Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 23 (01/27/2024)
I have like four things I want to say about the chart at the moment
Seems like this year will a test for the established artists from the 2010s as to how they'll adapt to 2020s especially with the TikTok generation
Speaking of TikTok, it's no secret that the app basically dictate what becomes a hit or not. But looking at the chart as a whole and I couldn't helped myself and think that these songs wouldn't be as high as it is if there's no TikTok
21 Savage seemingly has reached the stardom that big rappers before him that he even worked with in the 2020s. With this week we have 21 Savage album bomb and I will talked about the three highest charting songs from the album
The fact that I already got 2 songs that would probably appeared on my best list that debuted this week.
Something to think about really. Anyways debut time!
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1. "Yes, And?" by Ariana Grande
See this is why I said that established artists will have to adapt to the 2020s sensibility and only get some immediate effect and nothing else. I do like the song and I'd say this is her best lead singles since No Tears Left To Cry with the late 80s house and the Vogue by Madonna samples. But I don't see a lot of hype from this at least on normie circle. So yeah the song is good but I'm worried about her next album
5. "Bizarrap Music Session, Vol 58" by Bizarrap & Young Miko
Even though I don't speak Spanish, I can sense that this song is aspiritional and celebrating the success by the production alone. The piano, the 2010s style percussion, and how tasteful it felt especially coming from Bizarrap. This is actually sounds like what Official HIGE DANdism would've made to be honest. Another great offering from Biza
16. "Redrum" by 21 Savage
Seems like 21 listened to MONACO by Bad Bunny and be like "yeah sure I have better samples here lmao" and that's how this song was made. All jokes aside yeah I can say this is perfect lead off singles. It sets the tone for the album and I love that samples.
17. "Igual Que Un Angel" by Kali Uchis ft. Peso Pluma
You know, I've always reserved with whenever Kali Uchis released at first because her brand of loose rnb music can be intimidating sometimes. But with this and the rest of the album, the feeling I got is just warm welcome. This song is excellent and the fact that this song made Peso Pluma sounds great not just good. Yeah this is best list material.
37. "nee-nah" by 21 Savage ft. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin
You can't do no wrong with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin but I'm surprised with Travis Scott here. He sounds more focused and better than his performance on Utopia. The song also just sounds great in general. Seems like his work on Spidervese soundtrack has done something with Metro because wow this sound so full and lush. The samples at the start with that trap percussion and of course the Nina Simone samples. It's a vibe and a half.
48. "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts
It's not even the end of January and we already have the best anime opening contender. Now with this one, opening for season 2 of Mashle, it has an uphill battle for it to be like best of the season so far. But somehow this song is unique even for anime opening standard, because this is straight up jersey club song even right down to the Trillville bed squeek. And the MC here R-Shitei just rap his ass off here. My god I am flabbergasted that this song exist at all.
53. "n.h.i.e" by 21 Savage ft. Doja Cat
So apparently this one is for Scarlet and yet it was given for 21 Savage. And yup this is definitely a Scarlet cut right down to the swapping bass and Doja Cat doing her Doja Cat shit. This would be like high tier Scarlet song but definitely middle tier American Dream song.
138. "J CHRIST" by Lil Nas X
Okay I think we need to talk about how we are assessing Lil Nas X as a phenomenom or as an artist. Because while this song is good, the way that people just don't care about this at all is telling especially when you remembered his last hit is a theme song for a League of Legends tournament. If I were you Lil Nas I would just released the Kesha cut as the second singles.
140. "First Love" by Oscar Ortiz X Edgardo Nunez
I usually like a lot of cumbia songs in general but I feel like something missing here. Maybe the percussion isn't defined or the performance from both artists are half assed. Feels like I should like this more than I do.
143. "Hola Perdida" by Luck Ra X KHEA
Well then this is the first merengue song since that mishapen collab between Manuel Turizo and Marshmello. I will say that I hope that we get more songs like this to spice up the latin pop scenes
146. "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield
This is actually my gf's favorite song did you know that? Also with this and Murder On The Dancefloor both becoming viral hits because it appeared on movies, we can safely say that the influence of New Radicals are still alive even in 2020s.
168. "Never Lose Me" by Flo Milli
You know I would congratulate Flo Milli for appearing on this chart because these type of songs aren't usually crossed over outside the US. I would say more but this is definitely one of the trap-n-B song of all time.
176. "Apocalypse" by Cigarettes After Sex
You know Cigarettes After Sex is an apt name for this band because this is probably the most empty, disposible, and forgettable indie rock song I've heard. The lyrics also so melodramatic to the point of agonizing. Hard pass.
