The 100 Best Singles of 2008

81

"Cappuccino"   BY THE KNUX

Two coolster rappers combine guitar-soaked beats and brainy, head-spinning lyrics about mocha twists and getting it on. Result? The best party joint A Tribe Called Quest never made.

The dub diva gets ghostly above Diplo's glitchy melody, flying her paper plane so close to the flame that her high notes transform into a ritual folk chant.

For fans of The Wire: Baltimore ladies rhyme about diamonds over a sample that sounds like a shivering polar bear.

84

"A Milli"   BY LIL WAYNE

The year's most jacked beat was It producer Bangladesh's nagging earworm for Weezy's delirious spiel about the joys of being, well, Lil Wayne.

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