Best Song of 2003: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Dizzee, Outkast, Xtina, Sean Paul and the Lil' Jon posse all through. I'm superbusy today so without further ado, on to heat #4!

• You get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll, unless you played the investigation game on the previous heat and told us all your new favourite (and why). Put your new favourite in the box below and get an extra tick for the next heat - do this on five or more of the eight heats and get an extra nomination slot for 2004! (thx to credoimprobus for this suggestion)



• The top five in each heat will go through to the next stage. Make sure you rep for your faves in the comments!



• If you want to fill in the 'best song I only heard today' box later, change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• You have until Tuesday lunchtime to vote

[Poll #1481587]

*Apologies to Nivea for me forgetting to re-sort the spreadsheet - 'Don't Mess With My Man' will go in the next heat.


Extra tick for this heat goes to koganbot.

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I FVCKING HATE 50 Cent and consider him a blight upon the musical landscape but let's be honest here: if you can listen to In Da Club and not find yourself vaguely swaggering and with a sudden desire for very expensive drinks then, well, you're probably more than a bit wrong.

100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1. He's drinking Bacardi like a BIG GURL
2. He only sings two notes throughout (the other one is in the 'come' of 'come give me a hug')
3. SENSITIVE THUGS Y'ALL NEED PUGS HUGS = much better song about rappers being given hugs
4. Very boring to sing at karaoke
5. Video features Dre & Eminem but they do not feature on the song = that's what guest spots are FOR
6. Who the hell would want to clone 50 Cent anyway?
7. Who the hell is Charlotte etc

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Come on, it's flippin' brill.

1) It starts off by announcing that it's YOUR birthday! All of our birthdays! What's better?
2) 50 sets out his ambition clearly: The plan is to put the rap game in a chokehold. Excellent clarity of expression.
3) Similarly, he's into having sex, not into into making love. He won't lead you up the garden path!
4) Threatens someone with a vicious bottling "upside the head".
5) er... Wolverine-style healing factor.

Agree forthwith! Or perchance you would like me to go upside your head with a bottle of bub (champagne)?

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Is it 'bub' then and not 'bud'? Because otherwise I was going to say

8. He's drinking BUDWEISER which is tantamount to drinking warm p1ss

If this is not the case then #8 shall be stricken from the record.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is.

Charlotte?

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Charlotte is the birthday girl in question!

Btw when I say 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish, obviously I approve of its status as a pop song that I can babble on about it for hours. I just don't like the tune or the dude or the lyrics or the video. Erm.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

I...can't tell if you're kidding. SOCIALIZING ON THE INTERNET IS DIFFICULT.

I moderately enjoy all three but I probably couldn't discuss it for more than 5 seconds before falling into a deep sleep. If you glued us together, you'd have a 50 Cent fan.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if I'm kidding either - I'm kinda being driven delirious by werk at the moment, every time I try and write a sentence I get distracted by someone asking me a question.

Let's clear this up once and for all: at the beginning of 'In Da Club' by 50 Cent, he says the following: "Go, go, go, go Charlotte, it's your birthday, we're gonna party like it's your birthday" and so on. Is it her birthday or isn't it? If they're going to party LIKE it's her birthday then some level of pretense is required to compensate for it not being her birthday. HOWEVER in the previous sentence he just said it WAS her birthday. MAKE YR MIND UP FIDDY PEE.

Basically, I love talking nonsense as per the previous paragraph, but it doesn't mean I actually like the song. The poptimist dichotomy there.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

wait so do you really think he is saying Charlotte? this is important

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Who knows? The man CANNOT ENUNCIATE CLEARLY.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

"Go shorty, it's your birthday."

Also, I'm pretty sure the next line is, "You know we don't give a fuck it's not your birthday." HOW CAN IT BE BOTH? Maybe the song starts at 11:59:59 PM on her birthday? And he's stating that it is her birthday, and they will continue to party as if it's her birthday even when it's over, and now it's not her birthday but they don't care? Or maybe it's a metaphor, Rihanna-style.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Aha! I have a solution:

Beginning of song is sung at 11.59pm on Charlotte's birthday, and by the time the next line is sung the clock has ticked over to the next day when it is NOT Charlotte's birthday. How about that?

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

I'm with you - I've always heard it as "Go shawty, it's your birthday".

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Results 1 - 10 of about 52,200 for 50 cent "in da club" charlotte

Results 1 - 10 of about 69,100 for 50 cent "in da club" shawty

Oh all right.

Re: 100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Additionally, the very first result for "go charlotte it's your birthday."

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I love it and will tick if it needs help to get through, but actually I think I like the Beyonce version even more. I pondered nominating it, actually.