The Top One Percenters Playlist Volume 28

This edition is a little supersized because it's been so long since I've made a playlist. Lot of artists that are new to me/I haven't posted about before (e.g. Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Petras, Lolo Zouaï), regular hitmakers (e.g. Ariana Grande, Sam Smith) artists who are back on the scene after a hiatus and/or music that didn't bop (e.g. Big Sean, French Montana, Iggy Azalea) and artists that are just making great, feel good music (e.g. Burna Boy, Spencer Ludwig, Sofi Tukker). 

As a reminder, the top 29 songs are new, the rest are from previous editions of the playlist. You can find the older playlists here. Take a listen and lmk your thoughts.

The Top One Percenters Playlist Vol 27

It's been a while. Back like I never left. Top One Percenters Playlist Vol 27. 

1. Lizzo - Tempo ft. Missy Elliot
2. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj - Wobble Up ft. G-Eazy
3. Ängie - IDGAF
4. Dangy & Steve Aoki - Hit Your Heart
5. 2 Chainz - NCAA
6. Alison Wonderland - Peace
7. Ark Patrol - Hex
8. Idris Elba - L.U.V
9. Cyn - Terrible Ideas
10. Farai - National Gangstas
11. Gia Woods - Keep On Coming
12. Marina - Superstar
13. Dolapo - Skin
14. Sofi Tukker - Mi Rumba ft. Zhu
15. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
16. Neiked - Une Lettre ft. Ellen Birath

Mavi Phoenix - Prime [Music Video]

Really dope Austrian rap/pop. Reminds me of early 90s rap the way the beat is structured. One of my fav rap tracks of the moment. Show love and follow Mavi Phoenix on Spotify, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

The Top One Percenters Playlist Volume 25

I'm *kind of* able to do these with a little bit of regularity, but not as frequently as I want. I had most of these tracks selected a few weeks ago but am only now getting around to putting everything together.

The 25th playlist includes some really amazing work from Takeoff of the Migos ("Infatuation" is probably the most fully realized track I've ever from Migos/Migos members), new/newer artist like Glowie and Kiiara, house/dance artist Robyn (probably best known for "Dancing on my Own" and whose new album, Honey, is up there as one of the best albums of 2018) and amazing new sounds from Icona Pop and Empress Of. Check out the earlier Top One Percenters Playlist here.

Tyga - Dip ft. Nicki Minaj [Music Video]

Tyga was trash during his Kardashian/Jenner time. Now, all the man does is make hits. There's "Taste" with Offset, "Swish," and now "Dip." "Dip" was dope before they got Nicki Minaj for the remix/music video, and now this is an even better song. Nicki came with the flame that was so often missing on her most recent album, Queen, and Tyga, while never the greatest or most clever rapper, crafted a track that's one of the better bops of the past few months.

The Top One Percenters Playlist Volume 24

Volume 24.

The Top One Percenters Mixtape Vol 23

It always takes me a bit of time to put these together, mostly because I'm super selective about the music I listen to and decide to share with other people. I generally got to fall in love with a track in order to share it because I feel like I'm putting my name on the line, even for something as simple as a song recommendation. Check out volume 23 (and every playlist before it). Some of the cuts (and reasoning) include:

• Ariana Grande (pronounced Grand-ee) - Breathin': In her come back from a terrorist attack at one of her concerts, she puts everything into her upcoming 3rd single. It's one of the most powerful, optimistic and incredible tracks I've heard in a long time
• Calvin Harris - Promises: This dude does nothing but make hit
• RL Grime - OMG ft. Chief Keef: Chief Keef has a second career making electronic dance music. He's got similar tracks with Alison Wonderland and NERVO
• Alison Wonderland - No: Singer, producer, DJ, writer - she just makes hits
• Jungle - Busy Earnin': Just makes you wanna dance
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Talk Fast: I wish I was 10 years younger when 1D was big. Boy bands are back in style
• Diane Birch - All The Love You Got: I get a little sad everytime I hear this track, but in a good way. The writing on this track is fucking incredible

Kanye West & Lil Pump - I Love It [Music Video] ft. Adele Givens

Is Kanye finally not taking himself so seriously?

