Report Card: March 24, 2006

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I really felt like starting this one because the songs I became familiar with are mostly still on the chart and therefore this isn't totally pointless.

CHR/Pop[/u]
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": B+
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": C
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": C+
Beyoncé - "Check On It": F[/color]
Rihanna - "SOS": B
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": C
Sean Paul - "Temperature": B+
Cascade - "Everytime We Touch": n/a (Only got to hear it once and even then I forgot what it was. I'd like to hear it again.)
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": A-[/color]
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": B+
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F (for some reason, its presense on the pop chart really bugs me.)
Nelly - "Grillz": C
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": F[/color]
Staind - "Right Here": B-
Chris Brown - "Run It!": C-
Pink - "Stupid Girls": B- (But LOL at her album title: I'm Not Dead.)
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": C-
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": C-
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": nh&dwt
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": n/a
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": nfe
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": n/a
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": n/a but who?
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": D-
Ray J - "One Wish": C
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": n/a
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": C+
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": C
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": C-
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": C
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A-
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": nfe
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": A[/color]
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": F[/color] (pretty dumb video, too.)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": n/a (but rofl that he could actually still make the pop chart.)
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": B-
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": B-
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": B+
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": n/a
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": B (but I think it's even more surprising that it's on this chart than any of the other formats it charted.)
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": C
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": B
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": D-
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": n/a
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": C
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": n/a
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": B+
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": D+

AC[/u]
Lifehouse - "You And Me": C
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": C
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": B-
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": nfe
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": B- (but LOL. I thought it bulleted last year, only it was like 10 spots lower)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": B-
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": C
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": n/a
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": C
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": n/a
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": nfe
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": n/a
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": n/a
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": n/a (but somewhat interested)
Enya - "Amarantine": B-
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": C
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": C
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": B
Nickelback - "Photograph": C- (I knew it had to be somewhere, because I still hear it like it's a current song.)
Train - "Cab": C+
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": n/a
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": n/a

Hot AC[/u]
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": B-
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": B
Coldplay - "Talk": A[/color]
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": B-
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": D
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": B
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": B-
Jewel - "Again and Again": n/a (she's definitely washed up by now.)
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": n/a
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a (but hopefully not a cheezefest like "Amazing")
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": n/a
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": n/a
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a

Alternative
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": B (in spite the fact that they're so overrated and the fans so pompous)
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": B
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": A-
10 Years - "Wasteland": B-
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": B+
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": A+[/color]
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": A-
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": A-[/color]
Blue October - "Hate Me": n/a (Even after my gained knowledge of the current stuff I never ended up hearing this.)
Godsmack - "Speak": C-
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": B+
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": A-[/color]
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": B+
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": C-
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": B-
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": A
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": A-[/color]
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A-[/color]
Shinedown - "I Dare You": n/a
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": A-[/color]
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": B (Good, but I don't yet see what the massive hype's all about.)
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": B
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": B-
Disturbed - "Just Stop": nfe
Nickelback - "Animals": D-
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": B+
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": n/a
Matisyahu - "Youth": n/a
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": B+ (What was the point of stealing the first single's spins away when they weren't even going to keep playing this? )
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": B-
Trapt - "Waiting": n/a
Korn - "Coming Undone": C (Relatively annoys me so far.)
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": B
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": A-[/color]
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": B+
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": B
Staind - "Everything Changes": nfe
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": B- (but wrong format; at least "What a Day" sounded like something the format would play)
Hinder - "Get Stoned": D
Staind - "Falling": B
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": A[/color]
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": A[/color]
Bril - "Far Away": n/a

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CHR/Pop[/u]
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": B-
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": D+
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": C+
Beyoncé - "Check On It": F-[/color] (This is such a Hall-of-fame-caliber bad song, it's not even funny.)
Rihanna - "SOS": A-
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": F
Sean Paul - "Temperature": B+
Cascade - "Everytime We Touch": B (But it's pretty disappointing among crossover dance songs of the last five years.)
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": A[/color]
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": A-
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F (Time to play Super Mario Hos!)
Nelly - "Grillz": F
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": F[/color]
Staind - "Right Here": A- (Eh, better late than never.)
Chris Brown - "Run It!": F
Pink - "Stupid Girls": C+ (And this is my least favorite song by her. It doesn't help that the video is as pretentious and disgusting as possible either. And I'm probably her biggest fan on this board, too.)
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": n/a (But from what I've heard, it seems like a trite R&B ballad)
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": C+
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": F (But at least the other girls can do solos; not that it helps the song out at all. By the way, are the "beeps" in the song supposed to be blocking out profanities, or is that where the title is derived from? For my sanity, I hope it's not the latter.)
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": B+ (But this might be Pop's version of HIM right now, with regard to how it's even still doing this well.)
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": B+
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": D-
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": B Kirk: but who? Dunno, but I'm sure VH1 will be prepared with a full biography once the video comes out.)
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": F
Ray J - "One Wish": D
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": D- (As much as I want to dislike this, this is probably the best thing any American Idol person has done to date. But what's with his name?
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": B- (One listen, though.)
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": B- (I can see this becoming equally as grating as "You're Beautiful" though)
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": B
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": D-
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A- (Even though I think it's in the same territory as "The Last Song")
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": B+ (If there was ever a case of a video completely changing my opinion of a song, it's this one. What a beautiful mixture of artforms, between the colorized b&w photography, the sketched backgrounds and the watercolors on top of them. And the song, which I initially thought was intolerably dull, suits the video perfectly.
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": B+
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": F[/color] (Kirk: pretty dumb video, too. Yeah, that "mascot," if you will, just seems terribly clichéd.)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": n/a
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": C
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": n/a
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": A
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": F- (How is this still on the chart?)
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": A
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": n/a (I honestly don't know what to expect from this though.)
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": B+
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": n/a (But the "Parker" isn't going to make anyone who hasn't seen him think he's a guy.)
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": A-
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": B+
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": B
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": n/a

