best of MP2K's Best of 2022 | #1 song revealed *new update 1/12*

[MP2K]

 

Welcome! Last year, I was a bit dramatic and thought I was done with 'Best of' but somehow I've built some motivation to stay committed. Work and life has been kicking my ******* ass all year - I'm sure you all can relate. This is tedious work to do but it's one of those traditions on this ran down board that still brings me join. So let's go!
 

Music is 2022: I'm not saying she will be number one, but I'm saying Beyoncé ruined music by putting narcotics in that damn album. There was nothing leading up to and after this release that has kept me glued to a project. There's so many folx I haven't gotten to. So for this countdown I'm literally STRETCHING, REACHING, anything I can find. I'm talking 3 play counts are about to make my top 20 and I'm gonna have to sabotage some Rena' tracks to be fair. Fun.

 

Top 200 Songs

Top Albums

Worst of the Year

Your Picks - As I am checking out your countdowns daily, I will be sharing which new discoveries I will be playlisting.

Top '23 Rising - As 2022 is closing out I'll be sharing the top 23 late bloomers and new discoveries in real time that didn't make the cut but have a shot in 2023 (because I literally have no real tracking period).

Top 50 Throwbacks - Ranking of my most played pre-2021 songs played in 2022 with the help of my last.fm

 

Previous Years #1s:

2009: Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" · 2010: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round" · 2011: Beyonce, “Countdown” · 2012: Miguel, “Adorn” · 2013: Disclosure, "White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)" · 2014: FKA Twigs, “Two Weeks” · 2015: Tame Impala, "Let It Happen" · 2016: The 1975, “Somebody Else” · 2017: Sampha, “Plastic 100’C” · 2018: Ravyn Lenae, “Sticky” · 2019: FKA Twigs, “Cellophane” · 2020: Chloe x Halle, “Forgive Me” · 2021: Cosha, “No Kink in the Wire” · 2022: TBD

Edited January 24, 2023 by MP2K

[MP2K]

--Reserved--

 

TOP 200 SONGS

 

 

200. Jamie xx – LET’S DO IT AGAIN

199. KAINA – Apple 

198. Beach Bunny – Fire Escape

197. Oliver Sim – Fruit

196. Cate Le Bon – Harbour

195. Magdalena Bay – Unconditional

194. Connie Constance – Mood Hoover

193. Cavetown - Fall In Love With A Girl (feat. Beabadoobee)

192. George Ezra - Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)

191. Alvvays – After The Earthquake

190. Mura Masa - bbycakes (with Lil Uzi Vert & PinkPantheress)

189. Duckwrth – Power Power (feat. Shaun Ross)

188. Kimbra – replay!

187. Disclosure – Waterfall (feat. RAYE)

186. Amber Mark - Bliss

185. Rema – Calm Down (with Selena Gomez)

184. Steve Lacy – Static

183. Florence + The Machine – King

182. Broken Bells – Saturdays

181. Bjork – Fossora

180. Yeule – Bites on My Neck

179. MorMor – Seasons Change

178. Lauv – Kids Are Born Stars

177. Charlie Puth – Left and Right (feat. Jung Kook)

176. Shygirl – Shlut

175. Paramore – This Is Why

174. Blxst – Sometimes (feat. Zacari)

173. Jim-E Stack & Lucky Daye – Next To Me

172. Momma - Speeding 72

171. Flume - Say Nothing (feat. MAY-A)

170. Tyga – Freaky Deaky (feat. Doja Cat)

169. City Girls - Top Notch (feat. Fivio Foreign)

168. Dehd – Bad Love

167. Let’s Eat Grandma – Levitation

166. Tove Lo – Grapefruit

165. Doja Cat – Vegas

164. King Princess – Let Us Die

163. The 1975 – Oh Caroline

162. Mt. Joy – Orange Blood

161. Tame Impala – The Boat I Row

160. Arcade Fire - The Lightning II

159. Troye Sivan – Angel Baby

158. Yves Tumor – God is a Circle

157. Sky Ferreira – Don’t Forget

156. Tove Lo - How Long

155. Calvin Harris - Stay with Me (with Justin Timberlake, Halsey)

154. MUNA – Kind of Girl

153. Orville Peck – C’mon Baby. Cry

152. Dehd – Window

151. Spoon - Wild

150. Momma – Medicine

149. Broken Bells – Love on the Run

148. Kay Flock - Shake It (feat. Cardi B, Dougie B & Bory300)

147. Nilüfer Yanya – anotherlife

146. Kendrick Lamar – Father Time (feat. Sampha)

145. Ama Lou – Same Old Ways

144. Wet Leg - Wet Dream

143. Beyoncé – ENERGY (feat. Beam)

142. Tiësto – Hot In It (feat. Charli XCX)

141. Magdalena Bay – All You Do

140. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

139. Joji – Die For You

138. Animal Collective – Prester John

137. Lucky Daye - NWA (feat. Lil Durk)

136. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

135. Steve Lacy – Mercury

134. beabadoobee – Talk

133. ROSALÍA – CANDY

132. PinkPantheress - Where you are (feat. WILLOW)

131. Charli XCX – Beg for You (feat. Rina Sawayama)

130. Beyoncé – I’M THAT GIRL

129. 070 Shake – Body (feat. Christine and the Queens)