Apparently Kanye was a co-creative director of the first annual PornHub awards in LA last night. While @ the show, he debuted this new song for "I Love It" with Lil' Pump. The video, featuring Ye and Pump in oversized box-like outfits walking down a colorful, neon corridor, was exec produced by Spike Jonze, who Ye has previously worked with for the short film "We Were Once a Fairytale" (2009), "Otis" (2011) and "Only One" (2015). The beat for "I Love It" has a Bay area feel, almost like some slowed down hyphy music. It's dope. But I wonder if there's a verse missing because the way the song is edited at the 1:16 section feels a bit off. I fucks with it though. 4 fucks given out of 5.

Jain - Makeba (Music Video)

Jain is a French/pop singer songwriter. The above track, "Makeba" (an ode to the South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba) was included in a Levi's commercial (included below). Super funky, energetic, dance-inducing. Doesn't really sound like anything else out right now. The video is pretty dope, too. Show love and check out her website, Spotify, Facebook, Twitter and IG.

Fuckery: Sexyy Red - Ah Thousand Jugs ("1000 Miles Hood Remix")

Idk what this is, but it slaps. Just watch. Here's the first verse below, and all the lyrics on Genius.

Makin' my way through the hood
With your boo, all his homeboys think I'm cute
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo doo-doo-doo-doo
Ridin' 'round 75
totin' his iron Better not nah-not try nothin'
Boom-boom-boom boom-boom-boom-boom
You gettin' feeled too
Boom-boom-boom boom-boom-boom-boom
I coulda killed you
Boom-boom-boom boom-boom-boom-boom
You lost a tennis shoe
Boom-boom-boom boom-boom-boom-boom
We shootin' out the room
Boom-boom-boom boom-boom-boom-boom
And now you on the news

The Top One Percenters Mixtape Volume 22

Twice in one year? I'm officially back on my mixtape game lol. After taking 3 years between volume 20 and 21, we're trying to do things a bit quicker these days. The Top One Percenters Mixtape is up and running. See below for the Spotify embed. Included are superstars like Drake ("That's How You Feel") and Pusha T ("What Would Meek Do?"), but also a lot of summertime flexes and remixes from  Cardi B ("I Like It" Dillon Francis Remix) Dagny, Dua Lipa, Sean Paul (yes, that Sean Paul), Rae Sremmurd and more. Check out the rest of the mixtapes here and follow on Spotify.

DJ Snake & Mercer - Let's Get Ill

DJ Snake is quickly becoming one of my favorite artist/producers. Loved Encore, his debut album, and have really been digging the singles he's been dropping in 2018. "Magenta Riddem" is one of my fav videos of the year. He just released a new track with Mercer, "Let's Get Ill," and if people aren't dancing during the whole goddamn video I'm gonna be pissed.

Uffie - Drugs

Uffie...who is Uffie? It's kind of hard to say. She's a rapper/producer/DJ/designer who's been around for close to 15 years. I had heard a lot of her music back around 2009/2010 when she released her debut (and only) album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. She had a song with Pharrell called "ADD SUV" (below) and a few other tracks. She's back on the scene and getting ready for new things so she just released "Drugs," her first single in 7 years, according to Wiki.

When I listen to "Drugs" the first thing I think of is A) this is a great record and B) this gives me vibes of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own". The melodies, the synths, the lyrics — amazing. Check out her new single above and check out a few other tracks below. Social channels are here: Spotify, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Instagram.