AC[/u]
Lifehouse - "You And Me": B+
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": F
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": n/a
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": n/a
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": A-
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": B-
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": D
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": n/a
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": F
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": n/a
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": F
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": n/a
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": n/a
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": n/a
Enya - "Amarantine": n/a
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": n/a
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": B
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": A-
Nickelback - "Photograph": C-
Train - "Cab": C+
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": n/a
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": C (Without Jennifer: C+.)

Hot AC[/u]
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": F- (Just when I thought the worst might be over, relatively speaking, from this album, she gives us this pile of crap. It's easily the worst song from this album, plus, I suspect she might've ripped off Prince's "Kiss" somehow. By the way, why wasn't this listed among the pop chart songs?)
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": A (I don't know why, but somehow it's only now that I'm really appreciating this song; I'm surprised Hot AC has stuck with this one for so long now.)
Coldplay - "Talk": A+[/color]
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": B (But I don't really get the hype surrounding her.)
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": D
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": B-
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": F
Jewel - "Again and Again": n/a
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": B
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": n/a
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": B
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a

Alternative
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": A- (Hindsight will likely either raise or lower this grade, though)
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": A
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": A-
10 Years - "Wasteland": A- (And now I'm starting to hear this regularly. Thanks MTV2. Actually, they did have a video out for this song, but apparently the Amnesty International version currently out is different from the one they originally did.)
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": A
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": B- (And I've heard this on KNDD exactly once. This from a station that put the last two singles in their top 30 of '05, not to mention played a cover that probably never got more than 100 spins nationally.)
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": A-
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": B-
Blue October - "Hate Me": B
Godsmack - "Speak": D-
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": A- (But y'know what's sad: If and when a video is made and MTV plays it, they're likely gonna shorten the title to "The Only Difference" and we'll never really know if it was for brevity or because they didn't want to put "suicide" in the title.)
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": A-[/color]
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": A (But I've recently discovered the actual outro to this song, and it kinda makes me mad that stations don't play it. It's so chill and easy that it serves a nice complement to the frenetic nature of the rest of the song.)
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": A
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": B+
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": A+
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": A[/color]
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A-[/color]
Shinedown - "I Dare You": n/a
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": B
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": C (Kirk: ...I don't yet see what the massive hype's all about. I agree. This is easily the James Blunt of the Alternative chart. Plus, "When the Sun Goes Down" is better anyway.)
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": n/a (But this just feels too under the radar for a guy of such high profile.)
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": A-
Disturbed - "Just Stop": B-
Nickelback - "Animals": F
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": n/a
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": B+
Matisyahu - "Youth": A-
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": A (You know, for a band seemingly often cited as Alternative darlings, it's amazing to realize they haven't had a top 10 since their debut single)
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": A
Trapt - "Waiting": A-
Korn - "Coming Undone": C
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": A
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": A-[/color]
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": B+
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": B-
Staind - "Everything Changes": n/a
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": D-
Hinder - "Get Stoned": D
Staind - "Falling": B-
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": B+
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": A[/color]
Bril - "Far Away": n/a

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CHR/Pop[/u]
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": A-[/color]
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": B+
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": B-
Beyoncé - "Check On It": C+
Rihanna - "SOS": B
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": D+ (I'm ever-so-slightly lowering my contempt for the song. Hopefully Daniel Powter will get to #1 on the Hot 100 and make this song's week at the top meaningful.)
Sean Paul - "Temperature": B (My favorite song of his)
Cascada - "Everytime We Touch": C+
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": A[/color]
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": B+
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F
Nelly - "Grillz": B- (This song's catchiness is just enough to counter its stupidity.)
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": C- (I wish I didn't chart this for the 4 weeks it did, even if it only peaked at #85.)
Staind - "Right Here": B
Chris Brown - "Run It!": B-
Pink - "Stupid Girls": C-
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": D- (It's more midtempo than ballad, but that certainly doesn't make it any better.)
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": A- (This so should have been the first single from Curtain Call. "Shake That", then "When I'm Gone"... which certainly makes more sense as an actual *curtain call* song.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": C+ (Michael, you might want to make reservations to get checked in: AFAIK, what's played on the radio is the same as the album version)
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": not familiar enough
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": A-
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": B-
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": C+ (File under M for "Mayer, John, tribute".)
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": F
Ray J - "One Wish": D+
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": C- (For an American Idol contestant, this isn't too disappointing, but for Bo Bice... yeah, this is disappointing.)
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": C+ (Besides "No", I've been disappointed with Shakira's new material)
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": B+
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": D+ (This song is lame, but one part irks me in particular: the long bridge/buildup to Ludacris's rap verse. The rap is barely longer than the buildup! I don't blame Luda for this, but whoever produced the song.)
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": C+ (I could see this growing on me a little more.)
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": B-
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": B (It's too bad he's an ass.)
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": F[/color] (Why does Pop radio play such stupid songs? And yes, that was rhetorical.)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": n/a
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": B
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": n/a
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": A-
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": D (Probably because I haven't heard it in two months.)
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": B
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": C+ (Disappointing.)
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": B
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": D (An ill-conceived mesh of "hard" and "soft" R&B.)
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": C (He pulls off the faux rock vibe more convincingly than Nick Carter, but that's not saying much.)
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": C+ (I didn't get to hear this enough)
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": nfe (heard once)
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": A-
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": nfe

