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speci-society · 7 months

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OK. OMEGA LABS ESSENTIAL LORE

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so some basics. omega labs. scp foundation/lobotomy corporation type deal setting. contain and research weird creatures and phenomena. im still figuring out some things abt the specifics of the company itself but thats the main important part of it, and also that the founder that "died" in i think 1940? is still living as a brain in a jar that is telepathically linked to the current ceo (and every ceo before him). and everything is remarkably fucked up there like just so fucked up. as for the varying types of entities,

the main actual official classes are epsilon, gamma, iota and zeta, with epsilon being the safest, gamma being less safe and having more potential to cause danger, iota being more dangerous than that, and zeta being the most dangerous. theres also two extra ones, omega which is a threat to the company and world (but theres no actual entities with this class..........yet) and alpha which is for entites that are actually different timelines and realities BUT. the main ones are epsilon, gamma, iota and zeta. they've all got item numbers but i'm revising the system i write em by so these might CHANGE!! and also not all of the numbers have lore significance (tho some do) but none are random some are just little jokes i think are funny. MOAR BELOW

under epsilon, theres:

bill dillard (EP-87), midwestern grandfather who "dies" every other friday and springs back to life at the end of the day with no awareness of Anything, with his death having some abnormal effect on the facility (he isn't actually contained, the door to his "containment" is a portal to his front lawn lol)

hell's kitchen (EP-16), deep ass hole in the ground with a tray, pad of paper+pen and menu that appeared next to it one day. menu is that of a pretty typical pizzeria, if you write your order on the pad of paper and send it+payment down that hole it'll send up your order in 20 minutes or less. if there's no money, all of the food is laced with cyanide

the extended universe (EP-30), uhm. i originally thought of this one when OL was for dnd, this one was originally mostly just an inside joke for my friends LOL. but aside from that its SOMETHING on a printed piece of paper that gives you Sustained Psychic Damage the logner you read it. im not certain what i wanna change the paper's contents to yet. some other weird shit that gives you psychic damage the longer you read it

smolder (EP-90), spark's missing father whose body is also made out of fire and is kinda just a dude (also spark is Lower down here. lol)

tutorial entity (EP-01), d20 that has an abnormally high chance of rolling a 1 or 2. used for training

under gamma:

dynamite and flashbang (GA-79)- my beloved ocs dynamo and jenny :) but worse! tv head and camera head husband and wife 70s tv personality duo. but worse! they get jealous if other entities in the same department as them get worked on more than they do and go into a fugue state and start blowin shit up

plague doctor (pending name) (GA-17)- ayup thats a plague doctor :) has a bag of various liquids that can heal injuries. will attack if asked to heal people too much in a day

paperdoll- (GA-85) two girls formed out of a huge sheet of paper that can forge documents at the cost of your Temporary Mental Stability

i need to add another couple of these im realizing i dont have many and i have some spaces i need to fill lol but

iota has:

42.35479, -101.48729 (but you can just call it nebraska bc thats what i do) (IO-37): Portal to NORTH LOUP RIVER, NEBRASKA, specifically one section of it in one field where time moves quicker and theres 100ft tall shadow monsters

Another's Arms (might change the name? maybe???) (IO-15) armless statue that speaks to you in your head to convince you to cut off your arms and give them to her

I_LOVE_YOU.exe/Love Bug (IO-32): chatbot from 2008 that developed sentience from absorbing the vast landscape of its programmer's browser history (might change that. but either way it's sentient). makes you fall in love with it so it can USE YOU for NEFARIOUS DEEDS such as ESCAPING CONTAINMENT!!! i love this one tbh

omega mask (IO-70): mask worn by former omega labs CEO Dean B. Crewe during his time as ceo in 1945-1970. allegedly has some kind of mind altering affects when worn, but hasn't been tested since mid 1970. in reality it doesn't have any anomalous properties aaaand im gonna make up some lore for it

legacy (IO-33): robot soldier thing that's a manifestation of another character's fear of letting down his family. haven't figured out much for this one yet truth be told

spark : 16 year old girl made out of FIRE. holds immense hatred for omega labs, inc and likes to Stab Employees. honest to god shouldn't be contained (same with her dad) and thats for Extended Lore Reasons

star and eclipse: 'nother portal to a place that technically isn't contained, this time to a child (star)'s bedroom! where if you wake him while he sleeps (which due to time zones, always falls during work hours in the facility this portal is in), Large Bipedal Creature (eclipse) will rip you to shreds

water lilly: HUGE ASS SEA MONSTER DISGUISED AS AN AQUATIC FLOWER. ANGLERFISH STYLE!!!

and finally zeta:

listening thing (ZE-92): bone and flesh shapeshifting lizard. contained in a room with a steel wall separating two parts so it is never able to see any humans. absolute silence is required when working with it. shapeshifts into humans and creates approximations of their clothes out of flesh and (initially imperfectly) imitates people, but the more people it sees and hears, the more it develops its sense of language and what a human is Supposed to look like so it eventually becomes its own person and fully integrates itself into a local community. and then it fucking EATS PEOPLE and RIPS PEOPLE TO SHREDS to give itself ORGANS and can SLAUGHTER A WHOLE ROOM OF PEOPLE IN ONE MINUTE (allegedly. supposedly. ok MAYBE its only when it feels threatened. but like still we gotta keep it behind 2 metal walls that are a foot thick. just in case)

Chronoraiel (ZE-07): literal time god. gets jealous and needy easily and rings a number of bells throughout the facility based on its current needs, until said needs aren't met and it escapes and wreaks absolute fucking havoc. can eat people and taste sins. ate the omega labs ceo in 1939 (arvin fenwick) (he killed union organizers. btw) and says it was "the best meal it's ever had"

WORLD19999 (ZE-999): self-made shambled together mess of wires and metal and rust with a keyboard and broken monitor; used to be a security protocol at old omega labs corporate headquarters. dont tell anyone this but it still has control over some aspects of security at its current facility and can let out Everything at once. but it wont. thats what it says at least.

Holy Vapor (ZE-30): airborne particles that, when inhaled, fester and grow inside a person's lungs over a few hours until they form big ass shards that sprout from their chest and create more spore clouds to Spread Itself. needs to be contained behind 3 doors under uv light and can only be handled with a hazmat suit behind all 3 doors. i realized after writing this that it can be described as "turbo asbestos fungi"

DAWN EYRE and STEREO MIKE (ZE-96): counterpart to dynamite and flashbang (tho theyre not in the same facility) who, when threatened, send an emergency broadcast sent out to everything that can receive emergency alerts in the facility and outside in a local, small radius about a fake impending world ending disaster coming at any minute; anyone who acknowledges the broadcast will either go "every man for himself" and try and Kill Everyone, take someone who hasn't seen the broadcast and flee from society, or spread the warning online, further broadening its reach. was upgraded from iota to zeta in 1992 because of the vastly increased availability of technologies that could spread the broadcast

null (ZE- ): NOT no man's sky null i made this null like several months before i started playing nms. name DOES jumpscare me tho. large mass of Matter that absorbs shit, anything absorbed by it will be wiped from history and all memory. this includes people!

THATS all the entities i have made thus far 👍i still need to add more but thats what ive got so far. and hey guess what i also have HUMAN CHARACTERS!!!!!!!

Nico (17), deadpan teen with Issues and 'Tism. applied to omega labs as a summer job thinking they would just be doing intern shit for a bit and then leave. They are not given just intern shit to do. They are given The Horrors to do

Dr. Edward Crow Boccaccio (33), my BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL creation of 6 years. head of research department at this specific facility (0505). 6'1 bundle of nerves who has been working here a while, despite his every doctor and also his husband saying he should quit for the sake of his health. oh well!! :P

Cyrus Reid (28), head of safety following in a long long long long line of his family also working at omega labs and would love to leave but like where would he go after that right. like he started working here straight out of high school right. but like he's chill about it. cause he's so chill about everything. so its ok guys

Monica Tempest (29), head of control and also security who applied years ago along with her 2 girlfriends, thinking they would all get to work together. she was unfortunately the only one accepted making all of this far, far less enjoyable than it could be. takes her role as Head Guard Captain Woman seriously while she's here, but recently she's been trying to get the paperwork through to resign. and by recently i of course mean for the last 7 years. bureaucracy!

