On Sunday evening, the Grammys celebrated what was supposedly the best in music over the past five years. Now, it is time to celebrate the worst. Here are the five worst records of 2006:
5. Beyonce (ft. Jay Z) - "Déjà Vu"
What the hell was Daddy Knowles thinking by letting this become the first single from Beyonce’s other decent collection of songs on the B’day album. Everything from Jay Z’s rap to Beyonce’s screeching vocal performance make this song sound like a b-side to a Britney Spears single. You have to give Beyonce credit though: this song would have killed any other artist’s career. For Beyonce, who has spent the last ten weeks at number 1 with “Irreplaceable,” it was barely a blip on the meter.
4. Justin Timberlake – "Sexy Back"
The mega success of this single has shown just how low the music world has gone. Everybody’s fake ghetto Michael Jackson pre-molestation wannabe tells us how he wants to bring “sexy” back. But the song is just about as sexy as the thought of Laura Bush in a bikini. Justin Timberlake has apparently found a huge audience by appealing to the lowest denominator of music listeners.
3. Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie"
If you want to hear a goat cry, you can easily go to the zoo. But it became easier in 2006 because all you had to do was turn on the radio. Even Wyclef Jean, who was obviously paraded by music moguls, sounds like he doesn’t want to be on this record. Shakira has had other great singles. After many flops, however, Shakira and her record company apparently decided that she had to lower and degrade herself into singing this mess in order to score a hit single.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - sandra
Once again, LOL! Very funny and entertaining,although I disagree with your choices.
2 - Alexandra
Daryl, youre such a Mariah hater. Loser, get a life!
3 - wade
"Daryl works as a marketing graphic designer"...
I rest my case! You know nothing about music.
4 - zingzing
oh, darly d, darling... you're just opening yourself up. do not bash mariah carey on the internet. it's just dangerous.
also, don't fuck with j.t. sexy back kinda sucked, but he's got some good singles. i say.
5 - Anonymous
Funny how only urbanized songs made the list. What, no rock songs sucked in your opinion? Just saying.....
6 - zingzing
look, anon, d.d. thinks that bruce springsteen planned 9/11... i wouldn't take the article too seriously.
7 - Duke De Mondo
hips don't lie was a fantastic, bizarre piece o pop music. that's all i have to say about that.
8 - Daniel
"After many flops, however, Shakira and..."
Get your facts right.
Keep criticizing and someday you will make it big, Kiddo.
9 - Al Barger
Good choices, though I don't mind the Timberlake so bad. But ew wee, be prepared for the onslaught of Mariah's lambs bearing their fangs.
10 - inunenanon
Well, Al Banger, it's not the lambs' fault why you're so plain biased and spiteful. We reacted that way for a reason, okay? Had that been a rational and objective review, fans would totally respect your opinion.
(Come on, opening your review with such a statement as "I immediately concede that this review will be unfair to Mariah Carey." At the start you already admitted your fault. At least professional writers do their best to try to hide that, and no wonder after two years you're still a blogger. Learn Journalism 101 for your own sake.)
As with this "article," I'd state the same. It's a VERY basic rule in journalism to NOT let personal prejudices/ biases interfere with your judgment. What gave you away? the "It used to be that Mariah could disguise her flops as “hits” by severely deep discounting them to 49 cents. Unfortunately, singles don’t sell like they used to and Mariah has to face a fact: a flop is a flop! Now, Mariah, either go to the gym or stop wearing those tight sleazebag outfits that you barely fit into!" part.
And, for the record, try checking your facts before you write. You're actually implying that Mariah discounted the singles for ALL her hits, when in fact that was only done for 'Loverboy'. AND the part that says that she's a sore loser at the Grammys, when she won 3, plus the part that says "several of her concerts were canceled due to poor ticket sales," when in fact only ONE got canceled, and that wasn't even because of ticket sales (don't get me started on that).
Tsk. you're feeding people wrong information, which is AGAIN another big no-no in journalism. And you're called a part of the "sinister cabal of superior writers." You should be ashamed of yourself.
11 - zingzing
hey, inunenanon-- al didn't write the review, daryl d. did. also, subjectivity is what criticism is all about. "journalism" may be a different thing, but criticism, by its nature, has to be subjective. does it look to you like daryl is reporting anything? or do you think he is giving his opinion?
also, daryl didn't imply anything about the singles, you inferred that, which may be exactly what he wanted you to do (which is called manipulation).
i'm not sure where you're going with that second paragraph.
