The History Of Jop Part 20 AKA Hangin out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today we're gonna poll like it's 1999. Nine ticks from twenty-six singles.


[Poll #868997]


1998: Joptimist Judgement

1. Music Sounds Better With You (41 votes)
2. Ray Of Light (36 votes)
3. Doo Wop (That Thing) (35 votes)
4. Intergalactic (34)
5. The Rockefeller Skank (33)
6. Celebrity Skin (31)
7. Torn (28)
8. History Repeating (25)
9. You Get What You Give (23)
10. The Boy Is Mine (22)

So Lex was right, and Aaliyah did get diddled :(

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I thought Juvenile did 'Bling Bling'? (first time i heard the term) - who is BG?

i ticked Kid Rock cos it inspired 'Cobrastyle' :)

i came worryingly close to ticking RATM

[juror8.livejournal.com]

I did tick RATM! Easily their best single.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Now there's a backhanded compliment if ever I heard one. what next, the best Sandi Thom single?

[koganbot]

B.G. is short for Baby Gangsta. He was on Cash Money records at the time. I'm pretty sure that Juvenile is a guest rapper on "Bling Bling."

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Kogan, when did Cash Money become a US critic touchstone out of interest? I kinda thought they were anathema to most mainstream rock writers over there until the coke rap bandwagon came around 18 months back?

[koganbot]

Became a touchstone for me around '99, when I was getting back into hip-hop and playing catchup. Obv. already was or became important to others that same year, placing two tracks in the P&J. Simon Reynolds and Sasha Frere-Jones were supporting Cash Money enthusiastically, and I'm sure future Voice writers like Harvell and S. Clover were into Cash Money back then.

[koganbot]

Oh, and Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh are on it too. So you've got three quarters of the Hot Boys and one of the Big Tymers.

holy sh*t "Bling Bling" is awesome! Who knew? Not me anyway

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Catch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNIFbXsaN0