getting closer to the ultimate reveal...
21. JJ (Priests):
ladies and gentlemen, I present that voice, Katy Alice Greer...22. Nuh Skylarking (Keznamdi):
every Jamaican knows what this is about.23. Boy Problems (Carly Rae Jepsen):
the hidden hand here is Sia but Jepsen coos the shyt out of this track!24. Collected Views From Dinner (Kilo Kish):
quite the feat of presenting real thoughts from your dinner guests.25. Don’t Make Me Wait (Emma Pollock):
impatient pop/rock. 26. No Care (Daughter):
last call recollections.27. Untitled 02(Kendrick Lamar):
if this is what a demo, un-selected track from Kendrick sounds like then damn!28. A Hundred Ropes (Minor Victories):
bringing back 1980s synths and cold vocal work.29. Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (David Bowie):
some times the second takes in life are better. Originally recorded in 2014 for another album, Bowie re-recorded it and this new jazzy syntax running through its DNA courtesy of Donny McCaslin is LIFE! 30. Hello (Erykah Badu feat Andre 3000):
a better, blacker spin on what Adele sought to achieve on her song.31. Dopamine (DIIV):
this is the poppy flower shoegaze that Beach House has been failing to produce a for a while now! 32. Giving Bad People Good Ideas (Death Grips):
the contrast of the soft chorus and hard, metal quash of everything else works splendidly. 33. Filaments (Shearwater):
Meiburg will never shake the Bowie tag but this year that's more poignant than ever and "Filaments" is his best homage yet. 34. Liquid Gate (Cavern Of Anti-Matter feat. Bradford Cox):
aptly-titled, the prodigious talent of Cox gets the full treatment.35. Beggin’ And Pleadin’ (Brandy):
blast from the past, Brandy samples John Lee Hooker's song "Boom Boom" and creates a soul masterpiece in the process.36. Ultralight Beam (Kanye West feat. Kirk Frankin, Kelly Price, Chance the Rapper & The Dream):
despite all the controversy this year, its not for nothing that Kanye starts off his latest album with contrition--removing himself for large parts of "Ultralight Beam", allowing his guest stars to shine and its a brilliant effect.37. Freedom(Beyonce feat. Kendrick Lamar):
contains a plethora of samples but once the organ trips in and Knowles gets into the chorus, all that strips away into something totally original.38. Your Prime (Anderson .Paak):
the new theme song for all those sugar daddies out there trying to put their young girlfriends through college.39. Ain’t It Funny (Danny Brown):
that maddening production contains elements from "Wervin'" performed by Nick Mason but it fits in snugly into this new alien-esque Danny.40. Close To You (Frank Ocean):
it's too short but Ocean channels his inner D'angelo but still manages to make it his own, in that pensive sad aesthetic that he's perfected. 
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