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Year-End Poll #64: 2013

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke, Imagine Dragons, Baauer, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Pink, Bruno Mars, Florida Georgia Line, Katy Perry. End description]

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With Billboard now counting YouTube views into their charts, we're seeing new artists reaching higher chart success from the strength of their music videos or internet virality in general, with songs like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop and Baauer's Harlem Shake.

Speaking of changing technology, we now have to cover the biggest change that's going to define this decade in music. While first released in the States in 2011, Spotify's impact on the charts will start to become even more evident this year. It will still be a while before Billboard begins implementing data from Spotify and similar streaming services into their charts.

We're also starting to see the electropop and club music dwindle in the charts. Some have attributed this to Lorde's Royals, giving it an almost Smells Like Teen Spirit-esque mythos. But there's also the shift towards more folk and indie sounds in music (and commercials gravitating towards this music as well), streaming encouraging more individual listening, and general shifting tastes.

With the remix of Florida Georgia Line's Cruise, we're also seeing the rise in a subgenre known as bro-country. In terms of country crossover success, this subgenre would come to take over ballads and country pop as the main crossover sound. This is not the last time we'll see an example of country-rap fusion on the charts, and it certainly won't be the last time we see controversy over it.

And speaking of controversy, we need to talk about Blurred Lines. Specifically, we need to talk about Pharrell Williams v. Bridgeport Music. The court case concerned the song's similarities to Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up and Sexy Ways. Without going too much into it, the case ruled in favor of Marvin Gaye's estate -- a decision that forever altered the course of music copyright law. Since the ruling, we've seen a rise in lawsuits over perceived musical similarities as well as labels scrambling to give songwriting credits out to avoid potential lawsuits (if you ever wondered why Richard and Fred Fairbrass of Right Said Fred received songwriting credits on Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do, that's why). To quote this entry from Harvard Law's Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law:

Aptly named, the “Blurred Lines” case is now blurring the lines of rather well-settled copyright doctrine and is sending shockwaves through the musical community. While it is unclear what the ultimate impact of Williams will be on the music industry, it has, at the very minimum, put artists and publishers on notice as to how they should approach musical composition to avoid legal issues.

These “copyright trolls” would acquire the copy-rights of older music, and then sue artists for infringement with the hopes of forcing a settlement. Many artists would agree to these settlements, as they often are less expensive than the costs of litigating the issue in court. 65 Further, the threat of litigation may incline new musical artists to obtain unnecessary licenses and other permissions that they feel will protect them from these lawsuits. (Quagliariello, 2019)

The arguments behind the initial court case are still being debated, but what can't be debated is the Pandora's Box of litigation that the case inspired.

Good thing this is the only controversy Blurred Lines had ever faced. At least that's what I'm going to pretend for the sake of this poll.

[music-in-my-veins14]

Now, can I kick it? Thank you Yeah, I'm so damn grateful I grew up really wanting gold fronts But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you Y'all can't stop me Go hard like I got a 808 in my heartbeat And I'm eating at the beat like you gave a little speed To a great white shark on Shark Week, raw!

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: August 29, 2012

Lyrics:

Hey Macklemore? can we go thrift shopping?

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

What, what, what, what

I'm gonna pop some tags

Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

I, I, I'm hunting, looking for a come-up

This is fucking awesome

Nah walk up to the club like, what up, I got a big cock!

I'm just pumped, just bought some shit from the thrift shop

Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty

The people like, Damn! That's a cold ass honkey.

Rollin' in, hella deep, headin' to the mezzanine

Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green

Draped in a leopard mink, girls standin' next to me

Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets

(Piss)

But shit, it was ninety-nine cents! (Bag it) Coppin' it, washin' it

'Bout to go and get some compliments

Passin' up on those moccasins someone else's been walkin' in them

Bummy and grungy, f*ck it man, I am stuntin' and flossin' and

And savin' my money and I'm hella happy that's a bargain, bitch

I'ma take your grandpa's style, I'ma take your grandpa's style

No for real ask your grandpa can I have his hand-me-downs?

(Thank you) Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers

Dookie brown leather jacket that I found diggin'

They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard

I bought a skeet blanket, and then I bought a kneeboard

Hello, hello, my ace man, my Miller

John Wayne ain't got nothing on my fringe game, hell no

I could take some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those

The sneaker heads would be like Aw, he got the Velcros

I'm gonna pop some tags

Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

I, I, I'm hunting, looking for a come-up

This is fucking awesome

I'm gonna pop some tags

Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

I, I, I'm hunting, looking for a come-up

This is fucking awesome

(Goodwill, poppin' tags, yeah!)

