Top Ten Tuesday: Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar "Mona Lisa"

4 songs from Lil Wayne's new album debut in the Top 10 this week. I picked the one that features Kendrick :)

At first this song didn't grab me, but then I was hooked. It's very good and they both perform their verses very impressively!

Top Ten Tuesday: DJ Khaled featuring Justin Biever, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne

This very catchy song joins 27 previous songs that have debuted at #1 on the Hot 100. I'll put in the complete list below the video. I don't think it's any surprise that this collaboration was super popular. Bieber and Lil Wayne alone would have done wonders but you also have Quavo from the super popular Migos and also the amazing Chance the Rapper. So this is no surprise to me. The song probably wouldn't even have to be as good as it is to debut at the top, if I'm being honest.

And here's that full list!

• Michael Jackson – "You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
• Mariah Carey – "Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
• Whitney Houston – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
• Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – "One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
• Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
• Mariah Carey – "Honey" (September 13, 1997)
• Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
• Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
• Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
• Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
• Clay Aiken – "This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
• Fantasia Barrino – "I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
• Carrie Underwood – "Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)
• Taylor Hicks – "Do I Make You Proud" (July 1, 2006)
• Britney Spears – "3" (October 24, 2009)
• Eminem – "Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)
• Kesha – "We R Who We R" (November 13, 2010)
• Britney Spears – "Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)
• Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
• Katy Perry – "Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)
• Baauer – "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013)^[12]
• Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (September 6, 2014)^[13]
• Justin Bieber – "What Do You Mean?" (September 19, 2015)^[14]
• Adele – "Hello" (November 14, 2015)^[15]
• Zayn Malik – "Pillowtalk" (February 20, 2016)^[16]
• Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (May 28, 2016)^[17]
• Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (January 28, 2017)^[18]
• DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One" (May 20, 2017)^[19]

Throwback Thursday: 2008

10. The Game - LAX 65
9. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 84

     1. 3 Peat
     2. Mr. Carter featuring Jay-Z
     3. A Milli
     4. Got Money featuring T-Pain
     5. Comfortable featuring Babyface
     6. Dr. Carter
     7. Phone Home
     8. Tie My Hands featuring Robin Thicke
     9. Mrs. Officer featuring Bobby V
   10. Let the Beat Build
   11. Shoot Me Down featuring D. Smith
   12. Lollipop featuring Static Major

So I had an interesting situation arise for this week's Throwback Thursday. I had heard none of the albums on the Top Ten. So I had no clue what to pick to feature. So I decided to go logical and feature the album with the highest Metacritic score (The numbers next to the album titles this week are the Metacritic scores). The winning album was Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III album. I was a little crestfallen because I've not really cared for Lil Wayne's stuff in the past.

But I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy pretty much the whole thing. It's raunchy and vulgar at times but there's humor to it, too. And, what most surprised me, heart.

I had wanted to play the Jay-Z collaboration, but I couldn't find an actual music video for it. I found a live version, but Jay's part was just played over the system, which was disappointing.

So I played the single I didn't think I liked, "Lollipop". I thought it was dumb and sophomoric. And it is. But it's also very catchy and kinda clever.

I'm really happy to say that I've come around a lot on the Lil Wayne front.


   13. La La featuring Brisco & Busta Rhymes
   14. Pussy Monster
   15. You Ain't Got Nothin' featuring Juelz Santana & Fabolous
   16. Dontgetit


8. Buckcherry - Black Butterfly 50
7. DJ Khaled - We Global 58
6. Young Jeezy - The Recession 72
5. Darius Rucker - Learn to Live 66
4. Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus 63
3. Nelly - Brass Knuckles 61
2. Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman 79
1. Metallica - Death Magnetic 78