#no other wayne can see youngblood

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Just imagine Youngblood actually teaches Damian how to be a Child. Damian was raised as an assassin never got to just be a child and play and have fun. Youngblood on the other hand is a eternal child who's entire existence is just looking for a new way to have fun. So sure it starts with play fighting with swords that Damian turns into acual lessons, but Youngblood slowly but surely teaches Damian to relax and have fun simply because it's fun.

So Damian gets a chance at beeing a child.

I once mentioned the idea of the Batfam mistaking Danny as Damian's imaginary friend, but I've had a brain blast.

Youngblood as Damian's not-so- imaginary friend.

Damian seems kind of lonely to me. Does he have any school friends? I think canonically he's friends with Jonathan Kent, but he lives in a different city, so they can't hang out a lot.

Youngblood somehow ends up in Gotham and sees a kids with a SWORD!!! And immediately launches into a play fight. Damian probably doesn't realize that it is a play fight. He's just being attacked by some random meta.

Then Danny comes to get Youngblood and he complains about having to go home when he's having fun (like that one episode of Star Trek TOS). That's when Damian realizes that Youngblood is an actual child and was playing with him.

But, Youngblood comes back again and again. He even comes to Wayne Manor. That's when Damian finds out that adults can't see Youngblood.

That's all I've got. I think that Danny would approve of Damian and Youngblood being friends because it keeps Youngblood out of trouble. The Batfam would be concerned because it looks like Damian is training a lot when he's actually teaching Youngblood how to swordfight properly.

[cait-with-luv]

J.JK Soul Ink - Playlist

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¬ Me, Myself & I - G-Eazy ft Bebe Rexha

Oh, it's just me, myself and I Solo ride until I die Cause I, got me for life,yeah Oh I don't need a hand to hold Even when the night is cold I got that fire in my soul

¬ Him & I - G-Eazy ft Halsey

Cross my heart, hope to die To my lover, I'd never lie He said "be true", I swear I'll try In the end, it's him and I He's out his head, I'm out my mind We got that love, the crazy kind I am his and he is mine In the end, it's him and I, him and I

¬  You Don't Own Me - Grace ft G-Eazy

You don't own me I'm not just one of your many toys You don't own me Don't say I can't go with other boys

Don't tell me what to do And don't tell me what to say Please, when I go out with you Don't put me on display

¬Control - Halsey

I sat alone, in bed till the morning I'm crying, "They're coming for me" And I tried to hold these secrets inside me My mind's like a deadly disease

I'm bigger than my body I'm colder than this home I'm meaner than my demons I'm bigger than these bones

¬ Gasoline - Halsey

And all the people say You can't wake up, this is not a dream You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

I think there's a flaw in my code These voices won't leave me alone Well my heart is gold and my hands are cold

¬Hold me down - Halsey

My demons are begging me to open up my mouth I need them, mechanically make the words come out They fight me, vigorous and angry, watch them pounce Ignite me, licking up the flames they bring about

¬ Without Me - Halsey

Gave love 'bout a hundred tries Just running from the demons in your mind Then I took yours and made 'em mine I didn't notice 'cause my love was blind

¬ Nightmare - Halsey

I've tasted blood and it is sweet I've had the rug pulled beneath my feet I've trusted lies and trusted men Broke down and put myself back together again Stared in the mirror and punched it to shatters Collected the pieces and picked out a dagger I've pinched my skin in between my two fingers And wished I could cut some parts off with some scissors

¬ Now or Never - Halsey

Never pick up, never call me You know we're runnin' out of time Never pick up when you want me Now I gotta draw a line Baby I done, done enough talking Need to know that you're mine Baby we done, done enough talking Gotta be right now, right now

¬ I Walk The Line - Halsey

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line

I find it very, very easy to be true I find myself alone when each day is through Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you

¬  Desperado - Rihanna

Gotta get up out of here and You ain't leaving me behind I know you won't, 'cause we share common interests you Need me, there ain't no leaving me behind Never know, no, just want out of here yeah Once I'm gone, ain't no going back

¬Needed Me - Rihanna

I was good on my own, that's the way it was That's the way it was You was good on the low for a faded fuck On some faded love Shit, what the fuck you complaining for? Feeling jaded huh? Used to trip off that shit I was kickin' to you Had some fun on the run though I give it to you

¬I'm Gonna Show You Crazy -  Bebe Rexha

I'm tired of trying to be normal I'm always over-thinking I'm driving myself crazy So what if I'm fucking crazy?

And I don't need your quick fix I don't want your prescriptions Just 'cause you say I'm crazy So what if I'm fucking crazy? Yeah, I'm gonna show you

¬ Bad Bitch - Bebe Rexha ft Ty Dolla $ign

You're sayin' that your tired of all your empty habits You want something that's deeper 'cause you're over the generics You're fuckin' with them basics when you really want the baddest So come on, baby, get it, 'cause to miss it, it would be tragic

¬ Straight Shooter - Skylar Grey

Married into this family and I'm datin' a bunch of outlaws Even the children drawing guns out of little crayon box Playing with scissors, cuttin' straight to the point Don't need to beat around the bush, we takin' shots to the groin

¬ Yonce/Partition - Beyoncé

Driver roll up the partition please I don't need you seeing 'Yonce on her knees Took forty-five minutes to get all dressed up We ain't even gonna make it to this club Now my mascara running, red lipstick smudged

¬ Or Nah - SoMo (Rendition)

I'm a freaky-deeky lover wanna hit you from the back and other ways That you have never experimented under the covers Roll around the bed with me is something you don't just discover If you wanna get with me you gotta keep it on one hundred I'mma make you scream my name

¬ The Hills - The Weeknd

I only love it when you touch me, not feel me When I'm fucked up, that's the real me When I'm fucked up, that's the real me, yeah

¬ Gangsta - Kehlani

I'm fucked up, I'm black and blue I'm built for it, all the abuse I got secrets, that nobody, nobody knows I'm good on, that pussy shit I don't want, what I can get I want someone, with secrets That nobody, nobody, nobody knows

¬ CRZY - Kehlani

Everything I do, I do it with a passion If I gotta be a bitch, I'ma be a bad one I'm AI with the designs, du-ragging Bounce back game good, why we talkin' practice? Yeah, yeah, yeah Pull up score when I want to Best thing next to Heaven They be tryna count me out though I'm just countin', countin' blessings A real woman 'bout her paper

¬ Good Life - Kehlani & G-Eazy

Raise up a cup up for all my day ones Two middle fingers for the haters Life's only getting greater Straight up from nothing we go Higher than the highest skyscraper No Little League, we major The proof is in the paper

¬ Sucker For Pain - Imagine Dragons, X Ambassadors, Lil Wayne, Logic, Wiz Kalifa, Ty Dolla $ign

I torture you Take my hand through the flames I torture you I'm a slave to your games I'm just a sucker for pain I wanna chain you up I wanna tie you down I'm just a sucker for pain

¬ Do Re Mi - blackbear

If I could go back to the day we met I probably would just stay in bed You run your mouth all over town And this one goes out to the sound Of breaking glass on my Range Rover

¬ Zipper - Jason Derulo

I'ma mark my territory Shawty I'm an animal, slowly digging in to you Spread you like a bad story Turn you to a criminal, let me see you cock it back

¬ Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Fading in, fading out On the edge of paradise Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I've gotta find Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire Yeah, I'll let you set the pace 'Cause I'm not thinking straight My head spinning around, I can't see clear no more What are you waiting for?

¬ Beating Heart - Ellie Goulding

Wanna hear your beating heart tonight Before the bleeding sun comes alive I want to make the best of what is left hold tight And hear my beating heart one last time.

¬ Pillowtalk - Zayn

I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure Nobody but you, 'body but me 'Body but us, bodies together I love to hold you close, tonight and always I love to wake up next to you

¬ Dusk Til' Dawn - Zayn ft Sia

'Cause I wanna touch you, baby And I wanna feel you, too I wanna see the sunrise and your sins Just me and you Light it up, on the run Let's make love, tonight Make it up, fall in love, try

¬ I Don't Wanna Live Forever - Zayn ft Taylor Swift

Been sitting eyes wide open behind these four walls, hoping you'd call It's just a cruel existence like there's no point hoping at all

Baby, baby, I feel crazy, up all night, all night and every day Give me something, oh, but you say nothing What is happening to me?

