yeah, the only good part of this song is that fifteen-second segment where the dull-ass beat drops out, leaving us with a stumbling organ and a less annoying Natasha singing something along the lines of 'there's this place where i go that nobody knows' etc. Then the bass kicks in, she breaks into that butterflieeeeeeeeessssssssssss note and I swoon before she returns to the piece of shit that is "Pocketful of Sunshine." ;_;
I have similar relationships with Fergie songs.
― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill a milli a milli a milli a milli a mill
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:38 (fifteen years ago) link
correct me if im wrong but isn't "a milli" kinda like my humps 2.0 in terms of it's ascent. not a planned single, buyers forced the it on radio, forced the videos and the promos etc even tho the label had other songs planned as singles. i guess "my humps" had a faster ascent but i think the correlation is there
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
it's also my humps 2.0 in terms of its appeal! MY HUMPS MY HUMPS MY HUMPS vs A MILLI A MILLI A MILLI
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:24 (fifteen years ago) link
also 'when i grow up' is terrific but somewhat overshadowed in the whore-pop stakes by danity kane and tila tequila
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:25 (fifteen years ago) link
when i grow up may or may not be terrific, but i don't understand the fucking video, as in WHY IS THAT OKAY YOU KNOW TO SHOW OUR KIDS
i know, i know, the kids shouldn't be watching that crap. always blamin the momma!
and tape store otm re: natasha
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys, Hayden Panetierre!
― Pancakes Hackman, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
eww it's so terrible i can't even look at her weasel face
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
when even Surmounter can't some starlet's bullshit that's a serious "kill yourself" moment
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
missing a verb in there. defend, i guess?
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
well, rly, i just think hayden panetroll is so fuckin ugly. i mean honestly she looks like something that would eat straw.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
that is w/out question the meanest thing i have ever seen surmounter say here, by like a counry fucking mile
id hit but surm still otm
― deeznuts, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Metro Station! How nice of them to pre-mix their rock song for play at dodgy suburban nightclubs. What i always wanted Robert Smith guesting on bad dance pop singles to sound like.
― Tim F, Sunday, 20 July 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
That Hayden Panettiere clip would make more sense if it was, like, vaguely latinate euro-trance-pop and Hayden's name was actually Hayla. But the song is quite good. Not as good as "Stars Are Blind", or not yet at least: the charms of kinda pointless sleazy summer reggae pop have to creep up on one, usually. Also I'll take her video boyfriend if she has no further use for him.
― Tim F, Sunday, 20 July 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Billboard Hot 100 - Top 50 1 1 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl 2 2 Rihanna Take A Bow 3 3 Chris Brown Forever 15 4 Rihanna Disturbia 5 5 Coldplay Viva La Vida 8 6 Lil Wayne A Milli 4 7 Lil Wayne Lollipop 9 8 Kardinal Offishall Dangerous 6 9 Lewis*leona Bleeding Love - Single 10 10 Jesse Mccartney Leavin' 11 11 Jonas Brothers Burnin' Up 12 12 The Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up 7 13 Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful Of Sunshine 19 14 Ne-yo Closer 17 15 Metro Station Shake It 26 16 Estelle American Boy 14 17 Plies Bust It Baby Pt. 2 13 18 Miley Cyrus 7 Things 18 19 Banner*david Vget Like Me 20 20 Three 6 Mafia Featu Lolli Lolli (pop That Body) 21 21 The-dream I Luv Your Girl 23 22 Sugarland All I Want To Do 22 23 3 Doors Down It's Not My Time 28 24 Young Jeezy Put On 24 25 Colby O'donis Featu What You Got -- 26 Shwayze Corona And Lime 29 27 Jason Mraz I'm Yours 25 28 Jordin Sparks Duet No Air 31 29 Lil Wayne Got Money 36 30 Flo Rida Featuring In The Ayer 27 31 Danity Kane Damaged Remix 32 32 Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent 34 33 Taylor Swift Should've Said No 39 34 Jordin Sparks One Step At A Time 35 35 Secondhand Serenade Fall For You 55 36 M.i.a. Paper Planes (homeland Securit 41 37 Flobots Handlebars 52 38 Kid Rock All Summer Long 30 39 Usher Love In This Club 38 40 Gavin Degraw In Love With A Girl 40 41 Alan Jackson Good Time 37 42 Colbie Caillat Realize 33 43 Ray J Feat. Yung Berg Sexy Can I 42 44 V.i.c. Get Silly 45 45 Sara Bareilles Love Song 93 46 Shwayze Featuring C Buzzin' 48 47 David Cook The Time Of My Life 51 48 Keith Urban You Look Good In My Shirt 44 49 Flo Rida Low/jealous 43 50 New Kids On The Blo Summertime
Interesting Moves & Debuts 60 53 Duffy Mercy -- 56 Miley Cyrus Breakout 75 61 Leona Lewis Better In Time 79 67 Mariah Carey I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time -- 87 Nelly Featuring Ash Body On Me 16 89 Jonas Brothers Pushin' Me Away -- 95 Plies Featuring Jam Please Excuse My Hands -- 96 Jennifer Hudson Spotlight -- 97 Ll Cool J Featuring Baby -- 99 Meryl Streep Mamma Mia
