"New" Music Review/My Favorite Songs Right Now! | 6/23/17

Hey Guys! Welcome back! I hope y'all had a great day or have had a great day (depending on when you're reading this). I know I said this would be out last week but obviously that didn't happen so I'm typing this now on early Tuesday morning (legit 2:13 AM) and it should be out Friday! So yeah, happy Friday! Now onto the post:)

Basically in this post I will be "reviewing" some "new" music (by new i don't mean released yesterday if you're wondering) and giving my favorite ten songs at this moment! So yeah guys I'll review some songs first and give them a 1-10 rating and then we'll get to my favorite songs!

Song Reviews:

• David Guetta/Justin Bieber- 2U

Review: To give my overall opinion on the song I do believe this is a really good song. I think that Justin Bieber does really well with dance/EDM artists because like he's had, what, four songs with dance type artists and they've all been major hits (Cold Water, Let Me Love You, Where Are Ü Now, and now 2U). Clearly, something works with Bieber and this type of music. He also had #ThatPower with Will.i.am and that was a dance song as well. With that being said, I believe this song will be huge (it pretty much is already) and if you're an EDM artist looking for a hit you should probably look into getting Justin on an upcoming track (just saying).

Grades:
Beat: 9/10
Vocals: 10/10
Drop: 8/10 (good not great though)
Verses: 10/10
Lead into the drop (idk what this is called): 10/10

Overall Grade: 47/50

• Macklemore/Skylar Grey- Glorious

Review: I actually listened to this song the day it released and I was actually really impressed. As you probably saw earlier this week this did debut on T45 Mania and for good reason because it's just a really good song. Actually I'm a bigger fan of Macklemore's verses on the song than Skylar Grey's chorus. THAT IS NOTHING AGAINST Skylar though because the chorus is actually very good aswell. This is the best song Macklemore has released since Can't Hold Us and it's definitely impressive.

Grades:
Beat: 10/10
Vocals (skylar's vocals): 8/10
Verses: 10/10
Chorus: 8/10
Lyrics (since I pay attention): 9/10

Overall Grade: 45/50

• Fifth Harmony/Gucci Mane- Down

Review: This one took me about 5 listens or so to grow into but now i am definitely a fan. I actually thought that Gucci Mane made this track a lot a lot better. His verse added a lot to a song that's very chorus heavy and i think it helped a lot. Overall, this is a pretty good song and yeah!

Grades:
Beat: 8/10
Vocals: 8/10
Verses (5H): 3/5 |Gucci Mane: 5/5
Chorus: 7/10
Lyrics: 5/10

Overall Grade: 36/50

• DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller- Wild Thoughts

Review: .... And now to my favorite song on this review. I love the beat (yes ik it's from some Santana song or whatever) and Rihanna and Bryson were unbelievable choices for the features here. This song is a typical Lance song though. It has a good flow to it (something i love), it's not too repetitive (another thing i love), and the verses are long and stand out (something else i love). So yeah, check this song out;)

Grades:
Beat: 10/10
Vocals: 10/10
Verses (Rihanna): 5/5 | Bryson Tiller: 5/5
Chorus: 10/10
Lyrics: 7/10

Overall Grade: 47/50

My Ten Favorite Songs Right Now (10 being worst, 1 being best):

10. Major Lazer/Travis Scott/Camilla Cabello/Quavo- Know No Better

9. Thomas Rhett/Maren Morris- Craving You

8. David Guetta/Justin Bieber- 2U

7. Little Mix/Machine Gun Kelly- No More Sad Songs

6. Carly Rae Jepsen- Cut To The Feeling

5. Macklemore/Skylar Grey- Glorious

4. Shakira/Maluma- Chantaje

3. Lecrae/Tori Kelly- I'll Find You

2. Jonas Blue/William Singe- Mama

1. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller- Wild Thoughts

So yeah... those are my favorite ten songs at this moment in time! Leave your thoughts on them below (if you want) and i strongly recommend checking out numbers 3 and 2 because they're probably the two least known songs on there. Anyways, onto the outro!

