Report Card: 6/16/06

[a Nick O!]

Haven't done one of these in awhile...

Due to time, I guess I'll just start with these two:

CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: D
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: nfe
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': D-
Sean Paul - Temperature: B-
Rihanna - SOS: C+
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: nfe
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B-
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: nfe (Gee, her career was in the toilet, so what does she do? She records a hip hop-tinged song about being promiscuous and calls her album Loose. F**k that.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: B- (The lyrics are kinda harsh to listen to. Not in an unlistenable way, however.)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: A
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C+
Cassie - Me & U: nfe (Who? This song sounds like it was really cheaply made, too.)
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): B
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: C+
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: C+
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: B+ (Enjoy it now, guys. Wow, they must be overwhelmed.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: D (This is actually their best single so far, despite being a sexual assault invitation. And oh, that Snoop: he'll do anything for a paycheck.)
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: F
Staind - Right Here: B ("Right Here," I don't wanna ever see your face around here no more.)
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): B+ (Better late than never, I suppose.)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a (Who?)
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: nfe (But I wasn't impressed seeing the MTV Movie Awards (and only for AFI, for that matter.))
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: nfe (Haven't heard it, other than the generous helping at the end of the "Yo" video.)
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: n/a
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: (Who?)
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: C
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): C-
Paul Wall - Girl: B-
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C (I don't understand why this song, of all songs, saved their career on the pop chart.)
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: B- (What a slow-burning, left field hit this is turning out to be. Enjoy it now, KT.)
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B (I don't understand the resistance this has faced, other than inexplicable "Dance, Dance" recurrentitis.)
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: D-
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: F (This might otherwise be a D song if she never said "I'mma keep it gangsta" in the chorus. Please. And way to go Blender in giving her a magazine cover before this was even a proven hit. How'd that turn out for ya? Not so good, as it were. P.S. F**k Young Jeezy.)
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: B- (Saw it on MTV a few times, but only heard it once on the radio.)
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: n/a
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): n/a (With a title like that, I can't wait to hear it. )
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: nfe (Never heard it on the radio, saw the video a couple times. I didn't care for it.)
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: nfe (But it sucks.)
Shinedown - I Dare You: B-
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: B+
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A
T.I. - What You Know: A-
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: F
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: nfe
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: n/a
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: n/a (Who? Looks like I'll never get to hear this one.)
Saving Jane - Happy: n/a

God, I am so sick of vapid hip hop bullsh** and half-assed pop/rock songs clogging up the Pop chart. It's like it's worse than ever.

It looks like I won't even have time for the Alternative chart tonight.

[friday]

CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: B-
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go:A-
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': F
Sean Paul - Temperature: A
Rihanna - SOS: A
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: D- (So...what? He leaves Jessica and that suddenly makes him a hot commodity? Sheesh.)
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: D- ( at American Idol being the only reason it's here.)
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: B- (Nick: Gee, her career was in the toilet, so what does she do? She records a hip hop-tinged song about being promiscuous and calls her album Loose. F**k that. Yeah, but I'll welcome the change in direction, even though it's pretty stupid to see pop pile onto an artist like this for the 100th time. I guess Pink should be due for her comeback within a few weeks now.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: A (I think it's incredibly refreshing to hear these lyrics on pop radio, especially on such a vocal-centric song.)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: B+
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C+
Cassie - Me & U: C
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): A+
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: C+ (Every time I try to really like this song, it just feels so ridiculous. There's just nothing to this song whatsoever.)
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: F
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: D (What a boring-ass song.)
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: A+
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: F (Why are they still getting moderate hits? Aren't they lame ducks with Nicole leaving the group?)
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: F-
Staind - Right Here: B+
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): A- ( at Grey's Anatomy being the only reason it's here. Haven't seen the show, but I guess with the video channels marginalizing the time and content for their videos, it's inevitable that artists are more often gonna turn to TV shows to try and get their hits.)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: n/a
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: n/a
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: D+ (And what's with the Britney Spears-esque look in the video? That's not a chapter I'd even go near writing, Natasha.)
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: C+ (I'm so ashamed I like this. It sounds like a tailor-made pop-punk song for Radio Disney.
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): C
Paul Wall - Girl: n/a
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C- (Yeah, what a middling, mediocre song for them. Plus, it's as if they were saying "the hell with pop radio" by releasing it.)
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: B+
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: n/a (Is this the video with the seizure-inducing strobe-like neon colors?)
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: n/a
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: C
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: F
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): n/a
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: D- (Hey Ne-Yo, Usher is not a genre of music!)
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: n/a
Shinedown - I Dare You: A- ( at American Idol presumably being the only reason it's here. It's by far their best song, but it's been criminally underplayed in my area.)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A
T.I. - What You Know: C
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: F-
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B+
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: n/a
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: n/a (And I can safely say that, despite her being a new artist, I definitely don't want to hear it. Or go out of my way to, for sure.)
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: n/a
Saving Jane - Happy: B- (On one listen. "Girl Next Door" burned so slowly that by the time I grew to like it, it was already done.)

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: B
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: C
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: F
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: D-
James Blunt - High: C- (At least this one isn't so egotistical and in-your-face like "You're Beautiful." And LOL at the double entendre of the chorus. I'm surprised MTV didn't ban or alter it for that reason.)
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: C (One listen)
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: C+ (Forget Hoobastank, these are the guys trying to emulate Maroon 5 in order to save their careers.)
INXS - Afterglow: D-
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: B
Jewel - Again and Again: B+ (Wow, so much for that. I wasn't sure about pop, but I didn't think this would flop here.)
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: C-
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: F (People still think these guys are popular? Because Steve appeared on The Surreal Life?)
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: D
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: B-
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: A
Hoobastank - If I Were You: C-
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: B-
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: D+
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: n/a
Weezer - Perfect Situation: B-
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: n/a

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: F-
Lifehouse - You and Me: B+
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: n/a
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: n/a
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): n/a
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: F
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: n/a
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a (But I could care less about Soul Glo.)
Nickelback - Photograph: C-
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: n/a (I realize this is probably some heartfelt, religious song, but I think that's a silly title)
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: A-
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: A-
AFI - Miss Murder: A-
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: A
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: B+ (So far. I like the rhythmic nature of the song.)
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: A
Wolfmother - Woman: F (I'm sick and tired of all these bands who just take their favorite classic rock band and run with it, and alternative stations think it's original and fits the format. First The Darkness, then Jet, now these guys. Get some f***ing originality, guys.)
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: A- (The catchiness is too addicting to deny.)
Korn - Coming Undone: B-
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: A
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: C+
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: A
10 Years - Wasteland: B+
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: F- (I have no words for this one.)
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A[/color]
Godsmack - Speak: D-
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: A
System of a Down - Lonely Day: B
Lostprophets - Rooftops: A-
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: B- (Pretty disappointing, though.)
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: A
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: A-
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: A
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B+
She Wants Revenge - These Things: A
Stone Sour - Through Glass: n/a
Disturbed - Just Stop: C+
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: A
Hoobastank - Inside of You: B
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Damone - Out Here All Night: A-
Seether - The Gift: n/a
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: B+
The Fray - How to Save a Life: n/a
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: A
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: B+
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: B+
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: n/a
Placebo - Infra-Red: B+
Staind - Everything Changes: n/a
Dresden Dolls - Sing: A-
Matisyahu - Youth: A

[a Nick O!]

Okay, so I actively listened to pop radio tonight and watched some BET and CMT a little this afternoon so I might have more actual opinions by the time I got back here to grade some more. I have to edit some of the songs on Pop, and then I'll move on:

CHR/Pop
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B (Mike's rapping isn't even all that good. The sentiment is kind of plain and that kick drum sound is way too huge and heavy. It's the same one that took some luster away from "My December" as part of its Fisher-Price My First Hip Hop Beat.)
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': D- (I gave it a D-, but if I actually left it on more often, I'd probably grudgingly move it up some.)
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: nfe ("So...what? He leaves Jessica and that suddenly makes him a hot commodity? Sheesh." Not that it matters much, but Jessica left him. I guess, especially since he was the first to return with new music, the pop market pities him. I'm sure Jessica will do just fine when she returns, being the dumpee and all...)
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B- (" at American Idol being the only reason it's here." Oh god. I don't watch the show, but I guess I should've factored that in with this and Shinedown.)
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: C+ (Y'know what the sad thing is? This is an awesome track and none of its lyrics I've caught are actually awful. It's just I hate this being a new Nelly Furtado song, because while I only know 4 songs from her, as the casual listener, I feel like she's misrepresenting herself and selling out to resuscitate her career. If this were a Janet Jackson song, I'd consider it a fine return to form.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: B ("I think it's incredibly refreshing to hear these lyrics on pop radio, especially on such a vocal-centric song." Upon hearing it again, I agree. I mean, as a guy, these lyrics just punch you in the chest.)
Cassie - Me & U: B- (With a little room to grow.)
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: B+ (After hearing it in full on the radio and processing all the lyrics in the first verse finally, this is the greatest, most unusual chorus a pop/rock song has ever had. I don't always pay 100% attention to every lyric and what it means, so I wasn't fully aware of how the chorus (which I've known all year) tied directly to the first verse. Because after that, when the chorus returns, the lyrics don't tie in anymore.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: D ("Aren't they lame ducks with Nicole leaving the group?" She's the main one, right? She's leaving? Wow. Then I'd say they're done.)
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): A- (" at Grey's Anatomy being the only reason it's here." Oh, it's revived due to a goddamn TV show? That's sooo disappointing. )
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: C
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: nfe
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: F ("Is this the video with the seizure-inducing strobe-like neon colors?" Yes. I just saw it for the first time today. What did they spend, five dollars on the video? And furthermore, does this even qualify as a song? Is this even music?)
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: F (The beat to this literally has two different notes. Two other ones if you count that plinking snap that serves as its "percussion." This isn't even music. And what, is "trap" (house where drugs are sold) being used as the new "crib" for ATL rappers? Hip hop used to be (and can be) so good. It makes my blood boil that horses**t like this is being passed off as hip hop and finding success. It's just dumbing down the kids and setting the absolute lowest, piss-poor examples.)
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: D (This is like if Destiny's Child vomited all over a poor man's version of Ciara's "Oh." Swapping out Ludacris for Sean Paul of the YoungBloodZ further proves my point.)
Shinedown - I Dare You: B- ("It's by far their best song, but it's been criminally underplayed in my area." I prefer "Save Me," and I'd be glad to give you some of their spins in my area.)
Saving Jane - Happy: C+ (On one listen.)

