So it’s finally here. The Super Tuesday of rock. Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg, obvious contenders for the Number One spot in any week, are both putting out albums today. So are U2, Oasis, Tom Waits and Tupac (err, sort of). Time to make a well-informed guess as to who will debut higher. Kinda like back when we were pulling for Dylan’s Modern Times to dethrone the Pussycat Dolls, except without an obvious favorite (and sans pouty Diddy-contrived dancing girls.) All the pennies in our desk are on Jay-Z. We hope Snoop surprises us, but when you stage retirement then play seven cities in seventeen hours and a badass jet is involved, that’s tough to trump. How do you think it’s all gonna shake out?
As for the dark horse factor? We’re not saying for certain that The dB’s & Friends extremely excellent Christmas Record, Christmas Time Again, is going to make a serious showing, but we’ve been hearing things. Seriously! Big Star’s version of “Jesus Christ” is totally going to be the song of the holiday season. Just watch.

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