What you know about rockin' a wolf on your noggin?

What you knowin' about wearin' a fur fox skin?

I'm digging, I'm digging, I'm searching right through that luggage

One man's trash, that's another man's come up

Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button-up shirt

'Cause right now I'm up in her skirt

I'm at the Goodwill, you can find me in the (Uptons)

I'm that, I'm that sucker searchin' in that section (Uptons)

Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy

I'll take those flannel zebra jammies, second-hand, I rock that motherfucker

The built-in onesie with the socks on that motherfucker

I hit the party and they stop in that motherfucker

They be like, Oh, that Gucci. That's hella tight

I'm like, Yo that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt

Limited edition, let's do some simple addition

Fifty dollars for a T-shirt, that's just some ignorant bitch (Shit)

I call that getting swindled and pimped (Shit)

I call that getting tricked by a business

That shirt's hella dope

And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't

Peep game, come take a look through my telescope

Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you hella won't

Then you hella won't

I'm gonna pop some tags

Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

I, I, I'm hunting, looking for a come-up

This is fucking awesome

I wear your granddad's clothes

I look incredible

I'm in this big ass coat

From that thrift shop down the road

I wear your granddad's clothes

I look incredible

I'm in this big ass coat

From that thrift shop down the road

Is that your grandma's coat?

I'm gonna pop some tags

Only got twenty dollars in my pocket

I, I, I'm hunting, looking for a come-up

This is fucking awesome

Songwriter:

Ben Haggerty, Ryan Scott Lewis

SongFacts:

👉📖

[burgercheese1812]

Leo Valdez is so Macklemore coded I-

Like the song Downtown (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis) is literally a song about riding a Mo-ped downtown, talking about all the cool parts of a Mo-ped and getting women.

IF THAT DOESN’T SCREAM LEO I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE DOES-

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Potential spoilers, slight profane language

Title: Cub Town

Editor: Colibolo

Song: Downtown

Artists: Macklemore, Ryan Lewis (feat. Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, Eric Nally)

Anime: Super Cub

Category: For fun/Drama

[moonage-gaydream]

he was just pumped cuz he bought some shit from the Thrift Shop, y’know?

macklemore really just said walk into the club like what up I got a big cock and we just accepted that. what was going on in 2012

[radiomaxmusic]

RadioMax Top 70 Chart - October 20, 2013

11LORDE – Royals8127MILEY CYRUS – Wrecking Ball72312ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars17344PASSENGER – Let Her Go11453AVICCI – Wake Me Up161618KEITH URBAN & MIRANDA LAMBERT – We Were Us5675BRUNO MARS – Gorilla7582KATY PERRY – Roar11296LADY GAGA – Applause105109PARAMORE – Still Into You1141124LANA DEL RAY – Summertime Sadness1551215TAYLOR SWIFT  – Everything Has Changed132138BRITNEY SPEARS – Work…

[music-in-my-veins14]

Can we go back? This is the moment Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over So we put our hands up Like the ceiling can't hold us Like the ceiling can't hold us

[spiritualsidequest]

Macklemore's album "The Heist" is a fucking masterpiece. If you think otherwise you're just wrong 🤷‍♂️

[albumswhatilistenedto]

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Violence, spoilers

Title: CAN'T HOLD US

Editor: 3StarsAmV

Song: Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)

Artist: Macklemore, Ryan Lewis

Anime: Tokyo Ghoul, Jujutsu Kaisen, Shingeki no Kyojin, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Boku no Hero Academia, Fire Force, Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel 3 (film), Bungou Stray Dogs, Kakegurui, Owari no Seraph, Chuunibyou demo koi ga Shitai!, Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man, Chainsaw Man, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Death Parade, Afro Samurai, Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel 1 (film), Fate/Zero, Nisemonogatari, Kara no Kyoukai Movie 5: Mujun Rasen, Kara no Kyoukai Movie 7: Satsujin Kousatsu, Hell's Paradise, Megalo Box, Heavenly Delusion, Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin (film), Vinland Saga, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (film), Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel 2 (film)

Category: Action

[inmortevita]

12 years later

[theglassespredicament]

photos by zoe rain, 2013