Another Year In Pop: 27

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to Dizzee on his first number one, albeit in a quiet week.

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(Glasto influence watch: The Verve are at 58, Kings Of Leon at 64, but Jay-Z has four songs in the top 100 <-- WINNAR!)

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

popular black music needs a catch-all term purely because of all the fusion and cross-pollination going on and the cultural connections between so much of it. whether good or bad, 'urban' is short and sweet enough to fulfil that purpose. the connotations needn't go beyond that imo.

i kind of agree tho re 1Xtra but that channel seems to have flourished with the space it's been given, and surely it reflects socio-cultural divides as much as re-inforces them. the real danger is if it gets axed due to inevitable cutbacks and then there's no room to re-integrate it's remit back into Radio 1 (who don't seem too fussed about grooming the new Westwood, Nelson or whatever).