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After having had my last.fm account for more than a year, on September 14, 2007 I finally decided to fix my tags so I figured I'd erase all the listening data.

For those who wonder what my music preferences were like then, below are this year's charts that I happened to save.

Top 40 Artists:

1 Nas (889 plays)

2 Gang Starr (449 plays)

3 Common (399 plays)

4 Angelo Badalamenti (229 plays)

5 Amy Winehouse (221 plays)

6 One Be Lo (198 plays)

7 The Roots (197 plays)

8 Floetry (193 plays)

9 Brand Nubian (192 plays)

10 De La Soul (173 plays)

11 Stevie Wonder (168 plays)

12 Mobb Deep (162 plays)

13 AZ (159 plays)

14 MF Grimm (151 plays)

15 Kanye West (145 plays)

16 2Pac (138 plays)

17 Dave Matthews (133 plays)

18 Clint Mansell (124 plays)

19 John Legend (121 plays)

20 Nine Inch Nails (115 plays)

21 Jay-Z (113 plays)

22 Cormega (112 plays)

23 Deep Rooted (110 plays)

24 Hi-Tek (107 plays)

25 Big Daddy Kane (97 plays)

26 Black Moon (95 plays)

27 Akir (played 92 times)

28 Mylene Farmer (85 plays)

29 Bright Eyes (84 plays)

30 Chrisette Michele (79 plays)

31 M.O.P. (78 plays)

32 Edith Piaf (75 plays)

32 Masta Ace (75 plays)

34 Everlast (74 plays)

35 Notorious B.I.G. (73 plays)

36 Immortal Technique (72 plays)

37 Corinne Bailey Rae (71 plays)

38 Busta Rhymes (63 plays)

39 Naughty by Nature (61 plays)

40 Mike Figgis (59 plays)


Top 40 Tracks:

1 Gang Starr – DWYCK (48 plays)

2 Nas – Hold Down The Block Add (47 plays)

3 Nas – Can't Forget About You (featuring Chrisette Michele) (42 plays)

4 Nas – Black Republican (featuring Jay-Z) (38 plays)

5 AZ – The Format Add this track to your (34 plays)

6 Big Daddy Kane – Ain't No Half-Steppin' (33 plays)

7 Mobb Deep – Up North Trip Add (31 plays)

7 Nas – Hustlers (featuring The Game) (31 plays)

9 The Roots – The Web (29 plays)

10 Nas – Let There Be Light (featuring Tre Williams) (28 plays)

10 Nas – Money Over Bullshit (28 plays)

10 Chaka Khan – Love Me Still (28 plays)

13 Mobb Deep – Trife Life (27 plays)

13 One Be Lo – Used 2 Be Fly (27 plays)

15 Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby (26 plays)

16 Gang Starr – Playtawin (25 plays)

16 Busta Rhymes – Cocaina (Feat. Marsha Of Floetry) (25 plays)

16 AZ – The Come Up (25 plays)

19 Gang Starr – Code of the Streets (24 plays)

19 Scarface – Guess Who's Back feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel (24 plays)

21 J Dilla – E=MC2 Feat. Common (23 plays)

21 Floetry – Supastar feat. Common (23 plays)

21 De La Soul – Wonce Again Long Island (23 plays)

21 Nas – Still Dreaming (featuring Kanye West) (23 plays)

25 Gang Starr – Words From the Nutcracker (22 plays)

25 Naughty by Nature – Uptown Anthem (22 plays)

27 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (21 plays)

28 Clint Mansell – The Last Man (20 plays)

29 Nas – The World Is Yours Add (19 plays)

29 Nas – Represent (19 plays)

29 Nas – Purple (19 plays)

29 Gang Starr – Comin' for Datazz (19 plays)

29 Nas – You Can't Kill Me (19 plays)

29 Common – Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World) (19 plays)

29 Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch – Dwarfland/Love Theme (19 plays)

29 Nas – Mastermind (19 plays)

29 Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It (19 plays)

38 Common – The Game (18 plays)

38 Special Ed – I Got It Made (18 plays)

40 Gang Starr – Mass Appeal (17 plays)


Top 40 Albums:

1 Gang Starr – Hard to Earn (160 plays)

2 One Be Lo – S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (139 plays)

3 Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead (137 plays)

4 Mobb Deep – The Infamous (126 plays)

5 Floetry – Flo'Ology (123 plays)

6 Amy Winehouse – Frank (116 plays)

7 Nas – Illmatic (108 plays)

8 Various Artists – Lost Highway (102 plays)

9 Kanye West – The College Dropout (93 plays)

10 De La Soul – Stakes is High (89 plays)

11 The Roots – Illadelph Halflife (88 plays)

12 Common – Like Water for Chocolate (86 plays)

13 Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (77 plays)

14 Akir – Legacy (74 plays)

15 Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae (70 plays)

16 Common – Resurrection (68 plays)

17 Gang Starr – Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr (66 plays)

18 Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane (65 plays)

19 Mylene Farmer – Les Mots (61 plays)

19 2Pac – Me Against the World (61 plays)

21 Floetry – Floetic (60 plays)

22 Nas – God's Son (59 plays)

23 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (58 plays)

23 Gang Starr – Moment of Truth (58 plays)

23 Gang Starr – The Ownerz (58 plays)

23 Nas – It Was Written (58 plays)

27 Brand Nubian – One For All (56 plays)

27 Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks (56 plays)

29 Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas (55 plays)

30 Cormega – The Realness (54 plays)

31 Bilal – 1st Born Second (47 plays)

32 Special Ed – Youngest in Charge (46 plays)

32 Nas – Stillmatic (46 plays)

32 Cormega – The True Meaning (46 plays)

32 The Roots – The Tipping Point (46 plays)

36 Black Moon – Enta Da Stage (45 plays)

36 Brand Nubian – Everything Is Everything (45 plays)

38 Common – Be (44 plays)

39 Showbiz & A.G. – Goodfellas (43 plays)

39 Various Artists – Leaving Las Vegas (43 plays)