89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Cliches in Music 43 - 35

89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Cliches in Music

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80 -- 72
71 -- 62
61 --52
51 -- 44
43 -- 35
34 -- 25
24 -- 16
15 -- 8
7 -- 1

Countdowns

43. The Scott Storch Shout Out
You can't get two bars into Terror Squad's 'Lean Back' before Fat Joe starts giving props the beat maker du jour. We're all for self-promotion, Scott, but who exactly are your pawns marketing to? It's not like the kid listening to Paris' CD can afford your $800-million-per-track fee.
Rock our special 'Scott Storch Shout-Out Megamix'
42. Having a TV Has-Been in
Your Video
Dustin "Screech" Diamond stole the bride in 98 Degrees' 'I Do ...' Christina Applegate donned disco skates for Jessica's 'Public Affair.' Donny Osmond goofed around in Weird Al's 'White & Nerdy.' This proves one thing: Washed-up television stars can help anyone's career -- except their own.

The Culprits:98 Degrees' 'I Do...'Jessica Simpson's 'Public Affair' Weird Al's 'White & Nerdy'
41. The On-the-Road Montage
Time-lapsed footage of stage set-up, camera pan of fans whooping it up inside, slow-mo shots of the drummer's "rock face" ... Ever since Motley Crue went
'Home Sweet Home,' bands have cranked out the tour montage video. It usually rears its head around single number five and, ironically, the music is very seldom live. But at least all of that b-roll footage is being put to good use.
40. Songs About Mom
We know stars love their mamas. She birthed them, changed their diapers, and bailed them out of jail when no one else would. They should by all means tell her she's appreciated. But sitting through a sappy "Dear Mama" song is as heartwarming as getting a Hallmark card addressed to someone else. Why can't they just pick up the phone like the rest of us?
The one 'Mama' song we can actually stand

39. The Fish-Eye-Lens Effect
38. Rappers Telling Us to 'Bounce'
Jay-Z loves to do it, Jermaine Dupri can't seem to live without it ... hell, even Bow Wow named a song after it. Commanding listeners to "bounce" is as much a hip-hop staple as chronic and hos.
37. Cop-Out Last Album Deal
How do you know when an artist has one album left in their record deal? When they flood record stores with a compilation of outtakes from the cutting room floor, a collection of covers, their third greatest hits package, or worst of all -- the dreaded live album.
36. Rappers Getting Shot
Marketing agents across the hip-hop universe know that all rappers have to do to increase record sales is take a bullet. It worked for Fiddy, Fabolous and Beanie Sigel. It unfortunately worked too well for Proof, Jam Master Jay, Pac and Biggie.
35. Artists Covering the Same Damn Songs as Everyone Else
Big ups to DMB and Lenny Kravitz for improving 'All Along the Watchtower.' Avril and Seether, you totally made 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' your own. We never really got 'Landslide' until the Dixie Chicks and Joey McIntyre showed us the way. And future classics like Gnarls' 'Crazy' will only reach that status with the help of Nelly Furtado, Ray Lamontagne, Twilight Singers, the Kooks, the Raconteurs, the Academy Is... Uh, not!