The second pàrt in the countdown of our favourite songs of the year (50-26) features a track from the longest-awaited hip-hop debut album ever and another by one of the genre’s recent breakthrough artists who sadly passed away; reggae’s latest female revelation; Colombian/American electronica; two of Africa’s brightest young pop stars; an Aussie diva gone all disco; electronic post-punk dance revisionists; US folk rock and the debut song by the second member of The xx who begins a solo career…
Check the best songs of 2020 here:
| 75-JAY ELECTRONICA The Neverending Story (Roc Nation) |
| 74-SERPENTWITHFEET A Comma (Appariton EP) (Secretly Canadian) |
| 73-INDIA JORDAN I'm Waiting (Just 4 U) (Local Action) |
| 72-THUNDERCAT FEAT. STECE LACY & STEVE ARRINGTON Black Quails (Brainfeeder) |
| 71-RUN THE JEWELS FEAT. ZACK DE LA ROCHA & PHARRELL WILLIAMS JU$T (Jewel Runners/BMG) |
| 70-JAYDA G Both Of Us (Binja Tune) |
| 69-FIREBOY DML ELI (YBNL Nation/EMPIRE) |
| 68-NICK HAKIM Qadir (ATO) |
| 67-OSEES Dreary Nonsense (Castle Face) |
| 66-WORKING MEN'S CLUB Valleys (Heavenly) |
| 65-SHYGIRL FREAK (ALIAS EP) (Because) |
| 64-SOCCER96 FEAT. ALABASTER DEPLUME I Was Gonna Fight Fascism (Tactics EP) (Moshi Moshi) |
| 63-KYLIE MINOGUE Monday Blues (Darenote/BMG) |
| 62-BAD GYAL FEAT. JUANKA Blin Blin (Aftercluv/Interscope) |
| 61-KOFFEE Pressure (Promised Land) |
| 60-SAULT Monsters (Forever Living Originals) |
| 59-LOMELDA Hannah Sun (Double Double Whammy) |
| 58-070 SHAKE Guilty Conscience (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) |
| 57-AMAARAE FANCY (Sad Saints Angry Angels) |
| 56-ROMY Lifetime (Young Turks) |
| 55-J HUS FEAT. KOFFEE Repeat (Black Butter) |
| 54-JIM-E STACK FEAT. EMPRESS OF Note To Self (Ephemera EP) (AWAL) |
| 53-POP SMOKE FEAT. ROWDY REBEL Make It Rain (Victor Victor) |
| 52-RICO NASTY IPHONE (Sugar Trap) |
| 51-ELA MINUS they told us it was hard, but they were wrong (Domino) |
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TOP 100 TRACKS (76-100)