10. Alkaline “Gyal Bruk Out”
Love him or hate him, all eyes in dancehall are on Alkaline right now—he’s easily the most notable new/young artist to come along since Popcaan. The 20-year-old with the (supposedly) tattooed eyeballs released dozens, if not hundreds, of tunes in 2014, but none were more ubiquitous than “Gyal Bruk Out,” issued on Notnice’s Boom Box riddim in the last weeks of ’13. It was easily one of the definitive songs of the year, and probably of Alkaline’s career.—Jesse Serwer
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