The Year-End Series, Part 1: Must-Hear Songs

I decided it's about time to start my year-end series and see if I can't actually get it finished before the year ends. I don't really like to do countdowns because I can never narrow things down to a certain number. I'll have my 10 or whatever picked out, and suddenly I'll find like 5 more that need to be on there and next thing you know the list has grown from a top 10 to a top 35 or something, and then I'm never happy with the way I ranked them and so on. So, I'm just going to do a free-form list for each category.

Today, I bring you the Must-Hear Songs of Two Thousand Twelve. Disclaimer: This is under no pretense of being a comprehensive list. I find myself still playing catch-up to all the amazing music released this year, so you'll just have to take this as songs that I believe everyone should hear. This disclaimer applies to the rest of the series as well. Enjoy.

In no particular order:

Klusterfuk - Tech N9ne feat. Sassy

Sorry - T.I. feat. Andre 3000

My Remedy - Stevie Stone

One of These Days - Prozak feat. Krizz Kaliko and Tech N9ne

Test You - Nesto the Owner feat. Ces Cru

Loco Motive - Nas

Devil On My Mind - ¡Mayday! feat. Liz Suwandi

Come Away To the Water - Maroon 5 and Rozzi Crane

Straight From the Golden - Large Professor feat. Busta Rhymes

Kill Shit - Krizz Kaliko feat. Tech N9ne and Twista

Vader - King Gordy

Compton - Kendrick Lamar feat. Dr. Dre

Waiting Is a Drug - K'naan

Travel As Equals - Joseph Arthur

Sporadic Brain Matter - JL

Hate Your Family - Irv da Phenom

New God Flow - Ghostface Killah, Kanye West, and Pusha T

Ali Bomaye - Game feat. 2 Chainz and Rick Ross

Pink Matter - Frank Ocean feat. Andre 3000

God of Waar - Dirty Wormz feat. Kabosh

9th Inning - Missy Elliott feat. Timbaland

Ill Mind of Hopsin 5 - Hopsin

Tick, Tock - Chef Raekwon, Danny Brown, Joell Ortiz, and Pusha T

Klick Klack Bang - Ces Cru

Real Cocky - Big Scoob

The Thickets - Big Boi feat. Sleepy Brown

Strange Clouds - B.o.B. feat. Lil' Wayne

Skyfall - Adele

Rella - Odd Future

60 Second Assassins - DJ Kay Slay feat. Busta Rhymes, Jaz-O, Lazyie Bone, and Twista

Same Damn Time - Future

Hands On the Wheel - Schoolboy Q feat. ASAP Rocky

Reagan - Killer Mike

Ten Jesus Pieces - Rick Ross feat. Stalley

Beautiful Death - Ab Soul feat. Ashtrobot and Punch

We Are Young - Fun feat. Janelle Monáe

Wide Awake - Katy Perry

The Mirror - Kid Rock

Wings - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean

1Train - ASAP Rocky feat. Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T., Danny Brown, Joey Badass, Kendrick Lamar, and Yelawolf

Blood All Over Me - Brotha Lynch Hung

Larry David - Ubiquitous

FreeDoom - Godemis feat. JL and Ubiquitous

Snatch Yo Carties - Bizarre feat. Calicoe and King Gordy

Bully - Shinedown

Let Us Move On - Dido feat. Kendrick Lamar

Strange $ - Kutt Calhoun

 Alright my browser has already crashed 12 times (I'm not exaggerating) in making this list so I'm cutting it off. This was a fantastic year for music and I could probably make another list this size out of songs I forgot, and I still haven't heard everything. But check these out if you've slept on them.