Black Artists Take Billboard's Top 10

[profdlp]

I thought this was pretty interesting:

Black Artists Take Billboard's Top 10 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99455,00.html)

I'm an old guy who grew up in an era where lots of white artists (including The Beatles, in their early days) had hits with songs they "borrowed" from the black artists who originally wrote and performed them. Many radio stations simply wouldn't air the "black" version.

Now, we see lot's of white performers trying to make it in R&B and rap, etc. I guess if you live long enough you'll see everything come full circle.

:Rocker: :Rocker: :clap: :Rocker: :Rocker:

[a2jfreak]

Ahh, yes, and what role models some of these people are too. White or Black. Green or Brown. Pink or Purple. It's a shame the top 10 include some of these songs and/or "artists."

(Oh, BTW. Beyonce is hot, huh!?!?!? Put some of her in the babe thread!!!)

1) Baby Boy - Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul

2) Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee

3) Get Low - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins

4) Right Thurr - Chingy

5) Frontin' - Pharrell Featuring Jay-Z

6) Damn! - YoungBloodZ featuring Lil' Jon

7) P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent

8) Into You - Fabolous featuring Tamia or Ashanti

9) Stand Up - Ludacris featuring Shawnna

10) Where is The Love? - Black Eyed Peas

[profdlp]

I think about half of them should be in jail, not in show business.

[panzerkw]

1) Baby Boy - Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul

2) Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee

3) Get Low - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins

4) Right Thurr - Chingy

5) Frontin' - Pharrell Featuring Jay-Z

6) Damn! - YoungBloodZ featuring Lil' Jon

7) P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent

8) Into You - Fabolous featuring Tamia or Ashanti

9) Stand Up - Ludacris featuring Shawnna

10) Where is The Love? - Black Eyed Peas

1. - Anything Sean\Paul is involved with does very well so no brainer there.

2. an uninteresting beat, uninteresting lyrics, for an uninteresting movie. Just plain annoying

3. a dirty south song that only serves a purpose in the club, as do most dirty south rap songs

4. how anybody can stand the terrible, affected, southern drawl of this singer for more than a few moments is beyond me.

5. Frontin' good song

6. Damn! It actually tries to say something, which is admirable.

7. PIMP - one of the many artificial songs that capatilizes on a tired theme of womanzing and hustling, all to bolster an already overcommercialized and overrated rapper.

8. Into you - Fabolous usually makes some good stuff

9. Stand up - a club staple in the south, ludacris has a gift of humor in his songs and stand up demonstrates that talent

10. not familiar with this song

So out of these 10, I'd say 3 or 4 actually deserve to be there. The others are just there because people don't know good music (rap or otherwise) when they hear it, and they just want something to bounce to in the club.

[LawnMM]

I'm not a rap fan, but I'll say this much...that where is the love song has the best message behind it I've ever seen from a rap group. Instead of talking about blowing people away or slappin yer bitch up you get a message about tolerance and caring

Nice change of pace.

[Thrax]

The song does have a good message, but it also dedicates a verse to an obnoxious/ignorant liberal slant.

(About the war on Iraq. :rolleyes: )

[LawnMM]

Meh, I'm just glad they're rapping about something worthwhile for a change.

[celcho]

but they're doing it sooo blatently for the purpose of sounding 'goody-goody' when the war is unpopular. i liked it at first, but i've grown to really hate it.

[LawnMM]

Yer reading too far into it.