Sometimes our favorites are actually the best, but whether smash hits or hidden gems, post your essentials from the last decade which is closing fast. Mine in roughly chronological order (subject to adds and deletes)--

"Umm Hmm," Erykah Badu
"Closer," Corrine Bailey Rae
"Locked Inside," Janelle Monae
"Devil In A Blue Dress," Kanye West
"Better things," Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
"Fix Up," Black Star
"Smile," Jamiroquai
"What You Need," Kanye West & Jay-Z
"Making You Wait," Jill Scott
"Shadows on Behalf," The Stepkids
"Close Your Eyes," Miguel Migs (feat. Me'Shell Ndegeocello
"Movin' Down The Line," Raphael Saadiq
"The Last Time," Adrian Young and Adrian Quesada
"Miss Marlene," Donald Fagen
"I Don't Care," Elle Varner
"Lost," Frank Ocean
"See Your Face," Mr. Barrington
"Carol of St. Benjamin The Bearded One," Sufjan Stevens

"Sam," 9th Wonder & Bucshot

"West Side Girl," Bilal

"Started From The Bottom," Drake

"On A Day Like Today," Foreign Exchange

"Halo (Live)," J P Cooper

"Sweet Talk," Jessie Ware

"On Sight," Kanye West

"Backseat Freestyle," Kendrick Lamar

"Sing About Me," Kendrick Lamar

"Corsican Rose," Mayer Hawthorne

"Goodnight," Philip Owusu

"Agaveman," Ras G

"The Lottery," The Stepkids

"Count To Five," Zo!

"Stalker," Andy Allo

"1000 Deaths," D'Angelo & The Vanguard

"Falling Off," Full Crate & Mar

"By Fire," "Atari," 'Breathing Underwater," Hiatus Kaiyote

"Kind of, Sometimes, Maybe" Jessie Ware

"Time," Prince

"Don't Get Captured," Run The Jewels

"Don't Wanna Fight," The Alabama Shakes

"Get Away," The Internet

"All At Once," The Jack Moves

"The Truth," Moonchild

"Watch The Dance," Tuxedo

"Room In Here," Anderson .Paak

"Riot," Childish Gambino

"Pink + White," Frank Ocean

"False Prophets," J. Cole

"Got It Good (f. Craig David)," KAYTRANADA

"1990x," "III," Maxwell

"Soul II Stro," Stro Elliot

"Them Changes," Thundercat

"Alright," Kendrick Lamar

"Suede," "Scared Money," NxWorries

"Incomplete Kisses," Sampha

"Shake Em Off," Syd

"What Were You Hoping For," "Designer Jeans," Van Hunt

"Brown Eyed Girl," Allen Stone

"Askim," Kamasi Washington

"Boffadem," The Bad Plus

"Status Symbol," Nipsey Hustle

"What Would Meek Do? (f. Kanye West)" Pusha T

"Cataracts," Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

"The World Is Drunk," "My Walk," Raphael Saadiq

"A BOY IS A GUN," Tyler, The Creator

Here's my list:

Not very long...

TheFman said:

Here's my list:

Not very long...

Been a long decade for you.

namepeace said:

TheFman said:

Here's my list:

Not very long...

Been a long decade for you.

It actually flew too fast, with all that pre-2010's music still available.

TheFman said:

namepeace said:

Been a long decade for you.

It actually flew too fast, with all that pre-2010's music still available.

There's no lack of music to discover, past or present.

Basia ~ Pandora’s Box
Basia ~ No Heartache
Shemekia Copeland ~ Drivin' Out Of Nashville
Flor de Toloache ~ Long Gone Girl

Lady Wray ~ Do It Again
Weird Al ~ Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me
Weird Al ~ Word Crimes

ERB ~ Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye

ERB ~ Moses vs Santa Claus

ERB ~ Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe
Gloria Estefan ~ WEPA
Mark Ronson feat. Mystikal ~ Feel Right
Black Eyed Peas feat. Jessica Reynoso ~ New Wave

Black Eyed Peas ~ Yesterday
Artists Of Then, Now & Forever ~ Forever Country
El DeBarge & Faith Evans ~ Lay With You
Eric Benét & Eddie Levert ~ Paid
Jonathan Butler ~ Color Green
Jonathan Butler ~ You Got To Believe In Something
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer ~ Three Piece Suit And Sneakers

Joss Stone - The Love We Had
Ole Børud ~ She's Like No Other
Ruby Ibarra, Rocky Rivera, Klassy, Faith Santilla ~ Us
Audrey Horne ~ Out Of The City
N.E.R.D & Rihanna ~ Lemon
DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ~ Wild Thoughts
Chris Stapleton ~ Tennessee Whiskey
Colbie Caillat ~ Christmas In The Sand
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ~ 8 Days (Of Hannukah)
Bishop Bullwinkle ~ Hell To Da Naw, Naw, Naw
Rhonda Thomas ~ Listen
La Santa Cecilia ~ Jack
Sheena Ringo ~ Off Line

