It’s Monday, you know what that means. Let’s talk about some music.
Each Music Monday will be formatted as followed: an overview/ my opinion on their said career, followed by the ranking of their top 5 songs. No artist is without flaws, their worst three songs will also be judged and ripped to shreds.
As a reminder, this is not going to be a series where I list no-name songs off an artist’s shitty second album that’ll you’ll hear occasionally in an urban coffee shop. We only grade hits here. I’m not looking for songs that have the best underlying message. I’m not looking for songs that represent the artist’s struggle and triumph over something shitty that happened to them. I don’t care about any of that. We are only ranking the cream of the crop, the pinnacle of an artist’s success. Before you ask, I will not be ranking Beyonce’s songs, as I do not want to tarnish my blog with overrated garbage. If you have a problem with that, or my rankings, and want to make your criticisms known, you can email all of your concerns to VinnieWontCheckThis@gmail.com. Prior versions of this series can be found here.
So with that, let’s get started.
Armando Christian Pérez, born January 15, 1981, to Cuban expatriates in Miami, Florida.
A lot of people either don’t want to admit it, or are too dumb to realize it but Pitbull has some HITS. My first exposure to Mr. 305 was in his collaboration with the Ying Yang Twins called Shake. I think at first a lot of you assume you’ve never heard it, but within the first 10 seconds of the song I’m sure it will come back to you. It would take Pitbull another 5 years before he got into the Top 40 of the music charts without the great Lil Jon. His first 3 albums had some club bangers, enough to get him recognition, but it was the release of his fourth album, Rebelution that made him a (Mr.) Worldwide name. The album gave him two top 10 hits (I Know You Want Me, Hotel Room Service) which was enough to get him on the “We Are the World 25” song to benefit the victims of the Haiti Earthquake. However, upon the release of the song we learned that the real disaster was this song, and the victims were us for having to listen to this monstrosity of a stinker. Earthquake Smearthquake; I had to listen to Wyclef Jean yell random, auto tuned obscurities for 5 minutes. I’m actually the survivor here.
Now where was I? Oh yes: Pitbull. After Rebelution he continued his hot streak in 2011 with the release of Planet Pit and by being featured on every club banger under the sun. His features are a big part of Pitbull’s body of work so here is a quick 3 song ranking of Pitbull’s best features:
3. I Like It– Enrique Iglesias (ft. Mr. 305)
2. DJ Got Us Falling in Love- Usher (Feat. Pitbull)
1. On the Floor– Jenny From the Block (ft. Mr. Worldwide)
As time went on, Pitbull kept putting out hits, his 7th album was decent, not as good as the prior two albums but still had 3 songs in the Top 15. Global Warming was good, and he even sprinkled in a Greatest Hits album for our troubles.
All in all, the man works hard and has made a ton of songs over the past decade. Here are his top 5 singles.
5. Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) (ft. T-Pain): What a great song. When I die, I want this played at my funeral as they are lowering me into the ground.
4. Hotel Room Service: This modern masterpiece comes in at number 4 on my list. I Know You Want Me was a bigger hit, but I like this song more. This song was the original “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored”. Most people are ashamed to know every word of this song, however I am not most people.
3. Give Me Everything (ft. Ne-Yo, Nayer, & Afrojack): This song was a smash hit. You know it was good because Pitbull rhymed Kodak with Kodak. Doesn’t matter, still went number 1 on the charts. Also this song is why he got sued by Lindsay Lohan because of this song. Iconic
2. Time of Our Lives (ft. Ne-Yo): What can I say? I love myself a good Pitbull-Ne-Yo collaboration. They are like peanut butter and jelly. They should make an album like Watch the Throne, there would be nothing but hits on there. This song is sensational. Every day above ground is a great day. Remember that.
1. Timber (ft. Ke$ha): It was always going to be this song. It is simply a SMASH. Just an absolute BANGER. We took Ke$ha for granted and this song shows it. Flawless execution by both
I wish I could touch on the collabs with Chris Brown, and his old stuff like Go Girl, and the Anthem. They didn’t make the cut unfortunately. While these songs are all fine and dandy, Mr. Worldwide has some trash out there.
3. We Are One– This song was released to promote the 2014 World Cup. Pitbull thought it was so good he decided to include it on his album as a single. This is the equivalent to being in an argument with someone, knowing you are wrong, but doubling down on your opinion. Pitbull thought he had a hit, when really it was shit.
2. Fireball: This song isn’t good, plain and simple, Mr. 305 mailed this one in HARD. Minimal effort, still hit 23 on the Billboard chart. Pitbull is good, even when he’s bad.
1. Rain Over Me (ft. Marc Anthony): This song can only be described with two letters. P…..U
Mr. Worldwide is underrated, simple as that. I hope he gets the respect he deserves
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