Shooter's Fresh 52 of 2019 (Winner Revealed!)

[Leo ✔]

That drop is insufferable (don't know if I wrote this word correctly!)

[Deleted]

This actually was pretty fun...and then French opened his mouth.

[wrip]

ok if my #52 doesn’t get out soon imma be mad

[SHOOTER]

The girls catch a break at #28. This song has the 17th-highest SD and looked to be a top-half lock through 2/3 of the submissions (with three top-10s) but slowly lost ground towards the end (thanks to four bottom-10s).

Path
singingrulebritannia : 19
B-Boy : 13
trilogy : 15
jtd Thee Stallion : 19
wrip : 13
samo🦕 : 10
fearlessarrow : 9
BB🌕 : 13
.indulgecountry : 19
@crapkuki23 : 12
Kanenrá:ke : 12
Zeebz : 11
taylor is terrified : 14
wavey. : 18
stallie : 24
Az Paynter : 25
Albie : 23
tim : 20
Leo ✔ : 21
Exclusive : 28
Fire : 28
LBTrocks : 25
Troublemaker : 27
surfy : 28

[SHOOTER]

One at a time, get in line for the masquerade
Drink 'til you cry and you're lyin' in the mess you made...





wrip : 3
fearlessarrow : 9
Zeebz : 9

tim : 12
B-Boy : 12
LBTrocks : 13
@crapkuki23 : 14
SHOOTER : 16
Kanenrá:ke : 17
samo🦕 : 18
Albie : 19

trilogy : 23
Troublemaker : 26
singingrulebritannia : 28
Az Paynter : 29

Leo ✔ : 32
surfy : 32
Fire : 36
jtd Thee Stallion : 38

BB🌕 : 41
taylor is terrified : 42

Straight Bust
.indulgecountry : 49
stallie : 49
Exclusive : 51
wavey. : 51

Lo/Hi dropped in March 2019 as the lead single from The Black Keys' ninth album Let's Rock. Although some critics derided it for sounding like The Black Keys on autopilot, and the Pulse pool here pretty much relegated it to the middle of the road, fans and radio responded much more kindly as it went on to become the first song in history to hit #1 on all four rock airplay charts simultaneously (Alternative, Adult Alternative, Mainstream Rock and Rock Airplay).

[wrip]

NO

[wrip]

Ok but honestly though, Lo/Hi is such a jam. The Black Keys are great musicians and deserved to be higher on this rank down :/

[SHOOTER]

The collaboration at #27 has the 7th-highest SD. It only has one bottom-10 ranking (lowest so far) while three others put it top-10 including another person about to lose their #1.

Path
singingrulebritannia : 42
B-Boy : 27
trilogy : 27
jtd Thee Stallion : 31
wrip : 23
samo🦕 : 29
fearlessarrow : 25
BB🌕 : 25
.indulgecountry : 27
@crapkuki23 : 32
Kanenrá:ke : 31
Zeebz : 32
taylor is terrified : 30
wavey. : 28
stallie : 25
Az Paynter : 24
Albie : 27
tim : 31
Leo ✔ : 32
Exclusive : 32
Fire : 32
LBTrocks : 33
Troublemaker : 29
surfy : 27

[SHOOTER]

Before anything happens between us
Be sure you're ten toes down before I pull out this car
And the only thing that's comin' beside me
Out this situation is you waitin' to get some more...





Troublemaker : 1
B-Boy : 5
stallie : 9

wrip : 12
wavey. : 16
surfy : 19

Az Paynter : 21
taylor is terrified : 21
fearlessarrow : 24
BB🌕 : 25
Albie : 27
.indulgecountry : 27
Leo ✔ : 28
Kanenrá:ke : 28
jtd Thee Stallion : 30

Fire : 31
Exclusive : 32
LBTrocks : 34
singingrulebritannia : 36
trilogy : 36
SHOOTER : 38
Zeebz : 39

@crapkuki23 : 40
samo🦕 : 40

Stay Gone
tim : 48

Come Thru, which interpolates Usher's 1997 classic You Make Me Wanna..., was the second single issued from Summer Walker's debut album, Over It, where it currently rests inside the top-15 on both the Rhythmic and Urban airplay charts. When so much of the current R&B is a "vibe", I'm fully supportive of the records that still insist on having a discernible melody and hook, even if it has to sample the classics to achieve such!

