Hot 100 Top 40: Week of August 1, 2020 - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (7)

DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (7)

So this is probably the last week before an album bomb from Taylor Swift next week. So enjoy everything going back to normal before it gets chaotic again! Oh also, it's been exactly a year since Old Town Road broke the #1 record!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
Tell Me U Luv Me - Juice WRLD/Trippie Redd (#38) [#38] {1 week}
Fighting Demons - Juice WRLD (#35) [#35] {1 week}
Stay High - Juice WRLD (#34) [#34] {1 week}
The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady - Kid Cudi/Eminem (#22) [#22] {1 week}
Bad Energy - Juice WRLD (#16) [#16] {1 week}
Righteous - Juice WRLD (#15) [#15] {1 week}
Titanic - Juice WRLD (#14) [#14] {1 week}
Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD (#12) [#12] {1 week}
Life's A Mess - Juice WRLD/Halsey (#9) [#9] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (6)

#40: Sunday Best - Surfaces (RE-ENTRY) [#19] {14 weeks}
#39: Chasin' You - Morgan Wallen (RE-ENTRY) [#16] {16 weeks}
#38: Conversations - Juice WRLD (-31) [#7] {2 weeks}
#37: The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby (RE-ENTRY) [#3] {5 weeks}
#36: Hate The Other Side - Juice WRLD/Marshmello/The Kid LAROI/Polo G (-26) [#10] {2 weeks}
#35: Die From A Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae (DEBUT) [#35] {1 week}
#34: The Box - Roddy Ricch (+6) [11 weeks at #1] {32 weeks}
#33: Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt (+4) [#26] {10 weeks}
#32: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch (RE-ENTRY) [#11] {2 weeks}
#31: The Bones - Maren Morris (+5) [#12] {30 weeks}
#30: Falling - Trevor Daniel (+3) [#17] {30 weeks}
#29: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (RE-ENTRY) [#23] {15 weeks}
#28: Life Is Good - Future/Drake (+11) [#2] {28 weeks}
#27: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (-) [#2] {32 weeks}
#26: Bluebird - Miranda Lambert (RE-ENTRY) [#26] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#25: One Margarita - Luke Bryan (+6) [#19] {7 weeks}
#24: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky (+1) [#21] {10 weeks}
#23: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (+9) [#6] {3 weeks}
#22: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (-1) [#5] {24 weeks}
#21: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj (-3) [1 week at #1] {22 weeks}
#20: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg (+6) [#10] {7 weeks}
#19: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+11) [#19] {11 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Circles - Post Malone (+2) [3 weeks at #1] {47 weeks}
#17: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (+7) [#17] {17 weeks}
#16: I Hope - Gabby Barrett (+7) [#16] {19 weeks}
#15: Adore You - Harry Styles (+2) [#6] {32 weeks}
#14: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande (+14) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks}
#13: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD (-8) [#5] {2 weeks}
#12: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (+7) [#12] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#11: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey (+2) [#8] {19 weeks}
#10: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+19) [#10] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#9: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-7) [#2] {2 weeks}
#8: GREECE - DJ Khaled/Drake (DEBUT) [#8] {1 week}
#7: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (+4) [#7] {8 weeks}
#6: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé (-) [1 week at #1] {18 weeks}
#5: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (+3) [#4] {17 weeks}
#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-) [4 weeks at #1] {30 weeks}
#3: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake (DEBUT) [#3] {1 week}
#2: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (+1) [#2] {15 weeks}
#1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-) [7th week at #1] {14 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [17/19 weeks at #1]

We had a few re-entries this week, because of the Juice WRLD album bomb leaving: Sunday Best, Chasin' You, The Bigger Picture, The Woo, death bed and Bluebird. I'm happy Sunday Best, The Bigger Picture and The Woo are back, but sad that death bed and Bluebird are back.

Before I get into some DJ Khaled and Drake, we have a debut at #35, Die From A Broken Heart by Maddie & Tae. This has been pretty high in On the Verge recently, and if the album bombs didn't happen, it probably would've debuted a couple weeks ago. But anyways, this song isn't that good. Maddie and Tae's voices are fine and everything, and the writing's good, but it's a country ballad. Those never go very well. It's very boring, and there's not even close to enough production on it. I hope this song doesn't do that well. Country songs never do though, so I'm not too scared.

Our next debut, at #8, is the song from DJ Khaled and Drake that I didn't review for my Hits 1 post last week. GREECE is definitely better than POPSTAR. The production isn't as interesting, and the melody isn't as interesting either, but Drake sounds somewhat charismatic, which is already much better. I'm not sure if this is pitched weirdly or if he's just singing a little high, but his voice has this weird effect, and I'm not sure if I like it that much. But whatever, he at least sounds like he's interested in the song, so I'm not sad.

I reviewed POPSTAR by DJ Khaled and Drake last week, but I doubt it's gonna debut the Weekend Countdown soon, so I probably won't have to review it for a while after this. I still stand by everything I said before, but I think it's grown on me a little bit, because I realized the melody is actually really good, but Drake just delivers it terribly, with no charisma in his voice whatsoever. I also realized that his voice sounds super compressed. Don't ask me why.

Best Debut: GREECE - DJ Khaled/Drake

Biggest Drop: Conversations - Juice WRLD (-31): Yeah, this was definitely expected. I'm not disappointed whatsoever that the biggest drop is a Juice WRLD song.

Biggest Jump: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+19): Um... wow. I really didn't expect this song to jump all the way up to #10, but I'm definitely happy, because I've been jamming to this a lot lately.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch
#4: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#3: Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt
#2: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo
#1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Adore You - Harry Styles
#4: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky
#3: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#2: Bluebird - Miranda Lambert
#1: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg
#19: Adore You - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:
#18: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

2 - Mediocre:
#17: GREECE - DJ Khaled/Drake

3 - Decent:
#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

4 - Good:
#15: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#14: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#13: Circles - Post Malone
#12: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé

5 - Great:
#11: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD
#10: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#9: I Hope - Gabby Barrett
#8: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug
#7: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne
#6: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#5: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
#4: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#3: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#2: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

Bonus: 6 - Best Song in the Top 40:
#1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

Overall Score: 78/100 = 78%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo {24 weeks}
#4: Life Is Good - Future/Drake {28 weeks}
#3: The Bones - Maren Morris, Falling - Trevor Daniel & Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {30 weeks}
#2: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa & Adore You - Harry Styles {32 weeks}
#1: Circles - Post Malone {47 weeks}

On the Verge

Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son

Life's A Mess - Juice WRLD/Halsey (RE-ENTRY*)

Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby

Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (DEBUT)

Toosie Slide - Drake

Girls in the Hood - Megan Thee Stallion (RE-ENTRY)

Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton (RE-ENTRY)

Walk Em Down - NLE Choppa/Roddy Ricch (RE-ENTRY)

Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD (RE-ENTRY*)

One Big Country Song - LOCASH (DEBUT)

Righteous - Juice WRLD (RE-ENTRY)

If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels (RE-ENTRY)

Got What I Got - Jason Aldean (RE-ENTRY)

I Love My Country - Florida Georgia Line (RE-ENTRY)

Got It On Me - Pop Smoke (RE-ENTRY*)

A few songs that left this week made it back to On the Verge. Life's A Mess, Blood On My Jeans and Righteous. I expect all of these to leave next week.

A few songs also came back to On the Verge after being below it last week: Girls in the Hood, Supalonely, Walk Em Down, If the World Was Ending, Got What I Got, I Love My Country and Got It On Me. I'm glad Girls in the Hood, Walk Em Down and Got It On Me are back, but it sucks that Supalonely and Got What I Got are back. I mean, seriously. Do they need to be hits?

For the actual new songs this week, we're kicking it off with Said Sum by Moneybagg Yo. I don't like this song. I don't really love Moneybagg Yo's voice, and his flow is alright, but everything about it feels like a generic rap song. I don't like the weird backup vocals throughout the song, they feel really weird, especially when you're wearing earbuds, because they only appear in one at a time. The production isn't that interesting either. This isn't horrible, but it's not good.

LOCASH come up next, with their new song, One Big Country Song. This isn't the worst country song ever, if I'm being honest. I don't like their voices all that much, but I think the melody and everything are just way too fun to hate. Not much else to say here.

Best On the Verge Debut: One Big Country Song - LOCASH

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby
#14: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#13: Got What I Got - Jason Aldean

1 - Bad:
#12: Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo

2 - Mediocre:
#11: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#10: I Love My Country - Florida Georgia Line

3 - Decent:
#9: Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD
#8: Toosie Slide - Drake
#7: One Big Country Song - LOCASH

4 - Good:
#6: Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son
#5: Life's A Mess - Juice WRLD/Halsey

5 - Great:
#4: Girls in the Hood - Megan Thee Stallion
#3: Righteous - Juice WRLD
#2: Walk Em Down - NLE Choppa/Roddy Ricch
#1: Got It On Me - Pop Smoke

Overall Score: 42/75 = 56%

Momma Can You Die From a Broken Bluuuuuuurb?

We lost a bunch of songs from the Top 40 this week: Tell Me U Luv Me, Fighting Demons, Stay High, The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady, Bad Energy, Righteous, Titanic, Blood On My Jeans and Life's A Mess. I expected nothing more of all the Juice WRLD songs, but I hoped The Adventures would've stayed longer. Oh, well.

We also lost a few On the Verge songs this week: Up Up And Away, Screw Juice, I Want It, Can't Die and Man Of The Year. All of which are Juice WRLD songs.

The Box held on for a little longer. Hopefully, it doesn't leave too soon.

Life Is Good also made a huge comeback. Not happy, not sad either.

Why is Before You Go gaining momentuuuuuuuuuuuuuum? I really don't want this to stay on Hits 1 for much longer.

Both Break My Heart and I Hope are back up at their current peaks. I hope that they keep jumping.

Rain On Me made a huge comeback this week. Hopefully it can come back to the top 10 very soon.

Savage Love is at #12!!! I have a good feeling that this'll be a huge hit.

Come & Go is still in the top 10. I'm super surprised that it didn't drop more after the album lost most of its momentum. But very happy.

Taylor Swift will album bomb next week. See where cardigan lands, and where the rest of the tracks land on my post next week. Will ROCKSTAR hold on for an eighth week, or will WHATS POPPIN overtake it? Kwaheri, everybody. See you all soon.