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=====HARD FEELINGS=====

These are songs that are painful to remove from my regular listening as I continue towards the end. These are songs I look forward to listening to at least semi-regularly in the future. Really, really great nominations guys. I mean it. Between the first 60 songs nominated and the last 60 songs nominated (not counting the sorely missed BlueCrystalTear's), each half still has 15 songs remaining! It's an even split between Batches 1-4 & Batches 5-8! Completely unplanned and unexpected until I was writing up a song to come!

#30. the world is yours
Artist: Nas
Nominator: rwlh (1/5)
Time: 4:47
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXIKdYTkHI8
Initial Rankings: Batch 2 - 2/15 (A) & Rubric 3
FLUX: Down 25 Spots

'Okay, this is definitely not 1700 views. Heard before. Very good song.' - First listen note

I was going to keep 'FLUX' just for those that Lingered, but there's enough shake-ups to continue it here. the world is yours was originally top five for a lot of the first listens, moving into top ten/fifteen with the later batches following in. It was put up on an early pedestal both with respect to the song and to Nas.

With 75% of the field gone, though, it's just not comparing with its peers like it was outperforming the bulk of nominations. I don't feel any sort of attachment to it. I enjoy it, and it's a really great song. The piano, the flow, the dead presidents to represent me. Other songs coming up have more hooks on my heart or a faster energy or make me feel powerful emotions. A lot of the eliminations are coming down to attachment. Even just now, I switched this song and the next on the list because this has less energy and power over me.

*NEW* 18th Place: rwlh
#124. Gorguts, "The Art of Sombre Ecstasy"
#90. Miles Davis, "So What"
#75. Rockabye Baby!, "Crash Into Me"
#33. Oneohtrix Point Never, "Sleep Dealer"
#30. Nas, "the world is yours"
Average Score: 70.4
Total Score: 352

Thank you for four of your nominations! I thought two months and time would temper my opinions, but "The Art of Not-Solemn Ecstasy" I still loathe. "Crash Into Me" was an interesting experiment and a great callback to your album rankings (which I'll hopefully remember to get back to listening to once I am freed from this daily playlist). "So What" and "Sleep Dealer" and "the world is yours" are great to check in with and relax to. Excited to see how your 300 VGM Ranking topic continues!

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#29. Dana Dan (Indian Folk Metal)
Artist: Bloodywood
Nominator: Murphiroth (3/5)
Time: 5:02
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20
Initial Rankings: Batch 7 - 8/15 (D+) & Rubric 10
Weighted Rankings: Green 9/16
Blockbuster: Grid C-6
FLUX: Up 60 Spots
Linger: 4/10

Time, got nothing but time, got nothing but time, got nothing but time time time, got nothing but time time time

At least, that's how I first heard it amidst the heavy metal blasting beats. Then I listened to and read the lyrics and it is a powerful call to action against predators. It doesn't beat around the bush announcing right out:

"I put a fist through the face of a rapist
And yeah, I tape this
For the viewing pleasure of the nameless faces he disgraces
And yeah, one day I may change his kind
With my mind, but"

It's intense and it's meant to be. The more I listened to it and read translations, the less inclined I was to let it leave my playlist despite not really liking the music itself. It's a powerful song, and the last minute has the nostalgic almost Chester Bennington-screaming of Linkin Park that always cements the song as a keeper if I listen all the way. It deserves to be on this high tier, and literally lyrically represents 'hard feelings.'

@rwlh
@Murphiroth