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2012 ANTICIPATION: Five Artists And Groups To Watch

Posted by Carter Maness

Tags: pop, dance, hip-hop, rock, lists

(Photo: Meek Mill)

Friends
With a few key singles, Friends brought back that downtown New York sass we love so much. The Brooklyn band is currently crafting its debut full-length, and if it carries the torch of the group's breakout "I'm His Girl," then we're sure that the year-end lists will be raving 12 months from now.

Azealia Banks
No surprise here as Azealia Banks, a 20-year-old Harlem upstart that can really rap and sing, blew our minds with her single and video for "212" during the final months of 2011. With a yet another irresistible single, "Liquorice," and a debut full-length produced by Paul Epworth on the way, Banks is set to completely dominate that thin line between pop, rap and dance music.

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FEATURED: Meanest Man Contest On Best-Of-2008 Lists

Posted by Samuel Duke

Tags: hip-hop, rap, lists

The guys in Meanest Man Contest have been getting their end-of-year wrap-up game on, appearing in XLR8R's Top 50 MP3's of 2008 and 3Hive's Top 25 of 2008. Additionally, Mochipet's "Sharp Drest" (which features MMC's Eric Steur and was picked up for the soundtrack to NBA 2K9) was featured on KEXP's annual free music giveaway. Congrats on the nods guys!

Meanest Man Contest - We Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way (Débruit Remix)

Meanest Man Contest - Partially Smart

Meanest Man Contest - The Tenderloin

Meanest Man Contest - Let's Go (feat. Subtle & Eso Tre)

Meanest Man Contest - I Would Leave

Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics

Cars And Trains - Sometimes Falter, Sometimes Sway (Meanest Man Contest Remix)

Meanest Man Contest's RCRD LBL Page