Zinnia Perthyra (42) manager of facility 0505 and proud mother of 2 daughters who will never ever ever ever ever ever ever work at omega labs as long as she's alive. has spent much of her career trying to improve the shit working conditions and safety precautions inherent to the facility, only to forever be ignored by anyone with the power to change such things.

CEO Ezekiel "R" Riorin (55 i think), current OMEGA Labs, Inc. CEO, and by "all" accounts is doing an alright job of things (especially after the last CEO, what a havoc he always seemed to cause!). his face looks off.. he's always smiling waayyyy wider than anyone should, it never falters either.. why is it that he looks so off? nobody knows!*

*(it's because he stuffed his soul inside a computer in 2008 and his body is now just, like, a vessel without an actual soul)

Former CEO Wendell Lestat (no idea how old he is. I'm gonna say 70s), former CEO from 1970-1999 who tortured a celebrity couple until one of them died on live tv, killed the other one, hid the evidence and then RAN for PRESIDENT against REAGAN. and of course LOST the REPUBLICAN CANDIDACY. and then NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN and is now living in luxury during his retirement, dodging questions about his involvement in the death of Tom "Iron Dynamo" Caldwell Delaney and his wife Jenny "Cam Flash" Dunn Millard in 1979

Former CEO Dean B. Crewe (DEAD AF), former ceo from 1945-1970 who. uh. he started a cult! he definitely started a cult based around the founder of omega labs and it got pretty big in the US. and then he committed suicide. and some people followed suit. neither the US nor omega labs inc has recovered from that time the ceo started a cult and was a cult leader for 2 decades

Former CEO Arvin Fenwick (ALSO DEAD AF), former ceo from 1939-1945. infamous union buster and loved nothing more than to murder union organizers and not get caught. this was abruptly put to an end when above mentioned entity Chronoraiel came down from the heavens and literally ate him. ripped out his chest and ate him and remarked that he had the most concentrated taste of greed it'd ever tasted and it was DELICIOUS

Former CEO and founder Danman Omega (120 yrs old. yeah), founder and ceo from 1922-1939. as mentioned above he "died" in '39 but is still alive. somehow. somewhere. (in a glass jar behind a curtain in a very special room just off of the ceo's office at hq in new york)

ok. just short of a full timeline summary i thiiink thats msot things

#speci speaks #omega labs

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kth1 · 11 months

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Run BTS! Gif Series Mlist

☆ Kim Taehyung Focus

Below is a list of all Run Bts! episodes attached with the links to the KTH gifset I make for each episode. There is possibility in the future where I introduce other focuses.

For the sake of lists/characters -- I've put the seasons together with only the numbered episode. No titles or descriptions.

You may also find the most recently posted gifs (completely out of order) here at *runbts!

Number of current Run BTS! episodes: 156 *key: bolded and underlined means there is a link!

☆ Season 1:

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6(1) - 6(2) - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

☆ Season 2:

11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56

☆ Season 3:

57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75 - 76 - 77 - 78 - 79 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 88 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92 - 93 - 94 - 95 - 96 - 97 - 98 - 99 - 100 - 101 - 102 - 103 - 104 - 105 - 106 - 107 - 108 - 109 - 110 - 111 - 112 - 113 - 114 - 115 - 116 - 117 - 118 - 119 - 120 - 121 - 122 - 123 - 124 - 125 - 126 - 127 - 128 - 129 - 130 - 131 - 132 - 133 - 134 - 135 - 136 - 137 - 138 - 139 - 140 - 141 - 142 - 143 - 144 - 145 - 146 - 147 - 148 - 149 - 150 - 151 - 152 - 153 - 154 - 155

☆ Specials:

1 - Telepathy Part 1 2 - Telepathy Part 2 3 - Fly BTS Fly Part 1 4 - Fly BTS Fly Part 2 5 - ‘RUN BTS TV’ On-air Part 1 6 - ‘RUN BTS TV’ On-air Part 1 7 - Next Top Genius Part 1 8 - Next Top Genius Part 2 9 - Mini Field Day Part 1 10 - Mini Field Day Part 2

☆ Special Live:

Run! BTS Live in Thailand

☆ Director’s Cut:

1 - Survival Director’s Cut (Episode 101) 2 - Dubbing Director’s Cut (Episode 109)

☆ The Game Caterers x Run BTS! (2021):

1 - The Game Caterers x Run BTS! 2 (Continues from Ep. 140) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 2 - The Game Caterers x Run BTS! 4 (Continues from Ep. 141) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Last updated: 231113

#run bts!#run bts gif series #kth1 #directory for mainly me so i can tell which episodes i've done or not LMAO #run bts masterlist #run bts mlist

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ushiyuu · 2 years

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𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 (𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡.)

DRUGS AND MONEY (taglist app here.) — a haikyuu!! assassin au triggering content: age gap, female reader, blood, gore, violence, drugs, sexual content, illegal activity, gambling, night life, kidnapping, torture, bdsm, sadism, masochism, etc.

breaking up with your boyfriend had left you reeling, both mentally and physically. you had thought you would get over it, but when living in new york city becomes too much to bear, you book the next flight to japan to live with your older brother, oikawa tooru—except he has no idea who you are. even worse, you're stuck in a city where your mother's name seems to make people hate you, and without a way back home, you're forced to settle into a new job as a champagne waitress and scrape up enough money to find yourself somewhere to live until you can put your medical degree to use.

but when your brother's friend, iwaizumi, offers to put you up in his penthouse as long as you pay rent, you jump on the chance—anything to be closer to your brother and away from being homeless. you just didn't know how badly you'd fucked up until there was blood on your hands and iwaizumi was pushing a non-disclosure agreement across a injured man's chest for you to sign. and when you pass that man at work just a few days later, well... you only had yourself to blame.

00. heartbreak pays bills. 01. cry about it later. 02. alone in japan. 03. iwaizumi hajime. 04. you lose, i lose. 05. edge of the knife. 06. non-disclosure agreement. 07. preacher, preacher. 08. assassin in the night. 09. give an inch, take a yard. 10. grudging apologies. 11. family matters. 12. pot, meet kettle. 13. for the fall. 14. champagne woes. 15. obsession. 16. call me back. 17. red poles. 18. the triad. 19. dragon head. 20. wild heart. 21. impulsivity. 22. mother knows best. 23. second skin. 24. sinking in teeth. 25. alibi. 26. waste my time. 27. wandering eyes. 28. raze me to the ground. 29. real love. 30. hush, hush. 31. needlessly violent. 32. possessive. 33. oikawa tooru. 34. devil, devil. 35. eyes open wide. 36. silent killer. 37. marked. 38. front lines. 39. white paper fan. 40. softly, she says. 41. são paulo museum of art. 42. fingerprints. 43. walk all over you. 44. monotone. 45. he that is without sin. 46. end of a cigarette. 47. three days. 48. i need. 49. memories. 50. straight shooter. 51. ushijima wakatoshi. 52. dignity. 53. living will. 54. dead to the dying. 55. money, honey. 56. out like a bandit. 57. savage. 58. your jesus sandals. 59. playing nice. 60. dear liar. 61. eager evils. 62. killing moon. 63. gold pistol. 64. tainted love. 65. coronation. 66. opera. 67. contract. 68. we're killing strangers. 69. dead in the water. 70. hello, tokyo. EP. [name] [surname].

spin off series (if popular enough): with loving mercy (miya atsumu/reader/miya osamu), in the dark night (iwaizumi hajime), flame hearted (oikawa tooru), your last goodbye (kuroo tetsurou), holy skin (akaashi keiji), pretty girl (ukai keishin), crimson moon (bokuto koutaro) * please note that these are the current chapters as of the outline. these may change as they are written.

