What the Kids are Listening to: A Bay Bay!
Look out, Billboard Hot 100, Hurricane Chris is stormin’ up the charts! I’ve expanded my weekly look of the Billboard Hot 100 from the top five to the top ten (since the same five songs have been in the top 5 since I started this a couple of weeks ago).
Hurricane Chris comes in at #8 this week. Chris is from Shreveport, Louisiana. He was born in 1989 (!), and he’s got a hit single. It will make you a) bob your head, b) shake your head and ponder the current state of popular music, or c) both.
Warning: whether you care for or loathe this song, the phrase “A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay” will be ringing in your head for the foreseeable future.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItv4-zqMTo&w=336&h=278]
http://www.myspace.com/hurricane
One more thing…
A Bay Bay.
A Bay Bay.
8 Comments
Jim
This looks like all the videos I catch on the Jamaican TV. Same shots, more cars and bling, less girls movin’ it. Otherwise it could be straight from the island.
Eric
a bay bay
a bay bay
Stop the madness!
Zack
Wow. It’s as if they said “let’s make an incredibly infectious song AND coin a catchphrase.” Success on both counts.
A BAY BAY
A BAY BAY
I’m going to get it tattooed on my forearm. Tomorrow.
Martin Luther
This is such a disgrace to hip-hop. No substance whatsoever. I remember my parents calling me rebellious for listening to Public Enemy. At least Chuck D. had a message in his music. If this is what the children are listening to, I’m never having kids. I would not want them to suffer from having to hear this.
Jim
Chuck D is planning to launch a cell phone company. “Fight the Power” gets lost in $1.99 ringtones. Maybe I am just “hatin'” with this post but…
http://www.forbes.com/technology/wireless/2006/04/18/chuckd-mqube-wireless-in_nh_0418unwired_inl.html?partner=rss
You decide.
(Well, iit ain’t footnotes, but we will see if this starts some serious posting 😉 )
Pete
Crazy thing is, it’s this low budget, cookie cutter video that’s gonna put this kid into a mansion with an aquarium, a giant Scarface poster, and a fridge full of Cristal.
Jim
Agreed. Is Chuck D the Sam Walton of Video Music?
Zack
I’m lost on the Chuck D/Sam Walton comparison…