The music released this year has been so unbelievably strong – genuinely some of the most breathtaking and significant releases in recent memory – that compiling this list of 2010′s most crucial club bangers and the sounds we enjoy day in day out has been both the easiest and the hardest thing we’ve had to do in a long time. The easiest because we could list a few dozen in each of the two categories that we either drop in the club every week or bump on the regular without having to cross-reference with anything, and the hardest because we had to leave so much absolutely incredible music out. Luckily, the Southern Hospitality Committee had a formula. And this is the result:
Club
Big Boi – ‘Shutterbug’
Cali Swag District – ‘Teach Me How To Dougie’
Chris Brown feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall – ‘Dueces’
Ciara – ‘Ride’
D Double E – ‘Streetfighter Riddim’
Delorean – ‘Stay Close’
Dipset – ‘Salute’
Dirty Money feat. Skepta – ‘Hello Good Morning Grime Remix’
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Heavy’
DJ Khaled feat. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop and T-Pain – ‘All I Do Is Win’
Drake feat. Gyptian – ‘Find Your Love (RMX)’
Droop-E – ‘I’m Loaded’
E-40 feat. Gucci Mane – Whip It Up’
Far East Movement ft. The Cataracs & Dev – ‘Like A G6′
Fat Joe – ‘Ha Ha Slow Down’
Juicy J – ‘Yao Ming’
Giggs – ‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’
Gyptian – ‘Hold Yuh’
Katy B – ‘Katy On A Mission’
Kanye West – ‘Power’
Keak Da Sneak – ‘Cop Heavy’
Labrinth feat. Devlin and Tinchy Stryder – ‘Up In Flames’
Lil Jon – ‘Get In Get Out’
Lil Wayne feat. Drake – ‘Right Above It’
Lloyd feat. Mystikal – ‘Set Me Free’
Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana – ‘Beamer Benz or Bentley’
Mac Shawn 100 – ‘And You Do Know That’
Magnetic Man ft. Katy B – ‘Perfect Stranger (Benga RMX)’
Mouse – ‘Turn The Beat Up’
N.E.R.D. – ‘Perfect Defect’
Ne-Yo – ‘Champagne Life’
Nicki Minaj – ‘Blow Ya Mind’
P-Money – ‘Slang Like This’
Redlight & Ms Dynamite – ‘What You Talkin About’
Rick Ross – ‘B.M.F.’
Rihanna – ‘Man Down’
Roach Gigz & Lil 4 Tay feat. D-Lo – ‘Smack’
Shy FX ft. Kano, Donaeo & Roses Gabor – ‘Raver’
Sleepy D – ‘Get Back’
Snoop Dogg – ‘That Tree’
Soulja Boy – ‘Pretty Boy Swag’
T.I. feat. Chris Brown – ‘Get Back Up’
The Dream – ‘Make Up Bag’
The Pack – ‘Aye!’
Tinie Tempah – ‘Pass Out’
Vybz Kartel feat, Popcaan & Gaza Slim – ‘Clarks’
Waka Flocka Flame – ‘Hard In The Paint’
Wiz Khalifa – ‘Black And Yellow’
Yelawolf – ‘In This Club’
Young Gully, Roach Gigz & Stik Gilatine – ‘Sugar Coated & Watered Down’
The Walkman, Whip, Wherever:
B.O.B. – ‘Don’t Let Me Fall’
Bei Maejor – ‘Boxers’
Big K.R.I.T. – ‘No Wheaties’
Casual – ‘Rock My Shit’
Chrisette Michele feat. Rick Ross – ‘So In Love’
Cunta & Kristmas – ‘Somebody’
Curren$y – ‘King Kong’
DJ Paul ft. Miscellaneous – ‘Gimme Yayo’
Droop-E feat. Ya Boy – ‘Cherish The Bay’
E-40 feat. Mike Marshall – ‘Gotta Get Betta’
Freeway & Jake One feat. Birdman – ‘Follow My Moves’
Freddie Gibbs – ‘National Anthem (Fuck The World)’
G-Side ft. Chris Lee – ‘Money In The Sky’
Giggs – ‘Hustle On’
Girl Unit – ‘Wut’
Jamie Foxx feat. Drake – ‘Fall For Your Type’
J-Stalin – ‘D-Boy Blues’
Jeremih feat. 50 Cent – ’5 Senses Remix’
Kanye West – ‘All Of The Lights’
Kings Of Leon – ‘Beach Side’
Kristmas, ST 2 Lettaz & DJ Cunta – ‘Can’t Outwork Em’
Lil B – ‘Myspace
Lil Wayne feat. Drake – ‘With You’
Magnetic Man feat. Katy B – ‘Crossover’
Messy Marv & Berner ft. J. Stalin – ‘Vision’
Murs & 9th Wonder feat. Kurupt – ‘Fornever’
Nicki Minaj – ‘Here I am’
Pac Div – ‘Dont Forget The Swishers’
R. Kelly – ‘I Don’t Care’
Ratatat – ‘Drugs’
Reflection Eternal – ‘In The Red’
Rick Ross feat. Chrisette Michele and Drake – ‘Aston Martin Music’
Roach Gigz – ‘Pop Off’
Sade – ‘Babyfather’
Slim Thug Feat. Z-Ro – ‘Gangsta’
ST 2 Lettaz, S.L.A.S.H., Kristmas, G-Mane & Bentley – ‘Ready To Go’
Stevie Joe – ‘Hit A Lick’
Soulja Boy – ‘First Day Of School’
T-Pain feat. Once Chance – ‘Save You’
The Count & Sinden feat. Mystery Jets – ‘After Dark’
The-Dream – ‘Turnt Out’
The Pack ft. Husalah – ‘Bend The Corner’
The Roots – ‘Now Or Never’
TI ft. The Dream – ‘No Mercy’
Trey Songz – ‘Can’t Be Friends’
Waka Flocka Flame – ‘For My Dawgs’
Webbie – ‘My People’
Yelawolf – ‘Speak Her Sex’
Young Gully – ‘N A Minute’