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: nfe
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: B
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: B-
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: D
James Blunt - High: n/a
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: n/a
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: n/a
INXS - Afterglow: nfe
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: n/a
Jewel - Again and Again: nfe
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: n/a (Who?)
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: n/a
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: nfe
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: nfe
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: nfe
Hoobastank - If I Were You: B-
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: B+
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: nfe
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: C (They just keep getting more slow and boring.)
Weezer - Perfect Situation: B+
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: nfe

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: A-
Lifehouse - You and Me: C+
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: n/a
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: B
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): n/a (Who?)
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: nfe
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: n/a (Who?)
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a
Nickelback - Photograph: C+
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: nfe
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a (Who?)

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: A+
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: nfe (I haven't heard this in so long, I can't fairly grade it anymore. Why is this so popular (everywhere else), though?)
AFI - Miss Murder: A+
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: A- (So far.)
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: C (This is really generic.)
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: B+
Wolfmother - Woman: B- (Overrated band.)
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: B+ (So far, but damn, this uncomfortably reminds me of the Killers.)
Korn - Coming Undone: B-
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: A+
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: C+
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: nfe
10 Years - Wasteland: B
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: F (I quite enjoy their first album, but funny how they can walk such a fine line that they can also make the worst rock song of the year so far.)
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: B+ (KNSX finally added this and "Sins" at the same time. What the hell took so long?)
Godsmack - Speak: B-
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: C+
System of a Down - Lonely Day: B+
Lostprophets - Rooftops: B (So far. I'm so underwhelmed.)
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: nfe
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: C+
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: B
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: B+
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B-
She Wants Revenge - These Things: B (so far.)
Stone Sour - Through Glass: n/a
Disturbed - Just Stop: B
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: B
Hoobastank - Inside of You: C (This is so uninspired. And the "subtlety" of the lyrics just makes it worse because it makes them sound like they're trying too hard. Hate to say it, since the record is just a month old, but it blew up on the launchpad. Their best move after this record just might be calling it a day.)
10 Years - Through the Iris: nfe (But I've heard it so many times, you'd think I'd be able to fairly grade it by now. Maybe that, and not just pre-recurrentitis, is the song's problem.)
Damone - Out Here All Night: B
Seether - The Gift: C- (This is just as draining to listen to as "Everything Changes.")
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: B (I guess I like the words better than the actual song.)
The Fray - How to Save a Life: B+
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: B
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: n/a
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: A- (So far)
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: A
Placebo - Infra-Red: n/a
Dresden Dolls - Sing: B+
Matisyahu - Youth: nfe (But it didn't interest me.)

[a Nick O!]

Active Rock
Hinder - Lips of an Angel: C- (I guess I can actually relate, if only just a little bit. I hate his scratchy singing voice, though. I might actually like this a little bit more, were it not for "Get Stoned." And honestly, based on that song, I have a really hard time buying that this song is very autobiographical. Because to me, he comes off trying to sound like a player for having two girls interested in him. And him being the idiot that wrote "Get Stoned," I just don't buy it. Although, I imagine for every stupid guy, there's an equally stupid girl...)

Rob Zombie - American Witch: nfe
Evans Blue - Cold (But I'm Still Here): B-
Hurt - Rapture: D
Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train: n/a (Who?)
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: A+
Theory of a Deadman - Santa Monica: nfe
Trapt - Disconnected (Out of Touch): n/a
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot: A+
Mercy Fall - I Got Life: n/a (Who?)
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a
Nonpoint - Alive and Kicking: n/a
Danko Jones - First Date: n/a
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: B+
Egypt Central - Over and Under: n/a
Eighteen Visions - Victim: B+
System of a Down - Kill Rock N' Roll: A-
P.O.D. - Lights Out: C+
Bullet for My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall: n/a
Thousand Foot Krutch - Absolute: n/a
Flyleaf - Fully Alive: n/a
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a (Who?)

Rock
Seether - Remedy: C (Jesus, the fact that I still have to grade this... )
Shinedown - Save Me: A-
Sammy Hagar - Sam I Am: n/a

AAA[/u]
Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck: n/a (But I saw the tail end of it this afternoon on CMT. How could this be?)
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See: n/a
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us: n/a
Ben Harper - Better Way: n/a
Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine: nfe
Chris Isaak - King Without a Castle: n/a
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth: B-
Augustana - Boston: nfe
Paul Simon - Outrageous: n/a
Gomez - How We Operate: n/a
Coldplay - The Hardest Part: nfe (I don't remember, but I gotta figure at least a B-.)
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On: n/a (Who?)
The Little Willies - Roll On: n/a
Sheryl Crow - I Know Why: B-
Brandi Carlile - What Can I Say: n/a (Who?)
Donavon Frankenreiter - Move by Yourself: n/a
Jackie Greene - I'm So Gone: n/a (Who?)
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down: n/a

Country[/u] (The ones I care about or have otherwise heard.)
Kenny Chesney - Summertime: nfe
Tim McGraw - When the Stars Go Blue: B- (I didn't get what this song was about, though. )
LeAnn Rimes - Something's Gotta Give: B- (Nice to see that Country didn't dump her after her ill-fated 2002 pop album. Cute video. Is the protagonist related to LeAnn? They look so similar.)
Brad Paisley - The World: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Don't Forget to Remember Me: n/a
Toby Keith - A Little Too Late: C+ (The video's amusing, though.)
Gary Allan - Life Ain't Always Beautiful: nfe
Kenny Rogers - I Can't Unlove You: nfe
Eric Church - How 'Bout You: nfe
The Wreckers - Leave the Pieces: nfe
Brooks & Dunn - Building Bridges: n/a
Trace Adkins - Swing: n/a
Miranda Lambert - New Strings: n/a
Big & Rich - 8th of November: nfe
Garth Brooks - That Girl Is a Cowboy: n/a
Sara Evans - Coalmine: n/a
Hank Williams, Jr. w/ Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich, & Van Zant - That's How They Do It in Dixie: n/a
Faith Hill - Sunshine & Summertime: n/a
Gretchen Wilson - California Girls: n/a

[a Nick O!]

CHR/Rhythmic
Good god, the two most unmusical, worthless hip hop songs out right now (already graded in Pop) are #'s 1 and 2. Way to go, America.
E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: n/a (But with two guys like that, how could you go wrong? )
Kelis f/ Too $hort - Bossy: C+
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: F (The male repetitvely sampled in the chorus is Too $hort, and the next word, I can only imagine, is "head." Need I say more.)
T.I. - Why You Wanna: B- (Nowhere near as good as "What You Know," but definitely a grower. I dunno, maybe it's Nick's Girlfriend Syndrome.)
Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin': nfe (But I doubt this is even in the B range.)
Bubba Sparxxx - Heat It Up: n/a (Come on, Bubba: redeem yourself.)
Rick Ross - Hustlin': nfe
Busta Rhymes f/ will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Bitch: nfe (Of course, it's "chick" on the radio/video, but why'd he even have to take it there? I dig the Mr. & Mrs. Smith video by the way. I can only assume, having never seen the movie.)
LeToya - Torn: B- (so far. Looks like the ex-DC3 girl is having a smash hit on her hands.)
Jamie Foxx f/ Twista - DJ Play a Love Song: nfe (But I remember it sucked.)
Olivia f/ 50 Cent - Best Friend: B- (So the credit is reversed now? The hypocritical Mr. Cent comes off a lot like Ja Rule on this one. But he'll get a free pass, because no one's ever gonna challenge 50 and be a serious credibility threat.)
Young Dro f/ T.I. - Shoulder Lean: n/a
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: n/a
Ray Cash f/ Scarface - Bumpin' My Music: nfe (But I remember it being horrible.)
Remy Ma f/ Ne-Yo - Feels So Good: n/a
Keyshia Cole - Love: C- (God, what an overrated, overemoted piece of crap this was.)
Natalie f/ Bun B - What You Gonna Do: n/a
Potzee - Dat Girl: n/a (Who?)
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love: n/a
OutKast - Mighty O: n/a (OutKast, we need you so bad.)
Pitbull - Bojangles: n/a
DJ Khaled - Holla at Me: n/a (Who?)
Chingy f/ Tyrese - Pulling Me Back: nfe (But Chingy hasn't been good since "Right Thurr.")
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz - Ridin' Rims: F
Pack - Vans: n/a (Who?)
Lil Wayne - Hustler Musik: F
Ali & Gipp - Go 'Head: n/a

