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Dr. Dre and T.I. - “Shit Popped Off”
Just realized in rereading this:
It’s not a single, it’s a song that was supposed to I guess be a single off the new Dr. Dre album with T.I., it’s a song called “Shit Popped Off.” It’s like the nostalgia song for 90’s Dr. Dre. They’re standing in the club and nobody’s dancing, and then T.I. comes in and puts on “California Love” and everybody starts dancing. What I love is that it’s like a middle school dance, because all the guys are on one side and all the girls are on the other side and nobody’s dancing with each other. So I love that T.I. went to this club that was a middle school dance until he put on some Dr. Dre. It’s a song about how T.I. got dressed and went to a party. There’s just something about it that I haven’t been able to stop listening to.
That my 2009 and 2011 #1 not-actually-singles of the year (“Shit Popped Off” and “Friday” by Rebecca Black, respectively) are, in some profound and philosophical sorta way, the same song.