Hot 100 Top 40: Week of July 25, 2020 - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (6)

DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (6)

We got two posthumous album bombs from rappers in a row. Of course, last week's album bomb was from Pop Smoke, and this week's album bomb is from Juice WRLD, and all of the songs from Legends Never Die, (except for the intro, outro and interludes) show up in this post. Surprisingly, Juice didn't get the #1, and instead, it went to ROCKSTAR again. There were a couple songs that still managed to jump despite the album bomb, one of which is good, and one of which is bad. So enjoy the ridiculous amount of exits (13, to be exact)!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
High Fashion - Roddy Ricch/Mustard (#40) [#20] {26 weeks}
44 BullDog - Pop Smoke (#39) [#39] {1 week}
Toosie Slide - Drake (#38) [1 week at #1] {14 weeks}
Gangstas - Pop Smoke (#37) [#37] {1 week}
Chasin' You - Morgan Wallen (#35) [#16] {15 weeks}
Aim For The Moon - Pop Smoke/Quavo (#34) [#34] {1 week}
Bluebird - Miranda Lambert (#33) [#33] {4 weeks}
death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (#32) [#23] {14 weeks}
Got It On Me - Pop Smoke (#31) [#31] {1 week}
Sunday Best - Surfaces (#30) [#19] {13 weeks}
Dior - Pop Smoke (#22) [#22] {2 weeks}
The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby (#20) [#3] {4 weeks}
The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch (#11) [#11] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (5)

#40: The Box - Roddy Ricch (-19) [11 weeks at #1] {31 weeks}
#39: Life Is Good - Future/Drake (-15) [#2] {27 weeks}
#38: Tell Me U Luv Me - Juice WRLD/Trippie Redd (DEBUT) [#38] {1 week}
#37: Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt (-10) [#26] {9 weeks}
#36: The Bones - Maren Morris (-18) [#12] {29 weeks}
#35: Fighting Demons - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#25] {1 week}
#34: Stay High - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#34] {1 week}
#33: Falling - Trevor Daniel (-8) [#17] {29 weeks}
#32: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-26) [#6] {2 weeks}
#31: One Margarita - Luke Bryan (-12) [#19] {6 weeks}
#30: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-4) [#25] {10 weeks}
#29: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-1) [#28] {6 weeks}
#28: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande (-12) [1 week at #1] {8 weeks}
#27: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (-12) [#2] {31 weeks}
#26: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg (-12) [#10] {6 weeks}
#25: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky (+11) [#21] {9 weeks}
#24: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (-7) [#17] {16 weeks}
#23: I Hope - Gabby Barrett (-) [#16] {18 weeks}
#22: The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady - Kid Cudi/Eminem (DEBUT) [#22] {1 week}
#21: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (-11) [#5] {23 weeks}
#20: Circles - Post Malone (-7) [3 weeks at #1] {46 weeks}
#19: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (+10) [#19] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj (-9) [1 week at #1] {21 weeks}
#17: Adore You - Harry Styles (-5) [#6] {31 weeks}
#16: Bad Energy - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#16] {1 week}
#15: Righteous - Juice WRLD (RE-ENTRY) [#11] {2 weeks}
#14: Titanic - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#14] {1 week}
#13: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey (-5) [#8] {18 weeks}
#12: Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#12] {1 week}
#11: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-4) [#7] {7 weeks}
#10: Hate The Other Side - Juice WRLD/Marshmello/The Kid LAROI/Polo G (DEBUT) [#10] {1 week}
#9: Life's A Mess - Juice WRLD/Halsey (DEBUT) [#9] {1 week}
#8: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (-3) [#4] {16 weeks}
#7: Conversations - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#7] {1 week}
#6: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé (-2) [1 week at #1] {17 weeks}
#5: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [#5] {1 week}
#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {29 weeks}
#3: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (-) [#2] {14 weeks}
#2: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (DEBUT) [#2] {1 week}
#1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-) [6th week at #1] {13 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [16/19 weeks at #1]

