Video: Akon - I'm So Paid ft. Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy

The slapdash suburban slacker-pop of Samuel Franklin, AKA Fluffy Lumbers has been one of our pet obsessions for the best part of 2009 and as such we're pretty elated to be able to look forward to etching it on to the world in the form of a shared 7" with the afore-blogged Big Troubles as next year creeps into gear. Dig into some of Sam's favourites of the year and then peep a preview of his side of that mouthwatering 7" below: Favourite Track of 2009? [...]

• Devon Williams - Sufferer
• The Hunches - Your Sick Blooms