Top 30 Songs of 2017
Oh man. Here we are. Not much left to go. The 30 best songs in hip hop/r&b from this past year. I don’t know about y’all, but I sure thought 2017 kicked ass musically. Let us now showcase the best of the best, and as always – S P R E A D L O V E and support hip hop!
30) BROCKHAMPTON – ‘BOOGIE’
29) Logic – ‘Mos Definitely’
28) meetVoutside – ‘Splash’
27) H.E.R. & Daniel Caesar – ‘Best Part’
26) Mick Jenkins – ‘C is For Cash Money’
25) EarthGang – ‘ROBOTS’
24) Sylvan LaCue – ‘Grateful’
23) JAY-Z – ‘Family Feud (feat. Beyoncé)’
22) Vince Staples – ‘Yeah Right’ (feat. Kendrick Lamar)’
21) Aminé – ‘Turf’
20) GoldLink – ‘Pray Everyday (Survivor’s Guilt)’
19) Vic Mensa – ‘Say I Didn’t’
18) Evidence – ‘Throw it All Away’
17) Lou the Human – ‘Macklemore’
16) Tha God Fahim – ‘Saga City (feat. Mach-Hommy & Your Old Droog)’
15) Freddie Gibbs – ’20 Karat Jesus’
14) Rapsody – ‘Nobody (feat. Moonchild, Anderson .Paak & Black Thought)’
13) WESTSIDEDOOM – ‘Gorilla Monsoon’
12) David Sabastian – ‘Ballin’
11) Tyler, The Creator – ‘911/Mr. Lonely’
10) Playboi Carti – ‘Magnolia’
9) SZA – ‘Broken Clocks’
8) Westside Gunn – ‘100,000 Machine Gunz (feat. Royce da 5’9″ & Conway)’
7) G Herbo – ‘Malcolm’
6) IDK – ‘Black Sheep White Dove’
5) Lil Uzi Vert – ‘XO Tour Llif3’
4) Joey Bada$$ – ‘Temptation’
3) GoldLink – ‘Crew Remix (feat. Gucci Mane, Shy Glizzy & Brent Faiyaz)’
2) Kendrick Lamar & 9th Wonder – ‘DUCKWORTH.’
1) Frank Ocean – ‘Chanel’
Honorable Mention
2 Chainz – ‘4 AM’
21 Savage – ‘Bank Account’
Action Bronson – ‘The Choreographer,’ ‘9-24-7000’ & ‘La Luna’
The Alchemist – ‘Brand Name,’ ‘Floor Seats’ & ‘A Thousand Birds’
Allan Kingdom – ‘Know About It’
Ameer Vahn – ‘High Tolerance’
Aminé – ‘Blinds’
Anoyd – ‘Times Infinity’
A$AP Ferg – ‘Plain Jane’
A$AP Mob – ‘RAF (Version 2)’ & ‘What Happens’
A$AP Twelvyy – ‘Castle Hell’
AZ – ‘Save Them’
Benny Okoto – ‘Triple Double’
Big Boi – ‘In the South’
Big K.R.I.T. – ‘Get Away,’ ‘Mixed Messages, ‘Big Bank’ & ‘Higher Calling’
Big Sean – ‘Light’
Billy Woods – ‘Keloid,’ ‘Gazpacho’ & ‘Source Awards’
Black Party – ‘Garden (Demo)’
Blu & Exile – ‘All These Ladies’
Brian – ‘Who That Be’
BROCKHAMPTON – ‘SWAMP,’ ‘GOLD,’ ‘BLEACH,’ ‘GUMMY,’ ‘RENTAL,’ ‘HEAT,’ ‘SWEET,’ ‘JOHNNY’ & ‘FACE’
Brother Ali – ‘Own Light (What Hearts Are For)’ & ‘Pray For Me’
Bryson Tiller – ‘Don’t Get Too High’
Caleborate – ‘Bankrobber’
Calvin Harris – ‘Slide’ & ‘Rollin’
Cardi B – ‘Bodak Yellow’
Chuck Stranges – ‘Fresh’
Clams Casino – ‘Kali Yuga’
Conway – ‘Cooked in Hell’s Kitchen,’ ‘iLL’ & ‘Bishop Shot Steel’
The Cool Kids – ‘Too Smooth’
Cousin Stizz – ‘Lambo,’ ‘Paper Calling,’ ‘No Ice’
Cuz Lightyear – ‘Pots & Pans’
Cyhi the Prynce – ‘Get Yo Money,’ ‘Closer’ & ‘Trick Me’
Danger Mouse – ‘Chase Me’
Daniel Caesar – ‘Blessed,’ ‘We Find Love,’ ‘Take Me Away’ & ‘Freudian’
Danny Brown – ‘Kool Aid’
Danny Watts – ‘Uprooted,’ ‘Pill’ & ‘The Things We Have to Do’