Urban[/b]
Avant - 4 Minutes: n/a
Jagged Edge - Good Luck Charm: C+ (The track on this is pretty good.)
Cheri Dennis f/ Jim Jones & ? (can't remember) - I Love You: nfe
Missez f/ Pimp C - Love Song: n/a
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: D+
Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - Back Like That: n/a
Kanye West f/ Twista & Keyshia Cole - Impossible: n/a
Megan Rochell f/ Fabolous - The One You Need: n/a
Sammie - You Should Be My Girl: n/a
Anthony Hamilton - Can't Let Go: nfe
Sleepy Brown f/ Pharrell & Big Boi - Margarita: n/a
Lyfe Jennings - S.E.X.: n/a
Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push: n/a
Dre f/ Rick Ross - Chevy Ridin' High: n/a
Project Pat f/ Juicy J: Good Googly Moogly: n/a
Robin Thicke f/ Busta Rhymes & Pharrell - Wanna Love You Girl: nfe (And what I heard didn't have Busta on it.)
Urban Mystic - I Refuse: n/a
Donell Jones - I'm Gonna Be: n/a
Pimp C f/ Mike Jones & Bun B - Pourin' Up: n/a
Mila J f/ Marques Houston - Good Lookin' Out: n/a

Urban AC (The ones I care about or have otherwise heard.)
Brian McKnight - Find Myself in You: n/a
Mariah Carey - Fly Like a Bird: n/a
Isley Brothers - Just Came Here to Chill: n/a
Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable: D+
Shanice - Take Care of U: n/a
Isley Brothers f/ R. Kelly - Blast Off: n/a
Luther Vandross - Shine: n/a

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friday said:

Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: F (Why are they still getting moderate hits? Aren't they lame ducks with Nicole leaving the group?)

nicholas said:

Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: D ("Aren't they lame ducks with Nicole leaving the group?" She's the main one, right? She's leaving? Wow. Then I'd say they're done.)

Yeah, they're done, but when did Snoop Dogg become "Big" Snoop Dogg? (Perfect timing, the video came on, and yeah, it says Big Snoop Dogg on the credits.)

nicholas said:

Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C (I don't understand why this song, of all songs, saved their career on the pop chart.)

friday said:

Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C- (Yeah, what a middling, mediocre song for them. Plus, it's as if they were saying "the hell with pop radio" by releasing it.)

They probably were... this was originally a country song that hit #1 on the country chart, for goodness sakes.

nicholas said:

Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B (I don't understand the resistance this has faced, other than inexplicable "Dance, Dance" recurrentitis.)

I'm puzzled too, and they did even worse on Alternative. Usually these pop-punk/emo bands don't burn the Alt. bridge until their second album (or the album after their breakthrough).

friday said:

Shinedown - I Dare You: A- ( at American Idol presumably being the only reason it's here. It's by far their best song, but it's been criminally underplayed in my area.)

friday said:

Daniel Powter - Bad Day: D- ( at American Idol being the only reason it's here.)

nicholas said:

Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B- (" at American Idol being the only reason it's here." Oh god. I don't watch the show, but I guess I should've factored that in with this and Shinedown.)

So I guess neither of you saw Katharine sing "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on the show? That's the only reason that one's on the pop chart, too.

nicholas said:

Shawnna - Gettin' Some: F (The male repetitvely sampled in the chorus is Too $hort, and the next word, I can only imagine, is "head." Need I say more.)

I'll confirm your suspicions.

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CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: C-
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B- (Yeah... on numerous listens, I've decided this could be better.)
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': B+
Sean Paul - Temperature: B+
Rihanna - SOS: B
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: C
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B+
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: C+ (From my comments on Pulse: "I can tolerate this song (but [she's selling out]). The only thing really intriguing about it is the Steve Nash reference. She got lucky that he won MVP for the second time a month or so after this got released, or else the reference would be embarrassingly dated.")
Rihanna - Unfaithful: C+ (So far. The beginning of the chorus reminds me of the DJ Sammy "Heaven" candlelight mix.)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: A
Nickelback - Savin' Me: A-
Cassie - Me & U: nfe
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): A-
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: B+
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B-
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: C+
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: A- (This wound up growing on me a lot. Because of the weakness of my personal chart right now, it's clinched a higher peak than "Martyrdom", but I still like that one more.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: C- (Does the song suck? Yes. Do I watch the video every time it comes on to stare at the soon-to-be-solo Nicole? ...Yes. Plus, I like the line "Now let me tell you what's crackalackin' 'fore I pro-ceed.")
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: C+
Staind - Right Here: B
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): A-
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: D (On two listens. I can only imagine it would go down from here.)
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: C (I guess it's better than "Dirrty", but....)
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: C-
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: C-
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: C+
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): B-
Paul Wall - Girl: C- (on a few listens)
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: B-
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: B+
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: D+
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: nh
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: B
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: D+
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): nh
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: C
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: nh
Shinedown - I Dare You: B+
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A- (but the initial signs of burnout are apparent)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A-
T.I. - What You Know: B+ (not quite ready to change to an A- yet. I'm mad that I got into this so late.)
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: C+ (No comment.)
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B-
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: B- (Probably the best song by an American Idol contestant not named Kelly Clarkson -- which makes sense, of course, since he dropped out of the competition.)
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: F (Finally an F on the Pop chart. But since I hate the fact that this song even exists, the relief isn't nearly enough to compensate.)
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: nh
Saving Jane - Happy: nh

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: B- (This one's only #7 on Hot AC, and it looks like it just peaked. Isn't that quite low for a first/second GGD single?)
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: C+
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: D+
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: C (Songs like this are the best thing about Chris Daughtry not winning American Idol.)
James Blunt - High: D+ (Y'know, Blunt, I gave you another chance with this one. I tolerated this at first, but now I'm coming to find out that you generally suck as an artist. Oh, and "You're Beautiful" has actually risen to a D+, while this one has fallen to that level.)
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: nh
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: nh
INXS - Afterglow: C+
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: nh
Jewel - Again and Again: C- (I did like this okay at first, but eventually settled on "annoying".)
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: C (I've got a bone to pick with this one. First, the song itself is decent, I guess. But there's something about this guy's Chris-Martin-meets-Adam Duritz vocals and the song's overall feel that makes it an utter downer to listen to. And this is only on three full listens. There are songs like Bush's "Letting the Cables Sleep" that are great to listen to when you're in a depressed mood, but even that one haven't had the effect this one has. It's probably only me, and it probably isn't rational, but if VH1 keeps playing it on more than marginal rotation, it's going to wind up being an instant channel-changer.)
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: F (You opened for *NSYNC. Quit already.)
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: C
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: B-
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: nh
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: A- (but it'll probably lose the - soon.)
Hoobastank - If I Were You: C
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: A-
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: nh
Missy Higgins - Scar: nh
Staind - Everything Changes: C
Weezer - Perfect Situation: A-
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: A- (see Keane)

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: B- (Nice job, AC -- you're only one single behind now!)
Lifehouse - You and Me: B
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: B- (Just heard this last night. And I actually danced to it, so it gets a free pass for now.)
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: nh
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): nh
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: nh
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: nh
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: nh
MercyMe - So Long Self: nh
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: C
Nickelback - Photograph: B (But I wouldn't mind going about another 8 months without hearing it.)
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: nh
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: nh
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: nh
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: nh

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: A
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: B
AFI - Miss Murder: B+
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: B+
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: B
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: B
Wolfmother - Woman: C+
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: A-
Korn - Coming Undone: C+
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: B (I know this is a good song... but I really haven't listened to it much. I don't know why.)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: C+ (Still overrated, but I've eased off on them enough to let it enter my personal chart.)
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: C- (What can I say... just not a big Pearl Jam fan.)
10 Years - Wasteland: A
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: C+ (see Dem Franchize Boyz)
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A[/color]
Godsmack - Speak: C+
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: B-
System of a Down - Lonely Day: C
Lostprophets - Rooftops: A- (After the initial impressions have worn off... good, but four or five songs on Start Something beat this. And what's this I hear about pop-punk on their new album?)
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: nfe (But I agree with friday's assessment of disappointing.)
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: A
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: B (So far. I think the grade will rise at least a tick.)
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: A-
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B- (So are these guys done with Lights and Sounds? This scraped the top 50 on Pop, but I'd imagine it's a slightly disappointing result.)
She Wants Revenge - These Things: A (I'm still trying to figure out why I like what I've heard from them as much as I do. They're totally not up my alley. Actually, I started liking this a lot more when I imagined dramatic scenes of "24" set to this song's instrumental. They sure know how to set an atmosphere.)
Stone Sour - Through Glass: A- (I'm going to back off my comments on Pulse about only a few other songs this year as good as this on first listen, but still a fully satisfying return.)
Disturbed - Just Stop: B-
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: B-
Hoobastank - Inside of You: B-
10 Years - Through the Iris: A-
Damone - Out Here All Night: B (I want to hear this more. I could see myself liking this almost as much as "I'm So Sick" if I get enough opportunities.)
Seether - The Gift: C
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: nh
The Fray - How to Save a Life: C+ (It's a dropoff from "Cable Car", although the two songs aren't radically different.)
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: C+ (I finally heard this yesterday. The song's not bad... but it's not suited at all to American radio. I'm not surprised it flopped, or is flopping.)
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: nh (Is this a fourth single from their "Give It All" album, or a new single/album?)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: B- (This'll rise at least a tick or two with time, I'm guessing.)
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: B-
Placebo - Infra-Red: nh
Dresden Dolls - Sing: nfe (Saw the tail end of it on MusicPlusTV, which you guys ought to check out.)
Matisyahu - Youth: B


Only listing the songs I've heard or have comments on from here on out.

