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'Promiscuous Girl' is fine, I would say that is urban enough! Great nominations so far! Will put all the nominations in the opening post soon, so keep those nominations coming in.

Gyptian - Hold Yuh Mr Vegas - Heads High TLC - Waterfalls Sean Paul - Get Busy Outkast - Ms Jackson Dr. Dre - The Next Episode Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy Ghost Town DJs - My Boo Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Nas ft. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World This was very hard!

I'm aware that the R&B forum has been quiet of late, so to close out the rest of the summer we will be holding this contest to determine Buzzjack's favourite old school R&B/Urban anthem! This is the nomination round, so there are a few rules to abide by: 'Old school' is defined as any song released before and including 2012. The reason for this being that some early 10s songs have now entered 'throwback hour' on radio stations (Pass Out, Hold Yuh, Earthquake, Oliver Twist etc...)You can nominate a maximum of 10 songs, but everybody must nominate a minimum of 5 songs.Every set of submissions must contain a minimum of two male-led songs and two female-led songs. This is to ensure a diversity of gender and reflect the full spectrum of potential entries.Try to select songs from as wide a range of genres as possible. You wouldn't be penalised for submitting ten R&B songs, but it would be ideal to have the widest possible range of songs. You must contain at least one song that was not a UK Top 40 hit.Hopefully these rules will ensure a diverse, mixed and interesting set of nominations! Every song nominated will enter the semi final draw, which will be randomised, so please do not select songs that have already been nominated as this will have no impact on the later rounds! I've never attempted a song contest before in this forum, so all entries and submissions are encouraged... enjoy! Nominated songs 2Pac - Ghetto Gospel 2Pac – Changes 2Pac & Dr. Dre - California Love 50 Cent - In Da Club 50 Cent feat. G Unit & Snoop Dogg – P.I.M.P. 50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario Aaliyah - More Than a Woman Aaliyah - Try Again Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat Afroman - Because I Got High Akon - Lonely Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys Amerie - 1 Thing Ashanti - Only U Baby Bash feat. Frankie J - Suga Suga Beastie Boys - Intergalactic Beyonce - Crazy in Love Beyonce feat. Sean Paul - Baby Boy Big Brovaz – Nu Flow Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow Blackstreet - No Diggity Blondie - Rapture Blu Cantrell + Sean Paul - Breathe Brandy - Afrodisiac Brandy - Who Is She 2 U Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More Busta Rhymes - I Know What You Want Cassie - Long Way 2 Go Cassie - Me & U Chamillionare - Ridin' Cherish - Do It To It Chris Brown f/Juelz Santana - Run It! Christina Milian - AM to PM Christina Milian- Dip It Low Ciara - Ride Ciara (feat. Chamillionaire) - Get Up Ciara ft Missy Elliott - 1,2 Step Coolio feat. L.V - Gangsta's Paradise Craig David - 7 Days D’Angelo - Brown Sugar Daddy Yankee - Gasolina Destiny's Child - Bootylicious Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole - Last Night Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance wiv Me Donell Jones feat. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes – U Know What’s Up Dr. Dre - The Next Episode Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey - I Need A Doctor Drake - Best I Ever Had Drake - Over Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem- Forever Eminem- Lose Yourself Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy Eve ft Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind Fat Joe feat. Ashanti – What’s Luv? Fatman Scoop feat. Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful Fergie (feat. Ludacris) - Glamorous Flo Rida f/T-Pain - Low Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You Fugees - Ready or Not Ghost Town DJs - My Boo Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Gyptian - Hold Yuh Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section Hollywood Undead - We Are Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne - Down Jay Z - Hard Knock Life Jay-Z - 99 Problems Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - My Love Kanye West - Gold Digger Kanye West - Jesus Walks Kanye West - Power Kanye West - Stronger Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz - Mercy Kelis - Milkshake Kelis - Trick Me Kendrick Lamar feat. MC Eiht - m.A.A.d city Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins - Get Low Lil Wayne - A Milli Lil Wayne f/Static Major - Lollipop Ludacris feat. Mary J Blige - Runaway Love Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oh) M.I.A. - Paper Planes Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop Madcon - Beggin' Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals Mary J Blige - Family Affair Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On Missy Elliott - Work It Missy Elliott ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop - Lose Control Mis-Teeq - Scandalous Mr Vegas - Heads High Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee Ms. Dynamite - Put Him Out Mýa - Case Of The Ex N.E.R.D- She Wants To Move Nas ft. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous Neneh Cherry - Manchild Nina Sky (feat. Jabba) - Move Your Body Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy Omarion ft Timbaland - Ice Box Outkast - Hey Ya Outkast - Ms Jackson Pras feat. ODB & Mya – Ghetto Superstar Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans – I’ll Be Missing You R.Kelly – Ignition (Remix) Richard Blackwood – Mama Who’s Da Man? Rihanna (feat. Drake) - What's My Name Sean Paul - Get Busy Sean Paul - We Be Burnin' Serani - No Games Shaggy - It Wasn't Me Snoop Dogg ft Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson- Signs So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It) SWV - Right Here (Human Nature remix) T.I. feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life The 411 - Dumb The Game ft 50 Cent- Hate It Or Love It The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa The Roots feat. Cody ChesnuTT - The Seed (2.0) Timbaland (feat. Keri Wilson & DOE) - The Way I Are Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner - Written in the Stars TLC - Creep TLC - No Scrubs TLC - Waterfalls T-Pain - Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) Twista - Slow Jamz Twista - Sunshine Usher f/Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

