Hope someone replies to this come 5th of July! 
CHAMILLIONAIRE "Grown And Sexy"
After the big - albeit straight bangin' - street anthem, the ladies joint, with the prerequisite Latin touches. Granted, this is one of the weakest tracks on the album (which per se was a bit of a disappointment to begin with, given the quality he had displayed on his cameos and mixtape material). Thing is, with "Ridin'" still ridin' high, this will get Top 20 on momentum alone.
GYM CLASS HEROES "The Queen And I"
A bit of a mess, this one. Sounds like Ozomatli (an already contrived band, to begin with) produced by Frankie J and Baby Bash. Or, to put it simply, the kind of song no one can predict a chart position, because experience has already taught us that this is the kind of tune which invites extremes: either it flops without a trace or becomes the surprise hit of the Summer. And so I leave you with it.
HINDER "Lips Of An Angel"
Top 10 at Active Rock and on its way there at Rock. And it isn't on its way too at Alternative because this really isn't the big Arena-Grunge Summer of 2001/2002. Well, if Staind, Nickelback (and Papa Roach, for that matter) manage to get hits at Pop with caramelised power ballads for the mid-00's crowd, why shouldn't this? After all, this is exactly what you'd expect Warrant or Winger to sound like if they had come of age not in the glam-metal LA of the late 80, but instead in that Arena-Grunge context I spoke of earlier. And guess what? It even has something the afforementioned already-not-so-new jacks don't: a guitar solo which would make Erik Turner or Vito Bratta burst into tears of joy, thinking that, yes, finally they did manage to leave some kind of legacy on the new Rock landscape. And yeah, it sure sounds as bad as it looks. But don't be too shocked if this actually makes the Top 15, or even higher.
JOHN MAYER "Waiting On The World To Change"
OK pal, let me tell you this: if you think your career won't be down the toilet the minute people realize this is just typical white-boy-with-an-oh-so-social-conscience-acoustic-jazz-funk drivel, you're awfully wrong! You hear me? W-R-O-N-G, WRONG! Don't be fooled by Hot AC already giving this a respectable amount of spins. After all, this is a new John Mayer song, that is your premier format and it's only natural stations will eat it up without even blinking as soon as it's released. Trouble is, people will rightly protest this for the painfully bad this is and won't let it go past Top 15 in there, let alone have longevity. As for Pop, they won't even bother as soon as they wind up of that reaction. Trust me on this, people, 'cause I've seen it happen. Remember Huey Lewis when he went "artistic" with the "Small World" album?
MAT KEARNEY "Nothing Left To Lose"
They say imitation is the biggest way to compliment someone's talent. Various karaoke sessions have already proved it oh so wrong by the spades, but that's not really the point. The point is: does an almost perfect rootsy-but-not-too-rootsy Coldplay fac simile stand a chance in this time and age? Well, someone has got to pick up the torch for the "One Tree Hill" generation, now that John Mayer has gone "artistic" up his own bare and Jason Mraz simply disappeared in his own novelty. And then again, maybe not. It's been steady climbing at Hot AC, with Top 20 on the horizon. But that doesn't really mean a thing, does it? Top 40, just because I'm in a nice mood today. 8)
PACK "Vans"
Hands up if you're not already singing "Got my vans on/but they look like sneakers"! I said hands up if you're not already singing "Got my vans on/but they look like sneakers"! Oh, I see... Oh yes, like Yung Joc, I know you see it. I know you see the next big snap anthem in the making, the next "Whisper Song"/"Laffy Taffy"/"Lean Wit' It, Rock Wit' It"/etc. And maybe you are seeing snap music's last hurrah before it goes back underground, Miami Bass style. Or perhaps - as history has taught us (cf Bounce, Dirty South, Crunk et al) - mutate into a new Southern Rap subgenre. Watch it go Top 15 and mirror the Top 10 if a chance happens to get by.
SUGARCULT "Do It Alone"
God bless them, they tried, and they keep on trying. Thing is, when you don't release your most single-worthy song ("I Hate Every Beautiful Day") right when the climate's right (2001/2002) for your pre-emo-punky-pop-grungy sound, and "Climbing Up The Walls" only managed to climb up the Hall of Forgotten Could-Have-Beens three years ago (when things were really starting to look good for their ilk), I'm afraid you've already blown your chances, since the younger guns (Fallout Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Hawthorne Heights) and the originators - not necessarily guilty as charged, on the contrary - Weezer, ate most of the cake and left you with the spoils. Top 100 will wait for you, and then it's back to oblivion.
