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It's been a fantastic year for albums and, by that token, and even better year for songs
arguably.
Every great project yielded a litany of equally amazing songs that stand on their own.
And of course there were loosies or singles that haven't found a home yet but still
bang nonetheless.
Somehow, the Complex brain trust managed to get that number down to just 50, but here
we'll skip ahead to the top 10.
NUMBER 10
Childish Gambino "This Is America"
It's impossible to unglue the visceral message behind the video of Childish Gambino's "This
is America."
It sticks to the forefront of your consciousness.
The song and the video are inextricable but while the visual will always be the leading
source of the song's power, the actual track holds its own without images of Gambino striking
poses and committing striking violence.
His beat, co-produced with longtime collaborator Ludwig Goranson, still bangs, and the flavorful
insertions of a cavalcade of popular rappers makes the song feel that much more alive.
Number9
Cardi B "I Like it"
A knockout track from an album full of standouts, "I Like It" arrested everyone's attention
for how it pays homage to Cardi's ethnicity, thanks to its interpolation of the '60s classic
"I Like It Like That" from Puerto Rican singer Pete Rodriguez.
Latin stars Bad Bunny and J Balvin join the sweltering summer party with verses entirely
in Spanish, but you don't have to know the language to feel the exuberant, proud, braggadocious
spirit of the song.
Basically, it's saying, we in our bag.
That "I Like It" draws from such a widely known, beloved song makes it all the more
accessible, which is why you can expect to hear this one blasting from speakers everywhere
all summer long.
Four hit singles in, Cardi's debut album continues to deliver.
Number 8
DRAKE GOD'S PLAN
After being, in his own words, gone since July to a point where we were all treating
it as if he died, Drizzy came back in a big way with what would go one to be one of his
most titanic hits to date.
It's impressive that the only person he's knocking out of No. 1 is himself, all these
years into his run (more on that later).
The beauty of Drake is the ease with which he does it.
"My bed and my mama I'm sorry" is IG caption catnip, and the melodies are perfectly
suited for drunken off-key sing-a-longs.
This song could've easily been a loosie toss-off, now it's guaranteed to be the
ace in his tracklist to give Scorpion monster first-week numbers.
NUMBER 7
PUSHA-T IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW
Pusha wasted no time hitting us on the head with DAYTONA's intro track.
"If You Know You Know" features classic Pusha bars that'll make suburban kids run
to the Genius annotation section to give their recent Googles some street cred.
Little do they know, only those in the know can truly appreciate the game Push is droppin'
on this thing.
His raps about cats mentioning old prices to sound cool, consignment, stashing the work
in car doors, and dealers gambling on the sidelines of street basketball games might
go over some heads.
But if you know, you know.
NUMBER 6
BLOCBOY JB FT DRAKE LOOK ALIVE
It's such a cliché at this point, but it still bears saying: Drake does have a habit
of certifying artists via features.
That's not to say that Memphis' BlocBoy JB didn't have a name before "Look Alive," but
this banger definitely turned into a moment, and lead to BlocBoy collaborating with a number
of established artists.
One listen to this infectious banger and you'll be perfecting your "shoot" dance.
NUMBER 5
POST MALONE FT TY DOLLA SIGN "PSYCHO"
It shouldn't work as well as it does.
Post Malone is the premier producer of slickly produced pop rap.
His music is largely devoid of edge, heart, and purpose, but that's grown to be its
appeal.
Take this Ty Dolla Sign collab.
It ambles along with a melody that feels immediately familiar and lazy lyrics that don't deviate
from Post's usual subject matter of conspicuous consumption of substances, money, and women.
Again, none of this should work.
But with a buoyant beat that grants just enough space for Post to do his best Ty impression
and for Ty to lend it the credence needed to not feel like a blatant rip-off, it does.
It works perfectly.
NUMBER 4
Pusha-t the story of adidon
This song will forever be a moment in rap's history.
This will be a new way to tell the David vs. Goliath story to the youths.
Pusha-T has always been the "real" rap darling, the street rapper who was able to
crossover and shine on big records.
He's also been baiting Drake for about seven years and "the Boy" finally bit in hopes
of ruining Push's album rollout.
Well, it fucking backfired and Drake ended up writing a press release instead of a response.
All this after he milked the Meek Mill thing for all it was worth.
It's not fun when you're on the other side of a very public L, is it?
Number 3
Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future King's Dead
On a soundtrack stacked with hits, on a collab stacked with shooters, "King's Dead"
takes the cake thanks to Future's bananas bridge.
Depraved Future is the best Future and he's never truer to form than when he's detailing
the things he's freaked and interpolating Juicy J as he manically rasps, "La di da
di da, slob on me knob."
The perverted nursery rhyme instantly spawned unsavory memes; the only thing close to that
savage is the beat that Jay Rock meticulously weaves and bobs between.
The song's second shift feels like a nosedive into an underworld where Kendrick is violently
rapping for his life.
NUMBER 2
SWAE LEE FT YOUNG THUG OFFSHORE
As soon as Young Thug opens "Offshore" with his best Percy Sledge impression, you know
it's going down.
The best track off of Swaecation/SR3MM is also one of the best of the year so far, because
it presents a platform for two of hip-hop's unconventional singers to show and prove why
they're elite.
It's just as much Thugger's song as it is Swae Lee's, but that's not a bad thing: it
speaks to Swae's willingness to share the spotlight.
The two voices weave in and out of one another, floating over a simple but evocative 808 that
makes it the perfect candidate for the whip test.
If you haven't already, find a car, put this on repeat, and ride off into a summer sunset.
NUMBER 1
DRAKE NICE FOR WHAT
The bounciest, most feel-good song of 2018 thus far, "Nice For What" just feels special.
Maybe it's the star-studded music video, directed by the immensely talented Karena
Evans.
Maybe it's that Lauryn Hill sample, which includes the beautiful slices of Ex-Factor.
" Drake gave us a summer banger that simultaneously helps us put men in their place and signal
to our friends that it's time to report to the dance floor.
So, go to complex dot com to see the full 50 and let us know what you think of our picks
and ranking in the comments, where we'll pretend to care.
For Complex, I'm Frazier.
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