charts discussion Final Hot 100 predictions (5/18): Not Like Us #1, Million Dollar Baby #2, euphoria #3

[Life Savers]

The obsession you have with Taylor in every thread . Fortnight is not the only track affected by this rap beef bomb. Too Sweet, #1 just three weeks ago, is now out of the top 10 and Espresso, which ATRL rightly qualifies as the current smash pop hit, is down four and likely not getting #1 that seemed guaranteed just a week ago. Apply the same logic to every track "freefalling".

[JBJT2786]

37 minutes ago, ForgottenSoul said:

The diss tracks suck so sad they will hit 1 tbh 

[Armani?]

On 5/6/2024 at 9:07 AM, pride4jc1222 said:

Remember this about diss tracks: Almost all of them come and go. The only one that has really stood the test of time is You're So Vain. We've remembered that one 50 years later, and it's likely that it will be remembered 50 years from now. These Drake and Kendrick tracks will be forgotten by this time next year.

Yeah....no

 

This is one of the biggest cultural moments in Hip Hop of all time. Also Not Like Us will probably be staying in the Top 10 a long time

[PoisonPill]

Can someone explain the origin of this beef for me? Is there an actual genuine vendetta between them aside from the obvious PR stunt of it all?

[xperience30]

Come on Kendrick . End that fad

[JBJT2786]

1 hour ago, PoisonPill said:

Can someone explain the origin of this beef for me? Is there an actual genuine vendetta between them aside from the obvious PR stunt of it all?

Cliff Notes:

 

Kendrick challenged all of rap 11 years ago on a unreleased Big Sean track. Everyone but Drake took it as a good sign. Drake has been in feelings about it ever since.

 

Drake has been subliminally dissing Kendrick since then. Kendrick said bet and finally gave in on Like That.

 

Kendrick might have actually hated Drake for the longest time now.

 

 

The only reason ya pop stans think this is a PR stunt is because of the way pop girls beef. This ain't that. They're not gonna make up anytime soon and the accusations and allegations are so bad I doubt they ever will.

 

[MatiRod]

2 hours ago, Bey_Rihstan said:

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Hit Em Up, Ether, Shether, No Vaseline & Takeover didn't even Chart and they're all still referenced and discussed YEARS later. Your pop rules do not apply to rap  

 

But LOL @ you're so vain being the only diss to stand the test of time. You Outta Know? Hollaback Girl? Obsessed? 

I always forget this is a Courtney Love diss track lmao

[Maroonx]

it seems like Cruel Summer will go recurrent this week.

[Green]

2 hours ago, JBJT2786 said:

 

The only reason ya pop stans think this is a PR stunt is because of the way pop girls beef. This ain't that. They're not gonna make up anytime soon and the accusations and allegations are so bad I doubt they ever will.

 

 

They won't ever make up for sure, especially after Kendrick called him a pedo   

[Kool_Aid_King]

Not Like Us the best #1 since THE

[fridayteenage]

passing the baton to her Bad Blood collaborator

 

[Migs30283]

taylor will drop fortnight remixes anytime soon. maybe not this week.

[Gorjesspazze9]

At least Not like us actually is good and sounds like a summer hit. The top 10 from last week is not summer material.

[Mr. Duff]

10 hours ago, NEX said:

It will need to rise above at least 5 other Taylor tracks that are freefalling in order not to get punched out 

There's a chance right? I feel like it can be #25 this week  

[Raspberries]

#1 Not Like Us 6,812,361 (+3.33%)

#3 euphoria 3,801,160 (-9.69%)

#6 Like That 2,664,787 (+7.5%)

#7 meet the grahams 2,528,154 (-13.05%)

#8 Family Matters 2,295,330 (-16.63%)

 

 

[Mezter]

He's obliterating Drizzy

[Green]

Million dollar baby is also doing really good. 5.3 million combined on US Spotify reaching a new peak in streams  

 

It will be the next #1 after Not Like Us

[Wicked]

12 hours ago, PoisonPill said:

Can someone explain the origin of this beef for me? Is there an actual genuine vendetta between them aside from the obvious PR stunt of it all?

This is not a PR stunt.

