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The song samples Charles Wright & the Watts 103 Street Rhythm Band's hit, also titled "Express Yourself" (1971). The song's lyrics focus on the concept of free expression and the constraints placed on rappers by radio censorship, and disses other rappers for producing radio-friendly songs for mass appeal. The song, ironically, is based on a pop ...
The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004.
"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.
Music video for the song was directed by Ken Andrews. The single peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and topped the Hot Rap Songs chart in the United States. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 19, 1990 for selling 500,000 units.
In 2003, the song was sampled by Javine Hylton for her debut single "Real Things". [6] It was later sampled by John Cena in the song "The Time Is Now". M.O.P. eventually sued, but later dropped legal proceedings for the alleged unlawful sampling. The guitar version of the song can be heard in the video game Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition.
"Number One Spot" is a song by American rapper Ludacris from his fifth studio album The Red Light District. The song heavily samples Quincy Jones' "Soul Bossa Nova", which was also used as the theme tune to the Mike Myers James Bond parody film series Austin Powers; the films' references play a major part in the song and its music video.
"Radio Song" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., released as the fourth single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991), where it appears as the opening track. Lead singer Michael Stipe once said that he hoped everyone had enough sense of humor to realize that he was "kind of taking the piss of everyone," himself included. [ 5 ]
RapRadio.com won the 1st Online Hip Hop Award in 1997 from Online Hip Hop Awards [5] in conjunction with SOHH (Support Online Hip Hop). [ 6 ] RapRadio.com closed its doors in 1999 due to a dispute over domain name ownership, lasting until a domain squatter , Sassan Panahi, grabbed the domain name and has been squatting ever since.