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7 Hip-Hop Songs From the 2010s That Should’ve Been Bigger Hits

Noisey selects seven hip-hop songs from the 2010s that should’ve ended up becoming hits but never reached those heights.

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Have you ever heard a song and thought, “Man, that should’ve been the single,” or, “Why wasn’t this a hit?” It can feel like wasted potential hearing an addictive song, and it doesn’t take off the way you think it should. It may dominate your headphones, but it never reaches the rest of the world’s airwaves in the same way.

Hip-hop in the 2010s was loaded with songs like these. Consequently, Noisey has selected seven stellar songs that should’ve gotten a lot bigger than they ended up.

“Mileage” by Playboi Carti and Chief Keef

Playboi Carti’s songs all sound like they’re hits in alternate dimensions. In some other, better reality, “Mileage” would’ve been the premier hit on Die Lit, with bubblegum Pi’erre Bourne production and sugary refrains from Carti and Chief Keef that are quietly sex positive.

“Don’t care if that p***y got some mileage, mileage,” Carti croons on the hook. Maybe it was just too strikingly simple to take off on the charts. Regardless, it remains one of the best album cuts on one of the defining rap albums in recent memory.

“Got........

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