bat1990
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Post by bat1990 on May 5, 2018 18:55:29 GMT -5
f**k, I massively under-ranked "Jerk Ribs" by accident................
I'm glad people have balanced that out and it made the top half.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 5, 2018 21:48:46 GMT -5
UGH. This was probably my favorite discovery of the rankdown, so I’m sad to see it go. :’( Saaaaame. Ugh. I knew "Friday Fish Fry" wouldn't go the distance in this when I was listening to it, but idgaf because I loved it. The way she sounds kind of rough on the 'hey you' part gives me LIFE. Also the ice. cold. water. bit is a hook and a half. <3 Also, sorry not sorry that I helped tank "Bounce." Generally speaking, I'm not here for EDM/dance pop Kelis when she has all those slay-worthy RnB tracks in her arsenal that are waaay better.
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Post by Hashtag Pow on May 6, 2018 23:04:03 GMT -5
LIL STAR is a beautiful song. It's everything that suicide hotline number song wanted to be.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 7, 2018 0:50:17 GMT -5
Sad the Food tracks didn't doo all too well overall but I'm glad "Jerk Ribs" is the last song standing from there.
I'm ready for my #25 to be gone now please!
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 16:58:20 GMT -5
IF anyone's around, I'll do reveals while I have time starting with #15 which has the SECOND HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE RANKDOWN!!
This solo Kelis track only had four people to tank it while 9 people felt it was top-10 worthy. This will also be our FIRST #1 LOSS of the rankdown!
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aerodynamite
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Post by aerodynamite on May 7, 2018 17:00:49 GMT -5
...fuck
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tinawina
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Post by tinawina on May 7, 2018 17:28:14 GMT -5
Oh no. I’m officially shook.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 17:44:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 17:45:55 GMT -5
@antigonerising wtf is wrong with you Mars is a JAM
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tinawina
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Post by tinawina on May 7, 2018 17:47:33 GMT -5
I didn’t realize I ranked this as low as I did. I do like this song.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 17:55:05 GMT -5
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Linnethia Monique
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 7, 2018 17:58:54 GMT -5
@antigonerising wtf is wrong with you Mars is a JAM Do you hear what they talking 'bout About to send your black ass to marsSashay away Cynthia.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 18:12:58 GMT -5
#14 is another solo Kelis record just outside the top-10 for highest SD. This one bounced around the top-20 and was briefly top-10 but didn't get enough of a boost towards the end to stay there.
Three people had the audacity to rank this one bottom-5 while TEN of us are about to lose a top-10. MESS!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 18:14:45 GMT -5
I'm scared
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tinawina
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Post by tinawina on May 7, 2018 18:15:24 GMT -5
This rankdown is super stressful.
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Ty
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Post by Ty on May 7, 2018 18:17:16 GMT -5
Dare I say it's time for "Young, Fresh N' New"?
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 18:28:26 GMT -5
In Harlem, where I started to breathe Your beat was like a soundtrack to me I was the girl, my daddy was my world He played the notes and keys He said to look for melody in everything...
#14 "Jerk Ribs" singingrulebritannia : 4 Az Paynter : 5 .indulgecountry : 6 Kanenrá:ke : 6 Juan Carlos : 8 @antigonerising : 8 peacebone : 8 God : 9 Zeebz : 9 SHOOTER : 10 B-Boy : 11 snarks : 14 tinawina : 14 Albie : 16 Troublemaker : 16 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 17 Linnethia Monique : 17 Ty : 18 aerodynamite : 21 Zinc. : 21 Me. I Am Justin... : 21 wavey.✨️ : 22 bat1990 : 23 LBTrocks : 26 Hashtag Pow : 27 Sambalada : 30 Audience@mirza jhomes87 "Jerk Ribs" was the first single released from Food and was actually the first song recorded during initial sessions for the album; Kelis called it the album's cornerstone as it was inspired by her childhood in Harlem and the music her jazz musician father exposed her to. Some may remember it from its leak several months ahead of the official release as "Call on Me" before the "food" title and concept was finalized and it morphed into "Jerk Ribs".
This was pretty much a top-20 lock the whole time but THOSE HORNS alone are worthy of top-10 status to me! This was 1 of 2 songs I really hoped would make the top-10 and it actually did but only for a brief period. The three people who tanked this didn't do much damage thankfully.
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tinawina
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Post by tinawina on May 7, 2018 18:33:19 GMT -5
I like this but I’ve always liked Friday Fish Fry a bit better. That said I’m not mad that this is the highest placing Food track.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 7, 2018 18:36:48 GMT -5
Nooooo not "Jerk Ribs"! </3
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Post by wavey.✨️ on May 7, 2018 18:45:51 GMT -5
Oh..so we doing Mars like that?! OKAY
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 18:49:14 GMT -5
Blindfold Me feat. Nas Bossy feat. Too $hort Good Stuff feat. Terrar Got Your Money (ODB feat. Kelis) In Public feat. Nas Millionaire feat. André 3000
#13 is only 1 point ahead of Jerk Ribs but also has the HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATION of the rankdown! Another ten top-10 rankings vs. five bottom-5 rankings. And another #1 loss is coming! So Which one is it?
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Post by B-Boy on May 7, 2018 18:54:14 GMT -5
Any of the Nas collabos can go.
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Post by Zeebz on May 7, 2018 18:55:21 GMT -5
“Jerk Ribs” </3
Half expecting this next one to be “In Public”, ugh. :(
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 7, 2018 19:17:07 GMT -5
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tinawina
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Post by tinawina on May 7, 2018 19:19:46 GMT -5
This is blasphemy and some of you are terrible people.
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singingrulebritannia
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 7, 2018 19:22:34 GMT -5
ODB is polarizing, I knew that going in
I don't mean to single anyone out, but, just on accident, looking back through old (and some new) game threads, I realized Juan seems to have a distaste for hip hop in general, so whatever (if I'm wrong you definitely haven't show much evidence to the contrary lmao)
I feel completely safe, however, in pointing out indulge continuing to not know what real rap is
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Linnethia Monique
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 7, 2018 19:29:37 GMT -5
In Public NEEDS TO GO!
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bat1990
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Post by bat1990 on May 7, 2018 19:30:49 GMT -5
F**K!!!! I knew my screw up would help tank "Jerk Ribs" I'm not sure if I mixed it up with a different song from FOOD or what, but it should've been in the top half for me. :'(
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Post by God on May 7, 2018 19:31:37 GMT -5
"4th of July" doesn't belong in the top ten of anything lol
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Ty
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Post by Ty on May 7, 2018 19:33:19 GMT -5
Honestly "4th of July (Fireworks)" doesn't deserve a Top 12.
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