The 10 Best Music GIFs of 2011

Digital eye candy from Nicki to Mos Def & more. Swag!

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much more for an animated GIF?

The Graphics Interchange Format is more than just an assemblage of moving pixels twerking in your computer browser. It's a moment in time, reduced to its visual essentials and looped over and over until it starts to mean something else.

With the right GIF, all your thoughts and feelings on a particular topic can be conveyed with a single link. It all comes down to capturing the right moment. And luckily the world of music—hip-hop in particular—provides plenty of raw visual material to work with. So let's look back at some of 2011’s most remarkable (and bookmarkable).

Written by Alvin "Aqua" Blanco (@Aqua174)

Nicki Drops It Like It’s Hot

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Rozay On Wheels

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Breezy & Busta

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Too Fly Guys

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Bey's Baby Bump

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A$AP Rocky's White Chick

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Weezy In Jeggings

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All Falls Down

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Mos Def Screams "Swag"

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Big Sean Wins

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