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David Drake's Top 50 Songs, 2010

1. Husalah - You Neva Know
2. The Fives - It's What You Do (The Finest By Far)
3. The Jacka & Laroo - Don't Be Scared feat. Matt Blaque
4. Lil Boosie - Top To The Bottom
5. Max B - Where Do I Go
6. Lloyd - Lay It Down
7. Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza
8. Jamie Woon - Night Air (Unofficial pre-sample clearance)
9. Young Humma - Lemme Smang It feat. Flynt Flossy
10. Active Child - When Your Love Is Safe (Classixx Remix)
11. Groove Armada - Paper Romance
12. Erykah Badu - Window Seat
13. Underworld - Scribble
14. Gucci Mane - Everybody Lookin
15. New Edition - Once In A Lifetime Groove (Marcos Cabral & Shux Edit)
16. Waka Flock Flame - Grove St Party
17. Webbie - My People
18. Alley Boy - Play Your Position feat. Eldorado Red
19. Diddy-Dirty Money - Ass On The Floor
20. Gucci Mane - What It's Gonna Be
21. Sade - Skin
22. El Debarge - Lay With You feat. Faith Evans
23. The Jacka - We Mafia feat. Young Lott
24. Roll Deep - Green Light (Ill Blu Remix)
25. E-40 - He's A Gangsta feat. Messy Marv, The Jacka and Kaveo
26. Tensnake - Coma Cat
27. Meek Mill - Gasoline feat. Chic Raw
28. Messy Marv - Motorbike
29. Juju & Jordash - Tattoo's Island
30. Hot Toddy - Down To Love
31. Kris Menace - Walking On the Moon feat. Emil
32. Lee Foss - U Got Me
33. Lil Rue – Struggle feat. The Jacka, Fed-X, T-Wayne and Young Lox
34. Rich Boy - Go Crazy feat. Yelawolf
35. Tyga - Like Me
36. Black Van - Yearning
37. Juicy J - Break It Down feat. Project Pat
38. Lil Rue - Push It
39. Rick Ross - Super High Remix feat. Ne-Yo, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y
40. Wiz Khalifa - Mesmerized
41. HD and Lil Blood - The 4th Quarter
42. Alex Smith - Here With Me feat. Diviniti
43. J. Stalin & Lil Kev - One Reason
44. LEP Bogus Boys - Ginger
45. Holy Ghost! - Static On The Wire
46. Krypto - Who Is That feat. Husalah
47. Husalah - Money On My Mind feat. Keak Da Sneak and D-Lo
48. Gyptian - Hold Yuh
49. N10-Tainment feat. Ruth - I Pray
50. Dru Down - Hello, Hello, Hello feat. The Jacka

David Drake's Top 20 LPs, 2010

1. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin: Day Shift / Night Shift
2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
3. The Jacka & Laroo - Neva Be The Same: 20 Bricks Season 1
4. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
5. Hot Toddy - Late Night Boogie
6. Curren$y - Pilot Talk II
7. Underworld - BBC Essential Mix at Privilege, Ibiza
8. Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection
9. Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train to Paris
10. Roach Gigz - Roachy Balboa
11. NhT Boyz - Power Triangle
12. R Kelly - Love Letter
13. Wooh Da Kid - Blackout
14. Ariel Pink - Before Today
15. The Chemical Brothers - Further
16. J. Stalin - The Prenuptial Agreement
17. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
18. Fantasia - Back To Me
19. Twista - The Perfect Storm
20. The-Dream - Love King

in no order

1. max b - quarantine / coke wave / gain greene mixtapes

2. the jacka / husalah - animal planet

3. woo - into the heart of love

4. arto lindsay - salt

5. ralfi pagan - legend

6. batteaux - batteaux

7. joni mitchell - court & spark

8. mitchy slick - triggeration station

9. mr. x - mr. x

10. way of the west - collection

i think most of these were discovered in the last 12. A few I might have checked in 2009 but really played out this year.

