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Posted: 02 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST
 FACT’s regular ballroom correspondent Niall Connolly, AKA CVNT TRAXXX, picks his prime cuts from 2014 and drops off his Year In Vogue mix. Looking back now, at the end of December, 2014 has proved to be a bumper year for ballroom and vogue. From Mike Q and the talented Qween Beat production squad’s various collabs, productions and remixes, to Jennifer Lopez’s mid-summer release ‘Tens’ featuring legendary commentator Jack Mizrahi, right up to the storming ‘Bad Bitch’ by Gage & Kevin Prodigy, which dropped only weeks ago, the scene and the sound goes from strength to strength. Pulling in diverse influences this year from deep house, underground US club and even grime, the genre keeps beating its own path through the musical jungle of dance culture, picking up more attention and exposure as it goes. But the truth is, every year is a good year for vogue, you just have to know where to look and listen. Ballroom isn’t going away, and its history has already shown that it’s impervious to mainstream success and fickle fads. Consider it the little genre that could. With that in mind, here are my top 10 ballroom/vogue tracks of 2014 – with the exception of a mystery track that’s going to absolutely slay when it comes out next year. For more on the evolving scene and its international offshoots, check out FACT’s essential two-part feature on The Untold Story of UK Vogue and accompanying mix, plus a guide to Qween Beat, the crew behind this year’s best ballroom mixtapes, and an interview with scene star Vjuan Allure.
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Tracklist: Sugur Shane – Kill Da Bitch Intro Cvnt Traxxx – Make Love (Vjuan Allure Elite Beats Orgy Remix) Traxx Romay – Make Love (Vocal VIP Acapella) Cvnt Traxxx – Make Love (Original) Byrell – The Great Ride It (Dub) Mikeq & Dj Sliink – The Bitch Ft Miss Jay Mikeq Miss Honey – V Curtains 4 U Mikeq & Dj Sliink – The Bitch Ft Miss Jay Nicki Minaj Ft Soulja Boy – Yasss Bish! (MikeQ Fix It Pussy Remix) Nicki Minaj Ft Soulja Boy Yasss Bish! – (Buddah Remix) Nicki Minaj Ft Soulja Boy Yasss Bish! – (Jay R Neutron Remix) Beyonce Yonce/partition – (Jay R Neutron Vogue Remix) Vjuan Allure – Wherk Vjuan Allure Ft Purple Crush – Night Wherk (Acapella) Vjuan Allure – Wherk (DJ Sega Remix) Mikeq & Sinjin Hawke – Thunderscan Spf666 – Tsundere Dj Delish – Oh Shit! (SBW Remix) Divoli S’vere – What I Want Acapella Divoli S’vere – Svere Pussy Pop Ha Divoli S’vere – Myrtle Snow Runway Cakes Da Killa – Hunger Pains (Byrell The Great Remix) Gage & Kevin Prodigy – Bad Bitch Armand Van Helden – Work Me Godammit (SPF666 Work Dem Remix) Mikeq & Dj Sliink – Werk’d It Imaabs – Grafito Imaabs – Pumps (MikeQ Remix) Rushmore – She Wants Blastah – Bossy Supraman – Femme Hyper Trimbal – Confidence Boost (Supraman Remix) Dashawn Wesley – Move (Divoli S’vere Remix) Byrell The Great – Happy Cvnt Ft Buddah & Divoli J-lo Ft Jack Mizrahi – Tens (DJ Fade Vogue Remix) J-lo Ft Jack Mizrahi – Tens (VJ The DJ & Kevin Prodigy Remix) Sophie – Lemonade (Javascript X Boyfriends Remix) Sugur Shane – Buddah Vs Shane Tony Play – Your Gagging Purple Crush Ft Raja & Josh Peace – Shock & Awe (Cvnt Traxxx Remix) Vjuan Allure – Anaconda Bump Beek – Telekuntx (Cvnt Traxxx Remix) Dat Oven – Icy Lake (Original Arena Mix) Joey Labeija – End Of Time At The Icy Lake Dat Oven – Icy Lake (L-vis 1990 Fire Alarm Remix) Azealea Banks – Chasing Time (B Ames Remix) Kevin Prodigy – I Am Happy To Be (Traxx Romay Want It All Mix) Boy/friend – Eve (Ynfynyt Scroll Remix) Kevin Aviance – Cunty (Yarinka Collucci Remix) Outro        |
