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1. My name is Cris Cab and according to my mom, I've been singing since I was born. I'm seventeen now and music is my passion. My favorite artists and bands include Bob Marley, Jack Johnson, Sublime and Cold Play. I also listen to a bunch of hip hop which influences the music I make as well.
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These are the best songs of 2015, the ones we couldn't stop playing, the ones we shared, the ones we kept close all year long. Now we're happy to share them with you. Click on the 'Launch the app!' Link below and you'll hear more than 400 songs in a dozen genres. There's a playlist made up of the very favorite song of the year from more than 50 public radio hosts, a pack of songs that will serve as a little party starter should you be in need, plus selections from veteran musicians and the year's best new artists. There's so much here worth spending time with, from Adele to Zofo. We hope you find something new that you love, too.

Anat Cohen, 'Pretty Boy Strut' Stylized polyphony a la robot-age New Orleans jazz grows more familiar until you realize it was a FlyLo song, and that it sounds great on clarinet. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Becca Stevens Band, 'Be Still' Brilliant mix of quirky rhythm with a great pop sense. – George Graham, WVIA Brenna Whitaker, 'You Don't Own Me' The truth is easier to take when it's wrapped up in a killer song by a beautiful and talented newcomer. – Luke Nestler, KDNK Cecile McLorin Salvant, 'The Trolley Song' Salvant is the rightful heir to Sarah Vaughan. She's fresh, innovative and one a kind. She's got to be heard and seen to be believed! – Melanie Berzon, KCSM Charlie Hunter Trio, 'Pho-Kus-On-Ho-Ho-Kus' A trio jam both spare and full, weirdo-fringe and right-over-the-plate.

Also, in Charlie's own words: 'the nasty kind of stank on the beat.' – Patrick Jarenwattananon Chris Lightcap, 'Nine South' Electric piano, two saxes and the open highway.

The bassist is the leader and beat landscaper and he's doing his job well. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, 'Of a New Cool' Drums on the left, drums on the right, a tapestry of winds and rhythmic colors up the middle. Just play it cool, boy; real modern-Miles-and-Gil 'Cool.'

– Patrick Jarenwattananon Dafnis Prieto, 'Blah Blah' Next level Afro-Cuban pulse from a one-of-a-kind drummer who, thankfully, is but one of many to connect Havana and New Orleans. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Ernestine Anderson, 'Just In Time' Once, jazz singing wasn't a quaint mannerism with high buy-in.

This, recorded live in 1962 but just issued for the first time, is from that lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Harold Mabern feat. Gregory Porter, 'Afro Blue' Nice 'up' beat, and it swings. – Rashad Abdul-Muhaimin, WSHA Jacky Terrasson, 'Kiff' A playful bounce (think: '70s animated TV theme) as modern piano-driven jazz with three percussionists, counting the vocalist/beatboxer.

– Patrick Jarenwattananon Jamison Ross, 'Deep Down In Florida' A literally award-winning drummer, an actual Florida Man, didn't tell us he could sing the blues when he was winning his award. – Patrick Jarenwattananon JD Allen Trio, 'Jawn Henry' A sax-bass-drums trio swings devastatingly hard in four-bar increments. It does that for six minutes. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Jose James, 'What A Little Moonlight Can Do' Never mind the moonlight; it's more about what James can do to the phrase 'peepin' through.'

– Rachel Horn Kamasi Washington, 'The Rhythm Changes' A stand-out track from Washington's The Epic, incorporating R&B into a timeless, classic jazz tune. – Bruce Warren, WXPN Lionel Loueke, 'Aziza Dance' Another highlight from the polyglot band that speaks mixed meters, West African guitar, and all the groove idioms with interchangeable proficiency. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Maria Schneider, 'Nimbus' Lavish and unsettled and evocative of the natural world and with killer soloists like Steve Wilson on alto. Maria's back, y'all. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Mary Halvorson, 'Cheshire Hotel' A beautiful melody without buoy, made plastic by a solo guitarist's study of it: stretched, destroyed and ultimately affirmed with a coy laugh.

– Patrick Jarenwattananon Mike Reed's People Places & Things, 'A New Kind Of Dance' On a sunny sort of shuffle, with swirling solos like Chicago crosswinds, an already tight band adds the joker card of Matthew Shipp's piano. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Orrin Evans, 'Jewels & Baby Yaz' With a thick foundation of stankface backbeat, splashed by jutting and elbowing piano, jazz brothers honor a progenitor of Philly neo-soul. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Petros Klampanis, 'Minor Dispute' An international band with a Middle Eastern bent and a string section makes flowing chamber jazz conversant in modern Greek. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Romain Collin, 'The Kids' Young trio builds and builds and stalls, interlaced piano tangling with itself. But wait for the whistling. Man, the kids these days. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Rudresh Mahanthappa, 'Chillin' This is from a Charlie Parker tribute with fast saxophone playing but somehow sounds nothing like Charlie Parker.

That's a good thing. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Sarah Elizabeth Charles, 'Bells' A song driven by both wordless and lyric vocals somehow manages to feel both tightly produced and urbane yet handspun and bespoke. – Patrick Jarenwattananon Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective, 'Samadhi' A great song for everybody that meditates. – Aaron Cohen, WCLK Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, 'All The Things You Are' A song that's been done a million times and ways, essayed slowly and deliberately by voice and piano, with conviction that feels like instinct. – Michael Bourne, WBGO Tootie Heath, 'I Will Survive' Jazz elder drummer pulls out a spare R&B beat for a deranged, delightful trip around some familiar chord changes.