I remember both that and 'The Motto' having a huge cultural impact around that time, despite sounding like nothing in the charts then.

That has grown over time to be my favourite Kwabs song. :wub: Chillingly good.

So many classic songs being mentioned recently... 'Breathe' is so good and adored by so many of my generation. :wub:

It sounds like a mix of 'I'm the One' and Natalie La Rose's 'Somebody'. The beat stuck in my head on first listen (debatable if that's good or bad). Not as instant as 'I'm the One' but that got old quickly. I suspect this will be a grower, but won't have the same impact (or be commonly remembered in years to come).

The Bieber collab has been B-Listed by Radio 1 instantly. Whether that is hype or genuine quality we will find out at midday.

Jeff Stelling choking on his breakfast after reading the first post... isn't it Hartlepool United not Hartlepool Town?!

The line-up for 1Xtra Live 2018 has been announced! It'll be held in the o2 in London on the 22nd September and the acts performing are: Chance The Rapper Chip Ella Mai Jorja Smith MIST Mr Eazi Pusha T Yxng Bane

Hope the song this Friday lives up to expectations... 'I'm The One' managed to age as soon as September came along last year and 'Top Off' was a mess.

Another classic that! We had a brief DnB revival in the charts at the start of the decade, but I miss dance music like that charting (along with deep house and garage).

Yes! I still love that song. :wub:

I think new Laura is the most attractive girl in there at the moment.

In club football it's only really West Ham that interest me (and the Bristol teams). Otherwise the relentless hype of the 'Big 6' and everything that goes with it really grates on me. Normally follow the relegation battle closer than whats going on at the top anyway! When it comes to the big matches, I only watch them if I'm with a group of mates or in the pub but don't go out my way to watch although I may follow the Guardian minute-by-minute feed. Same normally applies to European games, I'd only go out my way to watch the final. Whereas when the tournaments come round, I make an effort to watch every game possible (watched over 50 World Cup games live) and I get as excited as a kid at Christmas when a big tournament is about to begin. Love watching teams and players I have only read about and it was the 2002 World Cup that got my 7 year old self into football. Outside of the tournaments, I can give or take international games. So, I would rank them: World Cup/Euros West Ham Bristol City/Bristol Rovers Championship Premier League European football International qualifiers/friendlies

One of my favourite songs this summer, sounds both fresh and retro!

I went off this pretty quickly, certainly not as good as 'Hurtin Me' was.

