Kanye's 'Christmas in Harlem' Is PopEater's Favorite Holiday Song

By Denise Warner Posted Dec 24th 2010 02:20PM

Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Fantasy' is arguably the best album of 2010 -- but the rapper wasn't done just yet.

His latest work -- 'Christmas in Harlem' -- is quickly becoming one of our favorite holiday tunes. Listen to it below. [Warning: Mature Content]

What are our favorites from Yuletides past? Check them out inside >>>

2. Jackson 5 -- 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'
Hearing a young Michael Jackson belt this sweet song out definitely gets us in the spirit.

3. *NSYNC -- 'O Holy Night'
Justin Timberlake is so hot right now -- we just want to remind you where he came from. And don't forget the others!

4. Bing Crosby and David Bowie -- 'Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth'
The odd Crosby-Bowie duet works on a level that we don't try to understand. We just go with it. (For additional awesomeness, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly recreate this in all its glory.)

5. Paul McCartney and Wings -- 'Wonderful Christmastime'
You may hear a lot of critics who hate this choice, but whatever -- McCartney's great and this is on our Christmas playlist.

6. John Lennon and Yoko Ono -- 'Happy Christmas (War Is Over)'
You can't have McCartney without Lennon. Yoko is just a bonus.

7. The Kinks -- 'Father Christmas'
When they're not singing about Lola, The Kinks give us Father Christmas. And that's pretty cool.

8. Twisted Sister -- 'O Come All Ye Faithful'
We think it's cool that 'Faithful' shares chords with 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' making for one awesomely metal rendition.

9. Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell -- 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'
We're currently obsessed with Ms. Deschanel. (Seriously, did you hear her She & Him rendition of 'I Put a Spell on You' on 'Conan'? You haven't? Merry Christmas.) And after watching 'Elf,' we knew this belonged with other classics.

10. Mariah Carey -- 'All I Want for Christmas (Is You)'
It's not Christmas without Mariah's 1994 hit. Duh.

11. Sufjan Stevens -- 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel'
Maybe not technically a pop song, but it's amazing. Listen, please.

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Tags: christmas songs, kanye-west, pop songs

Comments

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Friday 24 December

By yeppers

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didn't listen too it. won't listen too it or anything this Ahole puts out. just sayin - I AM NOT A FAN

By Marsha

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Kanye MUST be cryin' his eyes out right about now, as he rolls around in all his dough...

By jayjayjj50

the funny thing is that unless you dont listen to hip/hop or rap in general, You most likely have a kanye west produce, or influence song on your Ipod and just dont know it.

Saturday 25 December

By mickey

Ok I just vomited after reading your article about Kayne West. Merry Dry Heave to you too.

By leni

I agree...not a fan of the man. Don't know about his music....I have principals, there isn't a piece of music written that's good enough to make me listen to this arrogant little turd or anyone on his label.

By Mark

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You hit the Ahole right on the head !!! He is a loser and a racist. He's also a no-talent hack. I'll be glad hen his 15 minutes are over, he's already into over-time !!!

By cease2exist

punk!

By orbiemoss

Has to be the stupidest, foolish pick I have EVER seen a new low of lows POPEATER PLEASE SEND ME THE REASON WHY YOUR STAFF WOULD PICK SUCH A SONG ABOUT A HARLEM, CHRISTMAS WITH A ADULT WARNING LABEL FOR LANGUAGE OUT OF ALLLLLLLLLLLLL THE SONGS OUT THERE ABOUT CHRISTMAS FROM MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THOUSANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BY SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WOULD PICK THIS SONG HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY ( APP. 7 BILLION) WOULD PICK THIS ONE AS THEIR #1 CAN YOU SAY NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Jordan

I would pick that. My favorite Christmas song of 2010 at least. So...there goes your argument.

PopEater is entitled to their own opinion, are they not? They said "one of our favorite" which is much different than "the absolute best ever of all time"...

By Jgenious

Geez calm down its actually a good song and there isn't really any language for one and two if you don't have anything positive about someone don't troll around huh?

By D.

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Never knew he had a xmas tune, hadn't heard it before, but I think it's a catching tune w/or w/o the lyrics. My faves are the Staple singers 'Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas' & Bill Nighy's character singing 'Christmas is All Around' to The Troggs song 'Love is All Around' from the movie Love Actually.

By ylg

Mariah Carey below NSYNC, Zooey Deschanel, and Twisted Sister? Are you high?

By RMI

God I hate rap. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May rap die in 2011 for good.

By ZaMaster

RMI...lol...good luck with that....people have bee saying rap would die since 1978. It's not going anywhere. It's the "new" rock. Only kind of rap I dont like is the kind that degrades women and is hate laced...other than that..if it has concious lyrics...let's hear it.

By Kevin

Sorry to break the news..but rap will be just fine whether you hate it or not...It laces EVERYTHING in America at this point....As is the case with any genre, there are some rap songs that aren't for me, but that's true of everything no? Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New year....

I really like the new Eminem and Rhianna song but very few rap songs do it for me.

By MTM

Agreed. Rap needs to go. It may be many things but to attempt to say it's the "new rock" proves a lack of understanding what music actually is. Someone talking over music has been around a long time - it's called being a DJ and NO ONE likes it when they do that.

Name one Rap "singer" who lasts more then 3 years. They go off and do other things, but don't last...and neither does their money.

Kevin if you haven't noticed Electro POP is ruling the charts, not rap.

By joseph chua

yup, CRAP RIMES WITH RAP

By Brian

I wonder if Taylor Swift was invited to "rap along"?

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