The History Of Jop Part 25 aka Don't want to be your Daddy just want you in my Caddy

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

After an enforced absence, the History of Jop polls enter their final lap, reaching 2003. IT'LL ALL BE OVER BY CHRISTMAS! to coin a phrase. You get THIRTEEN ticks across thirty-nine singles: the Rapture were on last poll as well, the greedy beasts, so we leave them off this.


[Poll #888665]


Joptimists Go 2002

1. Work It (46 votes)
2. Can't Get You Out Of My Head (41)
3. Hot In Herre (38)
4. Fell In Love With An Girl (30)
5=. Like I Love You (29)
5=. Lose Yourself (29)
7. A Stroke Of Genie-Us (28)
8=. Oops Oh My (27)
8=. Hella Good (27)
10. Without Me (26)

Also be sure to go and nominate for the Poptimists end-of-year poll. Poll poll poll poll poll.

Comments

Re: Reverb and starkness of line

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Was "Get Low" a jump in terms of objectionable-ness?

Re: Reverb and starkness of line

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i'd be surprised given popularity of 2 Live Crew/countless others back in the day.

probably more just a sense of 'sigh...not moving on thematically are we?'

love it tho ha ha

Re: Reverb and starkness of line

[koganbot]

Xgau's review of Kings of Crunk

Kings of Crunk [TVT, 2002]
Buried on this cruddy album is a great gimmick half perfected on the climactic "Get Low": oi anthems gone south, crude and compelling unison chants about flexing muscle in a club where another clique does something you don't like, such as breathe. Socially retrograde, but so was tango, and Lil's namesake Elton beat him to the theme by three decades. What's truly retrograde is the rapping--when Too Short takes a turn you'd think Rakim had dropped in from paradise--and the pimp shit eaten by boy-toy-for-hire Oobie and bull mackstress Chyna Whyte. As if in illustration, this version of "Get Low" includes an indistinct verse about stupid bitches poppin' pussy on a pole. It's omitted from both remixes on the new Part II. They knew what to do. Now you do too. C

Re: Reverb and starkness of line

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I see he has revised his position since then, since he was plugging Crunk Hits 2 on NPR! Or perhaps he thinks the rapping is better on the more recent stuff. Although I assume he has just learnt to not care.