#BestOf2011 : Tracks Of The Year – Bubbling Under

A$AP ROCKY-Peso (RCA)

Our review of the best music of 2011 starts here with the tracks of the year. We’ll be counting down our Top 100 this week, followed by the albums, first loosely divided by genre in our honorable mentions to end with our favorite Top 50 records of the year.

To begin with, some of the songs by debuting and lesser known artists that nearly make our selection and more than likely will be making some of the most interesting music during 2012.

BRIDGET KELLY/FRANK OCEAN
Thinking About Forever
(Roc Nation)
CHARLI XCX
Stay Away
(This Is Music)
CIHY DA PRYNCE FEAT. BIG SEAN
Woopty Doo
(From Mixtape)
DANNY BROWN
Monopoly
(Fools Gold)
DARKSIDE (NICOLAS JAAR & DAVE HARRINGTON)
A1
(Clown & Sunset)
DOBLE PLETINA
Música Para Cerrar Las Discotecas
(Discos Garibaldi)
EMILIO JOSE
A Amizade
(Discos Garibaldi)
Listen
GILBERE FORTE
Born In '87
(Self-Released)
GROSS MAGIC
Yesterdays
(Marshall Teller)
HOLY OTHER
Touch (With U EP)
(Tri Angle)
THE INTERNET
Cocaine
(Odd Future)
ISLET
This Fortune
(ATP)
JACQUES GREENE
Another Girl
(Lucky Me)
JAY ELECTRONICA FEAT. JAY-Z
Shiny Suit Theory
(Roc-A-Fella)
JHENE AIKO
Stranger
(Shade Business)
KAVINSKY FEAT. LOVEFOXX
Nightcall
(Record Makers)
LIL B
I Hate Myself
(Based World)
MAIN ATTRAKIONZ
Perfect Skies
(From Mixtape)

MARIA Y JOSE
Granada
(Grabaciones Amor)
MR. MUTHAFUCKIN EXQUIRE FEAT. DESPOT, DAS RACIST, DANNY BRONW & EL-P.
Huzzah!
(Self-Released)
NIKI & THE DOVE
The Fox
(Sub Pop)
PURITY RING
Lofticries
(Transparent)
STAY +
Fever
(RAMP)
TRASH TALK
Awake
(True Panther)
THE TWERPS
Coast To Coast
(Underwater Peoples)