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Six Reasons Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed a Girl’ Isn’t the Song of the Summer
It doesn't have the full support of our nation's rappers, for one.
Posted 08/11/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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If Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed a Girl’ Is the Song of the Summer, Vulture Will Move to Canada
We hear Alberta is nice.
Posted 07/22/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Vulture’s Top Five Songs of the Summer
So what is the song of the summer anyway?
Posted 07/02/08 in Vulture : The List
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Can Jay-Z’s Endorsement Help Make Estelle’s ‘American Boy’ the Song of the Summer?
Jay covered Vulture's favorite jam at Glastonbury over the weekend — can this get it back on the radio?
Posted 06/30/08 in Vulture : Tube Junkie
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is the Jonas Brothers’ ‘Burnin’ Up’ the Song of the Summer?
It has a mid-song rap!
Posted 06/26/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Shaq’s ‘Tell Me How My Ass Taste’ the Song of the Summer?
Does Shaq's freestyle herald a new era in open-source summer-song creation?
Posted 06/25/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is the Hold Steady’s ‘Constructive Summer’ the Song of the Summer?
It's a long shot that this tune will even get a single spin on Z100, but "Constructive Summer" has a lot to offer.
Posted 06/24/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is R. Kelly’s ‘Body Body’ the Song of the Summer?
It's a summery ode to Kellz's inexhaustible virility (as usual), enhanced by an Auto-Tune for which T-Pain is, happily, in no way responsible.
Posted 06/18/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Lloyd’s ‘Girls Around the World’ the Song of the Summer?
Not even the coldest-hearted bikini-clad cyborg could resist that falsetto.
Posted 06/17/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ the Song of the Summer?
From now until something displaces last year's "Umbrella" from the top of our iTunes most-played list, Vulture will be judging the contenders for this year's Song of the Summer.
Posted 06/06/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Lil Wayne’s ‘Comfortable’ the Song of the Summer?
That'd be fine with us!
Posted 06/03/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is This Year’s Song of the Summer by Lil Wayne?
From now until something displaces last year's "Umbrella" from the top of our iTunes most-played list, Vulture will be judging the contenders for this year's Song of the Summer.
Posted 05/27/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Usher’s ‘Love in This Club’ the Song of the Summer?
Sure, this song is stupid — but don't count it out.
Posted 05/23/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Estelle’s ‘American Boy’ the Song of the Summer?
Man, we hope so.
Posted 05/22/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is Leona Lewis’s ‘Bleeding Love’ the Song of the Summer?
Yeah, pretty much.
Posted 05/21/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Is N.E.R.D.'s ‘Everybody Nose’ the Song of the Summer?
Until a song displaces "Umbrella" from the top of our iTunes most-played list, we'll be judging the contenders for this year's Song of the Summer.
Posted 05/15/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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