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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 5, 2016 19:01:15 GMT -5
51. Somebody -- Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih It interpolates Whitney Houston's hit from 30 years ago, and the result? Uh... It's hard to say. It's not bad, and Natalie's voice and Jeremih's voice can really snap one after another. There are a few melody riffs and they sound ethereal or bassy and... really inoffensive. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 5, 2016 19:21:38 GMT -5
50. Classic Man -- Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur It's right in the middle: #50. Yep, it's another song that sounds kind of inoffensive (which ironically it's not what he meant to present), yet have more personality and is much more memorable than Somebody. Based on the lyrics, he's the "classic man" by his own standard, though kind of joking through out of his slightly frivolous voice and contradicting his politeness and classiness by tossing out some swear words from time to time. And he wants to mean because he "looks this clean"? Such a kid. And he indirectly brags about how desirable he is, and can go above social norm and rules. It all sounds adorable, and not in a bad way. At the end of the way it starts to convince that "classic man" can indeed maintain the "classiness" of his own and it's actually cool and loads of fun. Not to mention Roman GianArthur's voice is almost perfect for this song. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast on Jun 5, 2016 21:09:31 GMT -5
All I'm wondering is...oh God, where is that POS Fight Song ranked...then again, it's your opinion.
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 5, 2016 22:49:29 GMT -5
All I'm wondering is...oh God, where is that POS Fight Song ranked...then again, it's your opinion. It's not just me. At least two critics from the internet mentioned it somehow in their "worst songs of the year" list if not dishonorable mentions
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 0:30:24 GMT -5
Yay Habits didnt make top 50, thank god.
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Post by godjanny on Jun 6, 2016 1:07:58 GMT -5
I don't agree with many of these as I like pretty much all these songs, but it's still a good read.
I don't think I'll make a list of these but if I did Night Changes, Talking Body, and Back To Back would be really high. But not as high as Nasty Freestyle. I can't think of anything that would block that from #1, lol.
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 22:02:12 GMT -5
49. G.D.F.R. -- Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas At first listen, I thought this song's horrendous, and after almost a year when I bought it, it came off as a slightly clumsy and cheap masterpiece. But now... it sort of all balanced out to let it end up in a "meh-decent" tier. It's one of the novelty songs of the year to me. Its lyrics is just gibberish and doesn't possess anything that matters, but it serves well as a dance song, as soon as the saxophone drop starts to blast, you can feel that there's something special about it. It's a song that's basically founded upon the single riff, which is an instrument sample from an old song, and it's repeated in a low volume on the verses over the beat and Flo Rida's moderate swagger and on the hook over Sage the Gemini's coaching tone. Then, boom! It's a summer dance jam. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 22:23:45 GMT -5
48. She Knows -- Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J It's the kind of song that baffles me of how to give it a score. When I first watched the music video, I liked the song and it's one of the most memorable songs of last year. But the video got Juicy J's first verse removed, and for some really good reasons. It shouldn't have started with Juicy J's monotonous verse and the because of that this song is at least half a notch lower. Am I implying that Ne-Yo's part is that soulful and gratifying? Well, his voice's alright, and the deep clarinet-ish sound works well with the trap beat and gives the song a deceptively refined kind of feel. The playful lyrics about observing and interacting with strippers leads up to a powerful hook that does grab some "attention", but still a little inane as far as content is concerned. The child's voice is memorable yet disturbing for sure.TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 22:37:21 GMT -5
47. Riptide -- Vance Joy It says that the song is known for its metaphors, but ironically I'm not sure of any of the metaphors it uses. But I don't have to really hold a grasp of them to say that this song has never interested me a lot and its averagely catchy melody, the very moderately used drum and the whole folky construction lost my desire to keep listening in its first minute mark. Admittedly the whole "folklore" atmosphere is attractive enough, the song is artistic yet not artistic enough to really carry any weight in pop culture though it references it, but ends up a modishly pretentious jam that gladly contains metaphors that people don't get. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 22:44:04 GMT -5
