Which Hip-hop Songs Would You Buy?

I have a theory about buying music. It relates to the battle between pay per download sites (like iTunes), subscriptions sites (like Napster and Yahoo Music), and p2p sites (like Limewire).

But before I spit my theory, help me out by taking this short survey. Below is a list of this week's Hot 97 playlist. Tell me in the comments section which songs you would buy, whcih tracks you like to hear but wouldn't buy, and which tracks you don't like to hear and of course wouldn't buy. Let's say each track costs 99 cents.

Don't bother writing the name of each track. Just mention the track number. I'll start it off in the comments and you can follow my format.

If the comments section cramps your style, then do it on your own blog or message board and let me know about it (hiphopblogs@yahoo.com).

Here we go:

1. Dear Summer, Jay Z, Rocafella

2. Can't Satisfy Her, I Wayne, VP Records

3. Slow Down (rmx), Bobby Valentino f/ Nas, DTP/ Def Jam

4. We Belong Together, Mariah Carey, Def Jam

5. Welcome To Jamrock, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Tuff Gong/ Ghetto Youths

6. I Just Want it to be over, Keyshia Cole, Interscope

7. So Seductive, Tony Yayo f/ 50 Cent, Shady/ Aftermath/ G Unit

8. Baby Girl, Jim Jones, Koch

9. Diamonds (rmx), Kanye West f/ Jay Z, Rocafella

10. Just A Lil' Bit, 50 Cent, Shady/ Aftermath/ G Unit

11.Wait, Ying Yang Twins, TVT

12.Dreams, The Game, Shady Aftermath/ G Unit

13.Whatever, Remy Martin, SRC

14.Pimpin' All Over The World, Ludacris f/ Bobby Valentino, DTP/ Def Jam

15.Playas Only, R. Kelly f/ Game, Jive

16.Go, Common, Geffen

17.Feel It In The Air, Beanie Sigel, Rocafella

18.Come Fly With Me, Foxy Brown f/ Sizzla, Def Jam

19.Just A Moment, Nas f/ Quan,

Columbia

20.Outta Control (rmx), 50 Cent & Mobb Deep, Shady/ Aftermath/ G Unit

21.Longing For Jah, Cure, Don Corleone

22.Footprints, T.O.K., VP

23.Run it, Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana, Jive

24.Throwback, Usher, Jive

25.U Already Know (rmx), 112 f/ Foxy Brown, Def Soul

26.Golddigger, Kanye West, Rocafella

27.Give Me That, Webbie f/ Bun B, Asylum

28.Let Me Hold You ,Bow Wow f/ Omarion, Sony

29.Lose Control, Missy Elliott f/ Ciara & Fatman Scoop,

Atlantic

30.Touch, Omarion f/ Pharrell, Sony

31.O, Omarion, T.U.G. / Epic

32.All Because of You, Marques Houston f/ Nucci Reyo, T.U.G.

Comments

[Hashim]

Follow this format-

I would buy: 4,5,9,12,19

Like to Hear: 1,2,7,8,13,15,16,18,20,21,22,23,24,26,29,30,

Don't like: 3,6,10,11,14,15,17,25,27,28,31,32

(I'm surprised there's so many tracks I don't want to hear)

[LouLou]

I would buy:9,17,18,19,25

like to hear:2-6,12,14,15,16,20-24,32

Don't like:7,27-31

[rocka]

You know what's funny... I downloaded most of this stuff on Limewire last night... lol... So I guess u know what my answer is.

[charliedigital]

I would buy: 1,9,12,16,26,30

Like to Hear: 4,7,11,17,19,20,23,24,27,29,32

Don't like: 2,3,6,8,10,13,14,15,18,21,22,25,28,31,32

[Tego]

Buy. 1, 9, 12, 14, 17, 20, 26, 27,

Hear. 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 18, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30,

Don't. 2, 4, 6, 15, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 32

I did it as if I'd never heard the songs.

[dj mirateck]

Buy: 5,9,12,14,15,16,19,26,30

Like to Hear: 1,3,6,8,11,18,22,23,24,25,27,29

Don't: 2,4,7,10,13,17,20,21,28,31,32

NOTE 1: Being a mainstream DJ, I'd probably have to buy 90% of what I listed in "Like to hear" and "Don't like it" (if the BPM is anywhere in the 90-135 range). But I wouldn't pay for them to rock at my own leisure.

NOTE 2: The Hot 97 playlist is WAYYY different from playlists here on the West Coast. LA playlists overlap maybe 10-12 songs. Bay area 10 max. Crazy.

[Omar]

I would buy:

9,12,29

I would like to hear, but not buy:

7,16,17,19,24,

I don't like:

1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,18,20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32

(I can't wait to read this theory)

[real talk]

Would Buy-1,5
Like to Hear-3,9,12,17,19,20
and the rest not feelin em

[juelz]

I'd buy-1,5,12,17,19
like to listen to-3,9,20
dont like the rest

[bob]

Buy: 1,3,5,9,16,19,24

Like: 1,3,4,5,9,11,14,16,19,24

Don't Like: 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 27, 28, 29

[Danyel]

I would buy 4, 8, 10, 11, 24, 26

like: 1, 2, 6, 14, 17, 21
don't care for: the rest.

where's the YY Twins?

[eric]

people still BUY music?

[Hashim]

Danyel, the YY Twins are #11

[Ali]

Buy- 2, 12, 24, 25, 26, 28
Listen- 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17,19, 27, 29, 30, 32
Don't Like- 4, 7, 10, 15, 31

But I hardly ever buy music... I get most of the songs I like/listen to off Limewire.

[newz]

man fuck cassidy,cam'ron,nick cannon

[alex]

I WOULD BUY: 9, 16, 19, 26

I WOULD LISTEN: 1 3 10 12 20

I wouldn't listen to any of the others

[Tobias Laemmle]

I would buy:
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,14,20,22,23,24,25,26,29,31

I would listen:1,2,6,12,13,18,19,27,28,30,32

I don't like:8,15,16,17,21

[reyshizz]

would buy: 1,9,17,26
like to hear: 2,3,4,5,6,8,11,12,14,16,18,19,22
23,24,25,28,29,30,31,32
dont like to hear: 7,10,13,15,20,21,27

[rafi]

this experiment was a smashing success!

[kosten verzekering]

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