TDE’s latest release is CrasH Talk, the fifth album by California rapper ScHoolboy Q. Q has rarely been a formidable presence on the Hot 100 chart—his two highest-charting songs come from features on Macklemore and Tinashe records—but the rapper already scored one charting song this year with “Numb Numb Juice.” It’s possible that CrasH Talk could yet produce more entries.
Genius ran daily pageview data for every song on the album from its release date (Friday, April 26) through today (Tuesday, April 30) to see which songs have piqued fans' interest. Although lyric searches aren’t an exact proxy for overall enthusiasm, they do provide an interesting snapshot of what songs might become sleeper hits.
After evening the playing field by taking pre-release pageviews out of the equation, a few songs from CrasH Talk stand above the rest: “CrasH,” “5200,” “Dangerous” featuring Kid Cudi, and “Floating” featuring 21 Savage Their total pageviews since last week are as follows:
Compare this to data on Spotify, where “Floating” outperforms the other songs thanks to an inclusion on the service’s popular Rap Caviar playlist. “Dangerous” and “5200” come in about even, much like they do on Genius, while “CrasH” doesn’t appear amongst Q’s 10 most popular songs on the service:
The over-performance of “CrasH” on Genius has a few possible explanations. It’s the closest thing the album has to a title track, which may draw clicks from fans searching for the full album. The song also features a sample of “Boom” by Royce da 5'9'', which could be drawing outsized interest as the only prominent sample on the project.
While it may seem counter-intuitive that pre-release singles like “Numb Numb Juice” and the Travis Scott-assisted “CHopstix” wouldn’t lead the way, neither of those songs have proven to be enduringly popular, and the latter never charted. With videos for both already released, a resurgence of either song seems unlikely absent a radio push.
Instead, Genius data and Spotify streams indicate that “Floating” (Q’s top song on Spotify yesterday) along with “Dangerous” and “5200” seem poised to have the longest shelf life. Whether any of them can crack the Hot 100 chart remains to be seen, but they’re all drawing fan interest across platforms.
Catch up on all the lyrics to ScHoolboy Q’s CrasH Talk on Genius now.
