Thinking Outside The Boombox: Podcast Newsletter (12/07/16)
/Thinking Outside The Boombox: Podcast Newsletter (12/07/16)
It's that time of the year! In this week's episode I discuss the "Top 40 Songs of 2016." Check out the list below and download the Spotify and Apple Music playlists of the list as well. Check out the podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud.
Top 40 Songs of 2016
This is one of my favorite parts of the year as I get to look back at all the music we've received and pick my favorites. While the American Top 40 and the Billboard Hot 100 charts list the most popular and commercially successful songs in the country, my list is much more of a journey. Focusing solely on hip-hop and R&B, this list captures my favorite songs from those released in 2016. After making it through this list, I guarantee you will be abreast of the hottest songs from this year. So without further ado, enjoy my Top 40.
Apple Music Playlist: Link
Spotify Playlist: Link
“Formation”- Beyoncé, Lemonade
“Ultralight Beam (feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, The-Dream & Kirk Franklin)”- Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
“Work (feat. Drake)”- Rihanna, Anti
“One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)”- Drake, Views
“No Problem (feat. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne)”- Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
“Rushes To”- Frank Ocean, Endless
“untitled 07 | 2014-2016 (Levitate)”- Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered.
“Cranes In the Sky”- Solange, A Seat at the Table
“Sorry”- Beyoncé, Lemonade
“The Space Program”- A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service
“Everybody Dies” & “False Prophets”- J. Cole
“Nights”- Frank Ocean, Blonde
“Weston Road Flows”- Drake, Views
“Same Drugs”- Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
“True Colors”- The Weeknd, Starboy
“Finesse”- Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
“Self Control”- Frank Ocean, Blonde
“Needed Me”- Rihanna, Anti
“Pick Up the Phone (feat. Young Thug & Quavo)”- Travis Scott, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
“Don’t Do It For You No More”- PARTYNEXTDOOR
“Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (feat. Kid Cudi)” & “Pt. 2”- Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
“Bone + Tissue”- Gallant, Ology
“Goosebumps (feat. Kendrick Lamar)”- Travis Scott, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
“Choose Me”- James Blake, The Colour in Anything
“Nas Album Done (feat. Nas)”- DJ Khaled, Major Key
“WiFi (feat. Erykah Badu)”- D.R.A.M., Big Baby D.R.A.M.
“In The Morning”- Nao, For All We Know
“LSD (feat. Chance The Rapper)”- Jamila Woods, HEAVN
“Don’t Touch My Hair (feat. Sampha)”- Solange, A Seat at the Table
“Smoke Break (feat. Future)”- Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
“Reality Check (feat. Eryn Allen Kane & Akenya)”- Noname, Telefone
“Love On the Brain”- Rihanna, Anti
“The Bird”- Anderson .Paak, Malibu
“C’est La Vie”- Tinashe, Nightride
“Close to You (feat. T-Pain)”- Dreezy, No Hard Feelings
“No Justice (feat. Big TC)”- Ty Dolla $ign, Campaign
“Already Knew That”- Ro James, ELDORADO
“Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachty)”- D.R.A.M., Big Baby D.R.A.M.
“Come & See Me (feat. Drake)- PARTYNEXTDOOR, PARTYNEXTDOOR 3
“THat Part (feat. Kanye West)”- ScHoolboy Q, Blank Face LP
- Honorable Mentions: “New Level (feat. Future)”- A$AP Ferg, Always Strive and Prosper | “Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane)”- Rae Sremmurd, Sremmlife 2 | “Speculate”- Xavier Omär, The Everlasting Wave | “Overload (feat. Miguel)”- John Legend, Darkness and Light | “Déjà Vu”- TWENTY88, TWENTY88
See you next week!
-AO