Winner Stayz On

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Robyn retains her place as the Winner who stays on, beating Beyonce by 5.8 to 5.3 - this is a big slide in votes tho. Her challenger this time is one of the best hip-hop singles of last year, getting a belated UK release on the 23rd January and now starting to get airplay: "Stay Fly" by Three 6 Mafia. "Stay Fly" ended up in about a million end of year singles lists and I'm not quite sure how I missed it, laziness I suppose. The appeal is pretty simple and obvious - that gliding, wasted, "Fly-y-y-y-y-y-y" effect, and the gleaming synth chimes behind the verses that give the track a strange kind of androgyny. Numb, shiny, pop.

(As usual full poptimists members should watch this space for evidence)

[Poll #649268]

Over to you.

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

this vote's for beyonce

[juror8.livejournal.com]

I can't help but notice the majority of Robyn downvoters seem to be the elder poptimists = parents just don't understand.

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Can I suggest the next contender to be 'Tippin' Toxic'?

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

If "Stay Fly" had come out in March, it would have come about 50 places lower on every list it appeared on. RAISE YOUR STANDARDS, CONSENSUS-FINDERS IT IS ADEQUATE AND NO MORE.

[(Anonymous)]

As I noted in my Pazz & Jop comments, "Stay Fly" is a ballad, and ballads suck. ("Stay Fly" is rather good, actually; but not as good as "Be Mine!")

Frank Kogan

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ahem. Maybe it is just that they have developed higher standards over the years.

Anyway this is easy: black people >>>>> people who take the piss out of black people.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Ahem - can I point out that I am very old indeed and have been giving Robyn maximum marks consistently. I love it unreservedly.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I for one would very much like to see an explanation of this alleged hip hop ballad genre of yours, Frank. I like Stay Fly, but it's going to take something of Girls Aloud/Basement Jaxx standard for me to stop giving Robyn 9.