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While asking someone what their favourite albums are can be a revelatory exercise, breaking that down into individual songs can be much more illuminating, giving us the most accurate insight into one another's exact aural fixations.
With that said, last week all of your favourite local artists dropped their most loved albums for the first half of 2016, and now they're back to share their choices for the best tracks of the year so far.
Featuring a solid mix of some of the most innovative local and international songs released in 2016, let some of the best artists down here put you on game and check out their lists below.
Average Rap Band
1. David Bowie - "Lazarus"
2. Key Wayne - "Without Her"
3. Terrace Martin - "Think Of You"
4. Home Boy Sandman - "Talking (bleep)"
5. Aesop Rock - "Kirby"
6. Kanye West - "Real Friends"
7. Young Thug – "King Troup"
8. Death Grips - "Eh"
9. Skepta - "Numbers"
10. Pusha-T feat. Jay-Z - "DDA"
Bonus beats: Jonwayne – "That’s OK"
Chiefs
1. Rihanna – "Needed Me"
2. Tourist – "To Have You Back"
3. Charli XCX – "Vroom Vroom"
4. Kaytranada – "Glowed Up ft. Anderson .Paak"
5. ScHoolboy Q – "THat Part ft. Kanye West"
6. Vic Mensa – "There's A Lot Going On"
7. Chance the Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne – "No Problem"
8. Post Malone feat. Jeremih – "Fuck"
9. Baauer feat. Novelist & Leikeli47 – "Day Ones"
10. Drake – "Hype"
Fortunes
1. Alicia Keys - "In Common"
2. Drake - "Feel No Ways"
3. Anna Wise - "Go"
4. Anna Wise - "Precious"
5. Possession Buoy - "Clouds & Rain"
6. Kllo - "Bolide"
7. 50 Cent - "I’m The Man"
8. Wallace - "Is It You"
9. Kanye - "Ultra Light Beam"
10. Rihanna - "Work"
Maribelle
1. Alicia Keys – "In Common"
2. MNEK – "At Night (I Think About You)"
3. Astrid S – "When It Hurts"
4. The 1975 – "A Change Of Heart"
5. Dua Lipa – "Be The One"
6. A. K. Paul – "Landcruisin'"
7. Nao – "Girlfriend"
8. Jason Derulo – "If It Ain't Love"
9. Calvin Harris & Rihanna – "This Is What You Came For"
10. Janet Jackson – "Dammn Baby"
Midas Gold
1. I AM D – “Hit Em”
2. Camouflage Rose “Dreams”
3. Manu Crook$ – “Everyday”
4. Big Skeeze x Tyrone – “No Sleepin”
5. LTC – “Modest Goddess”
6. Anfa Rose – “Problems”
7. Young Thug – “Thief in the Night”
8. Kanye feat. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price – “Ultralight Beams”
9. Chance The Rapper feat. Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz – “No Problem”
Nic Martin
1. Fat Joe feat. Remy Ma - "All The Way Up"
2. Kelela feat. Goldlink - "Rewind (Louie Lastic Remix)"
3. Domo Genesis feat. Anderson. Paak - "Dapper"
4. Chance The Rapper - "Angels"
5. Anderson. Paak - "The Dreamer"
6. Kanye West - "Real Friends"
7. Drake - "4PM In Calabasas"
8. Schoolboy Q feat. Kanye West - "That Part"
9. Drake - "Weston Road Flows"
10. Kaytranada feat. Anderson Paak - "Glowed Up"
Set Mo
1. Running Touch – "Courtesy Of"
2. RÜFÜS – "Say A Prayer"
3. Surahn – "Into The Distance (Wealth Remix)"
4. Thandi Phoenix – "Unravelling"
5. Young Franco – "Drop Your Love"
6. No Zu – "Spirit Beat"
7. Klue – "Hiding"
8. Basenji – "Chroma"
9. Bag Raiders – "Checkmate"
10. Isaac Tichauer – "Higher"
Styalz Fuego
1. Fat Joe – "All The Way Up"
2. Ty Dolla Sign – "Westside"
3. Astrid S – "Hurts So Good"
4. Mnek – "At Night"
5. Nao – "Fool To Love"
6. Beyonce – "Freedom"
7. Drake x PARTYNEXTDOOR – "With You"
8. Mura Masa – "Are U There?"
9. Kevin Gates – "2 Phones"
10. Miike Snow – "Genghis Khan"
Vanessa Elisha
1.Majid Jordan – "Make It Work"
2.KAMAU feat. No Wyld – "Justayu"
3. salute – "You Owe Me"
4. JMSN – "Most of All"
5. Skepta – "Man (Gang)"
6. Goldlink feat. Masego – "Late Night (Falcons Remix)"
7. Kaytranada feat. Craig David – "Got It Good"
8. CVIRO – "Sober"
9. Alizzz feat. Santell – "Body Slam"
10. Nao – "Girlfriend"