biggest rap songs on urban radio 2011

pretty agreeable results!

yeah, wow!

i've actually never heard the wiz/too $hort song, so surprised to see it get multiple votes

haha that is my sister and i's drinking anthem

great top 3

i haven't heard the meek mill/ross actually. i should remedy that at some point.

ok that is kinda weird

"niggas in paris" might be robbed..

meek mill afaict has no traction here whatsoever

but like, that song had a huge event remix w/ khaled/tip/wayne/ross

he's from philly

xp i didn't even know that til now. i only know meek mill exists cause of the internet

I was the "Niggas In Paris" vote

I though meek mill was mac miller

did the meek mill song come first or the lonely island song

ok this is dope, not really sure how i feel about the prominent ross grunt tho

lol remember when some dude didn't think that was a 'thing'

i think i was more just offended to learn that it is a thing, especially because i'd never noticed it before but now i can't un-hear it (unlike the Kanye Honk that ruined so many songs for me long before there was a name for it)

great top 4!

i don't really love "moment 4 life" but something about the way nicki enunciates "and i ain't lucky, i'm blessed / YES" totally gets me

oh god that line is the worst

I don't know if I am sad or relieved that this poll ended before I could get through every song on here in the original order

also who the hell voted for "Marvins Room"

even tho i had "marvin's room" at #1 i think i actually voted for travis porter

#imjustsayingyoucoulddobetter

oh god that line is the worst

yeah i know it's not a good line in any sense, it's just the way she says it

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2011/12/the-best-hip-hop-of-2011.html

I see mostly shtick in Nicki Minaj, though I’m thrilled to see a woman break apart the boys club and sexualize men in her hit video. I admire her vocal speed and enunciation but I’m creeped out by the Pixar British accent and Barbie obsession. Her track “Super Bass” became such a consensus song that Taylor Swift covered it live (sometimes with Minaj herself), as did two tiny British girls named Sophia Grace and Rosie, landing them on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2011/12/the-best-hip-hop-of-2011.html#ixzz1giWPXkS8

he goes on to praise azealia banks tho (rme) so ymmv

i agree about the schtick. those first mixtapes around the time gucci was buzzing are p dope, though, me ex played those a lot this summer

it's still genuinely quite bizarre to me how massive nicki minaj has become, when i think back to hearing those mixtapes for the first time

do you actually think azealia banks is terrible and no-good and awful, or just overrated?

hasn't she only released one song?

i have a few kicking around from a few years ago, when she went under miss bank$

is "212" even properly released yet? it wasn't as of a month ago

i think having a music video = released

well, there's a video. is it available for purchase? i'm not sure. i think they might be working shit out w/ the guy she jacked the beat from, or maybe they're just letting this build buzz and won't officially put out a single until she's done stuff w/ epworth

i just checked, it's on uk itunes. who is this "lazy jay" who suddenly gets a featuring credit

it's the guy that she took the beat from

that's why the video kept getting pulled down

i dunno i dont want to rag on a-banks more than i already have bcuz i think my initial ire was a bit ott -- i think all the comparisons to rappers-i-like was real off putting when i heard it & everyone's saying BEST SHIT OF THE YEAR -- its closer to lily allen than trina imo

ummm she's not really close to either

Reema Major's single was better anyway

I see mostly shtick in Nicki Minaj, though I’m thrilled to see a woman break apart the boys club and sexualize men in her hit video.

didn't Salt & Pepa spend half of the 90s doing this

yeah but every time a female comes along and raps about sex and men being sexy, every time people act like no one's ever done it before (which is where we return to azealia banks)

I mean, I get why Missy wouldn't be a good avenue for comparison because IIRC the vast majority of her videos have ppl in borderline skiwear up until "Lose Control" so it's not like the videos themselves were objectifying dudes but didn't S&P paw shirtless guys in practically every single one of their post-"Push It" videos?

ummm she's not really close to either

― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, December 16, 2011 11:23 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

idk precocious cutesy theater kid is kind of her steez
i was actually going to say that one chick critics were into 5 yrs ago who did theatrical 'hip-hop'-esque showtunes but i couldn't remember her name for the life of me

nellie mckay?

thats the one

allen and mckay aren't really "rappers" as such, they just experiment with it. banks can actually rap really well.

also, press and image aside, i don't think banks' theatre-kid thing actually comes across on record at all

i dont know why that sess 45 / keedy black song we both like doesn't have similar levels of label interest, if its just down to rapping skill; but it isn't, of course, its her theatrical irony & general indie-ness that gives her coverage

also, press and image aside, i don't think banks' theatre-kid thing actually comes across on record at all

Really? My reaction to "212" was the overwhelming impression that someone had played a Betty Boo single for her and said "okay sound like this, only more arch".

archness is a better word for what i'm thinking than 'theatrical irony & general indieness' thnx

i dont know why that sess 45 / keedy black song we both like doesn't have similar levels of label interest, if its just down to rapping skill; but it isn't, of course, its her theatrical irony & general indie-ness that gives her coverage

or reema major, or brianna who does that "marilyn monroe" song, or yeah many others. so many others.

this happens all the time though! "why are you paying attention to this and not that" is like, something i whine every month. odd future, the weeknd, frank ocean, asap rocky, yadda yadda yadda. at least this time there's a legit great pop song, in terms of hooks and earworminess, that feels somewhat ~alive~ and not just like someone's mumbled something intp their laptop at 3am

i really don't hear archness in it though...and usually that's a real turn-off for me

I don't see how you can listen to the switch from flat-affect robot to overly conversational verging on surfer girl verses to the sung part to the shouty part without imagining her stopping each take in the studio to change her hat and sunglasses to better get "into character" for each voice.