In Idaho I’ve been listening to Hot 96.9FM.

Their playlist is about 9 songs long. I hear those few songs played less than an hour apart.

There are no DJs. And even the songs selected don’t have many musicians. It’s vocal supplemented with computer.

Marvin’s Room by Drake is a very interesting pop song. But the music video is so awful, I don’t link it.

Lighters by Eminem, Bruno Mars & Royce da 5’9″ has a lousy video, too. But I believe the song is a prototype for the rest of the decade.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (profane version)

“Lighters” is an alternative hip hop song with influences of pop music.

The formula is simple. Get a catchy pop song started. Add rap for edge.

I do love the urban doggerel:

… Now his career’s
Lebron’s jersey in 20 years …

I’ll predict now that this decade will be considered even duller than the 1980s.