¬ Wrong - MAX Ft Lil Uzi Vert

Wanted to take her back to my place Driving 90, let the cops chase Making that "Damn it feels so good" face Cause she don't wanna wait, no, wait 'til we get home

¬ Youngblood - 5SOS

Remember the words you told me, love me 'til the day I die Surrender my everything 'cause you made me believe you're mine Yeah, you used to call me baby, now you calling me by name Takes one to know one, yeah You beat me at my own damn game

¬ Champions - Fall Out Boy ft RM

Have you ever felt how hard it is to be an anybody To be living, to be breathing, not choosing a dead body Remember, the man told me that this life is a party Yeah, all the glory's so short you should put away the garbages Normal ain't normal, ordinary is a luxury

¬ Crossfire - Stephen

He'd trade his guns for love But he's caught in the crossfire And he keeps wakin' up But it's not to the sound of birds The tyranny, the violent streets Deprived of all that we're blessed with And we can't get enough, no

¬ Revolution - Diplo

Can you see it? The worst is over The monsters in my head are scared of love Fallen people listen up! It's never too late to change our luck

¬ Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes Creeping around like no one knows Think you're so criminal Bruises, on both my knees for you Don't say thank you or please I do what I want when I'm wanting to My soul? So cynical

¬ Bad Moon Rising- Mourning Ritual ft Peter Dreimanis

I see a bad moon rising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightning. I see bad times today.

Don't go around tonight, Well, it's bound to take your life, There's a bad moon on the rise.

¬ Give It To Me- Agust D

(Same Lyrics, just in Hangul and in English)

아직은 성공의 비법은 몰라도 망하는 비법 잘 알 것 같어 딱 너처럼 놀고 나불대는 게 비법 죽어도 그렇겐 안 살 것 같어

I'm still not sure about the secret to success But I think I know the secret to failure The secret is to play the fool just like you And keep blabbing your mouth But I wouldn't live like that even if I had to die

¬ Jopping - SuperM

You think ya big boi, throwing three stacks I'mma a show you how to ball, you a mismatch Opinionated but I'm always spitting straight facts Throwback, I might throw this on an 8 track Believe me, I'm sight to see Exciting go and drop the beat We get it jopping the party, it don't stop The festival is now starting

¬  Tove Lo - Vibes

Skin to skin Seepin' in Flickering, our eyes go wide You giving me studded sight Painting stars In our hearts Yeah, you know I'm down for you I want you to lick my wounds

¬ Bad Things- Machine Gun Kelly ft Camila Cabello

Am I out of my head? Am I out of my mind? If you only knew the bad things I like Don't think that I can explain it What can I say, it's complicated Don't matter what you say Don't matter what you do I only wanna do bad things to you So good, that you can't explain it What can I say, it's complicated

¬ Home - Machine Gun Kelly ft Bebe Rexha ft X Ambassadors

I been through so much pain And it's hard to maintain, any smile on my face 'Cause there's madness on my brain So I gotta make it back, but my home ain't on the map Gotta follow what I'm feeling to discover where it's at I need the (memory) In case this fate is forever, just to be sure these last days are better And if I have any (enemies) To give me the strength to look the devil in the face and make it home safe

¬ Way Down We Go (Stripped) - Kaleo

They will run you down, down 'til the dark Yes and they will run you down, down 'til you fall And they will run you down, down 'til you go Yeah, so you can't crawl no more

¬ 7 Rings - Ariana Grande

Been through some bad shit, I should be a sad bitch Who woulda thought it'd turn me to a savage? Rather be tied up with calls and not strings Write my own checks like I write what I sing

¬ Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande,  Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Ray

See you here with somebody Dude sizin' up my body Don't you know that I bite when the sun set, yeah? So don't you track 'em around me Might work on them, but not me Don't you know that I bite when the sun set?

¬ Into You - Ariana Grande

I'm so into you, I can barely breathe And all I wanna do is to fall in deep But close ain't close enough 'til we cross the line So name a game to play, and I'll roll the dice, hey

¬ Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout

¬ Seven Nation Army ( Glitch Mob Remix)

I'm gonna fight 'em all A seven nation army couldn't hold me back They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back

¬  Dollhouse - Melanie Martinez

No one never listens, this wallpaper glistens Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchenPlaces, places, get in your places Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces Everyone thinks that we're perfect Please don't let them look through the curtains

¬ Carousel - Melanie Martinez

Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go, Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know, Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I, Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel

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🏆2019 grammy predictions🏆

Grammy predictions come out in two days and I'm excited and nervous for my faves. These predictions are not necessarily based on how I'd pick the nominations but what I think the academy will pick. My picks come from success, critics and what other people have discussed from sites such as goldderby and billboard.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Black Panther:The album-Various artist

Cardi b-Invasion of privacy

The Carter's-Everything is love

Drake-Scorpion

Janelle Monae-Dirty Computer

Kasey Musgraves-Golden hour

St.Vincent-MASSEDUCATION

Taylor Swift-Reputation

Alternatives:

Ariana Grande-Sweetner

Camila Cabello-Camila

Chris Stapleton-From a room-Vol 2

The Greatest Showman soundtrack

P!NK-Beautiful trauma

Paul McCartney-Egypt station

Post malone-Beerbongs & Bentleys

Sam Smith-The thrill of it all

Travis Scott-Astroworld

(I'm confident with my picks, if I see anyone in jeopardy its probably the black panther album because its a movie soundtrack and EIL and reputation. I love Taylor and the carters but I can see them snubbed in this category because EIL kind of came and went and Taylor's reputation era is not a big as the 1989 era, but it is one of the higest selling albums this year and Taylor's name alone could be enough. Same with the carters EIL was not that big this year but because they've been snubbed the past three years and their name alone could get them in. I can see sweetner getting in because Ariana had a big year as well as Travis and post because they had big albums in 2018, but I'm confident with my final picks)

Record of the year

Ariana Grande-God is a woman

Cardi b,Bad bunny &J balvin-I like it

The Carters-Apeshit

Childish Gambino-This is America

Drake-God's Plan

Ed sheeran & Beyonce-Perfect debut

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi b-Girls like you

Zedd,Marren Morris & Grey-The middle

Alternatives

5 seconds of summer-Youngblood 

Bebe Rexha & Flordia Georgia Line-Meant to be

Camila Cabello-Havana (Live)

Ella Mai-Boo’d up

Kendrick Lamar & SZA-All the Stars

Lady Gaga & Bradly Cooper-Shallow

Panic! At the disco-High Hopes

Sam Smith-Pray

Shawn Mendes

Taylor Swift-Delicate

(I’m pretty confident with my picks. Ariana could be in jeopardy, but she’s long overdue for a main four nom. Meant to be, Delicate and Boo’d up can defiantly sneak in. I personally would love for In my blood and youngblood to get a nom, but I’m not too sure if Shawn and 5SOS will get a big 4 nomination just yet)

Song of the year

Ariana Grande-No tears left to cry

Bebe Rexha & Flordia Georgia Line-Meant to be

The Carters-Apesht

Drake-God’s Plan

Ella Mai-Boo’d up

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi b-Girls like you

Zedd, Marren Morris & Grey-The middle

Alternative

Camila Cabello-Never be the same

Cardi b, Bad bunny & J Balvin-I like it

Dan+Shay-Tequila

Juice WRLD-Lucid dreams

Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton-Say Something

Keala Settle-This is me

Kendrick Lamar & SZA-All the stars

Khalid & Normani-Love lies

Lady Gaga & Bradly Cooper-Shallow

Post Malone & 21 Savage-Rockstar

Shawn Mendes-In my blood

Taylor Swift-Delicate

(I have to be honest, I’m not to confident with my final 8, apeshit and god’s plan are in jeopardy here in my opinion. Lyrically I do not think GLY or the middle deserve a nom,but because of how big they were this year I think they will get one. I only heard Tequila a few times, but it has been discussed a lot so I feel it could get one here. I would not sleep on lucid dream, this is me, rockstar, delicate and shallow. I personally would love if Never be the same, All the stars, Love lies and In my blood got a nomination.

