4. “No Guidance (with Drake)”

Chris Brown • Indigo

Morally, I couldn’t rank these two any higher than #4. But I also won’t pretend like “No Guidance” isn’t one of the year’s four best songs, either. I have no interest in waging a war on behalf of Chris Brown and his talent; either you think he’s a generational talent or a crackhead, and that’s somehow become the literal spectrum. All I’ll say: If Aubrey and his former arch-nemesis are seriously gonna transform into the Mega Powers for awhile, I wouldn’t mind an 8-song EP. And neither would you.