Active Rock
Hinder - Lips of an Angel: C- (Okay, I heard this on the very staticky Active Rock station one state over. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt right now.)
Evans Blue - Cold (But I'm Still Here): B-
Hurt - Rapture: D+
Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train: nh (They're playing at the aforementioned station's hurricane relief concert soon, but I still have no clue who they are.)
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: B- (see 30 Seconds to Mars)
Trapt - Disconnected (Out of Touch): B (I knew this one was going to flop. I know it's top 30 on Active Rock, but they aren't even sending it to Alternative from what I can tell. Should've gone with "Lost Realist".)
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot: B-
Nonpoint - Alive and Kicking: nh (But I see that "Bullet With a Name" is finally out of the top 60 at Alt... still flabbergasted that lasted so long there.)
Eighteen Visions - Victim: B+ (Wait, there's another 18V song on the chart now? What happened to "Tonightless"?)
P.O.D. - Lights Out: C+
Flyleaf - Fully Alive: don't remember

Rock
Seether - Remedy: B
Shinedown - Save Me: B

AAA[/u][/size]
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth: B-
Augustana - Boston: B-
Gomez - How We Operate: B+
Coldplay - The Hardest Part: C+
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On: C+

Country[/u][/size]
The Wreckers - Leave the Pieces: nfe (For those not in the know, this is Michelle Branch's new band, a duo with Jessica Harp.)

CHR/Rhythmic
E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: nh ("Kandi Girl"? I wonder if this is the same Kandi that wrote "No Scrubs" and sang "Don't Think I'm Not". If so, ouch.)
Kelis f/ Too $hort - Bossy: D+
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: nfe
T.I. - Why You Wanna: D+ (I know that some guys like thick girls, but flat out saying they have a fat ass? I didn't know that passes for a compliment these days.)
Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin': nfe
Rick Ross - Hustlin': C-
Busta Rhymes f/ will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Bitch: nfe (From what I remember, though, it'll be really annoying if I start hearing it a lot.)
Jamie Foxx f/ Twista - DJ Play a Love Song: B (I've got to say I'm surprised... since "Unpredictable" blew and all.)
Keyshia Cole - Love: C-
OutKast - Mighty O: C (This is like "The Whole World" for me -- they generally don't make bad music, but I didn't get into this on the only listen I've had.)

Urban
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: nfe (But it wasn't nearly as good as "Stay Fly".)
Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push: B- (This is gonna sound bad, but... I didn't know black guys skateboarded. Or maybe I've been totally blinded by the X-Games segment of the subculture.)
Robin Thicke f/ Busta Rhymes & Pharrell - Wanna Love You Girl: nfe (How in the world did this make it? Wasn't it released like 6 months ago?)

Urban AC
Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable: D+

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CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: B-
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': n/a
Sean Paul - Temperature: C
Rihanna - SOS: C-
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: n/a
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B (although I totally agree with Michael; to play the song every time that someone is eliminated from that program: lame. I think it's a nice little song, though.)
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: D (I heard it once and thought it was awful, and she used up her free pass on her last album whose singles also weren't any good.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: n/a
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: A-
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C
Cassie - Me & U: n/a
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): B+ (Both of their singles hit the radio at the exact same time here and I like this better than HTSAL so far.)
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: B-
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B-
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: n/a
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: A
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: n/a (with the average grade of all their songs I've heard being an F, I don't see how this could be any good.)
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: n/a
Staind - Right Here: C+
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): B (Was it really "Gray's Anatomy" that did it for this song? The episode was the week after the Super Bowl, and it's on the chart now. Unless it's like American Idol where it's featured in every single show (when it isn't the theme song) which would be even lamer than AI. Gray's Anatomy is one of the most overrated shows on TV today.)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a (who?)
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: n/a
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: n/a
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: n/a
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: n/a (Who and who?)
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: n/a (y'mean, like a Let Go era Avril Lavigne even more cut for Radio Disney? ridiculous. I thought that trend died 4 years ago.)
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): B-
Paul Wall - Girl: n/a
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: n/a
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: B (KT owes her success to Katherine Mcphee and American Idol moreso than Shinedown does. If not for them, this sticks at AAA. And how lame was it for Katherine to do this song on two different episodes.)
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": n/a (why have I not even attempted to listen to this.)
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: F (I haven't listened to this song for content yet, but I don't care. F*** this song. I was the only one in a vehicle of five last night not trying to rap along with this piece of crap and I'll be fine if I never hear it again in any form.)
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: n/a
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: n/a
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: n/a (who? and what's the deal with so many hip-hop artists that have to remind people that they're in an early stage in development through their stage name. That's even more lame than everyone going by "lil'" something or other over the last 3 years.)
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): n/a
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: n/a
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: n/a
Shinedown - I Dare You: B- ("Save Me" is way better.)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A
T.I. - What You Know: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: n/a
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B-
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: n/a
Blue October - Hate Me: B+
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: n/a
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: n/a
Saving Jane - Happy: n/a

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: n/a
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: B
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: B-
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: n/a
James Blunt - High: n/a
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: n/a
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: n/a
INXS - Afterglow: n/a
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: n/a
Jewel - Again and Again: n/a
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: n/a
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: n/a
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: n/a
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: n/a
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: n/a
Hoobastank - If I Were You: C+
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: n/a
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: n/a
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: C+
Weezer - Perfect Situation: B+
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: n/a

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: B
Lifehouse - You and Me: B
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: n/a
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: n/a
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): n/a
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: C+
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: n/a (who? I can't imagine this possibly working as an AC song.)
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a (he has no chance to make music that radio will play.)
Nickelback - Photograph: B-
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: B (sorry. It's my friend at work's fault and this is a lot easier to listen to than "Snap Yo' Fingas")
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: A
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: B
AFI - Miss Murder: A+
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: B
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: B
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: B+
Wolfmother - Woman: B+ (I thought this was really obnoxious at first because of the vocalist, but what makes the song is the long instrumental that is fully intense all the way through and I love it for that reason only.)
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: A-
Korn - Coming Undone: B
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: A+
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor: A-
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: n/a
10 Years - Wasteland: B+
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: F
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A
Godsmack - Speak: B
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: B+
System of a Down - Lonely Day: B+
Lostprophets - Rooftops: B+ (yeah, I like the song, but when you have another song that spent 17 weeks at #1 on my chart, you do better than what this song is going to do. I'm not at all worried about how the album's gonna turn out, though.)
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: B- (I hardly care anymore.)
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: B (I heard this for the second time on "Out Of Order" this week and liked it much more than the first time.)
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: n/a
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: B+
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B
She Wants Revenge - These Things: B+
Stone Sour - Through Glass: B
Disturbed - Just Stop: n/a
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: B
Hoobastank - Inside of You: B
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Damone - Out Here All Night: B+
Seether - The Gift: n/a
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: B
The Fray - How to Save a Life: B
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: B- (just doesn't have the hooks that "Cash Machine" had.)
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: A
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: n/a
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: B+
Placebo - Infra-Red: B
Dresden Dolls - Sing: B (there's so many songs on the album that I both like more and think would do better, since this was able to defy my prediction and still make the chart.)
Matisyahu - Youth: A- (I like this a lot now and the song was big-time hosed. Payola budget probably expired, but oh well.)

