Yo yo yo! What is UP?! It is Friday and it is SO PAYDAY! The Chachi smells a FASHION PARTAY!!! Nah, I gots enough on that end. However, Fridays are know for a little something around here. Yeah, you know it! It’s time for the…
Chachi Top 20 Video Countdown!
But first….I MUST DANCE! Go King Beef! Go King Beef! Go King Beef! Yeah, some Martin humor for you. Seriously, iit’s been a while so here is a new installment of….
Bubbling Under!!
First I have a reggae video I have been jamming on for a while…
Collie Budz – Come Around
Everyting is i-ree! Seriously, I am all about this jam right now. The weather is warming up so I roll with the windows down bump this. Do people still say bump? Anyway, Collie Budz aint too bad. And he is from Jamacia. If he wasn’t, why would he be wear dat hat? Just kidding, this video is good stuff. Next we have another hawt lady that is battling Kumi Koda for my heart…
Yuna Ito – I’m Here
YES! YES! OH MY GOD YES!! I have been all about Yuna for a minute but what really got me into her was ‘Truth’ but I had never seen her until I downloaded the video. As you can see…DAMN. Yuna is so damn fine it almost makes me forget about the Yuna at NDK. Zach can tell you, she was good stuff. This song is from Unfair, which I downloaded the first three episodes and an (UN-FUCKING-SUBTITLED!) movie. Good stuff, check it out. (Special thanks to Roxanne for the Popjam live performance of this. You just made Friday RULE!)
BTW, I will have a review at some point of some J-Drama’s I have been watching. Before I even get to it, WATCH STAND UP NOW! That show is funny as hell! At least the first 12 minutes. Not quite Densha Otoko, but that is more because I AM Densha Otoko. Now on to the Countdown while I read some manga and cry. We start with a debut!
20. K-OS – Sunday Morning (New Entry)
Okay, a little known jam right here. I have been listening to K-OS for a while, ever since we used to get MuchMusic. I have always dug his work and this song is toe-tapping goodness. The video isn’t to shabby either. According to some people more in the know around Canada, this song is rather old but I digs it anyway. Welcome to the Countdown, K-OS!
19. Halcali – Look (Last Week #16)
So the ladies of Halcali are on the verge of falling out of the Top 20 this week. It has been quite a run and if you get a chance (and use Bittorrent) check them out on the Rhythm Nation end of year special. They are looking quite the nice.
18. Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around, Comes Around (Last Week #17)
So Justin falls back to where he entered three weeks ago on the Countdown. You don’t dis Prince, man. You don’t. You see what happened to Dave Chappelle? That will be you pretty soon. He has that effect.
17. Nelly Furtado – Say It Right (Last Week #15, #1 for three weeks)
Damn. Nelly Furtado is STILL hanging around after more than FOUR months! Without a video on the way she may want to hang out as long as possible!
16. Monkey Majik feat m-flo – Picture Perfect (Last Week #18)
Monkey Majik has a new single and video out with Seamo but as you know, after his Lil Jon-esqe verse in Bennie K’s ‘Love Story’ he and I aren’t on speaking terms. Luckily this video kicks enough ass to make up for it and his past indiscretions.
15. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (Last Week #20, Biggest Mover)
Hells yes! I don’t care, I love this song and I love this video no matter how much it sounds a lot like an Ashlee Simpson song. Even still, I likes it and that’s all that matters. That and the ‘Mickey’ breakdown near the end. Good stuff.
14. Yui – Rolling Star (Last Week #12, #1 for three weeks, Plunge of the Week)
Yui falls two spots this week, and it looks like Bleach will have a new opening theme pretty soon. I am still wondering where in the hell Yui’s album is but that is neither here nor there. Still am all about this video something fierce.
13. T.I. feat Young Jeezy, Young Dro, Big Kuntry, & B.G. – Top Back (Remix) [Last Week #8, two weeks at #1]
So T.I. is on the ‘I’m A Flirt’ remix with R.KELLY AND T-UGLY MOTHERFUCKING-PAIN. Man…I am so pissed I can’t think straight. And that is NOT a pun, I am furious right now.
12. Home Made Kazoku – Nagaraboshi ~Shooting Star~ (Last Week #14)
After a massive debut, Home Made Kazoku moves up two spots this week, just outside of the Top 10. This song should be on my MySpace homepage right now because it is that damn awesome. Here is to their new album coming soon to a record store not near you! But I bet Fiddy is. God, America has poor taste in music.
