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Christmas Eve and we are about to open our presents here. But before that we are taking a break from all the eating and spending time with our relatives to present the number one song of the year. We know that you all have guessed it by now. There is only one Baws of the year! So all the way from Miami! Take it away Rick Ross!

Rick Ross - Hustlin’ YSI

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Check out the rest of the list here

The most anticipated hiphop album this year. Perhaps the most longed for album - all categories. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury. Finally. A Discobelle Christmas Calendar wouldn’t be right without them in the top three.

The album is such a killer, we could have posted any of the tracks. In the end we chose Wamp Wamp as that was the first single, and the first real preview of what the album was going to be like. Apart from the mixtapes of course, they kept us going for a few months as well.

Anyone interested in hiphop needs this album.

Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What it do) Feat Slim Thug (YSI)

Clipse - Wamp Wamp (What it do) Feat Slim Thug (zShare)

Christmas is upon us but we still have the top three tracks of the Discobelle christmas calender to post.

2006 was the year when dance music returned with a bang and the year when the term “nu-rave/neu rave” (sic) lived for a brief time. Although the term may suck, the music certainly doesn’t. This remix by Van She of the Klaxons track “Gravity’s rainbow” can only be described as massive. Just listen to those keyboards along with the bassline and handclaps, then when the guitars and the distorted voice singing “come with me, come with me” kicks in around the 1:30 mark watch it all go ballistic. This was one of the top electro bangers of 2006 and that’s why it’s included on the Discobelle christmas calender.

Klaxons - Gravity’s rainbow (Van She Tech SP remix) (YSI)

Klaxons - Gravity’s rainbow (Van She Tech SP remix) (zShare)

We don’t know shit about crack but what you know about Discobelle? We know all about that!

This remix/fix takes T.I’s number one song and merge it with two freestyles, one from Juelz Santana and one from Papoose. For some reason it becomes one of this years best tunes.

T.I. feat Juelz Santana, JR Writer & Papoose - What You Know YSI

T.I. feat Juelz Santana, JR Writer & Papoose - What You Know zShare

If this was an intended viral, it worked damn good. But it probably wasn’t. And instead this guy that happened to be standing around when they need to lay the (in)famous “Atlantic Records, for T.I. Clearance” line got to become an mp3 icon. Congratulations.

My Love is one of few tracks that was interesting before, meanwhile, and after its release. Here are three versions that summarize 2006´s Justin-mania in a good way.

Justin Timberlake - My Love (feat T.I.) (YSI)
Justin Timberlake - My Love (feat T.I.) (zShare)

Cousin Cole - Atlantic Records, T.I. Clearance (YSI)
Cousin Cole - Atlantic Records, T.I. Clearance (zShare)

Marit Bergman - My Love (Justin Timberlake Cover) (YSI)
Marit Bergman - My Love (Justin Timberlake Cover) (zShare)

We have always been fans of Dipset but we didn’t think it would be be a ballin’ christmas. Baaaaaaaallin’. Jim Jones is the new number one in the dipset camp.

Jim Jones - We Fly High YSI

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We couldn’t do a christmas calender without putting Hot Chip in there somewhere. They’re at the top of alot of year round up lists and they’re well worth it. The whole album is killer, the original “Over and over” track was the standout for us here at Discobelle and this remix is the standout of all the remixes done on this track. It’s a seven minute club banger dealing with the joy of repetition. There’s a steady bassline that drives the pulsating beat throughout the song and the mix of electro/indie disco makes this impossible to resist. It will have you out on the dancefloor in no time screaming: “like a monkey with a miniature cymbal”.

Hot Chip - Over and over (Naum Gabo remix) (YSI)

Hot Chip - Over and over (Naum gabo remix) (zShare)

This was one of the first tunes we played when me and Björn were holding it down for Discobelle.net at the Hultsfred festival this summer. A couple of hundred people dancing to Swang and Björn and Me waving our discobelle towels.

Trea feat Pimp C, Fat Pat & Hawk - Swang (remix) YSI

Trea feat Pimp C, Fat Pat & Hawk - Swang (remix) zshare

Being Swedish, and mainly having American visitors, we feel a responsibility towards our fellow northern inhabitants. Therefore we try to push Scandinavian music as much as we can. It’s good, and should get the promotion it deserves. However, some tracks need no geographical justification. This is one of those tracks.

Fibes, Oh Fibes! is a Gothenburg- based band that made all of Sweden sing “Baby, I wanna know your status!” in 2006. Smooth like a Swedish summer breeze, and absolutely irresistible.

Fibes, Oh Fibes! - Get Up (YSI)

Fibes, Oh Fibes! - Get Up (zShare)

For not releasing an album this year, we’ve heard a lot from Amerie in 2006. Fine by me, I’ve been liking pretty much anything coming from her since “1 Thing”. R&B far more interesting than the J-Lo-esque stuff that comes by the dozen.

This is a track that we picked up in September and I’ve been playing it regularly since then. And if the album is anything like the mixtape she released, she’s bound to be on the 2007 list as well.

Amerie ft. Willy Denzey - Losin’ U (YSI)

Amerie ft. Willy Denzey - Losin’ U (zShare)