This week featured 10 entirely new posts driving the Top 10. While Mos Def (a/k/a Yaasin Bey) had an unreleased Kanye West-produced cut surface from 2006, the others were entirely new, featuring Kid Cudi’s Incidud album leaks, and early glimpses at Talib Kweli’s Prisoner Of Conscious, Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name, and Big Sean’s Hall Of Fame. Oh, and Jay-Z decided to run a press conference in the form of a Swizz Beatz-produced “Open Letter.”
Jay-Z’s Open Letter That Everybody Read
Jay-Z and wife Beyonce were in the headlines early in the week. Did they break the law to have an anniversary vacation last week in Havana, Cuba? Is he selling his stake in the Brooklyn Nets to become Jerry McGuire? Why is he back in the Universal Music Group building after so much promise with Roc Nation’s partnership with Sony?
Hova pulled no punches in speaking to the points in “Open Letter.” The song featured background vocals by Timbaland, Trey Songz and reportedly HOT 97’s Program Director, Ebro. Jay-Z was back to cursing, mixin’ it up and shaking up the industry. The song crushed the week in classic leaked Jay form. Like “Glory,” or “Dear Summer” or the pre-Beanie Sigel “Ignorant Shit,” Jay-Z knows how to grab all the attention with a sneak attack. Whether or not Florida Republicans heard the song remains to be seen, but the record’s impact affected a Thursday White House press conference, which isn’t something Hip Hop songs do too often.
Miguel Is Hip Hop’s Favorite Singer Du Jour
RCA/Jive Records star Miguel appeared three times on this week’s Top 10. The maker of one of 2012’s most heralded LPs, Kaleidoscope Dream made a remix to his “How Many Drinks” with fellow L.A. native Kendrick Lamar. Then, J. Cole released a video for his “Power Trip” single, with Miguel on the hook. Lastly, Talib Kweli scored big—as he’s been doing in the last six months, with a glimpse at his upcoming album on love song, “Come Here.” From his early days on Blu & Exile’s Below The Heavens and Blu’s 2008 follow-up with Mainframe Johnson & Jonson, Miguel meshes masterfully with dope emcees. This past week was pure and living proof.
The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 4/8/2013
1. Jay-Z featuring Timbaland – “Open Letter”
2. Kid Cudi featuring A$AP Rocky & King Chip – “Brothers”
3. Kid Cudi featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Mr. Solo Dolo Part II”
4. Mos Def (a/k/a Yaasin Bey) – “The Light Is Not Afraid Of The Dark”
5. J. Cole featuring Miguel – “Power Trip” [VIDEO]
6. Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar – “How Many Drinks (Remix)”
7. Pusha T – “Numbers On The Board”
8. Lloyd Banks – “Picture This”
9. Big Sean featuring Common – “Switch Up”
10. Talib Kweli featuring Miguel – “Come Here”
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lloyd banks real nigga
apollo brown on the same level as rza or premo
dont sleep
apollo brown and oddisee need a lp
or one with action bronson
cant believe he gets to make the brown tape with ghostface
hands down my favorite producer
apollo brown & guilty simpson – Change
Young buck has double the comments and plays than Lloyd banks so how does he not get a spot on the list?
because bucks song was posted on April 5 so those plays and comments aren’t all from this past week,
This list is wrong. Freaks with French Montana is actually the most popular song.
no it’s not! that song aint even in the top 10 hottest or most discussed songs on this website
that song was a commercial flop
In NY and they were playing freaks on the loud speakers. French Montana will sell 1 million copies on opening week.
I mean loud speakers at Times Square.
that dont make it popular on this website. LOL million copies first week. that nigga is gonna do chief keef/tyga numbers.. 50k first week
They said the same thing for ASAP Rocky, wack nigga by the way, and yet it debuted at no. 1 with 130k copies. French Montana has far more publicity than that.
no he doesnt! french would be lucky to sell 80k
if wayne only sold 217k do you really think FRENCH MONTANA is capable of going platinum first week? that sand nicca will never see a platinum album in his life unless he goes to diddys house
He is at Diddy’s house. He’s signed with Bad Boy and Maybach as well. They have platinum albums in their life. French is the new eminem.
maybach music has no platinum albums. french gonna get raped by diddy and ross. by the time he pays for his samples and all them features he gonna be deep in the hole
He won’t be deep in the hole bevcause he’s going to sell a million. He’s selling out shows everywhere.
selling out shows that hold 1000 at max capacity LOL
gotta split that show money with diddy and ross
I think there’s 20 shows in total so already 20,000 fans will have seen him. Then after they upload tyhe videos, he will become more popular and that’s how he will sell a million. That’s how Taylor Swift made it and Justin Timberlake.
Vinny is the most delusional troll on the internet. French will never see platinum sales for any of his shit.
if only nas signed royce
wheres royce
we need a bar exam 4
and fuck his double time royce raps better slow
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royce da 59 – count for nothing
royce better than every rapper on that list
except maybe mos def
i dont get why people listen to hip pop
i dont get mainstream hip hop (they dont even rhyme write)
underground is the best ….
yeah bro you should post a few more comments and maybe everyone will start listening to royce da 5’9
my ears automatically tells me if its whack
most people dont evn get rap
lords of the underground – Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time ( Make it funky)
Cunninlynguists – thugged out since cub scouts
binary star – honest expression
Apathy – Most Murderous Music
fuck drake
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turn the havanna into atlanta
that was a fucken dope ass line but he’s also very ignorant throughout the entirety of the track and boasts about how being a dumbass? Could be rewarding. but then again most of his fans are already dumbasses as it is.
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