Capital XTRA Playlist | July 16th 2018 A$AP Rocky ft. Skepta - Praise The Lord AJ x Deno ft. EO - London Afro B ft. Wizkid - Joanna (Remix) AJ Tracey ft. Not3s - Butterflies Avelino ft. Not3s - Boasy B Young - 079 Me B Young - Jumanji Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre ft. Yxng Bane - Answerphone Bugzy Malone - Warning Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It The Carters - Lovehappy The Carters - APES**T The Carters - Boss Childish Gambino - This Is America Dappy ft. Ay Em - Oh My Drake - God's Plan Drake - I'm Upset Drake - Nice For What Drake ft. Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me EO - German Ella Mai - Boo'd Up GRM Daily ft. Skrapz, Avelino, Asco, Loski & AJ Tracey - London's Calling Hardy Caprio - Rapper J Hus - Dark Vader Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams Kanye West - Yikes Khalid ft. 6LACK & Ty Dolla Sign - OTW Kojo Funds ft. RAYE - Check Koomz ft. Sneakbo - Mariah (Remix) Lady Leshurr - OMW Lil Baby ft. Drake - Yes Indeed Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown - Freaky Friday Lil Pump - Esskeeit Lotto Boyzz - FaceTime Me M.O. ft. Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi - Bad Vibe Mabel ft. Not3s - Fine Line MoStack - What I Wanna Nicki Minaj ft. Ariana Grande - Bed Nines - I See You Shining Not3s ft. Maleek Berry - Sit Back Down Ramz - Family Tree RAYE ft. Mabel & Stefflon Don - Cigarette Rich the Kid - Plug Walk Shakka ft. AlunaGeorge - Man Down Skepta - Pure Water Stefflon Don - Senseless Swae Lee ft. Slim Jxmmi - Guatemala Swarmz - Lyca Tyga ft. Offset - Taste The Weeknd - Wasted Times Yungen ft. Jess Glynne - Mind On It Yxng Bane - Vroom ZieZie - Fine Girl OUT none

Entertaining way to end what has been a brilliant World Cup! Passed all my expectations, managed to watch almost every game (except the double headers in the group stage) and I can only recall a handful of disappointing games. Certainly better than 2014, which got worse as it went on (7-1 excepted).

Feel this deserves its own thread, has grown on me a lot over the last week. Samples Tinie Tempah's underground hit 'Wifey Riddim' and I reckon this should do well! The video has dropped too: x1_0frwHcDQ

In fairness, 'Only U' is based on a sample too.

Feeling tense and wouldn't surprise me if this game went to extra time. Croatia have got the classier players, especially in midfield, but I think we may just edge it. Reckon Sterling will have a big game - he's the player who worries defences the most I reckon and can run at the tired Croatian defence. This game just proves that international football is so much bigger than club football - even the Champions League. Definitely doesn't feel like 'just another game' the way the big Premier League games can do.

Of the World Cups I've seen and remembered this has got to be the best! My ranking would be: 2018 2014 (the best group stages but knockout rounds were a step down, 7-1 beside) 2010 (started terribly, but got better as it went on. Plus, England were so bad it was funny) 2002 (almost too many shock results, but the group stages were very exciting) 2006 (not bad, but not too much to remember - shame, as this was the first one I religiously followed) This has had great goals, upsets, great games (Portugal Spain, France Argentina, Brazil Belgium), barely any 0-0s and England doing well for a change.

I'm so used to West Ham losing that a defeat rarely lingers for too long... even if I'm at the match I'll just smile ruefully and enjoy the day out. Obviously there are still a few matches where I'm a nervous wreck (usually important cup games) but even the thought of relegation doesn't have much of an effect... I've seen them in the lower leagues before and the away days are often better anyway. But with England this time, I have felt tense and emotionally invested.

You probably said this before both the Colombia and Sweden games! Think we have a fighting chance against Croatia. Also wouldn't surprise me to see a new version of Three Lions recorded depending on the events of next week.