AC[/u]
Lifehouse - "You And Me": B
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": B
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": n/a
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": nfe (heard part of it once)
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": A-
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": B-
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": C
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": n/a
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": C+ (ballad version)
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": n/a
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": n/a
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": n/a
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": n/a
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": C (Room to grow a little bit... but I hate the video for this)
Enya - "Amarantine": n/a
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": n/a
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": C-
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": A-
Nickelback - "Photograph": B-
Train - "Cab": C- (About as bland as you can get.)
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": n/a
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": C (The only version I've heard is the one that plays on VH1, which apparently is the "non-country" version.)

Hot AC[/u]
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": B- (She has so many decent songs... I'm just looking for one that's a little better than that.)
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": A-
Coldplay - "Talk": A-[/color]
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": B (Michael: "It's acoustic rock folk bluesy jazz indie piano pop country stuff!")
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": C-
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": B-
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": B-
Jewel - "Again and Again": nfe (Heard/seen once... but what I remember of it was pretty decent. And how old is Jewel by now? She still looks like she's 23 -- which is a good thing.)
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": B
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": nfe
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": n/a (Breaking Point? Didn't they have some minor Active Rock hit last year? This group appearing here is a bit of a surprise.)
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a

Alternative
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": B- (Heard only a few times)
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": B+
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": A-
10 Years - "Wasteland": A-
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": A-
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": C+
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": B+ (But could make it into the A range fairly soon)
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": B+ (Fairly close to an A-, but not making any upward movement toward that)
Blue October - "Hate Me": B- (What in the world is this doing streaking towards #1 on the format? Top 20 was shocking enough to me.)
Godsmack - "Speak": B- (Pretty much par for the course for them. I'm not sure why people on Pulse said this was one of their best, but it's not bad.)
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": A- ("Shake It Up" would have been a good title, too.)
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": C+
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": A- (Michael: my station plays the full version, but I'm guessing not many do.)
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": C+ (LOL, this is gonna be on the Active Rock chart next week.)
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": C-
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": C (I've seen it a few times on VH1, but it's just not grabbing me at all.)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": B- (with room to grow, though)
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A-[/color]
Shinedown - "I Dare You": B
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": B+
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": n/a
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": C
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": A-
Disturbed - "Just Stop": B-
Nickelback - "Animals": B-
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": B-
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": B-
Matisyahu - "Youth": n/a
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": n/a (I listened to this once about 3 months ago. I thought it was decent, but I've totally forgotten what it sounds like.)
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": B-
Trapt - "Waiting": A-
Korn - "Coming Undone": nfe
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": A
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": nfe
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": nfe (VH1 is playing it though. They've been playing a few "oddball" videos that don't seem to quite fit in their Pop-leaning-Hot-AC playlist: The Sounds' "Song With a Passion" [which I didn't like], Sia's "Breathe Me", Goldfrapp's "Ooh La La", a Radiohead song a few times a week, and this.)
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": A
Staind - "Everything Changes": C
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": C+ (Wow, this is still on?)
Hinder - "Get Stoned": F (Go home, get stoned. How inspiring.)
Staind - "Falling": C+
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": B- (Sure to improve over time, though.)
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": C+
Bril - "Far Away": n/a

[a Nick O!]

Since it's so late, I'm glad to see I don't have to grade the rest of the formats yet.

CHR/Pop[/u]
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": B+
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": B- (This has grown on me slightly, but I still don't feel it has a strong hook or anything; maybe it's the message that's made this such a slow burning smash.)
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": B
Beyoncé - "Check On It": F[/color]
Rihanna - "SOS": B-
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": B-
Sean Paul - "Temperature": B-
Cascade - "Everytime We Touch": B (Though for the rare euro-dance crossover, I'm bummed that this isn't a little bit better.)
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": B+
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": B
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F (Kudos to everyone that plays the "dancer" version. I've had it up to here with all this trashy over-sexed bulls***. And I'm not even a prude or anything; just sing or rap about something else or put more intellectual creativity into the approach for God's sake. T-Pain says the inspiration wasn't even f**king autobiographical. How lame is that, to be inspired to write a song by some chump buddy of yours that stupidly fell for a stripper.)
Nelly - "Grillz": F (and f**k "grills" too!)
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": F[/color]
Staind - "Right Here": B- (But there's no excuse for this to be a sleeper Pop crossover hit. These guys are washed up. Their tiresome schtick has no business crossing over to Pop anymore.)
Chris Brown - "Run It!": C
Pink - "Stupid Girls": B- (Despite the great message and respectable accompanying video, the actual song isn't as strong, musically, as it should be.)
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": C-
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": F
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": F
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": C+ (Though I still haven't even heard the song this year.)
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": nfe
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": F (Nice to see that it quickly peaked and is steadily falling.)
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": C ("Who?" Think a less hot Ryan Cabrera who makes out with the most high profile Laguna Beach chick in the video.)
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": F
Ray J - "One Wish": C
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": D+ (God, this ended up being a lame soft rock bore.)
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": nfe
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": nfe
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": D
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": F (And this, of all things, is Bubba's redemption song. :
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": B
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": B (For my money, Kanye just can't ever seem to make any genuinely great songs.)
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": F[/color]
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": n/a
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": B-
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": n/a
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": B- (Kind of boring.)
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": D+ (Her singles off this album are pretty bad, fashion-wise, she looks terrible in this video, but goddammit if she didn't look smoking hot on the cover of Blender late last year. Meanwhile, Jessica's just too damn stupid for me to ever consider her physically attractive.)
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": B (I was really surprised this crossed over as well.)
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": B- (This totally reminds me of an Incubus ballad.)
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": B- (This too, I find kind of boring.)
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": F
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": nfe (But it was generic pop-rock.)
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": B+
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": B- (These girls are pretty cute.)
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": B (It was ridiculous how this spent 7 weeks at #45, though.)
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": D+ (Surprised this ended up crossing over eventually.)

