Following our favourite 25 dance tracks (original mixes) and favourite 25 dance tracks (remixes & edits), we continue our end of year round-up with Hip Hop, R&B and Soul. Again, no hierarchy on this one, as hierarchy sucks. Listen to them individually below or as part of a Soundcloud playlist. Still to come in our 100 track list is: Best of the Rest.
Reginald Omas Mamode IV – Talk To Me (Five Easy Pieces)
Silent Jay x Jace XL – Just Waking Up (Rhythm Section International)
Mndsgn – Use Ya Mnd (Twentyfourseven) (Stones Throw Records)
Noname Gypsy – All I Need (ft. Xavier Omär) (Self-Released)
Earl Sweatshirt feat. Knxwledge – Balance (Adult Swim Singles)
SZA – 2AM (Top Dawg Ent.)
Jordan Rakei – Talk To Me (Self-Released)
J. Cole – Everybody Dies (Roc Nation)
Ivan Ave – The Circle (Jakarta Records)
Alex Isley – It’s You (Self-Released)
Raury – Home ft. Take A Daytrip (LVRNRADIO)
Beya Likhari – Bad Dream (Self-Released)
NxWorries – Lyk Dis (Stones Throw Records)
Che Lingo – Chanelling The Waves (Self-Released)
Capo Lee Ft D Double E – Mud (Self-Released)
Skepta – Man (Boy Better Know)
Jamie Isaac – CNT U SEE (Remix ft. Jadasea) (Marathon Artists)
Robert Glasper Experiment – Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Blue Note)
Laura Mvula – Show Me Love (RCA)
Solange – Cranes In The Sky (Saint Records)
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World (Polydor)
Alicia Keys – In Common (RCA)
Rihanna – James Joint (Roc Nation)
Beyonce – Pray You Catch Me (Columbia)
Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 02 (Top Dawg Ent.)