First of all, Happy New Year to all of my listeners! I’m glad to get back to the show.

This is the 2nd set of 4 best of 2011 sets. This one features the best songs of 2011 and is by far my favorite show to mix each year. The last set featured the top 10 albums of 2011. Next week will be the best remixes of 2011, and the following week the originals of the remixes.

Even though Africa Hitech’s Out in the Streets is hands down song of the year, generally I didn’t include songs that I played during the best albums of 2011 mix in order to not be repetitive.

This mix does include a few songs from 2010, most notably if they were released in November or December of 2010. However, there are a couple songs from 2010 that were released earlier than that, that I just could not stop playing throughout the entire year of 2011.

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Playlist:

• Solar – Oriol – 14 Tracks From Planet Mu – [Planet Mu]
• Thank You – Hudson Mohawke – Satin Panthers – [Warp]
• Bluku! Bluku! feat. Dizzee Rascal – D Double E – Bluku! Bluku! – [Dirtee Stank Recordings]
• Cherryade – Darq E Freaker – Cherryade EP – [Oil Gang]
• Neva Get Caught – Clicks & Whistles – Neva Get Caught / Raw Passion – [T & A Records]
• Fram – Blawan – Hessle Audio: 116 & Rising – [Hessle Audio]
• Electro West – Benga – Scion A/V Presents: Skream & Benga – [Scion Audio Visual]
• Hard In Da Paint – Waka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli – [Asylum Records]
• Pulse – Vivek – Pulse / Roots – [Deep Medi Musik]
• Look At Me Now – Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now – [Jive]
• Dreams Never Come True – Truth – Fatman VIP / Dreams Never Come True – [Deep Medi Musik]
• Damn Rude – VividBeatz – – [http://soundcloud.com/vividbeatz]
• Fists. (defend Urself) – Mac Real – Method to the Macness – [Mac Real Productions]
• Pineapple – Swindle – Rinse:17 – Elijah & Skilliam – [Rinse FM]
• EllaNecesitaMas (Guille’s TimeTiempo Mezcla) – Jamie Lidell – – []
• Run Out – Pangaea – Hessle Audio: 116 & Rising – [Hessle Audio]
• Potchla Vee – Blawan – Hessle Audio: 116 & Rising – [Hessle Audio]
• Lost Prophet – Headhunter – Lost Prophet / Chasing Dragons – [Idle Hands]
• Lost Signals & Drifting Satellites – TinyType – [http://soundcloud.com/tinytype]
• Slapstickk – Lorca & Visionist – W.M.I.D / Hold Back – [Left Blank]
• Klavierwerke (Live in Philadelphia 5-9-11) – James Blake – First Unitarian Church – []
• Ur Soul And Mine – Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX – We’re New Here – [XL]
• What’s Good Ft. Lazer Sword – Foreign Beggars – The Harder They Fall – [Never Say Die Records]
• It’s Late – Silkie – City Limits Vol. 1.6 – 1.8 – [Deep Medi Musik]
• Bussin Down (ft. DJ Spinn) – Chrissy Murderbot – Women’s Studies – [Planet Mu]
• Flycatcha (feat. Body Language) – Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency EP – [Planet Mu]
• Fantastix – Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency EP – [Planet Mu]
• I Really Feel – DJ Spinn – Man I Do It EP – [Planet Mu]
• Flava – D Double E – Bluku! Bluku! EP – [Dirtee Stank Recordings]
• Unlimited – Swindle & Silkie – Rinse:17 – Elijah & Skilliam – [Rinse FM]
• I Know You’re Mine – Prison Garde – Système Hermès – [http://www.weaponshouse.com/prisongarde/keysopendoors/?p=277]
• Justice – Ben Westbeech – There’s More To Life Than This – [Strictly Rhythm Records]
• Batty Knee Dance – Julio Bashmore – Batty Knee Dance EP – [3024]
• DJ Play featuring Kokayi – Illvibe Collective – All Together Now – [Soulspazm Records]
• German Clap – Modeselektor – Monkeytown – [Monkeytown Records]
• stickyGREEN – Chris Turner – LOVEchild – [http://christurner.bandcamp.com]
• Cook, Clean, Pay The Rent (New House Version) – Teebs – Collections 01 – [Brainfeeder]
• (I Be) Goin’ Hard – Steve Arrington – Goin Hard 12″ – [Stones Throw]
• So In Love feat. Anthony Hamilton – Jill Scott – The Light Of The Sun – [Blues Babe Records]
• Caroline – Dreadnought – Caroline EP – [Dreadnought]
• Hey Lets Do It! (Original mix) – Proviant Audio – Hey Let’s Do It! – [Paper Recordings]
• Morning Wood Interview – Stimulus & Chris Dave – 3rd 1st Impression – [http://soundcloud.com/stimulus/sets/stimulus-chris-daddy-dave]
• Think it Through – Szjerdene – – [http://szjerdene.bandcamp.com/track/think-it-through]
• New Funk (We Go That Funk) – Carey Murray & Strawberry Stellar Funk – – [http://www.reverbnation.com/strawberrystellarfunk]
• Penny Loafers – Daedelus – Bespoke – [Ninja Tune]
• Berlin Featuring Miss Platnum – Modeselektor – Monkeytown – [Monkeytown Records]
• Blessed – Jill Scott – The Light Of The Sun – [Blues Babe Records]
• The Panties – Mara Hruby – From Her Eyes – [http://marahruby.bandcamp.com]
• Whole Foods Parking Lot – DJ Dave – Whole Foods Parking Lot – [http://www.fogandsmog.com]
• She (feat. Frank Ocean) – Tyler, The Creator – Goblin – [XL]
• Nanny Blaze – Jacob 2-2 – Fantasiarexia EP – [Moongadget Records]
• Sleep Dealer – Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica – [Software]
• Awaken – Dario Marianelli Feat. Jack Liebeck – Jane Eyre – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – [Sony Masterworks]
• Hey – KING – The Story Single – [http://soundcloud.com/weareking-1]