AC[/u]
Lifehouse - "You And Me": C
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": A-
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": nfe (but I didn't find it to be particularly exciting.)
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": n/a
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": B (How the hell did this song end up back on Pop's N&A section???)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": B+
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": C
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": n/a
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": A- (But I know this chart is playing the ballad version, which gets a C+.)
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": B
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": nfe
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": n/a
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": n/a
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": nfe (sadly pretty dull.)
Enya - "Amarantine": n/a
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": n/a
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": B-
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": A+
Nickelback - "Photograph": C+
Train - "Cab": nfe
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": n/a
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": C-

Hot AC[/u]
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": B (This is actually supposed to be #5 on the Pop chart, but it's here at least. Disappointed how much I'm not taking to this song the way I did the previous 3.)
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": B+
Coldplay - "Talk": A-[/color]
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": nfe
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": C
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": B
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": B-
Jewel - "Again and Again": n/a
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": nfe
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": nfe
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": n/a (Ha ha. They're not a "post-grunge" band anymore, they're a Hot AC band. The album may be post-grunge, but this single's placement is telling me otherwise. Wankers.)
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a

Alternative
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": nfe (The two or three times I've heard this so far, I didn't pick up on any memorable hooks. If some other band recorded this, it wouldn't even chart.)
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": A-
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": B+
10 Years - "Wasteland": B
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": B- (I haven't understood why this song became a Top 10 smash instead of going the way of, oh I don't know, the more-deserving Thrice.)
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": B (I don't understand how this got all the way into the Top 10, though.)
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": B+
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": B+
Blue October - "Hate Me": C
Godsmack - "Speak": B- (When are you gonna put your money where your mouth is and actually evolve for once. I'm still waiting...)
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": nfe
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": B+
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": A+
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": B-
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": B+ (so far. Let's see where its single status takes it for me.)
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": nfe
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": nfe
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A+[/color]
Shinedown - "I Dare You": B
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": A-[/color]
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": nfe
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": B (interesting that he's completely dropped all the horror b-movie schtick. He looks like Zakk Wylde or Ted Nugent or somebody now. This sounds like the disco-rock of the Thrill Kill Kult if you removed the electronics and most of the sleaze.)
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": B-
Disturbed - "Just Stop": B+
Nickelback - "Animals": D
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": A
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": B-
Matisyahu - "Youth": nfe
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": B+ (so far)
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": B (My 2 Alt stations play this constantly, yet I change the station every time.)
Trapt - "Waiting": B-
Korn - "Coming Undone": B-
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": nfe (I haven't heard it quite enough yet to grade it, but it sounds like one of those crossover rock songs that would've been Top 10 smashes on Pop and Hot AC circa 2000.)
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": n/a
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": B
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": B (So far. Despite its halt on the chart, though, KNSX has started spinning the hell out of it for me.)
Staind - "Everything Changes": n/a
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": C+
Hinder - "Get Stoned": D (I don't even remember this well enough, but it gets a D.)
Staind - "Falling": B-
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": A+[/color]
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": B+ (as an album cut so far)
Bril - "Far Away": nfe (But if I heard even a second of this, I'd be able to grade it.)

[Mega248]

CHR/Pop[/u]
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": C+
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": B
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": B (Nothing we haven't heard before, but I like it.)
Beyoncé - "Check On It": F[/color]
Rihanna - "SOS": B-
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": D
Sean Paul - "Temperature": D
Cascade - "Everytime We Touch": B-
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": B
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": B+
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F (for some reason, its presense existence on the pop chart really bugs me.)
Nelly - "Grillz": F[/color]
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": C-
Staind - "Right Here": C+
Chris Brown - "Run It!": D
Pink - "Stupid Girls": D- (Why does radio keep giving her another chance.)
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": C-
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": D
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": F[/color] (I'm surprised this hasn't been payolaed to the top 5.)
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": B-
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": C
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": D ("Request Line" was the first song I heard from these guys and I really liked how unique it was next to other rap/hip-hop songs. 5 years later, they've done a complete 180 in that department, and I'm not refering to just "Pump It".)
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": B- (yeah, his voice does sound a lot like John President's, but this is as good as if not better than pretty much all of his singles except "No Such Thing" and "Clarity".)
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": D
Ray J - "One Wish": n/a
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": n/a
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": n/a
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": A-[/color]
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": n/a
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": D+
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A+[/color]
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": B-
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": C
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": F[/color]
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": B
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": C-
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": n/a
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": A[/color]
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": F[/color] (Thank god this came out the year after I graduated high school (that is, if it absolutely had to come out at all) because you can be sure the halls are full of freshman girls singing this between classes.)
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": B-
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": A-[/color]
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": B+
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": C
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": n/a
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": C
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": C- (Ok, just because pop radio has stopped giving Hilary Duff the time of day doesn't mean we need to bring her back under a different name.)
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": A[/color]
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": F[/color]

