This a another day, another record-breaking accomplishment for Drake. The 6GOD never fails to surprise us with his new releases and on Monday (Jan. 22), his latest single hit a whopping 4,326,679 plays. The next day, the team at Chart Data reported that Drake’s “God’s Plan” released on his two-song, Scary Hours EP, cracked Spotify’s single-day streaming record. This shouldn’t be a surprise to many, but even if I were Drake I’d congratulate myself on Instagram, too. Take a look at Drizzy’s post below:
The release of their 2010 album “Hands All Over” marked their first full step into a strictly pop sound. The single, “Moves like Jagger” featuring Christina Aguilera was a huge success, staying 49 weeks on the chart and hitting the number one position on the Billboard hot 100. After this massive hit, I feel like Maroon 5 gathered the tools for success on the radio and applied it to all their projects after that. A catchy chorus, another popular artist to feature on the bridge, some form of whistling, and sticking to a tiresome beat that is played two to four times throughout the song. They have formulated the art of singing about a topic with some repetitive lyrics that brush the subject but don’t say anything too deep. It is structured to get stuck in your head, but the catchiness does not hide the poor content.
This was solidified with their 2012 release “Payphone” on their album, “Overexposed”, which kind of has the same exact layout as “Moves Like Jagger”:
Also, notice the similarities in their 2014 release, “Animals” on their album “V”:
Their latest single, “Don’t Wanna Know” Feat. Kendrick Lamar really highlights all the problems of pop music today, and really shows that Maroon 5 is not hiding the fact that they are using the same basic formula to gain airplay.
Although they have been on the radio for a long time, their legacy will not stay. They have had three number one hits, 13 top 10 hits and 28 songs on the Billboard top 100, but they lack the authenticity they started out with. It just doesn’t seem like it is earned when they have moved so far away from their original image and message. I do not see the entertainment quality of repeating a chorus a thousand times and the same basic phrase over and over again.
It seems like the Adam Levine show at this point, which makes me wonder why they even keep the title of Maroon 5 when their first album and latest album sound nothing alike. We will never get back the Maroon 5 we knew and loved because they are making an extreme amount of money. I would say that they are the dictionary definition of a “sell-out.” They sold their soul to the radio, and they are not coming back but instead going to release another pop garbage single that will follow all the cliches, which will get airtime just from the comfortability and repetition of the standards of “popular” music. I understand that bands grow, change and experiment with their sound, but this seems like Maroon 5 has hidden motives, rather than just evolving as an artist. Being a fan of Maroon 5 has been disappointing as we watched them dissolve into puppets of the machine.
Alabama’s young rapper YBN Nahmir, best known for his single “Rubbin Off the Paint“, has risen to number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. The unsigned artist collaborated with Cole Bennett on his official music video for “Bounce Out With That”. Check it out below and see.
Due to her talent, style and vocal performance, she is showing signs of becoming the next big thing. She has even collaborated with bigger artists who also see that. Her first album, “Por Vida” which came out in 2015, had contributions from Tyler, The Creator, Kaytranada, and BADBADNOTGOOD. It is certainly is a great album that is needed in R&B today.
She has also been featured on the extremely popular English Virtual band, Gorillaz’s song, “She’s my Collar.”
Tyler the Creator also seems to like her style, as she was featured in his song, “PERFECT.”
About a week ago she released another collaboration with Tyler entitled, “After The Storm” which almost has a million views already.
In addition to these collborations, she has also worked with Snoop Dog, she told Billboard her about her experience:
“Snoop saw “What They Say,” I think. Someone put him on to it — it was all word of mouth shit. He loved that I sampled Brenton Wood and loved the aesthetic and the low-rider culture behind it, so he was like, “I have to work with her.” He gave me a song on his mixtape.”
With so many big artists collaborating with her and seeing the potential she has, there is no doubt that she will shortly be blown up into superstardom. Check her out, she is truly an artist to look out for.
I smell a Takeoff / Yachty tape coming. It’s 2018 and the underrated Migos rapper, Takeoff is the last one of the group to release a collab tape. Recently Yachty previewed a collaboration tape between the two of them on his Instagram alive session and turns out that it’s coming real soon! With Yachty’s promising fans waiting on his drop for Lil Boat 2, there’s no set date when their tape will drop. In the meantime, stay tuned for the Migo’s new debut album Culture II, which will be released on January 26th.
Every album Rihanna puts out breaks the barriers of what we thought we could expect from her. Not only has she completely redefine herself she has the music to back it up.
But Rihanna and N.E.R.D’s new track “Lemon” goes even further than that. At first listen, I didn’t even know it was Rihanna since she has never done rap before. It is a pleasant surprise that actually works. She is now going outside her genre of pop to show us even more of talent she possesses. Being able to do other genres, and have it work is the sign of a true icon.
An artist that evolves, is an artist that stays. “Lemon” officially landed Rihanna’s 50th Top 40 single. The only female artist that is ahead of her is Taylor Swift who has 55 Top 40 singles. Rihanna is currently tied with The Beatles and has surpassed Madonna who has 40. Who knows how long Rihanna’s rain will continue? Based on the last 13 years I would predict it not only is here to stay but to thrive. Anti truly marked her as an icon, and “Lemon” is shoving it in everyone’s faces.
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