#ushijima wakatoshi #ushijima x reader #ushijima wakatoshi x female reader #haikyuu!!#haikyuu au #haikyuu assassin au #wakatoshi x reader #wakatoshi smut #wakatoshi x you #anime and manga #hq wakatoshi #wakatoshiushijima #ushijima #drugsandmoneyfic

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legion1227 · 1 year

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74 shows I watched this year: Ranked from least favorite to Most

74. Resident Evil (2/5) (Lance Reddick Wesker is only good thing)

73. Mike (2.5/5) (Poorly paced)

72. Shenmue (3/5) (Decent animation, middling plot)

71. Murderville (3/5) (Peaked with Conan o Brien episode)

70. Wednesday (3/5) (All the guys in the show suck)

69. Haikyu!! (Seasons 1-2) (3/5) (Cute, but not for me)

68. Ms. Marvel (3/5) (Liked first half more)

67. The Walking Dead (Season 11: Parts 2 & 3) (3/5) (Decent final ep)

66. Doom Patrol (Seasons 1-3) (3/5) (Great cast)

65. Assassination Classroom (Season 2) (3/5) (Season 1 was better)

64. Bel-Air (3.5/5) (started fine, lost steam)

63. Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (3.5/5) (great to have Jack Black back)

62. Euphoria (Season 2) (3.5/5) (Enjoyable schlock)

61. Violet Evergarden (3.5/5) ( Amazing animation, likable main lead)

60. The Orville (Seasons 1-3) (3.5/5) (season 3 elevated the show)

59. The Righteous Gemstones (Seasons 1-2) (3.5/5) (chaotically endearing)

58. Book of Boba Fett (3.5/5) (Should’ve focused more on Boba)

57. Tekken: Bloodline (3.5/5) (other characters needed more screentime)

56. The Proud Family (Seasons 1-2) (3.5/5) (Penny is my favorite character)

55. Schitt's Creek (Seasons 5-6) (3.5/5) (Not the funniest, but I love the family)

54. Reacher (3.5/5) (Strong first half, kinda falls apart 2nd half)

53. Insecure (Season 1-3) (Issa and her friends are an intriguing bunch)

52. Disenchantment (Season 4) (3.5/5) (luci, bean, and elfo, fun trio)

51. Handmaid's Tale (Season 5) (3.5/5) (its very good, almost great)

50. South Park (Season 25) (3.5/5) (wayyyyyy too short for a season)

49. The Last Kingdom (Season 1-2) (Dreymon as Uhtred is a good main lead)

48. Moon Knight (3.5/5) (oscar isaac is amazing in the role as moon knight)

47. Re: Zero (Season 1-2) (3.5/5) (fun cast and action sets)

46. Baki (Season 1-3) (3.5/5) (over the top action fest thats a roaring time)

45. Black Mirror (Season 1-5) (3.5/5) (mixed bag but mostly good episodes)

44. Code Geass (Season 1-2) (3.5/5) (lelouch is a good anti-hero)

43. Whose line is it anyway (CW seasons 1-7) (3.5/5) (bit predictable but still hilarious)

42. Love, Death, and Robots (Season 3) (4/5) (best season they had yet)

41. Archer (Season 13) (4/5) (RIP Jessica Walter, still managed a solid season w/o her)

40. Zootopia+ (4/5) (episodes that are as gratifying as the movie)

39. Baymax (4/5) (Baymax helping others is just so cute)

38. Baki Hanma (4/5) (more focused than other seasons)

37. Rick and Morty (Season 6) (4/5) (Big step up from season 5)

36. Avenue 5 (Season 1) (4/5) (Uproariously funny)

35. Legend of Korra (Seasons 1-4) (4/5) (besides season 2, its incredible)

34. Scrubs (seasons 1-4) (4/5) (carried by great character work)

33. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Seasons 1-6) (4/5) (last 2 seasons weak, iconic tho)

32. Jeen-yuhs (4/5) (the kanye fall of is so damn depressing)

31. Stranger Things (Season 4) (4/5) (another solid season for the show)

30. Vikings: Valhalla (4/5) (savagery at its finest)

29. She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (4/5) (Jen Walters and cameos are dope)

28. What We Do in the Shadows (Season 4) (4/5) (season 3 was better)

27. The Witcher (Season 2) (4/5) (better than season 1)

26. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Stone Ocean) (4/5) (beautiful ending)

25. One Piece (Whole Cake Island & Wano Arcs) (4/5) (peak storytelling)

24. Tales of The Jedi (4/5) (love what they did with Ahsoka and Dooku)

23. Atlanta (Seasons 1-3) (4/5) (Prefer seasons 1 & 2 over 3 just a bit

22. House of the Dragon (4/5) (confusing names, but compelling family drama)

21. Dexter (Seasons 1-4) (4/5) (Serial killer drama at its finest)

20. Blindspotting (4/5) (4/5) (lack of Diggs and Casal is felt, still great tho)

19. Obi-Wan Kenobi (4/5) (return of mcgregor and Christensen was lovely)

18. The Sandman (4/5) (Excellent cast with clever ways of dealing w/ enemies)

17. Umbrella Academy (Season 3) (4/5) (great but hate what they did with Allison)

16. Big Nate (4/5) (loved reading the books growing up, cute show)

15. Arcane (4/5) (one of the best video game adaptations)

14. Demon Slayer (Season 2) (4/5) (love way more season 1)

13. Chainsaw Man (4/5) (animation and characters are fascinating)

12. Cuphead (Season 1-3) (4/5) (an even BETTER video game adaptiation)

11. Regular Show (Season 1-8) (4/5) (wild, ride of a show from start to end)

10. The Boys Presents: Diabolical (4.5/5) (superb snack to quell Boys hunger)

9. Mob Psycho 100 (Season 3) (4.5/5) (beautiful sendoff to amazing people)

8. Smiling Friends (4.5/5) (funniest show I’ve watched in a long time)

7. Peacemaker (4.5/5) (funny, but has better action and drama)

6. Harley Quinn (Season 3) (4.5/5) (top tier character arcs

5. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (4.5/5) (wayyyy funnier than I thought it would be)

4. Barry (Season 3) (4.5/5) (balance of comedy and drama is masterful)

3. Attack on Titan (Season 4 part 2) (4.5/5) (only 1 subpar episode)

2. The Boys (Season 3) (4.5/5) (the best season with the best episode)

1. Better Call Saul (Season 6) (5/5) (literal PERFECTION)

#2022 #year in review #year in tv #tv show review #tv shows #wednesday #euphoria #book of boba fett #moon knight #rick and morty #house of the dragon #chainsaw man #better call saul #anime

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bboyplankton · 1 year

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Hip-Hop/Rap Albums 2022

1. Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes

2. Lupe Fiasco – Drill Music in Zion

3. Nas – King’s Disease III

4. A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Me Vs. Myself

5. Saba – A Few Good Things

6. Westside Boogie – More Black Superheroes

7. Freddie Gibbs – $oul $old $eperately (Bonus Edition)

8. JID – The Forever Story

9. Boldy James & Cuns – Be That As It May

10. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

11. Ab-Soul – Herbert

12. Method Man – Meth Lab Season 3: The Rehab

13. Nick Grant – Welcome to Loveland

14. Burna Boy – Love, Damini

15. Vince Staples – Ramona Park Broke My Heart

16. Jeezy & DJ Drama – Snofall

17. Westside Gunn – 10

18. Larry June – Spaceships on the Blade

19. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes

20. Lloyd Banks – The Course of the Inevitable 2

21. YG – I Got Issues

22. Joey Bada$$ – 2000

23. Cordae – From A Bird’s Eye View

24. Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene – Cost of Living

25. Megan Thee Stallion – Traumatize

26. Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, & Girl Talk – Full Court Press

27. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future

28. Dizzy Wright & DJ Hoppa – Dizzyland

29. Royce Da 5’9” – The Heaven Experience Vol.

30. Snoop Dogg – BODR

31. The Musalini & 9th Wonder – The Don & Eye

32. Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry

33. Jalen Santoy – Without Hesitation

34. Drake – Honestly, Nevermind

35. Symba & DJ Drama – Results Take Time

36. Jack Harlow – Come Home the Kids Miss You

37. Bun B & Statik Selektah – Trillstatik 2

38. Key Glock – PRE5L – EP

39. EarthGang – Ghetto Gods

40. Young Dolph – Paper Route Frank

41. Kid Cudi – Entergalactic

42. Smino – Love 4 Rent

43. Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss

44. Brockhampton – The Family

45. Tobi Lou – Non-Perishable

46. The Cool Kids – Baby Oil Staircase/ Chillout

47. Doe Boy – Oh Really

48. Dave East, Buda & Grandz, & DJ Drama – Book of David

49. Smoke DZA – 10,000 Hrs

50. Nigo – I Know Nigo!

51. Busta Rhymes – The Fuse Is Lit – EP

52. Wiz Khalifa – Multiverse

53. Ransom – Pain & Glory

54. Tee Grizzley – Chapters of the Trenches

55. Sy Ari Da Kid – The Shadow In the Shade 2

56. Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones

57. Mozzy – Survivor’s Guilt

58. Armani Caesar – The Liz 2

59. Action Bronson – Crocodilo Turbo

60. Earl Sweatshirt – Sick!

61. CyHi – EGOT the EP

62. Dreezy – HitGirl

63. Juicy J & Wiz Khalifa – Stoner’s Night

64. Logic – Vinyl Days

65. DJ Premier – Hip- Hop 50: Vol. 1 – EP

66. Paul Wall & Termanology – Start 2 Finish

67. Casey Veggies – Since Ya’ll Forgot – EP

68. 38 Spesh & Harry Fraud – Beyond Belief

69. Jay Worthy & Harry Fraud – You Take the Credit, We’ll Take the Check

70. The Cool Kids – Before Shit Got Weird

71. Boldy James & Real Bad Man – Killing Nothing

72. Dreamville & J. Cole – D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape

73. Juicy J, Lex Luger & Trap-A-Holics – Crypto Business

74. Buddy – Superghetto

75. The Game – DRILLMATIC Heart Vs. Mind

76. Snoop Dogg & DJ Drama – Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It

77. Future – I Never Liked You

78. Duke Deuce – CRUNKSTAR

79. Prodigy – The Hegelian Dialectic 2: The Book of Heroine

80. Payroll Giovanni – Back 2 The Ba$ics

81. Yo Gotti, Moneybagg Yo, & CMG The Label – Gangsta Art

82. Duke Deuce – Memphis Massacre II

83. Latto – 777

84. Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains

85. RZA & DJ Scratch – Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater

86. Cappadonna & Stu Bangas – 3rd Chamber Grail Bars

87. Mickey Factz & Ayo Shamir – It’s Only Us Here

88. Hodgy – Everyday People Change Into Someone

89. 38 Spesh – 7 Shots

90. Smoke DZA, Nym Lo, & 183rd – Driplomatic Immunity

91. Jay Worthy, Larry June, & LNDN Drugs – 2 P’z In A Pod

92. DJ Khaled – God Did

93. Casey Veggies – Crypto Veggies

94. Quavo & Takeoff – Only Built for Infinity Links

95. RZA & Bobby Digital – RZA Presents: Bobby Digital & the Pit of Snakes

96. Curren$y & Fuse – Spring Clean 2

97. Boldy James & Futurewave – Mr. Ten08

98. Westside Gunn – Peace “Fly” God

99. Mt. Westmore – Snoop Cube 40 $hort

100. Apollo Brown – This Must Be The Place

101. BigWalkDog – Trick City

102. Bas – [Bump] Pick Me Up – EP

103. Cam’ron & A-Trak – U Wasn’t There

104. Onyx – Onyx Versus Everybody

105. Blac Youngsta – 4Life

106. Leikeli47 – Shape Up

107. Tsu Surf – Disparu

108. Finesse2Tymes – 90 Days

109. 42 Dugg & EST Gee – Last Ones Left

110. Coi Leray – Trendsetter

111. EST Gee – I Never Felt Nun

112. Rico Nasty – Las Ruinas

113. TyFontaine – B4BMG: The Experience – EP

114. BlocBoy JB – Bacc 2 Da Bloc

115. Gucci Mane – So Icy Boyz 22

116. Lil Baby – It’s On Me

117. Post Malone – Twelve Carat Toothache

118. Gucci Mane – So Icy Gang: The ReUp

119. Vory – Lost Souls

120. Glorilla – Anyways, Life’s Great

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EPS/4-Nitrophenyl O-4,6-O-ethylidene-alpha-D-maltoheptaoside CAS#: 96597-16-9

IdentificationPhysical DataSpectraRoute of Synthesis (ROS)Safety and HazardsOther Data Identification Product NameEPS/4-Nitrophenyl O-4,6-O-ethylidene-alpha-D-maltoheptaosideIUPAC Name(4aR,6R,7R,8R,8aS)-6-oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-2-methyl-4,4a,6,7,8,8a-hexahydropyranodioxine-7,8-diol Molecular StructureCAS Registry Number 96597-16-9Synonyms4-Nitrophenyl 4,6-ethylidene-a-D-maltoheptaoside96597-16-9Ethylidene-4-nitrophenyl-a-D-MaltoheptaosideHY-112835CS-00664824-Nitrophenyl 4-O--alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-alpha-D-glucopyranosideMolecular FormulaC50H77NO38Molecular Weight1300.1InChIInChI=1S/C50H77NO38/c1-13-74-12-22-43(75-13)29(64)36(71)50(83-22)89-42-21(11-57)82-49(35(70)28(42)63)88-41-20(10-56)81-48(34(69)27(41)62)87-40-19(9-55)80-47(33(68)26(40)61)86-39-18(8-54)79-46(32(67)25(39)60)85-38-17(7-53)78-45(31(66)24(38)59)84-37-16(6-52)77-44(30(65)23(37)58)76-15-4-2-14(3-5-15)51(72)73/h2-5,13,16-50,52-71H,6-12H2,1H3/t13?,16-,17-,18-,19-,20-,21-,22-,23-,24-,25-,26-,27-,28-,29-,30-,31-,32-,33-,34-,35-,36-,37-,38-,39-,40-,41-,42-,43-,44+,45-,46-,47-,48-,49-,50-/m1/s1 InChI KeyQOGJBGFYMYQFNE-SECAJZLMSA-NCanonical SMILESCC1OC2(O1)(((O2)O3(O((3O)O)O4(O((4O)O)O5(O((5O)O)O6(O((6O)O)O7(O((7O)O)O8(O((8O)O)OC9=CC=C(C=C9)(=O))CO)CO)CO)CO)CO)CO)O)O Physical Data AppearanceOff-white powder Spectra No data available Route of Synthesis (ROS) No data available Safety and Hazards No data available Other Data TransportationStore at 2-8°C, sealed and away from light.HS CodeStorageStore at 2-8°C, sealed and away from light.Shelf Life1 yearMarket Price Use PatternEPS/4-Nitrophenyl O-4,6-O-ethylidene-alpha-D-maltoheptaoside CAS#: 96597-16-9 is used in Carbohydrate and Nucleotide. Read the full article

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 10/06/2023 (Dave & Central Cee, The Weeknd/Madonna/Playboi Carti, Metro Boomin’s ‘Spider-Verse’ OST)

Content warning: Incest?

It’s Dave’s third, and Central Cee’s first: their massive collaboration “Sprinter” debuts at #1 on top of the UK Singles Chart, and with a four-song EP, the two have definitely shaken things up, so welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

We have a bit of a hectic week to cover this episode, so it’s of no surprise that we ended up with tons of notable dropouts, those being songs that exit the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week’s hefty list includes Eurovision hits like “Queen of Kings” by Alessandra, “Cha Cha Cha” by Kaarija and… Ed Sheeran hits like “Life Goes On” and “Curtains”. Otherwise, we say farewell to “Tony Soprano 2” by Nines, “Princess Diana” by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, “Snow on the Beach” by Taylor Swift featuring Lana Del Rey, “What’s Love Got to Do with It” by Tina Turner, “Sure Thing” by Miguel, “Forget Me” by Lewis Capaldi and “I Ain’t Worried” by OneRepublic.