[SHOOTER]

Sorry to this man at #26 who sneaks inside the top-half by 8 points but misses the top-25 by just 2! Briefly a top-10 contender, with the 23rd-highest SD, he finished with three top-10 supporters vs. 4 bottom-10s including someone who thought this was the worst song here.

Path
singingrulebritannia : 14
B-Boy : 17
trilogy : 12
jtd Thee Stallion : 9
wrip : 17
samo🦕 : 18
fearlessarrow : 20
BB🌕 : 22
.indulgecountry : 22
@crapkuki23 : 29
Kanenrá:ke : 26
Zeebz : 27
taylor is terrified : 27
wavey. : 27
stallie : 26
Az Paynter : 20
Albie : 18
tim : 16
Leo ✔ : 20
Exclusive : 18
Fire : 22
LBTrocks : 26
Troublemaker : 25
surfy : 26

[Fire]

MY POWER was Lion King. I had to rank it high.

[SHOOTER]

She wonders how my day went
And don't care about my paychecks
Well, I don't wanna keep my baby waiting...





jtd Thee Stallion : 7
Az Paynter : 8
Kanenrá:ke : 10

Albie : 11
B-Boy : 11
stallie : 13
trilogy : 14
Exclusive : 15
Troublemaker : 15
singingrulebritannia : 16

taylor is terrified : 24
tim : 25
samo🦕 : 26
wavey. : 28

.indulgecountry : 31
surfy : 31
SHOOTER : 32
fearlessarrow : 35
BB🌕 : 36
Fire : 39

Leo ✔ : 41

Colored Contacts
Zeebz : 44
@crapkuki23 : 47
LBTrocks : 48
wrip : 52

Brown Eyed Lover was the lead single released from Allen Stone's fourth album, Building Balance, which dropped in November 2019. I'm not always a subscriber to the blue-eyed soul movement but Allen's records always drip with authenticity. Very pleased to see him make the top-half!

[SHOOTER]

Shooter's Fresh 52 of 2019 (Top-25)

a lot
Blank Marquee
Cash s**t
Commitment
Corners of My Mind
Culture
Glad He's Gone
Good Thing
Good Things Fall Apart
Harleys in Hawaii
Heard It All Before
It All Comes Out in the Wash
Juice
Longshot
Make It Better
Missing You
Motivation
needy
Over Drinking
RSVP
Say So
Show Me Love
Watermelon Sugar
What You Did
You and I

Any surprises about the top-half? Any guesses/hopes/wishes as to what will miss the top-20 in the next set?

[wrip]

ok finally!!! i just didn’t like this as much as the rest of the list tbh

[fearlessarrow]

That's a solid top 25. I can't believe I'm saying this but I want Maren out sooner than later. "RSVP" is my least favorite song on GIRL (and now you know my #14 for the GIRL rankdown!).

[SHOOTER]

Mar 9, 2020 22:47:07 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

That's a solid top 25. I can't believe I'm saying this but I want Maren out sooner than later. "RSVP" is my least favorite song on GIRL (and now you know my #14 for the GIRL rankdown!).

[Fire]

Remaining: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 40, 43, 44, 45

I hope one of my top 10 pulls off a victory but in the end I think my 29 will take the win.

[LBTrocks]

"Medicine" got robbed holy shit. What a JAM! Y'all nuts.

"Lo/Hi" also should have been higher but I'm not as surprised to see that one out now. That said, great song!

[.indulgecountry]

At least most of the people who did "Medicine" dirty are admitting they did it because of French Dakota because that's the only acceptable reason for dropping it in your ranks seeing as Jenny brought it!

[SHOOTER]

I think I got enough energy to get us to the top-20...

The next two songs tied so highest rank broke it. #25 has the 23rd-lowest SD and fought long and hard to stay inside the top-20. It finishes with 4 top-10s vs. 3 bottom-10s.