Best new artist

Bebe Rexha

Dua Lipa

Ella Mai

Greta Van Fleet

Juice WRLD

Luke Combs

Marshmello

Troye Sivan

Alternatives

Bazzi

Chloe X Halle

Hayley Kiyoko

H.E.R

Jorja Smith

Kali Uchis

Kane Brown

lovelyheband

Queen Naija

(I’m iffy about Troye and Marshmello, I would love if Troye got in, but I could see him getting in. Bebe,Dua,Ella and Juice are locks in my opinion. I would not sleep on Bazzi, Hayley, H.E.R and Jorja. I think lovelytheband could get in because I want a band to get in, but I doubt it. Queen is a dark horse, but she had one of the biggest R&B songs this year)

Best Pop Solo Performance

Ariana Grande-God is a woman

Camila Cabello-Havana(Live)

Post Malone-Better now

Shawn Mendes-In my blood

Taylor Swift-Delicate

Alternatives

Demi Lovato-Sober

Dua Lipa-New Rules(Live)

Halsey-Bad at love

Janelle Monae-Make me feel

Justin Timberlake-Filthy

Keala Smith-This is me

Sam Smith-Pray

Selena Gomez-Back to you

Troye Sivan-My! My! My!

(This one was pretty easy because 2018 was a lackluster year for pop solo songs. If anyone could not make it, it would be the males. I would not be surprised if the Grammy’s made this category all female. Demi, Halsey and Selena could make it in,but in my opinion In my blood deserves a nomination)

Best Pop Vocal Album

Ariana Grande-Sweetner

Camila Cabello-Camila

Kelly Clarkson-Meaning of life

P!NK-Beautiful Trauma

Sam Smith-The thrill of it all

Taylor Swift-Reputation

Alternatives

5 Seconds of Summer-Youngblood

Christina Aguilera-Liberation

Florence + the Machine-High as hope

Justin Timberlake-Man of the Woods

Maroon 5-Red pill Blue pill

Panic! At the disco-Pray for the wicked

Post Malone-Beerbongs & Bentley's

Shawn Mendes-Shawn Mendes

(Again, this another category that is close to being all female if xtina or Florence get in, but I think Sam will get a nomination because he is a Grammy darling. Ari, Camila and Taylor are my only locks but I can see 5SOS, Shawn and xtina getting in.)

Best Pop duo/group Performance

5 Seconds of Summer-Youngblood

Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé-Perfect Debut

Lady Gaga & Bradly Cooper-Shallow

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi b-Girls like you

Zedd,Marren Morris & Grey-The middle

Alternatives

Bunny Blanco, Khalid and Halsey-Eastside

Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato-Fall in line

Florence + the Machine-Hunger

G-Eazy & Halsey-Him & I

Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton-Say Something

Kendrick Lamar & The Weekend-Pray for me

Marshmello & Bastille-Happier

Panic! At the disco-High hopes

Post Malone &Ty dollar $ign-Psycho

Shawn Mendes & Khalid-Youth

Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran & Future-End game

(I’m pretty confident with my final 5, but I think youngblood and shallow could be snubbed. Shallow is too new and 5SOS are not taken as seriously because people see them as a boyband. But I have a good feeling they will be nominated this year. Happier, Pray for me, psycho and high hopes are defiantly possible)

Best R&B Album

H.E.R.-H.E.R.

Jorja Smith-Lost & found

Leon Bridges-Good thing

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings-Strength of a woman

Toni Braxton-Sex & Cigarettes

Alternatives

112-Q Mike Slim Daran

En Vouge-Electric Chair

Jessie J-R.O.S.E

Keyisha Cole-11:11 reset

Lloyd-Tru

Teyana Taylor-K.T.S.E

(I feel H.E.R and Jorja would defiantly get a nomination. I am a fan of Keyisha Cole, so I hope she can get a nomination. Toni Braxton defiantly deserves a nomination, but sex & cigarettes was a really short album so I will not be surprised if it is snubbed)

Best R&B Song

The Carters-Summer

Ella Mai-Boo’d up

H.E.R-Focus

Janelle Monae-I like that

Khalid & Normani-Love lies

Alternatives

Childish Gambino-Feels like summer

Chloe X Halle-Happy without me

Leon Bridges-Beyond

Ne-yo-Good man

Queen Naija-Medicine/Karma

Teyana Taylor-Gonna love me

Toni Braxton-Long as I live

(I’m very sure with my final 5, I think the carters could be snubbed with summer because it is not at known as the other songs.Queen and Toni could defiantly sneak in. I hope Chloe X Halle can get at least one nomination)

Best R&B Performance

Daniel Ceaser & H.E.R-Best part

Ella Mai-Boo’d up

Khalid & Normani-Love lies

Leon Bridges-Beyond

Toni Braxton-Long as I live

Alternatives

The Carters-Summer

Childish Gambino-Feels like summer

Janelle Monae-I like that

Jorja Smith-February 3rd

Ne-yo-Good man

Tamia-Leave it smokin

Teyana Taylor-Gonna love me

The Weekend-Call out my name

(It will be a crime if best part is not nominated, it’s a modern day “Nothing even matters” Weekend, Gambino and Janelle defiantly have a good chance of getting in)

Traditional R&B Performance

Charlie Wilson & Lalah Hathway-Made for you

Justin Timberlake & Alicia Keys-Morning light

Leon Bridges-Bet aint worth the hand

Luke James-These Arms

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings-Matter of time

Alternatives

Bootsy Collins & Kali Uchis-Worth my while

Mary J. Blige-Only love

Major-Honest

Samm Henshaw-How does it feel

Toni Braxton-Deadwood

(I don’t know much about this one because I don't listen to too much traditional R&B music, but I put songs I personally like)

Best Urban Cotemporary album

The Carters-Everything is love

Janelle Monae-Dirty Computer

Kali Uchis-Isolation

Miguel-War & Leisure

The Weekend-My Dear Melancholy

Alternatives

6lack-East Atlanta Love Letter

Chole X Halle-The kids are alright

Lalah Hathaway-Honestly

(If anyone is in jeopardy, it’s the weekend because it was a ep, not an album. 6lack is defiantly a threat to get in. The carters and Janelle are locks)

Best Rap Performance

The Carters-Apeshit

Drake-Nice for what

J.Cole-ATM

Nicki Minaj-Chun-li

Travis Scott & Drake-Sicko mode

Alternatives

Cardi b-Be Careful

Eminem-Killshot

Janelle Monae-Django Jane

Joyner Lucas-I’m not racist

Lil Wayne & Kendrick Lamar-Mona Lisa

Migos & Drake-Walk it talk it

(I’m not too sure about Chun li, but I think Nicki will get at least one nomination and chun li is probably the best song to get one. I would love for Janelle and Cardi to get in for more females in rap categories. However, I’m confident with my picks and I don't want cardi and Nicki in the same category. ATM is in jeopardy, but J.Cole deserves a nomination)

Best Rap/sung Performance

Cardi b, Bad bunny & J Balvin-I like it

Childish Gambino-This is America

Drake-In my feelings

Juice WRLD-Lucid dreams

Post Malone & 21 Savage-Rockstar

The Carters-Boss

Jhene Aiko & Rae Sremmurd-Sativa

Kendrick Lamar & SZA-All the stars

Lil Duval,Snoop dogg & Bill Greezy-Smile(Living my best life)

Mac Miller-Ladders

NF-Let you down

xxxtentacion-Sad

(I would like if Boss made it in, it is one of my favorites from Everything is love. If the Grammys want to honor Mac Miller,they could nominate him, but I don't think they will unfortanly. I put x as a alternative, but because of all of the controversy about him I don't think they want that backlash. I think rockstar could not make it in)

Best Rap Song

Cardi b-Be Careful

Childish Gambino-This is America

Drake-God’s Plan

Juice WRLD-Lucid dreams

Post Malone & 21 Savage-Rockstar

Alternatives

The Carters-Apeshit

Eminem & Joyner Lucas-Lucky you

J.Cole-ATM

Joyner Lucas-I’m not racist

Migos-Stir fry

Nicki Minaj-Barbie dreams

Travis Scott & Drake-Sicko mode

(Out of all of my alternatives, I want Barbie dreams to get in but again, I don't want Nicki and cardi in the same category. Sickio mode and Lucky you can defiantly get in. Be careful and rockstar could not make it in in my opinion)

Best Rap album

Black Panther:The album-Various artist

Cardi b-Invasion of privacy

Drake-Scorpion

J.Cole-KOD

Lil Wayne-The Carter V

Travis Scott-Astroworld

Alternatives

Brockhampton-Iridescence

Eminem-Kamikaze

Logic-Bobby Tarantino II

Mac Miller-Swimming

Nas-Nasir

Nicki Minaj-Queen

(I’m not sure if there’s 5 or 6, but I put 6. The only ones I see in trouble are BP and J.Cole, but they deserve one. Eminem an Nicki could defiantly make it in. I would like if Mac got it to honor hi, but I don't think he’ll get in sadly)

