good question, more background

i have been rating on the 5star system for upward of 5 years now. the argument you present initially left me unusually distressed as would it any level-headed obsessive compulsive freak that would actually take the time to accomplish such an enormous (futile?) chore to begin with. that being said..
mesmerize by ja rule is a damn good song that i will certainly not skip and if i'm having an average to above-average day probably text "i got a fetish for *thugging you with your skirt on the backstreet in the backseat of the yukon" to an unsuspecting male counterpart for giggles (highly encouraged, try it). now our catch-22, even morons of the world realize that giving ja rule mesmerize and jay-z/eminem renegade the exact same rating is nonsensical and discredits any and all merit behind the formula to begin with.
my thought process: this is immensely irritating and i will not stand for such injustices on my laptop. my solution came in next few weeks while eating starburst. all four traditional starburst are 5star in my book but yellow can rot in hell if i have to choose between it and red. thus all starburst are 5star compared to say skittles, but there is a fundamental difference between each of the flavors: red=renegade, yellow=mesmerize. if you were to look at the bag of candies say 15 minutes after i open it and have successfully upset my stomach, there will be 60% yellow, 15% pink, 15% orange, and 10% red remaining. thus i frequented the red opposed to the yellow. the simplicity of the answer blindsided me like a blitzing linebacker being blocked by jason peter: the play count can supplement the rating and solve my problem!
it works for me for the most part. renegade is 5stars with 112 plays while mesmerize is 5stars with only 12 plays. albeit you still must consider genre- and this i consider personal preference. second tier 5star alternative rock songs get more love from me than do the gold-standard 5star electronica. its not perfect by any means but it gets me through the day.
as for the definition of a 5star song- in my book its pretty lenient. especially when listening to new stuff from other folk. when i get new stuff, if i even remotely like whats going on i will slap a 5star on it so that it is likely to be played again. after 5-6 plays i usually edit my rating to what i feel appropriate. it is long, it is painstaking, and i almost committed suicide when transferring songs to a new computer but hey i guess thats just the way it goes for the anal individuals of the world (the janet reno kind fools, not the raven riley kind *wink*)

*this lyric is wrong. the explicit lyric may be googled but it is not included here in case someone important is really bored and technically savvy enough to discover this blog (great word)