Currate

Currates are server rates spotlighting 2-3 members of the server who must each submit songs fulfilling a specific list of criteria.

## Currate 1: Bee vs. Tilt

### Rules

* Songlists cannot contain
	+ songs previously rated
	+ more than 2 songs from a given decade
	+ more than 2 songs sung by a white woman
* Songlists must contain
	+ 2 songs by a band/group
	+ a song with a color in the title
	+ a song with under 15 million spotify plays
	+ a song starting with the letter L
	+ a song starting with the letter P
	+ a song with part of its title in brackets
	+ a song with a number in the title

### Results

1. Black Skinhead - Kanye West | 9.577 | Bee
	* 11s: king, creme
2. Lifetime - Romy | 9.208 | Tilt
	* 11s: niki
3. Wherever, Whenever - Shakira | 9.200 | Bee
	* 11s: RC
4. Just Like Heaven - The Cure | 9.115 | Tilt
	* 11s: steel, belb
5. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac | 9.100 | Bee
	* 11s: nick
6. PITAPAT (DKDK) - fromis\_9 | 9.023 | Bee
7. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5 | 8.923 | Bee
8. Cold World - Macy Gray | 8.723 | Tilt
9. A Cruel Angel's Thesis - Yoko Takahashi | 8.685 | Bee
10. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips | 8.462 | Tilt
11. Musician - Porter Robinson | 8.438 | Bee
	* 11s: frog, hypno
12. Something Comforting - Porter Robinson | 8.285 | Tilt
13. No One - Alicia Keys | 8.223 | Bee
14. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen | 8.062 | Tilt
15. Powerless (Say What You Want) - Nelly Furtado | 8.008 | Tilt
16. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong | 7.992 | Bee
17. Life in Technicolor ii - Coldplay | 7.731 | Tilt
18. Band of Cold - Freda Payne | 7.685 | Tilt
19. Trout - Neneh Cherry | 7.600 | Tilt
20. Who Do You Love - Marianas Trench | 5.746 | Tilt

## Currate 2: Hypno vs. RC vs. Creme

### Rules

* Songlists cannot contain:
	+ songs previously rated
	+ more than 2 songs from a given decade
	+ songs starting with the first 5 letters of the alphabet
	+ songs that start with the same letter
* Songlists must contain:
	+ a song that starts with V
	+ a song with a saxophone
	+ a song title over 5 words long
	+ a song title with one word
	+ a 0 magnet
	+ a song with a location in the title
	+ a song under 10 million spotify plays

### Results

1. Paper Planes - M.I.A. | 10.369 | Creme
	* 11s: akane, euphie, frog, gucci, niki
2. Venom - Little Simz | 9.738 | Creme
	* 11s: king
3. Us - Regina Spektor | 9.623 | Creme
	* 11s: bee, rc/hypno/creme, steel, tilt
4. Fancy - TWICE | 9.469 | Hypno
5. Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G. | 9.400 | Creme
6. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack | 9.254 | RC
	* 11s: belb, skar
7. Well Rested - Kero Kero Bonito | 9.238 | Hypno
8. One More - SG Lewis | 9.038 | Creme
9. Whatever You Got - Niia | 8.746 | RC
10. Me & U - Cassie | 8.685 | Hypno
	* 11s: rc/hypno/creme
11. This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case | 8.569 | RC
12. Polymorphing - Chairlift | 8.562 | Hypno
13. Fall Together - Powderpaint | 8.138 | RC
14. Vienna - Billy Joel | 8.069 | Hypno
15. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates | 7.762 | Creme
16. Vision - Sarah Jeffe, Sam Lao, Zhora | 7.723 | RC
17. Here Is The News - Electric Light Orchestra | 7.469 | RC
18. 炉心融解 - iroha(sasaki) | 7.462 | Hypno
19. Jimi Savannah - M&O | 7.423 | RC
20. Spinning - No Rome, Charli XCX, The 1975 | 7.192 | Hypno
21. Lost in Japan - Shawn Mendes | 6.577 | Creme
22. Satan's Saxophones - Sufjan Stevens | 4.823 | RC
23. SugarCrash! - ElyOtto | 4.792 | Creme
24. Your Squaw Is On The Warpath - Loretta Lynn | 1.738 | Hypno

