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  • Chart Chat 11/16/08: Rihanna, Snow Patrol, Kanye & More!

    Man, is it hard to get excited about the charts when they change so little from week to week. Here’s what we’ve got going on this week. All charts are listed courtesy of the good folks at Billboard Magazine.

    Top 20 Singles:

    01-Live Your Life (T.I. feat. Rihanna)
    02-Whatever You Like (T.I.)
    03-Hot N Cold (Katy Perry)
    04-Heartless (Kanye West)
    05-If I Were a Boy (Beyonce)
    06-So What (P!nk)
    07-Womanizer (Britney Spears)
    08-Let it Rock (Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil’ Wayne)
    09-I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
    10-Right Now (Na Na Na) (Akon)
    11-Miss Independent (Ne-Yo)
    12-You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift)
    13-Love Lockdown (Kanye West)
    14-Love Story (Taylor Swift)
    15-Disturbia (Rihanna)
    16-Can’t Believe It (T-Pain feat. Lil’ Wayne)
    17-Mrs. Officer (Lil’ Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino)
    18-Better in Time (Leona Lewis)
    19-Gotta Be Somebody (Nickelback)
    20-Addicted (Saving Abel)

    Top 20 Albums

    01-Twilight Soundtrack (Various Artists)
    02-Black Ice (AC/DC)
    03-High School Musical 3: Senior Year Soundtrack (Various Artists)
    04-Take it to the Limit (Hinder)
    05-Funhouse (P!nk)
    06-Evolver (John Legend)
    07-Paper Trail (T.I.)
    08-Incanto (Andrea Bocelli)
    09-Play (Brad Paisley)
    10-Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rascal Flatts)
    11-The Renaissance (Q-Tip)
    12-Death Magnetic (Metallica)
    13-That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (Toby Keith)
    14-Rock ‘n Roll Jesus (Kid Rock)
    15-Lucky Old Sun (Kenny Chesney)
    16-Jennifer Hudson (Jennifer Hudson)
    17-My Love: the Essential Collection (Celine Dion)
    18-Year of the Gentleman (Ne-Yo)
    19-The Carter III (Lil’ Wayne)
    20-Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (Yo-Yo Ma)

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  • Not Necessarily The News – Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Suge Knight

    I love the music gossip and braggadocio.

    The End Of Lupe?
    According to Billboard.com, Lupe Fiasco has stated before that his last album could be his next and that he will name it LupEND. And he even explained that END would mean everywhere, nowhere and down here. I thought END simply meant END.

    Big Boi Promises 3 Times The Outkast
    Big Boi promised a solo album for each he and Andre 3000 as well as an Outkast album before the year is over based on an article on MTV.com. That’s great news except release dates are so tricky that when you wet the appetite of fans, it’s easy to disappoint when something happens and the albums get pushed back. But that’s not even the best part of the article. Big Boi says that his album will be called Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty. I guess Speakerboxxx 2: Da Return was taken.

    Suge Knight Blames Kanye
    It’s quite odd to me that Suge Knight is suing Kanye West if this SOHH article is correct. He was harmed at a party that Kanye hosted before the 2005 VMAs. He’s suing Kanye for the price of the diamond earring that he lost after being shot in the leg. Well, then Tupac’s estate should be able to sue Suge Knight since Pac was shot and killed in his car right? Eh, it’s not even important to bring up the past. But I just find it so frustratingly odd when things like this come out. Suge Knight isn’t really newsworthy, but then again, this ain’t necessarily the news.

    Photo of Lupe Fiasco by Drflet

  • Infatueighties # 69: “It’s The End of the World As We Know It”

    What the hell is this song about? Do the members of R.E.M. even know what this song is about? Who knows? All I know is that it’s one of the first (if not the first) song from Athens’ favorite sons that can accurately be called “fun”. It’s also one of the first R.E.M. songs that you can understand most of the words to, as first evidenced by me when I witnessed everyone in Madison Square Garden screaming along at the top of their lungs when Michael Stipe and company closed their show with this song during the Monster tour in 1994.

    “Birthday party/Cheesecake/Jellybeans/boom!”

    Aw, screw it. Here’s the video. It’s one of the best of the decade, as well.