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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 15:29:58 GMT -5
I forget about myself sometimes When there's so many others around When deep inside you feels the darkest That is where I can always be found...
#19 "Lil' Star" feat. Cee-Lo Green Hashtag Pow : 4 Ty : 6 singingrulebritannia : 6 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 8 Troublemaker : 8 .indulgecountry : 9 Kanenrá:ke : 11 tinawina: 12 Az Paynter : 13 Me. I Am Justin... : 13 B-Boy : 14 Zinc. : 14 Linnethia Monique : 14 peacebone : 15 @antigonerising : 18 Albie : 19 God : 22 bat1990 : 22 Juan Carlos : 25 SHOOTER : 26 snarks : 26 Sambalada : 26 Zeebz : 26 aerodynamite : 27 LBTrocks : 30 wavey.✨️ : 30 Audience@mirza jhomes87 "Lil' Star", produced by and featuring Cee-Lo Green, was the third international single released from Kelis Was Here. Although Jive basically gave up on promoting the album in America after Blindfold Me flopped, this became her fifth #1 hit in the UK and propelled the album to Silver status.
I like the song but it's never been one of my favorites, especially compared to a lot of the material on KWH. However, considering this was out when Gnarls Barkley and "Crazy" were literally #1 around the world, I never understood why they didn't at least try to feed off that hype and push it in the States. I also didn't expect this song to make top-20 here but there was a big wave of support for it towards the end propelled it from near the bottom-5 to #19.
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Post by Ty on May 5, 2018 15:32:53 GMT -5
"Lil Star" is a good hit, not to mention her iconic look in the music video. Don't understand the hate.
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Post by Ty on May 5, 2018 15:38:29 GMT -5
Also I didn't know it didn't even receive a proper release in the US. What a shame. I remember it being a big hit in China as well, although we don't have an official chart for western music.
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Post by Zeebz on May 5, 2018 15:39:56 GMT -5
“Hooch” is underrated, as are the other Food singles. Happy to see most of them make it this far.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 15:41:38 GMT -5
#18 is the third Food track to exit and is only three points ahead of Lil Star with the 10th highest SD of the rankdown! Four people tanked it while 7 people felt it was top-10 worthy...and someone's about to lose a top-2.
Jerk Ribs or Friday Fish Fry?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 5, 2018 15:45:20 GMT -5
Either one means bad things for me ???
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 15:46:55 GMT -5
Friday Fish Fry plz
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 15:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by Az Paynter on May 5, 2018 15:50:08 GMT -5
This should've been higher. Both on my list and in the game in general. :sip2:
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 15:50:56 GMT -5
It's a decent song but she sounds ROUGH on it.
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Post by Az Paynter on May 5, 2018 15:51:49 GMT -5
I thought that was kind of the point with the whole 'ice cold water' bit, she's supposed to sound parched.
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Post by Zeebz on May 5, 2018 15:53:05 GMT -5
UGH. This was probably my favorite discovery of the rankdown, so I’m sad to see it go. :’(
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 15:58:46 GMT -5
#17 is our first KeNas casualty and beat Friday Fish Fry by ONE point. On the lower end of the SD spectrum, four people tanked it and four people had it top-10; someone's losing a top-5 here.
Blindfold Me In Public or Popular Thug?
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Post by Zinc. on May 5, 2018 16:02:08 GMT -5
Glow is one of my favorite songs on Tasty.
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Post by tinawina on May 5, 2018 16:06:19 GMT -5
Y’all are destroying my top 10. This is brutal. I really liked a lot of the Food songs.
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Post by Az Paynter on May 5, 2018 16:06:22 GMT -5
I still would prefer 'Popular Thug' here, the other two are in my top half. :(
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:09:17 GMT -5
I should have heard it In the way you said my name While I analyzed your tone You were formulating games But ya...made my record skip...
#17 "Popular Thug" feat. Nas Troublemaker : 5 wavey.✨️ : 6 aerodynamite : 8 Sambalada : 9 Linnethia Monique : 11 Zinc. : 12 LBTrocks : 12 B-Boy : 13 Albie : 14 Juan Carlos : 15 Me. I Am Justin... : 15 SHOOTER : 16 Hashtag Pow : 17 .indulgecountry : 19 Kanenrá:ke : 19 Zeebz : 19 God : 20 snarks : 20 singingrulebritannia : 20 Ty : 21 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 24 Az Paynter : 24 tinawina : 26 @antigonerising : 27 peacebone : 27 bat1990 : 30 Audience@mirza jhomes87 "Popular Thug", featuring Nas and produced by The Neptunes, originally featured Pusha T and was included on Kelis' sophomore album, Wanderland, that the bitch asses at Virgin shelved in America! During the process of recording Tasty, this song was re-cut with Nas and included on the Neptunes' Clones compilation album.
This beat is probably one of my all-time favorite Neptunes productions (insert shameless plug). Was also one of my favorite Wanderland records so I'm very happy to see it wasn't totally resigned to being a compressed YouTube upload. Also a bit surprised it made it this far in the rankdown; it always lagged behind the other two KeNas collaboration but was never in any real danger of being outside the top-25.
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Post by aerodynamite on May 5, 2018 16:11:35 GMT -5
It's always refreshing to hear a rap/sung collab that feels like a true collaboration between the artists and isn't just a song with an optional rap verse.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:21:47 GMT -5
#16 is the last reveal of the day and one of the two Kelis features left. 21 points ahead of Popular Thug and near the middle of the SD-pack, is it Bounce or is it Got Your Money that has four bottom-5 rankers and four top-5 rankers including someone about to lose a top-3?
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Post by aerodynamite on May 5, 2018 16:23:28 GMT -5
Yes! My top 4 have all made it into the top half!
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:33:43 GMT -5
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Post by Albie on May 5, 2018 16:37:39 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:41:42 GMT -5
BONUS: "Scared Money"
A favorite of mine from the wrongfully shelved Wanderland album.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:46:42 GMT -5
Bonus: "I Don't Think So"A cut from Kelis Was Here produced by Max Martin & Dr. Luke that actually peaked at #27 in Australia due to its inclusion in Big Brother Australia promo (thanks to bat1990 for calling that to my attention).
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 5, 2018 16:51:48 GMT -5
BONUS: "Scared Money"
A favorite of mine from the wrongfully shelved Wanderland album. Sh!t I got my CD in Germany. Virgin should’ve pushed this album in the US. Would’ve gave us a couple of more Neptunes tracks on Tasty.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:51:51 GMT -5
Bonus: "Grey Goose" (Free School feat. Kelis & apl.de.ap)
It is Cinco de Mayo after all so turn up!
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Post by SHOOTER on May 5, 2018 16:53:26 GMT -5
Sh!t I got my CD in Germany. Virgin should’ve pushed this album in the US. Would’ve gave us a couple of more Neptunes tracks on Tasty. I paid for the import and it was worth it! Still don't know what Virgin was thinking.
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Post by Leo ✔ on May 5, 2018 17:05:19 GMT -5
oh wow shocked that Bounce missed top 15. I expected it inside top 10 tbh Thanks for the tag Shooter
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Post by Ty on May 5, 2018 17:07:12 GMT -5
"Bounce" was so robbed. Like wow. It's probably the only song GP have heard of from Kelis other than "Milkshake".
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Post by tinawina on May 5, 2018 17:50:12 GMT -5
So my 1-5 are all still in, but my 6-10 are all gone. Ironically, 11-15 are all still in. lol
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