The third block of our best tracks of the year begins with New York artist of Hispanic descent Xenia Rubinos. She puts together a colourful melting pot of Latin and rock influences in ‘Mexican Chief,’ a powerful defence of the role racial diversity plays in American society.
Also in this block we’ll find Mods; Tropical Lo-Fi; the new project by Belfast’s most popular DJ and soundtrack composer; a solo musician out of the Woods; R&B divas; melodic hardcore; Compton greatest appearing as a guest in two of the tracks; Canadian electronica and the return of several soul and hip-hop legends.
Check our Top 50 favourite tracks of 2016 here:
| 50-XENIA RUBINOS Mexican Chef (Anti) |
| 49-SHEER MAG Can't Stop Fighting (III EP) (Self-Released) |
| 48-KEVIN MORBY I Have Been To The Mountain (Dead Oceans) |
| 47-UNLOVED Guilty Of Love (Self-Released) |
| 46-BLEACHED Keep On Keepin' On (Dead Oceans) |
| 45-WHITNEY No Woman (Secretly Canadian) |
| 44-DAWN RICHARD Not Above That (Local Action) |
| 43-SLEAFORD MODS TCR (EP) (Rough Trade) |
| 42-MODERN BASEBALL Mass (Big Scary Monsters) |
| 41-NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Jesus Alone (Mute) |
| 40-KANYE WEST FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR No More Parties In LA (G.O.O.D. Music) |
| 39-BEYONCÉ Formation (Columbia) |
| 38-PJ HARVEY The Community Of Hope (Island) |
| 37-PARQUET COURTS Human Performance (Rough Trade) |
| 36-JESSY LANZA It Means I Love You (Hyperdub) |
| 35-VINCE STAPLES War Ready (Prima Donna EP) (Def Jam)*War Ready appears at 6'45" |
| 34-MAXWELL 1990x (Columbia) |
| 33-FRANK OCEAN Pink + White (Boys Don't Cry) |
| 32-CASS McCOMBS Bum Bum Bum (Anti) |
| 31-PRINCE RAMA Bahia (Carpark) |
| 30- A TRIBE CALLED QUEST We The People... (Epic) |
| 29- BLOOD ORANGE FEAT. EMPRESS OF Best To You (Domino) |
| 28- THE GOON SAX Boyfriend (Chapter Music) |
| 27- DANNY BROWN FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR, AB-SOUL & EARL SWEATSHIRT Really Doe (Warp) |
| 26- ANOHNI Drone Bomb Me (Rough Trade) |
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