Year-end lists are the only time you ever want to be early to the party so here's to 2012 AKA the year which gave us a critically acclaimed album by a Rapper who I found practically unlistenable on his song with Gunplay, the year which has still yet to give us Husalah's customary one great song per annum, and the year I'm gonna humbly take credit for Katie Got Bandz's success and Das Racist's break-up. This was also the year which finally presented me with a few Rick Ross solo joints I like since they don't sound like mock-Jeezy or pastiches of
American Gangster-era Jay-Z, and which gave the world a great Chief Keef song I never want to hear again due to its terrible G.O.O.D Music remix with KanYe's unintentionally hilarious Junior Reid vocal samples and Jadakiss' ridiculously silly Christian Bale as Batman voice.
So, these are the songs that've rocked my world in 2012. Can't be arsed separating them into singles and album or mixtape cuts + loosies this year since so few of the singles I like become hits nowadays, and, as ever, la règle du jeu are one song per artist and no order of preference.
A-Mafia -
Realest N*gga In My City
Fam-Lay -
Clap Clap
Ampichino & Young Bossi ft. Yukmouth -
Runaway
Gunplay -
Jump Out
Rick Ross -
High Definition
Mic Terror -
Rodney King
Chinx Drugz ft. French Montana -
I'm A Coke Boy
Coke Boyz ft. Stack Bundles -
Tap That
DB Tha General -
Don't Worry
Alpoko Don -
Get My Paypa, Dog
Killa Kyleon & Mouse On Tha Track -
Freddy Krueger
Mouse On Tha Track -
Raise A Finger
Foxx -
I Wonder
$hizz & Foxx ft. Webbie -
Send Ya Hit Man
Lil' Phat -
Countin' Money
Troy Ave -
I Know Why You Mad
Clyde Carson ft. The Team -
Slow Down
TREE -
Sunday School
Young Giftz ft. TREE -
Nino
$tarlito -
Clap For Him
Travis Porter -
Ballin'
E-40 ft. Cousin Fik -
Wasted
Cousin Fik -
Knocka N*gga Down
DJ Paul -
Cocky
N.O.R.E -
Kenny Powers
Skip ft. Wacko -
Bandana
Future -
Trending Topic
Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz -
Beez In The Trap
Jackie Chain -
So Throwed
Feva ft. Husalah & Franchise -
Handsome
Dubb 20 & Husalah -
Been A While
Katie Got Bandz -
Hittaz Only
King Louie ft. Shorty K -
Hitta Shit
Roc Marciano -
We Ill
Alchemist ft. Roc Marciano -
The Turning Point
NhT Boyz -
Freeway
Gucci Mane ft. Rocko -
Plain Jane
Frenchie ft. Trick-Trick -
Jack Shit
Bo Deal -
N*gga Rich
Nas ft. Mary J. Blige & DJ Hot Day -
Reach Out
Drumma Boy ft. 8Ball & MJG -
Smokin' On That Loud
Treal Lee & Prince Rick ft. Ace Hood -
Transform
Max Minelli -
Safe Place
Kevin Gates -
Radio
TKO Capone ft. RiFF RaFF -
Lil' Mama I'm Sorry
Rich Kidz -
Never Did
Lil' Durk ft. Fredo Santana -
Wild N*ggas
Problem -
Trippin'
Ty Dolla $ign -
My Cabana
GLC ft. Raheem Devaughn -
Cathedral
DG Yola -
Ain't It Funny
Black Rob ft. Snaggapuss & Sadat X -
Can't Make It In N.Y remix
J. Stalin -
The Molly Song
Lil' Cali -
Me And My Thugs
Diamond ft. Jackie Chain & Juicy J -
At The Bar
Short Kidd -
The Mafia
LoveRance ft. 50 Cent, IamSu! & Skipper -
UP! remix
IamSu! -
Two Eleven
Show Banga ft. Kool John & IamSu! -
Party Ain't A Party
Fat Trel -
Swishers & Liquor
HD ft. Lil' Rod -
Pursuit Of Happiness
Beanie Sigel -
Kush Dreaming
Krypto ft. Beanie Sigel, Freeway & Axion Jaxion -
Black Tie Affair
Mystikal -
Hit Me
Philthy Rich -
3 Bitches At The Same Time
Game ft. Master P -
HVN4AGNGSTA
Grip Plyaz -
Wasaname
Sasha Go Hard -
Why They Mad?