Cool J and it also had Boyz II Men - who are very big on our station - we thought this was a guaranteed hit,' Stevens says.

In contrast, 'Hey Lover' has been slowly building to what Stevens considers bona fide hit status, measured by requests, local record sales and response at dance clubs. 'The lyrics are kind of weak and people are having a hard time taking him seriously.' ' You Remind Me of Something' has definitely fallen off,' Stevens says.

After that, radio program directors like Jay Stevens of WPGC keep close watch on who likes a song to determine how much play it will get. 1 spot is being occupied by Whitney Houston's 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop),' a bluesy women's anthem from the soundtrack of the soon-to-be-released girl movie 'Waiting to Exhale.'īoth 'Hey Lover' and 'You Remind Me of Something' are by known hitmakers with large followings, so they both went into 'high rotation,' meaning airplay every two to three hours, on many stations. 'With all the controversial lyrics that have been out, there are more women on the side of thinking they are horrible and more men on the side of talking about free speech.'īoosting the theory that women care more about the words being sung is the fact that the No.

'Sometimes men and women do respond to music differently,' says Lauren Cooper, an 18-year-old senior at Banneker High School and a member of 'the Posse' on BET's 'Teen Summit' program. If they think they are a player, they want to identify with him.' And according to local radio programmers and music fans, the latter one is winning hands-down. While the first song is derived from the 'do me' and woman-as-object sex songs of the early '90s, the second is a hip-hop version of the traditional romantic plea. Cool J's hit 'Hey Lover,' represent two divergent strains in romantic black popular songs today. Kelly's hit single 'You Remind Me of Something' and the second from L.L. These differing romantic approaches, the first from R. (b) Make sure he's not plain nuts, then give him a little smile. And he says: 'Simple dreams turn into a reality/ Our love would come down so naturally. You're still out at the club and this reeeeal fine man steps to you, maybe to ask you to dance or give you a compliment. And he says: 'You remind me of my Jeep/ I want to ride it/ Something like my sounds/ I want to pump it.' You're at the club when this reeeeal fine man steps to you, maybe to ask you to dance or give you a compliment.

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