Thanks for reading this post guys! I hope you enjoyed it and if you're new I hope you return again:)! I'm really happy to kinda be back into the whole blogging thing again and I'll definitely try to be more consistent. Remember to leave any thoughts you have on the songs i mentioned today or on any other new songs that you want to talk about. I hope you guys have a great rest of your day and as always...

- G1GB ❤️

- Lance :)) (love y'all;)!)

T45 Mania | 6/21/17

Hey y'all! Welcome back to the blog and I hope you are having a wonderful day! I am so so very sorry for not having this post out a few days ago and I hope you forgive me (jk never forgive lance). Anyhow, I DID indeed finish another post last night (Monday Night) and it will be out Friday so be ready for that! Today is T45 Mania day though so let's get into the recap of last week...

So last week was let's say, kind of the week where songs either jumped big or dropped. There weren't many "small" jumps last week (I believe) so basically if a song didn't jump 5+ spots it probably dropped. Last weeks number one song was Chantaje from Shakira and Maluma with Cut To The Feeling from Carly Rae Jepsen and Craving You from Thomas Rhett & Maren Morris coming in at #2 & #3 (in that order). This week we have 4 exits (and entrants) but before that let's look at our top five songs this week LAST YEAR!

5. Alessia Cara/G-Eazy- Wild Things [Peak: #1]
4. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez- We Don't Talk Anymore [Peak: #2]
3. Nick Jonas/Ty Dolla $ign- Bacon [Peak: #1]
2. Ariana Grande- Into You [Peak: #1]
1. Drake/WizKid & Kyla- One Dance [Peak: #1]

So yeah! That was last weeks top five and now let's get into this weeks exits! Enjoy:)

• Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield- At My Best (#39)

• Imagine Dragons- Whatever It Takes (#37)

• The Chainsmokers- Young (#31)

• Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato- No Promises (#40)

The Countdown! Enjoy:)
45. Linkin/Kiiara- Heavy
Last week: #42
Peak: #38

44. Katy Perry/Migos- Bon Appétit
Last week: #38
Peak: #26

43. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj- Swalla
Last week: #44
Peak: #43 [New Peak]

42. AJR- Weak
Last week: #43
Peak: #41

41. Imagine Dragons- Believer
Last week: #45
Peak: #41 [New Peak]

40. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid- 1-800-273-8255
Last week: #35
Peak: #27

39. DNCE/Nicki Minaj- Kissing Strangers
Last week: #30
Peak: #30

38. Selena Gomez- Bad Liar (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #38

37. Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa- Scared To Be Lonely
Last week: #28
Peak: #28

36. Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj- Swish Swish [BIGGEST DROP]
Last week: #20 (-16)
Peak: #17

35. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos- Slide
Last week: #36
Peak: #19

34. Iggy Azalea/Anitta- Switch
Last week: #19 (-15)
Peak: #11

33. Zedd/Alessia Cara- Stay
Last week: #34
Peak: #32

32. Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson- Symphony
Last week: #26
Peak: #20

31. Halsey- Eyes Closed
Last week: #25
Peak: #9

30. Shawn Mendes- There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Last week: #32
Peak: #30 [New Peak]

29. Halsey- Now Or Never
Last week: #15 (-14)
Peak: #15

28. Charlie Puth- Attention
Last week: #29
Peak: #21

27. Future/Rihanna- Selfish
Last week: #12 (-15)
Peak: #12

26. Harry Styles- Sign Of The Times
Last week: #41 (+15)
Peak: #26 [New Peak]

25. Auli'l Cravalho- How Far I'll Go
Last week: #17
Peak: #17

24. Kygo/Ellie Goulding- First Time
Last week: #14
Peak: #12

23. Lady Gaga- The Cure
Last week: #27
Peak: #22

22. Niall Horan- Slow Hands
Last week: #22
Peak: #22

21. Liam Payne/Quavo- Strip That Down
Last week: #16
Peak: #16

20. Macklemore/Skylar Grey- Glorious (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #20

19. Julia Michaels/Alan Walker- Issues (REMIX)
Last week: #11
Peak: #10

18. Cheat Codes/CADE- Stay With You
Last week: #8
Peak: #5

17. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay- Something Just Like This
Last week: #21
Peak: #17 [New Peak]

