Wa$$up Ring My Bell (Top Singles, First Quarter 2014)

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Just in time for my first quarter wrap, Crayon Pop show up in shtetl garb traditionalist clothing, playing old people's music as the young-un's in back discreetly tap their toes. Above them in the ten, Wa$$up ring my bell, BiS prove that Anti-Idol is Idol, Tinashe brushes my Cassie spot, Future gets together with a bunch of other dopes to move some dope, Kate Nash punks better than she'd ever quirked, Orange Caramel assay a disco-Cuban b-side to which they barely even attempt to dance, Dal★shabet crochet in freestyle, Puer Kim does an elegant monster maash, and Nicki Minaj scores by any means necessary.

1. Wa$$up "Jingle Bell"
2. BiS "STUPiG"
3. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q "2 On"
4. Future ft. Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino "Move That Dope"
5. Kate Nash "Sister"

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6. Orange Caramel "So Sorry"
7. Dal★shabet "B.B.B (Big Baby Baby)"
8. Puer Kim "Manyo Maash"
9. Nicki Minaj "Lookin' Ass Nigga"
10. Crayon Pop "Uh-ee"

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11. T-ara "First Love"
12. Bass Drum Of Death "Black Don't Glow"
13. Neon Jungle "Braveheart"
14. After School "Shh"
15. SNSD "Mr.Mr."
16. Louie ft. Boy Wonder "Twilight"

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17. Low Pros ft. Young Thug & PeeWee Longway "Jack Tripper"
18. Rascal Flatts "Rewind"
19. After School "Rock It"
20. Kach "Tension"

Much less listening the usual, but I got a 20, relying lots on the Singles Jukebox, to which I didn't have time to contribute. Wa$$up is in from December, which I always allow, and while Kach was November, his international push seemed to start in Jan. Louie's "Twilight" is more overbearingly orchestral than I'd like, but it's got Boy Wonder scampering around like the early Eminem.

Jingle the bell.

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Comments

[koganbot]

I wrote a couple not very insightful sentences on BiS at the Pop World Cup, and that's it:

Someday some Japanese idol band is going to click with me in the high pitch and everything else will seem pale in comparison, but for now I find BiS catchier and more accessible than the form they're mauling. Big whompin' vote there.

I did vote SNSD's 1st Japan album as my album of the year in 2011 and Orange Caramel's debut Japanese album Orange Caramel number 2 last year, if we want to count those as J-pop, but I'm guessing we don't. Or SNSD's Love & Peace, which was my number 5. And albums and singles aren't a direct comparison anyway. I probably wouldn't call SNSD's "Bad Girl" J-pop but I certainly would call Orange Caramel's "My Sweet Devil" J-pop, the former finishing 11th on my singles list in 2011 and the latter 18th in 2012, both of which might be higher than "STUPiG" ends up. I don't know yet.

I haven't yet taken to any other BiS track, but I haven't been at all complete or penetrating in my listening.