Based strictly on PLAYS.
10. USHER - OMG f/ Will.I.Am
Opening up the Top 10 is yet again, Usher. Had an amazing comeback year, it felt like he was everywhere last spring but it really felt like he was everywhere once this track hit the airwaves. The moment I heard this I KNEW it was a smash. The first verse alone makes me wanna melt into the ground.
9. LUDACRIS - How Low
Though many of it's plays came from the bangin' remix with Ciara & Pitbull, the solo version holds it's own perfectly. Instant CLUB BANGER. There was no way this wasn't going to smash.
7. KE$HA - Your Love Is My Drug
Hands down, one of the best if not THE best electropop single of the year. Everything from the hook to the breakdown is FLAWLESS. But do we expect any less coming from 2010's Best New Artist?
5. RIHANNA - Rude Boy
OMG, I can't take this back to back epicness of my Top 10. Starting off the Top 5 is Rihanna with the SECOND sexiest ***** popper of the year. She had every girl in the clubs thinking they were Barbadian when they actually look barbaric and trashy as hell (except for me!
).
4. CIARA - Speechless
BELIEVE IT JOSH. But I will say, the only reason this song is in my Top 10 is simply because Ciara's named stamp automatically adds 100 plays. But nonetheless the song is good. Something about the bassline on top of such a innocent and sweet synth and vocal from Ciara. I definitely loved it waaaaaaaaaaaay more when it was new though.
3. RIHANNA - Hard f/ Jeezy
This one song alone, trumps the ENTIRE "Loud" album. Yes, I said it. It's just soooo "Hard" and grimy but still really sexy. I didn't wanna beat anybody up when I hear this, oddly I just wanted to play around with blow up shot guns on a runway. That's one of the reasons it's so EPIC.
Oh and the PINK TANK!
2. CIARA - Gimmie Dat
Like I said with Rihanna...this song TRUMPS the entire "Fantasy Ride" disc effortlessly. I don't care what ANYBODY (Recees & Arith) has to say about it. This **** is ****ing EPIC. EPIC. EPIC. EPIC. I can't even DESCRIBE how it penetrates my soul. I feel like I'm upside down on a roller coaster that is 500 million feet in the air when that energy hits me. I think you have to be a dancer or just really good with music (Eli
) to understand how EPIC this track really is. YES. I hope she keeps this sound going in the future. It was a perfect way of blending her old sound with today's current electronics.
It might not have been a perfect single but the song itself is FLAWLESS. Which is becoming my favorite track on the new album.
Now...
The moment you've all been waiting for...
The song of the YEAR is.............
1. CIARA - Ride f/ Ludacris
Yeah, yeah you knew it coming but let me tell you exactly why your favorite song of 2010 will NEVER EVER do it. All stanning aside...
No other HOOK was as fire, catchy or sexy. I can just feel the heat wave hitting my face when I listen.
No other song knocked as hard. No other song was as sexy. No other song was as grimy. No other song was as epic. No other video was as epic. No other songstress' vocals were as angelic. No other song tore down the clubs quite like this. No other song made me pop that thing quite like this. (Not even Gimmie Dat!)
And Ludacris ****ing KILLS another Ci track. They are unstoppable and your favorite collaborators will have to deal.
Basically, no other song could EVER do it in 2010. EVER.
Sorry don't feel like commentary right now. The Top 10 was too epic.