mtv.com's "contenders for 2011's song of the summer"

idk dude

is sweat the snoop song? thats dope imo

Super Bass is alright, but why not Girls Fall Like Dominoes?

because it sucks in comparison to "super bass"?

super bass by a mile, though i do also like a number of other songs on this list

LMFAO (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock), "Party Rock Anthem"

Kind've suprised there hasn't been more discussion of this on ILx - this was #1 in NZ for nearly three months; just fell short of Crazy Frog's "Axel F" stay at the top in terms of chartbusting power, fending off multiple Gaga singles and the like until finally succumbing to Adele. Has enough hooks/segements that I'd thought snatches of it I'd heard out of cars/walking past shops/etc belonged to different songs; seems to sum up that Ke$ha/Kreayshawn L.A. trashthetic (though I'd initially pegged this as incredibly Australian for some reason, both the shuffling and the uh mersh vibe - Tim F, how was this received over yr way?) while working as a novelty dance song cf "The Macarena".

Voting Pitbull ... secretly hoping him'n'Shakira's "Rabiosa" hits the charts.

'segments', not 'segEments', ugh.

Someone needs to record "Party Frock Anthem".

afaict lots of raver kids here do that shuffle dance

I kind of like that song in spite of myself :/

can't believe there's not even a hint of love for this

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zof6hj.gif

song is a solid 7/10

is sweat the snoop song? thats dope imo

― *rolls eyez on me* (D-40), Sunday, July 3, 2011 6:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ha was going to ask the same thing -- been meaning to revive your LA-sleaze cornball rap production thread to admit that i now grudgingly like The Cataracts stuff

can't believe there's not even a hint of love for this

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zof6hj.gif

― bernard snowy, Monday, July 4, 2011 12:58 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

can't even tell what that is

yah 'sweat' is their greatest triumph imo

i kinda like that stupid new boyz song too

"Super Bass" is the easy pick here. Put that on a mix for this weekend with friends at a lake cabin, sounded so great even after multiple replays!

I like the foster the people song

I do too, actually. A better MGMT than anything off their last album. Still nowhere near as good as "Super Bass" though.

can't even tell what that is

― some dude, Monday, July 4, 2011 5:10 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

it takes some real detective skills to figure out which song bernard snowy was referring to with this gif featuring shots of dj khaled & drake

it's a small, dimly lit gif, didn't recognize them

anyway "i'm on one" blows, only thing it really has going for it is that it doesnt sound like the last 8 identical dj khaled singles

super bass = 9/10 (loses a touch of momentum after nicki stops rapping)

I disagree with this actually, just because its whole mallpop vibe is so lush.

Of these "songs of the summer," the Adele may be the only one I literally encounter everywhere I go, and on every station. Most of these I haven't heard in passing yet, but the summer is young! That LMFAO video is pretty good, as is the Guetta.

Matt DC otm re: "Super Bass" and I usually hate when Nicki choose to sing instead of rap, which explains why I've detested a majority of her singles so far. I mean, given the current pop/rnb/rap crossover market, I totally get why people want her to sing like Rihanna (or whoever), but when she's got such a commanding control over a unique instrument like hers when she raps, I get frustrated when she's so reigned in. I feel like "Super Bass" lets Nicki be Nicki AND gives up a radio-ready pop hook.

the bridge is the only part of "Super Bass" that i like at all

R&bullshit like "Right Thru Me" is prob more Nicki Being Nicki than anyone wants to admit

it's a small, dimly lit gif, didn't recognize them

― some dude, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 6:33 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest

i'm not gonna harp on this but calling that gif too small & dimly lit is some grandma shit

i guess i am harping on it, but anyway

NOT GONNA HARP on this either again, but "super bass" could only be called lush in the ringtone era, and even that regard it's not really

it is, though! i looked at it for like 30 seconds thinking Drake's dance moves looked like Pharrell's and i was like wait is this "Frontin'"?

I meant lush in the Britishes sense, ie great.

really? that's a weird one

oh, i thought you meant lush in the textural sense

lush in the british, 90s sense - omg forgot we used to use that word like that

what a lush strike from rooney!

like "it's good, like that shoegaze band Lush"?

voted for katy

^^real heads know the deal

it doesn't have anything to do with the band lush

btw can we tempban everyone who votes for Jason Derülo

this is one of those times when you not understanding the entire human endeavor of humor is a problem (xpost)

HAHA BTW THAT DERULO SONG IS #1 IN THE UK LOL AT ALL BRITS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT

they think it's pretty lush i guess

did we mock you when "et" was billboard no 1

yes, yes you did

also I know I am alone on this board but I like "E.T."; there is absolutely nothing of value about "Don't Wanna Go Home" except maybe the fact that it ends

of course you like "ET," it sounds like Garbage (combined with actual garbage)

ET is one of my favorite songs of the year

::JAWS DROP::

of course you like "ET," it sounds like Garbage (combined with actual garbage)

ow hard belly lol

voted for katy, but nicki is a close second. i love the britney video, too – but the song, i think, is a little overprocessed.

that whole Britney song/video is even more thousand yard stare than her shit usually is, i can barely even tell what it's going for

i know, i mean it's fine but it just sounds like everything else

pitbull also says "kodak" twice in one sentence on the intro, so i don't think it was very carefully considered

lol that is true

i wonder if kodak is experiencing a cristal-esque sales bump, i should've bought some stock

like (cherry) chapstick in 08

God, "Where Them Girls At" may have, by a long shot, the worst Nicki verse ever.

Peebee!
Peebee!
Who is Peabo Bryson?
Two years ago I renewed my license.
Anyway why'd I start my verse like that?
You could suck a dick or you could suck on a ballsack
No, no,
I don't endorse that.
Pause that,
abort tha.
Just the other day mi go London, saw dat, kids ina the street
Paparazzi, all dat

not to mention the lazy, obnoxious "DAY DA DAY DAY DAY DAY" babbling. Barf. Sorry, I guess I could have put this on one of the Nicki threads. This poll actually has a decent number of enduring summer jams, mixed in with stuff I heard way too many times at my last restaurant job and would pay money to never hear again e.g. "Lighters," "Rolling In The Deep," "Super Bass," and "TGIF."

Still dig "Party Rock Anthem" though.

haha you didn't even mention that the verse ends with BECKY BECKY BECKY

anyway, KP & pitbull are pretty much the only two of these that i'll bump in the car -- maybe "i'm on one" begrudgingly

idk

― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Saturday, July 2, 2011 12:29 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feeling nostalgic for a time when j0rdan would only bump "i'm on one" begrudgingly

ha, I totally missed that Guetta/Nicki/Flo Rida. what a shitshow.

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