By now, you’ve seen our Top EPs, Top Mixtapes and Top Albums of 2013. Hell, even our staff shared their respective lists as well. Now, as the new week begins, Meka wanted to share his favorite songs from the past 365. Well, most of them. With the amount of music that dropped, it’s easy to say some tracks got overlooked by accident.
• A$AP Ferg – Shabba f. A$AP Rocky
• A$AP Mob – Trillmatic f. A$AP Nast & Method Man
• A$AP Rocky – 1 Train f. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson & Big K.R.I.T.
• A$AP Rocky – Ghetto Symphony f. Gunplay & A$AP Ferg
• A$ton Matthews – My Nina f. Joey Fatts
• Audio Push – Shine
• Beyoncé – Bow Down / I Been On (or, “***Flawless” f. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
• Big Sean – Control (HOF) f. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica
• Busta Rhymes – Thank You f. Q-Tip
• Cardo – Ballin’ f. Gerald Walker
• Casey Veggies – Face (rmx) f. Dom Kennedy
• Childish Gambino – III. Telegraph Ave. (“Oakland” by Lloyd)
• Daft Punk – Get Lucky f. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
• Dizzy Wright – Fashion f. Kid Ink & Honey Cocaine
• Dom Kennedy – Never (prod. The Futuristiks)
• Dom Kennedy – If It Don’t Make Money f. Skeme
• Drake – Started From The Bottom
• Drake – Worst Behaviour
• Drake – We Made It
• Drake – Trophies (prod. Hit-Boy)
• Fredo Santana – Jealous f. Kendrick Lamar
• Homeboy Sandman – King Kong Got Nothing On Me
• Incomparable Shakespeare – Tried By 12 Brooklyn Kidz
• Incomporable Shakespeare – Hiatus Unique
• Jay Z – Somewhere In America
• J. Cole – Forbidden Fruit f. Kendrick Lamar
• J. Cole – LAnd Of The Snakes
• Joey Fatts – Choppa f. A$AP Rocky & Danny Brown
• Justin Timberlake – Suit & Tie f. Jay-Z (prod. Timbaland)
• Lil Durk – Dis Ain’t What U Want
• Lil Herb & Lil Bibby – Kill Shit
• Lil Wayne – Good Kush & Alcohol f. Future & Drake
• Little Simz – 3000x
• Luu Breeze – No VISA
• Major Lazer – Jessica f. Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend)
• Miguel – How Many Drinks (rmx) f. Kendrick Lamar
• Nipsey Hussle – Checc Me Out f. Dom Kennedy
• OverDoz. – F$WSAD f. Problem
• Pharrell – Happy
• Pusha T – Numbers On The Boards
• Pusha T – King Push
• Pusha T – Nosetalgia f. Kendrick Lamar
• Pusha T – S.N.T.I.C.H. f. Pharrell
• Roc Marciano – Ruff Town f. Cormega
• ScHoolboy Q – Yay Yay (prod. Boi-1da & The Maven Boys)
• ScHoolboy Q – Collard Greens f. Kendrick Lamar
• Skeme – Different
• Skyzoo – Grew Up On Kool-Aid
• Theophilus London – Rio f. Menahan Street Band
• Thundercat – Heartbreaks + Setbacks
• TiRon & Ayomari – The Trust Fall
• T-Pain – Up Down (Do This All Day) f. B.o.B
• Travi$ Scott – Quintana f. Wale
• Travi$ Scott – Upper Echelon f. T.I. & 2 Chainz
• Travi$ Scott – Uptown f. A$AP Ferg
• Troy Ave – New York City feat. Raekwon, N.O.R.E. & Prodigy
• Ty Dolla $ign – Paranoid f. B.o.B
• Von Pea & AEON – Nip Slip
Where’s my list? Non-existent as it’s hard enough for me to remember a song I liked from last week, let alone from the last full calendar year.