Yes yes
ya'll ! It's just another week of hip hop domination on the Billboard hot 100 charts, as yet again the top 10 singles are primarily hip hop (approximately 80%). Here's the list..
Billboard Top 10 (As of June 7th/09)1. "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas *
2. "Poker Face" - Lady
GaGa (yes STILL !!!)
3. "I Know You Want Me (
Calle Ocho)" -
Pitbull * (club banger of the year so far)
4. "Birthday Sex" -
Jeremih *
5. "Blame It" - Jamie
Foxx feat. T Pain *
6. "Halo" -
Beyonce *
7. "Knock You Down" - Keri
Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and
Kanye West * (watch out for this joint, it's hot right now, bump it).
8. "Day N
Nite" - Kid
Kudi * (
Crooker's Remix still tearing up the club scene)
9. "Fire Burning" - Sean Kingston *
10. "Love Game" - Lady
GaGaAgain, the *'s mark the 8 hip hop tracks on the top 10. That means the top 10 is currently divided up by 80% hip hop/r&b music and the remaining 20% is being held down by Lady
GaGa with two songs in position's 2 and 10. She's having a good year for sure.
Not surprisingly the Black Eyed Pea's continue to see success from their hit single which is currently number one. Pitbull moves up two slots to 3rd as his club hit continues to climb the top 10. Jeremih's "Birthday Sex" rose from 9th to 4th but the big airplay gainer and hot joint out right now is "Knock You Down" by Keri Hilson featuring Ne-Yo and Kanye West. This track is being requested like crazy on radio stations all across the continent, believe me.
Interestingly enough, sales of "Black Out 2" (
Redman and Method man and "Back On My B.S." (
Busta Rhymes) have come to an almost screeching halt. Although I'm positive these albums are being bootlegged by millions of music fans worldwide, so the digital music downloads must be through the roof.
As far as albums on the Billboard charts go, "Black Out 2" has dropped from 7
th to 18
th while "Back On My B.S." plummets from the 5th to 22nd spot. "Relapse" by rap artist Eminem continues to be the current highest selling album over all.
Still, it amuses me to see that hip hop is being broadcasted in more then a healthy dose of current mainstream music. What do you think ? Too much, or not enough quality hip hop to represent the genre ? Do you see any patterns in the success of these recording artists and their songs ?
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Peace.