The song is urban through and through. :lol: And the same goes for most things Tulisa has ever done, Young was just a one-off.

 

Even I wouldn't describe 'Live It Up' as urban, though it is rather closer than 'Young' was.

 

The song is definitely urban. I listen to that sort of music all the time, it sounds just like many other urban songs. Just because Tulisa is white it doesn't mean she can't do urban songs.

 

Whate does being white have to do with it, anyway? No-one claims that Eminem's songs aren't urban...

55. Bom Bom - Sam and the Womp

114. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

128. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) - Devlin

327. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

 

A bit worried for Taylor with her releasing so soon in the UK and not knowing whether it can work for her but if Capital already supporting it and lots of hype, hopefully it can still do great.

26 - Bom Bom

73 - Taylor

Looks like Bom Bom is going all the way, like father like son getting a #1, Aaron his Trevor Horn's son who had a #1 hit with the Buggles.

11. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

52. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

56. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

107. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

393. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) - Sam and the Womp

514. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) [Radio Edit] - Sam and the Womp

 

 

Bom Bom is going number 1 for sure.

8. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

38. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

41. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

88. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

314. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) - Sam and the Womp

441. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) [Radio Edit] - Sam and the Womp

843. Summer Paradise - Simple Plan

 

Bom Bom top 10 already? <_<

Kworb Combined Popularity Chart

 

...now returning as I am off holidays

 

01 1.0331 Rita Ora "How We Do (Party)"

02 0.7125 Emeli Sande "Read All About It, Pt. III"

03 0.6875 Wiley feat. Ms D "Heatwave"

04 0.5500 Florence + The Machine "Spectrum (Say My Name)"

05 0.4500 Calvin Harris feat. Example "We'll Be Coming Back"

06 0.4000 Angel "Wonderful"

07 0.3625 Trey Songz "Simply Amazing"

08 0.3375 Nicki Minaj "Pound the Alarm"

09 0.3160 StooShe "Black Heart"

10 0.3125 Elbow "One Day Like This"

 

11 0.3101 Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa "Payphone"

12 0.2875 Redlight "Lost In Your Love"

13 0.2690 Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"

14 0.2667 Porter Robinson "Language"

15 0.2333 Cheryl "Under the Sun"

16 0.2223 Flo Rida "Whistle"

17 0.2219 Rudimental feat. John Newman "Feel the Love"

18 0.2150 Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean "As Long As You Love Me"

19 0.2066 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"

20 0.2019 Chris Brown "Don't Wake Me Up"

 

21 0.1897 Lawson "Taking Over Me"

22 0.1781 Public Enemy "Harder Than You Think"

23 0.1722 Far East Movement feat. Cover Drive "Turn Up the Love"

24 0.1677 fun. feat. Janelle Monae "We Are Young"

25 0.1659 Ryan O'Shaughnessy "No Name"

26 0.1598 will.i.am feat. Eva Simons "This Is Love"

27 0.1540 fun. "Some Nights"

28 0.1429 Katy Perry "Wide Awake"

29 0.1377 Karmin "Brokenhearted"

30 0.1326 Alex Clare "Too Close"

 

31 0.1278 Skrillex feat. Sirah "Bangarang"

32 0.1239 Of Monsters And Men "Little Talks"

33 0.1212 Avicii "Silhouettes"

34 0.1159 Sam and the Womp "Bom Bom"

35 0.1150 Nicki Minaj "Starships"

36 0.1134 Muse "Survival"

37 0.1109 Paloma Faith "Picking Up the Pieces"

38 0.1085 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Ni**as in Paris"

39 0.1061 Eagle-Eye Cherry "Save Tonight"

40 0.1038 Train "Drive By"

6. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp [also #301 & #371]

37. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

39. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

82. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan [also #703]

 

 

Even I wouldn't describe 'Live It Up' as urban, though it is rather closer than 'Young' was.

Whate does being white have to do with it, anyway? No-one claims that Eminem's songs aren't urban...

 

Loads of Em's songs I've seen people say aren't urban, like The Real Slim Shady, Without Me, Smack That, Not Afraid, etc. Even though they are imo.

 

Read up about the tempo, percussion patterns, instrumentation, lyrical content, etc. of US urban music, and read up about Tulisa, Tyga and Rico Love (the producer) and their musical backgrounds and check out the rest of their discographies, and then come back and tell me specifically how/why the song ins't urban. And what changes do you think would be needed to be made to the song to make it so?

