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Kenny Chesney

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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Lil B, Kanye West, Taylor Swift Gets Taken Down a Peg or Two, and Beyoncé Gets a Redo

By Amos Barshad at

Lil B, "I'm the Badass"

Joey Bada$$, "Don't Quit Your Day Job"

Joey Bada$$ is a guy famed for his ability to rap really, really well. Lil B is, you know, not that. And yet this beef was over as soon as Based God rhymed the words "And if you really think you a badass" with "I turn you into trash you little bitch."

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GRADING THE CHARTS

Grading the Good Old American Country Music Charts

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1. Luke Bryan, "Drunk on You"

This is the second part of a narrative that began in Luke Bryan's "I Don't Want This Night to End." After the titular night ended, Bryan went back on tour buzzed on longing and left tickets in every town for the mysterious sexy drifter girl, who has so far never shown up to claim them (UNTIL NOW). This is brilliant because it includes flashbacks to the last video, thereby making us nostalgic for that time we listened to that other Luke Bryan song. Plus the phrase "pour a little Crown in a Dixie cup" is perfect and fun to say. The romance of that one ideal night they spent tailgating under a full moon together is amplified into some mythical feeling that any real girl would find hard to live up to. Even the girl that makes your speakers go boom boom and gets you high on summertime.

Grade: B

Best YouTube Comment: "GOD Bless america luke is my solution to a lot of things in life he might be better than sex who knows haha" — phsycopathichomie

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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Kanye's Back! Maybe You've Heard?

By Amos Barshad at

Kanye West featuring DJ Khaled, “Theraflu”

Well, Kanye sure knows how to announce a return. After a period of relative calm post–Watch the Throne, ‘Ye crashed back into national consciousness this week by dropping this PETA- and Kris Humphries–baiting new single and then going on the greatest 24-hour date OF ALL TIME with his maybe new girlfriend Kim Kardashian. Hunger Games AND Sleep No More?!

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