10. Meek Mill featuring Drake - Amen
Originally taken from 'Dreamchasers 2' mix tape this made it to Meek's album and a video was put out which featured countless cameos from the usual suspects. Meek verses, Drake verse, catchy Drake hook. This had to be a hit.
9. Trey Songz - Heart Attack
Trigga returned with his 5th studio album in the summer and used this track as a launch pad. emotional lyrics that clearly spoke to millions. A sure fire hit.
8. Future featuring Diddy & Ludacris - Same Damn Time (Remix)
Its fair to say if you need a verse that needs ignorance and slick talk all over it theres one man to call, thankfully Future picked up the phone to improve his already catchy hit with Diddy opening and setting the bar a bit too high for the other two to reach.
7. SLV - F*ck That Condom
Joe Budden, Emmany & Parks got together to once again put out their quarterly offering of a track. it faced quite an opposition due to the title of the track as you can imagine. But the musical stylings of Joe Budden mixed with Emmany's crooning voice made a song that not many can complain with.
6. Slaughterhouse featuring Cee-Lo - My Life
This snuck onto the internet late march and was taking over before we knew it. Sampling 'Rhythm Of The Night' and applying the usual Slaughterhouse wordplay with a catchy Cee-Lo hook a winning song was no doubt on the cards. Joe Budden and Royce took a back seat and let Joell and Crooked have the majority of the song in their verses and they did mote than delivered.
5. A$AP Rocky feat. Kendrick Lamar, Drake & 2 Chainz - F*ckin' Problem
If you were asked to come up with a line up on a song that would be indicative of rap today its more than likely these are the 4 you would have come to. The initial shock of a 2 Chainz & Drake hook that manages to sooth yet get you excited at the same time takes you into the first verse and the song just glides. We have all had this on repeat at least once this year.
4. Big Sean x Kanye West x Jay-Z - Clique
Kanye did his usual trick of putting out a cover picture with black background and red text, naturally we all got excited at the thought of a Jay-Z verse. All 3 parties delivered and delivered well, with flawless verses. They come in with subtle ignorance and Jay-Z comes back to cement his status as the greatest living rapper. A smooth intro sounding like Frank Ocean and stunning adlibs do nothing but dd to the quality of this track.
3. 2 Chainz feat. Drake - No Lie
When this was released 2 Chainz was relatively unattached to anyone, or so we thought. Drake and 2 Chainz sat on this record together like Big Boi and Andre do with OutKast. Great production from Mike Will, some very memorable lines and great quotables. If you have chance to see this live its worth it as we all know what follows "right hand on the steering wheel..."
2. Joe Budden feat. Tank & Lil' Wayne - She Don't Put It Down Like You
If you ever look for a hero to zero to hero story again, look no further than Mr Budden. The self proclaimed 2 hit wonder on the back of this hit brought in a very unexpected collaboration with himself and Mr Carter and then drafted in R&B legend Tank. Potentially the catchiest hook to come out this year with fantastic verses. Simple with great wordplay. I remember being at the Mood Muzik shows in february when Officially Ice played this as the unmastered version and Wayne's verse came on, as you can imagine the crowd went wild for this. For long term Budden fans this song is more than a simple hit, it shows the lengths that hard work can bring out quality like this. When its eventual release came in November the anticipation was very high. Since the release an extended version has been announced featuring Fabolous and Twista.
1. Kanye West x Pusha T x Big Sean x 2 Chainz - Mercy
The line up alone says this single should be epic. It was. There were fantastic verses from each party, I can't think of anyone who can agree on who's verse is best. Even with a illicit inaccuracies from Ye' we all still know it works. The track itself is a heavily complexed piece which moves like a roller coaster finishing with energy from a 2 Chainz verse into the almost unrecognisable vocalled chorus. Big Seans completes it perfectly with the 'Swerve' ad-libs. Naturally Pusha T delivers a flawless dope-dealer story telling verse to complete the perfectly crafted hit.
Swerve.
Honourable Mentions
Rick Ross x Drake x French Montana - Stay Schemin', DJ Drama x 2 Chainz x Meek Mill x Jeremih - My Moment, Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe,
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