Comments on: Top Hot 100 Hits http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=821 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rev1 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-31060 Rev1 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:09:06 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=821#comment-31060 It raises interesting questions to see hip hop listed as a apart from east coast rap, gansta rap, etc, since one would assume that those sub-genres are simply categories under the larger umbrella of hip hop culture. However, at the same time, this could indicate that perhaps Dirty South is NOT hip hop, since it is a different genre. This would piss off the dirty south hip hop artists, but might make a purist kinda chuckle. One might also go as far as to say that chances are: if appeared on any mainstream list of best songs, there's a very good chance it's pop with a hip hop flavor. But that begs an entire discussion on what constitutes hip hop music which requires a definition of what constitutes hip hop culture. It raises interesting questions to see hip hop listed as a apart from east coast rap, gansta rap, etc, since one would assume that those sub-genres are simply categories under the larger umbrella of hip hop culture. However, at the same time, this could indicate that perhaps Dirty South is NOT hip hop, since it is a different genre. This would piss off the dirty south hip hop artists, but might make a purist kinda chuckle. One might also go as far as to say that chances are: if appeared on any mainstream list of best songs, there’s a very good chance it’s pop with a hip hop flavor. But that begs an entire discussion on what constitutes hip hop music which requires a definition of what constitutes hip hop culture.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-18544 Chris Molanphy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:12:51 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=821#comment-18544 The Date of Release chart is interesting (esp. the songs that came out way earlier than the start of the chart year) -- but easily explicable. Given Billboard's chart year, naturally, songs that come out in the winter will be the year's biggest: they have the most time to amass chart points and enjoy a full chart run before the year runs out. A big hit that comes out in, say, July, has a built-in disadvantage -- its chart run will likely be divided over two chart years. Oh, and: love the font! The Date of Release chart is interesting (esp. the songs that came out way earlier than the start of the chart year) — but easily explicable. Given Billboard’s chart year, naturally, songs that come out in the winter will be the year’s biggest: they have the most time to amass chart points and enjoy a full chart run before the year runs out. A big hit that comes out in, say, July, has a built-in disadvantage — its chart run will likely be divided over two chart years.

Oh, and: love the font!

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