Erica Campbell ~ Nobody Else {Thriller Remix}
Meghan Trainor ~ All About That Bass
Eddie Murphy & Da'Vine Joy Randolph ~ Ballad Of A Boy And A Girl
Original 7ven ~ Cadillac
Original 7ven ~ If I Was Yo Man
Beyoncé ~ Love On Top
Beyoncé ~ 7/11
George Strait ‎~ Cold Beer Conversation
Duran Duran ~ Mediterranea
Duran Duran feat. Nile Rodgers & Janelle Monáe ~ Pressure Off

Ludacris feat. Diamond, Trina, Eve, Nicki Minaj ~ My Chick Bad {Remix}
Amalia ~ Bonafide
Normani ~ Motivation
Leon Bridges ~ Twistin' & Groovin'
Leon Bridges ~ Bad Bad News
Leon Bridges ~ If It Feels Good
Ed Motta ~ The Required Dress Code
New Edition ~ This One's For Me And You
Bell Biv Devoe ~ Hot Damn
Bell Biv Devoe ~ Find A Way
Mitchell Coleman Jr. feat Ralph Tresvant ~ I Can't Help It
Johnny Gill & Jaheim ~ 5000 Miles
Jermaine Jackson ~ Summertime Feeling
Michael Jackson ~ Blue Gangsta (original mix)
Michael Jackson ~ Place With No Name (original mix)
Tito Jackson feat. Big Daddy Kane ~ Get It Baby
The Hue ~ Magic City
The Hue ~ ALT3R
The Whiskey Gentry ~ Dime Short Of A Dollar Bill
Bobby McFerrin ~ He Ran To The Train
Migos feat. Drake ~ Walk It Talk It
Naomi Scott ~ Speechless
Will Smith ~ A Friend Like Me
Benjamin Clementine ~ Adios
Benjamin Clementine ~ Cornerstone
Lizzo ~ Phone
Lizzo ~ Juice
Van Halen ~ Stay Frosty
Van Halen ~ Outta Space
Psy ~ Gangnam Style
Psy & Snoop Dogg ~ Hangover
Lil Duval feat. Snoop Dogg & Ball Greezy ~ Smile
Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Go Robot
Sade ~ Babyfather
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus ~ Old Town Road
Vintage Trouble ~ Run Outta You
Nelly ~ Just A Dream
K-Rino ~ The Sorcerer’s Den
K-Rino ~ I'm Not
Big Boi feat. Killer Mike, Jeezy, Rock D ~ Kill Jill
Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, CeeLo Green ~ Intentions

T.I. feat. André 3000 ~ Sorry
André 3000 ~ Me & My (To Bury Your Parents)
Peabo Bryson ~ All She Wants To Do Is Me
Bruno Mars ~ That's What I Like
Cardi B & Bruno Mars ~ Please Me
George Michael ~ This Is How (We Want You To Get High)
Swing Out Sister ~ Which Wrong Is Right?
Sting & Shaggy ~ Sad Trombone
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson ~ One More Day
Charlie Wilson ~ Infectious
Charlie Wilson ~ Hey Lover
O'Jays ~ Enjoy Yourself

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer ~ The Color Of A Cloudy Day
The Monkees ~ Birth Of An Accidental Hipster

Micky Dolenz ~ Diary
Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea ~ Just The Way You Are
Tami Neilson ~ Dynamite
Tami Neilson ~ Loco Mama

Soil & "PIMP" Sessions ~ Pop Korn
Soil & "PIMP" Sessions ~ Sonido Del Mar
Ludwig Göransson ~ Glory To Bast
Snow Tha Product ~ Goin' Off
Esperanza Spalding ~ With Others
José Feliciano & Jools Holland ~ Treat Myself
The Lemon Twigs ~ I Wanna Prove to You
Depeche Mode ~ Cover Me

MickyDolenz said:

Bishop Bullwinkle ~ Hell To Da Naw, Naw, Naw

Original 7ven ~ Cadillac
Leon Bridges ~ Bad Bad News

Sade ~ Babyfather
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus ~ Old Town Road

Like these choices.

"Rumour Has It," Adele

"You Don't See Me," Amel Larreiux

"Daddy Fat Sax," Big Boi

"Cornbread and Butterbeans," Carolina Chocolate Drops

"My Earth," Cazal Organism

"We're Far Enough From Heaven So We Can Freak Out," Deep Cotton

"Le diable et son train," Florian Pellisier Quintet

"Me and the Devil," Gil Scott-Heron

"Butterfly," Gretchen Parlato

"Shiny Suit Theory (feat. Jay-Z)," Jay Electronica

"Never Too Late," Natalie Prass

"LFT," Quadron

"Kings Fall," Raphael Saadiq

"Cranes In The Sky (original and KAYTRANADA remix)," Solange Knowles

"Until You Remember," Tedeschi Trucks Band

"Black Spasmodic," A Tribe Called Quest

namepeace said:

gandorb said:

namepeace said:

There's no lack of music to discover, past or present.

Agree with you completely, Namepeace. It is easy to discover good music with streaming and Metacritic describing and reviewing several new releases each week. After being a music fanatic for over 5 decades, I still find new music I like every week or two.

Good for you, but i don't. I find new music, yes. But good? Hardly.

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