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The 1980s were hip-hop’s first full decade as a documented musical genre on record, and from ’80 to ’89, rap grew from single to albums, from party songs to social commentary, from simple ...
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. [1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap ...
50 Cent was named the number-one Rap Songs artist of the 2000s by Billboard. 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. Introduced by the magazine as the Hot Rap Singles chart in March 1989, the chart was initially based solely on reports from a panel of selected record stores of weekly ...
Bangarang (Doomtree song) Battle Cry (Angel Haze song) Beam Me Up, Scotty (D.C. Scorpio song) Beat Bop; BEN (song) Best Friends (Froggy Fresh song) Bet You Can't Do It Like Me; Bia' Bia' Big Mama (Roxanne Shante song) Bitch Betta Have My Money (song) Blended Family (What You Do for Love) Boogieman (EBK Jaaybo song) Boss (Fifth Harmony song ...
The roots of hip-hop might be firmly planted at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, but its branches clearly extend into North Jersey. These 4 hip-hop songs are among the most influential, and they ...
"Rapper's Delight" peaked at number 36 in January 1980 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, [15] number four on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in December 1979. The song was much more successful internationally, reaching number one on the Canadian Top Singles chart in January 1980, [16] number one on the Dutch Top 40, and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
This is a list of notable hip hop musicians. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Songs written by James Harris III and Terry Lewis, with original artists, co-writers, the samples and originating album, showing year released. Title Artist(s) Co-writer(s) Originating album Year Sample(s) Ref. "High Hopes" † The S.O.S. Band — III: 1982 — "The Only One" Dynasty — Right Back At Cha! 1982 — "Wild Girls" Klymaxx —