– Patrick Jarenwattananon Vijay Iyer Trio, 'Hood' A go-anywhere piano trio salutes a pioneering Detroit house DJ with a precision experiment in acoustic real-time techno. – Patrick Jarenwattananon. Adia Victoria, 'Howlin' Shame' An incisive singer and songwriter fronting a spectral, southern gothic outfit, Victoria conjures a figure whose elusiveness makes her dangerous. – Jewly Hight Anderson East, 'Satisfy Me' He makes his home in Nashville, but East finds his way to Muscle Shoals with plenty of Wurlitzer, fat horns, a convincingly soulful rasp and a Ph.D.

– Rachel Horn Banditos, 'Waitin' Banditos singer Mary Beth Richardson has a tiger in her tank, and in this classic barn-burner, she dares the boys in the band to catch up. – Ann Powers Bhi Bhiman, 'Bread & Butter' America's finest Sri Lankan soulman cooks up a true jam about hard work, serious partying and delicious breakfast foods.

– Ann Powers Bill Fay, 'Something Else Ahead' Profound and deeply moving reflections on the very meaning of life from the British folksinger now two albums into a creative revival after a nearly 40-year hiatus. – Robin Hilton Brandi Carlile, 'The Eye' This close-harmony spine-tingler earns Carlile and the Twins, her brothers in music, a spot on the shelf next to Fleetwood Mac and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. – Ann Powers Buffy Sainte-Marie, 'We Are Circling' This new take on a song Sainte-Marie first recorded with the Sadies in 2014 epitomizes what's great about the legendary singer-songwriter: adventurous electronics meet Cree vocalizing in an anthem about gathering spirits and committing to joy. – Ann Powers Caitlin Canty, 'Get Up' A song about resiliency, about picking yourself up and moving forward.

The Vermont-native, now Nashvillian, is backed by an all-star band featuring Eric Heywood, Billy Conway, Jeffrey Foucault, Matt Lorenz and Jeremy Moses Curtis. – Linda Fahey, Folk Alley Calexico, 'Cumbia De Donde' This bilingual collaboration between Arizona's beloved sonic wanderers and the vocalist Amparo Sanchez evokes the risky mutability of a life spent hopping and melting borders: I'm not from here, I'm not from there. De donde eres? I'm on my way. – Ann Powers Daniel Bachman, 'Song for the Setting Sun II' In these eight minutes, the fingerstyle acoustic guitarist creates an entire world with a melody that knows its wounds and triumphs.

– Lars Gotrich Darlingside, 'God Of Loss' The instrumentals are just as meticulous as the harmonies, the harmonies just as haunting as the lyrics, and the lyrics a testament to the Boston quartet's success to come. – Larry Groce, Mountain Stage Dave Rawlings Machine, 'The Weekend' This slice of mystery from Rawlings and Gillian Welch sounds like a lost Big Star song with Neil Young sitting in on the session. – Ann Powers David Ramirez, 'Rock and a Hard Place' Springsteenesque hard country about harder realities. – Ann Powers The Deslondes, 'Yum Yum' Deliciously twangy slide guitar sandwiched between a laid-back list of Southern comfort foods sung in a classic country four-part harmony. – Kate Drozynski Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles, 'Monticello' Now, here's a song that proves patience is a virtue.

Rae's delicate, detailed strokes yield an exquisite portrait of wistfulness. – Jewly Hight The Honey Dewdrops, 'Same Old' Just one of the highlights from the outstanding Tangled Country, a collection of often sad but still hopeful songs. 'Same Old' mines some of the territory of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, with lilting banjo, gorgeous harmonies and tasteful pedal steel, and exemplifies this duo's simple yet beautiful music. – Freddy Jenkins, WUNC's Back Porch Music Houndmouth, 'Sedona' For a few minutes at a time, this midwestern quartet salvages the ruins of holler-along folk with a tune about faded glory set to a note-perfect evocation of a southwest sunset. – Jacob Ganz James McMurtry, 'Copper Canteen' 'Honey, don't you be yellin' at me when I'm cleanin' my gun,' begins the best song about marriage you'll hear this year. – Ann Powers Jason Isbell, '24 Frames' 'You thought God was an architect, now you know / He's something like a pipe bomb ready to blow' are the best lyrics anyone has come up with in a long time, rivaling Bob Dylan in his prime.

– Benji McPhail, KUNC Jason Isbell, 'Speed Trap Town' Absolutely heartbreaking. Reality and Friday Night Lights come together in a beautiful song. – John Aielli, KUTX Joan Shelley, 'Over and Even' When the grooves on your copy of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' finally wear out, this is the only replacement you'll ever need.

– Jacob Ganz Joanna Newsom, 'Sapokanikan' It's always a good thing when a 'pop' song can deliver a cultural lesson, and keep unfolding ten listens in. When it happens to be by one of the smartest people in the room. Well, call that historic significance. – Piotr Orlov John Moreland, 'Cherokee' What words should we use when we talk to ghosts? This Tulsa native, known for hushing words with his mighty murmur, opens a line to the afterlife and shows how everyone's memory keeps that space alive.

