Lying in bed this morning listening to a podcast, not sure how recent as I've had a lost weekend, I had a smile listening to Mark talking about re-filing and cataloging his CDs.

Here's something that he, and others might enjoy, replacing the index cards...

http://www.collectorz.com/music/

and their mobile app

http://www.collectorz.com/music/#mobile

I'm not affiliated with these guys, just a happy customer who wastes many a happy hour with their software...

On another forum I frequent, a member asked

'I've been listening to a bit of the old hip-hop recently and didn't think we had a good thread about the real essentials. The stuff everyone should have. There is this one down in Classic Threads, but it's more an examination of the genre's appeal, and doesn't go into so much depth about key records and so on. That's what I want to do here: there's loads of stuff I don't know about. So, trying to avoid a few hip-hop thread clichés - ignorant bollocks about it all being violent and misogynistic, middle-aged white guys trying to get away with using modern black slang - what would you say are the records anyone who's interested should own?'

So far, the usual suspects are being thrown up, but I think the demographic of this forum is a little different so I'd be interested in you guys opinion on this...

I'm beginning to work on a playlist for the top tracks from 2009, as part of an ongoing year by year project.

With that in mind, I'm very interested in what were the Massive's top tracks from 2009...