Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 34 (US)

Basically everything after Usher is a complete wash.

obv never heard of the last four? have record labels started putting really new artists on the ends of these to try and break hits? i assume so

anyway

1 rude boy
2 baby
3 omg
4 winner
5 imma be

rude boy & baby are total bangers -- omg is great for a totally ubiquitous radio song in 2010 -- winner is decent enough & imma be sounded cool in a bar

Although, in a given state (drunk and handsy), I could get into that Temper Trap song if a cute girl was dancing to it.

None of you have heard the Miranda Lambert song? Seriously? It's the best thing here after Luda's bit in "Baby."

"Rude Boy" easily

1. "rude boy"
2. middling lambert single that i never quite got into
3. decent BEP workout that only remains non-annoying because it was non-ubiquitous
4. luda/minaj alternating between awfulness and adequacy

the end

lol am I the only person here who likes that song by The Script

voting "Imma Be" just because everyone else is voting "Rude Boy" and I don't want to see BEP shut out

"The House That Built Me" is one of the best singles of the year.

decent BEP workout that only remains non-annoying because it was non-ubiquitous

Same planet, different worlds (re: Imma Be's ubiquity).

I guess I should give that Miranda Lambert song a spin sometime soon-ish?

Sooner than soon.

One day I will have heard 0% of the songs on a Now! poll. Here it's just the Rihanna and BEP, obv I need to crawl even further back into my cave.

"Imma Be" is oddly pretty much the first BEP single ever to get heavy rotation on hip hop stations, so i'm REALLY sick of it

I dunno about that. Obviously it varies by locale, but the rap station in Seattle has been playing them since "Joints & Jams". It hasn't picked up on all their hits, but given at least "Where Is the Love"/"My Humps"/"Boom Boom Pow"/"I Gotta Feeling" blanket play.

I haven't heard the BEP track but assume it's better than the rest of that...let's just call it stuff.

i'm talking mainly in chart terms, Rev -- "Imma Be" peaked at #12 on the Hip Hop/R&B chart, but nothing else got higher than the 30s before, not "Joints & Jams," not "My Humps," not the earlier The E.N.D. hits. but also anecdotally, the only BEP song I've heard a LOT on the local stations.

Fwiw, the rap station in Seattle reports to the rhythmic chart, where BEP have done fairly well, rather than the r&b chart (I've never quite understood the distinction, it seems more regional than anything).

yeah i don't really understand the whole rhythmic chart thing.

Looking at their current playlist, they don't seem to be playing "Imma Be" (maybe they did in the past though? no idea) or "Rock That Body" at all.

miranda lambert's song is far and away the best on this. then there are some other good ones (rude boy, etc.) and then some real shit (winner, etc.)

:( I like "Winner"

You know, I couldn't hum one of these except for the awful Bieber tune. I am officially out of touch.

Is this album good?

i like "winner" more i hear it -- the beat is really cool, even for a fairly generic marching band beat

I like the little unexpected changeup before T.I.'s verse.

I never thought I'd end up voting for BEPs.

"Rude Boy," then Miranda. Everything else, more or less = yikes.

The Black Eyed Peas cut is OK, but basically I was looking for a 'none of the above' option here.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

6 of you are begging to be up against the wall, you realize this right

Baby is really dope imo, just good teenpop stuff

but...did you vote for it over "Rude Boy"?

no i did not

i was the "my chick bad" voter of course

Rude Boy is like musical ambien.

Wish I'd seen this, would've voted for Miranda Lambert. I really don't understand the love for "Rude Boy"; it starts great and then it on and on and on without doing anything.

None of you have heard the Miranda Lambert song? Seriously? It's the best thing here after Luda's bit in "Baby."

― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:52 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

This doesn't compute. Even Luda laughs with embarrassment before starting, like "I can't believe I'm gonna say this shit."

imo "Rude Boy" is probably Rihanna's best vocal ever, so many little variations in inflection and interesting choices where before she'd kind of be a foghorn though the whole damn song

"Rude Boy" isn't brilliant or anything, but it's a fine slice of tropical sunshine pop and most of these songs suck.

lol foghorn

Fuck Bieber and Ke$ha supporters. The B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars skit is way better than those two songs.

Come to think of it any song in here is better than those two. Yes even Lifehouse!

my most embarrassing pop opinion of the moment is that i think the lifehouse song is not bad -.-