The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light – ‘Your Wave’s God Wave’s God’
Deem Spencer – ‘Moonflower’
The Diplomats – ‘Once Upon a Time’
DJ Premier – ‘Our Streets’
Drake – ‘Passionfruit,’ ‘Skepta Interlude’ & ‘Do Not Disturb’
DRAM – ‘Good Thing’
EarthGang – ‘House,’ ‘Artificial’ & ‘Meditate’
Edo G. – ‘Freedom’
Ezri – ‘Be Right Back’
Evidence – ‘Jim Dean’
Fashawn – ‘Fashawn’
FEYNMAN – ‘The Wave’
Flatbush Zombies – ‘Babel’
Frank Ocean – ‘Biking,’ ‘Provider’ & ‘Lens (Version 2)’
Freddie Gibbs – ‘Crushed Glass,’ ‘Off Top,’ ‘Alexys’ & ‘Homesick’
Future – ‘Mask Off Remix,’ ‘Hallucinating,’ ‘Feds Did a Sweep’ & ‘Fresh Air’
Tha God Fahim – ‘Dashiki in the White House,’ ‘Niggarati Manor,’ ‘Bell Ringer,’ ‘Papers Cuts’ & ‘All Day’
G Herbo – ‘Red Snow’ & ‘Street’
GoldLink – ‘Meditation’
Gorillaz – ‘Ascension,’ ‘Let Me Out’ & ‘Hallelujah Money’
Gucci Mane – ‘5 Million Intro’ & ‘Lil Story’
Gunplay – ‘Patience’
H.E.R. – ‘Every Kind of Way’ & ‘I Won’t’
Higher Bros – ‘Flo Rida’
IDK – ‘Pizza Shop Extended’ & ‘No Shoes on the Rug, Leave Them at the Door’
Ivan Ave – ‘Steaming’
Ivy Sole – ‘Rooftop’ & ‘Lost’
J. Hurt – ‘God Don’t Like Ugly’
J.I.D – ‘Underwear,’ ‘Somebody,’ ‘Hoodbooger’ & ‘LAUDER’
J’Von – ‘Lil Phantom Yellow Tune’ & ‘Hashbrowns’
JAY-Z – ‘4:44,’ ‘The Story of OJ,’ ‘Smile’ & ‘Legacy’
Jay Worth – ‘Stepping Out’
Jazz Cartier – ‘How Did I Get This Deep?’
Joey Bada$$ – ‘BABYLON,’ ‘ROCKABYE BABY,’ ‘Y U DON’T LOVE ME (MISS AMERIKKKA)’ & ‘LAND OF THE FREE’
Joji – ‘Will He’
Jorja Smith – ‘On My Mind’
Jean Deux – ‘Wikipedia’
Jeezy – ‘American Dream’
Jidenna – ‘Bambi’
Jonwayne – ‘Human Condition,’ ‘These Words Are Everything,’ ‘City Lights’ & ‘Rainbow’
Katori Walker – ‘Ormoni,’ ‘Missiles’ & ‘Ignorace’
Kelela – ‘Frontline ‘ & ‘Take Me Apart’
Kembe X – ‘B.I.B.’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘DNA.,’ ‘XXX.,’ ‘FEAR.,’ ‘FEEL.’ & ‘ELEMENT.’
Khalid – ‘Saved’ & ‘Hopeless’
Koss – ‘Longevity’
Knox Fortune – ‘Lil Thing’
KYLE – ‘iSpy’
Le$ – ‘Zebra Cakes’
Lil Uzi Vert – ‘444+222’ & ‘Neon Guts’
Little Simz – ‘Picture Perfect’
Logic – ‘Everybody’
Lou the Human – ‘Lou’s Dead’
Loyle Carner – ‘The Seamstress (Tooting Masala)’ & ‘Stars & Shards’
Lupe Fiasco – ‘Dopamine Lit (Intro)’
Lute – ‘Juggin,’ ‘Ford’s Prayer’ & ‘Crabs in a Barrel’
Mach-Hommy – ‘Sous Vide,’ ‘Maslow’s Hammer,’ ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ ‘Continental Breakfast’ & ‘Mach Marcy’
MarcLo- ‘Swngn’
Matt Martians – ‘Diamond in da Ruff’
Maxo Kream – ‘Grannies’ & ‘5200’
MC Eight & DJ Premier – ‘Got That’
Meek Mill – ‘Young Black America’ & ‘Heavy Heart’
meetVoutside – ‘Ring Road’
Meyhem Lauren & DJ Muggs – ‘Murder Rap’ & ‘Hashashin’
MF DOOM – ‘Doomsayer’ & ‘True Lightyears’
MFNMelo – ‘White Cheddar’
Mick Jenkins – ‘Gucci Bag,’ ‘Vampire in Brookyln,’ ‘Happy Gilmore’ & ‘Pressed For Time (Crossed My Mind)’
MIKE – ‘GOD’S WITH ME’
Migos – ‘Call Casting,’ ‘T-Shirt’ & ‘Kelly Price’