Best Score Soundtrack

Alexandre Desplat-The Shape of water

Johnny Greenwood-Phantom thread

John Williams-Star Wars: The last Jedi

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein-Stranger things: Season 2

Michael Giacchino-Coco

(I’m not sure about this one, I could not find much about this)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for visual media

Black Panther:The album

Coco

The Greatest showman

Mamma Mia! Here we go again

Ready Player one

Alternatives

13 reasons why: Season 2

Call me by your name

Deadpool 2

Stranger things: Season 2

(I’m not sure if some of these were submitted)

Best Written Song for Visual Media

Celine Dion-Ashes (Deadpool 2)

Keala Settle-This is me(The Greatest showman)

Kendrick Lamar & SZA-All the stars

Lady Gaga & Bradly Cooper-Shallow(A star is born)

Miguel & Natalia Lofourcade-Remember me(Coco)

Alternatives

Kendrick Lamar & The Weekend-Pray for me

Khalid & Normani-Love lies(Love, Simon)

Liam Payne & Rita Ora-For you(Fifty shades freed)

Selena Gomez-Back to you (13 reasons why: Season 2)

Sufjan Stevens-Mystery of love (Call me by your name)

(Again, not sure if some of my alts were submitted)

Best Music Video

The Carters-Apeshit

Childish Gambino-This is America

Drake-God’s Plan

Janelle Monae-PYNK

Kendrick Lamar & SZA-All the Stars

Alternatives

Ariana Grande-God is a Woman

Beck-Colors

BTS-Fake love

Camila Cabello-Havana

The Carters-Family Fued

Dua Lipa-IDGAF

J.Cole-ATM

Janelle Monae-Make me feel

Joyner lucas-I’m not racist

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi b-Girls like you

Taylor Swift-Delicate

(I don't want God’s plan to get it but I feel it will.BTS, Taylor and Beck are strong contenders)

Okay finally! That’s it! I hope my predictions are right, but you never know with the Grammy’s)

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It’s A Good Time To Be Bad Bunny

The name Ocasio derives from the Spanish “ocasión,” which means what you think it means: an occasion, a time. According to Ancestry.com, most people named Ocasio are Puerto Rican, in heritage if not in residence, and the word’s “meaning as a surname” is unclear.

What is clear is Puerto Ricans named Ocasio are living up to their names by having a moment in 2018 — or at least two of them are. There is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old Democratic socialist who upended the incumbent in the New York primary this past spring and appears to be a lock to win a Congressional seat next week. When you Google “Ocasio,” the results are all about her. But another Ocasio is taking the world by storm this year, maybe even more so than the presumptive Congresswoman from New York’s 14th. His name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, but the world knows him as Bad Bunny.

Many English speakers had their proper introduction to Bad Bunny this past spring, when he featured alongside Cardi B and J Balvin on “I Like It,” a song from Cardi’s Invasion Of Privacy that flipped Pete Rodriguez’s Nuyorican boogaloo classic “I Like It Like That” into an unstoppable hip-hop club crusher. “I Like It” went to #1 on the Hot 100 and was deemed by many (including the readers of this website) the song of the summer. It also, in the wake of hits like “Despacito” and “Mi Gente,” continued to firm up a lane for Spanish language in the American pop mainstream, with both Bad Bunny and Balvin, from Colombia, delivering their verses in their native tongues as usual.

Since then Bad Bunny has popped up on a brisk reggaeton-house banger called “Está Rico” alongside Marc Anthony and Will Smith and released “Mia,” a Drake duet on which Drake performs entirely in Spanish. Now, Drake is a champion wave-rider who will seemingly hop on a song with any rising star he thinks will score him some cool points. I’m sure he’s accomplishing some serious brand expansion with his turn on “Mia.” Although I must admit he sounds quite fluent, hearing him rap and sing in Spanish on a Latin trap star’s song gives me the same awkward feeling of watching white American tourists attempt to show off by speaking the local language in a foreign country. On the other hand, imagine the triumph for Bad Bunny: The biggest star in music is guesting on your song, and he’s the one caught in your gravitational pull.

Bad Bunny, 24, grew up skateboarding and watching pro wrestling in Almirante Sur, Puerto Rico, the son of a truck driver and a retired schoolteacher. He famously started posting songs to SoundCloud a few years ago while working as a grocery store bagger and studying communications at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. His single “Diles” (“Tell Them”) got him signed in early 2016, and by the end of the year he had a breakout hit with “Soy Peor” (“I’m Worse”). In the ensuing two years, he’s piled up hits and become one of the biggest names in the Spanish-speaking music world. Although he has yet to release an album — his official debut The New Religion is supposedly well underway — the Bad Bunny Essentials playlist on Apple Music is 50 songs long, spanning three hours and 35 minutes.

As one of the defining figures in Latin trap, Bad Bunny operates within a young tradition, combining reggaeton (and its Dominican cousin, dembow) with the Atlanta trap sounds that now rule American hip-hop. In various proportions, hip-swinging Caribbean club beats are paired with moody keyboard patches and heavily Auto-Tuned sing-rapping. The sound is as rampant within the Spanish-speaking diaspora as Migos ripoffs in the English-speaking rap world, and Bad Bunny has mastered it. He deploys his deep baritone with a rapper’s rhythmic mastery and a singer’s ear for melody — repeatedly hammering on one or two notes, suddenly spiking upward in dynamic flourishes, his voice subtly fraying at the edges when he dips into the bottom of his range.

Bad Bunny’s music helped to codify the sound of Latin trap, but he’s also a bit of a wild card within that framework. He’s definitely a live wire on the mic, known for unfiltered emotional outpourings and explicit sexual narratives. Both impulses were on display in his first two big hits: “Diles” errs toward the lascivious, with Bunny instructing his lover to let the people know how effective he is in bed, while “Soy Peor” finds him lashing out against an ex in language that — oblivious English speaker beware — is not so different from Juice WRLD’s toxic emo rap. But what really stands out is his idiosyncratic personal style. If his fluid low-register vocals and tendency toward dark rumination put him in parallel with Future’s digital codeine blues, his colorful visual presence marks him as Latin trap’s answer to Young Thug, Atlanta’s eccentric-in-chief.

This is a man with a personal aesthetic. He refused a stylist for his Fader cover story, dressing himself instead and looking better than most people in a glossy magazine feature. He recently showed up on the American Music Awards red carpet with a third eye painted on his forehead and kept it there during his performance. Like Thugger, he often subverts gender norms in fashion via elaborately painted nails or pink hair. His collection of tiny glasses probably makes Kanye jealous. I can’t wait to see what he looks like at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade three weeks from now.

Watching this iconoclastic Puerto Rican superstar waltz into one America’s most sanitized holiday traditions — at a time when the president and his affiliates are working hard to dehumanize and erase Hispanics in this country — will be a trip. It also might generate whiplash when compared with the current predicament of Puerto Rico, which remains in a state of prolonged recovery following last year’s Hurricanes Irma and Maria, partially thanks to that same president’s denial and neglect of the catastrophic damage.

It’s a cruel twist of fate that Bad Bunny’s rise has coincided with a period of deep struggle for his homeland. According to the Fader feature, as of last summer his parents’ home was still without electricity, and he personally showed up back in Almirante Sur to distribute food, water, and generators in the aftermath of the storms. In his celebratory summer hit “Estamos Bien” — which translates loosely to “We Good” — he acknowledges his fortunate circumstances in context. Translated from Spanish to English, the chorus reads, “Don’t worry, we’re fine/ With or without one hundred bills/ But having them is not bad.”

He seems on track to keep piling those dollars up. Continued domination of the Latin trap scene is close to inevitable. Furthermore, “Mia” just debuted at #5 on the Hot 100, a wildly impressive feat for a song performed entirely in Spanish. With a foothold from that song and “I Like It” he may be primed to start landing singles in the American rap mainstream without assists from bulletproof hit-makers like Drake or Cardi. It will be very interesting to see how far Bad Bunny and his Latin trap peers can burrow into pop culture. Lord knows trunk-rattlers like “Chambea” and trap ballads like “Dime Si Te Acuerdas” hold their own against the latest from Tyga or Post Malone. There’s rarely been a better opportunity for a full-fledged crossover, and Bad Bunny is rising to the occasion.

CHART WATCH

For the third week in a row, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack is the #1 album in America. Per Billboard, it’s the first soundtrack to spend its first three weeks at #1 in 11 years, since High School Musical 2 in 2007. For theatrical movies, you have to go back to Bad Boys II in 2003.