– Ann Powers Laura Marling, 'False Hope' The U.K. Folksinger knows her way around world-weariness, but 'False Hope' matches it with a gritty rock 'n' roll arrangement that suits her.

– Stephen Thompson Leon Bridges, 'Coming Home' The young Fort Worth, Texas soul singer takes on what it means to be faithful — both to a partner and to a beloved, vintage sound. – Rachel Horn Lizz Wright, 'Somewhere Down the Mystic' Sensuality and spirituality blend seamlessly in Wright's mesmeric vision. – Jewly Hight Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, 'Silent Movies' Mother-and-son blues-folk may sound like a gimmick, but these two make it sing as part of a full-on charm offensive. – Stephen Thompson McCrary Sisters, 'He Split The Rock' The go-to gospel backup singers in Americana and country, the sisters bring the real heat on their own, testifying to displays of divine power with strenuous, virtuosic conviction.

– Jewly Hight Patty Griffin, 'Rider of Days' This is how you survive a sweet love that's put on the brake: Keep flying, open to memory but powered by hope. – Ann Powers The Punch Brothers, 'Julep' Set within a complex but easeful arrangement that recalls both jazz and its African origin points, this view of a good life from heaven shows just how masterful this virtuoso outfit has become. – Ann Powers Rayland Baxter, 'Yellow Eyes' The vanilla-pop shimmer that turns this ode to a girl who deserves better is retro without being derivative, and you know Baxter know's he's the good-bad-not-quite-evil guy.

– Ann Powers Rhiannon Giddens, 'Black is the Color' Confidence, exuberance, sex appeal and unmistakable, unbridled glee underwrite every second of the Carolina Chocolate Drops frontwoman's bold take on a Nina Simone staple. – Katie Presley Rickie Lee Jones, 'J'ai Connais Pas' She found her thrill (again) on the streets of New Orleans, and in this tale of a rounder past his prime the doyenne of coolsville does that city's musical legacies proud. – Ann Powers Ryley Walker, 'Sweet Satisfaction' The choogle is real with 'Sweet Satisfaction.'

The choogle is weird and burns some ecstatic fuzz, too. – Lars Gotrich Sam Gleaves, 'Ain't We Brothers' In this modern Appalachian ballad, Gleaves introduces an unignorable hero: an openly gay, West Virginia coal miner fighting for his place in his community. – Jewly Hight Sam Lee & Friends, 'Jonny O' the Brine' The English singer and his bandmates transform an old Scottish Traveller song into an epic and completely cinematic experience. – Anastasia Tsioulcas The Staves, 'No Me, No You, No More' Producer Justin Vernon gives this U.K. Vocal trio the layers-upon-layers treatment, to glorious effect. – Stephen Thompson Steep Canyon Rangers, 'Simple Is Me' This veteran acoustic outfit delivers the best of both the string band and singer-songwriter worlds; the song's narrative and instrumental licks are equally engrossing. – Jewly Hight Watkins Family Hour, 'Hop High' A carefully supercharged vocal from Sara Watkins (with perfect harmonies from Fiona Apple) powers this fiddle jam from the all-star roots music revivalists.

– Ann Powers. A Thousand Horses, 'Sunday Morning' Just what the Southern rock doctor ordered.

Cowritten with singer Michael Hobby's second cousin Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes, this remedy feels so right. – Ann Powers Alan Jackson, 'You Can Always Come Home' Country's stalwart calm presence wrote this one for his kids, and any parent will get the sentiment. – Ann Powers Andrew Combs, 'Suwanee County' The sweetest homesick ode to a patch of land you'll hear all year. – Ann Powers Ashley Monroe, 'The Blade' Country loves a good metaphor, and Monroe picks a vivid one in this crushing ballad. – Stephen Thompson Cam, 'My Mistake' On the first of two noteworthy singles the California-bred country newcomer released this year, the lilting lift of its melody makes the lyrics' sex-positive realism feel irresistibly buoyant. – Jewly Hight Canaan Smith, 'Hole In A Bottle' With deft wordplay and a self-deprecating delivery, Smith makes country's old drink-away-the-work-week conceit feel fun and liberating again. – Ann Powers Carrie Underwood, 'Smoke Break' Country's inspirational queen lends her pipes to the cause of the 99 Percent in this compassionate power ballad.

– Ann Powers Chris Janson, 'Buy Me a Boat' The song that paved the way for Janson's record deal is country's most charismatic take on working-class aspiration this year. – Jewly Hight Chris Stapleton, 'Traveller' From country's breakthrough lyrical voice, an instantly timeless slice of country soul that will lift you up wherever you perambulate.

– Ann Powers Clare Dunn, 'Move On' This formidable guitar-slinger conjures teasingly impatient desire with her monster hooks and rhythmic propulsion. Listen hard, and you may even hear echoes of George Michael's 'Freedom! – Jewly Hight Corb Lund, 'S Lazy H' From Canada's troubadour, a clear-eyed, heartbreaking, semi-autobiographical cowboy song about development killing the old ways. – Ann Powers Della Mae, 'High Away Gone' The 21st-century queens of bluegrass go high, lonesome and holy on this fervent protest against mountain-top clearing. – Ann Powers Dwight Yoakam, 'Second Hand Heart' One of country music's most reliable veterans comes all the way back, his fastball intact.