 

Hip Hop is a culture that birthed a genre, not the other way around like Pop music. The culture has rules, battling is apart of the culture and is a standard from the historical roots of the genre (battling was apart of Blues and Jazz music too, and even R&B). If you say you're the best, you have to prove it by battling. This battle is actually OVERDUE because Drake has been scared to be direct, so Kendrick did it instead. Then it took a personal turn because Drake can't battle without mentioning peoples wives and girlfriends.

 

Now... you can read background here: Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud - Wikipedia

 

This clip explains the historical context of battling in Hip Hop: https://streamable.com/t0f5g9

Edited May 8 by Wicked

[JBJT2786]

51 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

#1 Not Like Us 6,812,361 (+3.33%)

#3 euphoria 3,801,160 (-9.69%)

#6 Like That 2,664,787 (+7.5%)

#7 meet the grahams 2,528,154 (-13.05%)

#8 Family Matters 2,295,330 (-16.63%)

 

 

It went up?!!!!

[jezebelvictoria]

11 hours ago, JBJT2786 said:

 

The only reason ya pop stans think this is a PR stunt is because of the way pop girls beef. This ain't that. 

 

 

55 minutes ago, Wicked said:

This is not a PR stunt.

 

Hip Hop is a culture that birthed a genre, not the other way around like Pop music. The culture has rules, battling is apart of the culture and is a standard from the historical roots of the genre (battling was apart of Blues and Jazz music too, and even R&B). If you say you're the best, you have to prove it by battling. This battle is actually OVERDUE because Drake has been scared to be direct, so Kendrick did it instead. Then it took a personal turn because Drake can't battle without mentioning peoples wives and girlfriends.

 

Now... you can read background here: Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud - Wikipedia

 

This clip explains the historical context of battling in Hip Hop: https://streamable.com/t0f5g9

These posts are so cringe just like the damn feud itself. Talking about pop stans as if millionaire rappers fighting like high schoolers is any better. 

[Wicked]

3 minutes ago, jezebelvictoria said:

These posts are so cringe just like the damn feud itself. Talking about pop stans as if millionaire rappers fighting like high schoolers is any better. 

They're not fighting like high schoolers, they're proving who's the better rapper

[jezebelvictoria]

1 minute ago, Wicked said:

They're not fighting like high schoolers, they're proving who's the better rapper

Cringe

[B-Luke]

People saying "this will be #1 for a long time" to every #1 contender of the past few months and each week there's been a new surprise drop or unexpected increase that threw off everything 

[JBJT2786]

30 minutes ago, jezebelvictoria said:

 

These posts are so cringe just like the damn feud itself. Talking about pop stans as if millionaire rappers fighting like high schoolers is any better. 

What's cringey is when you whine about a rap battle and it's history you know nothing about because your fave millionaire  or billionaire pop girl isn't getting  a #1 on the charts due to said rap battle

 

Like let's be real. You probably don't listen or like the genre of rap and that's fine. But get off your high horse just like several people who don't know what they're talking about on this thread alone because you're not into or apart of the culture. No one here comes in complaining about Espresso being in the top 10 or why Fortnight is #1 because they don't like pop.

 

If you dont like it, you don't have to comment on it to annoy people that do.

As someone who's into multiple genres, it's annoying when this forum acts like pop is the only thing that matters. Rap is a popular genre and deserves to be discussed on here.. Deal with it.

 

 

 

[PoisonPill]

4 hours ago, Wicked said:

This is not a PR stunt.

 

Hip Hop is a culture that birthed a genre, not the other way around like Pop music. The culture has rules, battling is apart of the culture and is a standard from the historical roots of the genre (battling was apart of Blues and Jazz music too, and even R&B). If you say you're the best, you have to prove it by battling. This battle is actually OVERDUE because Drake has been scared to be direct, so Kendrick did it instead. Then it took a personal turn because Drake can't battle without mentioning peoples wives and girlfriends.

 

Now... you can read background here: Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud - Wikipedia

 

This clip explains the historical context of battling in Hip Hop: https://streamable.com/t0f5g9

Appreciate the straightforward explanation. I agree that - even if there may have been some promotional interests at first - this is clearly serious with folks being shot and accused of CSA. Not ever gonna see that with a pop girl beef.