Lil Wayne Passes An All-Time Elvis Presley Hot 100 Mark [Cultural Degeneration]

Billboard.com ^ | 9/27/12 | Gary Trust

[SoFloFreeper]

... when it comes to the artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 hits, Elvis Presley**'s longstanding record total gives way to a new stats king: Lil Wayne**.

As he debuts as a featured artist (with Chris Brown**, Tyga** and Wiz Khalifa**) on Game**'s aptly titled "Celebration" at No. 82, the superstar rapper rewrites the mark for the most Hot 100 chart visits. Now with 109 entries, Weezy passes Elvis Presley, who totaled 108 between the chart's 1958 launch and 2003.

[heights]

These are records that made the top ‘100’ charts, which is meaningless. Example: I have twenty top 100 chart records that in total sales sell three million records, and you have one ‘number one’ record, that sells 12 million copies... who sold the most records?

[wideawake]

Rap/hip-hop is not music.

Of course it is.

That's not analysis. It's just whining.

[RochesterNYconservative]

What is it with Chris Brown featuring Rihanna, Lil Wayne featuring Bow Wow.

Can’t anyone do their own songs anymore?

You never saw The Rolling Stones featuring Frankie Valli or The Monkees featuring Bobby Sherman. Sure there were one off colloborations like the Temptations and Supremes and Glenn Campbell and Bobbie Gentry but this “featuring” phenomenon is ridiculous.

[ETL]

Lil who?

[RochesterNYconservative]

It is music but it is BAD music. The music almost always is auto tuned, and steals samples of other people’s original music. It is rarely innovative and usually features former gang members or ghetto trash as “stars.” It is music for and by degenerates.

[SoFloFreeper]

Culturally, the crap that is rap is way way WAY below the music of Elvis’ era.

[ETL]

Rap/hip-hop is not music.

I guess what Sans-Culotte meant was, as music, it sucks. I agree.

Rapper 'Ludacris'

Lyrics to Ludacris' Obama rap song, "Obama Is Here":

"Hey... I'm back on it

like I just signed my record deal, yeah the best is here

The Bentley Coupe paint is drippin wet, it got sex appeal

Never shoulda hated, you never shoulda doubted him

With a slot in the President's iPod, Obama shouted him

Said I handled my biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers

Well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer

Better yet put me in office, make me a Vice President

Hillary hated on you so that bitch is irrelevant

Now Jesse talkin slick and apologizin for WHAT~?!

If you said it then you MEANT it how you want it, head or gut

And all you other politicians tryin to hate on my man

Watch us win majority vote in every STATE on my man

You cain't stop what's 'bout to happen, we 'bout to make history

The first black President it's destined and it's meant to be

The threats ain't fazin us, the nooses or the jokes

Get off your ass black people it's time to get out and vote

Paint the White House black and I'm sure that's got 'em terrified

McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed

Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped

Ball up all of his speeches and just throw 'em like candy wraps

Cause what you talkin I hear nothin even relevant

And you the worst of all 43 Presidents

Get out and vote, or the end'll be near

And the world is ready for change cause Obama is here

YEAHHH! Cause Obama is here

The world is ready for change cause Obama is here

Yeahhhh, cause Obama is here

Say world is ready for change cause Obama is here

Hey!

http://lyrics.rapbasement.com/Ludacris_Politics%20(Obama%20Is%20Here)_lyrics_2129.html

YouTube video: Ludacris - "Obama Is Here":
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=ludacris+obama+is+here&aq=0&oq=ludacris+obama

[dfwgator]

Yeah, but Zamfir outsold both Elvis and Lil Wayne.....in Romania.

[Sans-Culotte]

That's not analysis. It's just whining.

Whatever. I didn't realize we had to provide detailed answers for you. Sure, Rap is music. And a crucifix in urine or a photo of a guy with a feather-duster up his arse is art. Happy now?

[GeronL]

ugh

did not need that

[US_MilitaryRules]

Yes they will. He will be on 60 minutes being interviewed from jail saying he was wronged! lol

[ETL]

Lol!

[CrazyIvan]

Keep in mind that sales of this “music” are heavily subsidised by our tax dollars through welfare.

[Iron Munro]

Is it meaningful to compare incomprehensible tribal chants to actual music?

Elvis could actually sing and make music that was pleasant and enjoyable to listen to.

[JayAr36]

Rap/hip-hop is music? Hum me a few bars.

[wideawake]

this “featuring” phenomenon is ridiculous

It's great marketing if done correctly.

It's wrong to think of popular music in the old "band" framework, where musical groups wrote their own songs, put out music by albums and picked out producers.

The producers are now in the driver's seat - they write and produce individual tracks and decide which singers/MCs they think would be best for them, mixing and matching artists to create the most saleable combinations.

This is, in a way, a return to the model of the late 50s/early 60s where labels had stables of performers and also house songwriters and assigned songs to performers they felt were best suited to the material.

[dfwgator]

A lot of wannabe suburban white kids buy his stuff.

[wideawake]

Hum me a few bars.

Are you saying that major hip hop hits like "Empire State of Mind" have no melody?

Really?

[shorty_harris]

Never heard of her...

[Fresh Wind]

Wayne is wayne-king.

I'll take Wayne King over any rapper, any day, any time.