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CHR/Pop[/u]

Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: C
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B+
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': F[/color]
Sean Paul - Temperature: D
Rihanna - SOS: B+
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: B+
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: A-[/color]
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: D (Why is this turning out to be her biggest hit and what the hell is up with people at Pulse saying this sounds 80s.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: B-
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: A[/color] (Great song, but looking back, I'm not quite sure if this deserved 4 weeks at #1 on my chart.)
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C+ (How much longer are they going to hit big with the same freakin' song?)
Cassie - Me & U: C (Every time this comes on, I think it's "It's Like That" by Mariah Carey. The intros are exactly the same.)
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): A+[/color]
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: B-
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: A-[/color]
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: n/a
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: B+
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: F[/color]
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: F[/color]
Staind - Right Here: B-
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): B (Better late than never, I suppose. I would've prefered the latter if it's going to be this late.)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: C-
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: nfe (but it sounded pretty crappy and generic from the last minute or so I caught on the radio)
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: n/a
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: C- (this sounds like a Pink song.)
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: C (I thought this was Our Lady Peace for the first 20 or so seconds. )
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): B-
Paul Wall - Girl: n/a
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C B
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: C
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B-
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: n/a (but I might as well save the middleman and give this the red letter now.)
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: n/a
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: D
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): n/a
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: n/a
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: n/a
Shinedown - I Dare You: B
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: B
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A-[/color]
T.I. - What You Know: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: F[/color]
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B-
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: n/a
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: F (well actually, it was about a C- for the first 30 seconds, but then I remembered who it was by and how little business she has attempting to start a singing career.)
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: C+
Saving Jane - Happy: n/a

God, I am so sick of vapid hip hop bullsh** and half-assed pop/rock songs clogging up the Pop chart. It's like it's worse than ever. My thoughts exactly, and of the 12 songs that recieved an n/a, I have a strong interest in hearing exactly 0 of them.)[/color]

Hot AC[/u]

Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: B-
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: B-
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: D
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: B-
James Blunt - High: C-
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: n/a (but I'm actually interested in hearing this one.)
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: n/a
INXS - Afterglow: n/a
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: n/a
Jewel - Again and Again: C
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: B (agreed with Matt on the Chris Martin meets Adam Luritz comparison, but I like it.)
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: C- (at least this isn't as desperate sounding as "You Are My Number One", but it's still not good by any means.)
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: n/a
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: B+
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: A+[/color]
Hoobastank - If I Were You: B+
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: C+
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: B-
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: B-
Weezer - Perfect Situation: B+
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: n/a (I still need to get around to picking up the album.)

AC

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: B
Lifehouse - You and Me: A-
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: A[/color] (it's so refreshing to see a great uptempo song like this on here.)
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: B-
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): B
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: B+
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: n/a
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: C (who? I can't imagine this possibly working as an AC song. lol, I listened to this a few weeks ago on her myspace just to make sure it wasn't a not-so-hot Beyonce remake. It isn't, but it's still not great. It sounds like a really boring Toni Braxton song.)
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a
Nickelback - Photograph: B (but what Matt said.)
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a (they're already on single #2?)
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: C+
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a

Alternative[/u]

Tool - Vicarious: C+
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: n/a
AFI - Miss Murder: A-[/color]
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: B
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: n/a
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: n/a
Wolfmother - Woman: C+
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: B
Korn - Coming Undone: n/a
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: n/a
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: B-
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: n/a
10 Years - Wasteland: B
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: D- (what the hell is this.)
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A-
Godsmack - Speak: D
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: B-
System of a Down - Lonely Day: B-
Lostprophets - Rooftops: A-[/color]
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: n/a
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: A-[/color]
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: n/a
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: B (This got tiring pretty fast.)
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B (why'd this underperform so badly?)
She Wants Revenge - These Things: n/a
Stone Sour - Through Glass: n/a
Disturbed - Just Stop: n/a
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: B-
Hoobastank - Inside of You: B (Their best move after this record just might be calling it a day. As much as I love the group, I'm going to have to agree because I'd rather see them stop now then go in a direction I don't want to see them go.)
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Damone - Out Here All Night: n/a
Seether - The Gift: n/a
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: n/a
The Fray - How to Save a Life: A-[/color] (It didn't take me nearly as long to catch onto this as it did with "Over My Head (Cable Car)", though I think I may like the latter a little more in the end. And on another note, it's pleasently surprising to see this doing so well here.)
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: A-[/color]
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: n/a
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: n/a
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: n/a
Placebo - Infra-Red: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: B-
Dresden Dolls - Sing: A-[/color]
Matisyahu - Youth: B-

I'll do the remaining formats another time.

[halo19]

I have returned.

CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: B-
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B-
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': C
Sean Paul - Temperature: B+
Rihanna - SOS: A-
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: C-
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: D
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: D+
Rihanna - Unfaithful: B
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: B+
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C+
Cassie - Me & U: nfe
The Fray - Cable Car (Over My Head): A-
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: C
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: C
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: A-
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: D (Surprisingly tolerable for PCD.)
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: D
Staind - Right Here: C-
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): B+
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: n/a
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: C-
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: C
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: nfe (one listen.)
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: n/a
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: n/a
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): C
Paul Wall - Girl: C+
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C-
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: B
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B+
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: D-
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: n/a
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: B
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: n/a
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): n/a
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: nfe
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: n/a
Shinedown - I Dare You: B-
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A (Might even move up to a +)
T.I. - What You Know: B+
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: F
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: C
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: n/a
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: n/a (I don't want to hear it either. A friend of mine told me her music sucks ass and I'd trust that.)
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: n/a
Saving Jane - Happy: n/a

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: B
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: B-
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: C
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: C-
James Blunt - High: B-
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: nfe
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: n/a
INXS - Afterglow: C+
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: n/a
Jewel - Again and Again: n/a
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: n/a
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: D (Well it's not like they've really ever had much cred. to begin with)
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: B-
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: B-
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: B+
Hoobastank - If I Were You: n/a
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: B+
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: B
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: C
Weezer - Perfect Situation: A-
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: B-

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: C
Lifehouse - You and Me: B-
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: B-
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: nfe
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): n/a
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: C-
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: n/a
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a
Nickelback - Photograph: D
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a (They're still trying? LOL.)
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: n/a
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: A
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: A
AFI - Miss Murder: B
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: B
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: B-
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: A-
Wolfmother - Woman: B
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: C (I realize it's a catchy tune, but the style's either getting overdone or I get burned out really fast. I can't decide which it is yet.)
Korn - Coming Undone: B-
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: B+
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: B
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: B (I'm not a huge PJ fan, either.)
10 Years - Wasteland: B+ (But why's this still on?)
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: C (I know it's garbage but for some reason I don't mind it. I guess it's a partial guilty pleasure.)
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A[/color]
Godsmack - Speak: D+
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: C
System of a Down - Lonely Day: B+
Lostprophets - Rooftops: n/a
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: n/a
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: n/a
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: n/a
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: A-
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B
She Wants Revenge - These Things: A
Stone Sour - Through Glass: nfe
Disturbed - Just Stop: B-
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: A-
Hoobastank - Inside of You: n/a
10 Years - Through the Iris: n/a
Damone - Out Here All Night: n/a
Seether - The Gift: n/a
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: n/a
The Fray - How to Save a Life: n/a
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: n/a
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: n/a
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: n/a
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: n/a
Placebo - Infra-Red: B+
Dresden Dolls - Sing: n/a
Matisyahu - Youth: B

[a Nick O!]

Nice to see you again, Kirk!

Before I forget, I've been meaning to say that the chorus melody of "Unfaithful" reminds me of the chorus melody for Rob Thomas' "Lonely No More."

Also, I just heard/saw Lupe Fiasco's "Kick, Push" today and that's easily the best hip hop song out right now. It's absolutely refreshing, too: It's all about skateboarding! As in kick your leg out, push off of the pavement, and "coast," as he also includes in the hook.

I've seen MJB's "Enough Cryin' " listed as (featuring Brook) on her album and (featuring Brook-Lyn) on the web somewhere (perhaps on Launch or something). I recently read that "Brook" is her (paraphrased) ignorant alter ego. The side of her that acts immature. So I can only imagine that "Brook" is Mary rapping on the song. Sheesh. What a crock of sh**.

mtm4319 said:

Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: C- (Does the song suck? Yes. Do I watch the video every time it comes on to stare at the soon-to-be-solo Nicole? ...Yes. Plus, I like the line "Now let me tell you what's crackalackin' 'fore I pro-ceed.")

Aw, c'mon, Matt. Hold yourself to a higher standard. You can do it! That's like if I ever ogled Jessica Simpson. Yeah, she's got a physically beautiful body, but come on...

mtm4319 said:

Mario Vazquez - Gallery: B- (Probably the best song by an American Idol contestant not named Kelly Clarkson -- which makes sense, of course, since he dropped out of the competition.)

Ahh, I did not realize he was an American Idol contestant. I figured he was the newest overnight Latino pop singer, i.e., Frankie L.

mtm4319 said:

Rise Against - Ready to Fall: nh (Is this a fourth single from their "Give It All" album, or a new single/album?)

Lead single from their album The Sufferer & the Witness, which comes out July 4. (Wow, that's actually one of this site's banner ads for the moment.)

mtm4319 said:

Eighteen Visions - Victim: B+ (Wait, there's another 18V song on the chart now? What happened to "Tonightless"?)

After "Tonightless" was eventually sent to Alternative, they released the more true-to-form "Victim" to Active Rock and Rock stations, who quickly abandoned "Tonightless." (Though I'm guessing it wouldn't have held on much longer anyway.)

mtm4319 said:

E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: nh ("Kandi Girl"? I wonder if this is the same Kandi that wrote "No Scrubs" and sang "Don't Think I'm Not". If so, ouch.)