 

I can't understand why 3 or 4 of you think it's not urban, so maybe if you give me the reasons why (rather than just all saying "haha it isn't urban lol") I might understand. Is it the tempo? The drum patterns? Sorry that I'm going on about this so much btw, it's just something I'm really interested in. :lol:

 

8. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

38. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

41. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

88. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

314. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) - Sam and the Womp

441. Bom Bom (Wookie Remix) [Radio Edit] - Sam and the Womp

843. Summer Paradise - Simple Plan

 

Bom Bom top 10 already? <_<

 

Bom Bom I think is going to be massive. It's just a shame it didn't really start getting popular until about a month ago, I think it's one of those songs that would've been best if it started getting popular here in the Spring, so that it can be massive through the entire summer, kind of like how Stereo Love was in 2010.

 

Come on Devlin!!! :cheer: And I thought Summer Paradise might've done a bit better than this, but it's still early days.

Sam And The Womp #5

 

come on Sam only 4 more places to go until one of the most hilarious number 1's of all time.

Urban music by definition originates from the streets and deals with issues of urbanisation and city life. Live it Up fits that perfectly imo and Tulisa is definitely an urban artist who also dabbles in Dance music through Young. NDubz were versatile too :wub:

Loads of Em's songs I've seen people say aren't urban, like The Real Slim Shady, Without Me, Smack That, Not Afraid, etc. Even though they are imo.

 

Read up about the tempo, percussion patterns, instrumentation, lyrical content, etc. of US urban music, and read up about Tulisa, Tyga and Rico Love (the producer) and their musical backgrounds and check out the rest of their discographies, and then come back and tell me specifically how/why the song ins't urban. And what changes do you think would be needed to be made to the song to make it so?

 

After listening to it again, I agree that the beat/instrumental or whatever you want to call it is most definitely urban, I just think that the lyrics and the way she sings it isn't really urban (and the fact that the chorus sounds like Start Without You).

 

#28 Devlin feat Ed Sheeran - Watchtower

#31 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

#58 Simple Plan feat Sean Paul - Summer Paradise

Edited August 19, 201212 yr by Hiro:)

How come Bloc Party's album is already released digitally? It says it was released on the

17th but that would mean some of its sales would be for the week ending yesterday (I think I'm correct there).

Urban music by definition originates from the streets and deals with issues of urbanisation and city life. Live it Up fits that perfectly imo and Tulisa is definitely an urban artist who also dabbles in Dance music through Young. NDubz were versatile too :wub:

 

Yeah, that's true. That's also why UK garage, grime, dubstep, etc. are considered urban in the UK, even though they're musically very different to R&B.

 

After listening to it again, I agree that the beat/instrumental or whatever you want to call it is most definitely urban, I just think that the lyrics and the way she sings it isn't really urban (and the fact that the chorus sounds like Start Without You).

 

Thanks :). Yeah, I can understand that tbh. I reckon if you sped up her vocals a lot you could easily fit them onto on a dance-pop song.

Taylor now #28 with Devlin at #24

Edited August 19, 201212 yr by Simon.

Two awful new entries in the top 40 with Sam & the Womp and Taylor Swift. Though I'd rather have Taylor at No. 1 than one of the worst songs of all time!

Normally with that list of new entries I'd be backing Simple Plan to the hilt but I really do not get "Summer Paradise". It just comes across as a cheap stab at getting a hit, but doesn't have a chorus anywhere near as catchy as many of their songs (basically the criticism that a few people made of "Princess of China"). Why couldn't it be "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" doing well?

 

Oh and the album version with K'naan is a lot better:

 

Normally with that list of new entries I'd be backing Simple Plan to the hilt but I really do not get "Summer Paradise". It just comes across as a cheap stab at getting a hit, but doesn't have a chorus anywhere near as catchy as many of their songs (basically the criticism that a few people made of "Princess of China"). Why couldn't it be "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" doing well?

 

Oh and the album version with K'naan is a lot better:

 

 

This is a bit silly, but I kind of have a soft spot for this song, since I went on holiday to the US a couple of years ago, and this is very reminiscent of a lot of the songs I was hearing over there. So it brings back memories for me, even though it's pretty recent. :lol:

This is a bit silly, but I kind of have a soft spot for this song, since I went on holiday to the US a couple of years ago, and this is very reminiscent of a lot of the songs I was hearing over there. So it brings back memories for me, even though it's pretty recent. :lol:

 

"Hey, Soul Sister" et al? I can kind of get that, I'm just not feeling "Summer Paradise" at all. I'm not usually one to get snooty about bands "selling out" but compare something like "Drops of Jupiter" to some of Simple Plan's earlier stuff and you see what I mean.