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As 2016 draws to a close you know we had to end the year by highlighting the best songs of 2016. As you’ve come to expect, this year’s list contains a broad array of musical styles and genres. We’ve got everything from ignorant turn-up bangers to though-provoking, socially conscious hip hop and everything in between. The countdown kicks off today with…

Happy Friday y’all! With winter in full effect, we’re bringing you some new heat for the end of the week. This weeks playlist includes 23 fire tracks. There’s almost too much to list, but we got bangers from Pham, High Klassified, A-Trak, Promnite, JAUZ and more! Check it out below,

In case you’ve been sleeping, PURGE have been taking over the back end of 2016. After bursting onto the scene with their incredible debut Feel Your Love EP, they proved their consistency with singles ‘Die Tonight,’ ‘HEART,’ and ‘Holding On’. In just a few months they’ve gone from unknowns, to one of the most promising production duos out. Their ability to…

Lil Texas has been on a hot streak as of late, starting with ‘Without You’ and keeping it going with his rework of ‘Shadow Dancing’. Texas proves he’s still cooking up heat with his latest release ‘Private Yacht’. Connecting with Yung Satan, the two craft a dream club record that exudes decadence. This is hazy memories of two-stepping through kush…

Milwaukee producer, Chris Siegel, has been a favourite of ours for a minute. Ever since he made waves with ‘Jersey,’ we’ve been keeping a keen ear out for his tunes. Today Chris reconnects with Siren (‘This Is How’) for a rework of Chance The Rapper’s ‘Fuck You Tahm Bout’. Sonically the rework is a complete 180. In place of the…

As UZ gears up for the release of his Magellan Remix EP, he just let off another rework to build some hype. Newcomer UNKWN absolutely slaughters ‘Cavern.’ It’s the type of track that knocks you over, makes you stop whatever it is you’re doing and simply marvel at its exceptionability. Even with the “turn up when the bass drop” vocal…

Since re-branding from XVII to Vincent, the LA producer’s sound has moved away from the heavy trap influence he built his name upon, to a more emotional and moving direction. With the release of ‘Alpha,’ Vincent finds the perfect sweet spot between his early sound and his new direction. From the intro you’d expect a more downtempo and moving affair.…

Capping off Joyryde’s stellar breakout year comes a killer new collab with Freddie Gibbs. ‘Damn’ sees Gibbs ducking and weaving all over the delightfully off-kilter beat. Gibbs’ raw bars compliment the bouncey bubblin’ sound exceptionally. Adding some extra oomph come brass-heavy drops wrapped with Joyryde’s signature controlled chaos. ‘Damn’ is one of Joyryde’s most unorthodox productions to date and we can’t…

Coming out of The Hague, NL, Türküm is a producer looking to make some major noise. He recently caught our ear with the Elysian backed ‘Eradicate’ and today the producer returns with the moving new single ‘Things I Do’. Built around some strong vocals, Türküm loops, pitches and bends them while the beat builds. It drops off into a future…

Rookie producer, Hekler has just exploded onto the scene with a pyrotechnic laden production. ‘Ultimate’ is all kinds of evil, utilizing machine gun synth riffs and warbling dub bass. It’s easy to envision things getting rachet when it comes on in the club, as the intensity increases with each successive stabbing slap of the doom inducing bass drum. Rife with…