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Probably the people who need to get out more to be honest.

I was at the game, couldn't believe how naïve he was. I don't think he should even start anymore, we have good fluid attacking players like Sakho, Antonio, Lanzini and Hernenadez and Carroll just slows it all down.

dGGCx-RrKg8 12. The Blacker The Berry - 5 Votes First out is 2015 single 'The Blacker The Berry'. Think I was too hasty in voting for this, as I have heard it since and it is actually very strong! I do stand by my comment that it doesn't have much replay value but there were more deserving candidates. Anyway next round, 1 out and voting closes end of Sunday!

Great adds this week! Bryson Tiller, Giggs, Travis Scott and Yxng Bane. :wub: 'Rihanna' really reminds me of 'Luv' by Tory Lanez so glad that's doing well and not surprised they've added Giggs as he's so big right now and 'Linguo' sounds exactly like 'Lock Doh'. As Josh said, they're all relatively late, but I guess R1 will only support these type of songs once they look like crossing over. That Travis Scott track has been around for a while too, he's headlining 1Xtra Live next month so that's where the support is coming from. Elsewhere, good to see Khalid & Post Malone up to A List.

Deadline moved to midnight TONIGHT. Realised I'm busy Friday night. :lol: Get your votes in, looking pretty close.

LOYALTY. is a good shout actually, a good song but I think a Kendrick/Rihanna song could have been so much stronger.

Capital XTRA Playlist | October 11th 2017 21 Savage - Bank Account AJ Tracey - Quarterback Abra Cadabra - Lemme At Em Blackbear - Do Re Mi Childish Gambino - Redbone DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts French Montana ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable French Montana ft. The Weeknd & Max B - A Lie Future - Mask Off Giggs ft. Dave - Pelligro Giggs ft. Donae'o - Linguo Hardy Caprio ft. One Acen - Unsigned J Hus - Common Sense J Hus - Did You See J Hus ft. MoStack & MIST - Fisherman J Hus - Spirit Jay Z ft. Damian Marley - Bam Kendrick Lamar ft. Zacari - LOVE. Kendrick Lamar ft. Rihanna - Loyalty Krept & Konan - For Me Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Lif3 Lotto Boyzz - No Don Mabel ft. Kojo Funds - Finders Keepers Migos - T-Shirt Mura Masa ft. Desiigner - All Around The World Post Malone - I Fall Apart Stefflon Don ft. French Montana - Hurtin' Me Stormzy ft. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace (Pt. 2) Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect Wale ft. Major Lazer, Dua Lipa & WizKid - My Love WizKid ft. Drake - Come Closer Yo Gotti ft. Nicki Minaj - Rake It Up Yungen ft. Yxng Bane - Bestie OUT none

I don't think the American team would have qualified from many of the European qualifying groups this time. Not guaranteed anyway, like they should through CONCACAF.

Stable on the R1 playlist and banging out in the clubs... "because they know I got a banga" :lol: No love for this?

There's an anti-Trump freestyle circulating on the internet that he's apparently performing tonight.

What a night of qualifying, the perfect antidote to following England! I knew the Dutch were gone, and Chile going out wasn't a surprise but never thought the USA would be eliminated! Especially before a play-off! To finish 5th in that group is pretty shocking. I've done some calculations and have projected these pots for the finals draw. There's a change this year - instead of the ranking just deciding the seeds and the rest of the pots geographical this year all the pots will be decided by world ranking. So as it stands... Pot 1: Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, France Pot 2: Spain, England, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay Pot 3: Egypt, Iran Pot 4: Panama, South Korea, Saudi Arabia (the winner of the Ivory Coast/Morocco group also guaranteed to be Pot 4). (still to be decided: Iceland, Costa Rica, Serbia, Nigeria, Japan). Although from an English perspective, there isn't an easy group anymore. :lol:

I do think now is more reflective of what's popular though. When urban hits weren't charting it was easy for some people to go 'can't be that popular, didn't even go Top 40'. Now its harder for people to ignore.

Rising? He's been around for years! :lol:

A rumoured future single with 'Addison Lee' rapper Not3s.

I agree about 'i', loved it at the time and thought it sounded very fresh but it hasn't really aged well and has been overtaken by subsequent singles. I think 'The Blacker The Berry' has the least replay value for me, so went for that.

In response to some suggestions, the R&B forum will be introducing some more rates to see how popular demand for them is - and we start with one of the biggest artists in the world right now! The stock of Kendrick Lamar has never been higher, with his highly successful DAMN. album released earlier this year and a sell-out tour of Europe planned for next year. Forgetting his rent-a-rapper features on some pop songs, he has an incredibly strong back catalogue already and we have selected twelve of his most known singles to determine which is Buzzjack's favourite. Voting for Round 1 will close Friday at midnight, please feel free to discuss and post!

It's interesting because I'm a fan of all the songs you have mentioned here and on first listen I only thought 'Hurtin Me' would be a hit. I did also think 'Bestie' could do well if it got promotion, but I'm still in the mind-set of thinking success for these type of songs is the A-List on 1Xtra and maybe Radio 1 playlisting. I think streaming has a lot to answer for - without generalising too much, I think fans of urban music are less likely to actually buy music and I think a lot of urban hits pre-Spotify explosion were heavily illegally downloaded. So the fact urban music tends to be popular on Spotify isn't a great surprise to me. I also think the success of UK artists such as Skepta, Stormzy and J Hus in recent years has made certain radio stations more open to backing this type of music. As you said, without J Hus I couldn't see a song like 'Unsigned' being big previously. I do think this type of Hip Hop/R&B is a trend though, possibly stemming from the success of Trap Queen which ironically was hugely melodic. Without putting too much thought into it, I think songs like 'Shut Up' and 'Panda' which were both huge and long-running have opened doors for this type of music to be a success. However, considering the trend a few years ago was for Mustard beats I'm sure something else will come along soon.

Which ones would you call nondescript? I think the influence of American Spotify is the reason a lot of these songs have crossed over here.

Quite like this actually, she's got a good voice!

Agree! Will look into this. I propose Stormzy and The Weeknd too.

t0PlrB9OTLg The instant hit from Giggs' new mixtape, sounds radio and club ready and is already in the Spotify Top 50. The fact it sounds almost identical to 'Lock Doh' helps.

The fact this is as good as the original is pretty impressive!

Craig David doing a song called 'For The Gram' makes me cringe a little. I know this album is supposed to be R&B, but I'd really like to see him drop a huge garage anthem like 'When The Bassline Drops' again.

Lead single 'Tell Me' has dropped, which features Kojo Funds. Already with a million views in a week, this manages to be both on trend and very fresh - strong African vibe to this. One of my favourite songs right now and hopefully an indication to the strength of the album. XO273RIGifY

Really into this at the moment, came up on my radar through late night 1Xtra and that chorus is pretty killer! Would not surprise me to see this receive a push in the next few months,