The second half of our 2017 Top 100 tracks starts with gay rapper Lil B. His latest mixtape ‘Black Ken’ is one of hip-hop’s finest hours of 2017. Apart from him, we’ll encounter Japanese house; Aussie psychedelia; returning shoegazers; a flamenco singer covering Americana’s finest; Spanish Indie; nu-yatch rock and b-girls.
And many more excellent songs:
| 50-LIL B FEAT. ILOVEMAKONNEN Global (BasedWorld) |
| 49-THE xx A Violent Noise (Original/Four Tet Remix) (Young Turks) |
| 48-ST. VINCENT Los Ageless (Loma Vista) |
| 47-YAEJI Drink I'm Sipping On (GODMODE) |
| 46-KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Altered Beast I (Heavenly) |
| 45-CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG Deadly Valentine (Because) |
| 44-(SANDY) ALEX G Bobby (Domino) |
| 43-LANA DEL REY Love (Polydor) |
| 42-SLOWDIVE Star Roving (Dead Oceans) |
| 41-THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 83: Foxx & I (Nonesuch) |
| 40-RUN THE JEWELS Legend Has It (Self-Released) |
| 39-REAL ESTATE Stained Glass (Domino) |
| 38-PHOEBE BRIDGERS Funeral (Dead Oceans) |
| 37-ROSALÍA I See A Darkness (Universal) |
| 36-KELELA LMK (Warp) |
| 35-MIGOS T-Shirt (300 Entertainment) |
| 34-WAXAHATCHEE Recite Remorse (Merge) |
| 33-KAMAIYAH SLide (Bet) (Self-Released) |
| 32-LA CASA AZUL Podría Ser Peor (Elefant) |
| 31-THUNDERCAT Friend Zone (Brainfeeder) |
| 30-J HUS Did You See (Black Butter) |
| 29-KELLY LEE OWENS FEAT. JENNY HVAL Anxi (Smalltown Supersound) |
| 28-SAMPHA Blood On Me (Young Turks) |
| 27-SHABAZZ PALACES FEAT. THADDILLAC Shine A Light (Sub Pop) |
| 26-LITTLE SIMZ FEAT. TILLA Poison Ivy (Age 101) |