best pieces

1. Futura Free - Frank Ocean (pop)
2. Live at Primavera Sound 2012 - James Ferraro (electronic)
3. Steroids - Death Grips (hip hop)
4. On GP - Death Grips (rock)
5. Runaway - Kanye West (hip hop)
6. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar (hip hop)
7. I Watched the Film, the Song Remains the Same - Sun Kil Moon (folk)
8. Uneven Compromise - Lil Ugly Mane (hip hop)
9. I Am - Matana Roberts (jazz)
10. Leaving LA - Father John Misty (folk)
11. Does Not Suffice - Joanna Newsom (folk)
12. Mortal Man - Kendrick Lamar (hip hop)
13. Famous Prophets - Car Seat Headrest (rock)
14. solace - Earl Sweatshirt (hip hop)
15. Pile! No Pile! Pile! - The Brave Little Abacus (rock)

best short songs

tier 1: the peak of the art form

• Nights - Frank Ocean

tier 2: powerful songs

• Ben's My Friend - Sun Kil Moon
• Holy Shit - Father John Misty
• Lost in the World - Kanye West
• White Ferrari - Frank Ocean
• the 27 club - JPEGMAFIA
• I Love You - Lil B
• Baby What's Wrong With You - Chief Keef
• Beware - Death Grips
• Hydrocodone - Black Kray

tier 3: songs that leave an impact (in alphabetical order)

• 100 - Dean Blunt
• Agony - Yung Lean
• Ain't it Funny - Danny Brown
• Alien Observer - Grouper
• Azucar - Earl Sweatshirt
• Blood on the Leaves - Kanye West
• Cute Thing - Car Seat Headrest
• Devil in a New Dress - Kanye West
• Everyman Needs a Companion - Father John Misty
• Free the Frail - JPEGMAFIA
• Garden Shed - Tyler, the Creator
• Hacker - Death Grips
• I Shall Love 1 - Julia Holter
• King Sisyphus of the Atlantic - Slauson Malone
• m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
• Magnolia - Playboi Carti
• Pizzicato Five - Devon Hendryx
• Popeye - Quelle Chris
• Rainbow Six - JPEGMAFIA
• Red Dust - billy woods
• Riot! - Earl Sweatshirt
• Saint Pablo - Kanye West
• Siegfried - Frank Ocean
• The Memo - Father John Misty
• These Walls - Kendrick Lamar
• Time - Ecco2K
• Up My Sleeves - Death Grips