| Rank | Performer | Title | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Shaq | Man's not hot | Unfamiliar jargon, gun violence, superiority of men, humorous? |
| 2 | Lil Pump | Gucci Gang | Conspicuous consumption, women are disposable toys, sexual dominance, drug use |
| 3 | CupkKake | DeepThroat | I do felatio and rough sex |
| 4 | Jake Paul | It's Everyday Bro | I'm getting rich and famous |
| 5 | Quest | Walang Hanggan | In Tagalog. Why don't you love me anymore? |
| 6 | T-Pain | Apple Bottom Jeans | Saw a sexy dancer, threw money at her and had sex with her |
| 7 | Don Omar | Danza Kuduro | In Spanish. Dance and move for me |
| 8 | Eminem | Rap God | I'm a way better rapper than you, don't criticize me. |
| 9 | Post Malone | Rockstar | I'm living like a rockstar, with disposable women and drugs and fame and people I can call on to kill you. |
| 10 | Eminem | Lose Yourself | Live in the music and go for the glory and use the hate, and superstardom isn't so great. |
| 11 | Cardi B | Bodak Yellow | I'm rich now, not a stripper anymore, and you women are inferior. Sexual dominance too. |
| 12 | Snoop Dogg | Smoke Weed Everyday | I use drugs, hang out with drug dealers, and persuaded my woman to smuggle a 44 into the event. |
| 13 | 50 Cent | In Da Club | Party in the club, sex with disposable women, I've a small army of fighters with me, survived gunshots, I'm rich, rich. |
| 14 | Chris Brown | Look at Me Now | I'm rich now, your women want me, and I will be the top. References to dominance and murder. |
| 15 | Yo Gotti | Rack it Up | I'm rich with lots of women. |
| 16 | Sir Mixalot | Baby Got Back | I want women with big bottoms. |
| 17 | Yicki Yohe | Because of Who You Are. | Worshiping God. Not HipHop as I understood it, but somehow on the Metrolyrics list. |
| 18 | Miguel | Echame A Mi La Culpa | In Spanish. You deserted me, but I loved you and hope you will be happy. Blame me if you must. |
| 19 | Baby K | Voglio ballare con te | In Italian. I want to dance with you again, till the sunrise. |
| 20 | Lil Peep | Benz Truck | Conspicuous consumption, getting closer to dominance, fresh women. Lots of Russia references, possibly because of a large audience there. |
Quite a mixed bag: No one club will run all of these. Despising/using women is pretty common in the English works, and lots of "look at how rich I am," but not quite as much implicit violence as I expected. True, a lot of the songs challenge other performers: do their respective fans quarrel about that? I've no clue. But I can easily see expressions of those attitudes towards women evoking both violently possessive and violently protective reactions.
Are there checklists in American HipHop like the stereotypical pickup/booze/jail/dog in country music? Some of the lyrics suggest it...
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Re country stereotypes. Booze and Pickups are still in, but jail and dogs no longer figure prominently. How sexy Southern girls are and displays of patriotism have taken their place.
I think violence, guns rather than knives or fights, used to be a theme of hip-hop. Maybe that was just its reputation among old white people. That it has diminished in favor of "I'm rich," with Disposable Women holding steady is interesting.
The perfect country song:
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got run over by a damned old train
It's better when David Allen Coe sings it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkKn5HrKgHQ
This was my husband's ring tone. It was also the only song he'd even pretend to do karaoke with me at the family "BarberQues".
You can't listen to those lyrics and not wonder about our relationship, but know that it was an inside joke and full of laughter.
And that -- full of laughter -- is the difference, I think. No violence, no disrespect, no hate. A dose of remorse, perhaps.
And in case you tackle indie hits, brony analysis has Sia's "Rainbow" on a meta level representing Twilight Sparkle seeing that there's still good in the embittered traitor Tempest Shadow. What Songbird Serenade the pegasus means with the song in-universe I couldn't tell you.
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