The Top 3 of Billboard's Hot 100...

[botoxic]

are all dance-friendly enough to be seeing significant action at U.S. dance radio. I suspect it's been a while since the last time that feat occurred. ;)

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So true!

[Ace of Clubs]

Nice trend this year. The biggest shock to me is that Hip Hop, which I've hated since the gangstas took over in '93, is returning to it's dance roots. Ciara, Missy, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, Neptunes stuff case in point. I never thought it would happen, but glad it did!

[muscleclub]

"Dance Music" welcome back to America! ;)

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discodoc said:

Nice trend this year.  The biggest shock to me is that Hip Hop, which I've hated since the gangstas took over in '93, is returning to it's dance roots.  Ciara, Missy, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, Neptunes stuff case in point.  I never thought it would happen, but glad it did!

I like these dance-leaning hip hop/pop songs.

I may not *love* Ciara's music, but some of it is great to dance to. And some pretty good mixes have been done. Missy Elliot occasionally does dance songs, but even her hardcore hip hop and rap songs have phat beats and hot basslines which are characteristic of some dance songs. The Neptunes have been tearing it up these last few years also.

Last year's Nina Sky and Ciara records have been huge in their main versions. Remixes have been done too, but in their pure forms, they are still good. I see this type of music being in for some time. At least till the end of the summer.

[bks]

And another one is headed up the Hot 100 at lightning speed -- Rihanna "Pon De Replay".

[botoxic]

It's been such a great summer, watching music I really enjoy return to the top of the charts...

[glow=yellow,2,300]This week the top 7 of Billboard's Hot 100 are all dance-friendly JAMZ![/glow]

1 MARIAH CAREY We Belong Together
2 GWEN STEFANI Hollaback Girl
3 BLACK EYED PEAS Don't Phunk with My Heart
4 PUSSY CAT DOLLS Don't Cha
5 RIHANNA Pon de Replay
6 MISSY ELLIOTT Lose Control
7 KELLY CLARKSON Behind These Hazel Eyes

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botoxic said:

It's been such a great summer, watching music I really enjoy return to the top of the charts...

[glow=yellow,2,300]This week the top 7 of Billboard's Hot 100 are all dance-friendly JAMZ![/glow]

1  MARIAH CAREY  We Belong Together
2  GWEN STEFANI  Hollaback Girl
3  BLACK EYED PEAS  Don't Phunk with My Heart
4  PUSSY CAT DOLLS  Don't Cha
5  RIHANNA  Pon de Replay
6  MISSY ELLIOTT  Lose Control
7  KELLY CLARKSON  Behind These Hazel Eyes

And Energy 92.7 plays 6 out of the 7. It's only a matter of days until the Missy Elliot gets added.

[btwnymoeu86]

It's only a matter of days until the Missy Elliot gets added.

Why has "Lose Control" been so hard pressed to be added to many playlists? (at least around NYC?) It's such a hot track, just as good as Missy's other songs, and finally her genre (along with Ciara and others) is finally starting to become "in" with many people.

BTW, LOVING THIS SONG!

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btwnymoeu86 said:

It's only a matter of days until the Missy Elliot gets added.

Why has "Lose Control" been so hard pressed to be added to many playlists? (at least around NYC?) It's such a hot track, just as good as Missy's other songs, and finally her genre (along with Ciara and others) is finally starting to become "in" with many people.

BTW, LOVING THIS SONG!

The CHR/Rhythmic stations that are mostly hip hop and rap have already added this.

The dance station still has not added this yet. They are a little more selective about what songs they add to their playlist.

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discodoc said:

Nice trend this year.  The biggest shock to me is that Hip Hop, which I've hated since the gangstas took over in '93, is returning to it's dance roots.  Ciara, Missy, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, Neptunes stuff case in point.  I never thought it would happen, but glad it did!

Yeah! I've noticed this too, and I like it.

I wouldn't mind a "Lose Control" remix. Actually, personally, I need one 'cause this song burned on me the first day I listened to it.

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upsilon710 said:

discodoc said:

Nice trend this year.  The biggest shock to me is that Hip Hop, which I've hated since the gangstas took over in '93, is returning to it's dance roots.  Ciara, Missy, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, Neptunes stuff case in point.  I never thought it would happen, but glad it did!

Yeah! I've noticed this too, and I like it.

I wouldn't mind a "Lose Control" remix. Actually, personally, I need one 'cause this song burned on me the first day I listened to it.

There are some remixes. There is a thread containing them here at Pulse.

[Deep Dance]

botoxic said:

It's been such a great summer, watching music I really enjoy return to the top of the charts...