16. Major Lazer/Travis Scott/Camilla Cabello/Quavo- Know No Better
Last week: #18
Peak: #16 [New Peak]

15. Miley Cyrus- Malibu
Last week: #24
Peak: #15 [New Peak]

14. Little Mix/Stormzy- Power
Last week: #7
Peak: #7

13. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller- Wild Thoughts (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #13

12. James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go [BIGGEST JUMP]
Last week: #33 (+21)
Peak: #12 [New Peak]

11. Camilla Cabello- Crying In The Club
Last week: #9
Peak: #8

10. Fifth Harmony/Gucci Mane- Down
Last week: #5
Peak: #5

9. Thomas Rhett/Maren Morris- Craving You
Last week: #3
Peak: #3

8. Jonas Blue/William Singe- Mama (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #8

7. Little Mix/Machine Gun Kelly- No More Sad Songs
Last week: #6
Peak: #6

6. Rita Ora- Your Song
Last week: #4
Peak: #2

5. Carly Rae Jepsen- Cut To The Feeling
Last week: #2
Peak: #1 [One Week]

4. David Guetta/Justin Bieber- 2U
Last week: #10
Peak: #4 [New Peak]

3. Lecrae/Tori Kelly- I'll Find You
Last week: #23 (+20)
Peak: #3 [New Peak]

2. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber- Despacito
Last week: #13 (+11)
Peak: #2 [New Peak]

1. Shakira/Maluma- Chantaje [2nd Week At #1!]
Last week: #1
Peak: #1 [Two Weeks]

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj- Swish Swish (-16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go (+21)

T45 Rewind Hits This Week (Week of June 25th, 2015):

• Sam Hunt- House Party [Peak: #5]

• Sam Hunt- Take Your Time [Peak: #13]

• Fifth Harmony/Kid Ink- Worth It [Five Weeks @ #1]

• Selena Gomez/A$AP Rocky- Good For You [Peak: #2]

• Silento- Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) [One Week @ #1]

... And that's it everyone! Thank you so much for reading the post and if you enjoyed, well thank you:). I hope these "Rewind Hits" (from two years ago) made you remember some songs from Summer 2015 (NOT THE LAST ONE) and maybe you remembered how much you liked (or hated) them. Personally, my favorite now out of all of those is Take Your Time but that's just me. It's not my favorite Sam hunt song ever though (don't try to guess you won't);). Anyways, thank you guys so much for reading this post and I hope you have a great day and just well... enjoy yourselfs (totally don't plan out my outros). I even messed up an outro y'all which is literally the hardest thing to do but anyways i hope you have a great day and as always....


- G1GB ❤️

- Lance;) (remember to guess my favorite Sam Hunt song guys) (Btw, you won't ;))

T45 Mania | 6/12/17

Hey Guys! Hope y'all are having a wonderful day or did have a wonderful day (depending on when you're reading this). I updated one of the pages so it's now, "Blog Schedule", and you guys should definitely check that page out because it'll basically tell you what to expect each week. I plan on posting 2-3 times a week (KEY WORD: PLAN) so try to look forward to that. I will not post on back to back days probably ever (unless something crazy happens) because i like to give time for everyone to see the posts and not come back two days later and there's like five posts waiting for them and it's too much. This week we should have at least two posts because we got T45 today and i plan on having a new music review as well (possibly but don't count on it). so yeah.... that's it i think. Now let's get into last weeks recap!

Last week on T45 Mania was the first time we've done this in nine months so it was crazy! Little Mix had two songs in the top 10 (#7 and #6) with Power and No More Sad Songs! Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris took the #3 spot with Craving You while Rita Ora took #2 with Your Song! Last weeks #1 song was Carly Rae Jepsen's Cut To The Feeling. This week we have 2 exits so let's get into it.....! Enjoy:)

• Maroon 5/Future- Cold (#45)

• DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Lil Wayne/Chance The Rapper- I'm The One (#24)

Last Weeks #1 Song: Carly Rae Jepsen- Cut To The Feeling [One Week At #1]

