We've fielded complaints about the heavy slant toward very old stuff. It's understandable -- after all, the name of this blog was meant to pay tribute to Cameo and Aaliyah, and there has been a lot more attention paid to the era of the former than the era of the latter. What have I liked from this year? A bunch of stuff, honest... little of which is coming to mind right now. I hope to eventually do some form of a roundup, but not before a post about the brilliance of Howard Johnson's "Knees" and the ?!?!?-ness of Bobby Nunn's "Hangin' Out at the Mall." In the meantime, there's some chatter about Amerie and Janet here, and there will be talk about Teedra in roughly the same spot tomorrow. It's also worth noting that Teena -- who is 50, 50 years old! -- made one of the best G-funk songs I have ever heard in my entire life, and it's on an album she released this year.