A Star Is Born is now Lady Gaga’s longest-standing #1 album as well, surpassing Born This Way’s two-week run in 2011. The soundtrack can thank strong sales for its continued dominance: Of its 109,000 equivalent album units this week, 61,000 are from people actually buying a copy of the record. By contrast, Future and Juice WRLD’s collaborative album WRLD On Drugs, which enters at #2 with 98,000 units, only did 8,000 in actual sales. It’s Future’s 10th top 10 album and Juice WRLD’s second following this year

Debuting at #3 with 87,000 units/80,000 sales is Anthem Of The Peaceful Army, the debut full-length by Led Zeppelin enthusiasts Greta Van Fleet. It’s followed at #4 by the debut of Disturbed’s Evolution with 71,000 units/65,000 sales. After Lil Wayne, Lil Baby and Gunna, and Drake comes the #8 debut of Khalid’s Suncity EP with 50,000 units/9,000 sales. Travis Scott and Post Malone round out the top 10.

Over on the Hot 100, Maroon 5 and Cardi B’s “Girls Like You” somewhat surprisingly holds on to #1 for a sixth straight week. Here’s a weird stat via Billboard: It’s now the longest-running #1 hit by a group (defined as three or more people) since MAGIC!’s “Rude” lasted six weeks back in summer ’14.

Hopping from #7 to #2 thanks to the release of its music video is Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode,” which becomes Scott’s highest charting song as a lead artist — this after he went to #2 as a guest on Kodak Black’s “Zeze” last week. “Sicko Mode” also features Drake, who for some reason is not credited as a featured artist on the album but is credited in the video. Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” remains at #3, followed by Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” at a new #4 peak. It’s Marshmello’s biggest US hit to date and ties Bastille’s peak position with 2014’s “Pompeii.” It’s also the first song that has charted on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart to reach the Hot 100 top five this year.

Post Malone’s “Better Now,” Kodak Black/Travis Scott/Offset’s “Zeze,” 5 Seconds Of Summer’s “Youngblood,” and Lil Baby and Gunna’s “Drip Too Hard” are #5 through #8. Another Post Malone song, the Swae Lee duet “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)” debuts at #9. It’s Post’s fifth top 10 hit and Swae’s second following the French Montana collab “Unforgettable.” Khalid and Normani’s “Love Lies” rounds out the top 10.

POP FIVE

Carly Rae Jepsen – “Party For One” “Run Away With Me” this is not, but it’s good! Good enough that I’m not panicking about the long-awaited follow-up to E*MO*TION. It sounds like CRJ might be angling for radio play, like she did with “I Really Like You” ahead of the last album, before settling into her well-established role as a critically acclaimed underdog-juggernaut. Then again, will radio play a song about “making love to myself” at this point in history? I can’t tell anymore.

Mariah Carey – “A No No” All these new Mariah Carey singles have been fantastic. This one effortlessly infuses its late ’90s R&B core with jittery trap programming and brisk diva house without ever coming close to sounding like “trap house.” It slaps.

Imagine Dragons – “Machine” Coming from arguably the most consistent pop hit-makers in rock, “I’m not a part of your machine, I am the machine” is some kind of twisted spin on Jay-Z’s immortal “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” As a longtime Imagine Dragons antagonist, I gotta admit, these guys are finding stranger and more inventive ways to be infectiously obnoxious. In this case it’s kinda like “We Will Rock You” crossed with Mr. Big’s “Be With You,” but with an ambiguous message about being your own person, or something.

Mumford & Sons – “If I Say” I feel like Mumford & Sons are getting better at being Coldplay — or, like, Damien Rice fronting Coldplay. Whether I could withstand a whole album of this much melodrama remains to be seen, but this song really goes for it with the orchestration and it pays off.

Kiiara – “L*** Is A Bad Word” Kiiara was a bad word for a while there during her ill-advised post-Iggy rap phase, but this pop move is doing it for me big time. It sounds like they threw everything at the wall, it all stuck, and then they meticulously carved it from there. It sounds like wearing three or four clashing patterns that somehow cohere into a surprisingly pleasing aesthetic. I think the understated vocal amidst so much noise is what seals it.

NEWS IN BRIEF

That viral photo of “Justin Bieber” eating a burrito sideways was a prank. [Newsweek]

Here’s Ariana Grande singing “The Wizard And I” from NBC’s A Very Wicked Halloween. [YouTube]

And here’s Ariana Grande singing “God Is A Woman” backed by an orchestra and choir for her BBC Music special. [YouTube]

Iggy Azalea tweeted than she wants to leave Island (“I feel I would be better off if I could make my own timeline etc choices and I have the funds to do it”) but then she deleted it. [SOHH]

Panic! At The Disco covered Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” for Spotify. [Spotify]

Shawn Mendes remade Lost In Translation in the video for his Zedd collab “Lost In Japan.” [YouTube]

Alessia Cara revealed the cover and tracklist of new album The Pains Of Growing, out 11/30 via Def Jam. [Twitter]

5 Seconds Of Summer released a cover of “Killer Queen.” [YouTube]

Little Mix and Nicki Minaj released a video for “Woman Like Me.” [YouTube

Halsey released a video for “Without Me.” [YouTube]

2 Chainz launched his own weed brand, Gas Cannabis Co. [High Snobriety]

Clean Bandit’s “Baby,” featuring Luis Fonsi & Marina, is out tonight. [Instagram]

So is Katy Perry’s cover of “Waving Through A Window” from Dear Evan Hansen. [Billboard]

Diana Ross, John Legend, Bad Bunny, Kane Brown, Sugarland, and Ella Mai will be part of this month’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. [Business Insider]

HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME

What they don’t tell you is that they were rated out of a Maroon 10

— Julian McCullough (@julezmac) October 30, 2018

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 19th August 2018

This is probably just gonna be a bit of a slap-dash episode since I just finished my list of the best and worst hit songs of 1994 and I’m kinda drained, but we’ll still have to get this out so here it is. REVIEWING THE CHARTS for the week of 19th August, 2018.

Top 10

First of all, we have a new #1... but it’s not exactly new at all, since it has been #1 for a few weeks before, it’s just returned to the top spot after it usurped Drake. I’m not mad at all that this is our new #1 – I may not be fond of it, but it’s better than Drake. George Ezra’s “Shotgun” is up one spot to #1.

Speak of the devil; here’s Drake with “In My Feelings” featuring City Girls, down a space to number-two. I hope it stays there, or better yet, decreases even more, although it still has the stronghold over “Shotgun” in streaming.

Not moving from last week at number-three is “No Brainer” by DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo.

Surprisingly, “Eastside” by benny blanco, Khalid and Halsey has zoomed past competition as it’s increased eight spaces to number-four.

“Rise” by Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack has since gone down a single space since the success of “Eastside”, leading it down to number-five.

At number-six, we have a two-space increase for Loud Luxury and brando’s “Body”, which I’m glad is increasing as much as it is, even if it’s just for the fact that they’re both relatively unknown artists.

Oh, yeah, at number-seven, we have “Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer down two spaces.

Unfortunately,”Jackie Chan” by Tiesto and Dzeko featuring Preme and Post Malone has jumped two spaces down to number-eight.

Meanwhile at number-nine, the identical hit has effected “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B, which is ALSO down two spaces.

Thankfully, NOT down two spaces, is “Taste” by Tyga featuring Offset. Not sure how I feel about a pedophile featuring a homophobe having a song (that I personally like) in the top 10 of both the US and UK, but that’s a whole thinkpiece I won’t be writing.

Climbers

Unsurprisingly, there are a few big gains but otherwise nothing of note here. In terms of smaller six-space gains, we (sadly) have “Nevermind” by Dennis Lloyd up to #19 and “Ocean” by Martin Garrix and Khalid up to #25, but we also have an inexplicably massive gain for “079ME” by B Young, up 11 spots to #28. Please don’t let this become a top 20 hit, just for the sake of preventing humanity and society crumbling under your hands. Oh, yeah, and pathetic human being Nicki Minaj had her album Queen release, so naturally “Bed” featuring Ariana Grande (who will also have some gains due to HER album next week) increased up 15 spaces to #23.