12 - zingzing
i figured out the second paragraph.
13 - albert young
I used to be a regional buyer for Musicland. I am so glad that someone exposed the truth to Mariah's supposed hit singles. She did give a lot of money to charity and I respect her for that. In turn, major outlets deeply discounted her singles to 99 cents (and sometimes 49 cents) to help her songs chart better. They would also be prominently displayed. Mariah is the reason Billboard changed their chart system.
14 - inunenanon
zingzing, I guess you already got the 'al' part. I was kinda reacting about his comment.
And in his review, he states some, err "facts". At least if he's gonna inform people about some things, he should get it right.
Yes, criticism is subjective, but only the object of the criticism should be subjective. In the review, it seemed to me that the writer is criticizing Mariah, and not the record. His obvious hatred towards Mariah was the part of him that was taking over, and what I'm saying is that that shouldn't happen. Heck, critics praise the songs of artists that they don't entirely like, and as well slam some songs of the artists they love.
15 - juan
Once again, Daryl D hit it right on the mark. I completely agree with his criticism about Mariah Carey. The last sentence was sort of uncalled for though.
16 - daryl d
I sort of think that writing should be just as entertaining as it is critical. By the way, I never accused Bruce Springsteen of starting 911; I accused him of banking of of it. But Springsteen fans shouldn't be angry with me: I have an upcoming article calling "Tunnel of Love" one of the best singles ever released.
17 - J.J. Hunsecker
"It's almost as if Bruce helped plan the terrorist attacks just so he could write a "song" about it."
We'll let the readers be the judge.
18 - cabi1999
shakira hips dont´t lie is fantastic
She was been sucesful with all her singles....by the way the CD is great
19 - andy
wow seriously get a life!
to say all those stuff abt mariah carey is jus plain lame
yes i can understand if u dun like the song but obviously u r jus usin a chance to slam her!
20 - CRITIC = HATER
lol WHO WROTE THIS ???????? BIASED OPINION
I LOVED MANY OF THE SINGLES THAT THIS SO CALLED CRITIC MENTIONED!
21 - zingzing
critic=hater: "BIASED OPINION"
that's redundant.
22 - kc
daryl d is my favorite writer from blogcitics because he is not afraid to say what he thinks. his analytical skills are poor, but who cares! His columns are completely entertaining.
23 - Kev
I'd like to correct you on a few (or all) of your comments regarding Mariah Carey.
Firstly, considering the success of the album "Fly Like A Bird" came from, I doubt 2006 could be classed as a bad year for Mariah.
Secondly, her weight hardly seems relevant. I bet Aretha Franklin doesn't get as much flak for her weight despite being about 5 stone heavier.
Thirdly, I'd like to point out that "Fly Like A Bird" was not released as a proper single, and as a result, it can hardly be considered a flop.
Fourthly, one, (not several) concert was cancelled due to issues with the promoter - not as a result of poor ticket sales.
Also, if Mariah's entire success was attributed to singles selling for 49 cents, (which I believe happened once about 6 years ago), then please explain to me how 'We Belong Together' was at number 1 for 14 weeks in 2005? No physical single was released for that song, and yet it broke records with regards to airplay.
That pretty much covers it - your promotion of an unhealthy body image for women is your opinion, and not relevant here, so I wont bring you up on that. I find it interesting that you have clearly followed Mariah's career closely, but have managed to get none of the facts correct.
24 - Celine Dion
Oh GAWD! These freaking lambs annoy the HECK out of me!!! René!!!!!!!!! Shoot the bloody bastards already!!
Anyway about Whoriah - yes, she is a talentless bitch who can't sing one note straight. She IS also a flop queen and her album IS the worst pop that wants to be RNB crap released EVER (not only in 2006).
Thumbs up for the writer! :D
25 - leyla
You're right about Shakira. I am... well, I was a huge fan of her, but when she released Hips Don't Lie I was like "What the hell is this? This is horrible!" Hips Don't Lie is the worst song of her career and probably the worst song I've listened to this year. Anyhow, I'll give her another opportunity to show me that she can go back to what she was in 1998.