The 2025 Remix Report Card: Final Grades
Like last year and the year before, I reviewed more remixes in 2025 than in any of the years since I started this column way back in 2007 (this year I also updated my old Complex list of the best remixes of the 21st century). Sometimes I get these ideas that are just kind of an all-or-nothing proposition, and so I end up writing about just a staggering amount of music. In the case of rap remixes, though, it's just a a really fun thing to keep track of and dive into the minutiae of.
Busta Rhymes, maybe the all-time remix MVP, hit the circuit hard for the first time in a long time in 2026, guesting on 6 remixes this year. GloRilla and Sexyy Red each guested on 4 remixes, and Lil Wayne, G. Herbo, Monaleo, and Cash Cobain each guested on 3.
Here's the astonishing 8-hour Spotify playlist of the 150-ish remixes I reviewed in Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, and Vol. 4.
The 20 Best Remixes of 2025:
1. "Affirmations (Remix)" by Flippa T featuring 2 Chainz
2. "ErrTime (Remix)" by Cardi B featuring Jeezy and Latto
3. "PTP (Remix)" by Babyfxce E featuring Monaleo
4. "Folded (Remix)" by Kehlani featuring Toni Braxton
5. "Back to the South (Remix)" by Zillionaire Doe featuring Yo Gotti
6. "Somebody Loves Me Pt. 2" by Drake & PartyNextDoor featuring Cash Cobain
7. "Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix" by Moliy featuring Skillibeng, Shenseea, and Silent Addy
8. "Gnarly (Ice Spice Remix)" by Katseye featuring Ice Spice
9. "Ride (Remix)" by Chance The Rapper featuring Twista and Do Or Die
10. "Egypt (Remix)" by Westside Gunn featuring Doechii
11. "Soft Spot (955 Remix)" by JMSN featuring Sada Baby
12. "Stateside (Remix)" by PinkPantheress featuring Zara Larsson
13. "Ecstasy (Remix)" by Ciara featuring Normani and Teyana Taylor
14. "Big Dawgs (Remix)" by Hanumankind featuring A$AP Rocky
15. "Shake Dat Ass (Twerk Song) (Remix)" by BossMan Dlow featuring GloRilla
16. "Push 2 Start (Remix)" by Tyla featuring Sean Paul
17. "Here We Go (Uh Oh) [Remix]" by Coco Jones featuring Leon Thomas
18. "Type Dangerous (The Remix of the Gods)" by Mariah Carey featuring Redman, Method Man, and Busta Rhymes
19. "Putting Ya Dine (Remix)" by Monaleo featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again
20. "It Depends (Remix)" by Chris Brown featuring Usher and Bryson Tiller
The 10 Worst Remixes of 2025:
1. "WTHelly (Remix)" by Rob49 featuring G Herbo
2. "I'm A Dog (Remix)" by Kevin Gates featuring Rick Ross
3. "Tweaker (Remix)" by Gelo featuring Lil Wayne
4. "Yey Yey (Remix)" by E.M.E featuring LaRussell
5. "Whites (Remix)" by Masicka featuring French Montana
6. "Drugs Callin (Remix)" by Hurricane Wisdom featuring Lil Baby
7. "Out (Busta Rhymes Extended Mix)" by Ann & Dom featuring Busta Rhymes and Wade Teo
8. "Mutt (CB Remix)" by Leon Thomas featuring Chris Brown
9. "Hips Don't Lie (Spotify Anniversary Version)" by Shakira featuring Ed Sheeran and Beele
10. "Blick Sum (Remix)" by Latto featuring Playboi Carti
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