‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Vulture’s Top Five Songs of the Summer

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 ‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Vulture’s Top Five Songs of the Summer
Photo: Getty Images A few weeks ago, Vulture set out on an ambitious quest to find 2008's Song of the Summer, a track that would rule the pop charts, be inescapable on the radio and in the streets, and probably wind up on your mom's iPod sometime in October. It would have to be immediately catchy, evocative of the season, and as universally loved as last year's de facto warm-weather ... [link]

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New Nas Video Ella Ella Ella (Close Enough)
Published 7/8/2008 at Videogum
... Last week, Vulture Blog posted its "'Umbrella' Watch," a list of the top 5 contenders for this year's Summer Jam. Whoops, Vulture Blog, you missed one. Nas (feat. Keri Hilson), "Hero." ...

Concentric Pleasures: Summer Anthems
Published 8/1/2008 by psherburne at Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog
... that there's not yet a notable "song of the summer" (or as NY Mag explained it, a new "Umbrella"). Back in May, I had ...

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