We live on the surface when our hearts search for the deep (Top Singles 2020 through October)

Great year for excellent murk, a lot from Atlanta's Spillage Village collective, Dreamville Records, EarthGang, JID, gumby flexible voices, a sense of motion at the side or just out of the frame, like an Altman movie. So you've got your rap or your melody but the surrounding sound as well, just a lot of stuff, the street fair, the campfire, the ballroom, gymnasium.

And then South African house — amapiano, gqom, Semi Tee, Kabza De Small — a similar effect by way of an opposite route: the main show is stripped away, so you get the highway, the tires, the feet — a big open space and lots can pour in.*

Here's the list, and first the playlist:

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1. Deante' Hitchcock ft. JID "I Got Money Now"
2. Full Tac ft. Lil Mariko "Where's My Juul??"
3. Major League & Focalistic ft. Moonchild Sanelly, Kabza De Small & The Lowkeys "NdiKuze"
4. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Semi Tee, Miano & Kammu Dee "Lorch"
5. Dreamville ft. EarthGang & Reason "Still Up"

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6. Billie Eilish "No Time To Die"
7. Spillage Village, EarthGang, JID ft. Jurdan Bryant, Mereba, Hollywood JB "End Of Daze"
8. J Balvin "Morado"
9. Semi Tee ft. Focalistic "Mercedes"
10. Sexyy Red "Northside"
11. Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro "eMcimbini"
12. Bob Mabena ft. Kabza De Small, Madumane & Tyler ICU "Drip Drip Juluka"

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13. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small ft. Qwestakufet "Mi Amor"
14. Rosalía "Juro Que"
15. WayV "Turn Back Time"
16. Blackpink "How You Like That"
17. H.E.R. ft. Pop Smoke, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & Chris Brown "Slide (Remix)"
18. Ninety One "Lie"
19. StrongBangwaBoy "237 Njangi"
20. Focalistic ft. Vigro Deep "Ke Star"
( Nos. 21 through 40, Lil Loaded through Lorenzo BITW )

( Plague notes )

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