– Stephen Thompson Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, 'The Traveling Kind' Old friends, bookends: this revered harmonizing duo reflects upon enduring friendship and those who have left this dusty road. – Ann Powers Eric Church, 'Record Year' Nobody blends clever and heartfelt as well as country's central outsider, and this Nick Hornby-esque song about deep listening afte a breakup is a prime example of his skills. – Ann Powers George Strait, 'Cold Beer Conversation' On the title track from his 29th studio album, the King of Country goes deep on the poetics of male bonding. – Ann Powers Gretchen Peters, 'Pretty Things' Peters manages to distill decades of negative thoughts into a single song that gives me goosebumps and makes my eyes well up every time I hear it. – Elena See, Folk Alley Kacey Musgraves, 'Dime Store Cowgirl' Hopefully Kacey Musgraves will inspire others to create authentic and smartly written country songs like this heart-warming tribute to her hometown of Golden, Texas.

– Cindy Howes, Folk Alley Kacey Musgraves, 'Late To The Party' She's great at millennial anthems, but Musgraves shows her heart in her meditations on private life, like this gentle ode to monogamy. – Ann Powers Kelsea Ballerini, 'Underage' Country's hottest ingenue gets quiet and insightful on this vulnerable reflection on growing up too fast, the way everyone does. – Ann Powers Lindi Ortega, 'Ashes' Roy Orbison is smiling somewhere in his blue heaven, listening to torch queen Ortega's take on sublime heartbreak.

– Ann Powers Maddie & Tae, 'Fly' This song is for the daughters breaking free, and the mothers holding their breath as they watch them spring from youth's ledge. – Ann Powers Maren Morris, 'I Wish I Was' At the starting gate of a big career, this 25-year-old Texan shows the swagger and the style of a young Bonnie Raitt.

– Ann Powers Margo Price, 'Hurtin' On a Bottle' Pristine vintage country, clear of voice but bleary of eye, that never loses sight of the humor in taking out your pain on poor, helpless whiskey. – Jacob Ganz Mavericks, 'Pardon Me' Even the hardiest road dog has his day, and in this swoon-worthy balad, Raul Malo and his compadres locate the lonely soul of music's itinerant lifers. – Ann Powers Mickey Guyton, 'Better Than You Left Me' The spirits of Aretha and Patsy meld in this blast of uplift from one of country's most stirring young vocalists. – Ann Powers Mo Pitney, 'Cleanup In Aisle Five' A new country traditionalist offers a love song that will have you weeping in front of your supermarket's cereal display. – Ann Powers Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen, 'Til It Does' Honky tonk music to make your heart melt from two princes of the Texas scene. – Ann Powers Sam Outlaw, 'Jesus Take the Wheel (And Drive Me To A Bar)' Is it too much to hope Carrie Underwood covers this droll complement to one of her biggest hits, imploring the Lord to work the miracle of a good shot of tequila? – Ann Powers Striking Matches, 'Hanging On a Lie' The word insinuating was invented for the subtle approach taken by this guitar-wielding, harmonizing Nashville power duo.

Also the word sexy. – Ann Powers Thomas Rhett, 'Crash & Burn' Cowritten by Nashville's fave beatmaker Jesse Frasure and soulman Chris Stapleton, this hit for the roguish Rhett turns Sam Cooke's 'Chain Gang' into a hot country jam. – Ann Powers Turnpike Troubadours, 'Time of Day' A courting song made for dancing in a big field under Oklahoma stars from one of the Red Dirt country world's most congenial outfits.

– Ann Powers Tyler Farr, 'A Guy Walks Into A Bar' Farr spins a familiar joke setup into broody country gold with his arrestingly abraded vocal attack. – Jewly Hight Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard, 'The Only Man Wilder Than Me' Two legends shoot the breeze and the world smiles.

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Drake & Kanye West, 'Blessings' Sean Don teams up with the king of the Internet and. The other king of the Internet for a track that was destined to be, complete with an earworm of a hook. #wayyyyup – Kiana Fitzgerald Boogie, 'Oh My' A triumphant-sounding song that excludes hyperbole and prioritizes old friends, the old neighborhood and just doesn't need the east coast. – Frannie Kelley D.R.A.M., 'Cha Cha' One of 2015's most talked-about songs (it preceded and bears a notable similarity to 'Hotline Bling'), 'Cha Cha' is all charisma, elevating any party and any mood the second it starts to play.

– Erika Ramirez Dej Loaf, 'Back Up' With a punching, singsong flow and an assist from Big Sean, Dej Loaf verbally jousts would-be nuisances over slapping 808 bass and clapping hi-hats in this sonic shoulder check. – Sheldon Pearce Dom Kennedy, 'Represent (I Like That)' Dom's latest LP, By Dom Kennedy provided 11 hit it and quit it tracks. On 'Represent,' his unmistakably west coast style and lethargic flow locked perfectly with J. LBS's production.

– Bobby Carter Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, 'Sunday Candy' It's a sweetly textured snack layered with uplifting lyrics and jubilant production, but the alluring hook, courtesy of Jamila Woods, is the richest part. – Erika Ramirez Dr. Anderson Paak, 'Animals' As the unofficial star of Dr. Dre's Compton LP, Anderson.Paak pulled out all stops on the Dre/Premier joint production. Speaking directly to the current civil turmoil going on in many U.S. Cities, Paak raps, sings and ultimately steals the spotlight from the two most celebrated producers in hip-hop. – Bobby Carter Dr.