Commercial of the Day: Spotify - "Horror" + "Crash"

I saw new Spotify commercial, "Horror," in the movie theater, and honestly, I wasn't completely sure this was a commercial. I thought it probably was but couldn't be sure because of social-based movies like Unfriended. The core insight in this commercial is that certain songs take a hold of you and you can't stop playing them, even if your life depended on it. But is "Havana" that song? Hmmmmm

Separately, there's a second commercial, "Chase", that follows the same core insight — some songs, much like love, can make you act irrationally (that's not the actual insight, but a little bit of reverse engineering kinda gets us a little bit half-way there). Take a look below and get the feels for yourself.

Kanye West - Lift Yourself (Bad Royale & Chill Pill Remix)

My significant other hates "Lift Yourself". She hates the "poppity scoop" lyrics and even though I love the song, she hates when I play it. So I had to find a remix that made the track a little more bearable for her. Slide in Bad Royale and Chilly Pill for the trap remix. I wanted to put this on the Top One Percenters Mixtape Vol 21 but it wasn't on Spotify.

Charlie Puth - Done For Me (ft. Kehlani) [Music Video]

I've never really followed Charlie Puth. Honestly couldn't tell you who he was or what other songs he has (edit: after consulting Wikipedia, I've obviously had my head in the sand. Dude has hits! And he developed the core melodies and lyrics for "See You Again." Wiz jumped on it after Puth had already developed the concept).

Having said that, Puth recently released a new single from his sophomore album, Voicenotes, titled "Done For Me". It features Kehlani and Puth singing back and forth about current and ex-mates who never brought enough to the relationship. The melodies and vocals are great, and there's a fantastic Syn Cole remix that makes the song a bit more dance/disco (check it out below).

Anderson .Paak - Bubblin [Music Video]

Anderson .Paak first hit the scene on Dr. Dre's Compton soundtrack a few years ago. He's been steadily making appearances on everything from Apple commercials to the Black Panther soundtrack. He's on the come up.

His new single, "Bubblin," is an infectious and relentless jam with a video that throws back to Redman and his wild antics. It feels like this is the single/video that the label is putting a lot of push behind. Feels like one of those rap videos from 15 years ago when rap videos had a first, second and third act. This will definitely be getting play all summer long. It's also on the Top One Percenters Mixtape Vol 21. Show love and follow Anderson .Paak on Spotify, Twitter, his website and Facebook, and check out the Apple Commercial with "Till It's Over" below.

Dagny - Backbeat / That Feeling When [Music Video]

Dagny is a Norwegian indie-pop artist — one in a long list of epic Scandinavian pop that Sweden (primarily) has become known for producing. How they've gotten so amazing at creating seemingly an entire genre? I don't know, and more importantly, it doesn't matter. All you gotta do it take in the incredible writing, singing and production. I saw Dagny when I was in Norway a few months ago and her show was really dope. Super energetic and epic in an intimate way. "Backbeat" is one of her bigger songs, and "That Feeling When" is her most recent. Show love and check out her Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, website and Facebook.

DJ Snake - Magenta Riddim [Music Video]

The boy DJ Snake is a fool. Yall remember that "Turn Down for What" music video? Niggas dancing wild as shit and causing minor earthquakes in their apartment building? Well DJ Snake is back with another banger and another music video heavy on dancing and a wild outrageous story. The casting, set direction, costumes, art direction — everything's amazing. It's hard to watch this video and not feel happy and want to dance.

DJ Snake: give us another one, in my best DJ Khalid voice.

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss [Lyric Video]

Sometimes you hear a song and you know it's a fucking hit. Everyone had that feeling two weeks ago when Drake dropped "Nice for What," and we have it again with the new Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa, who if you aren't familiar with, you better get familiar because she's one of the best and most exciting new artists out right now. All you need to know is she's got one album and she's already getting co-artist credit on a Calvin Harris track. It's not "Calvin Harris featuring Dua Lipa," it's the two of them together.

Anyways, "One Kiss" is one incredible house banger that you're gonna hear all summer long, and deservedly so. CH has been making the jams since day one, and as the weather gets warm, we need more rooftop, pool and late night bangers to play at all hours of the day and night. Both Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris deliver in spades.