It’s time to sum up the best singles of 2018 and the year has been musically massive with a truck-load of killer dancehall and reggae cuts. Below is a list with no less than 60 superb songs released this year, songs that I have been spinning very frequently.
It’s hard to pinpoint favorites, but some of the major highlights include Alborosie & Chronixx’ Contradiction, Protoje & Chronixx’ No Guarantee, Sigala & Fuse ODG & Sean Paul’s Feels Like Home, Spice’s Black Hypocrisy and Tara Harrison’s PSA.
The list is as always an eclectic one and the songs are as usual presented in no particular order. The songs included are only singles or tracks taken from compilations.
Artist – song title (riddim)
- Shenseea & Shatta Wale – The Way I Move
- Soothsayers – Natural Mystic 7” Edit
- Rudimental & Shungudzo & Protoje & Hak Baker – Toast To Our Differences
- Slowly & Courtney John – The Rightway
- New Town Kings – Borderline
- Richie Loop & Tribal Kush – Way Up
- Sean Paul & Major Lazer – Tip Pon It
- Alaine – Lucky You (Destiny)
- Rage – I’m Not A Lonely Girl (Episodes)
- Lutan Fyah – Chant Down Babylon (Straight Step)
- Kabaka Pyramid & Stonebwoy – BordersTi
- Meka & Vershon – Live Life (Vibes Maker)
- Naomi Cowan – Paradise Plum
- Nico D – Money Come My Way (April)
- Alborosie & Chronixx – Contradiction
- Protoje & Chronixx – No Guarantee
- Ginjah – Bring Heaven Down (Twilight)
- Micah Shemaiah – Vibes Town (Good Balance)
- Jahbar I – Friendly Foes (Pon Di Grind)
- Keida – So Much More (Gems)
- Jada Kingdom – Best You Ever Had
- Racquel Jones – Take It Easy (Communion)
- Soul Sugar & Leonardo Carmichael – I Want You (Discomix version)
- Micah Shemaiah – Zion Trod (Extended mix)
- Lutan Fyah – Where Is the Culture (Dinner Time)
- Joe Pilgrim & The Ligerians – Migrants
- Konshens – Tan Up (Bashment Time)
- Kabaka Pyramid & Damian Marley – Kontraband
- Nesbeth – Paper Route (Paper Route)
- Lila Iké – Second Chance
- Runkus & Royal Blu – Jusschool
- Wayne Marshall & Tessanne Chin & Ryan Mark – Glory To God
- Shenseea & Konshens – Hard Drive
- Sigala & Fuse ODG & Sean Paul – Feels Like Home
- Jesse Royal – My Time To Shine
- Protoje – It Nuh safe
- Hollie Cook – Sweet Like Chocolate
- Jahneration & Volodia – Up Deh
- Lutan Fyah – All My Days
- Waresdanny & King Mas & Eli Costello – Fiyah Waist
- Nikki Jean & Jesse Royal & Beatnick & K-Salaam – Pink Lemonade (Pink Kush Remix)
- Major Lazer & Tove Lo – Blow That Smoke
- Iya Terra & Jesse Royal – Marching On
- Shenseea – Bum Like Ball
- Capleton & Kabaka Pyramid – Hold Up Your Arms (State of Emergency)
- Zuggu Dan – Jungle
- Spice – Black Hypocrisy
- Jesse Royal & Charly Black – Herbalist Party (Wizzle)
- Kedida & GNA – Like No Other
- Protoje – Like This
- Royal Blu & Runkus – Skin Toned
- Tara Harrison – PSA
- General Degree – Bad
- Dennis Brown & Jesse Royal – Run Run Run
- Tessanne Chin & Wayne Marshall – Somebody Loves You
- Charly Black & Chris Martin – Whine Up Fimi
- Skarra Mucci – Rock This World
- Jah9 – Love Has Found I
- Tarrus Riley & Mykal Rose – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
- Dre Island – Just Wanna Be Free