How we love to make the taste.

50 Songs, 2015

50 Gucci Mane “I Wouldn’t Do It”
49 The Boy Illinois feat. DGainz “Stumbled”
48 Robin Thicke feat. Nicki Minaj “Back Together”
47 MBK Twins “My Ex”
46 BeatKing “Stopped”
45 Santiago Salazar “Sucio Beat”
44 HD feat. Ditty “4 U”
43 1WayFrank “Lovely”
42 Ty Money “Rickey Killa”
41 Lil Chris “Gods Crying”

40 Casey Veggies f/ Dej Loaf “Tied Up”
39 Young Pappy “Phones” 
38 Pat App “Spirit Bombs”
37 The-Dream “That’s My Shit”
36 Chief Keef “Know She Does”
35 Will Smith “Miami (Matoma Remix)”
34 Chris Spencer (Chris Crack X Vic Spencer) “No Biggie”
33 Galcher Lustwerk “I Neva Seen”
32 Lil Bibby feat. G Herbo “Sleepin On the Floor”
31 Kiss Daniel “Good Time”

30 Fat Trel feat. Troy Ave “Funky Style”
29 Patman “Lit”
28 Jahkoy “Still In Love”
27 Colonel Loud feat. Young Dolph and Ricco Barrino “California”
26 DJ Maphorisa feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz “Soweto Baby”
25 Grimes “Realiti”
24 Mozzy “Baldheaded”
23 Ravyn Lenae “Blossom Dearie”
22 Hott Headz “Hmmm”
21 Lil Durk feat. Chief Keef “Decline”

20 White Gzus feat. Mic Terror “Return of the G”
19 G Herbo “I’m Rollin”
18 The Jacka and Berner feat. Carey Stacks “So Much Pain”
17 Young Dro “We In Da City”
16 Wiz Khalifa feat. Ty Dolla $ign “Refresh / Say No More”
15 Tekno “Duro”
14 Chief Keef “Sosa Chamberlain”
13 Young Thug “Best Friend”
12 Sevyn Streeter “Consistent”
11 Justin Bieber “Sorry”

10 Future “Trap Niggaz”
9 Heavy K Feat. Tresor “Give Me Luv”
8 Chinx feat. MeetSims “On Your Body”
7 Nef the Pharaoh “Big Tymin”
6 Young Thug “Hey I”
5 The 1975 “UGH!”
4 Burna Boy “Soke”
3 Major Lazer “Lean On”
2 Mozzy “Bladadah”
1 Mikael Seifu “Brass”

20 Albums, in no order, 2015

Mouse on tha Track – No Commercials
Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show
Rudeboyz – Gqom Mix
Boof – The Hydrangeas Whisper
Ty Dolla $ign Free TC
Mozzy – Gangland Landscape
Fat Trel – Georgetown
Jeremih – Late Nights
Heavy K – Respect the Drumboss
Wiz Khalifa / Ty Dolla $ign – Talk About It In the Morning
Berner and The Jacka – Drought Season 3
Future – 56 Nights
Years & Years – Communion
Ty Money – Cinco De Money
Vic Spencer – The Cost of Victory
Mozzy – Bladadah
Dumblonde – Dumblonde
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Young Thug – The Barter VI
Kehlani – You Should Be Here 

Sum Shit I Wrote 2015

• Pitchfork: Reviews
  A link to my reviews for Pitchfork.
• Pitchfork: Various Artists: Frankie Knuckles House Masters 
• Pitchfork: The Short Life and Long Legacy of Hip-Hop Tastemaker A$AP Yams
• Noisey: History Vs. Radric Davis: Why Gucci Mane Is the Most Influential Rapper of the Last Decade
  Grain of salt: in the text I said “most influential underground rapper,” but you know how headlines go. That said he’s certainly top 3, rivaling Wayne and Kanye.
• The Fader: Beat Construction: DP Beats
  Sometimes you’re just lucky enough to have an interview with someone who would make a good writer themselves, and has a story they need told.
• Deadspin: Young Thug is Digging Deeper, and Getting Better
• Gawker: The Breakbeat Poets on How Hip-Hop Revolutionized American Poetry 
  
• Mass Appeal: Doggystyle: How Baton Rouge Broke Frankie Tha Lucky Dog’s Heart
  How come this kid doesn’t have a TV show for Vice yet?
• Complex: Bout to Blow
  A link to every edition of my monthly column.
• Complex: A Rapper You Never Heard of Had the Best Run of 2015 
• Complex: Blame the Label? Why We’ve Been Looking at the Shmurda Case All Wrong 
• Complex: Stop Sleeping On: Tree
  
• Complex: They Will Wake: The Jacka Leaves Behind a Legacy Meant to Extend Beyond the Bay Area
  
• Complex: If It Ain’t About the Money: Does Hip-Hop Still Need Major Labels?