Fallers

Naturally, we have two losses for Travis Scott after ASTROWORLD had three tracks debut on the chart last week. “SICKO MODE” featuring Drake and Swae Lee is down six spaces to #15, while “STARGAZING” is, tragically, down 12 to #27. However, there’s only one other loss, and it is just an absolute collapse for “I Like It” by Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, down 17 spaces to #31. It’ll undoubtedly be out next week, unless people revenge-stream Cardi because of the nonsense Nicki’s been spouting for the past two weeks, I don’t know. That probably won’t happen but it’d be kind of funny to see Nicki not get the #1 album after how desperate she was, and then have her “rival” succeed, though pitting female rappers against each other is borderline sexist and does not help normalise females in a more-often-than-not male-dominated genre, which is something Nicki could actually learn from... Huh. Anyway, this isn’t a Nicki Minaj roast, she has a new entry so I think I’ll rant about her there.

Dropouts

Well, we have a few utterly demolished tracks that dropped out this week, like “Butterflies” by AJ Tracey and Not3s now out from #22, “Oh My” by Dappy featuring Ay Em struggling as it’s been kicked out from #27, and “CAROUSEL” by Travis Scott featuring Frank Ocean being pushed out from #29, but that’s it, and there’s no Returning Entries either, so welcome back to:

The Ed Sheeran Update!

“Perfect” is down only a single space to #61, and “Shape of You” is up a single space to #76, somehow. Can these just go away, please?

Now to the part all three of you were waiting for...

NEW ARRIVALS

#40 – “When I Kissed the Teacher” – Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies and Celia Imrie

You probably shouldn’t be doing that.

Anyways, this is an ABBA cover, straight out of the hit musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which I actually checked out because, my, my, how could I resist it? Well, it’s okay, not particularly my thing, but definitely watchable, however I am surprised that it took this long for a song to get into the top 40. Let me preface this by saying I strongly dislike the ABBA version, mostly because of the... interesting vocals and how everything feels so manufactured and pretty sickeningly sweet, which is incredibly unfitting for the subject matter. I don’t like the song at all, but I’d recommend “Scandalous Scholastics” by Gym Class Heroes for a better take on a student-teacher affair. It’s a pretty awful track but at least it’s a bit groovier and has some darker swagger, as well as an eerie yet catchy chorus, which is actually pretty creepy in some way, especially that it’s implied that 1.) they had sex, 2.) Travie McCoy, the singer, is still in school. He gets into some detail and the charismatic “so sexy!” ad-lib I know Travie for... yeah, well, this is the only time it should not be there, in fact, do NOT check out that song, what am I talking about? It’s horrible.

This cover, though, is somehow even worse. I don’t know who’s singing at what points because, honestly, who cares? Nevertheless, the instrumentation is cookie-cutter yet still over-processed so that it drowns out the singers, who try to belt and struggle, with some not-at-all subtle multi-tracking from seemingly better singers that isn’t helpful at all. I do like that they have more charisma for the most part, making the admittedly funny geometry line sound so much better, and I do appreciate the fact that there are female singers talking about a female teacher – now, that’s cool – although it doesn’t really make much sense in the context of the film, at all, because I’m pretty sure they all have male love interests. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m not sure if your teacher is the best to experiment with, Lily.

#37 – “Don’t Leave Me Alone” – David Guetta featuring Anne-Marie

David Guetta, okay, you’re cool, you’re fine, I like you. Anne-Marie, nope, go away, please. I liked her in “FRIENDS”, initially, but, man, she can definitely become pretty insufferable. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a good singer, but the attitude and forced faux-Jamaican inflections rub me the wrong way. You know what else rubs me the wrong way? How the beginning of the song sounds like stock Windows-activating sound effects. It sounds like it’s a buffering loading screen for God’s sake. Regardless, Anne-Marie sounds okay and I do like the subtle touch of the guitars and especially the piano chords under Anne-Marie and I believe Ed Sheeran harmonising in the pre-chorus, right before a pretty cool Vocaloid drop. I have really grown to love these things, as you can probably tell from my “Solo” review, and this was am especially great one, because the autotune is turned up to insane levels and the vocals sound like they’re stretched and manipulated over the hard-hitting but pleasant synth tones. The combination of the drop and some of the vocal chops with the pre-chorus melody is just fantastic. I can look past the flat production in the verses if that chorus is as incredible as it is. Damn, that surprised me. David Guetta, you win again, and I’m excited for your upcoming album.

#36 – “Barbie Dreams” – Nicki Minaj

Okay, let’s get this over with. This track caused a lot of buzz because it’s basically a tribute to a Notorious B.I.G. song full of light-hearted disses torwards people who she is friends with, and you know, I like a bit of pointless rap beef and some disses can be pretty fire even if they are completely uncalled for. I mean, I prefer hard-hitting, absolutely awful personal disses like when Pusha T slaughtered Drake and held his decapitated head over a building in “The Story of Adidon”, but I like a bit of light-hearted no-harassment-intended jabs so, let’s see what she’s got.

Well, first of all, I love the slick beat and her flow is pretty nice too. Too bad it’s all taken from “Just Playing (Dreams)” by Biggie. This is a remix then? Okay, well, you didn’t preface it as such, but that’s fine, using someone else’s beat isn’t bad as long as you spit some nice bars over it. So, what’s the “Queen of Rap” got for us? Well, she starts with some complements... yep, she just says she wants a man to settle down and have some kids, and either them or the man will look like Lil Wayne or Dave East, but they’re already fathers, so I’m assuming she wants a man who is as good of a dad as Wayne and Dave are to their kids. That’s a very nice thing to say.

Man, I ain’t got no type like Jxmmi and Swae Lee

Okay, but the song you’re referencing by Rae Sremmurd, “No Type”, makes it pretty clear that they’re joking when they say they don’t have a type, given by how they immediately contradict that statement?

I ain’t got no type / Bad b****es is the only thing that I like – Swae Lee, “No Type”

Oh, they’ve actually tried to argue that “bad b****es” are NOT a type? Okay, well, then, secondly: That’s not a diss, that’s just mentioning them in passing.

Then she gets into some admittedly funny (and probably true) disses to 50 Cent, making some nice wordplay with other members of G-Unit like Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks. That’s all fine and dandy. Then she mentions Karreuche Tran... Tran... Tran...

Used to f*** with Young Thug, I ain’t addressin’ this s**t / C-caught him in my dressing room, stealing dresses and s**t

Okay, well, that’s insensitive and incredibly uncalled for. If the dude wants to reject typical gender norms, more power to him, but Thugger, you probably shouldn’t be stealing her dresses, man, and I’m pretty sure this is related to that, and is no way meant to be offensive or transphobic.

They switchin’ like sissies now – Nicki Minaj, “Majesty”

On the same album? Uh, I mean, well, okay, but maybe that’s also misinterpreted...

First they love you, then they switch / Yeah,they switch like f****ts

Yeah, okay, 1.) I’m not uncensoring that word, you know what it is, and 2.) Yikes, Nicki! I know that was back in 2009 but these recent lines prove you haven’t changed, in fact, all of these recent antics prove you haven’t changed, at all! You collaborate with a pedophile, then you try and play the feminist angle – after collaborating with an absolute scumbag who respects women as much as a tampon made out of bricks – to explain why your album didn’t get to #1, although it still sold pretty well, even though you don’t label yourself as a feminist as you’ve stated before. In fact, this whole track is just to stir up controversy and attention, isn’t it? You wanted that #1 album so desperately that you added a song that’s not even by you to your album, then you put out a lot of trash merch, some of which was promoting 6ix9ine, all of which came with a copy of your album, made JAY-Z give you a discount code on TIDAL that literally gave the album away for free, however, due to a faulty system, made all albums on TIDAL free to download, probably causing serious financial issues in the future for Jay, leading to him having to release the rest of Prince’s discography onto Spotify (not necessarily a bad thing), and reported fake news when you were projected to sell 190,000, only to be proved to sell less when the final numbers were released, all for a #1 album, which you only wanted out of spite for Cardi being more successful than you, because, I don’t know, she’s not an absolutely trash human being who doesn’t know how to promote a damn album? I guess you could say the TIDAL issue wasn’t her fault, but, yes, it was, as if it wasn’t for her own desperate need for a #1, the code wouldn’t exist at all. At least that’s only one line, right? She doesn’t cross the line otherwise.

