Top 30 Songs of 2016
After a year wait, the big lists have finally arrived. I give you my top 30 hip hop/r&b tracks of 2016. Enjoy, and thank you for being here!
30) Larry June – ‘Sunshine’
29) Kodak Black – ‘Can I’
28) Common – 27) Vic Mensa – ‘Shades of Blue’
26) Jay IDK – ‘SOMEBODY’
25) Cousin Stizz – ‘500 Horses’
24) Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Wind in My Sails’
23) K.A.A.N. – ‘Music’
22) Czarface – ‘Two in the Chest’
21) Run the Jewels – ‘Legend Has It’
20) A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Space Program’
19) Maxo Kream – ‘Smoke Break’
18) ScHoolboy Q – ‘JoHn Muir’
17) Kid Cudi – ‘Surfin’ (feat. Pharrell)’
16) Travis Scott – ‘Pick Up the Phone (feat. Young Thug & Quavo)’
15) Danny Brown – ‘Really Doe (feat. Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar & Earl Sweatshirt)’
14) Baauer – ‘Kung Fu (feat. Pusha T & Future)’
13) Trapo – ‘She Moved On’
12) Elzhi – ‘The Healing Process’
11) Isaiah Rashad – ‘Park’
10) Jorja Smith – ‘Blue Lights’
9) Pusha T – ‘Drug Dealers Anonymous (feat. Jay Z)’
8) James Blake & Vince Staples – ‘Timeless Remix’
7) Royce da 5’9″ – ‘Tabernacle’
6) Anderson .Paak – ‘The Season/Carry Me’
5) Domo Genesis – ‘Dapper (feat. Anderson .Paak)’
4) Frank Ocean – ‘Nights’
3) Chance the Rapper – ‘Same Drugs’
2) Kanye West – ‘No More Parties in L.A. (feat. Kendrick Lamar)’
1) Mick Jenkins – ‘Spread Love’
Many thanks,
Benny P
Honorable Mention
GOOD Music – ‘Champions’
Anderson .Paak – ‘The Waters,’ ‘Am I Wrong,’ ‘Light Weight’ & ‘Come Down’
French Montana – ‘Lockjaw Remix (feat. Gucci Mane)’
Solange – ‘Mad,’ ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ & ‘Cranes in the Sky’
Westside Gunn – ‘Summerslam 88’
Joey Fatt$ – ‘Khaled Freestyle (Don’t Want)’
DJ Khaled – ‘Nas Album Done’ & ‘Jermaine’s Interlude’
Zack de la Rocha – ‘digging for windows’
Bas – ‘Methylone’ & ‘Housewives Remix’
Atmosphere – ‘Like a Fire’
Tunji Ige – ‘Bring Yo Friends’
Frank Ocean – ‘White Ferrari,’ ‘Solo’ & ‘Seigfried’
21 Savage & Metro Boomin – ‘No Heart’
Kweku Collins – ‘Stupid Rose’
De la Soul – ‘Pain’
The Weeknd – ‘Reminder’
Kanye West – ‘Real Friends’ & ‘Saint Pablo’
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
D.R.A.M. – ‘Broccoli,’ ‘Cute’ & ‘Outta Sight/Dark Lavender Interlude’
Elzhi – ‘Two 16s’ & ‘Keep Dreaming’
J. Cole – ‘4 Your Eyez Only’
A$AP Mob – ‘Telephone Calls,’ ‘Crazy Brazy’ & ‘Young N*gga Living’
GoldLink – ‘Fall in Love’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘untitled 02,’ ‘untitled 05’ & ‘untitled 01’
Joey Bada$$ – ‘Brooklyn’s Own’
Funkadelic – ‘Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You? Remix’
Boogie – ‘Still Thirsty’
Joey Purp – ‘Morning Sex’
Isaiah Rashad – ‘Free Lunch’ & ‘Stuck in the Mud’
Gucci Mane – ‘Last Time,’ ‘I Told You,’ ‘1st Day Out tha Feds,’ & ‘P*ssy Print’
Clams Casino – ‘Be Somebody’
Noname – ‘Casket Pretty’ & ‘Diddy Bop’
Saba – ‘Church/Liquor Store’
A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Dis Genration’ & ‘Whateve Will Be’
Old Man Saxon – ‘The Perils’
Danny Brown – ‘Tell Me What I Don’t Know’ & ‘Lost’
Kaytranada – ‘Glowed Up’
Flume – ‘Lose It’ & ‘Smoke & Retribution’
NxWorries – ‘Lyk Dis’ & ‘Best One’
T.I. – ‘Warzone’
Kenneth Whalum – ‘Might Not Be OK’
Yo Gotti – ‘Castro’
Femdot – ‘341’
Havoc & The Alchemist – ‘Buck 50s & Bullet Wounds’
ScHoolboy Q – ‘Tookie Knows II’ & ‘Neva Change’
Common – ‘A Bigger Picture Called Free’
Lil Yachty – ‘Minnesota Remix’ & ‘Shoot out the Roof’
Mick Jenkins – ‘Communicate’ & ‘Drowning’
Azizi Gibson – ‘Anything’
Flatbush Zombies – ‘Bounce’
Travis Scott – ‘The Ends,’ ‘Sweet Sweet’ & ‘Goosebumps’
Mac Miller – ‘My Favorite Part’ & ‘Dang!’