46. Ex's & Oh's -- Elle King One of the most annoying-sounding thing of the year (maybe because anything that's too rock n' roll and loud is kind of grating to me). The lyrics is shallow and straight up about sex and love that's superficial and nil of real meaning. Her voice is more than irritating sung over the heavily electrified guitar and synth. Yet out of some miracle this is still top 50 material here. Why? Because it's decent and acclaimed by everyone! And I found it not excruciatingly bad! Clear? Give me the next song! TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 22:53:04 GMT -5
45. Time of Our Lives -- Pitbull and Ne-Yo Can't pay bill? No problem! Just listen to this jam with Pitbull's rapping about clubbing and picking up women with joviality like it's your last day and Ne-Yo's multiple-layered hook and the almost classic twang of coyness "I want a time of our li-i-ives." And that chord progression! Seriously one of best I've heard this year. It has this taking-it-to-the-next-level sort of vibe and feel and let both the verses and the chorus be upgraded to something anthemic. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 7, 2016 23:04:01 GMT -5
44. Earned It -- The Weeknd Earned it!! The Weeknd's slayage is happenin'! This one is the weakest though, comparing to his two chart-toppers. It has an atmospheric stringy symphony jazzed up by his voice of seduction and slightly high-pitched smoothness. The drum sounds so real here, having accentuation at the end of each measure for the most part. It's an elegant chamber pop song, and won't wear off that quickly, but never has been impressive though. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Jun 8, 2016 0:48:42 GMT -5
Excellent job so far! I don't necessarily agree with everything, but I love the way you express your opinion and review all these songs. Fun tidbit: You only consider "Kick the Dust Up" to be the 2nd worst song on 2015 Year-End Hot 100, whereas I consider it to be THE worst.
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 0:42:37 GMT -5
Excellent job so far! I don't necessarily agree with everything, but I love the way you express your opinion and review all these songs. Fun tidbit: You only consider "Kick the Dust Up" to be the 2nd worst song on 2015 Year-End Hot 100, whereas I consider it to be THE worst. Haha even worse than Hit The Quan?
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Jun 9, 2016 0:43:40 GMT -5
Excellent job so far! I don't necessarily agree with everything, but I love the way you express your opinion and review all these songs. Fun tidbit: You only consider "Kick the Dust Up" to be the 2nd worst song on 2015 Year-End Hot 100, whereas I consider it to be THE worst. Haha even worse than Hit The Quan? Yep, even worse than that.
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Post by godjanny on Jun 9, 2016 22:10:18 GMT -5
Haha even worse than Hit The Quan? Yep, even worse than that. Kick The Dust Up would probably make my Top 5, no kidding. The same Top 5 led by Nasty Freestyle. But my #2 would be Style.
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 23:32:20 GMT -5
43. Marvin Gaye -- Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor More than one critic somehow included this song in the worst of 2015 list or at least in the dishonorable mentions for being "not sexy at all", "cringe-worthy" or "not like soul music" or whatever, but in my view it's only because of the title and some of the lyrics, because honestly it's not all that bad. The high-school-ballroom-streamer-and-confetti kind of production is delicate enough to show some effort. Charlie starts the show with one of the most indelible imperative "Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on!", awkward or not, and sees his attractive voice rolling with the groove of the first verse until the softest bomb of the chorus, enriched by the appearance of Meghan Trainor, who owns the second verse and rest of the show with a surprisingly decent vocal performance that sounds a little like Ariana Grande. Even though their kissing may not be the hottest moment of the year, the duo does ignite some undeniable sparks at one moment or another. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 23:33:15 GMT -5
Yep, even worse than that. Kick The Dust Up would probably make my Top 5, no kidding. The same Top 5 led by Nasty Freestyle. But my #2 would be Style. What? I'm like... what?
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 23:35:25 GMT -5
Yep, even worse than that. Kick The Dust Up would probably make my Top 5, no kidding. The same Top 5 led by Nasty Freestyle. But my #2 would be Style. I can't wait for your ranking of year-end 2015! Please do one, for my sake lol!
