> > BEP- Don't Mess With My Heart
> > Papa Roach- Scars
> > Kelly Clarkson- Breakaway
>
> With "Scars" and "Breakaway" you have two guitar based songs
> back-to-back.
> I'd come out of your legal ID with "Breakaway" or "Scars"
> (perferably, "Scars") and break it up with "Don't Phunk".
In that sweep, Scars is the "rock" song and Breakaway is the "pop" song... going with BEP as the "rhythmic." Balance.
>
> > Eminem- Encore
> > Gwen Stefani- Holla Back Girl
> > Howie Day- Collide
> > Baby Bash / Akon- Baby I'm Back
>
> Get rid of "Encore" and "Collide". Both are tune-outs.
Not here, Encore and Collide both test well in the region.
> > Lil Jon / Usher / Ludacris- Lovers and Friends
> > D.H.T.- Listen to Your Heart (Dance version)
> > Game / 50 Cent- How We Do
> > Outkast- Hey Ya
> > Mariah Carey- We Belong Together
> > 50 Cent- Disco Inferno
> > Alicia Keys- Karma
> > Rihanna- Pon De Replay
> > Nelly- Country Grammar
> > Pussycat Dolls / Busta Rhymes- Don't Cha (Remix)
> > Beyonce / Lil Flip- Naughty Girl (Remix)
>
> I'd get rid of "Lovers & Friends" and "How We Do". Dead
> weight. Hope you're playing the "Superstition" remix of
> "Karma". "Karma" is turning out to be the "Roses" of 2005
> (charted really high, died a quick death).
Again, Lovers and Friends still does well here... How We Do is hardly dead weight, it's one of the highest spun recurrents in the country. The Superstition remix actually did more the "Roses of 2005" that you described, not the album edit... Still, it's better than my competition, which is playing that awful reggaeton mix.
>
> > B2K- Uh Huh
> > Frankie J- Obsession
> > Missy Elliott / Ciara- Lose Control
> > Will Smith- Switch
>
> B2K??? Nope...Doesnt work. And I really don't hear the
> Missy.
B2K... Tests well for the region. Missy may or may not be a hit, granted. This is the first week out of the box for it on my station, so we're going to give it some time.
>
> > Usher- Yeah!
> > Fat Joe / Nelly- Get It Poppin'
> > Simple Plan- Untitled
> > Nivea- Okay!
> > Killers- Mr. Brightside
> > 50 Cent- Just a Lil Bit
> > Green Day- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
> > Montell Jordan- This is How We Do It
> > Usher / Alicia Keys- My Boo
>
> Usher into Fat Joe/Nelly is a bit loud, no? The Simple Plan
> is done. The Nivea never happened. With the Green Day into
> the Montell into My Boo (a recurrent into a Gold into a
> recurrent) you sound more like a CHR/Jack hybrid than a CHR.
Yeah! into Get It Poppin' is par for the course... We're a rhythmic leaning CHR with a limited amount of rock based product in the library... Listen to the two songs in your head... Yeah is aggressive and hyped up... Get It Poppin', while still a rap record, is more laid back and poppy.
Untitled has done very well for us, thus far, and is still a top requesting song with younger and older CHR audience alike... Nivea, see Yeah-Get It Poppin' above, as to why we're on it still... Montell and My Boo are both in drop positions at the end of the hour and would more than likely Resync out (I believe they did, actually.. I'd have to go back and look at the Prophet log).
> > Gwen Stefani- Holla Back Girl
> > Game / 50 Cent- Hate It or Love It
> > Usher / Fabolous- Caught Up (Remix)
>
> Good...Although one could argue that with "Hate It Or Love
> It" into "Caught Up" you have two recurrents in a row.
Hate It or Love It is still a current... some MDs treat it as a recurrent because they're already on "Dreams," which is the next track from the Game, but I am not playing that record yet.
>
> > D.H.T.- Listen to Your Heart
> > 50 Cent- Just a Lil Bit
> > Brooke Valentine- Girlfight
> > Mariah Carey- We Belong Together
>
> Ugh..."Girlfight" stinks.
Agreed, but it's still a top requesting record... People still love Lil Jon based records, despite his influence being all over the place lately.
>
> > Gavin DeGraw- Chariot
> > ODB / Kelis- Got Your Money
> > Kelly Clarkson- Behind These Hazel Eyes
>
> "Chariot" was a stiff...Not all songs need to graduate to
> recurrent. Some can be a solid B and then go straight into
> the rest category for good. There's too much good stuff out
> there to hang on to the mediocrities.
Chariot is still a current... and still makes sense for us to be playing with us participating in the "Stripped" promotion with Gavin on our website.
But, enlighten me... what other "good stuff" is out there that you think I'm missing for these "mediocrities?"
> > J-Kwon- Tipsy
> > 3 Doors Down- Let Me Go
> > Nina Sky- Move Ya Body
> > Crossfade- Cold (Acoustic mix)
>
> Personally...I'd get rid of "Tipsy" and "Cold".
Got something better for me to play instead of "Cold?" If not, sorry, it stays.
>
> > Will Smith- Switch
> > Trick Daddy / Ludacris- Sugar
> > Baby Bash / Akon- Baby I'm Back
>
> A pop or rock record would work wonders in there somewhere.
Will Smith isn't pop? You would NEVER hear that on an Urban station. Baby Bash / Akon isn't pop? Again, you would NEVER hear that on an Urban station.
> > Mary J Blige- Family Affair
> > Frankie J- How to Deal
> > BEP- Don't Mess With My Heart
> > Ciara / Ludacris- Oh!
>
> Again...all rhythm records and no non-rap pop or rock. All
> good records, though.
> I've come 'round on the Frankie J. I don't like coming out
> of a stopset with Golds and non-hot recurrents.
Frankie J... pop, see Will Smith and Baby Bash above. Why NOT come out with a gold? If you've got people tuning out when you hit a stopset, as proven by audience research, do you want to take a chance on that person not coming back to you in time to hear that power or sub-power, immediately out of the stopset? I don't... hence coming out with a gold.
>
> > Destiny's Child- Soldier
> > Howie Day- Collide
> > Rihanna- Pon De Replay
> > Mario- Let Me Love You
> > Fat Joe / Nelly- Get It Poppin'
> > Gwen Stefani- Holla Back Girl
> > Usher- Burn
> > 50 Cent / Mobb Deep- Outta Control
> > BEP- Hey Mama
>
> With "Soldier" into "Collide" you have two marginal
> non-passion records in a row. Is "Collide" really testing
> that well? I wouldn't play either. I have "Burn" and "Hey
> Mama" in temporary "rest" category. With the onslaught on
> Usher we've had in the past 18 months, I'd rest a majority
> of the Usher (with the exception of "Yeah" & "You Make Me
> Wanna", which are staples)
You and I disagree... that's all there is to it.
>
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