You know what time it is! So let’s just get to it! It’s Friday so let’s GET IT ON!
Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!
We begin this week with the long awaited return of a Japanese hip hop supergroup!
20. TERIYAKI BOYZ - ZOCK ON! feat. Pharrell and Busta Rhymes - ZOCK ON! (New Entry)
After over a year and a half of being off the radar, Llmari, VERBAL, Ryo-Z and Wise get back together to drop another video! They bought along Busta Buss who gave a “meh” verse and Pharrell who supplied the beat. It is about damn time you all came back!
19. NaNa – SHOW GIRL (Last Week #18, Two Weeks at #1)
NaNa avoids falling off the Countdown this week, holding on to the number 19 position. Nothing new from her yet…and I am going through withdrawal. Just a little.
18. Kid Sister feat. Kanye West – Pro Nails (Last Week #17)
Kid Sister falls a spot this week as she stays in the lower half of the Countdown. This song is beginning to lose its luster with me….
17. HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR – Amazing (Last Week #15)
HAMC falls another two spots this week as I am listening to their album and needless to say….they sound a little too much like Evanescence. Not like that is a BAD thing, but you know.
16. Lupe Fiasco feat Nikki Jean – Hip Hop Saved My Life (Last Week #19)
Still pissed off that Warner Music is blocking this video from Youtube. I don’t want to go to your shitty site to see a Lupe Fiasco video. Not going to happen. Still a great song with a cameo by Bun-B!
15. James Morrison – You Give Me Something (Last Week #14)
Mr. Morrison falls a spot this week as he remains muddled in the middle of the chart. Hard to catch this video anywhere, which is one of the main reasons for it stalling here. Hope for something new soon!
14. UVERworld - Roots (Last Week #12)
So I was kind of hoping the new Bleach theme would have came from UVERworld. As rocking as Yui, Aqua Timez, Beat Crusaders and Asian Kung Fu Generation were, “D-Technolife” is the best of the bunch. However, Kelun is no slouch so as soon as the video is out for it….they will be on here.
13. L`Arc~en~Ciel – DRINK IT DOWN (Last Week #16)
The Arc is moving on up! They look for their third Top Ten video and it looks like maybe a greatest hits compilation is coming. HELLS…..YES.
12. Nelly Furtado – In God’s Hands (Last Week #10)
Nelly has fallen from the Top 10! I said it once and I will say it again. Give me something new, please? I loved “Loose” but it is time to get back in the lab.
11. The Roots feat Dice Raw & Peedi Crack – Get Busy (Last Week #13)
So they are dropping the Patrick Stump single and video. Poor response, I guess. I think this a single for The Roots would be just outside of the box enough to garner some serious spins. Just a thought.
10. John Legend – Show Me (Last Week #7)
Mr. Legend falls three places after failing for the second time in a row to take the number one spot. Same with Ms. Furtado. Loved “Once Again” but we need some new stuff. It came out in 2006!
9. Yui – Laugh Away (Last Week #11)
Well, Yui once again has two videos in the upper half! Last time this happened, she didn’t make it to the top….can she change her fortune?
8. Lupe Fiasco feat Kanye West, Pharrell & Thom Yorke – Us Placers (Last Week #5, Four Weeks at #1)
With all three members of CRS (minus Thom Yorke because unless Radiohead does a song with Boston they will NEVER be on here) having new videos and two currently on, I don’t feel so bad about this one falling from the Top 5.
7. Hearts Grow - Kasanaru Kage (Last Week #8)
Hearts Grow is slowly moving up once again, stepping up a spot this week. Not sure what is going on here, no date for an album and they don’t really hype themselves from what I can find on the interweb. Damn you!
6. Foxxi MisQ – X.B.F. (Last Week #9)
Foxxi MisQ is making moves! They are a step away from their third Top Five video in a year, which is good work seeing as how they just debuted last year. Oh….and they are hawt. That is all.
5. Erykah Badu - Honey (Last Week #6)
Ms. Badu’s return brings her to the top quarter of the Countdown! Her album debuted at number two on Billboard so maybe she can get the number one spot here? She has some tough competition here!
4. RBD - Inalcanzable (Last Week #2)
After two weeks as runner up, RBD falls two spots this week. I really am not a fan of their last album but this song is one of the awesome spots on the cd. I would prefer a better attempt at an English album but that is a pipedream. We are left with three!
3. Yui – Namidairo (Last Week #4)
And we begin the Top Three with a familiar face! With six Top Ten’s under her belt, You now has her fifth Top Three video…which ties her with John Legend for the record! Now that she is back, can she take down those above her?
2. Mihimaru GT – Diverge (Last Week #3)
They are one step away! After a long journey, Mihimaru GT is one step away from their second number one video! They have a new single coming in April and supposedly a new album in early summer (June) so I will be HELLA HAPPY! But with this duo at number two, another duo is at number one…
1. Bennie K – Monochrome (Last Week #1, Four Weeks at #1)
….For a fourth straight week! Bennie K holds it down for a full month and ties CRS for the longest running number one video of 2008! It has been a while since they were this high and they are holding on tight! Congratulations, ladies! Oh….and Yuki, I love you!
That is all for this week! Can Bennie K make it five weeks at number one and break into the lead for the Video of the Year? Or will Mihimaru GT get back to the top and end their streak? Or will Yui leap them all and take her third crown? Tune in next Friday to find out!
Well, I am out for now. I will probably see “Superhero Movie” (Please….don’t ask why. I am killing time until the massive orgasm that is “Iron Man”) tonight and then some basketball after that. GOOOOOOOO YUKLA!! Stay up, peeps.
Chachi Out.
