top 50 Hot 100 hits of 2011

the #1 R&B/hip-hop song of the year, Miguel's "Sure Thing," is #92 on the Hot 100 year-end list.

And that's a song I've only heard because ILXors have mentioned it and I've looked it up on YouTube. Doesn't get much airplay on the Top 40 stations here (even the "rhythmic" one).

Lyrically, Miguel uses analogies to express his love interest, such as "You are the chalk / And I could be your blackboard" and "If I'm the lyric baby / You could be the note".

how have you not heard motivation?

Where would I have heard it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVjxjGgdVPg

I mean, I only really listen to the radio on the weekend when I'm running errands. So the songs that stick are the ones that are played a million times.

xp Yeah, I'm listening to it now, just because I wanted to make sure I really hadn't heard it.

And the pop stations I listen to are B96 and Kiss 103.5.

i didn't pull her in, dan did when he mentioned that no one cared about kelly unless she was on a song by beyonce or nelly

rmde

if you couldn't parse that as "Kelly has never made an EOY pop list unless she's in Destiny's Child or on 'Dilemma'" I don't really know what to tell you

I'm also not as into keeping up with pop music as I used to be, in part b/c I don't love the aesthetic that dominates in 2011 and in part because I'm lol old.

"Motivation" is #33 on the 'radio songs' chart, so it's bigger if you're looking purely at airplay and not stuff like itunes sales

6 foot 7 foot no hesitation

ugh son

SMH

idg 6 foot 7 foot

like, if you want to talk about trebly, harsh songs that sound like cats having sex

pretty great rap song while wayne is going but it's not a classic or anything

also it gets annoying when played on the radio too much

weezy sounds like a police siren

yeah it's seriously one of the most unpleasantly shrill songs i've ever heard in radio rotation

idk, i like "back coupes up and chunk the deuce up" as a rhyme and on principal i think ending verse w/ the same phrase (either slightly tweaked or not) is fun gimmick

― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 14:50 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

misread this as "i like 'back coupes up and chunk the deuce up' as a rhyme on principal" & was like "otm"

lol did you all hate "A Milli" too?

yeah it's too twee

i was kind of an "a milli" detractor at the time but i give it its due respect as a hugely influential song. i don't know why i should extend the same courtesy to one of its most transparent knockoffs, though.

same here (i wont give up my preference for 'lollipop' tho)

one of my more blatant contrarian positions lol

in a milli weezy's voice is much lower-pitched and the sample is lower too

gonna challop and say 'how to love' >>>>>>>>>>> '6 foot 7 foot'

i agree with that, i hate to admit it but "how to love" is kind of a sensitive well written song

i was out in front of the "how to love" bandwagon

and "She Will" is best of all.

I was ready to hate it on principle but then I applied the j0rd s. 'where/how often have you heard it' test and it was all over the place and it won me over

"A Milli" is one of my least favorite hits of the last few years.

you can forgive me for having a cynical initial reaction to a lil wayne song featuring guitar AND singing though, surely (xpost)

"how to love" is kind of a sensitive well written song

not well sung though

it's not supposed to be! in fact that's kind of its charm

the Phil Oakey Clause does not apply here.

measuring how 'good' a singer is objectively is pretty rockist and/or HI DERE-ish

the buzzing autotuned "MMMMMMM" that wayne ends the song with is so disgustingly unpleasant that i'll never give the track any credit as an enjoyable recording, but i'm saying the song itself is just fine

"how to love" is kind of a sensitive well written song

― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, December 9, 2011 1:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

I agree with this but musically it's soporific.

It sounds like something Stargate would do at 8AM before they've had their coffee

oh yeah production wise it's kind of ugly and chintzy

those tinny snare triplets are straight soundclick

it's kind of like if your spouse who doesn't know how to sing or dance or play an instrument, learned how to sing/dance/play an instrument and sang you a love song on your birthday

or baked you a cake that ended up tasting like ass apples (the important part being she baked you a cake)

while Stargate are in the kitchen, quietly drinking coffee.

here's another jam for all you ppl boosting "How To Love"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEAyUrv4A8

"how to hate" f/ t-pain is hilarious and the best song on c4 though

easily

prob would be the best song on the t pain album too

the t-pain leaks have felt so dull and forced

the album is only okay i think

i haven't listened to it yet you act like thr33 ringz is his crowning achievement so your opinion is a little suspect, no offense