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 23:47:24 GMT -5
42. What Do You Mean? -- Justin Bieber One or two critics named this song the best of 2015, and I was like, such a blow-up! I mean, his comeback is decent without a doubt, but it's far from the no.1 best song of 2015 in my opinion! It's airy, it got tropical vibe and thin flute sound and solid texture that trail the ticking of a clock that starts it all. But everything just sounds so thin and floppy, lacking the energy and the kick to crank it up a notch. And its structure baffles me a little bit: sure, it's a little unconventional and sounds like over and over again without a big crescendo, just some drop melody mixed with his repetitive "What do you mean" and all for the high. As a result, it cannot be ranked high enough. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 9, 2016 23:57:06 GMT -5
41. Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) -- Rich Homie Quan This song sounds like water, like, really fluid, with snappy beat that's considered "chill", and his mumbling just flows over the beat and the 4-note synth riff that's a little incoherent to the whole thing. Lyrically it's about showing off money, showing off sex, and got them screaming like jealous or himself screaming like cocky or whatever that no one asks for and no one cares about. People just care about the chill beat, right? TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 10, 2016 0:06:21 GMT -5
40. Uma Thurman -- Fall Out Boy It's the kind of song that I always think deserves a (way?) higher ranking but I just can't give it, just like Ex's and Oh's, which received similar critical acclaim. Again, this kind of song is just too punky and rockish to comfortable to listen to for me, and its aggressive and teeth-gnashing vocal loses me in its first-minute mark and I never want to hear the rest of the song. Yep, that's the kind of song that has excellent instrumental, (catchy?) melody, fast beat and very tight texture that's like a battlefield, but I don't want to bother listening to even for once. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 10, 2016 0:16:23 GMT -5
39. House Party -- Sam Hunt This image looks familiar? Yep, that's my current avatar! You can see how much I've listened to it and liked it, though top 40 is the highest I can give this song (even above Uma Thurman! How about that?) This song is almost the opposite of Uma Thurman. If you say the latter is action-packed and filled with energetic elements, then this Sam Hunt jam is lay-back-ish and filled with almost nothing, but it's that good kind of "nothing", like, there's nothing to do, so let's have a house party and turn up the volume and make neighbors miserable! This song is nothing but some country-ish and simple guitar licks and the equally simple hook yet incredibly memorable! It's cheap, but definitely doesn't come easy. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 10, 2016 0:35:43 GMT -5
38. Shut Up and Dance -- Walk the Moon It's a dance-rock song, which means not big with me. It's said that its chorus is incredibly catchy, but I find it debatable, for the whole delivery is a little sloppy and predictable and doesn't really have any satisfactory moment here, and the fact that they start with the chorus, again, make it pretty formulaic and debilitated. But it's the kind of song that's not so formulaic as well. Its disco-flavor here is incredibly solid based on bass and new-wave synth glitter, making the whole production sound like something that should be taken seriously, and it plays the fun-and-romance-on-the-dance-floor card and eventually surrenders to the fun. It's... fun, I guess? TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 19:08:42 GMT -5
37. Budapest -- George Ezra Hey, what's better than three-minutes-and-a-half of overproduced disco-tech fantasy? What about more background music that sounds like nothing but is in fact everything and more memorable than overproduced pop-rock? It's a guitar-based song, and it got those few riffs that repeat over and over, but it's the kind of riffs that sound both down-to-earth and heavenly, and it feels good to listen to this song in general. And it's another song that sounds so "fluid", meaning, it got tension and brushes of electric guitar, but it's building up to nothing, like, from the beginning to the end except for the guitar solo, everything sounds like chorus and it's not up or down, it's just building up to itself and it's just three-minutes-and-twenty-one-seconds of itself. But just because it sounds so like "itself", it's full of personality and there's nothing like it: as unique as the deep and soulful vocal that doesn't match the singer's youthful age and look at all. That said, it still bears the quality of "background music" for it can really slip your mind once in a while. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 19:33:12 GMT -5