Yen Lo, 'Day 0' Brooklyn street legend Ka and the producer Preservation made an album of rap music without beats, of psychological darkness of poetic justice and melodic tension. This was a stand-out.

– Piotr Orlov Drake, 'Hotline Bling' Drake's dancing-in-an-empty-Turrell-installation video launched what seemed like ten trillion conversations about alternative masculinity in an era of self-regard, and even more ironic covers, remixes and remakes. But the song itself, set to that percolating Timmy Thomas sample, remains a sing-a-long anthem of petty regret and masculine self-loathing. – Jason King Drake, 'Know Yourself' Way back in February when If You're Reading This It's Too Late dropped, Drake was still the sad Batman of hip-hop, watching the pretenders and working twice as hard to keep the throne, and this was his midnight all-work-no-play montage theme. – Jacob Ganz Earl Sweatshirt, 'Mantra' The enjambment king on a compound fracture of a beat proving he can really rhyme over anything at all, even when his appetite is gone and he's so heartbroken. – Frannie Kelley Father, 'BET Uncut' Over a coiling synth loop that chimes like a game of Simon, Atlanta rapper Father warps BET's raunchy, late-night block into its own innuendo, pitching sex-positivity with a kink. – Sheldon Pearce Fetty Wap feat.

Remy Boyz, '679' A contender for rap song of the summer, this flirtatious party jam helped solidify Fetty Wap's rep as rap's most consistent feel-good hitmaker since Nelly. – Timmhotep Aku Freddie Gibbs feat. Black Thought, 'Extradite' Producer Mikhail flips Bob James's 'Nautilus' to give Gangsta Gibbs and a rejuvenated Black Thought the perfect beat to remind us that they're two of the most skillful MCs around. – Timmhotep Aku Future, 'March Madness' An intergalactic beat + Future's infallible flow + perfectly timed ad libs = a legitimately lovely, debatably perfect rap song about nothing and everything. – Kiana Fitzgerald Goldlink, 'New Black' The Soulection all-star gets deep over lilting synths and a dancefloor ready Future Bounce groove. – Timmhotep Aku Janelle Monae & Wondaland Records, 'Hell You Talmbout' From present and past, the names of brutalized African-Americans keep coming in 5 1/2 minutes of controlled fury.

– Mark Mobley Junglepussy, 'Now Or Later' JP could teach a class on 'talking slick.' Here she boasts her attributes and roasts subpar suitors with such finesse even her most biting insults seem sweet. – Timmhotep Aku Kamaiyah, 'How Does It Feel' An anthem for the 99 percent from an Oakland rapper who might know the answer this time next year.

– Otis Hart Kate Tempest, 'Bad Place for a Good Time' This single does what Kate Tempest does best: It critiques our culture, its tedium, its ugliness and encourages ways to find peace and heart in moments that can feel hopeless and heartless. – Bob Boilen Kendrick Lamar, 'Alright' Faith, perseverance and bravery in the face of hate are recurring themes in black life, so it's only right that K Dot's single has become an anthem for today's struggle. – Timmhotep Aku Kendrick Lamar, 'Complexion (A Zulu Love)' With the issue of race constantly in question, 'Complexion' is a soothing meditation and message for hope with lyrics that can open minds and a melody to change hearts.

– Simon Rentner, WBGO Kendrick Lamar, 'King Kunta' Propulsive, muscle-flexing boast rap from the hip-hop album of the year. Weird, edgy, arresting and in-yo-face. – Timmhotep Aku Lady Leshurr, 'Queen's Speech Episode 4' Crossing the pond via placement in a Samsung ad, it's quick, quirky and funny from the English rapper's mouth to your ears (and mouth). – Mark Mobley Mick Jenkins, 'Ps & Qs' A tremendous track, littered with smartly strung alliteration, from one of Chicago's most promising rappers.

Keep an eye on him. – Timmhotep Aku Missy Elliott feat.

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Pharrell Williams, 'WTF (Where They From)' The beat seems to have been recycled from the mid oughties, but anytime Missy — the most audacious, ambitious and subversive female auteur to ever play pop's game (sorry, Madge) — is back in the studio is a great day on this here Planet Erf. – Jason King Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne, 'Truffle Butter' Alongside the usual suspects, Onika Maraj floats over a hard-hitting, slowed and throwed sample of a deep house track.

Hip-hop artists, please do more of this. – Kiana Fitzgerald Rae Sremmurd, 'This Could Be Us' Atlanta's latest pop weirdos take a trip to the strip club to get over an ex, with predictable — but not entirely succesful — distractions.

– Jacob Ganz Raury, 'Devil's Whisper' A young Atlanta rapper and singer marshals a choir for a forceful lesson about temptation delivered in shouts and stomps. Spacious and extremely musical — and he absolutely torched the Colbert show with it.

– Mark Mobley Rich Homie Quan, 'Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)' 'Flex' is spry and sunshine bright. It's goofy while it wisely plays its position. It is satisfying on every level; it's complete.

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This is why I was late for everything this year. Not turning it off for anybody.