11. UVERworld – Zero no Kotae (Last Week #13)
And even more evidence America has poor taste in music. WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE UVERWORLD AT OVER HERE?! The only Japanese CD I ever see is Puffy Ami Yumi (Oh, and they kind of SUCK, IMHO)! These guys (along with Mr. Children) could tear up America if marketed right. Like the Latin Invasion minus the gay of Ricky Martin and the suck of Enrique Iglasias. Enough ranting, into the Top 10 we go!
10. TERIYAKI BOYZ feat Kanye West – I Still Love H.E.R. (Last Week #7)
The upward climb of the TERIYAKI BOYZ hits a huge wall as they tumble down three spots but stay in the Top 10. No need to worry, M-Flow has an album coming out in April and a new single which means a new video any day now. I hope…
9. Yui – CHE.R.RY (Last Week #11)
Yaaaaay! Yui cracks the Top 10 for a second time! I finally got the PV with the lyrics and man. This song is so damn cute it hurts. All about crushes and whatnot. Too bad I’m so bitter and jaded or I would LOVE the words. I’m kidding, this video rocks.
8. May J feat. VERBAL – Here We Go (Last Week #5)
*Sigh* after two months May J finally falls out of the Top 5. It has been a pretty long run for May J (same amount of time as both Yui and Nelly Furtado) but sadly she was unable to take the Number 1 spot. Still, this video has staying power because it is above the both of them! Can’t beat that!
7. Hinoi Team – Dancin’ and Dreamin’ (Last Week #10)
Oh yeah. Hinoi Team continues their move up the Top 20 with this one. I just got ANOTHER live performance of this and I swear: Hikaru and the gang should by all intents and purposes fell on their ass 25 times in those heels. Ladies of Hinoi Team, I salute you for dancing like that in those things. I am impressed.
6. Game feat. Kanye West – Wouldn’t Get Far (Last Week #9)
So The Game once again is one step away from the Top 5. Time for a rare moment, Rich Boy’s album (the Throw Some D’s guy) actually isn’t mind-numbingly horrible like I was expecting. As hip hop albums go…its tolerable. Check the remix with Andre 3000 (who is one of the few bright spots lyrically in hip hop in the last six months), his verse aint too shabby. Now, into the Top Five!
5. Bennie K – 1001 Nights (Last Week #6)
Well here is a familiar face! For the first time since December, Bennie K places a video in the Top 5! It has been a while and this song grows on you after a few listens. The video is interesting and Yuki is just damn hot. That is all. That is more than enough for me.
4. Evanescence – Lithium (Last Week #2)
After two weeks in the runner-up position, Evanescence falls two spot and out of the Top Three. This is the second time for these guys, but that is not a negative. The last time they were stuck behind someone, that certain someone won the Chachi Award for Artist of the Year! Even still, Amy Lee and Co. hang on to the Top Five. We are down to three…
3. John Legend – PDA (We Just Don’t Care) (Last Week #4)
Back near the top where he belongs, here is John Legend! It’s sad this video gets no love from anyone except me and on this Countdown but it is well deserved. Hell, most people don’t know who he is (two Grammy’s and two platinum albums later, mind you) but We Just Don’t Care. Great video and kick-ass song. Now, on to Number 2…
2. Daughtry – It’s Not Over (Last Week #3)
Daughtry makes his bid for the top spot this week! Chris moves up one more spot to the runner-up position, looking to do what May J, Young Jeezy and Evanesence could not do this year: knock off the champ from the Number 2 spot! If anyone can do it, Daughtry is the man! For now, a Woman holds the top spot yet again…
1. Namie Amuro – Baby Don’t Cry (Last Week #1, #1 for three weeks)
Who says I don’t like women! Of the twelve weeks of 2007, a woman has been #1 for NINE of them! Namie is making a home with her first video on the Countdown, holding the Number One video for the third straight week! She has a new single coming April 4th (can I get a whoop-whoop?!) so a new video should be out soon! Can things GET any better?! Congrats to Namie!
Well, that is all for the Countdown for this week! Can Namie be the first artist of 2007 and the first since John Legend to hold the Number 1 spot for a whole month? Or can Daughtry take his first ever video to #1? Or will John Legend capture the crown for a record tying THIRD TIME? Tune in next Friday, peeps! Until then, stay up. And dont forget to vote!!
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