Beginning our best of the decade series, we present to you our favorite songs of the 2010s, available as a playlist on Apple Music with a Spotify version coming in the next week, links will be below. Rather than try to rank the best song into what we felt to be an arbitrarily numbered list, our editorial team opted to generate a collaborative playlist of the songs that meant the most and stayed on our minds this past ten years.
The list is a living project. Got suggestions? Let us know!
Playlist:
Nights – Frank Ocean
Numbers on The Boards – Pusha T
pick up the phone – Travis Scott, Young Thug & Quavo
Formation – Beyoncé
Love Sosa – Chief Keef
Blaxplotation – Noname
Ace – Noname
XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert
a lot – 21 Savage
March Madness – Future
Dreams and Nightmares – Meek Mill
Get Right Witcha – Migos
Runaway – Kanye West and Pusha T
Black Skinhead – Kanye West
Ultralight Beam – Kanye West
Track 10 – Charli XCX
Pyramids – Frank Ocean
Norf Norf – Vince Staples
I Don’t Like (Ft. Lil Reese) – Chief Keef
Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst – Kendrick Lamar
Hive – Earl Sweatshirt, Casey Veggies and Vince Staples
Needed Me – Rihanna
FUBU – Solange
Pop Out – Katie Got Bandz and King Louie
King Kunta – Kendrick Lamar
BPT – YG
Really Doe – Danny Brown, Ab Soul, Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt
20 Min – Lil Uzi Vert
Mad – Solange
Trust Issues – Rico Nasty
See You Again (Ft. Kali Uchis) – Tyler, The Creator
Sacrifices – Drake, 2 Chainz and Young Thug
Small Worlds – Mac Miller
Cranes In The Sky – Solange
Catch Up – G Herbo and Chief Keef
Maria I’m Drunk – Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Young Thug
Novacane – Frank Ocean
Dedicate – Lil Wayne
Only – Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Traphouse 3 – Gucci Mane and Rick Ross
Cocoon – Migos
Hater – KEY! And Kenny Beats
Lean 4 Real – Playboi Carti and Skepta
Shoota – Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert
Reminder – The Weeknd
Choppa Won’t Miss – Playboi Carti and Young Thug
wokeuplikethis* – Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert
Canadian Goose – Lil Uzi Vert
Family Don’t Matter (Ft. Millie Go Lightly) – Young Thug
With Them – Young Thug
Faneto – Chief Keef
2 Bitches – Young Thug
Smokin and Drinkin – Danny Brown
2 Cups Stuffed – Young Thug
Monster – Kanye West, Jay Z and Nicki Minaj
Bobby Bitch – Bobby Shmurda
Almeda – Solange
Mister – Young Nudy and 21 Savage
Shutdown – Skepta
That’s Not Me (Ft. JME) – Skepta
Two 16’s – Z Money, Valee
Womp Womp – Jeremih, Valee
Kill Shit – G Herbo and Lil Bibby
Rusty – Tyler the Creator, Domo Genesis, Earl Sweatshirt
Party Monster – The Weeknd
Answer – Tyler, the creator
Juice and Gin – Valee
911 / Mr.Lonely – Tyler the Creator, Frank Ocean, Steve Lacy
Palmolive – Freddie Gibbs and Madlib (Ft. Killer Mike and Pusha T)
Smuckers – Tyler the Creator, Lil Wayne, Kanye West
I’m not Real – Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt
Earned It – Chief Keef
Dang! – Mac Miller, Anderson .Paak
Ain’t It Funny – Danny Brown
Grannies – Maxo Kream
Handsome and Wealthy – Migos
Scared Money – NxWorries
I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd, Daft Punk
Suede – NxWorries
Shadow Man – Noname, Saba, Smino, Phoelix
Automatic – Freddie Gibbs
Vroom Vroom – Charli XCX