The Mania:
45. Imagine Dragons- Believer
Last week: #42
Peak: #42

44. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj- Swalla
Last week: #44
Peak: #44

43. AJR- Weak
Last week: #41
Peak: #41

42. Linkin Park/Kiiara- Heavy
Last week: #38
Peak: #38

41. Harry Styles- Sign Of The Times
Last week: #43
Peak: #41 [New Peak]

40. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato- No Promises
Last week: #29 (-11)
Peak: #29

39. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield- At My Best [Biggest DROP Of The Week!]
Last week: #18 (-21)
Peak: #18

38. Katy Perry/Migos- Bon Appétit
Last week: #26 (-12)
Peak: #26

37. Imagine Dragons- Whatever It Takes
Last week: #28
Peak: #28

36. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos- Slide
Last week: #19 (-17)
Peak: #19

35. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid- 1-800-273-8255
Last week: #27
Peak: #27

34. Zedd/Alessia Cara- Stay
Last week: #32
Peak: #32

33. James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go
Last week: #37
Peak: #33 [New Peak]

32. Shawn Mendes- There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Last week: #35
Peak: #32 [New Peak]

31. The Chainsmokers- Young
Last week: #25
Peak: #25

30. DNCE/Nicki Minaj- Kissing Strangers
Last week: #33
Peak: #30 [New Peak]

29. Charlie Puth- Attention
Last week: #21
Peak: #21

28. Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa- Scared To Be Lonely
Last week: #30
Peak: #28 [New Peak]

27. Lady Gaga- The Cure
Last week: #22
Peak: #22

26. Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson- Symphony
Last week: #20
Peak: #20

25. Halsey- Eyes Closed
Last week: #9 (-16)
Peak: #9

24. Miley Cyrus- Malibu
Last week: #40 (+16)
Peak: #24 [New Peak]

23. Lecrae/Tori Kelly- I'll Find You (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #23

22. Niall Horan- Slow Hands
Last week: #34 (+12)
Peak: #22 [New Peak]

21. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay- Something Just Like This
Last week: #39 (+18)
Peak: #21 [New Peak]

20. Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj- Swish Swish
Last week: #17
Peak: #17

19. Iggy Azalea/Anitta- Switch
Last week: #11
Peak: #11

18. Major Lazer/Camilla Cabello/Travis Scott/Quavo- Know No Better
Last week: #31 (+13)
Peak: #18 [New Peak]

17. Auli'i Cravalho- How Far I'll Go
Last week: #23
Peak: #17 [New Peak]

16. Liam Payne/Quavo- Strip That Down
Last week: #16
Peak: #16

15. Halsey- Now Or Never
Last week: #15
Peak: #15

14. Kygo/Ellie Goulding- First Time
Last week: #12
Peak: #12

13. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber- Despacito
Last week: #14
Peak: #13 [New Peak]

12. Future/Rihanna- Selfish
Last week: #13
Peak: #12 [New Peak]

11. Julia Michaels/Alan Walker- Issues (REMIX)
Last week: #10
Peak: #10

10. David Guetta/Justin Bieber- 2U (DEBUT)
Last week: --
Peak: #10

9. Camilla Cabello- Crying In The Club
Last week: #8
Peak: #8

8. Cheat Codes/CADE- Stay With You
Last week: #5
Peak: #5

7. Little Mix/Stormzy- Power
Last week: #7
Peak: #7

6. Little Mix/Machine Gun Kelly- No More Sad Songs
Last week: #6
Peak: #6

5. Fifth Harmony/Gucci Mane- Down [Biggest JUMP Of The Week!]
Last week: #36 (+31)
Peak: #5 [New Peak]

4. Rita Ora- Your Song
Last week: #2
Peak: #2

3. Thomas Rhett/Maren Morris- Craving You
Last week: #3
Peak: #3

2. Carly Rae Jepsen- Cut To The Feeling
Last week: #1
Peak: #1 [One Week]

1. Shakira/Maluma- Chantaje [1st week At #1!]
Last week: #4
Peak: #1 [New Peak]

Biggest DROP Of The Week: Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield- At My Best (-21)

Biggest JUMP Of The Week: Fifth Harmony/Gucci Mane- Down (+31)

... And that's it! Thanks guys so much for coming thru and checking this edition of T45 Mania out! I hope you liked it:). Feel free to give your thoughts on your favorite and least favorite songs on the chart below! I hope you guys have a great rest of your day (or night depending on when you're reading this) and see y'all next time....!