128. BANKS - Holding Back

127. Tobe Nwigwe - ROUND HERE (PART ONE)

126. SZA – Shirt

125. Yves Tumor - Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them

124. Kendrick Lamar – We Cry Together (feat. Taylour Paige)

123. Joji – Dissolve

122. Brent Faiyaz – PRICE OF FAME

121. MUNA - Anything But Me

120. Omar Apollo – Talk

119. Mitski - Love Me More

118. ScHoolboy Q – Soccer Dad

117. Wet Leg – Ur Mum

116. Kendrick Lamar – Purple Hearts (feat. Ghostface Killah & Summer Walker)

115. Brent Faiyaz – ROLLING STONE

114. Joyce Wrice – Iced Tea (with KAYTRANADA)

113. Coco Jones – ICU

112. Lucky Daye - Feels Like

111. Mitski - Stay Soft

110. Empress Of – Save Me

109. Tinashe – Naturally

108. Kim Petras – XXX

107. Megan Thee Stallion – HER

106. Chlöe - Treat Me

105. Shygirl - Coochie (A Bedtime Story)

104. Charli XCX – Used To Know Me

103. Summer Walker - No Love (with SZA & Cardi B)

102. Vince Staples – LEMONADE (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

101. Robyn - Buffalo Stance (feat. Nenah Cherry & Mapei)

100. Beyoncé – SUMMER RENAISSANCE

99. Shygirl – Firefly

98. Pusha T - Neck & Wrist (feat. JAY-Z & Pharrell William)

97. Charli XCX – Yuck

96. Alex G - Runner

95. Harry Styles – Satellite

94. Ravyn Lenae – Deep In The World

93. FKA twigs - ride the dragon

92. PinkPantheress - Picture In My Mind (feat. Sam Gellaitry)

91. Rina Sawayama – Hold That Girl

90. ROSALÍA – DESPECHÁ

89. FKA twigs - jealousy (feat. rema)

88. BIA - LONDON (feat. J. Cole)

87. Kendrick Lamar - N95

86. Sudan Archives – Home Maker

85. Hatchie – Quicksand

84. Girlpool – Faultline

83. Spoon - My Babe

82. Lucky Daye – Guess

81. Sharon Van Etten – Mistakes

80. carolesdaughter - Target Practice

79. LCD Soundsystem - new body rhumba

78. The 1975 – I’m In Love With You

77. FKA twigs - oh my love

76. Kelela – Happy Ending

75. Diplo – Don’t Forget My Love (feat. Miguel)

74. Charli XCX – Constant Repeat

73. Tinashe - HMU for a Good Time

72. Flo – Not My Job

71. Beyoncé – AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM

 

 

TOP 23 RISING

1. Sabrina Carpenter - nonsense

2. PinkPantheress - Boy's a Liar

3. FLO - Losing You

4. RAYE - Escapism. (feat. 070 Shake)

 

TOP ALBUMS

 

 

RENAISSANCE Beyoncé

THE LEAD FLO

CAPRISONGS FKA Twigs

CRASH Charli XCX
MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar
HYPNOS Ravyn Lenae
WASTELAND Brent Faiyaz
MUNA Muna
CANDYDRIP Lucky Daye
UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
THE FOREVER STORY JID
HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles
PAINLESS Nilüfer Yanya
DIRT FEMME Tove Lo
BAD INFLUENCE  Ojerime
WET LEG Wet Leg
SMITHEREENS Joji
 

 

 

WORST OF THE YEAR

 

Future & Gunna - pushin P (feat. Young Thug)

GAYLE - abcdefu
Cardi B - Hot **** (feat. Kanye West & Lil Durk)
Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl
Machine Gun Kelly - emo girl (feat. WILLOW)
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Ice Spice - Munch (Feelin U) & Bikini Bottom
Kim Petras - Throat Goat
Chris Brown - Iffy
DJ Khaled - Staying Alive
Leah Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You
Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)
Jack Harlow - First Class
Meghan Trainor - Made You Look
Adele - Easy On Me
Giveon's Singles Run
Lil Pump - Mona Lisa
DaBaby's Singles Run
Camila Cabello - Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran)
SZA - S.O.S.
Nicki Minaj - Bussin
Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be
Ed Sheeran - The Joker and the Queen (feat. Taylor Swift)
Imagine Dragons - Enemy (feat. JID & League of Legends)
Drake's Singles Run
Drake - Honestly, Nevermind
Bree Runway - Preasure
Khalid - Satellite

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by MP2K

[Alldeezy]

keen for this

[JGibson]

Cannot wait for these lists. 

