Another Year In Pop: 8

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Not an awful lot going on this week - Duffy's still at the top and the highest new entry is at 23. But I guess there must be people in the UK who haven't managed to buy the 'Valerie' single yet in the last EIGHT MONTHS, mustn't there?

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Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ditto, if it ever emerges from the mire known as "Release date scheduled for 'sometime in 2008'"

I think Stargate (with Ne-Yo!) did 'Hate That I Love You' and 'Good Girl Gone Bad' for Rihanna as well last year - I really like this new acoustic strain of sappy-but-conflicted r&b ballads.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Aha x-post! I thought I detected Ne-Yo-ishness in there.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I figured that the recent appearance of the new single (and the involvement of Chris Brown) meant that it was finally closer to appearing. She's too good to be left pre-release purgatory for any longer.

& yep, am with you on this new style of R&B ballad

[koganbot]

Yeah, I've got "No Air," which I think is much stronger than "With You."

Chris Brown is perennially overlooked. "Run It" was totally amazing, some kind of a breakthrough, the r&b achy ballad but dipped deep in crunk darkness, Scott Storch really nailing his own style.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Me toos on "No Air". It might get my vote in the Feb "what's the best thing you heard?" poll actually.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah 'Run It' is classic 4eva - brilliantly generic, by which I mean that it's like the distilled essence of that sort of crunk-pop production, it sounds very pure. 'Gimme That' was also great! And there's a great reggae rmx of 'Yo (Excuse Me Miss)'.