“That record definitely made the biggest statement for us.”Teenage producer Lex Luger came up with more than 200 beats in a week, one of which became the backdrop for Ross’ high-def hustler fantasy “B.M.F.” Ross compares himself to drug lords like Chicago’s Larry Hoover and Detroit’s Big Meech, who later called the song “a priceless way of recognizing and paying homage to me and the B.M.F. That madcap genius is all over “Brooklyn Zoo,” which was co-produced by ODB, especially on its endlessly repeated chorus.
“King of Rock” came with a hilarious video where Run-DMC bum-rush a “rock & roll museum.” In 2009, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.“Beat Bop” was a one-off studio rendition of a hip, early-Eighties downtown-Manhattan dance party. hit the Top 10 with this epic, a standout pop moment for Southern trap music. heard it,” Toomp said, “he had the hook in, like, 10 minutes.”Eminem’s scariest song because, for once, the horror seemed real. On “Roxanne’s Revenge,” 14-year-old Lolita Shanté Gooden teamed up with producer Marley Marl and fired back at rap machismo. Come and get it.“[‘The Bridge’] was the first ‘rep your hood’ record,” recalled MC Shan. The top hip hop songs chart is updated daily. “I said that he was my brother from Tampa, an ex-lounge singer who got in a grease accident in the kitchen,” he said. The song still sucks you in with electromagnetic force.A record that’s like a variety revue on wax. “They’re like, ‘ ’93 ’til infinity.’ It means so many different things to so many different people.”After years in the industry shadows as a producer-writer-guest, Elliott emerged as a singular hip-hop figure with “The Rain.” Timbaland’s stop-motion digital syncopation and her giddy vocal gymnastics gave the song a playfully futuristic tint that Hype Williams’ groundbreaking video only enhanced.Before the Beasties dominated MTV, they launched a sneak attack on black radio with this hard-hitting, White Castle-referencing jam. get repeatedly shot down by a “stuck-up” hottie. Discover new releases here weekly ( Dj Khaled ) Featuring G-Eazy, Future, French Montana, Drake, Post Malone, Lil Xan, Kendick Lamar, XXXTENTACION, 21 Savage, Migos, Travis Scott, Khalid, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, NF, Eminem among others! Said DJ Premier, “They was like the astronauts of hip-hop.”Slick Rick was hip-hop’s first great storyteller – “wise as an owl, soft as a dove” amid “all these angry motherfuckers,” as he put it.
Hooking up in a South Central music workshop, the Pharcyde brought fresh artistry and exuberance to hip-hop. It’s an iconic old-school head-trip. 9 on the New York transit line,” to give Native Tongues hip-hop a jubilant mosh-pit energy. For “Just a Friend,” he donned a powdered wig to play piano in the video and bellowed an outlandish interpolation of Freddie Scott’s 1968 soul hit “(You) Got What I Need.” Said Biz, “I tried to get Al B. “It’s like bar after bar after bar,” recalled Snoop Dogg. “And niggas remembered that shit and learned that shit.”© 2020 Penske Media Corporation“There’s no way we’re gonna sell this album ’cause all of the songs are so street,” said Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh of rapper B.G.’s fourth LP. “The fact that they were white definitely made them stand out,” said Def Jam’s Russell Simmons. But Brand Nubian were so good they made it seem like a sure thing.
Play it LOUD! But with a hot beat and classic Jigga lines like “I’ve been spending hundreds since they had small faces,” “Money Ain’t a Thang” blew up all the same.Bay Area O.G. With combined chart sales of 2.1 million, the track bests second place I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans by some 400,000 equivalent units.The Top 100 is, of course, based on Official Charts Company data, combining sales (physical and download) and streaming equivalent sales.The highest placing Number 2 hit is in third - Eminem and Rihanna's huge track Love The Way You Lie.
Top 100 hip-hop songs: We asked 33 artists and experts – from Rick Rubin to Big Boi, Mike D to Chuck D – to vote for their favorites. “Music gives you the chance to say what you want to say,” André said.
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Shanté went on to record classics like “Have a Nice Day” and “Go On Girl,” becoming one of rap’s revolutionary female voices.The best in culture from a cultural icon. This chart really is all about when tornadoes meet volcanoes with big tracks such as the Fugees' Killing Me Softly sitting back-to-back with Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise.
Q-Tip raps that Tribe “flows in layers.” Indeed they did.