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4. Childish Gambino - Redbone

 

 

Does it hold up?: Of course it does. One of the most original songs of the decade. Still sad that this couldn't go top 40. At least he's made up for that this year with This Is America & Summertime Magic both making the charts. I remember Gambino announced he was finished with music and it's great that that proved not to be true. This would have been an amazing song to go out on though.

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3. Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

 

 

Does it hold up?: 100%. This is probably the 2017 song I've listen to the most now. It has to be the original version though, not the horrible edit they play on Radio 1. It's a bit criminal that this never managed to get to #1 in my weekly charts.

 

Rockstar: I wasn't keen on this at first, but it kinda grew on me after listening to his new album.

Big For Your Boobs: Great grime track.

Bad And Boujee: Decent

iSpy: An uplifting summer jam, the Broccoli of 2017 (also, both had that one lyric from Lil Yachty that shocked the Rap Critic)

Havana: Pretty good, though I prefer Crying In The Club

Redbone: YES! Such a great track!

XO Tour Llif3: This one's okay

Edited December 12, 20186 yr by SantaDalek32

Redbone is pretty decent, has some vibes that we don't see at all in the charts nowadays!

Rockstar: I wasn't keen on this at first, but it kinda grew on me after listening to his new album.

Big For Your Boobs: Great grime track.

Bad And Boujee: Decent

iSpy: An uplifting summer jam, the Broccoli of 2017 (also, both had that one lyric from Lil Yachty that shocked the Rap Critic)

Havana: Pretty good, though I prefer Crying In The Club

Redbone: YES! Such a great track!

XO Tour Llif3: This one's okay

 

Glad to see your pretty positive about most of the songs so far.

I do love the Rap Critic, nice to see somebody else knows him. Lil Yachty's verse is all pretty shocking to be honest. :lol:

Havana is so much better than Crying In The Club for me

 

Redbone is pretty decent, has some vibes that we don't see at all in the charts nowadays!

 

Redbone really doesn't sound like anything else popular at the moment

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2. Ariana Grande - One Last Time

 

 

Does it hold up?: Obviously, this wasn't originally released in 2017 but gained so much more meaning after last years tragic events. This song is still so emotional to listen to. It was such a moment to be there at One Love Manchester and hear everyone sing along. :heart:

XO TOUR Llif3 is one of my absolute faves from 2017 too :wub: brilliant track

 

I remember being surprised at One Last Time's modest chart performance back in 2015 so glad it got a deserved second-wind even if of course it was due to the awful circumstances.

XO TOUR Llif3 is one of my absolute faves from 2017 too :wub: brilliant track

 

I remember being surprised at One Last Time's modest chart performance back in 2015 so glad it got a deserved second-wind even if of course it was due to the awful circumstances.

 

 

Yay for the XO Tour Llif3 love. It seems to generally be really disliked on here.

 

Totally agree with your comments on One Last Time :wub:

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1. Kendrick Lamar - Humble

 

 

Does it hold up?: Most certainly. What a song, what an album, what a video! If you ever need proof that Kendrick is the current greatest, here it is. He managed to do the single and album double last year; how can he do this year?

 

 

If I were to re-rank last years chart I don't think there would be too much I would do. Maybe swap out Rockstar (#10) and Big For Your Boots (#8) for New Rules (#11) and Legend Has It (#15)

Edited December 19, 20186 yr by LewisGT

One Last Time and HUMBLE are great

 

And speaking of Humble,

 

 

 

Edit: Mainly the first 30 seconds of this vid

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One Last Time is still so poignant, still a real shame Despacito blocked it from the top spot :(

One Last Time remains incredible, I wish its resurgence happened under better circumstances but my love for it has grown so much :wub:

Hey Lewis <3 So excited for this *.* Havana & One Last Time are my faves from the 2017 top 10 re-cap, both slay so badly :heart:

One Last Time and HUMBLE are great

 

And speaking of Humble,

 

Edit: Mainly the first 30 seconds of this vid

 

That video's great :lol: Have you seen the 'Syrup Sandwiches' version.

 

 

One Last Time is still so poignant, still a real shame Despacito blocked it from the top spot :(

 

It would have been nice for it to have reached #1 but just getting into the charts again was a nice tribute.

One Last Time remains incredible, I wish its resurgence happened under better circumstances but my love for it has grown so much :wub:

 

I have to agree. It just has so much more meaning now. :heart:

 

Hey Lewis <3 So excited for this *.* Havana & One Last Time are my faves from the 2017 top 10 re-cap, both slay so badly :heart:

 

Thanks :D Both massive pop tunes.

That video's great :lol: Have you seen the 'Syrup Sandwiches' version.

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I think I have.

Top 5 artists of 2018

 

 

5. Kendrick Lamar

 

 

2018 charting songs:

01 Mona Lisa (Lil Wayne ft Kendrick Lamar)

01 Opps (Vince Staples & Yugen Blakrok ft Kendrick Lamar)

01 Pray For Me (The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar)

03 Paramedic (SOB X RBE ft Kendrick Lamar)

04 All The Stars (Kendrick Lamar & Sza)

08 X (ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi ft Kendrick Lamar)

09 Love (ft Zacari) (#03 in 2017)

14 King's Dead (Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake)

 

 

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COMMENT: Down two places from last year is Kendrick Lamar. He hasn't released much this year so this is basically just off the Black Panther soundtrack, but what a soundtrack that is. Although he isn't officially credited on all the songs (Paramedic, Opps) he really should be as they would be much weaker without his contribution, especially Opps. Undoubtedly the current greatest (although there are still 2 rappers to come in this top 5) :kink:

Kendrick is brilliant.

Kendrick is brilliant.

 

Very true :D

Top 5 artists of 2018

 

 

4. Little Mix

 

 

2018 charting songs:

02 Woman Like Me (ft Nicki Minaj)

03 Love A Girl Right

03 Nothing Else Matters (#01 in 2017)

05 Strip (ft Sharaya J)

06 Notice

07 Joan Of Arc

07 The Cure

09 More Than Words (ft Kamille)

11 Told You So

12 Is Your Love Enough (#01 in 2017)

12 Only You (Cheat Codes & Little Mix)

12 Think About Us

13 American Boy

13 If I Get My Way (#02 in 2017)

15 Wasabi

 

 

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COMMENT: Finishing 4th for the second consecutive year is Little Mix. Although LM5 is not as good as Glory Days it is still a brilliant album that I've been listening to regularly. It has done a lot worse than GD commercially which I would mostly put down to the short break between albums. It didn't really feel like they ever went away. While I saw them perform Wings at One Love Manchester, I will actually seeing them properly for the first time next year. :w00t:

Wasn't a massive fan of the Black Panther soundtrack but I guess there were some decent Kendrick songs on it!