Shout-out Desiigner ‘cause he made it out of special ed

You called a man struggling to hold onto his crippling career which is still under the hands of Pusha T’s mismanagement, being forced to constantly promote himself because his label definitely isn’t, who’s probably in debt right now, and just desperately trying to pick up the pieces to still live while doing what he wants to do – music, trapped under a label that doesn’t let him succeed, who released a better and more consistent EP this year than any project you’ve ever put out, retarded because of the energy he puts into his songs, which you, missy, are severely lacking in, despite the fact that your mentor and person you want your husband to be like, Lil Wayne, was in the same dire situation for nearly a decade, and you and Drake have been carrying him and helping him still strive in the industry while he’s being trampled on and confined by the tyrant of a label owner Birdman? Yeah, nope, not having it, you’ve lost all my respect, Nicki. I don’t usually focus on lyrics as much as I did here but when they’re this ignorant and disgusting, I think I’ll stream Cardi instead, you petty, little child.

Conclusion

“Don’t Leave Me Alone” easily gives David Guetta and Anne-Marie the title of Best of the Week, as Nicki Minaj takes Worst of the Week for “Barbie Dreams”. Hopefully I’ll have calmed down by next time. See ya!

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The Daily Drive Debut

Today is the day for the debut of The Daily Drive, a daily look at what’s going on not only with the L.A. Rams, but also in the NFL, the media, and the sports world.

Today also happens to be the eve of the 2017 NFL Draft, which is almost as exciting as Christmas Eve. I say almost because while the Draft begins tomorrow night, the Rams will not be making their first pick until the second round, which starts on Friday.

So we will begin the debut of The Daily Drive with a look at the top five players that I would like the Rams to select with the 37th overall pick

AROUND COVER32

2017 NFL Draft: Taking a look at the odds of how the 49ers will spend the 2nd overall pick

cover32 Exclusive: Part 2 of the Raiders’ interview with Las Vegas Mayor, Carolyn Goodman

NFL Draft Prospect Spotlight: Exclusive one-on-one interview with Eastern Illinois WR prospect, Isaiah Nelson

Corey Davis

Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan

If the Rams want to succeed, they must surround Goff with offensive weapons.

John Ross, WR, Washington

If the Rams want to succeed, they must surround Goff with offensive weapons

Curtis Samuel, WR, Ohio State

If the Rams want to succeed, they must surround Goff with offensive weapons

Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina

If the Rams want to succeed, they must surround Goff with offensive weapons

JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC

If the Rams want to succeed, they must surround Goff with offensive weapons

I guess what I am trying to say is that Goff needs more offensive weapons. With a revamped offensive line, and a sturdy backfield, the Rams should now look to upgrade the wide receiver position.

Goff and the Rams lost their two biggest receiving “playmakers” from last season Kenny Britt and Brian Quick.

Currently Tavon Austin is the WR1 for the Rams, while Robert Woods (who does still have good potential) is penciled in at the WR2 position.

After that things get a little shaky.

Between Bradley Marquez, Pharoh Cooper, Nelson Spruce, and Michael Thomas, the next four up on the depth chart at WR, are 33 career catches, for 268 yards, and 0 touchdowns.

This year’s Draft is pretty loaded at the wide receiver position, and the Rams should look to pick up at least one of them.

The Rams also announced this past week who would be announcing the Rams draft picks, and there are some pretty big names on the list.

Jack Youngblood

37th pick Rams HOF DE Jack Youngblood

69th pick Former Rams RBSteven Jackson

112th pick Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Michael Cudlitz (Abraham)

141st pick US Olympian and former LA Galaxy soccer player Cobi Jones

149th pick Rams HOF T Jackie Slater

189th pick Watts Bears Youth Football Team

206th pick Wilmington Carson Pilots Youth Football Team

OTHER NFL DRAFT NOTES

 Are the Browns really going to be able to pick up both Myles Garrett and Mitch Trubisky?

The latest rumor surrounding the Cleveland Browns is that they will try to obtain Myles Garrett and Mitch Trubisky. The Browns, who hold the first and 12th picks in the NFL Draft, are hoping that Trubisky, someone they had been considering at #1, could fall to #12, but are also looking at other options, including making a move with the Titans, who have the fifth overall pick.

How will diluted drug tests effect first round talents?

Two of the top defensive players available in the 2017 Draft both recently failed drug tests due to diluted samples. Jabrill Peppers, safety from Michigan, and Ruben Foster, linebacker from Alabama, both turned in diluted samples. It will be interesting too see how this will affect their draft stock, if at all.

The Running Backs

This year’s draft is loaded with running back talent, from first round talent to late round talent, and it will be interesting to see where each one of them lands. Leonard Fournette is most likely going to be a top 10 pick, but after that Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, and even Alvin Kamara could be off the board after the first round. As for late round talent, there are the likes of Wayne Gallman, Brian Hill, Marlon Mack, D’Onta Foreman, and Joe Mixon, who could go anywhere in the draft.

Overall the 2017 NFL Draft, like all of the others, will be full of great storylines, great picks, and big blunders.

AROUND THE WORLD OF SPORTS

Although the writing has been on the wall for quite some time now, today was finally the day.

ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, laid off around 100 employees.

Network President John Skipper sent a message to ESPN employees Wednesday morning letting them know that the company would be announcing layoffs.

“A necessary component of managing change involves constantly evaluating how we best utilize all of our resources, and that sometimes involves difficult decisions,” Skipper wrote. “Our content strategy – primarily illustrated in recent months by melding distinct, personality-driven SportsCenter TV editions and digital-only efforts with our biggest sub-brand – still needs to go further, faster … and as always, must be efficient and nimble. Dynamic change demands an increased focus on versatility and value, and as a result, we have been engaged in the challenging process of determining the talent – anchors, analysts, reporters, writers and those who handle play-by-play – necessary to meet those demands. We will implement changes in our talent lineup this week. A limited number of other positions will also be affected and a handful of new jobs will be posted to fill various needs.”

Deadspin ran a running list of people who were let go on Wednesday, a list that included some pretty big names. Jay Crawford, Ed Werder, Jayson Stark, Trent Dilfer, Brett McMurphy and Danny Kanell where some of the bigger names who were let go.

One takeaway from the recent cuts is that ESPN might be in bigger trouble than we think. They weren’t simply “trimming the fat”. ESPN let go most of their NHL writers, and some important insiders. Ethan Strauss, the Golden State Warriors insider, was let go in the middle of the NBA Playoffs.

ONE YARD SHORT

One Yard Short is a quick run through of other things going on around the sports and media world.

Los Angeles Basketball

Last night the L.A. Clippers fell to the Utah Jazz 96-92, and now find themselves in a 3-2 series deficit. Gordan Hayward scored 27 points, and Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson combined for 30 points off of the Jazz bench. Chris Paul scored 28 and JJ Redick had 26.

Los Angeles Baseball

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the sister squad to the Los Angeles Rams of St. Louis, defeated the Oakland A’s 2-1 on a walkoff single by Cole Calhoun. Angels starting pitcher JC Ramirez went seven scoreless innings, giving up only two hits and striking out seven.

Mike Trout MVP Update: Trout went 1-3 with a solo home run. His season totals now stand at 6 HRs, 15 RBIs, 4 SBs, and a .346/.419/1.123 slash.

We Not Me

Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson would like to stay in LA, amid trade rumors. Yesterday he was quoted saying “I don’t want to leave.” He also added “I’m glad to be a Ram, point blank,coming out here, it’s a privilege to play football. I’m glad I’m on the team, and I’m with the Rams.”

Not Meant to Be

Recent Rams’ signing Tre’ Jackson was released after failing a physical. Jackson spent all of last season on the IR.

The Return of Beast Mode

Marshawn Lynch, who spent last season retired, is back in the league, and will be wearing a new jersey in the fall. Lynch, who was born and raised in Oakland, was traded today to the Oakland Raiders. Seattle and Oakland will swap fifth and sixth rounders in 2018 for Lynch.

Top Notch Tweet

  Maybe the best endorsement deal ever! @JBooty_88 signing with @Charmin right before then #NFLDraft @UMichFootball @wsyx6 @B1Gfootball pic.twitter.com/Uwt8mQj7E1

— Chetan Rakieten (@chetanrakieten) April 26, 2017

– Mike Gallagher is the Managing Editor for cover32 Rams. He can be reached on twitter @MrMikeGallagher or through email at mikegallaghercover32@gmail.com

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 23rd July 2018

Welp, nothing happened. Very stale week for the most part.

Top 10

Delightful – the worst single Drake’s released since “Pop Style”, “In My Feelings” featuring uncredited vocals from the City Girls, has gone up three spots from last week’s debut, making it our current chart-topper, surprisingly not replacing Drake himself, but we’ll get to that. At least City Girls, Magnolia Shawty’s family and Lil Wayne are getting money from this being #1 in both the UK and US. God knows they deserve it, well, at least Wayne.