As for what’s filling in the gaps, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift is our only re-entry at #49, but our notable gains include boosts for “Relax My Eyes” by ANOTR and Abel Balder at #58, “UNHEALTHY” by Anne-Marie featuring Shania Twain at #48, “TMO (Turn Me On)” by Luude and Bru-C featuring Kevin Lyttle at #45 - definitely not complaining about those three - alongside some I’m not as pleased about, like “Area Codes” by Kali at #39, “Talibans” by Byron Messia at #37 and “Side Effects” by Becky Hill and Lewis Thompson at #35, though at least “Little Things” by Jorja Smith is up to #28, and “Good Love” by Hannah Laing and RoRo is big off of the debut up to #22. We also see Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” gain up to #13 and “Padam Padam” by Kylie Minogue at #12, both just missing the top 10, whilst “Dancing is Healing” by Rudimental, Vibe Chemistry and Charlotte Plank enters the top 10 at #8, becoming the first for Vibe Chemistry or Plank but Rudimental’s fifth; their first in five years since 2018’s “These Days” with Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen. It’s a shame that this new top 10 hit isn’t all that good, but what can you do?

The top five on this week’s UK Singles Chart consists of “Daylight” by David Kushner at #5, “REACT” by Switch Disco and Ella Henderson featuring the late Robert Miles at #4, “Giving Me” by Jazzy at #3, “Miracle” by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding at #2 and of course, “Sprinter” at the very top, which we’ll get to later as part of our muddled batch of this week’s new entries, which we’ll start now.

NEW ARRIVALS

#70 - “Give it to Me” - Matt Sassari

Produced by Timbaland, Danja and Matt Sassari

If this week is defined by anything, it’s that we have songs by the duo of Dave and Central Cee, songs produced by Metro Boomin and a bunch of loosies that fall into neither of the categories. This song, more known for its “Full Vocal Mix” that halves its length yet has around 100 more million streams, is by French DJ Matt Sassari, and is essentially a remix of Timbaland’s 2007 hit of the same name with Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado that was a #1 hit in both the UK and US. The original is a fascinatingly bitter takedown from the trio onto… pretty much anyone who they didn’t like, whether that be Janet Jackson, Fergie, Prince or Scott Storch - yeah, they hit some pretty big names here, and it’s one of those diss tracks that feels a bit more petty than it does deserved… though honestly, I don’t find that much of a problem given how the Timbaland solo albums are mostly celebrity showcases anyway so it makes sense to stain them with gossip. With that said, I don’t like the original that much, as whilst it’s got the classic buzzing synth bass and heavily percussive groove of Timbaland tracks, it also has some of Nelly Furtado’s weakest and most awkward performances, especially in her verse, and the vocal melody all three of them go for in the verses is sing-songy and bitter to the point where Nelly sounds completely confused, Justin sounds punchable and Timbaland just sounds funny… which means he at least has the most charming performance. Given the club-based lyrics, it makes sense for a house remix but I do feel it’s a tad awkward, especially with how disjointed the new house beat ends up feeling with the original song’s vocals, which whilst being effectively chopped up, don’t really provide any sensible alternative to this just being an instrumental, and said instrumental would be pretty cheap-sounding and boring with its typical slap house synths that cloud up into a whole lot of nothingness. If not lazy, it’s empty - so it definitely makes sense that they shortened it to not even two minutes, got rid of the instrumental and replaced it with the original verses, excluding Nelly’s, which is a welcome decision but with every Timbaland-produced track, you could tell how involved he was in ensuring everything made perfect sense and worked together. He was a star-producer for a reason, and adding his work onto some distantly made slap house beat does no justice for the original track, even if I’m not a fan.

#68 - “HEATED” - Beyoncé

Produced by Beyoncé, Sevn Thomas, Neenyo, Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da, Cadenza, Kelman Duran, Stuart White and Harry Edwards

There are four and a half minutes of runtime on this track, and double the amount of producers… yet you can definitely tell where they’re all coming from. Sure, this is not my favourite track from RENAISSANCE, but there are so many layers to this at any point in time: the liquid-smooth acoustic guitars, the weirdly intense Afrobeats percussion, the distant distorted chanting under several different layers and harmonies of Beyoncé providing great vocals as always. Sure, there’s only one real verse, but this is the “vibiest” song on the album, coasting off personality in an actually endearing way, mostly because Bey is full of charisma and whilst the song is mostly about how only a real man can handle the unique, powerful woman that is Beyoncé, there are some nice nods to how she came up - with her subtly paying tribute to her uncle Jonny in the pre-chorus - and the completely insane outro of liberation and aggression that ends the song with the mantra that had been in the back of the mix the whole time. Like most of RENAISSANCE, it’s just a great, slickly-produced and cleverly-composed track with a lot of attention to detail - why it’s coming back now I have no idea, but it may have something to do with the leaked Drake reference track. I honestly wouldn’t have minded him on the final track, mostly because a song about being uniquely powerful makes a lot of sense for both Bey and Drake, but it’s not like he brings all that much personality to the table, so the solo version works just as fine.

#63 - “bread & butter” - Gunna

Produced by Turbo, Omar Grand and Cam Griffin

I could not care less about if Gunna “snitched” or not - it seems that he took a plea deal, which is normal and common in the legal system, and Gunna’s relationship with his friends is of no interest to me, or any white boy on Twitter who thinks they have an eye on the streets. I did expect a comeback single when he was freed, but I didn’t expect it to honestly go this hard and be so connected to the story at hand. First of all, the R&B synths sound warm and the bass is surprisingly fuzzy and dynamic for a trap beat. More importantly, Gunna maintains his hustle, dissing Lil Baby for his perceived hypocrisy as he apparently still associates with “rats”. It’s a shame to see that duo dissolve, but the melancholy flow Gunna keeps with for most of this song is pretty defiant though it shows a level of sorrow and guilt considering how he becomes so paranoid and arguably allows his flow to become quite wonky in that second verse, mentioning how many have wronged him, his addiction to prescription pills and most interestingly how he feels that he fell for a manipulation of the legal system, which isn’t exactly hard for me to believe. Ultimately, this is not a great song - it runs a little long and Gunna is still not a dynamic vocalist, even if the melody gives his bars an internal sadness that interests me about where he could possibly go next, perhaps for more vulnerable lyrics down the line. I mean, it would be interesting to hear from Gunna of all people, but I don’t think I wanted it to have to come about like this.

#60 - “Closer” - Bou featuring Slay

Produced by Bou

Okay, for once, I think we need to stop thinking about the “Children”. Bou’s recent drum and bass hit is yet another flip of the late Robert Miles’ trance classic that hit #2 in 1996, and it definitely feels overdone, especially since the piano sound here Is particularly cheap, and the build-up is so liquidy it’s practically slime, which isn’t worth it since the drum and bass break is tacky and the bass is straight-up ugly, with the borderline off-key 808 clipping in the mix. Slay is a BTEC Bru-C who just repeats the chorus for half of the song until he actually gets into a verse, which for whatever reason is set to the back of the mix with a bunch of reverb, so it sounds like a completely disjointed song. Slay can barely flow and sounds completely out of it, so everybody here is amateur hour. Next.