Let's get into some Juice WRLD this week! This first song was actually released prior to the album, except it debut the Hot 100 just one spot shy of the Top 40, so this is technically a debut. I'm talking about Tell Me U Luv Me with Trippie Redd. Probably my favourite part of this song is the beat. It's kind of rushed, but I like it. It gives a good speed to the song. The chorus is pretty good, and honestly, I think Trippie works better with the chorus than Juice. But Juice still sounds really solid here. His verse is pretty great, and Trippie Redd's verse is also really good. He comes with a great flow, and delivers honestly just a spectacular verse. This is good for sure.

This next song is called Fighting Demons. The piano in this song is nice, and it serves as a good indicator of what the album sounds like, as a lot of it is kind of slow. I love the chorus here, and the "take my hand/don't give up" part is really good. The lyrics are really well-written, and Juice did a very good job here. This is one of my favourites.

I really wanna like this next track, Stay High, but I can't, mostly for one reason. I'm not quite sure what's going on here. The chorus sounds like the pitch was messed with, making it just sound awkward. But I like the melody of the chorus, but I can't get behind it, because Juice just sounds so bad. The verses are alright, but they also sound kind of pitch-shifted. Also, I'd just like to note, in the clean versions of these songs, they do a weird reverse thing for what they have to censor, and it affects the beat, and it's pretty weird.

Before we get into more Juice WRLD, we actually get a break! Kid Cudi comes up with his newest single, The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady with (you probably guessed it) Eminem. This song is pretty good. Cudi sounds much better here than he did in THE SCOTTS, because he isn't doing that weird jaw thing that you could hear in THE SCOTTS, and I actually quite like his voice, and he delivers a nice verse. Then Eminem comes in, and it's just classic Eminem, which is to say fantastic. He starts kind of slowly, but it picks up a little. Good song.

Going back into Juice WRLD, in the top 20, we have Bad Energy. This song isn't too special, but it's still very solid. Juice sounds good, and the production's alright, but my favourite part about this song is the chorus. It's got a lot of harmonies, and it's a little slower, and I like it a lot. But yeah, other than that, I don't have much else to say about this.

So this next song was actually the first single from Legends Never Die, called Righteous. This is easily one of my favourites from the album. Juice sounds really good in the chorus, and it's pretty catchy too. The production's kind of chill, and I like it a lot. I'm a little sad that this didn't do that well while it was a single, because it's really good.

The next Juice WRLD song is called Titanic. This one's just meh. I don't really like the chorus all that much, and I really don't like when he says "TItanic, TIIItanic". The pre-chorus is easily the best part of this song, and I like the writing there. But yeah, I still can't hate this, and I don't, because it's Juice WRLD, and I love his voice.

This next Juice song is almost unlistenable with the clean version, because of the weird reverse thing that I talked about earlier. But anyways, Blood On My Jeans song start with a guitar, which is a very nice change. But then, the beat comes in, and it's honestly just a bad trap beat. I don't really like the backup vocal things (like him saying "yeah" and stuff like that), and his voice definitely isn't the best it's ever been. So yeah, this is also just mediocre.

We're getting into the Juice WRLD songs that hit the top 10 now, starting off with Hate The Other Side with Marshmello, The Kid LAROI and Polo G. This song is just a chorus by Juice with verses from LAROI and Polo G. But yeah, this is still extremely solid. The chorus is fantastic, with Juice sounding pretty great, and it also being pretty catchy. Polo's verse is really good, and he has pretty great flow. LAROI's verse is... interesting, to say the least, but it doesn't really bring the song down that much, I just don't really like his voice. But Marshmello's production is really good, and honestly just brings this entire song together. Good song.

