DJ Teridactyl

I decided to continue from last year with my list of my favorite songs to dance to in 2010. As like before, this list isn't based on any charts or radio play. It's simply my biased opinion of the best songs made in the last year to get you to want to get on the dance floor!

Once again, here they are in ascending order:














5. Usher - OMG (ft. Will.I.am)
I always loved the anthem quality of this song, and was really happy to hear Usher finally make a hit as equally good as 2004's Yeah!














4. Carte Blanche - Do! Do! Do! (ft. Kid Sister)
With two European DJ's and Kid Sister in the mix, it's hard to go wrong with this one!














3. Willow Smith - Whip My Hair
No matter whose daughter she may be, no one can deny the talent Willow Smith has shown to make a hit song like this at only 9 years old!














2. N.E.R.D. - Hypnotize U
This one by N.E.R.D. literally creeped up on me. After a few listens, I decided I actually liked the creep factor, and now can't help but want to groove to it whenever it's on! Plus, the song is produced by none other than Daft Punk!!














1. Rihanna - Rude Boy
Rihanna did not receive a lot of praise earlier this year from her Rated R album. But I got to say, this song alone is so amazing on it's own, it makes any other song on that album forgivable. For as long as you hear this song playing in a club, you'll see me dancing to it!

Heard this tune for the first time on the radio yesterday, and was surprised to see a video was already made for it. I have to say, it sounds (and looks) like a song Pharrell would have made on his own, rather than with N.E.R.D. But I'm diggin' it all the same!

It's hard to go wrong when your producer is Pharrell Williams. Chiddy Bang are an Alternative Hip Hop duo from Philadelphia, with a debut album dropping next month titled Chiddy Bang: The Preview. If their first single, "The Good Life," is any indication of things to come, expect to hear a lot more of these two in the months to come!

I think I may have found my favorite new mash-up artist. Hailing from France, ComaR primarily focuses on mixing only 2 songs together - taking the melody of one song and overlapping it with the vocals of another - which results in a concoction that sounds more like a remix one can actually dance to, rather than an chaotic, albeit interesting, listening experience which mash-ups tend to be. He doesn't have a dedicated album out, but you can find plenty of mash-ups if you sift around on his blog. Here's one of my favorites: Phoenix's "Heat Wave," mixed with Twista's "Give It Up," feat. Pharrell Williams.

ComaR - Give HEAT up