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The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary film by Jeanie Finlay about a Scottish hip-hop duo called Silibil N' Brains, who pretended to be Americans to secure a £250,000 record deal with Sony. [1]
Silibil N' Brains were a Scottish hip-hop duo consisting of Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd (not to be confused with Scottish actor Billy Boyd).They are well known for masquerading as American rappers from California to secure a record deal, [1] a story which formed the basis of Bain's 2010 memoir California Schemin' (later reprinted as Straight Outta Scotland) and was adapted into the documentary ...
"24 Hours" is a single by American singer TeeFlii. The song was released on May 12, 2014, by Excuse My Liquor and Epic Records as the lead single from his debut album Starr . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was produced by frequent collaborator DJ Mustard and features American rapper 2 Chainz .
Silly Billy was a type of clown common at fairs in England during the 19th century. They were also common in London as street entertainers , along with the similar clown, Billy Barlow. [ 1 ] The act included playing the part of a fool or idiot, impersonating a child and singing comic songs . [ 2 ]
The video features V.I.C. and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em "getting silly". It premiered on BET's 106 & Park on February 14, 2008, and was added to his official YouTube channel on February 26, 2008. [1] A video by V.I.C. teaching the "Get Silly" dance appeared a few weeks later. [citation needed]
This version has a similar beat to the album version, replacing much of the jazz sample with a hip-hop beat, and can be found as a "clean" version on 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Queen Latifah and Hip Hop: Gold. "U.N.I.T.Y." won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. [2]
It peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, [1] as well as number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. On December 31, 2007, the music video for "Hip Hop Is Dead" appeared at number 93 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown, even though the video was released in December 2006.
It became an MTV staple [2] and the song reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. "Regulate" was number 98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop [ 3 ] and number 108 on Pitchfork Media ' s "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s".