Tuesday, 12 December 2017

2017's best non-rap songs IMO

Beanie Sigel didn't do much, in 2017 non-rap music didn't do much for ya host. Whether this was down to me or the music is up for debate, but a buncha my favourite artists of recent years didn't deliver in 2017: Spice fired blanks all year; Kwamz & Flava dropped a string of forgettable singles; Dexta Daps seemed to run out of catchy choonz; Tinashe ain't made shit dope since Touch Pass in 2016; Shift K3Y's best song of 2017 was merely aiight; and New Age Muzik are still stuck in Two Song Wonder limbo.

Weird thing is, I wasn't particularly arsed because it just meant the songs I loved felt like they were minor miracles, and it gave me more time to go back and discover/rediscover gems from the past. Here's 20 songs which I truly, madly, deeply lurved this year; no order of preference but Tove Lo's Disco Tits is by far my favorite 2017 song of the non-rap variety innit:


Favourite non-rap songs of 2017:
Tove Lo - Disco Tits
Fifth Harmony - He Like That
Ty Dolla $ign - Message In A Bottle
Jacquees & Dej Loaf - At The Club
Busy Signal - Go Again
Wande Coal & DJ Tunez - Iskaba
Diron Animal - Don't Stop
Donae'o - Black/Bounce (Social Circles Remix)
Jorja Smith - On My Mind
The Style Council - Long Hot Summer (Chuggz Refix)

Favourite non-rap song discoveries/rediscoveries of 2017:
The Phantom - Love Me (1960)
Al Green - Dream (1977)
The Brat - Leave Me Alone (1980)
Haircut 100 - Ski Club (1982)
Fun Boy Three - Best Of Luck Mate (1982)
Ago - Stop Your Life (1982)
Junei - Let's Ride (1987)
George Michael - Kissing A Fool (1987)
Wamdue Kids - Hypnotize (1995)
Tove Lo - Bitches (2016)

Warning: do not click that Tove Lo Bitches link if you're in work/on public transport/chillin' with your kid.
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11 comments:

  1. Smell Rell12 December 2017 at 16:35

    Gone by 5th Harmony bangs too

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  2. Jmil84312 December 2017 at 22:24

    No "Pineapple Skies" by Miguel? also i know Tinashe is mad as hell that SZA is on the same label and got huge this year even though i think CTRL is vastly overrated (obviously it helps that one of the most popular rappers on Earth is her labelmate so she gets a lot of residual fans from the TDE stans). That whole Tove Lo album is dope IMO.

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  3. Unknown13 December 2017 at 00:50

    @Smell Rell that 5th Harmony album is pretty solid.

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  4. Lucas K13 December 2017 at 05:43

    "I'm not a poptimist BUT..." tag lmao

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  5. Kelvin Mack10zie13 December 2017 at 09:44

    I haven't heard that Miguel song.

    This is an honourable mention: Leg Over by Mr. Eazi.

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  6. Ray Garraty13 December 2017 at 18:24

    my annual rant: where is black metal?

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  7. Yohan13 December 2017 at 18:55

    Love the Wande Coal track. Have also been listening to Leg Over since it dropped and it still amuses me, without fail. I feel it has been a good year for afrobeats or similar music.

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  8. Kelvin Mack10zie13 December 2017 at 19:20

    Metal has been dead since the O.G Danzig lineup split imho.

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  9. Corolla CLub14 December 2017 at 05:19

    That Jacquees and Dej Loaf track might be my most listened to song of the year to be honest. You're the only person I ever actually see cover Jacquess (maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places).

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie14 December 2017 at 09:18

    I thought Jacquees was done after Birdman convinced him to start rapping like Young Thug for a while there.

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  11. Dank14 December 2017 at 20:14

    Dlad to see the Black remix in an eoy post

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