181. "O Me Voy O Te Vas" by Natanael Cano
I wasn't sure how Natanael Cano could be the father for corridos tumbados until I listened to this song. Like Todd always said that this song sounds like it has existed since the beginning of time and that's the appeal of it really.
191. "King Shit" by Shubh
I should've corrected myself that there's also a rise in rap songs made by the Punjabi community in Canada and things can get really messy there. They usually bring the sound that usually appeared on Punjabi or general Indian sound and make a rap song out of it. Honestly I should learn more about this because this genre could be big one day.
197. "When We Were Young (The Logical Song)" by David Guetta ft. Kim Petras
Meanwhile this song is not that and it's basically just David Guetta playing catchup on the rising trance comeback and it's just as empty as you expected.
I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.
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2023, a year in music
Janvier
Boldy James - Indiana Jones [Rap]
Ice Spice - Like...? [Rap]
Popstar Benny - University! [Rap]
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix [Jazz]
Malcolm Stracham - Point of no return [Jazz Fusion]
Lucas Santtana - O Paraiso [Brasilian Folk]
Icytwat - Siddhi World (Deluxe) [Rap]
Shaudy Kash & Top$ide - On The Yeah Side 2 [Rap]
Boogotti Kasino - Pink House [Rap]
MarijuanaXO & TGE L Masi - Ball Til We Fall [Rap]
RX Papi - Marlo [Rap]
Bic Fizzle - Clark Street Baby [Rap]
qua - Solo Tape [Jersey Club]
Slimesito - Paid N Full [Rap]
SteezTheProducer - Versatility [Jersey Club]
Février
Meemo Comma - Loverboy [Electronic]
Lokowat - Elementos [Batida]
Kelela - Raven [RnB]
Dai Ballin - 448 pt.2 [Rap]
Liv.E - Girl In The Half Pearl [RnB]
Young Nudy - Gumbo [Rap]
3Phaz - Ends Meet [Electronic]
Acid Arab - Trois [Electronic]
Caroline Polachek - Desire I want to turn into you [Pop]
Christian Mcbride's New Jawn - Prime [Jazz]
Braxton Cook - Who are you when no one is watching [Jazz / Soul]
WB Nutty - Im not an artist [Rap]
Paco Panama - The Wire vol.1 [Rap]
Shaudy Kash - Ghetto Heartthrob 2 [Rap]
Ayoolii - 2 Grams [Rap]
Ayoolii & Run Along Forever - Crashing Tf Out [Rap]
SME Taxfree & Big Homie Dre Cash - Just Like Brothers [Rap]
Karol G - Manana Sera Bonito [Cumbia]
LilC4 - The Blueprint [Jersey Club]
Cashcache! & Slime Dollaz - The Life of Slime [Rap]
Yeat - Aftërlyfe [Rap]
Mari Montana - Outstanding Member [Rap]
Tae rackzz - Who Is Ju ? [Rap]
Mars
RXKNephew - Till I'm Dead [Rap]
Mariboy Mula Mar - Effortless [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Ready 2 Ball [Rap]
Tisakorean - Let Me Update My Status [Rap]
Luh Tyler - My Vision [Rap]
CEO Trayle - The Collection vol.2 [Rap]
DJ Girl - Hellworld [Electronic]
Lonnie Holley - Oh me Oh my [Soul]
Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow [Soul]
Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus [Soul]
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine [Jazz]
Lojay - Gangster Romantic [Afrobeat]
Boygenius - The Record [Pop]
Billy Childs - The Wind Of Change [Jazz]
Surgeon - Crash Recoil [Techno]
Bear1Boss - Blow Up! [Rap]
Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume [Rock]
Subiibabii - Webb2 [Rap]
Lucile Ghatti - Tears From A Clown [RnB]
Vayda - Breeze [Rap]
Avril
DJ Finale - Mille Morceau [Afrobeat]
DJ Danifox - Ansiedade [Batida]
Nondi_ - Flood City Trax [Footwork/Techno]
Jim Legxacy - Homeless N*gga Pop Music [RnB]
Niontay - Dontay's Inferno [Rap]
Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2 [Pop]
MC Yallah - Yallah Beibe [Rap]
BackwoodzStudioz - High Bias [Rap]
Babsy Konate - Tounga [Gao Rap]
Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx Side A [Rap]
Icytwat - Have Mercy On Us [Rap]
SME Taxfree - I'm Still Industreet [Rap]
Kara Jackson - Why does the Earth give us people to love [Folk]
Kiko El Crazy - Pila'e Teteo [Dembow]
Funny $Money & OTR Trapbaby - Trap Money [Rap]
Myaap - No Guarntee vol.1 [Rap]
Jass Clutch - No Deal [Rap]
Mariboy Mula Mar - Mula Ova Errthing [Rap]
Ayoolii - Brudderman [Rap]
Mai
Hitech - Detwat [Ghettotech]
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps [Rap]
Idlibra - Muganga [Electronic]
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess - Jolof Bass Music [Electro Sabar]
DJ Ramemes - Sem Limites [Baile Funk]
3Phaz - Drumtratrax [Electronic]
RP Boo - Legacy vol.2 [Footwork]
Ghetto Baby Boom - Boom Talk [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Neph Crockett [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Drunk Nights [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Summer in Miami [Rap]
SME Taxfree & Dai Ballin - House Party [Rap]
Gale - Lo Que No Te Dije [Pop]
Baby Stone Gorillas - Babyst5xne Gorillas 2 [Rap]
Smoke Chapo - Over The Counter [Rap]
RRB Duck - Back in tha K [Rap]
Vayda - Dawn [Rap]
Paco Panama & Deemuney - Faces of the Hill [Rap]
Juin
Veeze - Ganger [Rap]
Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess [Rap]
Peso Pluma - Genesis [Corrido]
Asake - Work Of Art [Afrobeat]
Certified Trapper - Trapper of the Year [Rap]
Amaarae - Fountain Baby [Afropop]
Nicky Schrire - Nowhere Girl [Jazz]
Blue Lake - Sun Arcs [Folk]
Nicola Conte - Umoja [Jazz]
Ambrose Akinmusire - Beauty Is Enough [Jazz]
David Kofi - Live At Late Night Jazz Royal Albert Hall [Jazz]
Ayoolii - Montessori [Rap]
RXK Nephew - The ONEderful Nephew [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Shawty RXK Too 3 [Rap]
Glokk40spaz - Glokk Files [Rap]
RealYungPhil - Victory Music [Rap]
WifiGawd & Gawd - Block Music [Rap]
RRB Cheese & RRB Mel - Shake Da Blender 1 [Rap]
Vontee The Singer - Lovers & Friends [RnB]
Rylo Rodriguez - Been One [Rap]
Babydrill - Madman [Rap]
D30 - Turn the Streetz Up [Rap]
Louie Ray - Even Stronger [Rap]
Super Throwed Dave - Smacking Fire [Rap]
Juillet
African Head Charge - A Trip to Bolgatanga [Experimental]
Bandgang Lonnie Bands - Bam Bam [Rap]
DJ K - Panico No Submundo [Baile Funk]
Babyface Ray - Summer's Mine [Rap]
Surf Gang - Fast 5 [Rap]
RX Papi - My name Is my Name [Rap]
Matt Wilde - Hello World [Jazz]
Icytwat - Final Boss [Rap]
Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx Side B [Rap]
Ayoolii - Enigma [Rap]
DJ WS Da Igrejinha - Caça Fantasma vol.1 [Baile Funk]
Gordão Do PC - Victor Era Meu Nome de Nerd [Baile Funk]
MC Saci - Funktroit [Baile Funk]
D.Silvestre - Espanta Gringo [Baile Funk]
John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy - Evenings at the Village Gate [Jazz]
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [Pop]
Papo2004 - Pap on P.E.D.'s [Rap]
Subiibabii - Swag School [Rap]
Icytwat - 4 Da Troopz [Rap]
Babyxsosa - Bling Bling [RnB]
Osamason - Osama Season [Rap]
Myaap - Worth The Wait [Rap]
Louie Ray - We still don't grind the same [Rap]
SuperThrowed Fay Fay - FreeBandz Forever [Rap]
Août
DJs Di Guetto - DJs Di Guetto [Batida]
Alfredo Rodriguez - Coral Way [Latin Jazz]
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World Jazz)) [Jazz]
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan [Country]
Emma Rawicz - Chroma [Jazz]
Sha EK & Bandmanrill - Jiggy in Jersey [Jersey Club]
Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo [Cumbia]
Paco Panama - The Matrix [Rap]
Lay Bankz - Now You See Me [Rap]
Jass Clutch - Hustle && Flow [Rap]
Dai Ballin - BallHog [Rap]
YTB Fatt - Who is Fatt [Rap]
Septembre
