Friday, January 5, 2001

McQ's Best Of 2018 Vol 6 - EAM's Favorites!

A music-loving chip off the old block, my daughter Ellie makes her first contribution to our ongoing family endeavor.

If you want a good sense of what female teenage ears were tuned in to in 2018, you could do a lot worse than this super enjoyable mix of contemporary pop and hip hop hits.

Here's the Spotify Link. Enjoy!


About The Artists/Albums/Songs Featured On This Mix:


1. Say Amen (Saturday Night) - Panic! At The Disco: Ellie kicks things off with the hit lead single from Vegas retro-poppers sixth full length Pray For The Wicked, an album that feels imbued with a heightened sense of theatricality following lead singer/songwriter Brandon Urie's stint on Broadway as a cast member of the play Kinky Boots. 



2. YOSEMITE - Travis Scott: from Astroworld.



3. Santeria - Pusha T: from Daytona.



4. STARGAZING - Travis Scott: from Astroworld.



5. God Is A Woman - Ariana Grande: from Sweetner.



6. Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: Not sure what else needs to be said about this Oscar-winning center piece track from the 2018 A Star Is Born Soundtrack, other than I'm glad Ellie included it because I would have found space for it otherwise. As good a specifically-written-for-film single as we've all heard in a while.



7. 3:15 - Bazzi: from Cosmic.



8. High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco: from Pray For The Wicked.



9. Nice For What - Drake: from Scorpion.



10. Going Bad - Meek Mill: from Championships.



11. BOSS - The Carters: from Everything Is Love.



12. Love Lies - Khalid: single.



13. Uproar - Lil Wayne: from Tha Carter V.



14. Wait - Maroon 5: from Red Pill Blues.



15. Never Be The Same - Camila Cabello: from Camila.



16. Homesick - Dua Lipa: from Dua Lipa.



17. Girls Like You - Maroon 5: from Red Pill Blues.



18. TAlk tO Me - Tory Lanez: from LoVE me NOw (ReLoAdeD).



19. APESHIT - The Carters: from Everything Is Love.



20. Vacation - Flatbush Zombies: One of the best hip hop acts from my kid's pool of regulars, Flatbush Zombies are also one the strongest live hip hop acts I've ever seen.  This Joey Bada$$ featuring Ellie selection comes from the Brooklyn trio's 2018 sophomore full-length Vacation In Hell.



21. SAD! - XXXTENTACION: from ?.



22. Back To You - Selena Gomez: single.



23. Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande: single, later from Thank You, Next

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