That's what I wondered when I first saw her name on this. But then I wondered if the "Girl" were added to set herself apart from Kandi. Who knows. Clearly none of us yet.

mtm4319 said:

Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push: B- (This is gonna sound bad, but... I didn't know black guys skateboarded. Or maybe I've been totally blinded by the X-Games segment of the subculture.)

Well, Pharrell skateboards. So did Lil Jon in high school, believe it or not. Hell Pharrell's alias since "Drop It Like It's Hot" has been Skateboard P.

mtm4319 said:

Robin Thicke f/ Busta Rhymes & Pharrell - Wanna Love You Girl: nfe (How in the world did this make it? Wasn't it released like 6 months ago?)

I'm thinking they remixed it with a Busta verse on it and are re-serving it as a re-release.

[mtm4319]

nicholas said:

Lead single from their album The Sufferer & the Witness, which comes out July 4. (Wow, that's actually one of this site's banner ads for the moment.)

Yep, I saw that banner ad about a day after posting the grades. And I'm guessing it's not a coincidence we're seeing a Rise Against ad. The Google ad software used by Proboards analyzes the text posted and displays relevant ads accordingly.

nicholas said:

After "Tonightless" was eventually sent to Alternative, they released the more true-to-form "Victim" to Active Rock and Rock stations, who quickly abandoned "Tonightless." (Though I'm guessing it wouldn't have held on much longer anyway.)

Hmm, glad you quoted this... I haven't heard "Victim". I must have forgotten to erase your grade of B+ for the song and put an "nh" in its place.

[halo19]

Active Rock
Hinder - Lips of an Angel: n/a
Rob Zombie - American Witch: nfe
Evans Blue - Cold (But I'm Still Here): C
Hurt - Rapture: D
Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train: n/a
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: B
Theory of a Deadman - Santa Monica: n/a
Trapt - Disconnected (Out of Touch): n/a
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot: A
Mercy Fall - I Got Life: n/a
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a
Nonpoint - Alive and Kicking: n/a
Danko Jones - First Date: n/a
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: B+
Egypt Central - Over and Under: n/a
Eighteen Visions - Victim: n/a
System of a Down - Kill Rock N' Roll: A
P.O.D. - Lights Out: nfe
Bullet for My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall: n/a
Thousand Foot Krutch - Absolute: n/a
Flyleaf - Fully Alive: n/a
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a

Rock
Seether - Remedy: B+
Shinedown - Save Me: B+
Sammy Hagar - Sam I Am: n/a

AAA[/u]
Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck: n/a
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See: nfe
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us: n/a
Ben Harper - Better Way: n/a
Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine: nfe
Chris Isaak - King Without a Castle: n/a
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth: A
Augustana - Boston: B-
Paul Simon - Outrageous: n/a
Gomez - How We Operate: n/a
Coldplay - The Hardest Part: B-
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On: C+ (So far.)
The Little Willies - Roll On: n/a
Sheryl Crow - I Know Why: n/a
Brandi Carlile - What Can I Say: n/a
Donavon Frankenreiter - Move by Yourself: n/a
Jackie Greene - I'm So Gone: nfe
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down: n/a

CHR/Rhythmic[/u]
E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: n/a
Kelis f/ Too $hort - Bossy: nfe
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: F
T.I. - Why You Wanna: B
Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin': n/a
Bubba Sparxxx - Heat It Up: n/a
Rick Ross - Hustlin': n/a
Busta Rhymes f/ will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Bitch: B-
LeToya - Torn: n/a
Jamie Foxx f/ Twista - DJ Play a Love Song: nfe
Olivia f/ 50 Cent - Best Friend: C
Young Dro f/ T.I. - Shoulder Lean: D-
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: n/a
Ray Cash f/ Scarface - Bumpin' My Music: n/a
Remy Ma f/ Ne-Yo - Feels So Good: n/a
Keyshia Cole - Love: C
Natalie f/ Bun B - What You Gonna Do: n/a
Potzee - Dat Girl: n/a
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love: n/a
OutKast - Mighty O: n/a (Possibly the n/a I'm most interested in.)
Pitbull - Bojangles: n/a
DJ Khaled - Holla at Me: n/a
Chingy f/ Tyrese - Pulling Me Back: n/a
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz - Ridin' Rims: F
Pack - Vans: n/a (Who?)
Lil Wayne - Hustler Musik: n/a
Ali & Gipp - Go 'Head: n/a

Urban
Avant - 4 Minutes: n/a
Jagged Edge - Good Luck Charm: n/a
Cheri Dennis f/ Jim Jones & ? (can't remember) - I Love You: n/a
Missez f/ Pimp C - Love Song: n/a
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: D+
Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - Back Like That: nfe
Kanye West f/ Twista & Keyshia Cole - Impossible: B+
Megan Rochell f/ Fabolous - The One You Need: n/a
Sammie - You Should Be My Girl: n/a
Anthony Hamilton - Can't Let Go: nfe
Sleepy Brown f/ Pharrell & Big Boi - Margarita: n/a
Lyfe Jennings - S.E.X.: nfe
Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push: A
Dre f/ Rick Ross - Chevy Ridin' High: n/a
Project Pat f/ Juicy J: Good Googly Moogly: n/a
Robin Thicke f/ Busta Rhymes & Pharrell - Wanna Love You Girl: n/a
Urban Mystic - I Refuse: n/a
Donell Jones - I'm Gonna Be: n/a
Pimp C f/ Mike Jones & Bun B - Pourin' Up: n/a
Mila J f/ Marques Houston - Good Lookin' Out: n/a

Urban AC
Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable: D+

[Mega248]

Active Rock

Hinder - Lips of an Angel: nfe (well, it sounded a little better than "Get Stoned")
Rob Zombie - American Witch: n/a
Evans Blue - Cold (But I'm Still Here): C+
Hurt - Rapture: n/a
Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train: n/a
Atreyu - Ex's and Oh's: n/a
Theory of a Deadman - Santa Monica: n/a
Trapt - Disconnected (Out of Touch): C+
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot: B-
Mercy Fall - I Got Life: n/a
Rebel Meets Rebel - Get Outta My Life: n/a
Nonpoint - Alive and Kicking: n/a
Danko Jones - First Date: n/a
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth: B
Egypt Central - Over and Under: n/a
Eighteen Visions - Victim: n/a
System of a Down - Kill Rock N' Roll: n/a
P.O.D. - Lights Out: n/a
Bullet for My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall: n/a
Thousand Foot Krutch - Absolute: n/a
Flyleaf - Fully Alive: n/a
Fighting Instinct - I Found Forever: n/a

Rock[/u]

Seether - Remedy: C (what's the WOC record for this format? At 60 weeks, this has to be getting pretty close.)
Shinedown - Save Me: B-
Sammy Hagar - Sam I Am: n/a

AAA[/u]

Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck: B+
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See: n/a
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us: n/a
Ben Harper - Better Way: n/a
Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine: n/a
Chris Isaak - King Without a Castle: n/a
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth: A+[/color]
Augustana - Boston: n/a
Paul Simon - Outrageous: n/a
Gomez - How We Operate: n/a
Coldplay - The Hardest Part: n/a
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On: n/a
The Little Willies - Roll On: n/a
Sheryl Crow - I Know Why: n/a
Brandi Carlile - What Can I Say: n/a
Donavon Frankenreiter - Move by Yourself: n/a
Jackie Greene - I'm So Gone: n/a
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down: n/a

CHR/Rhythmic

E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: n/a
Kelis f/ Too $hort - Bossy: n/a
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: n/a
T.I. - Why You Wanna: n/a
Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin': n/a
Bubba Sparxxx - Heat It Up: n/a
Rick Ross - Hustlin': n/a
Busta Rhymes f/ will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Bitch: n/a
LeToya - Torn: n/a
Jamie Foxx f/ Twista - DJ Play a Love Song: n/a
Olivia f/ 50 Cent - Best Friend: n/a
Young Dro f/ T.I. - Shoulder Lean: n/a
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: n/a
Ray Cash f/ Scarface - Bumpin' My Music: n/a
Remy Ma f/ Ne-Yo - Feels So Good: n/a
Keyshia Cole - Love: n/a
Natalie f/ Bun B - What You Gonna Do: n/a
Potzee - Dat Girl: n/a
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love: n/a
OutKast - Mighty O: B (I just went to their myspace and listened to this because I've gotta grade something on this format. Oh, and what Nick said.)
Pitbull - Bojangles: n/a
DJ Khaled - Holla at Me: n/a
Chingy f/ Tyrese - Pulling Me Back: n/a
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz - Ridin' Rims: n/a
Pack - Vans: n/a
Lil Wayne - Hustler Musik: n/a
Ali & Gipp - Go 'Head: n/a

I'm not going to bother with Urban or Urban AC, but is the Sammie on Urban the same one who put out "Crazy Things I Do" several years ago and was like 13 at the time?

Country[/u]

Tim McGraw - When the Stars Go Blue: B-
Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang: B+

[a Nick O!]

mega248 said:

I'm not going to bother with Urban or Urban AC, but is the Sammie on Urban the same one who put out "Crazy Things I Do" several years ago and was like 13 at the time?