No – Zelooperz
Codeine Crazy – Future
Frontline – Kelela
Wicked Games – The Weeknd
Headlines – Drake
Malamente – Rosalia
La Cancion – Bad Bunny, J Balvin
Raingurl – yaeji
Can’t Say – Travis Scott, Don Toliver
Sorry – Beyoncé
Really Love – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
Hold My Liquor – Kanye West and Chief Keef
Blood on the Leaves – Kanye West
Sky Walker – Miguel, Travis Scott
Black Sheep – Metric
Oui – Jeremih
Starboy – The Weeknd, Daft Punk
Super Rich Kids – Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt
Decks Dark – Radiohead
Sunday – Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean
December 24 – Earl Sweatshirt
I Want It I Need It (Death Heated) – Death Grips
Roman’s Revenge – Nicki Minaj
Your Eyes Are Bleeding – Princess Nokia
Nosetalgia – Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar
If You Know, You Know – Pusha T
1998 – Maxo Kream, Joey Badass
Bickenhead – Cardi B
Bagbak – Vince Staples
Twist My Fingaz – YG
Hercules – Young Thug
Love Galore – SZA, Travis Scott
Tomboy – Princess Nokia
Inanimate Sensation – Death Grips
Bart Simpson – Princess Nokia
Grief – Earl Sweatshirt
Jesus Forgive Me I Am A Thot – JPEGMAFIA
4:44 – Jay Z
Biking – Frank Ocean, Jay Z and Tyler, The Creator
Countdown – Beyoncé
Girl – The Internet, KAYTRANADA
Best American Girl – Mitski
Self Control – Frank Ocean
Big Beast (Ft. Bun B and T.I.) – Killer Mike
Devil in a New Dress – Kanye West and Rick Ross
Alright – Kendrick Lamar
Everything – G Herbo, Lil Uzi Vert
Slide on Me (Remix) – Frank Ocean, Young Thug
Love on Top – Beyoncé
Gone – Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens
Whippin Excursion – Giggs
Trappin Ain’t Dead – Section Boyz
Face Shopping – SOPHIE
Pursuit – Gesaffelstein
Ponyboy – SOPHIE
FEAR – Kendrick Lamar
3500 – Travis Scott, Future, 2 Chainz
Thuggin – Freddie GIbbs and Madlib
LITE SPOTS – KAYTRANADA
Under – Sampha
Them Changes – Thundercat
Giorgio by Moroder – Daft Punk
Final Call – Kamasi Washington
Cellophane – FKA Twigs
Holy Terrain – FKA Twigs and Future
Fuck it, I Love You – Lana Del Rey
Work – Rihanna
Love on The Brain – Rihanna
Same Ol’ Mistakes – Rihanna
Takyon – Death Grips
I’ve Seen Footage – Death Grips
Die Like a Rockstar – Danny Brown
Adderall Admiral – Danny Brown
LIFE – Saba
News or Something – Future
Run Me Dry – Bryson Tiller
Rushes To – Frank Ocean
Family Feud – Jay Z, Beyoncé
Brand New Guy – A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q
212 – Azaelia Banks
Drank, Kush, Barz – DJ Rashad and Dj Spin
Yonkers – Tyler, The Creator
House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls – The Weeknd
The Weekend – SZA
Mine – Beyoncé and Drake
Bad Girls – MIA
Hannah Montana – Migos
Again – Young Thug & Gucci Mane
I Serve The Bass – Future
Jungle – Drake
Unlock The Swag – Rae Sremmurd
Cocoa Butter Kisses – Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa and Twista
Wind in My Sails – Earl Sweatshirt
Blunt Blowin – Lil Wayne
New Faces v2 – Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt and Da$H
Fetti – Playboi Carti, Maxo Kream, Da$H
Multiply – A$AP Rocky
Nice for What – Drake
Like a Farmer (Remix) – Lil Tracy and Lil Uzi Vert
Lean Wit Me – Juice WRLD
Fingers Blue – Smokepurpp and Travis Scott
Key Lime OG – Rico Nasy
Gucci Gucci – Kreayshawn
Ouu – Young M.A.
LPFJ2 – A$AP Rocky