Continuing my look at the Billboard Hot 100 songs of 2024…
Taylor Swift shows up at #12, but it’s not a song from her latest album, but rather ‘Cruel Summer,’ the Lover track that reached #1 four years after its album release. At #13 is Tate McRae’s ‘Greedy,’ a decent showing for an artist I’m still not sure is a real person.
That brings us to #14 and the next song I haven’t yet featured — ‘Like That’ by Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar.
Continuing my countdown of last year’s best films…
Best Films of 2023
#3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
I enjoyed 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse but didn’t fall head over heels for it the way so many others did. It took this sequel, five years in the making, to fully indoctrinate me into this incarnation of Miles Morales. But I’m all in now, baby.
To an even larger extent than its ground-breaking predecessor, this movie expands the landscape of animated filmmaking, exuding artistry and unbridled imagination in every frame. The film feels like a comic book come to life in four dimensions — I’ve never experienced anything quite like it.
‘Creepin’,’ from Metro Boomin’s 2022 album Heroes & Villains, sits at #5 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, down from its peak at #3. This is the song’s 17th week on the chart.
‘Creepin” features The Weeknd on lead vocals and a rap break by 21 Savage. This is a remake of the 2004 song ‘I Don’t Wanna Know‘ by Mario Winans, which featured P. Diddy. Winans shows up on the bridge of this version and Diddy performs on a recent remix, so it’s nice to see Metro Boomin giving some love to the song’s originators.
Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…
Best Albums of 2022 – #7
Heroes & Villains – Metro Boomin
It’s almost impossible to tie my feelings on this album apart from its unparalleled rollout. In announcing the title and themes of the record, Boomin was able to recruit Morgan Freeman and Lakeith Stanfield for its reveal video. Of course, I was already hooked.
Few people have made as much of an impact on the rap industry in the past decade as Metro who has been an unsung hero on many of the biggest rap records that casual fans have probably heard passively.
Meet Me In Montauk 