Yes.

[radical347]

CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: B+ (Don't ask, because there's no reason why I should have rated this higher than any of her last 14 or so. Aside: this should not be a moderate Hot AC hit.
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go: B+ (Yeah... on numerous listens, I've decided this could be better.) (I haven't gotten to 'numerous listens' yet but you're probably going to be right. This should not be a moderate Hot AC hit either.)
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': nh/dr
Sean Paul - Temperature: D
Rihanna - SOS: B- (I'm forced to bump it up a notch due to doing the 'bad train wreck' thing so well.)
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: C-
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: D
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: F-[/color] (I just recently started listening to pop again and it's nice to see that there are still songs that are this horrible upon first listen.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: C- (Listenable but utterly pointless.)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: B (for now.)
Nickelback - Savin' Me: B- (To borrow a Demogoblin term, the essence of new Nickelback, indeed. The chorus is about as catchy as the verses are idiotic.)
Cassie - Me & U: nh/dr
The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car): A-
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: B+
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B-
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: nh/dr
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: C+ (and what is this doing moving up so fast on here.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: nh/dwt
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: nh/dr (uhh @ the last name)
Staind - Right Here: F[/color] (What is this still doing here because I want to say it fell off Hot AC about 7 months ago... or maybe it's just because Star 94, who holds onto songs forever, dropped it 7 months ago)
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): C- (But this has no business on any chart anymore, let alone this one)
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: nh/dr but I'm sure she could have come up with a better name than that
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: nh/dwt due to fully expecting this to suck
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: nh/dr
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: nh/dr
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: nh/dr
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: nh/dr
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): D (Whoa, never caught that subtitle before and that drops it down about 2/3 of a grade.)
Paul Wall - Girl: nh but something about the title and artist tells me this can't possibly be any good
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: C- (It just keeps on getting worse upon each listen)
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: D (I know why this is here now but it really has no business being here, or anywhere for that matter)
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B-
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: nh/dr
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: nh/dr
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: nh/dr
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: nh/dr
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): nh/dr
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: nh/dr
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: nh/dr
Shinedown - I Dare You: nh/dr
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A (But I expected the worst for the rest of the CD & got it. Thank God for Barnes & Noble listening displays.)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: D- (Wow, this is quite possibly the stupidest track I've heard from them in awhile. This will be making a fairly high appearance on '06's overrated list too.)
T.I. - What You Know: B- (for now)
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - nh/dr
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: B+ (But I didn't think I'd still see this here.)
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: nh/dr
Blue October - Hate Me: B
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: nh/dr
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: nh/dr
Saving Jane - Happy: D+ (this is stupid)

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: A-[/color] (Although it probably would have been about a grade lower four or five months ago)
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: C+ (What a shame that this of all songs is the song that is getting him his break.)
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: F- (Go away already.)
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: D+
James Blunt - High: D- (This one didn't suck this badly the first time I heard it... but better late than never, I guess)
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: B (But I think it's about time to stop trying this hard)
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: B+ (Scissor Sisters-esque. I'm diggin' it.)
INXS - Afterglow: B (I never thought this one would burn out this fast.)
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: nh/dr
Jewel - Again and Again: F-[/color] (Though 'Promiscuous' is giving this a run for its money I still think this one's gonna pull through)
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: D+ (Inherently tolerable but one grade off due to the fact that there is absolutely no reason why this should be getting any airplay at all.)
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: nh and I hope it stays that way
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: B-
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: C (*yawn*)
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: B (But I can actually commend someone for trying this time.)
Hoobastank - If I Were You: C
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: nh/dr
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: nh what the hell kind of stupid title is that
Missy Higgins - Scar: D- (oh gawd, this still doesn't need to be around. When did they first try this out, two summers ago? It sucked then and no matter how much payola and what cavity you stick it in it's still gonna suck.)
Staind - Everything Changes: nh/dr
Weezer - Perfect Situation: B
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: A (But at Grey's Anatomy causing this to eat up "Hands Open". I knew they eventually would have been capable of getting hits without that and it doesn't help that this is gonna be their first real one.)

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: D (This gets more and more ridiculous upon each listen.)
Lifehouse - You and Me: B-
Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance for Me: nh/dr
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: nh/dr
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): nh/dr
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: nh/dr
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: nh/dr
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: nh/dr
MercyMe - So Long Self: nh/dr
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: nh/dr
Nickelback - Photograph: B (uhh...)
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: nh/dr
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: nh/dr
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: nh/dr
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: nh/dr
*aside: wow, I listen to the AC station over half the time now and I don't remember any of these except for the first two. No wonder that they hold onto what they do hold onto forever.

Alternative
Tool - Vicarious: C
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes: D+ (Just like just about everything else Jack White has done, overrated.)
AFI - Miss Murder: B-
Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure: B+ (Only a matter of time before pop and Hot AC eats this one.)
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: nh/dr
Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure: D+ (Sorry boys, it just ain't workin'.)
Wolfmother - Woman: nh/dr
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed: D (This one is probably going to be right behind 'Dani California' on a certain year-end list.)
Korn - Coming Undone: nh/dr
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill: nh/dr
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: C (For some reason I find this incredibly depressing.)
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted: C- (This song isn't overrated nearly so much as the band is.)
10 Years - Wasteland: nh/dr
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch: nh/dr
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: B
Godsmack - Speak: nh/dr
Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide: D (Now this one is as overrated as the band.)
System of a Down - Lonely Day: nh/dr
Lostprophets - Rooftops: B-
Dashboard Confessional - Don't Wait: B-
Snow Patrol - Hands Open: A
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane: nh/dr
Foo Fighters - No Way Back: B (for now.)
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: D (What the hell is this.)
She Wants Revenge - These Things: A- (Shameless. I like.)
Stone Sour - Through Glass: nh/dr
Disturbed - Just Stop: nh/dr
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion: C- (The saving grace is that they seem to have tried to make something that burns out as fast as possible. Or at least that's what I tell myself.)
Hoobastank - Inside of You: heard, dr, but this can't possibly be worthwhile
10 Years - Through the Iris: nh/dr
Damone - Out Here All Night: nh/dr
Seether - The Gift: nh/dr
Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse: nh/dr
The Fray - How to Save a Life: A-[/color] (But uhh... this belongs here even less than 'Over My Head (Cable Car)' did.)
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat: C+ nh/dr
Rise Against - Ready to Fall: B (For now.)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: nh (But this isn't the second single that the AAA station is playing.)
Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep: nh/dr
Placebo - Infra-Red: nh/dr
Dresden Dolls - Sing: B- (Sounds fine but a bit too pretentious.)
Matisyahu - Youth: B-

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Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck: A-[/color]
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See: B- (But the Black Horse association is starting to chip away at this one)
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us: D (Oh my God, this is the best they could do for the first single???)
Ben Harper - Better Way: B+ (but the + is starting to flicker out.)
Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine: C (But now that they've removed just about everything non-formulaic about them...)
Chris Isaak - King Without a Castle: B, I guess
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth: B+
Augustana - Boston: B- (They've still got it all wrong but this is growing on me.)
Paul Simon - Outrageous: B
Gomez - How We Operate: B+
Coldplay - The Hardest Part: B+ (They're getting better but the title still doesn't help.)
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On: C- (This does not need to be on the smooth jazz chart.)
The Little Willies - Roll On: D+ (Great, just great, Norah Jones. Be as boring as always while putting together a band with the most idiotic name ever.)
Sheryl Crow - I Know Why: A-[/color] (Probably my favorite by her since Leaving Las Vegas.)
Brandi Carlile - What Can I Say: F (Pathetic but it's not like she's capable of much better.)
Donavon Frankenreiter - Move by Yourself: B
Jackie Greene - I'm So Gone: B+ (Though this is teetering between that and 1/3 a grade up.)
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down: B

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It's been a while since I've done one of these, but I'm bored as f*** at work.

