Top 50 Songs of 2010

12/21/10 | By | 16 Comments

Big Boi Top 50 Songs of 2010

1 Big Boi – “Shutterbug”

2 Cee-Lo – “Fuck You”

3 Aloe Blacc – “I Need A Dollar”

4 Kanye West – “Runaway” feat. Pusha T

5 Janelle Monáe – “Tightrope” feat. Big Boi

6 Erykah Badu – “Window Seat”

7 Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II”

8 Flying Lotus – “…And the World Laughs with You” feat. Thom Yorke

9 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round”

10 LCD Soundsystem – “Dance Yrself Clean”

11 The Roots – “Dear God 2.0″ feat. Monsters Of Folk

12 The National – “Afraid of Everyone” feat. Sufjan Stevens

13 Joanna Newsom – “Good Intentions Paving Company”

14 Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill”

15 Intuition – “Buzzkill” feat. Slug

16 Baths – “Lovely Bloodflow”

17 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “The Game Gets Old”

18 Gorillaz – “Superfast Jellyfish” feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul

19 The Morning Benders – “Excuses”

20 Toro Y Moi – “Low Shoulder”

21 Das Racist – “Sit Down, Man”

22 Beach House – “Walk In The Park”

23 Big K.R.I.T. – “Country Shit”

24 Earl Sweatshirt – “EARL”

25 The Foreign Exchange – “Laughing At Your Plans”

26 Deerhunter – “Helicopter”

27 Freddie Gibbs – “National Anthem (Fuck The World)”

28 Gayngs – “Spanish Platinum”

29 Caribou – “Odessa”

30 Sufjan Stevens – “Age of Adz”

31 Four Tet – “Love Cry”

32 The Walkmen – “Angela Surf City”

33 Electric Wire Hustle – “Perception”

34 Tame Impala – “Lucidity”

35 Gil-Scott Heron – “New York Is Killing Me”

36 Miguel – “All I Want Is You” feat. J.Cole

37 Shad – “Rose Garden”

38 Tallest Man On Earth – “You’re Going Back”

39 Spoon – “Who Makes Your Money”

40 José James – “Made for Love”

41 Yelawolf – “Pop The Trunk”

42 Andreya Triana – “Lost Where I Belong”

43 Danny Brown – “Re-Up”

44 Reflection Eternal – “Just Begun” feat. Jay Electronica, J Cole & Mos Def

45 Delorean – “Stay Close”

46 Curren$y – “Address” feat. Stalley

47 Miniature Tigers – “Bullfighter Jacket”

48 Black Milk – “Black and Brown” feat. Danny Brown

49 Kokayi – “Autumn Rules”

50 How To Dress Well – “My Body”

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  • http://KevinNottingham.com Justin

    Good list guys, Dungeon Family with a strong presence at the top haha

  • A.C.

    An okay list! I’m missin’ a lot of great tracks that should be on there. Also it kind of seems you’ve mainly gone for singles instead of lesser known songs on certain albums. I mean “Shutterbug” is a great track, but definitely not the best on “Sir Lucious”. The same goes for a number of your picks.

    Here is a list of songs I believe should be in everyone’s top 50 for 2010:

    Ski Beatz – “Cream of the Planet” (ft. Mos Def)
    Nas & Damian Marley – “Patience”
    Bonobo – “Kiara”
    Homeboy Sandman – “Calm Tornado”
    Shad – “At the Same Time”
    The Foreign Exchange – “The City Ain’t The Same” (ft. Yahzarah)
    The Roots – “Right On”
    Copywrite – “Mega Mega”
    Gonjasufi – “Ancestors”
    Skillz – “Adam”
    J-Live – “Fitness” (ft. Homeboy Sandman)
    J. Cole – “2Face”
    Boog Brown & Apollo Brown – “Understanding”
    Cee-Lo Green – “Bodies” (=way better than “Fuck You”)
    The Tallest Man On Earth – “The Wild Hunt”
    Dessa – “Matches To Paper Dolls”
    Mark Ronson – “Somebody To Love Me”
    Tumi & The Volume – “Through The Sunroof”
    Bliss N Eso – “Late On Night”
    Bilal – “Think It Over”
    and last but not least
    Sage Francis – “Best of Times”

  • Rahel

    @ AC great picks!
    (did you listen to cris prolific art/money vol.1 album?)