AC
Lifehouse - "You And Me": A[/color]
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": B-
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": B-
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": A-[/color]
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": B+ (but LOL. I thought it bulleted last year, only it was like 10 spots lower. And another LOL at the fact that this is about to re-enter the pop chart and most likely reach a new peak position.)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": B
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": C+
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": A-[/color]
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": Dance: A-[/color], ballad: C
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": C+
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": n/a
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": B-
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": B- (This sounds like Jack Johnson with a taste of jazz thrown in. Not bad.)
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": B-
Enya - "Amarantine": n/a
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": n/a
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": C+
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": A-[/color]
Nickelback - "Photograph": C (10 bucks that this is only here because of about 3 or 4 stations that should really be in the Hot AC panel putting this in power rotation.)
Train - "Cab": C+
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": B- (this doesn't sound like them at all.)
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": B

Hot AC
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": A-[/color]
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": B
Coldplay - "Talk": A+[/color]
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": C (for now. I'd say the odds are very high that the grade will drop quickly if I start hearing it frequently.)
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": C+
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": B-
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": C+
Jewel - "Again and Again": n/a
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": B-
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": n/a
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": n/a
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a

Alternative[/u]
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": B-
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": C+
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": B
10 Years - "Wasteland": B-
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": A[/color]
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": nfe (I've only heard it a couple times, the most recent one being over a month ago.)
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": B-
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": A-[/color]
Blue October - "Hate Me": B+
Godsmack - "Speak": C- (would it kill them to try something new? The only reason this isn't lower is because I haven't had to hear their songs much lately. The grade will drop in due time.)
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": B+
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": B-
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": C+
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": n/a
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": B-
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": A-
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": nfe
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A-[/color]
Shinedown - "I Dare You": B
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": A[/color]
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": B-
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": n/a
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": B
Disturbed - "Just Stop": n/a
Nickelback - "Animals": C
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": n/a
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": n/a (but what's up with the song soaring into the top 40 almost on instant impact, only to stop dead in its tracks a week or two later?)
Matisyahu - "Youth": n/a
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": n/a
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": C
Trapt - "Waiting": B-
Korn - "Coming Undone": n/a
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": A+[/color]
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": B
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": n/a
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": B-
Staind - "Everything Changes": B-
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": n/a
Hinder - "Get Stoned": D-
Staind - "Falling": C+
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": B-
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": n/a
Bril - "Far Away": n/a

[a Nick O!]

OK, I'm going to add in the other formats relevant to me:

Active Rock:[/u]
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: B+
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: D (based on one listen)
Korn - Twisted Transistor: B-
Hurt - Rapture: C- (If you threw every mildly successful new-metal band into a pot, this is the song you'd come up with.)
Seether - The Gift: C- (This is truly plodding and boring)
Faktion - Take It All Away: D (Hey, way to show up 5-7 years late for the new-metal party, guys! Wankers...)
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Sevendust - Failure: n/a
Slave to the System - Stigmata: (If I have to ask "who?", then it's probably a johnny-come-lately post-grunge or new-metal band. I'm guessing the latter in this case.)
Huck Johns - Oh Yeah: n/a (I'm gonna have to guess an angsty, southern-tinged party-rock band on this one.)
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: A+
Bloodsimple - Sell Me Out: n/a
P.O.D. - Goodbye for Now: B
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: nfe
Living Things - Bom Bom Bom: B-
Static-X - Dirthouse: n/a
Thrice - Red Sky: B+ (so far)
David Gilmour - On an Island: nfe (Wow, this is the sore thumb of the chart.)
Kid Rock - Bawitdaba (Live): n/a (But the original would get like, a B-.)
Taproot - Birthday: B
Edge City Outlaws - Women & Wine: n/a (See Huck Johns)
Wolfmother - Woman: n/a
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a (See my Slave to the System guess, only maybe with a little bit more integrity?)
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a (But very interested in hearing David Allan Coe front Pantera.)

Rock:
Shinedown - Save Me: A-
Seether - Remedy: D (What the hell is this still doing on here?)
Foo Fighters - DOA: B
Disturbed - Stricken: A
3 Doors Down f/ Bob Seger - Landing in London (All I Think About Is You): C (Surprisingly boring)

