“Black Beatles” is all about finding common ground between the old and the new: “Young bull living like an old geezer,” as Swae Lee expresses on the song’s hook. (Gucci for VP!)Īnd yet, despite this feeling of a coup d’etat on the pop charts, Rae Sremmurd doesn’t totally disconnect from the other side.
The people have voted with their YouTube, Spotify and iTunes accounts, and Rae Sremmurd is their rightfully selected chief. But in November, thanks to the unpredictable runaway success of the Mannequin Challenge - which the song fits beautifully with the eerie, hypnotic sonics of its intro - “Beatles” has been consumed by such a large part of the country that the fact that the song is still barely present on radio is mostly irrelevant. “Black Beatles” would’ve been nobody’s bet for The Chainsmokers’ biggest threat back in October, when it was slowly scaling the chart’s upper half, and all but ignored by radio.
What makes the change of the guard at the Hot 100’s top particularly gratifying at the end of this election season, though, is that it really feels like chart democracy at work. 1 as any other song to assume pole position on the chart in the last ten months. It’s undoubtedly one of the singular pop singles of 2016, a song everyone engaged with pop culture will still associate with the year decades from now, and as deserving a Hot 100 No. First and foremost, it’s a great song: As Billboard‘s Jason Lipshutz wrote last week, “‘Black Beatles’ is a bizarre, alluring and absolutely inspired concoction, one that cleverly places itself within pop lore without being overly referential or irreverent. 2 with Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” in 2013.īut the moment of triumph shouldn’t just be contained to those actually responsible for the song - the rest of us should be pretty pumped, too. 14 high as a guest rapper on Mario‘s 2009 single “Break Up.” More surprisingly, it’s the first time that superproducer Mike Will Made-It has reached the summit: Despite being one of the most seemingly Top 40-omnipresent producers of the ’10s, the hip-hop innovator had never gotten past runner-up on the Hot 100, reaching No.
16 with “No Type” in late 2014 - and it’s also long-esteemed ATLien Gucci Mane‘s first trip to the top, easily besting his previous No. 1 - Rae Sremmurd previously peaked at No. It’s the relatively green hip-hop duo’s first Hot 100 No. The chart topping is a major achievement for all involved. Rae Sremmurd's 'Black Beatles' Blasts to No.
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