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Much as Liquid Liquid’s “Cavern” built an early bridge between hip-hop and underground New York rock, Bronx dance-punk band ESG’s 1981 song “UFO” became an unlikely rap staple which ...
Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard which ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles.
Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984). The group was based in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. [1]
Back That Azz Up", Lil Wayne's "Tha Block Is Hot", and B.G.'s "Bling Bling" were the three hits that launched Cash Money into the pop mainstream. The song played a pivotal role in introducing bounce music—a distinctive New Orleans style of hip-hop characterized by rapid beats and call-and-response vocals—into mainstream culture, thereby ...
The 22-year-old’s single “Jump” is the perfect fusion of Afrobeats, dancehall, and hip-hop. Tyla starts off the song strong, but the chorus will have you attempting to wind your hips like ...
The roots of hip-hop might be firmly planted at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, but its branches clearly extend into North Jersey. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc tried something new while ...
"Children's Story" is a song recorded by British-American hip hop artist Slick Rick. Taken as the second single from his album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, the song was a Top 5 hit on both the Hot R&B Singles and the Hot Rap Tracks charts. It is one of the most sampled rap songs of all time. [1]
The song contains a sample of "Din Daa Daa" by George Kranz. The official remix features Pitbull with a new verse and Elephant Man, featured on the Ying Yang Twins' U.S.A. Still United and Pitbull's Money Is Still a Major Issue. The song makes a reference to the songs "The New Workout Plan" by Kanye West and "Back That Azz Up" by Juvenile.