul Sides Rewind
- 10. The Game feat. 50 Cent: Hate It Or Love It
- 09. Lone Catalysts: One's We Miss
- 08. UPC All Stars: Don't Get Discouraged
- 07. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: All Over Again
- 06. Common: Be
- 05. Legendary K.O.: George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
- 04. Three 6 Mafia feat. MJG, 8-Ball and Young Buck:Stay Fly
- 03. Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z: Go Crazy Remix
- 02. Kanye West: Heard 'Em Say
- 01. Amerie: 1 Thing (Siik Remix)
[edit] 2006 Soul Sides Rewind
- 10. Sam Taylor: Heaven On Our Minds
- 09. Donny Hathaway: What a Woman Really Means
- 08. Lupe Fiasco: I Gotcha
- 07. The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset
- 06. The Reflections: My Summer Breeze
- 05. Dells: I Can Sing a Rainbow/Love Is Blue
- 04. Etta James: Sunday Kind of Love
- 03. Practically everything off of Soul Boulders
- 02. Smith: Baby, It's You
- 01. Ghostface Killah: The Champ
