HAPPY HOOD YEAR

STV SLV's favorite ABX tracks of '08:
10: David Banner vs Fujiya & Miyagi - Get Like Pterodactyls
9: Britney Spears vs Department of Eagles - No One Womanizes Like You
8: Ludacris vs She & Him - Sentimental Mouths
7: Chromeo vs Rihanna - Don't Stop The Fancy Footwork
6: The-Dream vs Cut Copy - Light Falsetto Music
5: Public Enemy vs HEALTH - Bring The Tabloid Sores
4: Rick Ross vs Hercules & Love Affair - Blind Speed
3: The Cool Kids vs Frankie Knuckles - Your Love Iz What It Iz
2: Lykke Li vs Holy Ghost - I'm Good, I'm Ghost
1: Usher vs Los Campesinos! - The Year This Club Broke (My Heart)

ABX's favorite STV SLV tracks of '08:
10: Del The Funky Homosapien vs Justice - Workin' Valentine
9: The Hood Internet vs Tobacco & Aesop Rock - Dirt RMX
8: Webbie vs Black Moth Super Rainbow - Drippy I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
7: Kid Sister vs Walter Meego - Pro Nails Forever
6: Lil Wayne vs The Bloody - We Are From Venice (Lil Weezy Ana)
5: Estelle vs Ting Tings - Shut Up, American Boy
4: Spank Rock vs Burial - Bumpangel
3: Big Boi feat. Purple Ribbon All-Stars vs Ghislain Poirier - Blazin Kryptonite
2: Mic Terror vs Green Velvet - Juke And Pop
1: Birdman vs Sebastien Tellier - $100 Million Sportswear

In addition to being included on Current TV's Top 5 Mixtapes of 2008, Hood also got a couple of year-end nods over at Culture Bully. And Vimby really liked a bunch of the "reject" tracks we posted, which was cool — maybe we're being too hard on ourselves, or perhaps just getting paranoid from all the haters that hang out in our comments. HI HATERS

What else, what else... the Stereogum comment thread on Beyoncé vs Fleet Foxes was pretty awesome. Oh, and on Christmas, ABX's Survivor vs Glass Candy jam was on Simon Iddol's Vavá mix on Spain's RNE Radio 3 (click on "escúchalo" for the tracklist).

Happy new year and thanks for continuing to visit the Hood!