January 2011
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Trey Songz - Love Faces
There’s this Louis...
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SURVIVAL THEMES: Top 100 Charting Singles of... →
survivalthemes:
1. Amerie - “1 Thing” [Columbia 2005] 2. Aaliyah - “Rock the Boat” [Blackground 2001] 3. Sade - “Soldier of Love” [Epic 2009] 4. R. Kelly - “Step in the Name of Love” [Jive 2003] 5. Anthony Hamilton - “Charlene” [So So Def 2003] 6. Alicia Keys - “You Don’t Know My Name” [J 2003] 7. Aaliyah - “Try…
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Ginuwine ft. Tank - Heaven (2011) →
“Heaven” initially struck me as a slight missed opportunity. The first thing is that it’s just immaculately produced by Bryan-Michael Cox: the synths are more of a veneer than anything, there’s minor keys tinkling everywhere, a gentle hint of guitar and literally harp strings being plucked. They lay the “Heaven” thing on thick, and yet the song is still tasteful...
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Yung Joc ft. Gucci Mane - Goin Ham →
If “Goin Ham” wasn’t an obvious enough “It’s Goin Down” rip by nature, then Joc makes it as explicit as possible when, at the beginning of the song, he says, “they want that old Joc back.” (Debatable.) And then, just to be clear, he opens the first verse quoting the song itself: “N*ggas in my face…” But all of this is okay because...
Rich Kid Shawty ft. Young Dro - Splurge →
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Predictably, kids are now biting Travis Porter. Predictably, this is a good thing. And also a good thing: Young Dro rapping in double time. Someone liberate the man for the good of the country.
Also, this was produced by K.E., and though it’s not as fruity as one might hope or expect, it knocks all the same.
So Many Shrimp’s Jordan Sargent now has a tumblr.
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Yung Berg ft. Roscoe Dash - I See You →
Is there a more perfectly sinister combination than Yung Berg and Roscoe Dash? Alas, Berg has twice shown the ability to attach himself to extremely catchy hooks, and Roscoe is writing a bunch of those these days, so here we are. Roscoe is a pretty talented writer though— much like his hook on “No Hands,” the one here goes a few different places melodically. And of course,...
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Rich Kid Shawty ft. Young Dro - Splurge →
Predictably, kids are now biting Travis Porter. Predictably, this is a good thing. And also a good thing: Young Dro rapping in double time. Someone liberate the man for the good of the country.
Also, this was produced by K.E., and though it’s not as fruity as one might hope or expect, it knocks all the same.
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leave them boys alone
i can make it transition in a flash
i’m bout to be in positions that get you n*ggas mad
i be in positions, just sititn in the jag
seat back i’m shittin, just sippin on a glass
don’t let your pride stop you from kissin a lil ass
them fellas lookin good, they sellin cook in the hood, they gettin a lil cash
i put the get it in the past, when the cash flow come, we gone, we...