Discussion: Why is 7/11 low key slaying? - Page 5

6_INCH_HEELS

All she has to do was sing one line at the Grammys.

The song is a hit, whether the gerls want to admit it or not.

Shaliydah88

It's fun.

Manimuni

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Originally posted by ToLove

It's really not. The only reason it's charting so high is because of urban radio repeatedly playing it, and they'll literally play anything with a trap beat behind it to death, and even then, it's really not that impressive considering that it's a lead single with a viral video that's getting a lot of views.

Don't give me the "no promo" crap when Maroon 5 is currently slaying with a THIRD single that managed to be a hit on all formats thanks solely to a viral video, and don't give me the "it's urban" crap since this is the U.S. we're talking about and even that ghetto Bobby Schmurda song managed to go Top 10 and exceed platinum status while 7/11 still isn't even halfway there.

So urban radio is at fault for playing urban music?

It's slaying because that is what the audience likes, just like the bland Avril and generic Britney records that pop stations play.

That ghetto...

This comment has so many racist undertones.

Manimuni

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Originally posted by SuperLolita

Plus she's channeling a monkey in the video

ATRL really does have a problem with racism. Yet they always say the hive (who they usually assume are only African Americans) overreact. What a disgusting comment.

ToLove

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Originally posted by Manimuni

So urban radio is at fault for playing urban music?

It's slaying because that is what the audience likes, just like the bland Avril and generic Britney records that pop stations play.

That ghetto...

This comment has so many racist undertones.

RACIST UNDERTONES, OH MY GOD.

Sweetie, have you listened to that Bobby Schmurda song? It's about selling drugs, shooting at cops, and busting thugs out of prison. Please tell me how it's racist to refer to a song with that subject matter as "ghetto." If that's not ghetto, I'd love to know what is. It's not because he's Black, but because of what he's making music about. Get a grip.

And did I lie? People here make assumptions about pop radio all of the time, in that it just plays easy-to-listen-to generic pop and dance music. Urban radio does the same thing, but with R&B and Hip-Hop.

7/11 perfectly caters to what normally gets played on those stations, yet it still isn't Gold after nearly 3 months despite being #1 on that airplay format and having a viral video to accompany it. If this is the new criteria for "slaying," then we shouldn't bother having standards anymore.

Manimuni

The song is a hit regardless. Sales are not the end all be all of success, especially in the piracy and streaming age. If that's your measure of success, then fine. It's not like sales are the only thing that make money for an artist. There are plenty of one hit wonders and even some artists who went bankrupt despite having diamond albums. Most of them don't have 17+ year careers. And there are plenty of classics that never even scanned silver. Does 7/11 sound like a classic? That's up to the audience that has kept it in the top 20 for so long, not a bunch of haters with equally as vapid, if not more so, taste who are bothered by it being successful.

22 Two's

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Originally posted by Manimuni

The song is a hit regardless. Sales are not the end all be all of success, especially in the piracy and streaming age. If that's your measure of success, then fine. It's not like sales are the only thing that make money for an artist. There are plenty of one hit wonders and even some artists who went bankrupt despite having diamond albums. Most of them don't have 17+ year careers. And there are plenty of classics that never even scanned silver. Does 7/11 sound like a classic? That's up to the audience that has kept it in the top 20 for so long, not a bunch of haters with equally as vapid, if not more so, taste who are bothered by it being successful.

damn! defend the Queen!