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Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. 77 songs topped Hot Rap Songs in the 2010s. The first number-one song of the decade was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. [1]
Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [ 1 ] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles.
A few hip-hop dance shows appeared on television in the 1990s such as 1991's The Party Machine with Nia Peeples [note 9] and 1992's The Grind. Several hip-hop dance shows premiered in the 2000s including (but not limited to) Dance Fever, Dance 360, The Wade Robson Project, MTV Dance Crew, America's Best Dance Crew, Dance on Sunset, and Shake It Up.
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1988. Eric B. & Rakim's 1988 sophomore album, Follow the Leader , earned an RIAA gold certification and many critically acclaimed reviews.
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1987. LL Cool J's 1987 sophomore release, Bigger and Deffer , stands as the artist's top selling album with over three million sales and charting the singles " I'm Bad " and " I Need Love ".
Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 2000 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 [2] Song Artist Project Peak position "The Real Slim Shady" Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP: 4 "Hot Boyz (Remix)" Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve & Q-Tip: Da Real World: 5 "(Hot S**t) Country Grammar" Nelly: Country Grammar: 7 "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It ...
The earliest hip-hop music was performed live, at house parties and block party events, and it was not recorded. DJs would play breaks from popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer. Prior to 1979, recorded hip-hop music consisted mainly of PA system soundboard recordings of live party shows and early hip-hop mixtapes by DJs.
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1986. Eric B. & Rakim began their critically acclaimed partnership in 1986 with the release of "Eric B. is President" / "My Melody".