So, this next song was released as a promotional single, so actually debuted the Hot 100 last week. It's Life's A Mess by Juice and Halsey. This is pretty good. I think both artists have had much better, but the chorus and production are still really good. It's a little slow, which I don't love, but it's fine. Juice's verses are great, and Halsey's verse is also pretty good, although I wished she had a bit more of a presence in the song, rather than just appearing in the second chorus and giving a verse, but whatever. Still good.

The highest non-single comes up next, called Conversations. This is only alright, which is a shame, because I feel like Hate The Other Side or Life's A Mess could've taken this top 5 spot. Whatever, this isn't bad, it's just a little uninteresting, and there's not much to talk about. The production's kind of cool, but the melody here is just kind of boring. Next.

So these next two songs, I actually reviewed last week on my Hits 1 post, since both of them were picked up by Hits 1. The first one is called Wishing Well. This is actually a really good song, which I've learned by listening to the rest of the album, I was just comparing it to Come & Go earlier. The piano line is fantastic, and the chorus is actually quite catchy, but the best part is the pre-chorus, since the melody and the guitar just fit so well together. This hasn't actually been released as a single yet, but it will be in a couple weeks. So I hope it does well on the Countdown and here.

I'm probably gonna end up talking about this tomorrow, because it's definitely gonna debut the Weekend Countdown. So I'll keep this short. Come & Go is nothing short of a masterpiece. Marshmello's production is absolutely on point, Juice sounds really really good, and the song is incredibly catchy. Fantastic song, I could definitely see it hitting #1 on the Hot 100 in the next coming weeks.

Best Entrant: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

Biggest Drop: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-26): Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm surprised. I honestly don't care that much, I liked The Woo much better anyways.

Biggest Jump: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky (+11): Does this really have to become a hit? I'd much rather prefer if it didn't. Rocky's voice isn't good, and the song as a whole is just really bad.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#4: Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt
#3: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#2: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo
#1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#4: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj
#3: Adore You - Harry Styles
#2: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky
#1: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Adore You - Harry Styles
#19: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#18: Conversations - Juice WRLD
#17: Titanic - Juice WRLD

3 - Decent:
#16: Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD

4 - Good:
#15: Bad Energy - Juice WRLD
#14: Circles - Post Malone
#13: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#12: Life's A Mess - Juice WRLD/Halsey
#11: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé

5 - Great:
#10: Hate The Other Side - Juice WRLD/Marshmello/The Kid LAROI/Polo G
#9: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD
#8: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#7: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne
#6: Righteous - Juice WRLD
#5: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
#4: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#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 {23 weeks}
#4: Life Is Good - Future/Drake {27 weeks}
#3: The Bones - Maren Morris, Falling - Trevor Daniel & Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {29 weeks}
#2: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa & Adore You - Harry Styles {31 weeks}
#1: Circles - Post Malone {46 weeks}

On the Verge
death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (RE-ENTRY)

Up Up And Away - Juice WRLD (DEBUT)
The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby (RE-ENTRY*)
Bluebird - Miranda Lambert (RE-ENTRY)
Sunday Best - Surfaces (RE-ENTRY)

Screw Juice - Juice WRLD (DEBUT)

I Want It - Juice WRLD (DEBUT)
The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch (RE-ENTRY*)
Chasin' You - Morgan Wallen (RE-ENTRY)

Can't Die - Juice WRLD (DEBUT)

Man Of The Year - Juice WRLD (DEBUT)
Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son (DEBUT)
Die From A Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae
Toosie Slide - Drake (RE-ENTRY*)
Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby

Before we start more Juice WRLD, there are some songs that left the Top 40, but stayed in On the Verge. death bed, The Bigger Picture, Bluebird, Sunday Best, The Woo, Chasin' You and Toosie Slide. I'm happy death bed and Bluebird left, although they'll probably be back next week, when everything's normal. I'm sad Sunday Best and The Woo are gone, but again, they'll probably be back next week, and everything else, I don't really care about.