[glow=yellow,2,300]This week the top 7 of Billboard's Hot 100 are all dance-friendly JAMZ![/glow]

1  MARIAH CAREY  We Belong Together
2  GWEN STEFANI  Hollaback Girl
3  BLACK EYED PEAS  Don't Phunk with My Heart
4  PUSSY CAT DOLLS  Don't Cha
5  RIHANNA  Pon de Replay
6  MISSY ELLIOTT  Lose Control
7  KELLY CLARKSON  Behind These Hazel Eyes

No offense to anyone, but none of these songs are dance-friendly. There are songs you can dance to, but they do not contain any dance elements... maybe the Black Eye Peas and that's pushing it. BUt that song is so hideous, I'd rather not associate it with dance.

If you guys think that Dance Music proper will make a comeback based on these songs, you guys are mistaken. All of these songs are nothing more than hip hop, with the exception of "Hazel Eyes", which a pop/rock song.

The Rihanna song has to be one of the worse songs of the year.

[billcs]

I think "Don't Cha" and "Pon De Replay" are fun, but far from the pure dance music that hit the charts again a few years back, but most notably in the mid-90's.

[Ace of Clubs]

deepdance said:

botoxic said:

It's been such a great summer, watching music I really enjoy return to the top of the charts...

[glow=yellow,2,300]This week the top 7 of Billboard's Hot 100 are all dance-friendly JAMZ![/glow]

1  MARIAH CAREY  We Belong Together
2  GWEN STEFANI  Hollaback Girl
3  BLACK EYED PEAS  Don't Phunk with My Heart
4  PUSSY CAT DOLLS  Don't Cha
5  RIHANNA  Pon de Replay
6  MISSY ELLIOTT  Lose Control
7  KELLY CLARKSON  Behind These Hazel Eyes

No offense to anyone, but none of these songs are dance-friendly.  There are songs you can dance to, but they do not contain any dance elements...  maybe the Black Eye Peas and that's pushing it.  BUt that song is so hideous, I'd rather not associate it with dance.

If you guys think that Dance Music proper will make a comeback based on these songs, you guys are mistaken.  All of these songs are nothing more than hip hop, with the exception of "Hazel Eyes", which a pop/rock song.

The Rihanna song has to be one of the worse songs of the year.

If "Don't Cha" isn't a dance song, I don't know what I've been listening to all these years. Perhaps you limit your description of "Dance" to be 140 bpm with no/very limited lyrics?

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discodoc said:

If "Don't Cha" isn't a dance song, I don't know what I've been listening to all these years.  Perhaps you limit your description of "Dance" to be 140 bpm with no/very limited lyrics?

You have been listening to hip hop.

How exactly is "Don't Cha" a dance song? (I'm not talking about the club mixes). It's a hip hop song, plain and simple. It even has Busta Rhymes for Pete's sakes.

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deepdance said:

discodoc said:

If "Don't Cha" isn't a dance song, I don't know what I've been listening to all these years.  Perhaps you limit your description of "Dance" to be 140 bpm with no/very limited lyrics?

You have been listening to hip hop.

How exactly is "Don't Cha" a dance song?  (I'm not talking about the club mixes).  It's a hip hop song, plain and simple.  It even has Busta Rhymes for Pete's sakes.

Then what about the "he raps-she sings" song from the 90's like the Black Box, Snap!, La Bouche, Le Click, Captain Hollywood Project stuff?

So that's hip hop too?

[Deep Dance]

eros said:

Then what about the "he raps-she sings" song from the 90's like the Black Box, Snap!, La Bouche, Le Click, Captain Hollywood Project stuff?

So that's hip hop too?

This is so silly! Are you seriously comparing the hip hop song "Don't Cha" with Snap!, Culture Beat, etc.??

Are you seriously telling me that "Don't Cha" falls into that category?

The Snap!, Culture Beat, La Bouche, etc. songs are dance songs that happen to have rap verses.... NOT rap/hip hop beats.

I'm not going to continue this silly arguement. You guys are right, the entire Top 10 is full of dance songs. Dance music is back America!

[Ace of Clubs]

Back In The Day, Hip Hop BEGAN as dance music, so I suppose that some hip hop IS dance music. "Rappers Delight" (often credited as the first hip hop song) was just a disco song with raps on it. "Planet Rock" and the breakdance craze continued the trend. It wasn't until the 90's that Hip Hop lost it's dance roots and went gangsta. It is beginning to return to it's roots with songs like "Lose Control" by Missy Elliott, and perhaps (since some want to call it hip hop) "Don't Cha" by PCD's & Nina Sky's "Move Ya Body."