CHAMILLIONAIRE "Grown And Sexy"
After the big - albeit straight bangin' - street anthem, the ladies joint, with the prerequisite Latin touches. Granted, this is one of the weakest tracks on the album (which per se was a bit of a disappointment to begin with, given the quality he had displayed on his cameos and mixtape material). Thing is, with "Ridin'" still ridin' high, this will get Top 20 on momentum alone.
GYM CLASS HEROES "The Queen And I"
A bit of a mess, this one. Sounds like Ozomatli (an already contrived band, to begin with) produced by Frankie J and Baby Bash. Or, to put it simply, the kind of song no one can predict a chart position, because experience has already taught us that this is the kind of tune which invites extremes: either it flops without a trace or becomes the surprise hit of the Summer. And so I leave you with it.
HINDER "Lips Of An Angel"
Top 10 at Active Rock and on its way there at Rock. And it isn't on its way too at Alternative because this really isn't the big Arena-Grunge Summer of 2001/2002. Well, if Staind, Nickelback (and Papa Roach, for that matter) manage to get hits at Pop with caramelised power ballads for the mid-00's crowd, why shouldn't this? After all, this is exactly what you'd expect Warrant or Winger to sound like if they had come of age not in the glam-metal LA of the late 80, but instead in that Arena-Grunge context I spoke of earlier. And guess what? It even has something the afforementioned already-not-so-new jacks don't: a guitar solo which would make Erik Turner or Vito Bratta burst into tears of joy, thinking that, yes, finally they did manage to leave some kind of legacy on the new Rock landscape. And yeah, it sure sounds as bad as it looks. But don't be too shocked if this actually makes the Top 15, or even higher.
JOHN MAYER "Waiting On The World To Change"
OK pal, let me tell you this: if you think your career won't be down the toilet the minute people realize this is just typical white-boy-with-an-oh-so-social-conscience-acoustic-jazz-funk drivel, you're awfully wrong! You hear me? W-R-O-N-G, WRONG! Don't be fooled by Hot AC already giving this a respectable amount of spins. After all, this is a new John Mayer song, that is your premier format and it's only natural stations will eat it up without even blinking as soon as it's released. Trouble is, people will rightly protest this for the painfully bad this is and won't let it go past Top 15 in there, let alone have longevity. As for Pop, they won't even bother as soon as they wind up of that reaction. Trust me on this, people, 'cause I've seen it happen. Remember Huey Lewis when he went "artistic" with the "Small World" album?
MAT KEARNEY "Nothing Left To Lose"
They say imitation is the biggest way to compliment someone's talent. Various karaoke sessions have already proved it oh so wrong by the spades, but that's not really the point. The point is: does an almost perfect rootsy-but-not-too-rootsy Coldplay fac simile stand a chance in this time and age? Well, someone has got to pick up the torch for the "One Tree Hill" generation, now that John Mayer has gone "artistic" up his own bare and Jason Mraz simply disappeared in his own novelty. And then again, maybe not. It's been steady climbing at Hot AC, with Top 20 on the horizon. But that doesn't really mean a thing, does it? Top 40, just because I'm in a nice mood today. 8)
PACK "Vans"
Hands up if you're not already singing "Got my vans on/but they look like sneakers"! I said hands up if you're not already singing "Got my vans on/but they look like sneakers"! Oh, I see... Oh yes, like Yung Joc, I know you see it. I know you see the next big snap anthem in the making, the next "Whisper Song"/"Laffy Taffy"/"Lean Wit' It, Rock Wit' It"/etc. And maybe you are seeing snap music's last hurrah before it goes back underground, Miami Bass style. Or perhaps - as history has taught us (cf Bounce, Dirty South, Crunk et al) - mutate into a new Southern Rap subgenre. Watch it go Top 15 and mirror the Top 10 if a chance happens to get by.
SUGARCULT "Do It Alone"
God bless them, they tried, and they keep on trying. Thing is, when you don't release your most single-worthy song ("I Hate Every Beautiful Day") right when the climate's right (2001/2002) for your pre-emo-punky-pop-grungy sound, and "Climbing Up The Walls" only managed to climb up the Hall of Forgotten Could-Have-Beens three years ago (when things were really starting to look good for their ilk), I'm afraid you've already blown your chances, since the younger guns (Fallout Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Hawthorne Heights) and the originators - not necessarily guilty as charged, on the contrary - Weezer, ate most of the cake and left you with the spoils. Top 100 will wait for you, and then it's back to oblivion.