CHR/Pop
Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie: B (I still can't over the fact that it's a direct rip-off of "Dance Like This" by Wyclef and Claudette Ortiz from Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack, but I do like the reggaeton beat of this.)
Fort Minor f/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go:A- (Could be better without the out-of-place cussing)
Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone - Ridin': A
Sean Paul - Temperature: A+ (I'm surpsied I'm not sick of this yet)
Rihanna - SOS: B+ (Is it just me... or is the song nothing without the sample? That's what I felt about the song after listening to the Jason Nevins remix which took out the sample)
Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me: C (Exactly what I thought about BSB's "Incomplete"...)
Daniel Powter - Bad Day: B-
Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland - Promiscuous: A (It's kinda unfair to call her a sell-out considering she worked with Timbaland prior to this on "Turn Off The Light (Remix)" and she "rapped" on "Get Ur Freak On (Remix)" back then, not to mention the video of "...On The Radio..." was hip-hop influenced too.)
Rihanna - Unfaithful: C (I can't get over how out-of-place/over-dramatic some of the words in the lyrics are... like "murderer", "I might as well take a gun and put it to his head"? Are you serious? I swear, Ne-Yo writes the most random lyrics as witnessed in "When You're Mad". I liked Rihanna more when she was singing mindless pop songs, her voice is not suitable for this.)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: A+
Nickelback - Savin' Me: C-
Cassie - Me & U: B (I want to not like this song because her voice just sucks, but I can't.)
The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car): A-
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: B+
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away: B/b]
Field Mob f/ Ciara - So What: A-
Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies: A+ (I love their album... a lot.)
Pussycat Dolls f/ Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons: C+
Bubba Sparxxx f/ Ying Yang Twins & Mr. Collipark - Ms. New Booty: A-
Staind - Right Here: A-
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM): C
Paula Deanda f/ Baby Bash - Doing Too Much: C- (Indifferent, because it's so typical, why is Clive Davis raving about her?)
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man: B+
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne - Gimme That: B
Natasha Bedingfield - Single: C-
Jeannie Ortega f/ Papoose - Crowded: B- (Why is she trying to be black when she's very unconvincing? The video looks cheap and Papoose looked so bored in the scenes just showing him and two guys from his posse just standing and not even moving.)
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go: D+
Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence): B+
Paul Wall - Girl: C+ (The sample gets annoying after a while)
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home: D
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree: C
Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me": B+
Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers: C- (Why the f*** is Lil Jon on the soundtrack of an animated feature "Barnyard"?)
Christina Milian f/ Young Jeezy - Say I: C+ (I would like it more if the beat wasn't such a rip-off of "Hate It Or Love It")
Daddy Yankee - Rompe: B- (There's a remix with Lloyd Banks & Young Buck apparently. Figures.)
Young Joc - It's Goin' Down: B (I want to hate this, but the chorus is infectious)
Sean Paul f/ Keyshia Cole - When You Gonna (Give It Up to Me): B+ (For now. I don't get why they renamed the song from just "Give It Up To Me" though.)
Ne-Yo - When You're Mad: B (See my comment about "Unfaithful" and that's exactly why I'm not buying his album despite liking the first three singles.)
Cherish f/ Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Do It to It: C+ (LOL at Nick's comment.)
Shinedown - I Dare You: C+
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: A+ (I somewhat agree with Davey about their album. But replace "Barnes & Noble listening displays" with "BitTorrent". I've listened to it several times and I can't get into it.)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California: A-
T.I. - What You Know: A+
Dem Franchize Boyz f/ Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It: F (Ugh, they need to just go away. I can't understand how they keep hitting #1 on Urban.)
Rob Thomas - Ever the Same: D (Zzzz...)
Mario Vazquez - Gallery: n/a
Blue October - Hate Me: n/a
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind: D- (Maybe my expection for this was really low to begin with, I actually don't find this song not to be that bad.)
Frankie Jordan - Once Again: n/a
Saving Jane - Happy: C- (Their voice is so bleh.)

Hot AC
Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You: n/a
Jack Johnson - Upside Down: B+ (Why didn't this chart on Pop?)
James Blunt - You're Beautiful: C-
Bo Bice - The Real Thing: D-
James Blunt - High: C-
Five For Fighting - The Riddle: n/a
Better Than Ezra - Juicy: n/a
INXS - Afterglow: D
Breaking Point - All Messed Up: n/a
Jewel - Again and Again: n/a
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose: n/a
Smash Mouth - Story of My Life: n/a
Sheryl Crow and Sting - Always on Your Side: n/a
Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most: n/a
Los Lonely Boys - Diamonds: n/a
Keane - Is It Any Wonder: n/a
Hoobastank - If I Were You: C (How bland.)
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You: A+
Keith Urban - Making Memories of Us: n/a
Missy Higgins - Scar: n/a
Staind - Everything Changes: n/a
Weezer - Perfect Situation: A-
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: n/a

AC
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You: B (I like the Jason Nevins remix better)
Lifehouse - You and Me: B
Michael Bublé[.b] - Save the Last Dance for Me: C-
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw - Like We Never Lover At All: n/a
Chris Rice - When Did You Fall (In Love With Me): n/a
LeAnn Rimes - Probably Wouldn't Be This Way: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts: n/a
Nicol Sponberg - Crazy In Love: n/a
MercyMe - So Long Self: n/a
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud: n/a
Nickelback - Photograph: C+ (The Kidz Bop versoin is funny)
Chicago - Love Will Come Back: n/a
Hootie and the Blowfish - Get Out of My Mind: n/a
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take the Wheel: n/a
Chantal Chamandy - Feels Like Love: n/a

I'll skip all the ones I haven't listened to:

Alternative
AFI - Miss Murder: A (I think I like the original version more than the Pop Edit)
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become: C
Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage: A-[/color] (I like "I Write Sins..." more.)
Godsmack - Speak: B-
Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly: B+
The Fray - How to Save a Life: B
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby: B+

Skipped other Rock formats.

CHR/Rhythmic
E-40 f/ T-Pain & Kandi Girl - U and Dat: B (Yes Matt, it is the same Kandi who wrote "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "No Scrubs", sang "Don't Think I'm Not" and used to be in girl group Xscape. WTF is she doing in this song?! Her part in this song is unneccessarily vulgar too.)
Kelis f/ Too $hort - Bossy: B+ (It's growing on me... I'm surprised this is even a hit. Her Neptunes tracks are infinitely times better.)
Shawnna - Gettin' Some: C (I find the edited version more entertaining with "I was gettin' some (ooo...)/I was gettin' some (ahh!)" rather than saying "head".)
T.I. - Why You Wanna: A (He's on a roll... his album is great too.)
Mary J. Blige f/Brook-Lyn - Enough Cryin': A- (Yes, Brook-Lyn or Brook as it shows on her album, is her rapper alter-ego. I find it highly amusing how they edited the video to show them together on the screen with Mary singing on top of the rap part too. The "two" appears in the remix video for Busta's "Touch It".)
Bubba Sparxxx - Heat It Up: B (Nick, don't get your hopes up, it's another ColliPark production.)
Rick Ross - Hustlin': F
Busta Rhymes f/ will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Bitch: A- (The chorus is so ghetto, I love it.)
LeToya - Torn: B+
Jamie Foxx f/ Twista - DJ Play a Love Song: B-
Olivia f/ 50 Cent - Best Friend: A-
Young Dro f/ T.I. - Shoulder Lean: D+
Too $hort - Blow the Whistle: C
Ray Cash f/ Scarface - Bumpin' My Music: F
Remy Ma f/ Ne-Yo - Feels So Good: B-
Keyshia Cole - Love: B+ (Would be higher if she would just stop wailing in the chorus.)
Natalie f/ Bun B - What You Gonna Do: C
Potzee - Dat Girl: n/a
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love: A+ (Time to move on to a new album Ne-Yo, the rest of your album sucks major ass.)
OutKast - Mighty O: B- (I'm a bit disappointed to be honest.)
Pitbull - Bojangles: n/a
DJ Khaled f/ Lil' Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross & Pitbull - Holla at Me: B+
Chingy f/ Tyrese - Pulling Me Back: C- (This sounds too much like "One Call Away", but not as good.)
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs: n/a
Dem Franchize Boyz - Ridin' Rims: F
Pack - Vans: n/a
Lil Wayne - Hustler Musik: B
Ali & Gipp - Go 'Head: n/a

Urban[/b]
Avant - 4 Minutes: n/a
Jagged Edge - Good Luck Charm: n/a
Cheri Dennis f/ Jim Jones & Yung Joc - I Love You: B
Missez f/ Pimp C - Love Song: n/a
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar: C (Yeah, "Stay Fly" was much better.)
Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - Back Like That: B
Kanye West f/ Twista & Keyshia Cole - Impossible: A- (This should've been a hit.)
Megan Rochell f/ Fabolous - The One You Need: n/a
Sammie - You Should Be My Girl: n/a
Anthony Hamilton - Can't Let Go: n/a
Sleepy Brown f/ Pharrell & Big Boi - Margarita: n/a (Hmmm, I need to check this out.)
Lyfe Jennings - S.E.X.: n/a
Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push: B+ (So far... Nick, you should check out the remix which features a rap from Pharrell.
Dre f/ Rick Ross - Chevy Ridin' High: n/a
Project Pat f/ Juicy J: Good Googly Moogly: n/a
Robin Thicke f/ Busta Rhymes & Pharrell - Wanna Love You Girl: A- (Some of the lyrics are so cheeze, but I love it anyhow.)
Urban Mystic - I Refuse: n/a
Donell Jones - I'm Gonna Be: n/a
Pimp C f/ Mike Jones & Bun B - Pourin' Up: n/a
Mila J f/ Marques Houston - Good Lookin' Out: n/a

Urban AC (The ones I care about or have otherwise heard.)
Brian McKnight - Find Myself in You: n/a
Mariah Carey - Fly Like a Bird: B+
Isley Brothers - Just Came Here to Chill: n/a
Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable: B-
Shanice - Take Care of U: n/a
Isley Brothers f/ R. Kelly - Blast Off: n/a
Luther Vandross - Shine: n/a

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Alright, "Snap Yo Fingers" and "Ain't No Other Man" are officially F[/color]s now, as is that new song from Beyonce that's already made its way up to #18 since this topic was made.