DROP-OFFS
These are the songs that have left the the Top 40 since last week’s chart. In parenthesis is their last chart position before they dropped out.
41. Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd – Love Me Harder (from #33)
Gabrielle Bondi: “Love Me Harder” is the first Ariana Grande song that I outright love. It’s a sexy, light R&B ballad, and bringing in The Weeknd takes this track to the next level. A-
Melody Rice: I underappreciated this one last year, and I’m now convinced it might be one of 2014’s best pop songs. At least close to being as wonderful as “Problem.” In other news, I need to relisten to her album. A-
45. O.T. Genasis – CoCo (from #36)
Kevin Montes: Duuuuuuuuuudeeeeeee. O.T. Genasis is a G. And I mean both, gangster and a genius. Even though I can’t call him a genius for his wordplay and his rhymes, he flips the cocaine game on it’s head in the music world. I’m used to listening to heavy ignorant hip-hop tracks in regards to the two most popular subject, women and money. Cocaine is something hip-hop takes in small doses by expressing the bad habits coming from it, or so I’ve gathered from tracks that talk about cocaine, like “Everyday Struggle” by Notorious B.I.G. or Pusha T’s “Nosestalgia.” O.T. delivers the opposite, an ignorant track about making that dough off the cocaine he loves. I see no gratification in this, but his mafioso-esque delivery is top notch. A+
47. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (from #28)
Ryan Gibbs: Among my circle of friends, my dislike of Imagine Dragons has become nearly legendary. Maybe I overreact at times, but my main issue with them is pretty simple. I think they’re a garbage band whose singles consistently borrow from the worst major trends in guitar music from the past decade (the campfire stomp folk song? They have “It’s Time”. The bland, neverending rawk dirge? That’s “Radioactive”. The hollow adult contemporary chance? Hi, “Demons”!). And yet, for some reason, I always thought they were above the relentless kumbaya bullsh*t that plagues “I Bet My Life.” If these guys are supposed to be our new REO Speedwagon, they could at least do something better than just photocopying Vance Joy and making it louder, right? This is substandard, even for a band I thought lacked standards. F
50. Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (from #40)
Gabrielle Bondi: Jessie J is too talented for this sh*t. I liked this song for about two seconds when it first released, but it loses luster quickly. D
Melody Rice: Jessie J is too talented for this? She’s the least talented person here, but she still sounds better than usual. Overall, not as good when I first heard it, but that Nicki verse still slays. B
Ryan Gibbs: Starring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj as Itchy & Scratchy, with Jessie J as Poochie the Rockin’ Dog. Only Nicki gets to the fireworks factory. C-
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