  • stanus

    Nothing for Dark Time Sunshine?

  • A.C.

    @Rahel: not yet! I’ve heard some great things. So I’m downloading it as we speak. I’ll let you know.

  • afan

    1. Kanye West – That’s My Bitch
    2. Maximum Balloon – Groove Me ft. Theophilus London
    3. N.E.R.D – Help Me
    4. Theophilus London – Sorry To Interrupt
    5. Bilal – Robots
    6. Mark Ronson – Bang Bang Bang ft. Q-Tip & MNDR
    7. Janelle Monae – Cold War
    8. Nas & Damian Marley – Nah Mean
    9. Rick Ross – BMF
    10. Maximum Balloon – If You Return ft. Little Dragon
    11. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
    12. Dam Funk – Things That Dreams Are Made of
    13. Janelle Monae – Tightrope ft Big Boi
    14. Theophilus London – Hey Wonderful
    15. Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
    16. Clipse – Popular Demand
    17. The Roots – Dear God 2.0
    18. Eyrkah Badu – Window Seat Remix ft. Rick Ross
    19. Jay Electronica – Ghost Of Christopher Wallace
    20. Gil Scott Heron – Me And The Devil

    and Top 3 Worse Songs.

    1. Eminem – Not Afraid
    2. Lloyd Banks – Beamer, Benz, or Bentley ft. Juelz Santana
    3. Lil Wayne – 6’7″ ft Cory Gunz

    P.S Yes i know Bilal Robots actually came out 2009 but it officially came out 2010.

    Peace

  • afan

    my bad. should have commented on your list before posting mine.

    great list man. definitely feeling alot of tracks on your list.
    with jose james i couldn’t find one track to put on there because there all great on the album. i couldn’t split them. strange.

    Freddie Gibbs – “National Anthem (Fuck The World)

    was beast of a track until i heard the chorus. if it had a different chorus it would maybe be in the top 10 tracks of the year…

    peace.

  • http://goodhairmusic.blogspot.com Aj

    Great lists, a tonne of stuff I haven’t heard so looking forwad to delving. Gonna keep me busy for hours :-) Not sure about I feel about F*ck You being number 2 on the list though!

    @Afan – great list too (for real) but probably would have chosen a different Jay Electronica track. I’m feelin’ The Announcement or even Jazzmatazz like crazy. And minus the Duck Sauce!

  • http://elchavodelbeat.blogspot.com El Chavo

    RQM “Atomic Fusion”
    James Blake “Limit To Your Love”
    Youthman “Brother Don’t Cry” feat. Luce
    Eskmo “Cloudlight”
    Pendulum “Painkiller feat. Freestylers & MC Sirreal (Kouncilhouse Remix)”

  • mark

    james blake should be on this list

  • Brandon Rae

    I’m impressed with this list. Although I’d replace the Toro Y Moi track with “Blessa” and then call it an evening.

  • http://twitter.com/CraigSJenkins Craig Jenkins

    I wish this Cee-lo joint wasn’t on here. I hate hate hate hate hate it. And I agree with A.C. that “Bodies” blows it away. Like all the way. Also, for once I agree with Afan. Janelle Monae’s “Cold War” was the real deal, as much as I liked “Tightrope”.

  • Level1Alt

    i’m so proud that i only heard 3 songs on this list! =D

  • http://www.cookingrenade.tumblr.com Davon T

    WHERE”S EXHIBIT C? That deserves top 3. No discussion

  • Fun Da Mental

    @Davon T
    Exhibit C was 2009 son

    I would have put Nasty by PackFM, another Jay Electronica song (The Announcement), a song from Farewell Summer by Joell Ortiz possibly Battle Cry, on the list. Calm Tornado by HS was probably my favorite song. The dudes mad creative.

  • Fyjuk

    Put a download on this man, no spotify no limewire :/