Divine Council – ‘Decemba Remix’
Chance the Rapper – ‘Summer Friends,’ ‘Finish Line/Drown’ & ‘How Great’
Sampha – ‘Timmy’s Prayer’
Action Bronson – ‘Durag vs. Headband’
Freddie Gibbs – ‘All Day’ & ‘Hot Boys’
Khalid – ‘Location’
The Underachievers – ‘Play That Way’
Samiyam – ‘Mirror (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)’
Young Thug – ‘With Them’ & ‘Kanye West’
Abra – ‘Pull Up’
Secret Circle – ‘Satellite’
DJ Carnage – ‘Mase in ’97’ & ‘Don’t Call Me’
Meek Mill – ‘Outro’ & ‘Offended’
Jerreau – ‘All Day’
A$AP Twelvyy – ‘L.Y.B.B.’
K.A.A.N. – ‘Soulting’
Ab-Soul – ‘Lonely Soul,’ ‘D.R.U.G.S.’ & ‘YMF’
Kali Uchis – ‘Only Girl’
The Game – ‘Savage Lifestyle’
Rob $tone – ‘Chill Bill Remix’
Denzel Curry – ‘ULT’
A$AP Ferg – ‘Psycho’ & ‘Let it Bang’
Swet Shop Boys – ‘Phone Tap’
Migos – ‘Bad and Boujee’
Rejjie Snow – ‘Pink Beetle’
DJ Shadow – ‘Nobody Speak’
Lance Skiiiwalker – ‘Lover’s Lane’
YG – ‘Who Shot Me’ & ‘I Got a Question’
Future – ‘Perkys Calling’ & ‘Married to the Game’
Ugly Heroes – ‘Today Right Now’
Yung Simmie – ‘Shoot the 3’ & ‘Bucks’
Lil Uzi Vert – ‘Ronda (Winners)’ & ‘Ps & Qs’
Stann Smith – ‘Hakeem’
Smoke DZA – ‘Nine,’ ‘Dusk 2 Dusk’ & ‘Stage Five Steamer’
Kemba – ‘Caesar’s Rise’
The Avalanches – ‘Because I’m Me’
Hodgy – ‘Barbell’
Chris Crack & Vic Spencer – ‘Wanna See a Dead Body??’
Smino – ‘blkswn’
Planet Asia – ‘Fresh’
Father – ‘Lanes’
Drake – ‘Controlla’ & ‘Views’
Vic Mensa – ’16 Shots’ & ‘773 Freestyle’
Little Simz – ‘Picture Perfect’
Promnite – ‘Gunsmoke’
Cousin Stizz – ‘Where I Came From’ & ‘Gain Green’
Snoop Dogg – ‘Coolaid Man’
Your Old Droog – ‘Just Rhymin’
Retch – ‘Nickel Bags’
TUT – ‘G35’
A$AP Rocky – ‘Hear Me’
Logic – ‘Tree of Life’ & ’44 Bars’
Sadat X – ‘Industry’s Outcast (feat. R.A. the Rugged Man & Thirstin Howl III)’
Rae Sremmurd – ‘Black Beatles’
*Missing — ‘Sunshine’ & ‘Wind in My Sails’
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