Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #6 – Pitbull     

Total Points –             219

Charted Songs:

18        Give Me Everything – Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer  83 points

23        On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull        78 points

43        DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Usher Featuring Pitbull  58 points

Last Year’s Rank:     13

Hah. Pitbull made a Kodak reference. It makes me wonder how many people will get that in 10 years with Kodak being bankrupt. Either way, Pitbull is the local (albeit short) whore that is in every song right? It feels like it. Somehow he’s so smooth that even I would totally consider if he asked.

It’s kind of like you can’t get rid of Pitbull because he’s the accessible go-to rapper to get your music to have a little bit of Latin flair. Even though he likes using a lot of similes.

Eh, he made fun of Lindsay Lohan and she got angry. Bitch should be honored people still remember her.

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #28 Ne-Yo

Total Points – 83

Charted Songs:

18 Give Me Everything – Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (83 points)

Last Year’s Rank: N/A

Ne-Yo didn’t have to do anything this year, but just sit back and ride the wave of Pitbull. Granted, Pitbull does that a lot. Ne-Yo is still a smooth gentleman and just needs to sing a chorus. I know that Ne-Yo has done a lot of work in the background with musicians like Jennifer Hudson during the 2011 music year so it’s not like he was taking a break per se.

So the apparent title of Ne-Yo’s new album for 2012 is called The Cracks in Mr. Perfect and I really hope that while it uses the word “crack,” I hope that he still has some really “gentlemanly” music that is catchy and dancy.I just had the opportunity to actually listen to “The Way You Move” and the song is good, but the video is a bit typical.

I need this song to be mashed up with “Touch my Body” by Mariah Carey now.

So why isn’t Nayer getting any points? Because she’s not famous. She was grabbed from a contest that Pitbull held. Normally I’d argue that people are important parts and you can’t tell which person is bringing the magic, but in this song, any woman could whisper random words. Hell, Allison from Top Model could do that, but she’s actually famous. In a Creepy-chan kind of way.

Total Points: 129
Charted Songs: “DJ Got us Falling in Love” by Usher (ft. Pitbull) – #42 “I Like It” by Enrique Iglasias (ft. Pitbull) – #31

Interesting Fact? Pitbull is the highest charting artist to piggyback points this year. He really didn’t have to do much on his own this year to capture success.

Yeah, I mean last year he was singing about Hotel Rooms and it was a good song, but sometimes only having sprinkles of Pitbull in a song is enough. Kinda like Lil Jon, where you just need him to kinda go “yeah!” and “okay,” you kinda hire Pitbull to say something spanish and sexual.

There’s some odd sexual appeal about Pitbull. He’s bald and one has to be convinced that he’s bald because he has a receding hairline. And according to Cha-Cha, which isn’t that credible for websites, he’s 5’7 (which is very believable). But you know his appeal is the game he portrays in his music. He claims that he can do things to you and apparently really well. That’s gotta be good.

Pitbull always knows how to pull out a club anthem for the summer. “I know you want me” is no exception to this rule. Sure he may have borrowed/stolen a sample (when doesn’t he really? I mean the first time I remember him, “Culo” was the same riddim that everyone else used), but he knew exactly how to work it to his advantage.

The song made me want to get up and dance. And you could do a lot with the song: booty shaking, breaking, general grooving, bad white person dances, actual cha-cha/samba/salsa or some African-inspired movement. Note the performance from So You Think You Can Dance (This was the finale show of Season 5):

Sure I may not have liked the new stage, but I definitely thought that this was one of the performances that actually used the size of the stage really well. Where was I? Oh, Pitbull.

I understand that there is a raunchiness to Pitbull’s lyrics, but really it’s his style. His sexual promiscuity is his thing. I mean he’s somewhat good looking, I’ve never seen him past suits and baggy clothes. I assume that with his “linguistic style” he could probably nab any person he wants.