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1. Kendrick Lamar, “King Kunta” [Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope]
Kendrick Lamar ran the game in 2015, and while most have tapped fellow To Pimp A Butterfly single/video “Alright” as his defining song of the year, it’s “King Kunta” that takes this top spot. The Los Angeles rapper spins intense bars over a James Brown funk beat, with a rhythm that can spin indefinitely without fail, and all year long we kept asking “What’s the yams?” Everyone is gonna be Alright, indeed.
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