Our first On the Verge Juice WRLD song is titled Up Up And Away. I really like the production in this song. It's nice and chill, and it's actually quite calming. I mean, even the beat is quite calming. Juice's voice is a little jumpy, which is probably what stops it from being one of my favourites (and I use that word loosely), but this is still a very very good song.

The next one is called Screw Juice. This is okay. I can tell why this and the next one didn't make the Top 40. Both of them are kind of uninteresting, and Juice's voice in this song has a weird vocal effect on it, and I don't really like the sound of it. The verses and chorus are alright, but it doesn't redeem this that well.

The next mediocre song is called I Want It. This is probably the most forgettable of song from this album. Like seriously, I can never remember what it sounds like, but I can always get a pretty good idea of what the others sound like at this point. Yeah, this is just boring and forgettable. Next.

This next song is probably the best writing on the whole album. I'm talking about Can't Die, and you should look up the lyrics. The verses are only okay, but the chorus and the lyrics more than make up for it. Yeah. Solid song.

So the lowest song from Legends Never Die is here, and it's called Man Of The Year, and it's not that good. He's singing in a range that's honestly not that great with his voice. Either that, or his voice was just pitched weirdly. Yeah, I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. The production's pretty good though, but I can't appreciate it because of his voice.

The very last song this week isn't actually by Juice WRLD. It's Rags2Riches by Rod Wave and ATR Son Son. This song is honestly pretty good. The beat is pretty solid, and ATR Son Son does pretty well on the production. Rod Wave actually sounds pretty good here, and the chorus is honestly pretty great, even though it's just one phrase repeated over and over again. My only problem with this is that this song is pretty short.

Best On the Verge Entrant: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch

Best On the Verge Debut: Can't Die - Juice WRLD

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: Bluebird - Miranda Lambert
#14: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#13: Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby

1 - Bad:
#12: Die From A Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae

2 - Mediocre:
#11: Man Of The Year - Juice WRLD
#10: I Want It - Juice WRLD

3 - Decent:
#9: Screw Juice - Juice WRLD
#8: Toosie Slide - Drake

4 - Good:
#7: Chasin' You - Morgan Wallen

5 - Great:
#6: The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby
#5: Up Up And Away - Juice WRLD
#4: Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son
#3: Can't Die - Juice WRLD
#2: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#1: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch

Overall Score: 45/75 = 60%

This Type of Blurbs Don't Always Come and Go

There are a few songs that left that didn't make it back to On the Verge: High Fashion, 44 BullDog, Gangstas, Aim For The Moon, Got It On Me and Dior. I expected this from all of the Pop Smoke songs, but High Fashion NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! That's legit one of my favourite songs now, although I do realize that it's kind of old. Ah, well. Good things must come to an end.

We lost a few On the Verge songs too: Something Special, Yea Yea, Mood Swings, Stuck with U, Supalonely, Walk Em Down, Make It Rain, Be Kind, Girls in the Hood, What You Know Bout Love, THE SCOTTS, Snitching and Bad B**** From Tokyo. Again, I expected this from all the Pop Smoke songs, but I'm sad that Walk Em Down, Be Kind and THE SCOTTS left. I'm happy that Supalonely left though.

The Box dropped down to #40... it's been real.

Hard To Forget and The Bones also took huge drops, which sucks, because those are actually country songs that I like.

Why the heck did Rain On Me drop 12 spots? I mean, come on! Why can't this just be a hit?

Don't Start Now and We Paid also dropped 12 spots. I'm happy that both of them dropped, but for Don't Start Now, mostly just because it was old.

So somehow, despite the album bomb, Savage Love still managed to jump up 10 spots into the top 20. This bodes extremely well for how this song is gonna do.

ROCKSTAR somehow still holds at #1. I would've prefered Come & Go at #1, but I still really like ROCKSTAR too.

Next week will be a normal week before we get a Taylor Swift album bomb, so be excited for that. Kwaheri, and see you all soon.