I originally gave this to “Lie, Cheat, Steal” because it was a great banger with some important shit to say, but “Jeopardy” is just a better song.

My main issue with RTJ1 was that every beat was great, but they all started to sound alike – a huge banger with some electronic-sounding shit in the background. I could tell right from the beginning that this tape was going to be a different story – the instrumental is plodding, slightly creepy, and jazz-influenced. And the pacing was perfect: the anticipation built up for El-P’s verse was one of my favorite hip-hop moments of the year.

Favorite Line

I been here making raw shit and never asked to be lauded / Run the Jewels is the answer, your question is “what’s poppin'?”

Only 2:34 long with 1 verse from Mac, a strong guest verse by Vince Staples, and a simple but infectious beat courtesy of 9th Wonder, the high replay value of this song helps it take the #1 spot for me.

Vince’s verse speaks on growing up with an environment and family that pushed him towards the gang life, and Mac’s verse starts off silly before getting deathly serious. Off of Mac’s mixtape Faces.

Favorite Line

What’s fate when a person don’t deserve what he get? / Shootin' reckless at the father almost murdered the kid / Or is it karma for the shit that both the parents had did? / Ain’t embarrassed where I’m livin', we get merit for kills

Just noticed all of my picks are collabs. I didn’t set out to make it like that, I just think good collaborations usually bring out the best in every artist involved.

Episode: “Goodbye Toby”

When Dwight leaves his phone on his desk, Jim has no choice but to reroute all of his calls to a Bluetooth and handle all of his sales calls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzrxX9jaVe4

Episode: “New Boss”

This one kind of backfires on Jim. He wears a tuxedo to work to mock Dwight’s new dress code, but when questioned about it by the new boss Charles, he comes off as looking “unprofessional”. This is the first of many occasions where Jim embarrasses himself in front of Charles.

Episode: “Pool Party”

Dwight wins this one! Jim loves an audience for his pranks, and Stanley leads him to believe that he’s a sucker for meatball-related humor. But we later learn that he was just colluding with Dwight to get Jim to buy them free meatballs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EH9KOtNL5E

Episode: “Customer Survey”

After complaints that Dwight’s sales techniques have gotten too hostile, Michael forces him to role play a sale with Jim. But “William M. Buttlicker” is not pleased with what he hears, and offers Michael $1 million to fire Dwight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnsNU4JRAA

Episode: “Classy Christmas”

This is one of the few times in the series where we can say without a doubt that Dwight won. After Jim walked into the office and threw a snowball at Dwight, Dwight terrorized Jim with snow attacks throughout the day, culminating in the final snowman showdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSQAbuilXI

Episode: “St. Patrick’s Day”

When Jim went on paternity leave, Dwight decided to create “Mega Desk” by pushing his desk together with Jim’s.

So Jim flipped the script and created Quad Desk, where Dwight’s computer and phone is buried under a pyramid of desks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amyc7EJpMf4&t=1m58s

Episode: “Wrapped Desk”

Didn’t see this one coming! It looked like Jim had covered everything on Dwight’s desk in wrapping paper, but when Dwight sat down to take the paper off we realized the desk was gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4sNxg1Yv0E