GRADING TIME
1 Crank That (Soulja Boy) / Soulja Boy Tell'em F- (why is this the lead-off song? This is the trashiest song of the year)
2 The Way I Are / Timbaland C- (only cuz of Keri Hilson, as you know I'm not a Timbaland fan)
3 Lovestoned / Justin Timberlake D- (boring)
4 Shut Up & Drive / Rihanna A+++ (this should be the lead-off track, NOT Soulja Boy)
5 Wall To Wall / Chris Brown B (it grew on me)
6 Beautiful Girls / Sean Kingston F- (worst r&b song of the year, hands down)
7 Can't Tell Me Nothing / Kanye West D+ (OK, why is this song on here and NOT Stronger? I don't really like this song)
8 Make Me Better / Fabolous C-
9 Bed / J. Holliday C
10 Cyclone / Baby Bash/T-Pain D+ (automatically loses points for T-Pain being on the track...plus I'm not a Baby Bash fan)
11 Big Girls Don't Cry / Fergie A- (would be higher, if it wasn't overplayed)
12 Who Knew? / Pink B- (sorta mixed feelings on this)
13 When I'm Gone / Avril Lavigne C-
14 Pictures Of You / The Last Goodnight B- (mixed feelings on this)
15 Hey There Delilah / Plain White T's B- (was once a D+, peaked at B+....now I'm giving a B-)
16 Over You / Daughtry A- (great song here)
17 Rockstar / Nickelback B (good for karaoke singing I guess)
18 Never Too Late / Three Days Grace A+++ (amazing song, underrated song indeed)
19 First Time / Lifehouse A+ (this is another good but often overlooked song)
20 I Don't Wanna Be In Love / Good Charlotte B+ (nice beat)
The 2nd half of the CD is great despite Avril Lavigne on this. The first half has only 2 good songs. (Rihanna and Chris Brown) I give 11 of the songs a B- or higher.
OVERALL:I give this CD a B-. Obviously a lot of overplayed crap like The Way I Are, Beautiful Girls, Crank That and Lovestoned ruin this CD and I can't give it any higher than B-.