“Shotgun” by George Ezra is somehow still at number-two. This song has a surprising amount of longevity.

Oh, yeah, “Solo” by Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato has also kept its place at number-three, which is cool.

Now, we have our first debut on the charts, which, similarly to last week, had its first-week charting position at number-four, the controversially-titled “God is a woman” (yes, it’s stylised in sentence case for no reason) by Ariana Grande, the second single from her upcoming album Sweetener.

Oh, yeah, Drake just won’t leave, as “Don’t Matter to Me” with Michael Jackson and Paul Anka is at a standstill at number-five.

“Rise” by Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack is up a spot to number-six. Just lovely.

“Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B is also up that single position to number-seven.

“Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer has jumped up three spaces to entering the top 10, at number-eight, and yeah, this definitely deserves it. Good song.

Talking about songs that deserve to finally enter the top 10, “Jackie Chan” by Tiesto and Dzeko featuring Preme and Post Malone has also taken a three-space increase right to number-nine.

Oh, and because of the album hype lessening and dying down, “If You’re Over Me” by Years & Years kind of collapses four spaces to number-ten. It seems to be on its way out, and I’m pretty sure that’s a good thing.

Climbers

There’s not really that many notables this week, but we do have Tyga’s “Taste” featuring Offset entering the top 20 as it moves up eight spaces to #16, “Only You” by Cheat Codes and Little Mix doing the same as it hits #19 after a nine-space increase. “Ring Ring” by Jax Jones featuring Mabel and Rich the Kid also had a lesser increase, only jumping up six spaces to #23.

Fallers

There’s only one fall of note here, but it’s pretty damn interesting how Tom Walker’s “Leave a Light On” just suddenly crashed down 15 spaces to #31... I know adverts only have a short impact on the charts, but I’m surprised by how this was just in free-fall this week, especially since I’ve actually heard it gain some traction on radio... except I checked the statistics and it’s done exactly the opposite. This song massively fell on UK airplay charts, to the point where it’s neck and neck with Meghan freaking Trainor. Yikes.

Dropouts & Returning Entries

Guys, we have just witnessed a chart history milestone: Last week’s #1, “Three Lions” by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds dropped from the top of the charts to #97, which means it experienced the biggest ever dropout from the top 40 (from #1) and the biggest decrease in UK Singles Chart history, having a 96-space fall. That’s kind of impressive in the weirdest way. I suppose we as a country were so crushed by Croatia winning against us that we decided to crush this song’s chances of any longevity, which I’m not necessarily complaining about, honestly.

Other drop outs from the top 40 include “These Days” by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen and Macklemore, right after it returned for a brief stint at #40 last week, as well as “Moonlight” by XXXTENTACION out from #37. Last week’s incredibly convenient returning entry, “American Idiot” by punk-rockers Green Day is now out from #25, also.

Oh, and “This is Me” by Keala Settle and the Greatest Showman Ensemble is back again at #37, just go away, already!

Now for a new feature:

The Ed Sheeran Update

On this show, we often talk about Ed Sheeran and his inexplicable chart success, well, I figured I’d add something to shake up the formula: a short feature where we talk about how Ed Sheeran fared in the top 100. Well, “Shape of You” jumped up 13 spaces to #73 for no reason at all, and “Perfect” is up three spaces to #58.

Oh, yeah, and “Mr. Brightside” by the Killers? Still holding on. In fact, it just returned to #99 this week.

NEW ARRIVALS

#34 – “Ocean” – Martin Garrix and Khalid

So, this song has been bubbling under for a while now, but on a slow week, it actually was able to have a pretty high debut. It’s no surprise to see Khalid on an EDM track, either, as he also sang on “Silence” by Marshmello last year, and has collaborated with Calvin Harris, albeit on a decidedly very non-EDM track. Well, how does this song compare to the countless collaborations Khalid has popped up with in the last few months?

Well, it doesn’t, at all, because, frankly, I don’t think this song even exists. It’s such a non-presence that after I listened to it – four times, may I add – I could barely even remember the hook’s melody. It has an annoying an unnecessary synth sound that goes on throughout the whole thing, but it had a decently complex drum beat, and Khalid’s performance is smooth as always, even when he dips into his falsetto, but damn, that pre-chorus build-up is powerful. Honestly, this drop is so much of a mess that I’m surprised I have no memory of it. There’s some vocal samples all intertwined with a fast-paced orchestral string loop that only plays once throughout the whole drop, even though it could definitely add a lot of “oomph” to the track, then there’s an out-of-place acoustic guitar riff that is again, the only time you notice that instrument at all in this song. I don’t have any real complaints with this song – it’s mixed near-perfectly (even if I’d appreciate more accentuation on the bass), Khalid’s fantastic, and I’m not saying the all-over-the-place drop is bad, necessarily, it’s just kind of... intangible.

When a song is named after a place or an emotion, you’re going to have to feel that translating into the composition, even if it is completely without lyrics. I think that’s why I’m more appreciative of “SAD!” than a lot of people – you can tell that it successfully, even if you hate it – well, especially if you hate it, makes you sad or at least gets you to realise the effort into making it sound sad. “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz is another good comparison in terms of places, as it is stiff and noisy like plastic but it still has wave sound effects to paint the background, joyous synths and whale-related lyrics (delivered in a rather plastic monotone), that create a beautiful contrast between the plastic and the beach. It feels like an artificial shore... but “Ocean” is only an ocean in name. It’s weaksauce EDM, that doesn’t feel as powerful as an ocean and definitely isn’t upsetting in any way to capture the “blue” colour of a wave. This is why I like CamelPhat so much. “Panic Room” is urgent but still kind of trapped in a confined space, “Cola” is constantly shaking it up, like a can of coke. They are EDM producers who make the titles fit and matter, but “Ocean”... nah, I can’t feel this. Next.

#30 – “Summertime Magic” – Childish Gambino

Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, recently dropped a surprise-release Summer-themed two-track R&B EP called Summer Pack and the first track of two, obviously gained the most traction. Last time I talked about Glover on this show was when “This is America” debuted, and I wasn’t very impressed, but from what I heard, this new EP harkens back to his 2016 album “Awaken, My Love!”, which I loved, so hopefully I’ll dig this.

Well, it’s less disjointed than “This is America” but it’s definitely not as exciting, as it starts with some dreadfully boring steel pans with barely any accompaniment other than the reverb they’re soaked in, then Gambino comes in and starts singing over some admittedly nice synths, before the hook – which, for a lyrical wordsmith, is oddly and infuriatingly repetitive, especially since it’s full of nonsense words – which covers Gambino’s decent voice in just DJ Mustard-like bass and extra percussion, which definitely picks things up a bit, but not enough. It feels like Summer, alright, but it tries its hardest not to, with all the rain effects and the pretty dreary melodies that surround the vocals that could have made a pretty damn good pop song.

#4 – “God is a woman” – Ariana Grande

I know a lot of people are worried about Sweetener, but personally, I’ve liked all the singles released from it prior to this track, which stirred some controversy for its pretty clickbait title. Of course, the song doesn’t even dare to trip into any religious or political territory, no, it’s a sex song. Why is it called “God is a woman”? Well, because, sex with Ariana is apparently so good that the man will believe afterwards that God is a woman, because the sex was heavenly, yeah, you get the gist. It’s pretty obvious that Grande wouldn’t get right-wing nuts complaining, or a debut this high for a single like this, if it wasn’t for the clickbait-level title. Honey, just make a good, safe song and you will have success, it happened with “no tears left to cry” just a few weeks back. It’s a pretty dumb move to resort to tactics like this when Grande’s such a big star with such a loyal fanbase that people will stream this no matter what you call it.

Oh, yeah, and this song? Well I like the vocal melody here, it’s really nice in the hook, especially when Grande starts to sing more seductively over a surprisingly hard-hitting trap beat, with some heavy bass and a blocky, yet pretty slick drum pattern that makes Grande subconsciously start making Lil Pump-like “yuh” ad-libs in between the lines on the pre-chorus. There’s also a choir of a chorus harmonising with multi-tracked Grande voices, which sing pretty beautifully while Grande belts out some ad-libs. This whole song is so tight and constricted yet has a great final release as its climax, so unlike “Ocean��, everything feels worth it by the end.

Conclusion

“God is a woman” by Ariana Grande takes Best of the Week home, obviously, but nothing else here is good or bad, it’s all just kind of a boring middle-ground. See you next week!