[MP2K]

 

Future & Gunna - pushin P (feat. Young Thug)
This just sucks all around, the rapping and structure is off, sounds unfinished and empty. This was somehow one of the best rap songs of the year? Welp, enjoy the jail time Kings.

GAYLE - abcdefu

 

Cardi B - Hot **** (feat. Kanye West & Lil Durk)
Why didn't you drop the album after "Up"? You ruined your momentum.

 

Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl
You ain't off the hook either. We've heard this already. I'm tired.

Machine Gun Kelly - emo girl (feat. WILLOW)

Ed Sheeran - Shivers

 

Kim Petras - Throat Goat
**** Pop needed a title like this, just being on brand alone, but it got too corny with its chorus and effects.

Chris Brown - Iffy

 

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DJ Khaled - Staying Alive
It's DJ Khaled. I don't mean this is his producer tag form. I'm being literal.

Leah Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You

 

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy
This was supposed to be monumental.. and just good. This sounds like a dated 00s R&B track that didn't even make the Limewire charts but in 2022 it blew?

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

 

Bree Runway - Pressure

 

Ice Spice - Munch (Feelin U) & Bikini Bottom

She's from my city, and I get the appeal and I understand the WHY behind it. But no...

Khalid - Satellite

 

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look
Why is she still around? And doing the same kid bopz tunes?

Adele - Easy On Me

Giveon's Singles Run

 

Jack Harlow - First Class (and pretty much his Singles Run)
A very lazy sample, bad and boring chorus, mediocre rapping.

Lil Pump - Mona Lisa

 

DaBaby's Singles Run
Just stop and disapear for a little or forever. I don't care either way.

 

Camila Cabello - Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran)
A squeaking kettle over a washing machine.

Nicki Minaj - Bussin

 

SZA - S.O.S.
I'm extremely disappointed how poorly sequenced this album is and that you have to cherry pick and force yourself to like. She played us forreal.

Ed Sheeran - The Joker and the Queen (feat. Taylor Swift)

Imagine Dragons - Enemy (feat. JID & League of Legends)

 

Drake's Singles Run
Not a single song has done it for me.
Drake - Honestly, Nevermind

Honestly, Drake in general this year besides "Heated"

[JGibson]

Agree with Drake + Lil Pump + Nicki + Cardi + Chris Brown being on the worsts. 

 

My favorite songs I like from this list: abcdefu + Enemy + Easy On Me + The Joker and The Queen + 10 Things I Hate About You + Shivers + emo girl 

[Remmy]

Pushin P, abcdefu, Hot Sh*t, emo girl, Throat Goat, Bam Bam, anything Drake... all very deserved for this list!!!  Nicki has definitely been going downhill but I'm not mad at SFG & Bussin. Shivers, Unholy, Made You Look, The Joker and the Queen, Enemy, Pressure, Satellite aren't great but I can tolerate them. Easy On Me is the only one on here that I'd say 100% shouldn't be here

 

Ready to see what's on the other lists

[Wicked]

Your worst list is on point. Lmfao, I didn't like SOS either

 

As a fellow New Yorker you wanna root for Ice Spice but Munch isn't good, I felt bad about not liking it lmfao.

 

I don't listen to Drake at this point because everything is too predictable and bad, not surprised Honestly 

Nevermind made it here.

 

I feel like Jack Harlow is what you get when you take Drakeisms and remove what makes them apart of Drake's identity. Jack Harlow is basically Rap Muzak to me. Rap elevator music.

 

Can't wait to see the rest.

Edited December 11, 2022 by Wicked

[TheWayWeWere]

I still can't believe Cardi serving Sky Ferreira/SZA realness with her second album  only with bad singles now  

Emo Girl was cutie  

y'all gonna drag me for Bam Bam top 100 placement

not SOS  I still haven't listened to it, but now I'm worried

**** Pop is probably one of the worst thing I ever listened  

[TrueBlood]

A bit said about a few tracks I really like here among the worst ones (Kim Petras, Nicki Minaj, Bree Runway). Totally agree about Drake and Cardi B tho.

[Polgg48]

imo khalid isnt that bad but the rest is unpleasant and smell

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

Unholy, Made You Look & First Class dragging  I really don't get these song's appeal like-

[madonnas]

Oop, I like a few of these songs, but the only ones worth defense really are Bussin & Unholy (maybe Ice Spice too).  Hot Shit was a joke tbh, not in that its really bad but in that it's one of the biggest "thats it?!" moments of the year.

 

I disagree Unholy sounds like late 00s R&B, to me, it sounds like a Rebel Heart demo (compliment).

