"It means to share this life as one people and understand the world don't need us we need it and we are just living on it," he says. He says his lyrics urging listeners to "share this dance" correlates with a deeper urge. The track, produced by Nick Léon and Zach Fogarty, creates a feel-good ambiance that forces everyone in the audience to get up and dance. Twelve'Len effortlessly sends his listeners on an astronomical adventure every time he performs his hit single "Star Dust." The R&B- and rock-infused single led his album Friends, which marked the beginning of his solo career. And with a looming Virgo videogame, there's no limit to what we can expect from Clark in 2017. Fading to the deep/Fading to the blue." The track showcases Clark's ability as not only a skilled producer but also a strong vocalist. It pulsates with life as Clark sings, " Makes me want to disappear/From here. While the four-track EP is full of gems, "Disappear" stands as her most accessible work yet. Virgo only whetted our appetite for her icy electro beats in 2015, so when she returned the following year with her EP Water Planet, it properly laid the foundation for where Elizabeth Ann Clark would take her audio-visual project. At 5:20, if you want to lie on your back, kick your feet, wave your arms, act a fool, and go bananas, your spirit is alive. Around 2:25, as the track escalates to a crescendo, if your backstroke transitions to jumping and fist-pumping, your soul is functioning properly. The isolated bass line to get the track going is reminiscent of New Order. This track should be blasting in the headphones of a gladiator walking into the Coliseum for a fight to the death. Like the "Macarena" and "Cha-Cha Slide," "Swim" by Danny Daze has a corresponding dance. For those paying attention, they are a reminder to strive for our highest, "ultimate" selves. To the untrained ear, Curry's lyrics can leave you at a loss for words and feeling tongue-twisted. Rapping in triple time, Curry touches on the prison-industrial complex, police killings, hater friends, black liberation, and racial unity in just two verses. The track is Curry's biggest release to date, but it doesn't come at the cost of his trademark hyperaggressive flow. His most impactful record of the year is "Ult," the lead single off his latest album, Imperial. Chosen for the (always controversial) XXL Freshman Class of 2016, the Carol City rapper has had a triumphant year. If Rick Ross and DJ Khaled are Miami's hip-hop ambassadors to the rest of the world, Denzel Curry is its young upstart, the superstar intern with the brightest future. It's only a matter of time before the music industry starts calling on León for his beats. León easily blends traces of hip-hop, techno, and electro to create something that is both ambient yet oddly danceable. A great introduction to the producer's work is "Prophecy," a cut that sounds so menacing that it probably could soundtrack a David Fincher film. Nick León's album Profecía is top to bottom an amazing album, and if this were a best-albums list, we would easily rank it in the top spot. Rmromm)," whose songs would have made this list if it were just a bit longer. Honorable mentions go out to Eskeerdo's "Weekend Behavior," SunGhosts' "Hydro Pump," Lazaro Casanova's "Calle Ocho," and Aleicia's "Love You Too (feat. These picks should make it onto your Spotify playlist. From beats by breakouts such as Nick León and Twelve'Len, whose buzz extends beyond our swampy borders, to tracks by established acts like Locos por Juana, Heavy Drag, and Oscar G, these picks should make it onto your Spotify playlist not because they are from Miami but because they are of the best work we've heard this year. If your knowledge of Miami music goes only as far as Pitbull and Rick Ross, now is the time to get to know the acts who actually made the most of 2016. Whether it's dance, hip-hop, rock, metal, or everything in between, 305's artists made themselves heard with an amazing body of work that had listeners in awe. For all the awful stuff that happened this year, rest assured of one thing: Miami's music scene is alive and well.
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