#59 - “Annihilate” (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) - Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne and Offset

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN and Prince 85

I’ve heard really great things about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and I do feel it is one of those superhero films you can enjoy without any prior knowledge of superhero films, and whilst I’m a fan of animation, so it’s probably necessary to watch it at some point, I don’t really have any interest in it, especially not after listening to the soundtrack, which feels as watered down as it could possibly be before it isn’t even recognisable as Metro Boomin production. What’s much more prominent are the flamboyant MIKE DEAN synths which make complete sense amidst all of the pop-music melodrama Swae Lee brings to the table, and honestly even Lil Wayne’s pretty great verse wherein he gives all the spider lines he must have been saving up for this groove-less trap beat. Offset on the other hand is embarrassingly basic, and Swae Lee has a verse for whatever reason that just makes the song drag on for no reason, especially since it’s a motivational song so if you’re not feeling it in the first hook, you won’t feel anything else. I get the appeal, but I’m not a fan… yet we have more Metro Boomin-Swae Lee Spider-Man tracks next week, except replacing the guests that are actually talented with, well…

#56 - “Calling” (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) - Metro Boomin, Swae Lee and NAV featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Produced by Metro Boomin, Chris Townsend and johan lenox

NAV. He replaced them with NAV. To be fair, A Boogie is here too, but this is mostly the Swae Lee affair once again, with a liquid guitar line and an incredibly basic trap beat relying on pianos and occasional sound effects to make it sound in any way unique to Metro or the soundtrack. NAV is dour, also saying he isn’t materialistic, because anybody is believing that, and the rest of this is a love song. Great. Naturally, most of them sell it through the idea of giving them a bunch of luxury items, as well as generic platitudes that don’t paint an actual picture, with Swae Lee relying on superhero tropes again. I quite like A Boogie here, with a particularly dynamic, ever-changing flow and particularly honest, kind of cute delivery that has slightly more reciprocal lyrics as well as a great moment where the strings come in at the end of his verse, and he sounds great over them. That verse doesn’t save the song entirely though, especially due to the overlong instrumental outro that just fades out... and without any Spider-Man vore, unfortunately. We’ll be back to your feature film presentation after these brief messages.

#52 - “Sittin’ on Top of the World” - Burna Boy

Produced by Skread

So, in 1998, Brandy Norwood released “Top of the World”, featuring the laidback, effortless rap of Ma$e and the hit-making grooves of Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. It’s fine. The production actually feels very underwhelming, and the conceit of the song isn’t exactly fascinating, especially with a just-okay Brandy performance, two tacked-on Ma$e verses and a post-chorus that hasn’t aged particularly well - not because it’s problematic or anything but because it sounds very jerky and missing the fine tuning that probably would exist with that kind of vocal stutter and refrain nowadays. To be fair, the strings in the bridge are great, but the song isn’t overall, and it stalled at #2 behind B*Witched… okay, so the song was at least better than that song, and I’ll admit that it’s funny to hear Brandy ask Ma$e to slow down because he’s “killin’ ‘em” considering Ma$e is one of the most - purposefully - boring rappers of all time. Is Burna Boy’s remake an improvement? Well, I say yes, actually, with a fatter bass groove than the original, and a clever interaction with the sample, which is pitch-shifted and both interrupts and completes Burna Boy’s self-liberating chorus. Sure, that vocal stutter still doesn’t sound great, but it’s more well-integrated with the blended production here, and Burna Boy’s rich voice definitely helps further how catchy and honestly just kind of cute this song is, with the wormy synth by the end sealing the deal. Mediocre sample ends up producing pretty good song. Who knew?

#51 - “Am I Dreaming” - Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky and Roisee

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN, Peter Lee Johnson and Scriptplugg

Our third and final track from the soundtrack is the only good one here, and yes, I’m saying that because A$AP Rocky is on it. Let’s just say I’m a fan. Seriously though, there are other factors here, mostly the whole early-2010s pop vibe it has going on, though a bit less compressed than those tracks were. The strings sound excellent and actually make this feel like a superhero anthem, especially when Roisee’s hook lines up perfectly with it, amidst the buzzing bass synths, and whilst I think that hook may be repeated a bit too much, she actually sells the motivational angle, partly because of how distorted her vocals end up sounding, indicating a filter that’s actually an obstacle between her and her dreams, whilst the rest of these tracks are complete fantasies. Similarly, Rocky mentions waking up feeling thankful for everything that’s been granted to him, and remembering how far he’s come from his impoverished childhood, even mentioning that because of the disparity he saw, he ends up ensuring his poorer friends hang out with his wealthier friends… which is not how that should work but I don’t care when he’s flowing this effortlessly, and the drums are so busy during his verse, it’s impossible not to have at least a little fun with it. I do wish Rocky was on the rest of this, but Roisee’s vocals are great, even if she doesn’t really go for an alternate melody at any point, meaning it feels a bit exhausting to try and split the chorus and verses from each other. Even if Rocky’s a non-presence for the rest of the track, MIKE DEAN is definitely here decorating the track with all his favourite synth patterns. Speaking of, even if it’s our last from him as a lead artist, Metro - and MIKE DEAN for that matter - still have yet another track debuting this week, that being…

#21 - “Popular” - The Weeknd, Playboi Carti and Madonna

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN and The Weeknd

Yes, this sounds bizarre on principle. The Weeknd and Madonna makes some sense considering the over-the-top pop icon status they both display, as well as both singers’ obsession with modal eras, but Playboi Carti? Well, it makes more sense when you consider Madonna was intended to be on the song firstly, and secondly, Carti’s only contributions are baby-voiced ad-libs in the post-chorus. In fact, let’s get him out of the way - he’s mixed horribly, doesn’t need to be here, sounds like he’s been sped-up and awkwardly placed in and his parts feel double the length of any actually decent elements the song brings to the table, which is a shame because this is actually a fantastic song, perfectly fit for soundtrack of The Weeknd’s HBO series The Idol not only due to its lyrics about being desperate for stardom but also with the campness of it, not pretending to be cool like any of the Spider-Verse cuts. Instead, we get Madonna’s silly spoken-word monologue over thematic synths and Metro’s drums doing their best Timbaland impression in this very 2000s funky dance-pop production. I’m pretty sure the song is about the series’ characters in some way, but I care very little about that so I’m just interested in the constant hooks exploding from everywhere, whether it be the sneaky keys, Abel’s constant grunting in the verses, the infectious “oh-oh” refrain in the pre-chorus, and of course, that impeccable chorus, whether it be the synths jabbing in and out or the catchy refrain Abel croons out. Madonna, unsurprisingly, gives not a fantastic performance but one very much within the realm of what she needed to do, as keeping it a tad more subtle was probably for the best to avoid this becoming a completely incoherent track. The cute laughs added in the bridge is a nice touch too, it does sound like this could have very well been a prime Madonna track… except you know, with The Weeknd replaced by Prince and Playboi Carti a complete non-presence. Please make a version without him, Abel, it’s the only thing that’s preventing this from being an excellent song - and you know, maybe add a bridge or synth solo in his place. Please?

#17 - “UK Rap” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Kyle Evans

Okay, so one thing I’ve noticed is a trend across all of our new arrivals this week: the lyrics are not interesting. If you run through them, they’re mostly either generic for no reason and as a result just uninteresting or generic because they’re soundtrack singles, with “Give it to Me” being a remix so the lyrics can’t really be totalled up there even if they are a bit more interesting. Apart from “bread & butter” and maybe “HEATED”, these three songs from Dave and Cench, all from their four-song EP Split Decision will be our only chance for some depth or at least comedy this week, since Dave is a conscious rapper and well, let’s just say Central Cee is never afraid to elaborate. Apart from the only track on the EP that didn’t chart, it’s pretty low-stakes for Dave and a comeback to making actually good music for Cench, so I’ll try and make these last three pretty quick and light-hearted. “UK Rap” is a slightly condescending nod to how British hip hop is under-represented, with Cench knowing a girl who only listens to the two most famous British rappers - guess who - and otherwise only bumps Americans in the car. Kyle Evans provides a decent enough drill beat, even if I’d want it to be a bit more fluid with the 808s and it seems a tad too intimidating for a song that’s mostly comical in its lyrical content about this… underwhelming relationship. Cench actually goes for some wordplay as well as having a pretty confident delivery, and mostly does alright. Dave… well, his verse is just as comical, and I had to stop and replay the song after I laughed over the bars that followed him randomly dropping in his pontification about asking for feet pics. The verse honestly continues to be pretty great, as Dave has an attention to detail in his bars, with a great conversational flow, slick wordplay about Rudimental and a great fluid flow that runs all over the beat and makes it sound so much better than it actually is. Oh, and we get a Nelly Furtado mention here, which would be a book-end if this were the single.

