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It kind of baffles me honestly. According to Kworb it's not in the top 5 of anything, not on radio, physical sales, iTunes or even the streaming sites. I guess when you sum up from all of these, "In My Feelings" kind of stands out the most by accumulation. But yeah, I think Billboard should redo their algorhythm because in the last few years the charts have become progressively more static.

And yeah, Drake has now officially beaten Usher's 2004 record of holding the top spot the longest in a single year with even less songs !

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Ok, this is really not good at all. Love you Kanye West but what the heck are doing lately? I don't understand why he's trying to meme-bait so hard this year. And I while I can accept novel oddities like "Lift Yourself", I certainly can't when it's completely substance-less gibberish like here, coupled with a weak beat and featuring the talentless Lil Pump if it's all in the cause of "being ironic".

February to July 2018 was such a great streak for music releases, but since August I felt I've been continuously disappointed but hopefully it will November-December will be a lot better when records will be continuously poured out !

I wasn't actually aware of that! Given it's chart position, I had just assumed that "In My Feelings" was receiving a lot of radio airplay. It's interesting to hear nonetheless. I do agree though that Billboard need to reevaluate their algorithm in determining chart positions. I'm pretty sure there was even talk of them doing so around the beginning of the year, because I can remember reading an article which suggested that such a change may result in rock having more of a presence on the charts. Nothing seems to have come of it though, unfortunately. 

In regards to Drake setting that new record, I personally think it's ridiculous. That's why I have always had a negative viewpoint on the extent to which streaming factors into chart placements. I know streaming is the way in which most people consume music nowadays, but based on the current algorithm/system, streams that last for only a few seconds are measured into a song's performance. Someone could listen to "In My Feelings" for only 5-10 seconds and it will have an influence on how successful the song is. I'm sorry, but that's completely flawed. It's not an accurate and fair method of assessing a song's performance. Also, it makes it harder for underground artists to breakthrough into the mainstream.

Honestly, I was hoping that we would have had a new release that would go onto become an era-defining hit, just like how "Just Dance" was so revolutionary back in 2008. It makes you wonder though, is that even possible now? Everything is just so diluted now that i'm not sure if a song will ever have the same impact/influence on the music scene. 

I heard this on TV earlier this evening. Even though i'm not particularly a fan of the song (or the respective genre), I personally think this would have to be one of the best EDM/Trap songs of the decade. It was a massive hit here in Late 2015/Early 2016.

Haha. It's funny you should say that, because I can't say that I have ever actually heard "Middle" being played in a shopping centre or in a store before, even though it was such a massive hit. Then again, I very rarely go to shopping centres (because I hate shopping), so that may explain why. 

The song is popular because it's a diss track to Eminem, who just released a new album. That and because MGK has tattoos all over his body and flows really monotonously. Regardless, diss tracks are absolutely nothing new. They've existed since rap began with songs like "Rapper's Delight" and "Step Off". The stuff here is nowhere near as nasty as some of the things you hear on The Chronic.

It's honestly not so bad a song. It doesn't hurt my ears like "Bartier Cardi" or "Rockstar", even though it's certainly not "Takeover" or "Ether".

Those disstracks are Youtubers-level of attention-mongering with an very lame reason for the feud to begin with. Honestly, MGK's "Rap Devil" is almost as bad as any disstrack from the "K.S.I. vs Jake Paul/Logan/whatever"-feud, just that bad mix of annoyingly corny and dull. The Eminem one is a lot better, it's like "Slim Shaddy meets Trap" that kinda works but still isn't the best.

Anyway, "In My Feelings" still is #1 this week, which means Drake broke Usher's 2004 record of holding the number 1 spot the longest in a single year.

Zifting through the Billboard, I was worried but the top 50 is actually fairly nice, although the top 10 is quite blah at the moment.

Yup. I was listening to the Edge Top 30 countdown last night and I was surprised to hear that Avril Lavigne had a new release, it debuted at number 23. I actually don't think its half bad, and is an improvement on her more recent stuff.