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

[koganbot]

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]

"Empire" is the most Shakira has ever sounded like Regina Spektor, if that influences you one way or another.

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[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Ha, it should influence me away from thinking it's so great, but I've already settled on it as an "ambushed by unexpected emotion" situation. Plenty of Shakira hits me with expected emotion, and plenty ambushes me with other things that aren't emotion, but this is the first one where I really have a brain/gut split and gut gets the TKO. (Usually gut just wins on points.)