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Rap's the rage: The numbers prove it Rap's the rage: The numbers prove it
By PHIL KLOER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution TOP TEN SINGLES • 1. "Baby Boy": Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul • 2. "Shake Ya Tailfeather": Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee • 3. "Get Low": Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring the Ying Yang Twins • 4. "Right Thurr": Chingy • 5. "Frontin' ": Pharrell featuring Jay-Z • 6. "Damn!": YoungBloodz featuring Lil Jon • 7. "P.I.M.P.": 50 Cent • 8. "Into You": Fabolous featuring Tamia/Ashanti • 9. "Stand Up": Ludacris featuring Shawnna • 10. "Where is the Love?": Black Eyed Peas Source: The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Rap music is so pervasive in society that it has accomplished a musical milestone: All of the Top 10 singles on the new Billboard Hot 100 chart feature rap. From No. 1 ("Baby Boy" by Beyoncé and Sean Paul) to No. 10 ("Where is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas), rappers rule as never before on the chart, which is released today. "Hip-hop is as mainstream now as rock and pop were 10 years ago," said Dylan Sprague, program director for Atlanta Top 40 radio station Q100. "To kids growing up today, hip-hop is pop music," he said. "It's only adults who look at it differently." Musically, rap and hip-hop are the same thing -- lyrics spoken over a steady rhythmic beat. Hip-hop culture, which includes the music but also slang, dance and fashion, has been steadily increasing its influence in youth culture for years -- from TV commercials to suburban teens who get Eminem-style short haircuts. White consumers now buy an estimated 80 percent of hip-hop CDs by many mainstream acts, according to industry estimates. And white musicians once identified with pop are blending their music with hip-hop. Justin Timberlake, formerly of boy band 'N Sync, guests on the Peas' "Where is the Love?" and Christina Aguilera's latest hit, "Can't Hold Us Down," is a duet with rapper Lil' Kim. In addition, three of the Top 10 songs have Atlanta roots: "Get Low" by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring the Ying Yang Twins (No. 3); "Damn!" by YoungBloodz featuring Lil Jon (No. 6); and "Stand Up" by Ludacris featuring Shawnna (No. 9), indicative of Atlanta's importance in the hip-hop world. And the No. 1 CD on Billboard's album chart is "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," by Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast. The Billboard Hot 100 reflects what's popular on radio, says Silvio Pietroluongo, who oversees the chart. Years ago, the chart covered sales of singles, but record companies rarely release hit songs as singles anymore. The radio dominance of hip-hop is being fueled by listener demand and the marketplace. The album chart, where Outkast is No. 1, is based solely on sales. "What made hip-hop distinct 10 years ago really doesn't exist anymore, the idea that it expressed a particular consciousness of a group of people who were left out of popular culture," said Consuela Francis, assistant professor of African-American literature at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. "It's not about struggle anymore -- how much is Puff Daddy struggling?" she said. "But it still has that allure, and that allure has transcended racial boundaries. Everybody wants to buy it." Source: http://www.ajc.com/living...5686955365 | |
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It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Yeah, looking at that list, is that something to be proud of? "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan | |
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Boy, I hate popularity contests and charts. They express such ignorance. | |
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namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
Yup. Time for the kids to come up with something new. We always do. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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beyonce number one... moonbeam your fav! | |
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namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
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Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird | |
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! | |
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! :beyonce: | |
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! :beyonce: :chrismartin: | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! :beyonce: :chrismartin: | |
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Goddamn, rap sucks. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: namepeace said: It's kinda sad. It's now become as indistinguishable as pop music. With a few notable exceptions, hip-hop is now mostly a bore.
we posted at the same time ...thats weird Slut! :beyonce: :chrismartin: | |
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You fucked that up!
[This message was edited Thu Oct 9 4:39:57 PDT 2003 by Cloudbuster] | |
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savoirfaire said: Yeah, looking at that list, is that something to be proud of?
It is something to be ashamed of, actually. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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Cloudbuster said: "Its just emotions taking me over...caught up in sorrow lost in a song" :lighterout:
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: "Its just emotions taking me over...caught up in sorrow lost in a song" :lighterout:
That's a tune. The Bee Gees wrote that. | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: "Its just emotions taking me over...caught up in sorrow lost in a song" :lighterout:
That's a tune. The Bee Gees wrote that. lol yes but beyonce was singing it on the video. | |
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: "Its just emotions taking me over...caught up in sorrow lost in a song" :lighterout:
That's a tune. The Bee Gees wrote that. lol yes but beyonce was singing it on the video. She's the kind of woman that would make me put my sometimesgayness in a box. Maybe forever. :untilchrismartincomesalong: | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: "Its just emotions taking me over...caught up in sorrow lost in a song" :lighterout:
That's a tune. The Bee Gees wrote that. lol yes but beyonce was singing it on the video. She's the kind of woman that would make me put my sometimesgayness in a box. Maybe forever. :untilchrismartincomesalong: you all could make alot of money with that video . .. [This message was edited Thu Oct 9 5:07:56 PDT 2003 by Christopher] | |
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Its funny that I barely hear any of these songs on the radio here in NY. You hear Baby Boy and Where is the Love, and Frontin, but the rest nowhere to be found. The top hits have Donna Summer, Britney & Modonna, dance stuff like Amuka/You Don't Appreciate Me, Rock Your Body by Stagga Lee, etc. I Don't know why these, most popular, songs are not seen on the charts. Do they not go on airplay aymore?
this weeks tops at radio: 1-Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - Deborah Cox 2-Rock Ya Body "Mic Check 1,2" - M.V.P. feat Stagga Lee 3-Baby Boy - Beyonce feat Sean Paul 4-Never - Roc Project 5-Crazy In Love - Beyonce feat. Jay Z 6-Alone - Lasgo Robbins 7-Frontin' - Pharrell feat. Jay Z 8-Try It On My Own remix - Whitney Houston 9-Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross 10-Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas 11-Into You- Fabolous 12-Appreciate Me - Amuka 13-I Begin To Wonder - Dannii Minogue 14-Something - Lasgo 15-Never Leave You - Lumidee 16-Simply Being Loved - B.T. 17-If I Didn't Know Better - Luther Vandross 18-You're So Beautiful - Donna Summer 19-Up Against All Odds - Tarralyn 20-Give It Up - Kevin Aviance 21-Make Me Wanna Scream - Blu Cantrell 22-Me Against The Music - Britney Spears [This message was edited Thu Oct 9 5:24:06 PDT 2003 by jthad1129] ---------------------------------
Funny and charming as usual | |
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Christopher said: you all could make alot of money with that video
You wanna film it? | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: you all could make alot of money with that video
You wanna film it? | |
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Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: you all could make alot of money with that video
You wanna film it? Okay, you can join in as well if you want. | |
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Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: Cloudbuster said: Christopher said: you all could make alot of money with that video
You wanna film it? Okay, you can join in as well if you want. sure ... but i hope you all have been tested for rabies before hand | |
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