Bubbling Under 6 3 September Cry For You 1 5 Lady Gaga,colby O'donis Just Dance (remixes) - Ep -- 6 Miley Cyrus Fly On The Wall 16 10 Sara Bareilles Bottle It Up -- 11 Keri Hilson Energy -- 13 Miley Cyrus Girls Just Wanna Have Fun -- 18 Carrie Underwood Just A Dream -- 22 Amanda Seyfried, As Honey, Honey -- 24 Miley Cyrus Goodbye
R&b 100 1 1 Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent 2 2 Lil Wayne A Milli 5 3 Rihanna Take A Bow 4 4 The-dream I Luv Your Girl 6 5 Chris Brown Take You Down 11 9 Jazmine Sullivan Need U Bad 12 11 Thicke*robin Magic 17 15 Marvin Sapp Never Would Have Made It 20 16 Jennifer Hudson Spotlight 18 22 Usher Moving Mountains 21 24 Ne-yo Closer 51 29 Dwele I'm Cheatin' 37 39 Mariah Carey I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time 64 49 Al Green Featuring Stay With Me (by The Sea) 59 52 Keri Hilson Energy -- 56 Ne-yo Miss Independent 72 81 Chris Brown Forever 82 84 Solange I Decided -- 89 Alicia Keys Superwoman 94 96 Missy Elliott Best, Best
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I really hate duffy
and woah @ loli loli pop that body actually being a hit... when did that happen?
and rihanna two songs in the top 5 woah
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
jazmine sullivan top 10 r&b SMASH
99 Meryl Streep Mamma Mia
loolol
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:19 (fifteen years ago) link
m.i.a in the top 40, weird
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
because of the pinapple express commercial
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha seriously
get that apatow money, girl
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Shwayze is the worst thing to happen to rap since Flobots.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:47 (fifteen years ago) link
sargnt88: unnggh shwayze #5 on itunes sargnt88: what is wrong with people my friend: never heard it my friend: jonas brothers of rap? sargnt88: nah sargnt88: skater dude for ppl who watch laguna beach religiously sargnt88: first single has a chorus from paris hilton's ex bf or something sargnt88: it's like flobots
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously that shit makes me want to actively hurt people
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
DMB-rap = least fav trend of 08
― The Reverend, Thursday, 31 July 2008 07:08 (fifteen years ago) link
BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50 1 1 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL 3 2 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER 4 3 RIHANNA DISTURBIA 2 4 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW 5 5 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 6 6 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP 8 7 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS -- 8 JONAS BROTHERS TONIGHT 12 9 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP 14 10 NE-YO CLOSER 11 11 JONAS BROTHERS BURNIN' UP 16 12 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY 10 13 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN' 9 14 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE 7 15 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP REMIX 36 16 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT 13 17 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE(REMIXES) 20 18 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATU LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY) 19 19 BANNER*DAVID VGET LIKE ME 15 20 METRO STATION SHAKE IT 17 21 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2 24 22 YOUNG JEEZY PUT ON 26 23 SHWAYZE CORONA AND LIME 18 24 MILEY CYRUS 7 THINGS 21 25 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL 29 26 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY 22 27 SUGARLAND ALL I WANT TO DO 23 28 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME -- 29 T-PAIN FEATURING LI CAN'T BELIEVE IT 30 30 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER 34 31 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME 27 32 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS 35 33 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU 38 34 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG 25 35 COLBY O'DONIS FEATU WHAT YOU GOT 32 36 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT 28 37 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR 33 38 TAYLOR SWIFT SHOULD'VE SAID NO 47 39 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE 31 40 DANITY KANE DAMAGED REMIX 37 41 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS 55 42 RICK ROSS FEATURING HERE I AM 40 43 GAVIN DEGRAW IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 48 44 KEITH URBAN YOU LOOK GOOD IN MY SHIRT 45 45 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG 41 46 ALAN JACKSON GOOD TIME 42 47 COLBIE CAILLAT REALIZE 39 48 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB 59 49 YUNG BERG FEATURING THE BUSINESS 61 50 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME
INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS 97 67 L.L. COOL J BABY/ROCKIN' WITH THE G.O.A.T. 67 70 MARIAH CAREY I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONG TIME -- 76 LADY GAGA,COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP 96 89 JENNIFER HUDSON SPOTLIGHT -- 91 SAVAGE FEATURING SO SWING -- 92 JOHN MAYER FREE FALLIN' -- 95 WE THE KINGS CHECK YES JULIET (RUN BABY RUN -- 98 GARY ALLAN LEARNING HOW TO BEND -- 100 THE TING TINGS SHUT UP AND LET ME GO
BUBBLING UNDER 4 1 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND -- 2 HINDER USE ME 11 3 KERI HILSON ENERGY 3 4 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU 18 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM -- 7 JOHN LEGEND FEATURI GREEN LIGHT
R&B 100 1 1 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT 2 2 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP 3 3 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW 6 4 YOUNG JEEZY PUT ON 5 5 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN 16 14 JENNIFER HUDSON SPOTLIGHT 24 23 NE-YO CLOSER 39 36 MARIAH CAREY I'LL BE LOVIN' U LONG TIME 52 42 KERI HILSON ENERGY 56 53 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT 89 55 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN 81 69 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER 84 87 SOLANGE I DECIDED -- 94 JANET CAN'T B GOOD
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
woah @ M.I.A.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
also:
-- 29 T-PAIN FEATURING LI CAN'T BELIEVE IT
intersting.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i think they've fucked up "lollipop" and "a milli" there
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
also v awz for ne-yo
-- The Brainwasher, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 10:18 PM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
in a good or bad way? as it is i fear i have too much emotionally invested in the chart positions of t-pain's new solo stuff
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
had no idea Akon still had the juice to take a relatively unestablished artist into the top 10. I haven't even heard "Dangerous" much at all.
what's up with "Lollipop" and the remix being two separate entries on the Hot 100? I thought remixes like that were generally counted toward the same airplay stats as the original (with stuff like "Love In This Club Pt. 2" getting separate entries through that altered title loophole).
― some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda hilarious that when DJs play "Can't Believe It" for once they actually seem to be deliberately cutting it off before the Lil Wayne appearance.
― some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe the ascent of tpain was like the us public running away from home for 8 months but then going broke and remembering how great home was in the first place
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
or something
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dangerous" is a total breezy summer jam, tho. The Lil Wayne thing is a fuckup. "A Milli" is at #6. "Lollipop" is at #15.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:34 (fifteen years ago) link
in other words akon is our moms
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
-- some dude, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:30 PM (Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:30 PM) Bookmark Link
First time I heard them play it on the radio here, the djs made merciless fun of the mansion/Wiscanson rhyme.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
xp o_O
― The Reverend, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
The recent "f/ Akon" joints have all been pretty good. "Dangerous", "Hypnotized", that one by the irish r&b singer dude.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
dunno how you could make fun of the mansion/wiscansin rhyme-- or really anything t-pain does nowadays-- since he acknowledges and flaunts his ridiculousness
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
also the part where he goes "put a flower in your hair and have you lookin like a fly mamasita" is really sweet
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"fuego"
crossing my fingers for archuleta
― Tape Store, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice blog, JM.
-- jaymc, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 10:15 PM (4 weeks ago)
A belated thank-you! I've been off this thread for several weeks.
-- Surmounter, Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:38 PM
Literally LOL.
Rihanna's up to, what, double digits in Top 10 singles now?
― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 7 August 2008 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
And I'm almost afraid to see the Venn diagram of Top 40 singles / Top 40 singles featuring Akon / Top 40 singles featuring T-Pain.
― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 7 August 2008 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
rooney should sue the asses off of metro station
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 August 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
That A Milli single is the source of great contention in our home. My girlfriend can't stand it, but I dig the sort of brutal repetition.
― I eat cannibals, Monday, 11 August 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link