CHR/Rhythmic:[/u]
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': nfe (but it sucked.)
Keyshia Cole - Love: C- (very overrated song)
E-40 - Tell Me When to Go: F
Paul Wall - Girl: n/a
Lil Rob - Bring Out the Freak in You: C (But the chorus has this awesome synth that gives it a euro-dance club element for a few seconds. It's too low in the mix though, and without it, this song would be a total bore.)
Ying Yang Twins & Bun B - Git It: n/a
50 Cent f/ Olivia - Best Friend: nfe (But are we going soft like you killed Ja Rule's career over?)
Busta Rhymes - Touch It: A- (I just read the other day that the chorus is sampled from a Daft Punk song! How awesome is that!)
LL Cool J f/ Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself: C (How disappointing to set off Uncle L's new album with this, which earns even more demerits as JD turns himself into a song-micturating producer, a la P. Diddy. See "Shake It Off," "It's Like That," etc.)
T.I. - What You Know: C (*yawn*)
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: F
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Snap Yo Fingers: F
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: F (I haven't even heard the full song. All I saw was a little bit of the making of the video. She says something about "keep it gangsta" in the chorus. Please. :
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: n/a
Nick Cannon - Dime Piece: n/a
Juvenile - Rodeo: C
Ray J - What I Need: n/a
Juelz Santana - Oh Yes: F
D4L - Betcha Can't Do It Like Me: F
Da Muzicianz - Camera Phone: n/a (But I'm sure this is a remarkable addition to the hip hop genre.)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a
New Ridaz - Special Girl: n/a
Lil Wayne - Hustler Muzik: F
Tami Chynn - Hyperventilating: n/a
The Notoroius B.I.G. et al. - Nasty Girl: F
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: n/a (I want to like this, because it's Too $hort, but I probably won't.)
Ying Yang Twins f/ Avant - Bedroom Boom: F
Young Jeezy - My Hood: F
Cassie - Me & U: n/a
B.G. f/ Mannie Fresh - Move Around: n/a (I'm sure it's great, though...)
Baby Bash f/ Marcos Hernandez - Mamacita: n/a

Urban:
Avant - 4 Minutes: n/a
Kirk Franklin - Looking for You: nfe
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: F
Jagged Edge - Good Luck Charm: C
Tyra B. - Still in Love: n/a (So, is this Tyra Banks' foray into the music world?)
Faith Evans - Tru Love: n/a
Purple Ribbon Allstars - Body Rock: n/a
Yung Joc - Goin' Down: n/a
Heather Hedley - In My Mind: n/a
Remy Ma - Conceited: F (The song title says everything you need to know, and then you ask, "Aren't you that girl that did the second verse of "Lean Back"? She'll say yes. Then you ask, "So, what else have you done?" *silence* "So, what right do you have to be so conceited?")
Letoya - Torn: n/a (Ex-DC3 member)
Anthony Hamilton - Can't Let Go: C (Rather dull.)
Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - Back Like That: n/a
Da Backwudz - I Don't Like the Look of It: n/a (Neither do I.)
Ludacris & Field Mob f/ Jamie Foxx - Georgia: D- (Way to represent the entire state, guys. And Jamie milks that Ray Charles bit for every last drop, doesn't he?)
Yo Gotti f/ Bun B & 8-Ball - Gangsta Party: n/a (I'm sure this is amazing, though. [/sarcasm])
The Notorious B.I.G. et al. - Spit Your Game: n/a
Mila J - Complete: n/a

Urban AC (sans n/a's):[/u]
Alicia Keys - Unbreakable: F
Lyfe Jennings f/ Fantasia - Hypothetically: C-
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us: B-
Tamar f/ Prince - Beautiful, Loved and Blessed: n/a (But I just bought Prince's new album, so that means I can hear it any time I want.)

AAA
U2 - Original of the Species: A-[/color]
Beth Orton - Conceived: n/a
Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck: n/a
Ben Harper - Better Way: n/a
Subdudes - Papa Duke & the Mud People: n/a
David Gray - Tell Me Something (Hospital Food): nfe
Santana f/ Los Lonely Boys - I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love: nfe
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: n/a
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See: n/a
Augustana - Boston: nfe
Feist - Mushaboom: B-
Brandi Carlile - What Can I Say: n/a
Aqualung - Left Behind: n/a
John Butler Trio - Betterman: n/a
Michael Stipe - In the Sun: n/a
Neil Young - Far From Home: n/a
Van Morrison - Playhouse: n/a
Susan Tedeschi - Evidence: n/a

Country (sans n/a's):
Kenny Chesney - Living in Fast Forward: B-
Brooks & Dunn - Believe: B
Sara Evans - Cheatin': B
Trent Tomlinson - Drunker Than Me: B+

I guess all the rest of 'em I would have known have been removed from the chart, which means it's time to watch CMT a little bit again.

[halo19]

Not very productive:

Active Rock:[/u]
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: B+
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: n/a
Korn - Twisted Transistor: B+
Hurt - Rapture: n/a
Seether - The Gift: C-
Faktion - Take It All Away: n/a
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Sevendust - Failure: n/a
Slave to the System - Stigmata: n/a (I literally thought when I saw the title that it would likely be a Ministry cover.)
Huck Johns - Oh Yeah: n/a
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: nfe
Bloodsimple - Sell Me Out: nfe
P.O.D. - Goodbye for Now: B
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: nfe
Living Things - Bom Bom Bom: B-
Static-X - Dirthouse: nfe
Thrice - Red Sky: A
David Gilmour - On an Island: n/a
Kid Rock - Bawitdaba (Live): n/a (Original is a B for me.)
Taproot - Birthday: n/a
Edge City Outlaws - Women & Wine: n/a
Wolfmother - Woman: n/a
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a

Rock:
Shinedown - Save Me: B
Seether - Remedy: B
Foo Fighters - DOA: A-
Disturbed - Stricken: B+
3 Doors Down f/ Bob Seger - Landing in London (All I Think About Is You): n/a

