I find it immensely saddening that in 2008, Eminem is able to have a #1 hit.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah. this is why I kind of hate itunes.
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Kanye needs to hurry up and release "Paranoid" as a single already.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
also I think a better comparison wrt "Whatever You Like" is Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous," which was a big record but not one that I think is that important culturally or will be necessarily remebered... not on the level of an "Umbrella" or an "Irreplacable" or what have you...
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:25 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark
i was thinking this literally 20 mins ago when i was in the car.... i mean if "just dance" can be the #1 single...
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
arguably "i kissed a girl" is a bigger cultural touchstone than single ladies
"Promiscuous" is by far my favorite song mentioned is this convo, but you are probably right. xxp
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa jordan u may be right
― Surmounter, Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess those two + "Lollipop"/"A Milli" = the big cultural touchstone records of 08?
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah "i kissed a girl" is definitely getting a segment on the inevitable "I Love 2008" VH1 Special
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe "Low" goes on that list too?
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
see i always felt like "low" was so itunes driven - feel like i've heard "i kissed a girl" and "single ladies" way more on the radio
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
"lollipop" as well
the first time I heard "whatever you like" i didn't get the hype, but after hearing it on the radio a million times it totally became my jam.
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someone fluent in billboard please explain how ^^^ is an "interesting move"?
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sigh
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i am really pleased that something so euro-dancey is doing well here.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:34 (fifteen years ago) link
As opposed to all the other euro-dancey songs that have been huge in the past 2-3 years?
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
ummmmm
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― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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For real? I probably heard "Low" on the radio more than any other song last year, and everywhere else, too. It was completely ubiquitous.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Why do you guys think "Low" resonated like it did? That always really baffled me.
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
OH FUCK NO XXP
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I really, really hope that Asher Roth doesn't blow up this year. I don't think I can take it.
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:38 PM Bookmark
It was a fun dance song that chicks liked. That's really all there is to it.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
THE SONG IS CALLED "I LOVE COLLEGE"
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah but there are lots of fun dance songs that chicks like... "Low" was like ridiculously successful, I think it was like the most downloaded song ever or something like that
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe it's because it came at the height of t-pain-mania?
i was going to start a thread about this but basically, is eminem relevant anymore? i am hardly the ILM expert on hip hop but eminem just doesn't seem to fit in anymore (and not in a good iconoclastic way but in a sorry grampa kind of way). and the whole "record of 17 rapes, 400 assaults, and 4 murders, the undisputed, most diabolic villain in the world, Slim Shady!" thing (no i didn't have that memorized)...maybe i'm just getting along in years but that's just gross and it seems that the rap community has been trying to downplay the gangster image lately.
xpost okay what euro dancey stuff has been big in the US the last few years? serious question because i never listen to the radio.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
no eminem isn't relevant
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Eminem ceased to be relevent sometime around when he dropped Encore.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i didnt know 'mad' was charting (low, but w/e). this is cool. also, three beyonce songs on the charts is :)
nickelback somehow unkillable
xxxpost i dunno if he's relevant or not, but he's fucking EMINEM, he was the biggest pop star in the world for about 5 years wasnt he?
― some black dude (k3vin k.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:43 (fifteen years ago) link
aka people are going to buy his shit regardless
i dunno guys, he does have the #1 single so maybe he is relevant again.
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:43 (fifteen years ago) link
going #1 off itunes sales alone doesn't make you relevant necessarily
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:41 PM Bookmark
Have you somehow missed the whole "Euro-dance sounds in everything" trend that kicked off around, say, "Sexyback"? I would imagine not.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
it wasn't straight-up euro dance though, i'm thinking swedish hit factory type stuff, and not just borrowing certain elements, poker face isn't that exactly but it's the closest thing i have heard in a while. although i think cascada charted here so nm
xp okay can't eminem be irrelevant AND not be on the charts? can't i have it all?
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
"please don't stop the music"
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
White US pop stars appropiating black US music is dope and black US pop stars appropiating Euro music is dope but white US pop stars appropiating Euro music is THE WORST imo.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I realize my JT-love throws that into contradiction, but he was doing both at the same time.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
White US pop stars appropriating black US music is dope
ehhhhhh......
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't mean that categorically, even if it was phrased as such. Change all those "is"s to "can be"s.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I phrased that v. poorly, come to think of it. But you know what I meant.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah I get what you mean
― someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned pop (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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lol
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago) link
also that new flo rida song sucks, i really hate those tracks which do nothing but relentlessly hammer a huge, obvious sample into your ears
btw, you guys know that 'whatever you like' peaked at no 47 over here :(
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:20 (fifteen years ago) link
lucky britishes... hearing that song all the time is :(
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
idk i think "s.o.s" is pretty incredible
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i didn't much like that either
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, lol at the Flo-Rida track being produced by Dr. Luke
― The Reverend, Friday, 13 February 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:25 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"See You In My Nightmares" is being sent to radio next month o_O
― some dude, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
white US pop stars appropiating Euro music is THE WORST imo
nay on this. i would love to hear US pop stars getting French and Swedish dudes behind the desk.
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Friday, 13 February 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
..read that as "i would love to hear US pop stars getting French and Saunders behind the desk."
― Mark G, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
guys you're missing the silver lining here...the ascendance of Asher Roth may end up getting totally fucked up by Eminem coming back (and probably just very briefly) at the exact same time...plus 50 just took "Crack A Bottle" for his album, so i'm betting Em will push back his album at least another 6 months now.
― some dude, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link