## Currate 3: Belb vs. Niki vs. Jules

### Rules

* Songlists cannot contain:
	+ songs previously rated
	+ more than 2 songs from a given decade
	+ more than 4 solo acts
	+ songs that start with the same letter
* Songlists must contain
	+ a song with a curse word in the title
	+ a song with a guitar solo
	+ a song with a name in the title
	+ 2 hip-hop songs
	+ a song with the word "love" in the title
	+ a comedy song
	+ a song that starts with the letter "U"

### Results

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1. Introvert - Little Simz | 9.676 | Niki
	* 11s: niki/belb/jules, euphie, rc, skar
	* 11s: steel
3. APESHIT - The Carters | 9.347 | Jules
4. Sister - Angel Olsen | 8.976 | Niki
	* 11s: akane, gucci, imran
	* 11s: king
6. Lisztomania - Phoenix | 8.806 | Niki
9. The Reeling - Passion Pit | 8.700 | Niki
	* 11s: hypno, creme
10. Modern Love - David Bowie | 8.512 | Jules
	* 11s: bee
13. A Letter To Elise - The Cure | 7.976 | Belb
	* 11s: tilt
14. Universe - Loona | 7.953 | Niki
	* 11s: hikk
16. Non Believer - London Grammar | 7.800 | Jules
	* 11s: poppy
18. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths | 7.641 | Jules
22. Elements - Tom Lehrer | 6.471 | Niki
23. 3 Way - The Lonely Island | 5.982 | Belb
24. America, Fuck Yeah - Audio Idols | 3.824 | Jules

## Currate 4: Frog vs. Euphie vs. Sean

### Rules

* Songlists cannot contain
	+ songs previously rated
	+ songs from the year 2007
	+ songs that are longer than 5:12
	+ more than 1 song from the same artists
	+ songs starting with the letter U
* Songlists must contain
	+ a song with at least one rap verse
	+ a song with "Ghost" in the title (not Fefe Dobson's)
	+ a song in the key of G major
	+ a song that peaked exactly at #38 on the Billboard Year End charts
	+ a song that relates to your choice of an #everyone-votes- course
	+ a song by a Black Irish or Brit
	+ a song that mentions the word "apple"
	+ a song that has been a Tiktok trend

### Results

1. Jay-Z - 99 Problems | 9.755 | Sean
	* 11s: bee, tilt
2. Megan Thee Stallion - Girls In The Hood | 9.573 | Sean
	* 11s: frog
3. ENNY & Jorja Smith - Peng Black Girls Remix | 8.955 | Frog
	* 11s: euphie
4. AURORA - Cure For Me | 8.818 | Frog
5. Rihanna - Hard (feat. Jeezy) | 8.764 | Euphie
	* 11s: creme, sean
6. Missy Elliott - Ragtime Interlude/l'm Really Hot | 8.491 | Sean
7. Sam Sparrow - Black & Gold | 8.409 | Sean
	* 11s: hypno
8. The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health | 8.400 | Euphie
	* 11s: poppy
9. (TIE) Lily Allen - Smile | 8.382 | Euphie
10. (TIE) Barbara Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) | 8.382 | Frog
	* 11s: akane
11. Moses Sumney - Conveyor | 8.218 | Sean
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum | 8.173 | Sean
13. Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost | 8.082 | Euphie
14. Lianne La Havas - Ghost | 7.964 | Sean
15. Spongebob Squarepants - Theme Song | 7.955 | Frog
16. Fred again.. - Billie (loving arms) | 7.909 | Frog
17. (TIE) Martina Topley-Bird - Sandpaper Kisses | 7.700 | Euphie
18. (TIE) On An On - Ghosts | 7.636 | Frog
19. Tweet - Oops (Oh My) [feat. Missy Elliott] | 7.518 | Euphie
20. Gary Numan - Cars | 7.291 | Euphie
21. J. Cole - She Knows (feat. Amber Coffman & Cults) | 7.009 | Frog
22. Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is A Rider | 6.555 | Frog
23. Nickelback - Rockstar | 5.264 | Euphie
24. LFO - Summer Girls | 5.000 | Sean