Tracks

1 Husalah - You Neva Know (Sample source: here)
2 The Jacka and Laroo - Don't Be Scared feat. Matt Blaque (Eatin lobster and angel hair)
3 Waka Flocka Flame - Grove St Party
4 Lil Boosie - Top to the Bottom
5 Gucci Mane - Everybody Lookin
6 Max B - Where Do I Go (Video debuted 2010)
7 Young Humma feat. Flynt Flossy - Lemme Smang It
8 Alley Boy - Play Your Position feat. Eldorado Red (No video??)
9 E-40 - Hes A Gangsta feat. Messy Marv, The Jacka, Kaveo (Video version misses Mess)
10 Webbie - My People (No video??)
11 DJ Kay Slay - 60 Second Assassins feat. Busta Rhymes, Layzie Bone, Twista & Jaz-O
12 The Jacka - We Mafia feat. Young Lott (Might be #1 if not for Lott)
13 Meek Mill - Gasoline feat. Chic Raw
14 Diddy - Hello Good Morning feat. T.I. and Rick Ross (How does one stuff money through the valve of an air mattress?)
15 Lil Rue - Struggle feat. The Jacka, Fed-X, T-Wayne and Young Lox (Video coming soon!)
16 Juicy J - Break It Down feat. Project Pat (This song 'gets' lust)
17 HD - The 4th Quarter feat. Lil Blood
18 Gucci Mane - It's Alive (Watch the crowd divide)
19 Rick Ross - Super High Remix feat. Ne-Yo, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y
20 Wooh da Kid - Body Bag feat. Waka Flocka Flame & Bo Deal
21 Tyga - Like Me
22 Rich Boy feat. Yelawolf - Go Crazy (Jim Jonsin dropped a great beat & Yela actually kills it)
23 Naughty by Nature - I Gotta Lotta (Sen Dog - "Capo" award for bringing it after the sell-by date)
24 Husalah - Money On My Mind feat. Keak Da Sneak and D-Lo (Credit to D-Lo for managing to upstage Hus)
25 Messy Marv - Motorbike
26 DJ Crazy Toones & W.C. - Frontline
27 Philthy Rich - So Much Pain feat. Rydah J. Klyde, Stevie Joe & Matt Blaque (Pac tributes should be legally required to include Rydah & Matt Blaque)
28 Beeda Weeda - Baserock Babies (Uniquely retro)
29 Cypress Hill - Armada Latina feat. Pitbull and Marc Anthony (If you cant fuck with CSNY samples I cant fuck with you)
30 Lil Rue - Push It (A hit in a just world)
31 Big K.R.I.T. - Children of the World
32 Gucci Mane - What It's Gonna Be (What it ain't gonna be?)
33 Yo Gotti - Rico
34 Keak da Sneak - Cop Heavy (DJ Fresh is underrepresented on this list)
35 Sean Garrett feat. Tyga and Gucci Mane - She Geeked (So, because censors cant figure out what Gucci's saying they just bleep out random words like "creatures" now?)
36 AZ - Nothing Move feat. June Summers
37 Spice 1 - AK AK Loaded feat. OJ Da Juiceman
38 J Stalin - Don't Front
39 Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow
40 Gucci Mane - Long Money (What else do I have to say)
41 L.E.$. - Keep It Playa feat. Big K.R.I.T. and Mookie Jones (It's too bad dude's raps are so boring cuz he picks better beats than anyone doing this post-Wiz/Curren$y style right now)
42 Yung L.A. - I Deserve This feat. Young Dro & Mac Boney (Concept is lol)
43 Gone In Alabama - Swag On Full feat. Clova & Jackie Chain (Classic Block Beattaz sound but why does the tape itself have no bass?)
44 LEP Bogus Boys - Going In For The Kill
45 Husalah - Choppas Out (This song is secretly super-weird)
46 Shake da Mayor - Street Life feat. Jacka and Scoot
47 Cousin Fik - Kaboom
48 Danny Brown - The Greatest Rapper Ever
49 Andre Nickatina - 1 Flight
50 Ski Beatz - Cream of The Planet (Most definitely)

Albums
1 E-40: Revenue Retrievin
2 The Jacka and Laroo: Neva Be The Same (20 Bricks - Season One)
3 Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli
4 Curren$y: Pilot Talk II
5 Gucci Mane: Jewelry Selection
6 Wooh da Kid: Blackout
7 Roach Gigz: Roachy Balboa
8 J. Stalin: Prenuptial Agreement
9 Nhtz Boyz: Power Triangle
10 Tum Tum: Purp Kobain
11 Twista: The Perfect Storm
12 Fat Joe: The Darkside Vol. 1
13 Roc Marciano: Marcberg
14 Pimp C: The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones
15 Big K.R.I.T.: K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
16 Danny Brown: The Hybrid
17 Ampichino & The Jacka: Devilz Rejectz 2
18 French Montana: Coke Boys
19 DaVinci: The Day the Turf Stood Still
20 Yo Gotti: Cocaine Muzik 5