– Frannie Kelley Skepta, 'Shutdown' Songs We Love and it's shutdown. Year-end lists and it's shutdown. Best music of the year in the west hemisphere finally covets grime and it's shutdown. – Otis Hart Tate Kobang, 'Bank Rolls (Remix)' A local hit from 2000 became a viral hit in 2015 when Baltimore's Tate Kobang repurposed Tim Trees' 'Bank Roll' beat for a freestyle ode to his hometown.

– Timmhotep Aku TT the Artist, 'Thug It Out' TT's flavor of club dressed up like a rap tune, all chorus and hook and a breakdown hellbent on escalating that conflict. – Frannie Kelley Two Fresh feat. Towkio & Joey Purp, 'Gettin Throwed' The L.A.

Production twins amassed all of their hip-hop influences and dumped it into this track. From southern slang and 808's to the east-coast perfected drums, it's all there. Towkio and Joey Purp hammer it home with the captivating hook – Bobby Carter Vince Staples, 'Senorita' Beside a triple-time sample of Future's 'Covered N Money,' Vince Staples unpacks his gangland past with portrait-painting slant rhymes that stagger and strike in surges. – Sheldon Pearce YG, 'Twist My Fingaz' YG sounds like the rightful heir to the west coast crown, invoking Andre 3000's declaration of regional worth while cruising on a Terrace Martin-made slab of dark meat funk. – Frannie Kelley Young Thug feat. Birdman, 'Constantly Hating' Pastiche and the way we move now, reinventing the groove and plopping a vocal down right in the middle of where it's been. The beat is objectively, universally lovely and the man who landed it sounds like a happy accident.

– Frannie Kelley. Abhi/Dijon, 'Jon B' Maryland boys kick it on a song that doubles as an ode to a leading lady and a hat-tip to one of '90s R&B's unexpected frontrunners. – Kiana Fitzgerald Alina Baraz & Galimatias, 'Can I' Atop Galimatias' exquisite production, Baraz waxes poetic as she tries to convince a lover to leave their insecurities behind and join her in bliss. – Kiana Fitzgerald Allen Stone, 'Upside' The soul child of Chewelah, Wash. Is at his very best when performing songs like 'Upside.' The downbeat jabs you in the chest and never lets up as Stone submits to the undertow of love.

– Bobby Carter Bilal, 'Satellites' Bilal and Adrian Younge's collaboration is a psychedelic experience led by bass line and church organs. It's hard to not envision people being reinvigorated by experiencing it live. – Erika Ramirez Blended Babies feat. Anderson Paak & Asher Roth, 'Make It Work' The L.A.

Production duo took filtered keys, claps and a velvety bass line and added R&B's man of the moment. Finished with a verse from Asher Roth and Donnie's trumpet, this most definitely works. – Bobby Carter Bryson Tiller, 'Exchange' The rap-leaning R&B vocalist trademarks his brand of trap soul with this slow-winding cut, which distills K.P.

& Envyi's 'Swing My Way' into a smoldering profession of romantic equity. – Sheldon Pearce D'Angelo, 'Betray My Heart' The 2015 single from one of the best albums of 2014. Hopefully we won't have to wait another 14 years for more D'Angelo. – Jody Denberg, KUTX Disclosure, 'Moving Mountains' A welcome deviation from Disclosure's up-tempo electronic roots, this foggy composition creates perfect space for Brendan Reilly's subtle harmonies. – Bobby Carter Erykah Badu, 'Cel U Lar Device' We'll never know the true story of how or why Cerebellum Annie got in on the 'Bling' 'phenomenon.' I like to think it was Drizzy's big payback — because she 'doesn't really answer voicemail.'

– Piotr Orlov Erykah Badu feat. Andre 3000, 'Hello' A duet decades in the making brings together former lovers for a sweet meditation on romance in the digital age and the timeless complexities of love.

– Timmhotep Aku Eska, 'Shades of Blue' An enchanting amalgam of soul, psych and pop, Eska's 'Shades of Blue' summons the divine spirit of Minnie Riperton's 'Come to My Garden.' – Ally Schweitzer, WAMU's Bandwidth Hiatus Kaiyote, 'Breathing Underwater' This year, Nai Palm and the crew released Choose Your Weapon, their best offering thus far.

On 'Breathing Underwater,' they held back on the technical acrobatics and returned to the irresistible groove. – Bobby Carter India Shawn & James Fauntleroy, 'One Sun' On one of few highlights from its Outer Limits EP, the duo, accompanied by tender bongo taps and a lightly distorted bass guitar, create the perfect ditty for a Saturday afternoon joy ride. – Bobby Carter The Internet feat. Kaytranada, 'Girl' If you've never heard an Internet song before, now's the time.

Between the lyrics (sung from one girl to another) and the assist from Kaytranada, you can't go wrong. – Kiana Fitzgerald Jamie Woon, 'Sharpness' This is how you mark a return from obscurity.

