Kevin (of ybnbo fame) lists his favorite songs of 2024
I can’t write anything about this list because it’s apparently too long for email.
Happy New Year. Substack won’t let me add more to this email because it’s too long, but just know I spent a lot of time thinking about and ranking these songs.
kev’s fav Songs 2k24, ranked
Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us” (Note: “Hey Now” ft. Dody6 is my favorite off GNX.)
Playboi Carti - “H00DBYAIR”
El Cousteau - “Words2LiveBy” ft. Earl Sweatshirt (Note: If you didn’t see this coming, I don’t know what to tell you.)
Cash Cobain x Bay Swag - “Fisherrr (Remix)” ft. Ice Spice
Charli XCX - “Von Dutch” (Note: I am aware “365” goes harder.)
Niontay - “Vice Grip”
Mannequin Pussy - “Loud Bark”
Beyonce - “16 Carriages”
Schoolboy Q - “THank god 4 me”
MIKE - “Pieces Of A Dream”
Rema - “OZEBA”
41 - “Chill Guy”
SZA - “No More Hiding”
Tinashe - “Nasty”
Mach-Hommy & KAYTRANADA - “#RICHAXXHAITIAN” ft. 03 Greedo
TisaKorean - “Money Happiness”
Chief Keef - “Believe” (Note: Chief Keef at his most introspective. Runner-up: “Neph Nem” ft. Ballout & G Herbo or 90% of Dirty Nachos. The former ripped my eardrums apart and the latter, while not as strong an album as Almighty So 2, never left my peripheral. Keef had a great year.)
gum.mp3 - “Spacey”
Young Nudy - “John Wayne”
Maxo Kream - “Eye Know”
YHWH Nailgun - “Penetrator”
Ka - “True Holy Water”
Vegyn - “A Dream Goes On Forever” ft. John Glacier
Mount Kimbie - “Fishbrain”
NxWorries - “86Sentra”
Mavi - “Drunk Prayer”
Geordie Greep - “Holy, Holy”
Rio Da Yung OG - “Rio Free”
Future - “PLUTOSKI”
King Krule - “Time For Slurp”
Armand Hammer - “Doves” ft. Benjamin Booker
Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - “Formal Invite”
Chat Pile - “I Am Dog Now”
Kamasi Washington - “Prologue”
E L U C I D - “IKEBANA”
Tyler, the Creator - “St. Chroma” (Note: I love this opener but must admit: I feel like I’ve already heard this trick by way of Chance the Rapper/Kanye West. However, here lies a difference between Gospel-informed and Gospel-inspired.)
SahBabii - “Viking”
Chance the Rapper - “Stars Out”
HiTech - "SPANK!" ft. GDMRW
GloRilla - “Yeah Glo!”
454 - “Duck Duck Goose”
Babytron - “Lame Asf”
Allen Thomas - “juvie flow .”
Enumclaw - “This Light Of Mine”
Latto - “Sunday Service (Remix)” ft. Megan Thee Stallion & Flo Milli
Ab-Soul - “Crazier” ft. J.I.D.
Rx Papi - “I Wud If I Cud But I Can’t So I Ain’t“
Yaeji - “booboo”
LAZER DIM 700 - “Horseplaying”
Pissed Jeans - “Everywhere Is Bad”
Baby Osama - “I Don’t Mean It”
Spirit of the Beehive - “Let the Virgin Drive”
Cindy Lee - “Kingdom Come”
DJ Cheesepizza - “I Want You To Hit Em” ft. Yung Skrrt
CoffeeBlack & Wan Go - “Scoring”
Ravyn Lenae - “Love Is Blind”
Smino - “Maybe In Nirvana”
Jerry Paper - “Everything Angel”
J.U.S. & Squadda B. - “Don’t Do Drugs”
Key Glock & Young Dolph - “Let’s Go (Remix)”
ICYTWAT - “Annoyed”
Navy Blue - “Take Heed”
St. Vincent - “Broken Man” (Note: If you told me Josh Homme produced this, I’d believe you.)
Chappell Roan - “Good Luck, Babe!”
YN Jay - “Flint Stones” ft. RMC Mike, Louie Ray, YSR Gramz, GrindHard E, BFB Da Packman, KrispyLife Kidd, Babyfxce E
Karrahbooo - “SBM”
Bruiser Wolf - “Holla At Ya Mans”
WiFiGawd & Venice - “MCI Center”
Yaya Bey - “Chasing the Bus”
A.G. Cook - “Britpop”
Babyfather & evilgiane - “Bluey Vuitton”
Standing on the Corner - “Ghost Friend 6★”
Lip Critic - “The Heart”
Tierra Whack - “Ms. Behave”
Tommy Richmann - “Million Dollar Baby”
Idles - “Dancer” ft. LCD Soundsystem
Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - “Street Magic”
Danny Brown - “Cheaters”
Vince Staples - “Little Homies”
Doechii - “Boiled Peanuts”
Y$ - “Carnival” ft. Playboi Carti & Rich the Kid
Peggy Gou - “1+1=11”
CEO Trayle - “Drake Verse”
Tems - “Wickedest”
Liv.e - “Maybe It’s Time”
Heems & Lapgan - “Accent” ft. Saul Williams
Cordae - “Saturday Mornings” ft. Lil Wayne
Cavalier & Quelle Chris - “Shining Brighter” ft. Pink Siifu and Denmark Vessey
Shinichiro Yokota - "Yoyogi No Koi" ft. AKOSIA
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Brutalizer"
JPEGMAFIA - “JPEGULTRA!” ft. Denzel Curry
RXKNephew - “3 Dollar Beat”
Body Meat - “High Beams”
xaviersobased - “love hate”
R.A.P. Ferreira - "up-to-date mythology"
Young Thug - “First Day Out”
Kasher Quon - “Lil Baby”
Lupe Fiasco - “Samurai”
Knocked Loose - "Suffocate" ft. Poppy
Denzel Curry - "Still In The Paint" ft. LAZER DIM 700 & Bktherula