B.o.B recently flopped on pop radio with Both of Us. A song that features the girl who is on the cusp of getting her first number one single on her own.
Well the song sucked and Taylor already had that Hunger Games song in release around the same time.
There's a reason Usher, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown are doing dance songs. There is NO way an urban song can be a hit. It's impossible. Even Beyonce can't get pop radio to play an urban song anymore, nobody else stands a chance. Since early 2011 it's just all collapsed. Even when Black and Yellow got #1 on the Hot 100 it STILL couldn't get top 10 on pop radio.
Sorry to sound so pessimistic here, but after you've watched dozens of incredible urban songs flop and be completely ignored by pop radio, again, and again, and again, and again, you just lose all hope completely.
Hopefully this song might show some of the pop fans how horrible and snobbish top 40 radio can be. It's not just hip hop they act like this with, it's also country and rock. Look how they're ignoring that Phillip Phillips song atm, and it's been #1 iTunes for weeks.
I agree that the pop landscape has changed and rap/hip hop isn't as big as it was a few years ago. However, let's wait and here the song and see. A big rap record would still succeed on top 40. You can't write it off completely cuz of the genre. I think florida has a top 10 song now. I think he and pitbull are hip hop artists.
This song will NOT go top 10. Probably not even top 20.
Are you guys aware that pop radio don't play hip hop songs anymore? Songs can't smash without support from pop radio. The last time a hip hop song went top 10 in the Hot 100 must be over 6 months ago now. The genre is dead in the mainstream. It'll perform like her collab with Tony Bennett did.
And my favourite of Kendrick's songs is The Recipe.
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Am I missing something? From what her tweets say, she wrote the song and decided to put Lamar on the track and then decided to put it on his album. It's about Jakarta and Gaga, so it's obviously not going to be a rap track.
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look some up before you make a delusional post !
While Tusko's post was a bit of a reach, Kendrick Lamar is no Kanye West, Jay-Z, Drake or Lil Wayne, and Gaga doesn't get as much radio support as Rihanna.
Truly think this will be epic! Been starving for new Gaga and was disappointed in having to wait months for just a single. HIP-HOP, J-POP and TECHNO THOUGH!!!