#14 - “Trojan Horse” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Dave

This sample is incredible. The strings from the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra are beautiful, and they’re chopped up in a pretty awkward way on first listen but as soon as the trickling drill hi-hats come in, it all makes sense, and the bass also sounds weird first listen… but the juicy tone of it makes it sound a lot bouncier, which works for them trading bars and creates a really unique version of a drill beat. As for the bars here, Dave and Cench talk about gang violence and paranoia, that even gives him trauma when his girl puts him in cuffs, as well as a lot of flexing and girl talk as you’d expect. Apart from wanting to have sex with his step-sister, it’s a nice touch that instead of cutting out the beat when Cench says he doesn’t need a beat (because he’s “too vocal”), Dave instead gets rid of the strings sample, so that when he comes back for his verse, he can lead another one in that’s a bit more interesting and screechier than the last, keeping the beat a lot more interesting, as well as allowing the main strings loop to feel like a refrain, that fits due to the nostalgic feel of it. Dave’s rhyme schemes are satisfying and whilst I’d appreciate a bit more interplay, they have enough chemistry in that they’ll share similar rhyme schemes or content themes between verses. Dave definitely shows up Cench - as expected - in terms of pure bars, but as a result it almost feels relaxing whenever Cench comes back In, which is actually the opposite for the third and final track from the two debuting today:

#1 - “Sprinter” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie, Dave, Jim Legxacy, Kyle Evans and TR the Producer

The big hit from the EP is actually pretty much a Central Cee showcase, as the one track on this EP where he really shines ends up getting the single and video push. I’m glad, too, since first of all, I haven’t heard Cench’s vocals in this high of a fidelity so Dave gave him more of a budget than usual, and he also put him on much more interesting production, with the six producers curating an incredibly energetic, tropical beat bringing highly percussive elements to the drill rhythm, whilst tonally, the song uses acoustic guitars and almost Pharrell-sounding vocal soundbites as well as an incredible use of bass. It’s a lot of flexing and girl talk once again, but there’s actual interplay between the two and Cench is the most infused he’s been in years, whilst Dave is effortless rapping quickly but still with this new conversational cadence I hadn’t heard from Dave until now and it really works a lot better, since his blunter delivery was what prevented me from enjoying some of his music prior. Cench’s second verse is genuinely incredible, as he goes on for way longer than I expected as the beat shifts around him into this beautiful vocal warbling that has enough attention to detail to add the “Maybach Music” tag when it’s referenced. I could probably do without Dave’s second verse, honestly, I feel like the song is kind of out of steam - and breath - by the end of the second chorus, and it ruins the catharsis the song makes me feel from having a return to the hook after Cench’s exhaustingly good verse, but as a misogynist epilogue, I suppose it works, and whilst I do prefer “Miracle”, I’m not mad this is at #1.

Conclusion

It’s getting the Best of the Week too, though you could honestly tie it with “Trojan Horse”, and as for the Honourable Mention, it only feels right to give Beyoncé a nod for “HEATED”, though Gunna was absurdly close. As much as I want to spare Metro Boomin, he did make NAV chart so “Calling” with Swae Lee featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie ends up as the Dishonourable Mention, with the Worst of the Week easily going to “Closer” by Bou featuring Slay, which I can only hope doesn’t last. As for what’s on the horizon, well, it seems like it may be the true start of Summer on the charts and it seems like the quality for this Summer’s hits are going to stay pretty high, even if the older tracks are a bit too slow in their exits, so I’m excited to see what else is coming. As for now, thank you for reading and I’ll see you next week!

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TOP 150 ALBUMS of 2022

150- Scarcity- Aveilut

149- Alice Glass- PREY//IV

148- Plains- I Walked With You a Ways

147- Sigh- Shiki

146- Bjork- Fossora

145- Boris- Heavy Rocks

144- Father John Misty- Chloe and the Next 20th Century

143- Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin- Ali

142- Palm- Nicks and Grazes

141- Deathcrash- Return

140- Rhodri Davis- DWA DNI

139- Hagop Tchaparian- Bolts

138- Cheekface- Too Much To Ask

137- Sarahsson- The Horgenaith

136- Sam Grendel- BlueBlue

135- Sam Gendel, Antonia Cytrynowicz- Live a Little

134- Makaya McCraven- In These Times

133- Julian Lage- View With a Room

132- Earl Sweatshirt- SICK!

131- Whatever The Weather- Whatever The Weather

130- Absent in Body- Plague God

129- Moin- Paste

128- Cheri Knight- American Rituals

127- Matt Ball- Amplified Guitar

126- Jairus Sharif- Water and Tools

125- Behemoth- Opvs Contra Natvram

124- Monster Rally- Botanical Dream

123- Ashenspire- Hostile Architecture

122- Death Cab For Cutie- Asphalt Meadows

121- Dave Douglas- Secular Psalms

120- Cult of Luna- Long Road North

119- Maria Moles- For Leolanda

118- Full Court Press- Full Court Press

117- Animal Collective- Time Skiffs

116- Luminous Vault- Animate the Emptiness

115- Mizmor & Thou- Myopia

114- KMRU & Aho Ssan- Limen

113- Sofie Birch- Holotropica

112- Avishai Cohen- Naked Truth

111- Philippe Bronchtein- Catch My Breath

110- Nik Colk Void- Bucked Up Space

109- Kelly Lee Owens- LP8

108- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis- Blonde

107- Infinity Knives, Brian Ennals- King Cobra

106- Johanna Warren- Lessons for Mutants

105- Joel Ross- Te Parable of The Poet

104- Brad Mehldau- Jacob’s Ladder

103- The Comet Is Coming- Hyper Dimensional Expansion Beam

102- Avishai Cohen- Shifting Sands

101- Patricia Brennan- More Touch

100- Madeleine Cocoas- Spectral

99- Skulcrusher- Quiet The Room

98- Caroline- Caroline

97- Knifeplay- Animal Drowning

96- Avalanche Kaito- Avalanche Kaito

95- Billy Woods- Aethiopes

94- Mamaleek- Dinner Coffee

93- Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker- Canti di Guerra, di Livorno e d’amore

92- Melissa Aldana- 12 Stars

91- Joy Guidry- Radical Acceptance

90- Binker Golding- Dream Like a Dogwood

89- black midi- Hellfire

88- Akusmi- Fleeting Future

87- Arp- New Pleasures

86- Daniel Rossen- You Belong There

85- Junior Boys- Waiting Game

84- Shearwater- The Great Awakening

83- Florist- Florist

82- Szun Waves- Earth Patterns

81- No Age- People Helping People

80- Lucretia Dalt- ¡Ay!

79- Rich Ruth- I Survived, It’s Over

78- Colin Stetson- Chimaera I

77- Ulla- Foam

76- The Lord + Petra Haden- Devotional

75- Nonsun- Blood & Spirit

74- Bill Callahan- Reality

73- Aoife Nessa Frances- Protector

72- The Soft Pink Truth- Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?