Path
singingrulebritannia : 32
B-Boy : 18
trilogy : 12
jtd Thee Stallion : 11
wrip : 16
samo🦕 : 15
fearlessarrow : 13
BB🌕 : 17
.indulgecountry : 18
@crapkuki23 : 17
Kanenrá:ke : 14
Zeebz : 22
taylor is terrified : 20
wavey. : 19
stallie : 17
Az Paynter : 17
Albie : 24
tim : 26
Leo ✔ : 25
Exclusive : 27
Fire : 24
LBTrocks : 28
Troublemaker : 22
surfy : 25

[Fire]

I don't like the fact that I made this rise.

[SHOOTER]

Show me love like you see red lights
And you crashed in it like a deer inside of headlights...







Troublemaker : 3
B-Boy : 3
Fire : 8
trilogy : 10

jtd Thee Stallion : 12
fearlessarrow : 13
Kanenrá:ke : 15
wavey. : 20

Leo ✔ : 21
samo🦕 : 22
Az Paynter : 24
@crapkuki23 : 28
stallie : 28
taylor is terrified : 29
.indulgecountry : 30
SHOOTER : 30

singingrulebritannia : 31
tim : 32
Exclusive : 38
wrip : 39

surfy : 41
Albie : 42

Show You the Door
BB🌕 : 45
LBTrocks : 47
Zeebz : 47

Show Me Love is the lead single from ALICIA, Keys' seventh album recently pushed back from March 20th to May 15th. While it stalled at #90 on the Hot 100 (because R&B), it did manage to crack the top-35 on Urban and peak at #2 on Urban AC; there was also a remix released with 21 Savage - all of this much better than the Mother Earth vibes she's serving on her latest single which will definitely NOT be making the 2020 Fresh 52 cut!

[Fire]

This was a nice discovery.

[fearlessarrow]

I still cackle at "Mother Earth"

[SHOOTER]

#24 finishes with the 18th-highest SD and was pretty much a lock for a top-half finish even if it tumble pretty hard from the top-5 to the cusp of the top-25.

We have 5 top-10s vs. 4 bottom-10s, including someone who finally clears their bottom-5. And, as I said, highest rank broke the tie so thank you and also sorry to the #1 ranker for this.

Path
singingrulebritannia : 6
B-Boy : 4
trilogy : 8
jtd Thee Stallion : 8
wrip : 15
samo🦕 : 16
fearlessarrow : 16
BB🌕 : 15
.indulgecountry : 16
@crapkuki23 : 16
Kanenrá:ke : 21
Zeebz : 25
taylor is terrified : 26
wavey. : 26
stallie : 22
Az Paynter : 21
Albie : 16
tim : 24
Leo ✔ : 22
Exclusive : 23
Fire : 27
LBTrocks : 27
Troublemaker : 24
surfy : 24

[Az Paynter]

I thought I ranked SML higher than that. Huh.

EDIT: Yeah I definitely didn't rank SML at #42, that was my rank for Ari Lennox which is already out SHOOTER

[SHOOTER]

You don't know the way? Come go with me
You don't know the rules? Act like you do
You got what it takes? Then follow through
I don't wanna wait when I call on you...





Albie : 1
Troublemaker : 5
stallie : 7
BB🌕 : 10
singingrulebritannia : 10

SHOOTER : 11
B-Boy : 14
trilogy : 18
wavey. : 19

LBTrocks : 21
Leo ✔ : 24
jtd Thee Stallion : 24
samo🦕 : 25
Az Paynter : 26
taylor is terrified : 30

fearlessarrow : 32
Exclusive : 36
.indulgecountry : 36
@crapkuki23 : 37
surfy : 39

Kanenrá:ke : 40

CAUCASITY
Fire _ : 44
wrip : 46
Zeebz : 51
tim : 52

Culture was a collaboration between KAYTRANADA and the underground LEGEND that is R&B singer-songwriter Teedra Moses on his sophomore album, BUBBA, which dropped in December 2019. If you consider yourself an R&B and have not heard, I highly recommend you seek out Teedra's debut album, Complex Simplicity, ASAP!! Also check out K's remix of her low-key classic Be Your Girl while you're at it!

[Leo ✔]

nice a perfecto!

[SHOOTER]

Mar 11, 2020 22:03:06 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

I thought I ranked SML higher than that. Huh.

EDIT: Yeah I definitely didn't rank SML at #42, that was my rank for Ari Lennox which is already out SHOOTER

I fixed it.

[LBTrocks]

I really liked "Culture" - nice discovery!