Picture me waitin' until List Making Season™ to drop my best non-Rap songs of the 2010's post when I've already got 50 unfuckwithable choonz right now. I ain't enough of a generalist to be able to determine whether this was a good decade for Other Genres™, but there was a sweet 3 year run from 2013 to 2016 where my taste & popular non-Rap music realigned and I could hear loadsa my favourite songs du jour out in bars for the first time since the mid 2000's. So, raise a motherfuckin' toast to the decade when Inspector Norse went from being an underground anthem your raver m8 puts you onto to a P4k listicle token dance song to soundtracking talkSPORT segments about Mike Parry trying to lose weight.
(Edited to include a handful of new favourites which have dropped since I posted this list and a couple of old favourites I'd missed.)
Danzig - Black Candy (2010)
Diddy Dirty Money ft. Swizz Beatz - Ass On The Floor (2010)
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (2012)
Miguel - Adorn (2012)
DJ Q - JD & Coke (2012)
Ty Dolla $ign - My Cabana (O.G video version) (2012)
Robosonic & Adana Twins - La Fique (2013)
Omar-S - Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself (2013)
DJ Snake ft. Lil' Jon - Turn Down For What (2014)
DEV ft. Sage The Gemini - Kiss It (2014)
Vybz Kartel - Miami Vice Episode (2014)
D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Sugah Daddy (2014)
Usher - Good Kisser (2014)
Shaggy ft. Maxi Priest & Super Cat - Night Flight (2014)
The Kid Ryan ft. Problem & Mr. Smith - No Boundaries (2014)
Kevin MacLeod - Black Vortex (2014)
Body Count - Talk Shit, Get Shot (2014)
Julio Bashmore ft. J'Danna - Rhythm Of Auld (2014)
Spice - Needle Eye (2015)
David Zowie - House Every Weekend (2015)
Busy Signal - Text Message (2015)
Charli XCX - Doing It (O.G solo version) (2015)
Robin Schulz ft. Francesco Yates - Sugar (2015)
John Carpenter - Night (2015)
Justin Bieber - Sorry (2015)
Charles Bradley - Changes (2015)
Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ - Lean On (2015)
Courtney Love - Walk Out On Me (2015)
Shatta Wale - Hol' It (2015)
Mark Ronson ft. Mystikal - Feel Right (2015)
Chi Ching Ching - Nacho (2016)
Tinashe - Touch Pass (2016)
DāM-FunK - Hazy Stomp (2016)
Carolyn Rodriguez ft. Kap G - On The Grind (2016)
Dexta Daps - Chinese Jordan (2016)
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home (2016)
Kwamz & Flava - Takeover (O.G version) (2016)
Shift K3Y - Like This (2016)
Popcaan - Tight Pussy Wine (2016)
Moelogo - Penkele (2016)
Simoncino - Beyond The Dance (Mr. Fingers Dark Mix) (2016)
Maleek Berry - Kontrol (2016)
Tove Lo - Disco Tits (2017)
Diron Animal - Don't Stop (2017)
Jacquees & Dej Loaf - At The Club (2017)
8 Bit Universe - XO Tour Llif3 (2017)
Wande Coal & DJ Tunez - Iskaba (2017)
Tamia - Leave It Smokin' (2018)
Donae'o - Chalice (Martorialist edit) (2018)
Juiceboxxx - Ripping Up My Soul (2018)
Mr. Fingers - Full Moon (2018)
Kreayshawn - Not My Job (Punk Cover) (2018)
Burna Boy - Anybody (2019)
Calvin Harris ft. Rag 'n' Bron Son - Giant (2019)
SAULT - Foot On Necks (2019)
Related: the best international Rap songs of the 2010s.
22 comments:
Get some Moodymann on here.
More into his 90s stuff.
Few things make me sadder then when I think about how The-Dream fell the fuck off right after he finished the Love album trilogy.
Great list. After seeing The-Dream, Miguel, Ty$ and Jacquees on here what in your opinion makes those songs stand out?
Everybody falls off. Be thankful Dream had that run in him.
What makes those songs stick out? Hmmmm. They're all anthems, and I guess they all capture various moods I like in R&B.
Plus memories attached to 'em innit. Adorn in particular.
Inspector Norse is an alltime classic.
<3 this DJ Q track.
my annual complaint: where is black metal?
uh should i watch empire just to see courtney
Ray, black metal is STILL unlistenable shite. Only Norwegians we acknowledge here at The Martorialist are Lindstrøm and Todd Terje.
Noz, if I remember right she was only in it for a couple of episodes. Your time would be far better spent listening to Melissa Auf Der Maur & Karen Elson's cover of Danzig's Devil's Plaything instead.
wow the danzig cover is great thanks
Very surprised you put Courtney making a Lana del Rey song in the list but not mad at it.
I prefer to think of it Courtney making a big budget Mazzy Star song.
Which reminds me, this is an honourable mention:
Mazzy Star - That Way Again (2018)
Text Message still so crazy
I'm surprised Body Count didn't make it in there
Good point.
Talk Shit, Get Shot is definitely one of the best videos of this decade.
Might as well:
The Bambi Molesters - Siboney (2010)
Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke (2010)
Broken Promise - Cinephile (2010)
The Greeks - Is Tropical (2010)
Nero - Me and You (2010)
College feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero (2011)
Cults - Abducted (2011)
Carpenter Brut - Le Perv (2012)
Chromatics - Cherry (2012)
Mega Drive - Maniac (2012)
Allah-Las - Don't You Forget It (2012)
Favored Nations - The Set Up (2013)
Lazer Hawk - Massacre (2013)
Blood Ceremony - Ballad of the Weird Sisters (2013)
Power Glove - Hunters (Blood Dragon Mix) (2013)
Dynatron - Pulse Power (2013)
Pharrell Williams - Happy (2013)
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Gigamesh Remix) (2013)
Vincenzo Salvia feat. Chrissy Valentine - Summer Love (2013)
Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix Radio Edit) (2014)
Trevor Something - Miami Nights (2014)
John Carpenter - Vortex (2014)
Annie - Anthonio (Berlin Breakdown Version) (2014)
Katy Perry - Dark Horse (Starcadian Remix) (2014)
Mark Ronson feat. Mystikal - Feel Right (2015)
Kaleida - Think (2015)
The Weeknd - In the Night (2015)
Lucifer - A Grave for Each One of Us (2015)
Eric Skiff - Come and Find Me (2015)
Jeremih - Oui (2015)
Adrian Younge - Psalms (2016)
Dance With the Dead - Eyes of Madness (2016)
Perturbator feat. Greta Link- Venger (2016)
Lana del Rey - Summertime Sadness (SxAde Synthwave Remix) (2017)
Messer Chups - The Hound of the Baskervilles (2017)
Trish Toledo - Do You Love (2018)
Thee Lakesiders - Parachute (2018)
Haven't been checking for anything new this year yet.
Was thinking about Waves. Definite honourable mention status for me.
Shit, Feel Right is a glaring omission from my list. Totally forgot about that.
Wizkid - Show You The Money was great as well in the afro genre.
Spiral djing in Essex looks a larf.
Jeremih “Oui” is definitely missing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctOa5Zsun9U new Craig David
That kinda jams.
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