This week was surprising to say the very least. The top track features an unlikely duo, a song we’ve been waiting for finally hit the ground running, and then a whole bunch of other songs happened. The interesting thing is that while several new songs arrived this week, many songs have remained the same. Others re-entered the list. Either way, it was a big week, and as artists continue to schedule new albums, the weeks will only get bigger.
Taylor Swift Is Number One, Kanye West Is Number Two
Consider this sweet revenge for Taylor Swift. Her song with B.o.B. “Both Of Us” not only reached the charts this week, but it beat Kanye West’s “Theraflu.” Yeezy’s song has become a staple on the list since it came out, but it was no match for the Swift. So,”Both Of Us” is #1, “Theraflu” is #2. Another repeat offender? Kendrick Lamar. His track with Dr. Dre, “The Recipe,” reached #3 this week, inching out Chris Brown, Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa’s “Til I Die” at #4, and the man with the cult following Hopsin at #5 with “West Coast Eclipse.” Peep the diversity in the Top 5 songs. Gotta love Hip Hop.
Dr. Luke, Hit Boy, Just Blaze, and Lex Luger Rep For the Producers
There were some A-List producers on the list this week, starting with the top track. Pop superproducer Dr. Luke rocked “Both Of Us.” Meanwhile, Hit Boy crafted “Theraflu” and Scoop Deville came with “The Recipe.” At #6 we got the shock of our lives when Jay Electronica finally released the full version of “Dead Moleskine” produced by none other than Just Blaze. Back on the list was Nas at #8 with “The Don.” His track was produced by The Internz, Salaam Remi, and the late Heavy D. Then at #10 we had the Game, Fabolous, Slim Thug and Eric Bellinger on the Lex Luger-produced “Death Penalty.” So while some of our favorite rappers showed up to the party, they brought out some top producers as well.
The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 4/9/2012
1. B.o.B. f. Taylor Swift – Both Of Us [Prod. Dr. Luke]
2. Kanye West f. DJ Khaled & DJ Pharris – Theraflu [Prod. Hit Boy]
3. Kendrick Lamar f. Dr. Dre – The Recipe [Prod. Scoop Deville]
4. Chris Brown f. Big Sean & Wiz Khalifa – Til I Die
5. Hopsin – West Coast Eclipse
6. Jay Electronica – Dear Moleskine [Prod. Just Blaze]
8. Nas – The Don [Heavy D, Salaam Remi & Da Internz]
9. Game f. Snoop Dogg & Pharrell – Roll My Shit
10. Game f. Fabolous, Slim Thug & Eric Bellinger – Death Penalty [Prod. Lex Luger]
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The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 4/9/2012 according to hiphopdx
Only joint i’m listening to out of them is
6. Jay Electronica – Dear Moleskine [Prod. Just Blaze]
nas #thedon. dats th only song i kn rytth!
#imsorry
You’re all faggots for this, I can honestly say I did not contribute to that song reaching #1
haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K73jAd8aQVc&feature=relmfu
that kendrick lamar shit is raw dope
There are so many comments saying that ‘this isn’t hip hop’ or ‘why is this song/news story on this site’. Then ya’ll go and make a poppy rapper with taylor swift the number one song.. There is your answer.
Only shit I listened to was Kendrick, Nas & Jay on that list
Props to B.O.B tho, he’s made so far into sell out land that you cant even be mad at it anymore, at this point I’m actually happy to see a rapper dip into Taylor Swifts teenage white female fan base’s pocketbooks and get some paper, so hats off to Bobby Ray
god b.o.b. is a homo, i mean every single he’s ever released has featured some big pop singer while he does 15 seconds of rapping on the song, bad look for hip hop
not really. go and listen to more than one song bro. That is one very incorrect comment.
Actually hes right. All you hear from B.O.B. nowadays is crossover pop singles. Hes not quite Will-I-Am but hes getting there.
AHH YEAH, YOUNG MONEY AIN’T EVEN MAKE IT ON THE CHARTS THIS WEEK, BUT I’M STILL DICKRIDING HARD OUT HERE LIKE A FUCKING FAGGOT.
Why didn’t that Meth & Big Stat track make the cut?
I swear HHDX stay hating on the Wu. SMH…
THIS IS HIP HOP ET BOB And TAYLOR SWIFT OUTTA HERE
all of you saying fuck b.o.b he sold out,song sucks,etc yall are dead wrong.. He was still rapping on that song and spitting about real life. swift was singing good also, which most likely put it on the radio. fuck yall hating ass niggas.