pre-series sammycore

"same DNA but Born This Way"

Fire on Fire

I don't say a word But still, you take my breath and steal the things I know There you go, saving me from out of the cold

Just LISTEN TO IT and thank me later

kim petras won a grammy so id like to unkindly remind everyone that she supports dr luke and called kesha a liar

Sam Smith - Nirvana (Audio)

"You take me to Nirvana..I don't think this will last...but you are here in my arms..."

This hidden gem of a song was tucked in a show called " Being Mary Jane." The lyrics are wanton, sexi, & burning 🔥 hawt. If you don't desire friction after listening, you need to see a Doctor Stat.

Things I've Done by Nicki Bluhm from the album To Rise You Gotta Fall

Sam Smith

Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy (2022)

i love quasi & elliott. soo normal about these three.

Just tickles your eardrums! I love this scale.

Sam Smith arrives at THE MET GALA 2024

Year-End Poll #65: 2014

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As mentioned in the previous poll, we're now seeing streaming services like Spotify taking over music consumption. Much like how Billboard had to adapt to individual retail sales in the 1950's, MTV rotation in the 1980's, Nielsen SoundScan in the 1990's, and YouTube views in the early 2010's, Spotify streams are now going to be incorporated more into Billboard's charts, with their album charts adapting to this shift in late 2014.

But before we welcome in another chart, 2014 is the year we'll also have to say goodbye to one. It feels like just yesterday we were talking about the rise of the ringtone. But as musical ringtones were starting to fall out of favor in the general public (with streaming people were growing accustomed to no longer having to pay 99 cents for a song -- they weren't going to pay 2 dollars for a snippet of one), Billboard's ringtone charts were retired in 2014, with Taylor Swift's Shake It Off as the final number 1 ringtone in America.

In 2014, we're seeing the continuing rise of retro-inspired production, with the neo soul of Pharrell Williams' Happy, the doo-wop pastiche of Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass, and the funk elements of Ariana Grande's Problem. And with Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty sampling its hook from Balkan Beat Box's Hermetico, it seems like this was a pretty good year for brass samples. Also fun fact about Happy, apparently that song was Pharrell Williams' tenth attempt at writing a song for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Sadly, we will never hear those other 9 versions. Or else I would have put all of them on this poll.

Speaking of musical influence, we're also starting to see trap starting to rise in mainstream popularity. Trap music is a style of rap originating out of the southern hip-hop scene, notable for its 808 drums, snares, and triple-timed hi-hats. The origins of the style can be traced back to the 1990's during the rise of southern rap, with many trap acts coming out of Atlanta and Memphis. In fact one of the guest rappers on today's poll, Juicy J on Katy Perry's Dark Horse, is one of the pioneers of this style with his group, Three 6 Mafia. While Three 6 Mafia is associated with a variety of subgenres (gangster rap, horrorcore, crunk, etc), the trajectory of trap music can often be traced back to them. I don't usually give out homework on these polls, so instead I will just strongly suggest that you check out Mystic Stylez if you haven't already. We'll have to wait a few years until we see the explosive growth of the modern trap movement in the mainstream.

Figure 8 | Elliott Smith

pov: youre listening to unholy