i like heartless too but me personally i felt like Polo G was gonna be a star once i heard Finer Things. such a unique take on Chicago and framing it into a version of the streer blues. might have been done before but it just really spoke to me.

everybody agreed it's good even people who didn't like his style at first

21 Savage is talentless

Exaggeration

The true song that elevated The Weeknd was this. Literally elevated this man to levels he didn’t reach before. And I Can’t Feel My Face after this,

Highest profile with the least talent. Weak flow, weak delivery, weak lyrics. He's coasting on a threatening aura while sounding like he's on thorazine. The occasional meme bar sustains him

Maybe Young Wild & Free is a better pick but f*** it

when nav dropped turks

Start of the DJ Mustard era

Hmmm true

He was also in a cult growing up and apparently was trafficking d**** without a visa his entire life. So I wouldn't trust that guy at all. Very weird

first got her into mainstream pop audiences.

cemented her status as a main pop girl

Already made a thread about the song being ass. But there's no denying what it did for Kendrick.

Gold Digger
Real Slim Shady
Wonderwall
Like A Rolling Stone
Rolling In The Mid/Someone Like You
Mask Off
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
Yonkers
A Mili
Vogue
Blinding Lights
Lucky

Moving at the speed of light

I’ve held this long time conspiracy that SoundCloud hard promo’d the song on release through recommended and that inflated the numbers a huge deal for it. I think it’s a great song but not the best song he even released that day. I get why it was as popular as it was and absolutely is the cornerstone of his career but I think it’s done more damage in the long run because he is looking for that next XO and every song he tries it with feels like a sad pandering effort (P2 especially). Was the lightning in a bottle moment when Bad and Boujee was popping, he had built a sizable fanbase off his 2015-16 work, and his fans and young people alike were looking for the next young star out of that scene.

I always found it weird that this is the one that broke him seeing how his other smashes are so much more tame in comparison

This is THE one tho, you could t avoid this song, especially with the Steelers going to the Super Bowl shortly after the release and he was coming off one of his best project runs by far

Man released a whole classic mixtape off this as well though. Definitely the story tied with the single made it bigger than either would have ever been separately but was a true unique and real rap moment where the music and lifestyle were a pure 1 for 1 of eachother

Talk about career elevating this broke both Thug and RHQ. Thug had some other smaller hits prior but you couldn’t avoid this song 2014 whether for the memes or just how much people just rocked with it and the chemistry between the two in general

best answer tbh

yeah this song was insanely lit
what at time