Producer (and NPR favorite for his work with Rhye and Quadron) Robin Hannibal provides the most fitting soundscape for Woon's steady falsetto. – Bobby Carter Janet Jackson, 'Night' Producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Janet —the most enduring three-way marriage in musical history — have been flirting with house beats since at least 1993's 'Throb.' 'Night' might be no more than a sinuous and sexy album cut, but it rides high on that Minneapolis-inspired breakdown. – Jason King Judith Hill, 'As Trains Go By' This unexpected Ferguson-themed protest funkfest from the 20 Feet From Stardom star's brilliant Prince produced album Back in Time is what it would sound like if Natalie Cole, Betty Davis and Sly Stewart got together one night for a wild jam session. – Jason King Kelela, 'Rewind' The illimitable singer forgoes her usual laid-back sound by drenching herself in old-school Miami bounce vibes that would have been more than welcome at Freaknik '96. – Kiana Fitzgerald Lizzo, 'My Skin' Feminists have long understood that the personal is political; with 'My Skin,' Lizzo captures the pain and poignance of the Black Lives Matter movement with a candid, moving and deeply personal ballad about her own experiences as an African-American woman.

– Andrea Swensson, The Current Mack Wilds, 'Bonnie & Clyde' The actor-turned-singer slices through a sparse soundscape of 'oohs' and 'aahs' as he paints a picture of infidelity and the complications that come with it. – Kiana Fitzgerald Mavis Staples, 'Fight' Staples' social conscience is as boldly articulated as ever, as the title suggests, and she's lost none of her charm or charisma. – Stephen Thompson Miguel, 'coffee' Miguel is by turns epic and intimate, sexy and innocent in this near-perfect love song. – Amelia Mason, WBUR's The Artery Mizan, 'Looking For' This Ethiopian-American soul auteur rocks a contemplative vibe, but the Cameo bassline in this new-relationship jam shows that she can shake off her doubts and get down. – Ann Powers Phony Ppl, 'helGa' An expansive and engrossing quasi-dedication to the misunderstood antagonist of the criminally underrated Nickelodeon show, Hey Arnold. – Kiana Fitzgerald Prince, 'Baltimore' The Purple One's tribute to Freddie Gray fits right into the last half-century's tradition of protest music even as it feels particularly immediate this year.

– Rachel Horn SiR, 'Love You' 'Love You' is all about mood. On top of trippy production, SiR's velvety vocals and songwriting is pure seduction: 'I'm here for you. I'm just here to love you, baby.' – Erika Ramirez Son Little, 'O Mother' Have your heart broken by the soulful Philly singer-songwriter's gritty, aching callback to 'Inner City Blues.'

– Rachel Horn Thundercat, 'Them Changes' One of the most devastating songs of 2015, without a doubt. If the fusion of funk and jazz isn't enough, add Thundercat's beautiful bass and the heart stopping lyric, 'Nobody move there's blood on the floor and I can't find my heart.,' and you won't be able to pull yourself off the floor, either. – Anne Litt, KCRW Tink, 'I Like' Most of us know that Tink can sing and rap, sometimes even at the same time. But every now and again, it's good to hear the girl just lay it down vocally. – Kiana Fitzgerald Tuxedo, 'Number One' L.A. Soulster Mayer Hawthorne and Seattle producer Jake One pay tribute to the Dogg Pound — and the sun and fun of L.A.

— on this windows-down funk jam. – Ann Powers Ty Dolla $ign feat. Big TC and D-Loc, 'Miracle/Wherever' Ty, cologne in human form, recruits his incarcerated brother for the front half, a song about learning the hard way, and unleashes his dirty angel of a falsetto on the second, a song about being stuck off the realness. – Frannie Kelley Tyrese, 'Shame' Black Ty channels his inner Teddy and Marvin to deliver what he calls 'his most transparent song to date.' – Bobby Carter. A-WA, 'Habib Galbi' A super-catchy song fusing folk and electronic, sung in Arabic, from a trio of Yemenite Israeli sisters. Seek out the epic visuals in the video.

(A combination tarboosh/snapback cap? Yes, please!) – Anastasia Tsioulcas Angela Hunte & Machel Montano, 'Party Done' Who would have guessed that the Soca smash of the year would be by the same woman who co-wrote 'Empire State Of Mind?' – Otis Hart Ceza, 'Suspus' The dimly lit song might be called 'Speechless' (Suspus) but the Turkish rap star has a lot to say, ranging from social polarization and uprisings to the state of rap music today.

– Tom Huizenga EEK (Islam Chipsy), 'Trinity' If you always suspected that the real genius in Omar Souleyman's band is actually his keyboardist, then you've next got to turn to Cairo's keyboard wizard, Islam Chipsy, and his band's solid wall of frenzied sound. – Anastasia Tsioulcas Jayme Stone, 'Shenandoah' Kasse Mady Diabate, 'Simbo' Mali's supreme singer is a griot with gravitas — and five decades of experience.

In an intimate, chamber music setting, he compares the great hunter Simbo to the all-seeing kingfisher bird. – Tom Huizenga Lim Kim, 'Awoo' The onamonapiac feline hook in the K-pop singer's 'Awoo' would be pure kitch were it not for its playfully weird production. Oh, and you should really watch the video. – Lars Gotrich Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force feat.

Mbene Diatta Seck, 'Yermande (Kick & Bass Mix)' The former member of Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound dubs out some excellent Senegalese mbalax. – Otis Hart Mbongwana Star feat.

1, 'Malukayi' The ideal soundtrack for a spaceman meandering through the streets of Kinshasa: next-level alienation and sonic disorientation, pure humanity. – Anastasia Tsioulcas Niyaz, 'Tam e Eshq' Inspired by the life and poetry of Rabia Al Basri, the first female Sufi mystic, the Montreal-based band scores with a mesmerizing mix of rapturous vocals and electro-acoustic beats.