[TRF.]

honestly seeing myself agreeing with a lot of this list... EXCEPT Ice Spice and SZA  (though I do kinda agree the sequencing is a bit questionable)

[MP2K]

Some Commentary - I do not know how to properly use the quote option still

@Remmy It was a desperate move for Nicki, it worked, but what will it do for the album. I didn't like Bussin but I think the first two singles were still the route to build some momentum.  Oh, and Adele was too formulaic/predictable (I'm sure this is always said). "Oh My God" and "My Little Love" do it for me though.

@Wicked Agree with everything you said, especially the Drake and Jack bit. Don't get me wrong, I was a What's Poppin' fan and had an ounce of hope but naw.

@TheWayWeWere SOS is still worth a listen, there's some gems on there but a good -7 tracks would bump it a few pegs for me. I don't want to discourage you lol.

@Polgg48 I think it's the cringe video that did it for me. Just stiff and threw me off so it turned me off altogether.

@madonnas wait are you talking Madonna's Rebel Heart? I don't really hear that

 

Thanks everyone else.

 

Now... onto my basic/generic Albums list...

 

 

RENAISSANCE Beyoncé
Going to  be honest, "Break My Soul" had me concerned about Bey's direction and if she still had it in her. Renaissance proved a clear transition from the serious topics of her previous works to celebration and joy through disco, house, afrobeats and funk sounds and it all comes off intentional. A great album should also flow and transition well and have no skips - nailed it. She has nothing else to prove, she's executed it all and made a defining musical statement in her 40s. She made it hard for me to get to more albums on my queue still.

 

THE LEAD FLO
A breath of fresh air. Flo has truly set a new standard to how girl groups should sound like and  how skilled, blended and balanced they should be in this new age. While there are clear 90's and 00's R&B influences, I can never really agree with others on the WHO and WHAT they may be influenced by but all that matters is that it's refreshing without sounding dated. All tracks production are so crisp and showcases pure talent.

 

CAPRISONGS FKA Twigs
This is how you dip your toes into mainstream with your "sellout" album without having the hottest pop and hip-hop producers in  the game. The theme this year seems to be "Joy despite your circumstances." There's still a splash of sonic weirdness we know and love, but it's a remarkable change of pace for her. At times less serious, less pretentious, more playfulness, still empowering messages.

 

the others (in no particular order)
CRASH Charli XCX
MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar
HYPNOS Ravyn Lenae
WASTELAND Brent Faiyaz
MUNA Muna
CANDYDRIP Lucky Daye
UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
THE FOREVER STORY JID
HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles
PAINLESS Nilüfer Yanya
DIRT FEMME Tove Lo
BAD INFLUENCE  Ojerime
WET LEG Wet Leg
SMITHEREENS Joji

 

[MP2K]

 

1. Sabrina Carpenter - nonsense
What an ear-worm. We missed Ari this year, this filled the gap a little bit? I hate to force a comparison but that's what caught my attention. Unfortunately, I discovered it too late, so maybe as it continues to grow it'll be on my chart next year. You will see another appearance by Sabrina instead though.

 

 

2. PinkPantheress - Boy's a Liar
We know her songs help stimulate our short attention spans. "Boy's a Liar" is no different, cute drums and beats groove with a sad message and has a bump to it. She's on the journey to crafting standard songs and hits.

 

[TalkThatRihanna]

Not SOS being on the Worst Of list

 

But yes at the FLO stanning  That EP is perfection.

Nonsense is by far the best on that Sabrina project. An Ari “reject” done RIGHT

 

[Sanguine]

Lmaoo I love Throat Goat and Ten Things ngl, but I understand the reasoning for everything there

 

Love much of your albums  Renaissance obviously amazing, FLO too. Caprisongs was a step down for her but had some great tracks. Painless, Hypnos and Wet Leg from the others list  

[Alldeezy]

Beyonce & Flo

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

All the top albums/eps are all so good Also nonsense acclaim

 

 

[TheWayWeWere]

Caprisongs and Renaissance  one of my favorites this year as well

I need to listen FLO asap tbh

Crash and MUNA getting some love

[Wicked]

Honestly, I took you for a Steve Lacy fan, expected Gemini Rights here.

[ARTPØP]

Glad to see Dirt Femme getting a little love on your list 

[BlackoutZone]

I was ready to agree with the worst picks, but damn SZA and Ice Spice  Both ate like.. they gonna click for you eventually idk

 

But the Best projects list is great so I ain't dragging, FLO are indeed a breath of fresh air and I wish them the best

 

[MP2K]

6 hours ago, Wicked said:

Honestly, I took you for a Steve Lacy fan, expected Gemini Rights here.

I am. I just never finished sadly so it wouldn't be fair to rank, same with Omar! But their singles will make appearances.

Edited December 13, 2022 by MP2K