- G1GB ❤️

- Lance;) (remember to check out the new page btw!)

T45 Mania- The Return| 6/5/17

Hey guys! You may or may not be happy that you're seeing this right now (i sure wouldn't be happy haha.. jk) but you're seeing correctly. This is a T45 Mania and it is new. Now, I do have a little explaining to do. I'm sorry for never giving an explanation post as to why i was just gone for, well, 9 months and I wouldn't consider this a permanent return. I'm doing this post today because I want to not because I felt forced to. I genuinely want to post today for the first time in 9 months so I am. As I said don't consider this a return and definitely do not count on weekly T45 Mania's like we used to have (oh the good days). But anyways, onto musical stuff!

Not a single song from my last T45 Mania is going to be on this chart (September 30th, 2016). Also. If you forgot what T45 Mania is, it is basically my favorite 45 songs each week in a countdown format with exits and entrants and all that each week. Now, for this week we don't have any exits (unless I listed every song from 9/30/16) as we are basically starting new. Also guys, I may be able to kinda post consistently throughout my summer break (until 7/29) but as i said DO NOT COUNT ON IT:)! Now let me just say I hope all of you guys have had a great last nine months and without any further talking for me.... let's get into it! Oh and also btw, this week there won't be any last week positions or peak positions since every song is new! Anyways, Enjoy!!

45. Maroon 5/Future- Cold

44. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign- Swalla

43. Harry Styles- Sign Of The Times

42. Imagine Dragons- Believer

41. AJR- Weak

40. Miley Cyrus- Malibu

39. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay- Something Just Like This

38. Linkin Park/Kiiara- Heavy

37. James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go

36. Fifth Harmony/Gucci Mane- Down

35. Shawn Mendes- There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

34. Niall Horan- Slow Hands

33. DNCE/Nicki Minaj- Kissing Strangers

32. Zedd/Alessia Cara- Stay

31. Major Lazer/Camilla Cabello/Travis Scott/Quavo- Know No Better

30. Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa- Scared To Be Lonely

29. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato- No Promises

28. Imagine Dragons- Whatever It Takes

27. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid- 1-800-273-8255

26. Katy Perry/Migos- Bon Appétit

25. The Chainsmokers- Young

24. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Lil Wayne/Chance The Rapper- I'm The One

23. Auli'i Cravalho- How Far I'll Go

22. Lady Gaga- The Cure

21. Charlie Puth- Attention

20. Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson- Symphony

19. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos- Slide

18. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield- At My Best

17. Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj- Swish Swish

16. Liam Payne/Quavo- Strip That Down

15. Halsey- Now Or Never

14. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber- Despacito

13. Future/Rihanna- Selfish

12. Kygo/Ellie Goulding- First Time

11. Iggy Azalea/Anitta- Switch

10. Julia Michaels/Alan Walker- Issues- Remix

9. Halsey- Eyes Closed

8. Camilla Cabello- Crying In The Club

7. Little Mix/Stormzy- Power

6. Little Mix/Machine Gun Kelly- No More Sad Songs

5. Cheat Codes/CADE- Stay With You

4. Shakira/Maluma- Chantaje

3. Thomas Rhett/Maren Morris- Craving You

2. Rita Ora- Your Song

1. Carly Rae Jepsen- Cut To The Feeling [1st week at #1!]

... And that's it! Thanks so much guys for viewing the "comeback" post... if that's what we're calling it 😂. Again, DO NOT expect posts every week but hope for them because I really don't know how often this is gonna happen... :)). Anyways, thanks y'all so much for checking this weeks T45 Mania out I love you guys a lot a lot.. Like a lot a lot (haha so funny) and I hope you guys have a good rest of your week! Love y'all ....

- G1GB ❤️

- lance ;)