Artist	Song
Eminem	Love the Way You Lie
from Recovery (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Alicia Keys	Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)
from The Element of Freedom (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Usher	There Goes My Baby
from Raymond v Raymond (2010)
B.o.B	Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars)
from B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (Deluxe) (2010)
Cee Lo Green	Fuck You
from The Lady Killer (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Trey Songz	Say Aah (feat. Fabolous)
from Ready (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Usher	Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) [feat. Plies]
from Raymond v Raymond (2010)
Chris Brown	Deuces (feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall)
from F.A.M.E. (2011)
Rihanna	Rude Boy
from Rated R (2009)
Cali Swag District	Teach Me How to Dougie
from Teach Me How to Dougie - EP (2011)
Wiz Khalifa	Black and Yellow
from Rolling Papers (2011)
Timbaland	Say Something (feat. Drake)
from Shock Value II (2009)
Drake	Over
from Thank Me Later (2010)
Melanie Fiona	It Kills Me
from The Bridge (2009)
Jeremih & 50 Cent	Down On Me
from All About You (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Nelly	Just a Dream
from 5.0 (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Nicki Minaj	Your Love
from Pink Friday (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Ludacris	How Low
from Battle of the Sexes (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Trey Songz	Can't Be Friends
from Passion, Pain & Pleasure (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Lil Wayne & Drake	Right Above It
from I Am Not a Human Being (2010)
Trey Songz	Bottoms Up (feat. Nicki Minaj)
from Passion, Pain & Pleasure (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Drake	Find Your Love
from Thank Me Later (2010)
Usher	OMG (feat. will.i.am)
from Raymond v Raymond (2010)
Eminem	Not Afraid
from Recovery (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Waka Flocka Flame	No Hands (feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale)
from Flockaveli (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Ludacris & Nicki Minaj	My Chick Bad
from Battle of the Sexes (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Robin Thicke	Sex Therapy
from Sex Therapy - The Experience (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Monica	Everything to Me
from Still Standing (2010)
Ciara	Ride
from Basic Instinct (2010)
Mary J. Blige	I Am
from Stronger withEach Tear (2009)
Kanye West	Power
from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Rihanna	What's My Name? (feat. Drake)
from Loud (2011)
Kid Cudi	Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) [feat. MGMT & Ratatat]
from Man On the Moon - The End of Day (Expanded Version) (2009)
Nicki Minaj	Right Thru Me
from Pink Friday (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Sade	Soldier of Love
from Soldier of Love (2010)
Miguel	All I Want Is You (feat. J.cole)
from All I Want Is You (2010)
Keri Hilson	Pretty Girl Rock
from No Boys Allowed (Deluxe) (2010)
YG	Toot It and Boot It
from Toot It and Boot It - Single (2010)
The-Dream	Love King
from Love King (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Young Jeezy	Lose My Mind (feat. Plies)
from Lose My Mind (feat. Plies) - Single (2010)
Monica	Love All Over Me
from Still Standing (2010)
Jazmine Sullivan	Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)
from Love Me Back (2010)
DJ Khaled	All I Do Is Win (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross)
from Victory (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Fantasia	Bittersweet
from Back to Me (2010)
Rick Ross	Aston Martin Music
from Teflon Don (2010)
Lloyd Banks	Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (feat. Juelz Santana)
from Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (feat. Juelz Santana) - Single (2010)
Jaheim	Finding My Way Back
from Another Round (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Diddy - Dirty Money & Drake	Loving You No More
from Last Train to Paris (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Trey Songz	Neighbors Know My Name
from Ready (2009)
Young Money	Roger That
from We Are Young Money (2009)
Big Boi & Cutty	Shutterbugg
from Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em	Pretty Boy Swag
from The DeAndre Way (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz	Fancy
from Thank Me Later (2010)
T.I.	Got Your Back (feat. Keri Hilson) [Bonus Track]
from No Mercy (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Ne-Yo	Champagne Life
from Libra Scale (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Erykah Badu	Window Seat
from New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh (2010)
Jay Electronica	Exhibit C
from Exhibit C - EP (2009)
Rick Ross	B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast) [feat. Styles P]
from Teflon Don (2010)
Roscoe Dash	All the Way Turnt Up
from All the Way Turnt Up (feat. Soulja Boy Tell'em) - Single (2010)
John Legend & The Roots	Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common & Melanie Fiona)
from Wake Up! (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Lloyd	Lay It Down
from King of Hearts (Deluxe Version) (2011)
Dondria	You're the One
from Dondria vs. Phatfffat (2010)
Eric Benét	Sometimes I Cry
from Lost In Time (Deluxe Version) (2010)
R. Kelly	When a Woman Loves
from Love Letter (2010)
Charlie Wilson	You Are
from Just Charlie (2010)
Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley	As We Enter
from Distant Relatives (Bonus Track Version) (2010)
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver	Monster
from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Kem	Why Would You Stay
from Intimacy (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Lyfe Jennings	Statistics
from I Still Believe (Deluxe Version) (2010)
Donell Jones	Love Like This
from Lyrics (2010)
50 Cent	Do You Think About Me
from Before I Self Destruct (Deluxe Version) (2009)
The Roots & John Legend	The Fire
from How I Got Over (2010)
Aloe Blacc	I Need a Dollar
from Good Things (2010)

Comment:

If there was one thing that stood out about the world of hip-hop and R&B in 2010, it's gotta be the fact that no one thing stood out. Artists were busy chasing down their own sounds, from the simmering soul of American original Alicia Keys and "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" to the Island-style grooves of Barbados-born Rihanna and a naughty-but-nice "Rude Boy." All of which makes pulling together an end-of-the-year round up one dizzying undertaking — unless you've got our Essential playlist of the year's best beats at the ready, from the retro-flash of Cee Lo Green's did-he-just-say-that? smash "F**k You," to Usher's superstar collaboration "OMG (feat. will.i.am)," to the unlikely, unforgettable match-up between hip-hop originals the Roots and neo-soul balladeer John Legend on the slow-burn anthem "The Fire."

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