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Rap music just vanished from the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years
Billboard/Yahoo! ^ | Oct 30, 2025 | Aidin Vaziri

Posted on 10/30/2025 6:21:45 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

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To: ChildOfThe60s

My Ft Worth days. The Red Slipper and Peppermill Lounge. Johnny Was a lot of fun. And an asshole.


41 posted on 10/30/2025 7:25:26 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Tom MacDonald is pretty cool.


42 posted on 10/30/2025 7:26:50 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Now THIS should give rise to a national holiday!


43 posted on 10/30/2025 7:28:16 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t know that about Walter Brennan singing a hit song.
I have to remember, Walter wasn’t always as old and crotchedy as he appeared on The Real McCoys.


44 posted on 10/30/2025 7:29:15 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

He didn’t sing, exactly, just spoken...........


45 posted on 10/30/2025 7:31:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DoodleBob

One Rap album I actually like is “The Eminem Show”.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLOZsUEFT0


46 posted on 10/30/2025 7:33:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The Good News: Rap is DEAD
The Bad News: ZwiftZombie owns 33&1/3 of Top 40 for 3 weeks


47 posted on 10/30/2025 7:34:40 PM PDT by jobim
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Devil stole rap because his fiddle of gold got stolen


48 posted on 10/30/2025 7:36:53 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Winning!


49 posted on 10/30/2025 7:37:47 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: DoodleBob

There are generally two kinds of popular music fans;
One kind loves “Islands In The Stream” by Dolly and Ken, while the other kind consider it tacky, formulaic and not at all Country. I’ve always enjoyed that performance, including the building brass section in the 3rd verse.
How about you?


50 posted on 10/30/2025 7:38:37 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Good (it’s not music)


51 posted on 10/30/2025 7:50:56 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: real saxophonist

My nephew was on The Voice.

He did a Sinatra tune and made it all the way to the second to last round.

He’s still doing Sinatra and the like and will be graduating college with a business degree with a music minor.

Smart kid.

L


52 posted on 10/30/2025 7:55:34 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

See? If my buddy just listened to me...


53 posted on 10/30/2025 7:57:28 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
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To: real saxophonist

https://youtu.be/M59clSJJf9I?si=gcXfCZebNLaS-4-0

L


54 posted on 10/30/2025 8:00:21 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Red Badger

“As one early rapper once said, “The reason we rap is because we can’t sing!”..................”

Those who can, sing. Those who can’t. rap.


55 posted on 10/30/2025 8:02:27 PM PDT by odawg
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

For spine chilling, still have to say I’ll go with Gregorian Chant.


56 posted on 10/30/2025 8:07:08 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: Lurker
That him? Man, he's good. Got all the inflections and everything.

Of course I don't have Mike's audition, but here he is:

Georgia.

57 posted on 10/30/2025 8:11:55 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
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To: real saxophonist

(addendum) You can kinda see why he chose the vein-popping-out power ballad...


58 posted on 10/30/2025 8:16:32 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
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To: lee martell

I just listened to it. Never heard it before.

I’ve heard worse. I’ve heard better. It sounds like a Yacht Rock tune.

It’s better than the 3-4 current Billboard 100 I heard.

FWIW Dolly has more business and music sense than almost everyone in the biz.


59 posted on 10/30/2025 8:18:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: mairdie

Definitely. There’s an Enya song very similar in sound to Gregorian chant that’s notorious for being used as a backdrop to a lot of raps actually.

This an instrumental sample:
https://youtube.com/shorts/jqlYVYwi4jg?si=do_7p9jY3tOJVDmK


60 posted on 10/30/2025 8:21:43 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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