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Song of the Day #2,278: ‘Hot Nigga’ – Bobby Shmurda

bobby_shmurdaIn Billboard’s 12th spot is a song called ‘Hot Nigga’ by a rapper named Bobby Shmurda. The Billboard chart lists the song’s clean title, ‘Hot Boy,’ which is less offensive but makes the song sound like a gay anthem.

My first thought when I saw this entry on the Hot 100 was “How on Earth did this young man’s manager allow him to record as Bobby Shmurda?” He sounds like a paste-eating junior high bully victim.

Hey, have you heard that dope new Bobby Shmurda track?! I’m sorry, that just doesn’t work.

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Song of the Day #2,277: ‘Rather Be’ – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

clean_banditIn Billboard’s 11th position is the most interesting song of the list so far.

‘Rather Be,’ by the British band Clean Bandit, mixes house beats with classical instruments and a soulful vocal into a catchy concoction that reminds me a bit of Moby during the 30 minutes when he was big.

From what I can tell, Clean Bandit provides the instrumental backdrop and recruits guest vocalists (in this case, a woman named Jess Glynne).

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Song of the Day #2,275: ‘Don’t Tell ‘Em’ – Jeremih Featuring YG

jeremihIn Billboard’s seventh spot this week is Jeremih with ‘Don’t Tell ‘Em,’ a song as stupid as the spelling of his first name.

The girl power wave that put women in the top six Billboard spots hits a wall with this lazy R&B jam that celebrates women as mindless sex objects.

Songs like this make me sympathize with Tipper Gore and Bill O’Reilly. Does Tipper Gore still care about offensive song lyrics?

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Song of the Day #2,274: ‘Habits (Stay High)’ – Tove Lo

tove_loIt’s time for another installment of “What the Kids are Listening To These Days,” wherein I feature ten current hits on Billboard’s Hot 100.

With summer over and new hits slow to materialize, I’m going to have to dig pretty deep into the list to come up with ten songs I haven’t already featured on the blog.

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