A New Decade In Pop: Week #26

[katstevens]

The mercury is rising, the football jingoism is long gone, and the GBP can get on with the important business of eating ice cream and getting sunburnt. Katy and Snoop hit the top spot.

Poll A New Decade In Pop: Week #26

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[koganbot]

Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg "California Gurls": Where her voice had once scratched and grated, here in the glittering light it sounds like bright and goofy sound effects. TICK.

Eminem ft. Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie": The cornered, weaving, lost soul of "Kim," but the voice is now overweight and tired. Sad. Rihanna is beautiful, but that's not enough to resuscitate this. NO TICK.

Scissor Sisters "Fire With Fire": Shears doesn't have the voice to lift this even an inch off the floor. NO TICK.

Diddy - Dirty Money ft. T.I. "Hello Good Morning": Diddy's an announcer more than a rapper here, and that fits the track: big bass, stage setting, sky painting, and quick bits of rapping from T.I. TICK.

Big Boi "Shutterbugg": Elastic voice at the start, then excellent swaying and rhythm shifts from Boi's mouth, shadowed by blips. Still feels vague and unfocused overall, deliberately, but I wish it didn't. BORDERLINE TICK.