Milo – ‘Sorcerer,’ ‘Embroidering Machine,’ ‘Magician (Suture)’ & ‘Take Advantage of the Naysayer’
Mozzy – ‘Momma Told Me’ & ‘Sleep Walkin’
Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – ’40’z @ The Met Gala’
Mulatto Beats – ‘Guilty Automatic’
Mura Masa – ‘All Around the World’
Myke Bogan – ‘Sailor Jerry’s,’ ‘Take the Night Off’ & ‘Elevators Above’
N.E.R.D. – ‘Don’t Don’t Do It!’ & ‘Kites’
Nyck @ Knight – ‘All Night,’ ‘Wake Up’ & ‘Audiopium’
Oddisee – ‘Like Really’ & ‘Want to Be’
Oh No & Tristate – ‘Imhotep’
Open Mike Eagle – ‘Brick Body Complex’ & ‘Legendary Iron Hood’
OverDoz. – ‘District’ & ‘Manifesto’
Paul White & Danny Brown – ‘Lion’s Den’
Pell – ‘Chirpin’
Pinky Liberachi – ‘Message No. 1’
Purple Dialect – ‘Shell Life’
Ransom – ‘The Mystery’
Rapsody – ‘Jesus Coming,’ ‘Laila’s Wisdom,’ ‘You Should Know,’ ‘Power,’ ‘A Rollercoaster Jam Called Love’ & ‘Black & Ugly’
Rejjie Snow – ‘Purple Tuesday’ & ‘Crooked Cops’
Reuben Vincent – ‘Waves in the Water,’ ‘Teen Spirit’ & ‘Myers Park’
Rexx Life Raj – ‘Level Up’
RJ – ‘Hennebeeto’
Rob Markman – ‘Fredo’
Roc Marciano – ‘Move Dope,’ ‘Already,’ ‘Killing Time’ & ‘Rosebudd’s Revenge’
The Roots (& Bilal) – ‘It Ain’t Fair’
RSXGLD – ‘JeSoS’
Saba – ‘There You Go’
Sampha – ‘What Shouldn’t I Be,’ ‘(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano’ & ‘Take Me Inside’
Sean Price (shoutout Bernadette) – ‘Dead or Alive’
Scienze – ‘I Would Rob a Whole Bank For You’
Shabazz Palaces – ‘Since C.A.Y.A.’
Shredders – ‘Flipping Cars’
SiR – ‘Something Foreign’
Skepta – ‘No Security’
Smino – ‘Father Son Holy Smoke,’ ‘Netflix & Dusse,’ ‘Glass Flows,’ ‘blkswn,’ ‘Anita Remix’ & ‘Sorbet’
Statik Selektah – ‘But You Don’t Hear Me Tho,’ ‘Slept to Death’ & ‘Put Jewels on It’
Stik Figa – ‘Cold’
Stormzy – ‘First Things First’ & ‘Lay Me Bore’
Super Bwe – ‘Up Right Now’
Syd – ‘Insecurities’ & ‘All About Me’
SZA – ‘Love Galore,’ ‘The Weekend,’ ‘Supermodel’ & ‘Doves in the Wind’
Talib Kweli – ‘Traveling Light’ & ‘All of Us’
Thundercat – ‘Show You the Way,’ ‘Lava Lamp’ & ‘Walk on By’
Traffic – ‘Everyday Life’
Travis Scott – ‘Butterfly Effect’ & ‘A Man’
Travis Scott & Quavo – ‘Modern Slavery’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘See You Again,’ ‘Garden Shed,’ ‘November’ & ‘Glitter’
The Underachievers – ‘Gotham Nights,’ ‘How We Roll’ & ‘Kiss the Sky’
Vic Mensa – ‘OMG’ & ‘Wings’
Vince Staples – ‘Crabs in a Bucket,’ ‘Big Fish,’ ‘Party People’ & ‘BagBak’
Wale – ‘Fish n Grits’ & ‘Thank God’
WESTSIDEDOOM – ‘2Stings’
Westside Gunn – ‘RIP Bobby,’ ‘Don’t Trust a Soul’ & ‘Finn Balor’
Wiki – ‘Made For This,’ ‘Litt 15’ & ‘Leppy Coqui’
Wu-Tang – ‘People Say’ & ‘If Time is Money (Fly Navigation)’ & ‘Hood Go Bang!’
YGTUT – ‘Hot Fire,’ ‘Rags to Bxxches’ & ‘Hammer Time’
Your Old Droog – ‘White Rappers (A Good Guest),’ ‘Grandma Hips’ & ‘You Can Do It (Give Up)’
Yung Simmie – ‘Holy Smoke’
Z Money – ‘Two 16s’
*more honorable mentions to possibly come*
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