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All month we’ve been looking back at the best – and worst – of 2017.
Missed any posts? Check out the 30 best albums of 2017 here. And don’t forget the seventh annual Playa Please Awards too.
But we couldn’t let 2017 pass without saluting the best R&B had to offer these past 12 months.
I teamed with my partners in rhyme Tom and Kyle at YouKnowIGotSoul.com to compile a list of the 100 best R&B tracks of the year. Each of us nominated roughly 50 songs we believed were worthy of consideration, and then screamed at each other held a healthy debates to narrow the list and rank the cream of the crop.
This isn’t a Stan-complied list filled with our personal favorites (even though Kyle did slip in that “Juicy Booty” nonsense on us). It’s a compilation of what we truly believe are the best produced and performed tracks of the year.
Check ’em out below, listen to them on our official Spotify playlist and share your faves too.
100) Justine Skye – Don’t Think About it
99) Shaliek – All This Love
98) Trey Songz – The Sheets…Still
97) Eric Roberson – Million Dollars
96) Jhene Aiko – While We’re Young
95) Mary J. Blige – Indestructible
94) Karina Pasian – Lately
93) Kevin Ross – Look Up (featuring Lecrae)
92) Jazmine Sullivan – Insecure (featuring Bryson Tiller)
91) La’Porsha Renae – Somebody Does
90) Eric Roberson – If Only
89) Miguel – Skywalker(featuring Travis Scott)
88) Brian McKnight – I Want U
87) Tank – Good Thing
86) Stokley Williams – Organic
85) Johnny Gill – 5000 Miles (featuring Jaheim)
84) Sevyn Streeter – Anything U Want (featuring Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign & Jeremih)
83) Trey Songz – Come Over
82) PJ Morton – Claustrophobic
81) Mary J. Blige – Set Me Free
80) Mack Wilds – Explore
79) Ledisi – All the Way
78) K. Avett – The Matter (What Are We Here For?)
77) Miguel – Told You So
76) Lalah Hathaway – I Cant Wait
75) Sammie – Tsunami
74) Brian McKnight – 10 Million Stars
73) Ledisi – Let Love Rule
72) Ne-Yo – Earn Ur Love
71) Mack Wilds – Bonnie & Clyde (featuring Wale)
70) Kevin Ross – Pick You Up
69) Mya – Ready for Whatever
68) Chris Brown – Tempo
67) Kehlani – Advice
66) Ledisi – Hello
65) Dondria – Over
64) Vanessa White – Good Good
63) Chris Brown – Juicy Booty
62) Musiq Soulchild – Simple Things
61) 112 – Wanna Be
60) TLC – Way Back (featuring Snoop Dogg)
59) Pleasure P – For A Long Time
58) Tone Stith – That Girl
57) Mary J. Blige – Love Yourself (featuring Kanye West)
56) Vivian Green – Promise
55) Adrian Marcel – Thinkin
54) Elijah Blake – Occupied
53) Syd – Know
52) Demetria McKinney – Is This Love
51) Letoya Luckett – In the Name
50) Ledisi – High
49) Tone Stith – Miss California
48) 112 – Both Of Us (featuring Jagged Edge)
47) Avery Sunshine – Jump
46) Luke James – Drip
45) Niia/Jazmine Sullivan – Sideline
44) Tamar Braxton – Makings of You
43) Eric Roberson – Claire
42) Demetria Mckinney – Easy
41) The Playlist featuring Glenn Lewis – 1995
40) Jessie J – Not My Ex
39) Daniel Caesar – Get You
38) Chris Brown – Heartbreak on a Full Moon
37) K. Michelle – Make This Song Cry
36) Miguel – Banana Clip
35) Lalah Hathaway – Honestly
34) Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
33) Avery Sunshine – Twenty Sixty Four
32) Charlie Wilson – Us Trust (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
31) Faye B – Moving On (DJ Soulchild Remix)
30) Keyshia Cole – Incapable
29) Kevin Ross – Don’t Forget About Me
28) Chris Brown – Enemy
27) Keyshia Cole – Right Time
26) H.E.R. – Every Kind Of Way
25) SZA – The Weekend
24) Sammie – Too Long
23) H.E.R. – Rather Be
22) Vivian Green – That’s What Love Can Do
21) Trey Songz – Playboy
20) The PlayList featuring Glenn Lewis – Faceless
19) Musiq Soulchild – Start Over
18) Letoya Luckett – My Love
17) Ledisi – Add to Me
16) BriaMarie – Okay (featuring Musiq Soulchild)
15) Kevin Ross – Prototype
14) Alex Vaughn – Good Morning
13) Tone Stith – Get It Right
12) Daniel Caesar – Best Part (featuring H.E.R.)
11) Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G. – Legacy
10) Stokley Williams – Level
9) Vivian Green – I Don’t Know
8) Tamar Braxton – My Man
7) Kevin Ross – Don’t Go
6) Cherish Self – Destruction
5) Musiq Soulchild – Benefits
4) Marsha Ambrosius – Luh Ya
3) Letoya Luckett – Grey (featuring Ludacris)
2) Mary J. Blige – U + Me (Love Lesson)
1) Daley – Until the Pain is Gone (featuring Jill Scott)
Honorable Mention:
-Bel Biv Devoe – I’m Betta -Musiq Soulchild – Sooner or Later -Jhene Aiko – Moments (featuring Big Sean) -Sevyn Streeter – Been A Minute (featuring August Alsina) -Mack Wilds – Crash -Dwele – Wanna Dance (featuring Phife Dawg) -August Alsina – Wait -Musiq Soulchild – Serendipity (featuring Willie Hyn) -Keyshia Cole – Best Friend
