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"Ain't No Half-Steppin'" is a 1988 hip-hop song written and performed by American rapper Big Daddy Kane. Released as a single from Kane's debut album Long Live the Kane, it peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The song samples "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Heatwave, "UFO" by ESG, and "Blind Alley" by The Emotions. [1]
"Ain't No Half Steppin'" alone is featured on The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane, Marley Marl's House of Hits, two "best of" Cold Chillin' Records compilations and over five additional hip-hop hit compilations. [4] Notwithstanding "Ain't No Half Steppin'," The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane contains five songs from Kane's debut album. Allmusic's ...
In the book Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide to Hip-Hop and R&B, Cameron and Devin Lazerine say Big Daddy Kane is "widely seen as one of the best lyricists of his time and even today regularly gets name-checked by younger dudes", [32] and music journalist Peter Shapiro says Kane is "perhaps the most complete MC ever". [24]
"Ain't No Half Steppin'" 1988 — 53 — — — Long Live the Kane "Set It Off" — — — 95 — "I'll Take You There" 1989 — 73: 21 — — "Rap Summary (Lean on Me)" — — 9: 52 — Lean on Me (soundtrack) / It's a Big Daddy Thing "Wrath of Kane" — — — — It's a Big Daddy Thing "Smooth Operator" — 11: 1: 65 — "I Get the Job ...
"Smooth Operator" is the lead single released from Big Daddy Kane's second album, It's a Big Daddy Thing. Arguably one of Big Daddy Kane's most popular songs, the song topped the newly formed Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and was a hit on the R&B and dance charts, peaking at number 11 and 17 on the charts respectively.
"No 1/2 Steppin'" (pronounced No Half Steppin) is a song by Shanice Wilson. It was the second single released from Discovery . It became her second top 10 hit on the Billboard R&B chart.
The pair reviewed several older tunes and melodies, and chose "Blind Alley", performed by The Emotions in 1972. This song had previously been sampled in Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", which led Mariah to use the sample for Dreamlover. [10] In an interview with Fred Bronson, Carey described working with Hall:
Fresh went to school with a music program, where he couldn't play drums, percussion and the trumpet. The school then cut the music department's budget and Fresh had to return the trumpet. [3] Fresh became acquainted with rapping from his brother bringing tapes of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and DJ Hollywood into the house. Locally on ...