Concrete Rose.

FILE UNDER: Oh Word?/Big ups Ashanti!/For Your Consideration


"Don't you forget about me."

So I’m busy checking out this week’s charts over at Idolator, and I see this :

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
1. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 1, 8 weeks)
2. Ashanti, "The Way That I Love You" (LW No. 4, 12 weeks)
3. Usher feat. Young Jeezy, "Love in This Club" (LW No. 3, 13 weeks)
4. Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" (LW No. 2, 13 weeks)
5. Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown, "No Air" (LW No. 7, 9 weeks)
6. Rick Ross feat. T-Pain, "The Boss" (LW No. 5, 17 weeks)
7. Plies feat. Ne-Yo, "Bust It Baby (Part 2)" (LW No. 10, 10 weeks)
8. Ray J & Yung Berg, "Sexy Can I" (LW No. 6, 17 weeks)
9. Keyshia Cole, "I Remember" (LW No. 8, 27 weeks)
10. 2 Pistols feat. T-Pain and Tay Dizm, "She Got It" (LW No. 9, 16 weeks)

Blink, and I almost missed it. Did you? Okay, one more time, with emphasis:

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
1. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 1, 8 weeks)
2. Ashanti, "The Way That I Love You" (LW No. 4, 12 weeks)
3. Usher feat. Young Jeezy, "Love in This Club" (LW No. 3, 13 weeks)
4. Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" (LW No. 2, 13 weeks)
5. Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown, "No Air" (LW No. 7, 9 weeks)
6. Rick Ross feat. T-Pain, "The Boss" (LW No. 5, 17 weeks)
7. Plies feat. Ne-Yo, "Bust It Baby (Part 2)" (LW No. 10, 10 weeks)
8. Ray J & Yung Berg, "Sexy Can I" (LW No. 6, 17 weeks)
9. Keyshia Cole, "I Remember" (LW No. 8, 27 weeks)
10. 2 Pistols feat. T-Pain and Tay Dizm, "She Got It" (LW No. 9, 16 weeks)

Catch it this time?

Wow. Good for her. You know she’s been secretly scheming/behind the scenes fuming as the Rihanna’s and Keyshia Cole’s of the world are busy getting their shine on. Shit I would too. I'd rather peep those girls' steelo rather than swagger jack the career trajectory of a Blu Cantrell or Brooke Valentine.

Crazy.

Also, last night while flipping through the channels on the TV, I caught the end of a Rick Ross and T-Pain production, leading me to say, “That’s it. T-Pain is officially the Samuel L. Jackson of Hip-Hop & R&B." Seeing him share the number ten spot with 2 Pistols and Tay Dizm [I know, I know, who?], just goes to confirm that. -Sigh- Oh Hip-Hop and R&B charts, you never know what you’re gonna get. It’s only a matter of time before this song from Ashanti’s boo takes flight:

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