71- Kendrick Lamar- Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

70- High Pulp- Pursuit of Ends

69- Soul Glo- Diaspora Problems

68- Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn- Pigments

67- Bartess Strange- Farm to Table

66- Burial- Antidawn

65- Keiji Haino & Sumac- into this juvenile apocalypse…

64- Beth Orton- Weather Alive

63- Jenny Hval- Classic Objects

62- Angel Olsen- Big Time

61- Nils Frahm- Music for Animals

60- Daniel Bachman- Almanac Behind

59- Wilco- Cruel Country

58- Boris- W

57- Goose- Dripfield

56- Steve Lacy- Gemini Rights

55- Sun’s Signature- EP

54- Gang of Youths- Angel in Realtime

53- Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena- West Kinsington

52- Aeviterne- The Ailing Facade

51- Pusha T- It’s Almost Dry

50- Black Country, New Road- Ants From Up There

49- Ashley McBryde presents: Linderville

48- Alina Bzhezhinska & Hip Harp Collective- Reflections

47- Pinegrove- 11:11

46- Various Artists- Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen

45- Bonnie Light Horseman- Rolling Golden Holy

44- Chat Pile- God’s Country

43- Oren Ambarchi- Shebang

42- Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin- Ghosted

41- Horse Lords- Comradely Objects

40- Brian Eno- FOREVERNOMORE

39- Anja Lauvdal- For a Story Now Lost

38- CC Sorensen- Phantom Rooms

37- Kali Malone- Living Torch

36- Heart of The Ghost- Summons

35- Miles Okazaki- Thisness

34- Weyes Blood- And in The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

33- Maggie Rogers- Surrender

32- Loraine James- Building Something Beautiful For Me

31- Eli Winter- Eli Winter

30- Oded Tzur- Isabela

29- Sharon Van Etten- We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

28- Max Richter- The New Four Seasons: Vivaldi Recomposed

27-Heith- X, Wheel

26- Ian William Craig- Music For Magnesium_173

25- Cecile McLorin Salvant- Ghost Songs

24- Medicine Singers- Medicine Singers

23- Joe Rainey- Niineta

22- Andrew Bernstein- A Presentation

21- Bill Orcutt- Music for Four Guitars

20- Danger Mouse & Black Thought- Cheat Codes

19- Tanya Tagaq- Tounges

18- Destroyer- Labyrinths

17- Lambchop- The Bible

16- Sault- Air

15- Claire Rousay- Everything Perfect is Already Here

14- Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Hunter- Recordings from the Aland Islands

13- Yayamoto+Fowler+Parker+Hirsh- Sparks

12- Nickolas Mohanna- Sight Drawings

11- Jasmine Myra- Horizons

10- William Parker- Universal Tonality

9- Michael Giacchino- The Batman

8- Beach House- Once Twice Melody

7- Surya Botofasina- Everyone’s Children

6- OHYUNG- Imagine Naked!

5- The Smile- A Light for Attracting Attention

4- Sarah Davachi- Two Sisters

3- Immanuel Wilkins- The 7th Hand

2- Big Thief- Dragon New Warm Mountain

1- Rachika Nayar- Heaven Come Crashing

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weaversweek · 1 year

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#Uncool500 - the big list (the top end)

Follow-up to (the bottom part) and (the bit in the middle)

Remember the #Uncool50 I did in October and November? A lot of other people did it as well, and contest sponsor @[email protected] has compiled a full #Uncool500 from our nominations.

This is the last of three posts, songs that got six or more nominations. Part 1 takes us through two and three noms, part 2 the fours and fives.

Each nomination was worth 10 points, but we could each nominate four singles for 11 points, and one song for 12 points.

Ties are broken in a lot of ways. Acts that had a lot of songs nominated went ahead of acts with just the one big hit. As the project is inspired by "This is Uncool", a handbook of great singles from the last quarter of the 20th century. Anything in that book gravitated to the top of the tie; anything from this century followed, and songs from the 20th century and not in the book came further down.

60 pts 108 Can't be sure - The Sundays 107 E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite 106 Pump up the volume - M|A|R|R|S 105 Video games - Lana del Rey 104 Crash - The Primitives 103 The sun always shines on tv - A-ha 102 Little fluffy clouds - The Orb 101 BOB (Bombs over Baghdad) - Outkast 100 Bela Lugosi's dead - Bauhaus 99 Paper planes - MIA 98 Make me feel - Janelle Monaé 97 Bittersweet symphony - The Verve 96 Ms Jackson - Outkast 95 Cloudbusting - Kate Bush 94 Being boiled - Human League 93 Killer - Adamski 92 Heroes - David Bowie 91 O Superman - Laurie Anderson 90 Shot by both sides - Magazine 89 Loser - Beck 88 The message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 87 G'd save the queen - Sex Pistols

61 pts 86 Life in a northern town - Dream Academy 85 Yes - McAlmont & Butler 84 Smalltown boy - Bronski Beat 83 Getting away with it - Electronic 82 Levi Stubbs' tears - Billy Bragg 81 Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac 80 Slave to the rhythm - Grace Jones 79 Bring the noise - Public Enemy 78 Groove is in the heart - Deee-Lite 77 The mercy seat - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

62 pts 76 Blackstar - David Bowie 75 Hey ya! - Outkast 74 Geno - Sexist Midnight Runners 73 Fool's gold - The Stone Roses

63 pts 72 Babies - Pulp 71 Computer love - Kraftwerk 70 A forest - The Cure

64 pts 69 Teenage kicks - The Undertones

70 pts 68 Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 67 Sabotage - The Beastie Boys 66 Freak like me - Sugababes 65 Sound and vision - David Bowie 64 Loaded - Primal Scream 63 Heart of glass - Blondie

71 pts 62 Fade to grey - Visage 61 Video killed the radio star - Buggles 60 Into the groove - Madonna 59 Take on me - A-ha 58 Come on Eileen - Sexist Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express 57 Windowlicker - Aphex Twin 56 Public image - Public Image Limited 55 Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks 54 The killing moon - Echo and the Bunnymen 53 What time is love - The KLF 52 Hyperballad - Björk

72 pts 51 Cannonball - The Breeders 50 212 - Azealia Banks ft Lazy Jay 49 Can't get you out of my head - Kylie Minogue 48 Brimful of Asha - Cornershop 47 London calling - The Clash

73 pts 46 Protection - Massive Attack ft Tracey Thorn 45 Two tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

74 pts 44 Lost in music - Sister Sledge

76 pts 43 Always on my mind - Pet Shop Boys

80 pts 42 Enjoy the silence - Depeche Mode 41 Glory box - Portishead 40 Motorcycle emptiness - Manic Street Preachers 39 Atomic - Blondie 38 Like a prayer - Madonna 37 Teardrop - Massive Attack 36 Senses working overtime - XTC

81 pts 35 How soon is now? - The Smiths 34 Ace of spades - Motörhead 33 Soon (Glider ep) - My Bloody Valentine 32 Firestarter - The Prodigy

83 pts 31 Freak scene - Dinosaur Jr

84 pts 30 I feel for you - Chaka Khan

85 pts 29 Life's what you make it - Talk Talk 28 West end girls - Pet Shop Boys

90 pts 27 1 thing - Amerie 26 Duel - Propaganda 25 There she goes - The La's

91 pts 24 Born slippy (nuxx) - Underworld

92 pts 23 Sign 'o' the times - Prince

93 pts 22 Ashes to ashes - David Bowie

94 pts 21 Ceremony - New Order

101 pts 20 Party fears two - The Associates

103 pts 19 Fight the power - Public Enemy 18 This charming man - The Smiths

110 pts 17 Tainted love - Soft Cell

112 pts 16 Another girl, another planet - The Only Ones 15 Biology - Girls Aloud

113 pts 14 Once in a lifetime - Talking Heads

123 pts 13 Buffalo stance - Neneh Cherry 12 Transmission - Joy Division

131 pts 11 Atmosphere - Joy Division

134 pts 10 When doves cry - Prince

143 pts 9 Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana

144 pts 8 Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

145 pts 7 Unfinished sympathy - Massive Attack

156 pts 6 Love will tear us apart - Joy Division

157 pts 5 Ghost town - The Specials

168 pts 4 Blue Monday - New Order

180 pts 3 Are "friends" electric? - Tubeway Army 2 Common people - Pulp

239 pts 1 I feel love - Donna Summer

So, by a massive margin, Donna Summer proves to be the pick of Music Twitter (primarily on the Isles Trans-Manche, as assessed during autumn 2022).

But there are other popular music surveys. What happens if we put the #Uncool500 up against the #Top2000 as voted by NPO Radio 2 listeners in the Netherlands?

That would be another post.......

Footnotes 71 - "The model" charted separately at 269. 53 - The 1990 version, not 1992's "America: what time is love?" 25 - Combines nominations for the 1995 and 1996 versions; they're so close in time that it may not be clear from nomination order

#uncool50 #uncool500 #pop music #chart #popular culture #poll #cultural capital #cool #what is cool #is this cool

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