– Tom Huizenga Popcaan, 'Unruly Prayer' When the going gets rough, the best you can hope for is a rasta gospel number, and this one delivered so hard one could forgive the Drizzy shout out. 'Tell the devil to keep his diss-tance, yeah.' – Piotr Orlov Saad Lamjarred, 'LM3allem' 215 million YouTube views and counting for Moroccan pop superstar Saad Lamjarred. The eye-poppingly fresh video (with costumes designed by artist Hassan Hajjaj) matches the stylistically polyglot electro/Arab pop/hip-hop track. – Anastasia Tsioulcas Seckou Keita, 'The Path from Gabou' The Sengalese kora player can cast a spell with the best of them. – Otis Hart Tal National, 'Zoy Zoy' Niger's biggest — and tightest — band layers rhythm upon rhythm with sparkling guitars and joyful vocals. – Anastasia Tsioulcas Xaos, 'Pontos Blues' A gloriously moody debut from Xaos that sounds both very ancient – packed with references to Greek folk tradition and American blues – and very new, with its layers of spacious and atmospheric electronics.

– Anastasia Tsioulcas. Anna Von Hausswolff, 'Come Wander With Me/Deliverance' Recorded on one of the largest pipe organs in Scandinavia, this is a monstrous beauty about a desperate and dangerous love. – Lars Gotrich Baroness, 'Chlorine & Wine' The Dave Fridmann-produced 'Chlorine & Wine,' from the first album after Baroness' horrifying 2012 bus accident, is as much about healing as it is about resilience.

– Lars Gotrich Bosse-de-Nage, 'A Subtle Change' The Bay Area black metal band upends savagery and accessibility with hints of pop-punk and screamo. – Lars Gotrich Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, 'Unnamed' A rumbling, catholic piece of metal that crunches, chants and howls. An incredible return for the Seattle mainstay Tad Doyle. – Lars Gotrich Chelsea Wolfe, 'Carrion Flowers' The LA-based shapeshifter delivers dark, twisted ruminations on a haunted life. Doom metal never sounded so brutal or gorgeous. – Robin Hilton Crypt Sermon, 'Will of the Ancient Call' Majestic doom metal in the spirit of Candlemass and Dio-era Black Sabbath that doesn't mind getting a little dirty. – Lars Gotrich Dead to a Dying World, 'The Hunt Eternal' Over 17 minutes, the Dallas seven-piece alternates between blast-beaten violence and majestic ruin, with help from members of Baroness, Pallbearer and Sabbath Assembly.

– Lars Gotrich Deafheaven, 'Gifts for the Earth' This is Deafheaven at its most exploratory, throwing its gauzy and metallic sonics to the wind with a melody inspired by Oasis. – Lars Gotrich Faith No More, 'Cone of Shame' Has there ever been a heavy metal song with finger snaps? Only the return of Faith No More could have guaranteed this kind of suave and haunting weirdness in 2015.

– Lars Gotrich High On Fire, 'The Black Plot' All hail Matt Pike's glorious, buzzsaw guitar tone and reptoid croak that fuel this barricade-shaking rampager. – Lars Gotrich Horrendous, 'Ozymandias' Gotta love a death metal band that names a melodically wild track for a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem about dead idols, scraping away of the decay and making way for the new.

– Lars Gotrich Iron Maiden, 'The Book of Souls' Lest we ever take Iron Maiden's reign for granted, 2015 gave us the band's most exhilarating album in a decade, including the theatrical title track. Up the irons! – Lars Gotrich Khemmis, 'The Bereaved' This is fuzzy and doomy and wizard-y metal, with a high, wailing voice that grips the heavens over Iron Maiden-like twin leads. – Lars Gotrich Kowloon Walled City, 'Backlit' There is defeat and then there is the heaving, rattling mass of sadness left by Kowloon Walled City. – Lars Gotrich Lightning Bolt, 'The Metal East' Wound up and wired, and making mischief of one kind or another for two decades. They'll eat you up. – Jacob Ganz Red Death, 'Strategic Mass Delirium' You have 50 seconds to psych yourself up before the D.C.

Thrashy hardcore band takes a gigantic swing and you're knocked the hell out. – Lars Gotrich Royal Thunder, 'Time Machine' A patient, methodical account of a love dismembered. 'Relax,' Mlny Parsonz sings, wounds still fresh. 'It's gonna fade.' – Jacob Ganz Satan, 'The Devil's Infantry' All hail Satan (the band) and its army of classic and wild heavy metal that never goes out of style. – Lars Gotrich Super Unison, 'Recognize You' High velocity punk that ain't afraid to shake a tail feather.

– Lars Gotrich Tribulation, 'In The Dreams Of The Dead' The Swedish death metal band has come a long way from its debut, conjuring something far more cosmic and flamboyant that plays with tone and atmosphere. – Lars Gotrich VHOL, 'The Desolate Damned' What a time to be alive, ripping into the inter-dimensional vortex and discovering VHOL's psychedelic thrash bending our brains to its orbit. – Lars Gotrich Visigoth, 'The Revenant King' You've rolled a critical hit! The Salt Lake City power-metal band gives table crusaders the anthem they so desperately need. – Lars Gotrich.