THE iTUNES TOP 100 & THE END OF THE WORLD: Birdman - 4 My Town (ft. Drake & Lil' Wayne)

Faux-urban radio pop at its finest. Birdman is old as shit and can't get over the product placement, consumerism name-dropping. Drake is the worst and/or least coolest lip sync-er ever. And Lil' Wayne can't help but drop sweet lines like "young money, like Ben Frank's baby pictures" and "I'm the shit, y'all janitors." It's a glass half full kind of thing.

THE iTUNES TOP 100 & THE END OF THE WORLD: Timbaland - Say Something (ft. Drake)

Timbaland is not cool anymore. His last couple albums have been big on hype and low on return, save for a quality single or two, like Shock Value's played-out "Apologize (ft. One Republic)" and "Way I Are (ft. Keri Hilson)." This, of course, curbing the massive cred he earned in 2006 sculpting Justin Timberlake ("My Love," "LoveStoned") and Nelly Furtado ("Say It Right," "Promiscuous"), as well as his prudent finagling onto M.I.A.'s much-loved Kala ("Come Around").

Drake isn't very cool either, so "Say Something" mostly works. Timbaland mugs his way throughout, taking the music world about as serious as a music producer veteran predictably should; Drake tries too hard, but it's endearing in a way. He's no Kanye or Weezy, and he'll never be, but he and T.I. can respectfully hang out in the second tier.

In this case, the uncool is appropriate.

WORTH A LISTEN: Drake - Over

This song has definitely questioned my non-believer status. I used to think Drake was some nobody Lil' Wayne picked up because he did a pretty good Lil' Wayne impression without overshadowing.

But given Weezy's relative absence this year, this is going to be the radio pop song to top in 2010.

Side question: Does the really lame video (and the implicit uncoolness it reveals) make Drake's brand of culturally relevant pop music more or less appealing? Discuss.