Ok so like slight spoiler alert, there's gonna be a bit of Arca on this list, so i did my best to try and limit the amount of tracks from any particular album to 2 at most. N E WAYS so like when this single dropped, i was obsessed??? i mean, any sort arca reggaetón is going to eat EXPIRIMENTAL DIVA FM. this is probably my favorite of the singles that she dropped prior to the 4 albums that dropped. i think if KICK ii was all reggaetón i would death like like?
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24th = Life of the Party - Kanye West feat. Andre 3000
ok so like, here's the tea, this song is only this high up on the list, even though its literally 24th, for the Andre verse. this might be like top 5 features on any song from this past year, and its certainly one of andre's best in the past 5ish years. when Drake leaked this song, like people weren't wrong that it was the best song drake had dropped GSDKFMSKDFSKDF like?? kanye's verse on the leaked version dragged the song down a bit, but i think this cleaned up version helps him not drag so far behind andre fr
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23rd = The Path - Lorde (from Solar Power)
so like here's my hot take, this is the best song from Solar Power, and it's also the ONLY song from that album that i have gone back to. why did the album not sound more like this??ik she said the album was supposed to be like a parody of a weed album, and honestly like i think it fell flat OOP! ANYWAYS THOUGH BUT this song has one of the best choruses of the year, like it was stuck in my head for the week after the album dropped i was obsessed SAaaAAaaAAaaAAVVVIORRRR is not ME
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22nd = Get Into It (Yuh) - Doja Cat (from Planet Her)
we needed better flexing type songs , cause all of the ones from the past few eyars have sucked. THIS song tho did flexing in like the funnest way possible, i have been quoting the chorus at work for the past 2 months everytime i wrap an ornament idk why ornaments specifically but shhhhh anyways FUN song a bop the boppiest of bops, her like cues to playboy carti and nicki were on POINT too i can't
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21st = XTRA - WILLOW feat. Tierra Whack (from lately I feel EVERYTHING)
WILLOW doing punk-pop-adjacent music i didn't know i needed but i am quite glad exists like?// this is my favorite track from the entire album, which myabe hot take but it's her 2nd best (self title >>>>>) but tea tho the Tierra Whack feature ATE she's one of my favorite xxl freshman ! ! ! i listened to this album like right after a period of anguish n shit so this song connected to me probably way deeper than it did for others but hon est lee it's s tier willow, especially for her lyrics (her vocals are always great tho no cap)
@konohavillage willow's entire album is so fucking good but that song especifically just hits so hard, they're both amazing and mashed so well together
and yeah i love most of this list!! your taste is on another level my king jon
but yassssssss xtra and get into it (yuh)