As promised, here’s my list of what I deem as the best hip-hop songs of 2012. I spent quite a few hours putting this list together, so I’m hoping you like it as much as I do. I’ve already posted and reviewed about 95% of these songs throughout the year, so if you want to give a song a listen and read my commentary on it just click on the link for any of the songs. Looking back on last year I’ve only now started to realize just how fuckin’ incredible 2012 was for hip-hop. So many new talents, so many new classics. I just hope the current state of hip-hop continues in this positive direction.
2) Kendrick Lamar - Cartoon & Cereal
4) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love (ft. Mary Lambert)
6) Mac Miller – Of The Soul (Remix) (ft. Posdnous & Raekwon)
7) Killer Mike – Reagan (Prod. by El-P)
8) Tech N9ne – Blur (ft. Wrekonize)
9) Copywrite – J.O.Y. (ft. Jason Rose & Torae)
10) Rapsody – When I Have You (ft. Nomsa Mazwai)
11) Chief Keef - I Don’t Like (Remix) (ft. Pusha T, Kanye West, Big Sean & Jadakiss)
12) Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees (ft. Jay Rock)
14) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (ft. Wanz)
15) Kendrick Lamar – War Is My Love
16) Killer Mike – Big Beast (ft. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble)
17) De La Soul – Must B The Music
19) Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me
20) Kristoff Krane – Becoming Great
22) DJ Khaled - Hip Hop feat. Nas, Scarface & DJ Premier
25) Blu & Exile – Growing Pains (ft Johaz & Fashawn)
27) Brother Ali – Work Everyday
28) ¡Mayday! – Everything’s Everything
29) Asher Roth – The World Is Not Enough
30) Freddie Gibbs – Kush Cloud (ft. Krayzie Bone & Spaceghostpurrp)
31) Big Boi - Cpu (ft. Phantogram)
32) Lupe Fiasco – Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)
33) Apollo Brown & O.C. – Prove Me Wrong
36) Big Boi – Shoes For Running (Feat. B.O.B. & Wavves)
40) Freeway – Sweet Temptations (ft. Nikki Jean)
41) El-P – Stay Down (ft. Nick Diamonds)
42) ¡MAYDAY! – Devil On My Mind
43) Jon Connor – Til I Collapse
44) Pacewon & Mr. Green - Ever Since
45) Big Boi - In The A (ft. T.I. & Ludacris)
46) Big K.R.I.T. – If I Fall (ft. Melanie Fiona)
48) Hopsin - Ill Mind of Hopsin 5
50) Pacewon & Mr. Green - My Song (ft. Rival)
51) Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats (ft. Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko)
52) SpaceGhostPurrp – Suck a Dick (2012 Afterparty)
53) Thomax – Fire For The People (Remix) (ft. Blue Scholars)
54) Aesop Rock – BMX (ft. Blueprint & Rob Sonic)
55) Arima Ederra – Questions (ft. Blu)
56) ScHoolboy Q - Hands On The Wheel (ft. A$AP Rocky)
57) RZA & Flatbush Zombies - Just Blowin’ In The Wind
58) Ab-Soul - Empathy (ft. Alori Joh & JaVonte’)