36. Hotline Bling -- Drake What's better than background music? What about some elevator music? Of course its music video features various underground spaces with rooms that look like glowing geometry, because it just sounds like it. I can't believe that this is yet another song that sounds like itself. I mean, its beat, its stripped-down organ sound are basically looped over and over for the entire song except for the bridge. Lyrically it kind of reminds of Jealous by Nick Jonas, which we'll get to (in a much higher ranking), that's about the protagonist's overly concerned about a girl and feels the need for "slut-shaming" or at least judging the past relationship and educating the girl to "settle down" and be good. I'm like, wow, that's the song that I think at least 10 magazines have ranked it high on the "best songs of 2015" list. I mean, this song but not the much more wonderful Jealous that features similar alpha-male douchebaggary? Personally I just don't see Hotline Bling has the groove, charm, proudness and cute douchebaggary that Nick Jonas song has and musically it's just so dull and... wow... it's the kind of the song that has similar notes sung over and over but doesn't really have a melody, because to me "melody" means musically... you know what, just f**k this song, if not for its texture, this song is nowhere near good. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 19:36:07 GMT -5
35. Slow Motion -- Trey Songz This song is hot soup. It's sipping on some hot soup in slow motion. See? It all makes sense. Also, very soulful. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 19:57:48 GMT -5
34. 679 -- Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz I read it somewhere that it's Fetty Wap's favorite song by himself, and it's not hard to see why: its jumpy beat that literally feels like everyone in the room is jumping up and down for three minutes (or at least for the "Soda" chorus), its intimate quality that makes the whole crew like brothers, its ultra-catchy hook for sure, and in contrast to the aforementioned songs that build up to nothing, this song's pre-hook and hook actually feel like putting on a pair of spring shoes and climbing up some stairs and then just jump from it. Monty's second bassy verse is like dropping down in a submarine and then coming up and doing the stair thing again. All I'm saying is, it has some pretty indelible ups and downs and can keep listeners excited and it's definitely above-average for a song to achieve that. But the problem with this and almost every Fetty Wap song is, the production sounds cheap and recycled, like it's fresh from someone's garage sale. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 20:15:47 GMT -5
33. FourFiveSeconds -- Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney This song is in a league by itself (again...), it's like a hungover from a black-and-white old-timey west side movie. It got the vibe in the air and the close-to-heart acoustic guitar licks and the sustained organ in the bridge capture the atmosphere filled with regret, discontentment from a relationship, the mess made from last night and the obduracy to keep the pride and all. It got the mood, the style, the uniqueness, and a genuinely decent collaboration, but the reason why it can't make it to the "Good" tier is that musically it's almost too smooth to be melodious. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Jun 12, 2016 20:33:45 GMT -5
32. Here -- Alessia Cara Musically it's so heavily sampling other old music work ("Glory Box", "Ike's Rap II", and some 1960s TV series) that it's almost notoriously unoriginal. But that's the really interesting part: she makes it sound so notoriously cool and original, like she owns the samples, owns the beat, owns the whole shaming of the party scene, and owns the whole loners' and introverts' fantasy. I mean, listen to the lyrics, just listen: Excuse me / if I seem / a little unimpressed with this / An anti-social pessimist / but usually I don't mess with this... It's almost egregious how cool the secret swagger she puts out, and she just sounds so smart and mature and distinct from the crowd here. It depicts the scenes that are almost cliches in pop and party culture: like, clouds of smoke, throwing up the drink, hollering, music that's too loud and doesn't have a message... And she just has the intense amount of self-awareness and just knows what to do and what to avoid and what kind of music to listen to, and almost turns her own anti-social pessimism and introvert nature into a swagger. It could be a masterpiece, but still, musically it's a little dull and overall not enough to reach the "Good" tier. Sorry. TIER: 50-59 - DECENT
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