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive [Shoegaze]
Jlin - Perspective [Electronic]
DJ Arana - Rock Pesado 2 [Baile Funk]
Ruger - Ru The World [Afropop]
Cash Cobain - Pretty Girls Love Slizzy [Rap]
Tropa Do Bruxo - Baile Do Bruxo [Baile Funk]
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music [Jazz]
Jalen Ngonda - Come Around And Love Me [RnB]
DJ Znobia - Inventor vol.1 [Kuduro]
Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas [Electronic]
Club Casualties - Bridge Underwater [Pop]
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts [Pop]
Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight [Country]
Cléo Sol - Gold [RnB]
Cléo Sol - Heaven [RnB]
Kamaal Williams - Strings [Jazz]
SME Taxfree - My whole life a mob movie [Rap]
Tinashe - BB/Ang3l [RnB]
Chicken P - Ain't Lost Shit [Rap]
Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess [Pop]
Goldenboy Countup - Dawg Pound [Rap]
2sdxrt3all - Fuck School [Rap]
SCY Jimm - Highly Favored [Rap]
2rare - Truth or Rare [Rap]
Octobre
Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond [Soul]
Vanyfox - Sonho Azul [Batida]
Xexa - Vibracoes de Prata [Electronic]
Nidia - 95 Mindjeres [Batida]
Philly Goats - Philly Goats [Jersey Club]
DJ Jeeh FDC - Alcateia [Baile Funk]
Bad Bunny - Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana [Latin Trap]
Junior H - $ad Boyz 4 Life II [Corrido]
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess - Drum N' Mbalax [Electro Sabar]
EQ Why - Dance Floor [Footwork]
Mike Reed - The Separatist Party [Jazz]
Shaudy Kash - Mr Bitche$$$ [Rap]
D'Cantwo Junior - Sayajins [Baile Funk]
Ayoolii - No Love [Rap]
Ayoolii - Nailed It [Rap]
RXK Nephew - Certified Alcoholic [Rap]
Pangaea - Changing Channels [House]
DJ P7 - Funk Deluxe 3 [Baile Funk]
EthanUno & KimJ - Mexikoreano [Jerseychata / Hyperpop]
WifiGawd - Been Bout It [Rap]
Ken Carson - A Great Chaos [Rap]
Brent Faiyaz - Larger Than Life [RnB]
Fuerza Regida - Pa las Baby's y Belikeada [Corrido]
Che - Crueger [Rap]
KP Skywalka - Rhythm N Bip [Rap]
YT - #Stillswaggin [Rap]
L5 - Blood on Switch Street [Rap]
Novembre
DJ Manny - Hypnotized [Footwork]
DJ Ramon Successo - Sexta Dos Crios [Baile Funk]
Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E [Experimental]
Bear1Boss - Lil Hot Sauce [Rap]
41 - 41 World : Not The Album [Rap]
Babyxsosa - Babyxsosa [Rap]
CEO Trayle - The Collection vol.3 [Rap]
Joey Alexander - Continuance [Jazz]
Aziz Konkrite - Siba Sawt-System #1 [Electro]
Teni - Tears of The Sun [Afropop]
Bate1Prod - Longa Espera [Batida]
H31R - Headspace [Rap]
Chris Stapleton - Higher [Country]
cabezadenego, Leyblack & M'Bé - Mimosa [Experimental]
DJ Ramemes - Tamborzin de volta redonda [Baile Funk]
El Alfa - El Rey del Dembow [Dembow]
Loren Stillman - Time and again [Jazz]
RXK Nephew & Harry Fraud - Life After Neph [Rap]
Tia Maria Produçoes - São Dicas [Batida]
Wizz Havinn - Super Wizz [Rap]
Actress - LXXXVIII [Electronic]
Kodak Black - When I was dead [Rap]
Duwap Kaine - Bully [Rap]
D30 - Trappers and Scammers [Rap]
Anycia - Extra [Rap]
MarijuanaXO & Joe Pablo - 30 Mil No Deal [Rap]
SME Taxfree - Standin On Bidness [Rap]
Raised Round Bosses - Ain't Nun Better Than A Cracked Phone 2 [Rap]
Yung Threat - Se Grim Reaper [Rap]
Décembre
Chicken P - Bussabrick vol.3 [Rap]
Starlito - Love Drug [Rap]
Iphupho L'Ka Biko - Azania [Jazz]
Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song [Jazz]
Ayoolii - Mindstate Of Luxury [Rap]
Tropa Do Bruxo - Baile Do Bruxo (Deluxe) [Baile Funk]
DJ Anderson Do Paraiso - Queridao [Baile Funk]
Vayda - Forrest Gump [Rap]
Osamason - Flex Music [Rap]
Wizz Havinn - Super Wizz The Sequel [Rap]
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