Continuing the best of the year coverage, I am ranking the best 75 songs of the year. This is the bottom of that, #’s 51-75 listed in order.

I’d like to think my musical tastes and favorites broadened this year and that this list would reflect this. This snippet of favorite songs features hip-hop doing their own endearing-in-their-own-way sort of love songs (“Power Trip”, “Bound 2”), humorous looks at urban life (“Wonderbread”), rap for the 1% (“Picasso Baby”) and that that uses comic book references (“Dark Knights”).

There are ladies belting out songs (“Let it Go”, “If You Wait”, “Nearly Midnight, Honolulu”, “You Are the Apple”), sad dudes singing sad songs (“Sea of Love”, “The Woodpile”, “Colombia”), and guitar-driven rock (“Do I Wanna Know?”, “Best of Friends”).

I hope to give more of my thoughts of the year in music later as the countdown continues, but for now here is the list.

At the end, I’ll post a Spotify playlist with all of the songs on it.

75. “Complacent” by Rapsody feat. Problem

74. “Sea of Love” by The National

73. “Power Trip” by J Cole feat. Miguel

72. “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys

71. “Picasso Baby” by Jay-Z

70. “Even if We Try” by Night Beds

69. “Wounded Hearts” by iceage

68. “The Woodpile” by Frightened Rabbit

67. “Ocean’s Deep” by Born Ruffians

66. “Best of Friends” by Palma Violets

65. “Lies” by CHVRCHES

64. “Bound 2” by Kanye West

63. “Stay Awake” by London Grammar

62. “Lifeforms” by Daughter

61. “Colombia” by Local Natives

60. “Nearly Midnight, Honolulu” by Neko Case

59. “You Are the Apple” by Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

58. “No Bed for Beatle Wand/Days This Long” by Wooden Wand

57. “If You Wait” by London Grammar

56. “Three Months” by Local Natives

55. “Strawberry Bumblegum” by Justin Timberlake

54. “Wonderbread” by Danny Brown

53. “No Ideas” by Parquet Courts

52. “Let it Go” by Idina Menzel

51. “Dark Knights” by Rapsody