Shea Serrano

Song: Rihanna's "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris History: "We Found Love" is the first single from Rihanna's sixth album, Talk That Talk. It was bad when it was released, then became mildly interesting when the video was debuted because everyone thought they were the only one to notice the......

Song: Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer History: "Give Me Everything" is the second single from Pitbull's Planet Pit, which is a more expensive sounding version of his album that came before that, which is a more expensive sounding version of his album that came before that, which......

Song: Cobra Starship's "You Make Me Feel..." featuring Sabi History: Cobra Starship is a pop band and just about the most hardcore thing to come from New York in the last 35 years. "You Make Me Feel..." was the first single released for the mostly underwhelming Night Shades, the group's......

Song: Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera History: God (likely) intended for Maroon 5 to be an important-but-middling critic's darling, but they mortgaged their indie-cool to become ubiquitous. Hard core. Those fuckers are everywhere now, and they have been for a while. They were fun for longer than......

See also: The Knux and Kid Cudi perform at Siren Studios, September 24, 2011 Song: The Knux's "Run," featuring Kid Cudi History: Dang. Everyone Especially us. They are L.A.'s gorgeous alt-hop twosome. They have cool hair. They wear jean jackets. Their second album Eraser came out yesterday. They make music......