CHR/Rhythmic:[/u]
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': C-
Keyshia Cole - Love: C
E-40 - Tell Me When to Go: C
Paul Wall - Girl: B-
Lil Rob - Bring Out the Freak in You: B-
Ying Yang Twins & Bun B - Git It: n/a
50 Cent f/ Olivia - Best Friend: n/a
Busta Rhymes - Touch It: A- (I believe it has some "Technologic" in it.)
LL Cool J f/ Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself: C
T.I. - What You Know: B-
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: F
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Snap Yo Fingers: n/a
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: F (But not with high expectations.)
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: n/a
Nick Cannon - Dime Piece: n/a
Juvenile - Rodeo: C+
Ray J - What I Need: n/a
Juelz Santana - Oh Yes: D+
D4L - Betcha Can't Do It Like Me: F
Da Muzicianz - Camera Phone: n/a
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a
New Ridaz - Special Girl: n/a
Lil Wayne - Hustler Muzik: n/a
Tami Chynn - Hyperventilating: n/a
The Notoroius B.I.G. et al. - Nasty Girl: D-
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: n/a
Ying Yang Twins f/ Avant - Bedroom Boom: n/a
Young Jeezy - My Hood: F
Cassie - Me & U: n/a
B.G. f/ Mannie Fresh - Move Around: n/a
Baby Bash f/ Marcos Hernandez - Mamacita: n/a

Urban:
Avant - 4 Minutes: n/a
Kirk Franklin - Looking for You: n/a
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: nfe
Jagged Edge - Good Luck Charm: nfe
Tyra B. - Still in Love: n/a
Faith Evans - Tru Love: n/a
Purple Ribbon Allstars - Body Rock: nfe
Yung Joc - Goin' Down: n/a
Heather Hedley - In My Mind: n/a
Remy Ma - Conceited: F
Letoya - Torn: n/a
Anthony Hamilton - Can't Let Go: n/a
Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - Back Like That: n/a
Da Backwudz - I Don't Like the Look of It: n/a
Ludacris & Field Mob f/ Jamie Foxx - Georgia: C
Yo Gotti f/ Bun B & 8-Ball - Gangsta Party: n/a
The Notorious B.I.G. et al. - Spit Your Game: n/a
Mila J - Complete: n/a

Urban AC (sans n/a's):[/u]
Alicia Keys - Unbreakable: D
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us: D+

AAA
U2 - Original of the Species: B (The only song with a grade that can be taken seriously with one by me on this format.)

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CHR/Pop
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You": n/a
Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten": n/a (I think I remember this really sounding like garbage, though.)
Ne-Yo - "So Sick": B-
Beyoncé - "Check On It": F
Rihanna - "SOS": C-
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful": B-
Sean Paul - "Temperature": C-
Cascada - "Everytime We Touch": C- (I normally fall for the euro-dance crossovers, but this just feels a little too bubblegumic.)
Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance": A-
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret": B+
T-Pain f/ Mike Jones - "I'm In Luv (Wit a Stripper)": F
Nelly - "Grillz": D (I don't even know what grills are...seriously.)
Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu": F
Staind - "Right Here": B- (a top ten? Wtf. This feels like it was from Thirteen Shades Of Gray, [and just as well sounds like it too, for that matter].)
Chris Brown - "Run It!": C-
Pink - "Stupid Girls": n/a (just haven't heard it enough to consider myself familiar. I would like to see what the fuss is about with this video.)
Chris Brown - "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)": n/a
Eminem f/ Nate Dogg - "Shake That": B
Pussycat Dolls f/ Will.I.Am - "Beep": F
Saving Jane - "Girl Next Door": n/a
Nickelback - "Savin' Me": C (or is it "Far Away"? I can't tell the difference. Either way, nothing stands out on either song besides their inherent boredom.)
Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It": F (for "f*** this group")
Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)": n/a
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)": F (Haven't heard it all the way through, but somebody at work played me the chorus of this song because he thinks it's the greatest song ever and he made it his ringtone. I think it's safe to say the song blows.)
Ray J - "One Wish": n/a
Bo Bice - "Real Thing": n/a
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie": n/a
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day": n/a (Is this that whiney-ass song that goes "You had a bad day, you're taking one down..." that belongs on the AC chart which I've been hearing as an elevator-music substitute in stores for months now and is now finally looking like a #1 contender here?)
Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris - "Unpredictable": n/a
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins - "Ms. New Booty": n/a
All-American Rejects - "Move Along": A-
Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same": B
Kanye West f/ Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky": n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It": n/a (I wouldn't set my hopes any higher than I would for a new Pussy Cat Dolls single, though.)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me": n/a (eventually he'll run out of ways to keep himself in the spotlight. Same with his ex, hopefully.)
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe": n/a
Jason Mraz - "Geek In The Pink": n/a
Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)": B (I'm surprised this made it over here and is doing fairly well.)
Ashlee Simpson - "L.O.V.E.": n/a
Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown": B+ (This I'm only surprised it didn't do better, or at least last a little longer.)
Hoobastank - "If I Were You": B-
Relient K - "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been": C+
Trina f/ Kelly Rowland - "Here We Go": n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - "Let U Go": n/a
Gwen Stefani - "Crash": n/a
Ne-Yo - "When You're Mad": n/a
Aly & AJ - "Rush": n/a
Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days": n/a
Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz": n/a

AC
Lifehouse - "You And Me": B
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You": B-
Keith Urban - "Making Memories of Us": n/a
Michael Buble - "Save The Last Dance For Me": n/a
Anna Nalick - "Breathe": B- (This is ponderous. Who's not sick of this song yet.)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together": C+
Santana f/ Michelle Branch - "I'm Feeling You": C
LeAnn Rimes - "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way": n/a
Eagles - "No More Cloudy Days": n/a
D.H.T. - "Listen To Your Heart": B
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw - "Like We Never Loved At All": n/a
Carrie Underwood - "Some Hearts": nfe
Jordan Knight - "Where Is Your Heart Tonight": n/a
Chris Rice - "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)": n/a
Sheryl Crow & Sting - "Always On Your Side": n/a
Enya - "Amarantine": n/a
Barry Manilow - "Unchained Melody": n/a
Sheryl Crow - "Good Is Good": C
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends": A-[/color]
Nickelback - "Photograph": B- (Did they water this down with an AC-edit that further waters down the Pop edit on a song that was watered down to begin with?)
Train - "Cab": n/a
Dian Diaz - "Colour Everywhere": n/a (who?)
Hootie & The Blowfish - "Get Out Of My Mind": n/a
Chicago - "Feel": n/a
Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles - "Who Says You Can't Go Home": n/a

Hot AC
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away": B-
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down": A-
Coldplay - "Talk": A-
KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree": C
Santana f/ Steven Tyler - "Just Feel Better": C
Jack Johnson - "Upside Down": n/a
INXS - "Pretty Vegas": n/a
Jewel - "Again and Again": n/a
O.A.R. - "Love and Memories": A-
Live - "The River": n/a
Josh Kelley - "Almost Honest": n/a
Better Than Ezra - "Juicy": n/a
INXS - "Afterglow": n/a
Vertical Horizon - "When You Cry": n/a (If anyone tells me this doesn't sound exactly like "I'm Still Here" and the two songs that followed it, I'll refuse to believe you. Got C written all over it with perhaps a penalty for making completely meaningless music again and again.)
Breaking Point - "All Messed Up": n/a
Missy Higgins - "Scar": n/a (who?)

Alternative
Pearl Jam - "World Wide Suicide": B+
Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same": A-[/color]
Foo Fighters - "No Way Back": B+
10 Years - "Wasteland": B+
Yellowcard - "Lights And Sounds": n/a (I hope for the record company's sake that they sold all kinds of ring tones with their placement in Verizon ad's. . As for the song, I may have heard this twice all the way through.)
The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist": B
She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": A- (I got sick of this in a hurry, though.)
Weezer - "Perfect Situation": A- (...and sick of this in even more of a hurry.)
Blue October - "Hate Me": B+ (Can't deny this one any longer.)
Godsmack - "Speak": B- (anyone own/download this album? We could get a heads-up on what single #2 will be simply by you telling us the title of the album's tribal ballad.)
Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage": A
System Of A Down - "Hypnotize": A-
Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country": A+
Hawthorne Heights - "Saying Sorry": C (I don't like this anymore. Their emo OD is wearing thin, the lyrics bug me, and the bridge to this song sounds exactly the same as the verses to "Ohio Is For Lovers"!)
System Of A Down - "Lonely Day": B+
Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth": B+
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion": B
HIM - "Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly": A+
Shinedown - "I Dare You": B
Hard-Fi - "Cash Machine": A
Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor": A (It took seconds to catch on to this one, but the album is a bit too indie and will take some getting used to for me. May not even bother because it's burned.)
Rob Zombie - "Foxy, Foxy": n/a (here and gone faster than anyone could hear it. His songs always do that here.)
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick": B (my girlfriend bought the album and says it's great, so soon enough I'll find out if they have other songs that aren't hookless like this one.)
Disturbed - "Just Stop": n/a
Nickelback - "Animals": F (I said all that needs to be said last time.)
30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill": A
Evans Blue - "Cold (But I'm Still Here)": B
Matisyahu - "Youth": B (so far. my first impression was much better than it was for "KWAC".)
Strokes - "Heart In A Cage": A (may ultimately be their best single yet. No excuse for this bombage if The White Stripes could still land a top 10 with a third single, regardless of payola)
Audioslave - "Out Of Exile": B+
Trapt - "Waiting": n/a
Korn - "Coming Undone": C (Relatively annoys me as well.)
Anberlin - "Paperthin Hymn": B
Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well": n/a
People In Planes - "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)": B (so far. It's not as exciting as I was led to believe.)
Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home": A+
Staind - "Everything Changes": B-
Nonpoint - "Bullet With A Name": n/a
Hinder - "Get Stoned": D
Staind - "Falling": B-
Avenged Sevenfold - "Beast And The Harlot": B+
Weezer - "This Is Such A Pity": B-
Bril - "Far Away": n/a

Active Rock:
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: B+
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: F (too shame. "Lit Up" and "For the Movies" were fine. This is frat-party ass-garbage.)
Korn - Twisted Transistor: B+
Hurt - Rapture: n/a
Seether - The Gift: n/a
Faktion - Take It All Away: n/a
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a (this really needs to do better if they want to still be paid to make music any longer than one more album. Not looking too bright for them.)
Sevendust - Failure: n/a
Slave to the System - Stigmata: n/a
Huck Johns - Oh Yeah: C- (think Kid Rock without the conceit.)
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: A+
Bloodsimple - Sell Me Out: n/a
P.O.D. - Goodbye for Now: C+
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: n/a
Living Things - Bom Bom Bom: C (so do all their songs have some sort of adaptation of the word "Bomb"?)
Static-X - Dirthouse: n/a
Thrice - Red Sky: nfe
David Gilmour - On an Island: n/a
Kid Rock - Bawitdaba (Live): n/a (what a dumbass concept to play this as current.)
Taproot - Birthday: n/a
Edge City Outlaws - Women & Wine: n/a
Wolfmother - Woman: C
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a