Billboard Hot Rap Singles for the week ending Nov. 19, 1994

jesus this list

ok this one is actually impossible

shaq obv

this was when i started listening to rap radio.

well, more the year prior

I am not voting for him but props 2 shaq b/c "biological didn't bother" sounds like a retarded convoluted display name I would use

voted black moon, barely beating out the scarface

loving the 90s rap singles polls

Was there less remarkable Cube single than "Bop Gun?"

*a

Lucas btw

oh shit...this one has the first ever rap song i remember being completely obsessed with - "none of your business" - SO, YO, SO YO HO, CHECK IT ON A RECORD BUTT NAKED - PEP'S ASS GETS RESPECTED - and the one i'm obsessed with right now because the dj in the bar last weekend played it twice in a row and it was an amazing moment - "juicy" - birthdays were the worst days but now we sip champagne when we thirsty. and also "thuggish ruggish bone" and "afro puffs"! aargh

bop gun is dope

i mean, it took less than a split second to decide "juicy" but holy fuck what a bunch of songs.

^my reaction exactly

I may be the only vote but I'm voting for Lady of Rage, "Afro Puffz". the beat was sick, and she had charisma. it's a shame her solo album had to drop when Death Row had become an afterthought of a label, to very little reception.

damn even the Heavy D track ("Black Coffee") was a banger

haha

i have a tape kicking around somewhere from when i was like 11 that has 'funkdafied' 'black coffee' 'sweet potato pie' (notoriously absent on this list) 'bop gun' 'whats my name' by snoop 'back in the day' by ahmad and 'passin me by' by the pharcyde -- many of them cut short bcuz i could only manage to tape the last 1:30 of a song or something

oh man, Sweet Potato Pie. I got that Domino album used for five bucks, it's actually pretty good even if I don't play it a lot....

If it was "Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)" .. no contest.

But it's not, so... "Heaven And Hell."

wow. just. wow.

i can't even really pick.

Well, let's make it easier and rule out the few songs we can.

69 Boyz -- "Tootsee Roll" and "Kitty Kitty" are obviously out ....as is Shaq's Biological Didn't Bother...hmm that still leaves a lot

I was sure i'd vote "Tootsee Roll" til I saw "LUCAS WIT DA LID OFF" omg so good

Lucas with the Lid Off....GAWD, memories. I remember seeing that video for the first time (mind you, not even being a fan of rap) and thinking it was unique and cool.

man "black superman" by above the law, i ain't thought of that in a long time

if lucas with the fuckin' lid off wins this poll i will go postal

xpost for some reason I barely remember "Funkdafied" other than the fact that it ruled the rap charts, but I remember "Fa Alla Y'all" vividly....likewise I don't know that Rappin 4-Tay song, but I did know "I'll Be Around"....

dude players club oh man sooo fuckin smooth

chop up some game right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2daXghqHgjQ

huh is that JT tha Bigga Figga running the board on screen in the first chorus? i wonder if he produced that....

I love 4-Tay, but everytime I see one of his videos I keep thinking he's an extra in Boyz in the Hood....sweet track though. Sorry I missed it in '94.

nothing to be sorry about i just thought it was a good song if peeps hadn't heard it :)

well I mean I'm sorry I missed it at the time considering what crap I DID listen to :)

I mean really, my memories of a lot of these songs are tainted because I wasn't allowed to have explicit label albums so i heard the clean radio versions, which were essentially completely diff. songs!

playaz club is super classic -- recently copped the 12"

Gone but not forgotten....

Sagat -- "Funk Dat"

also remembering...

Hammer--'Pumps and a Bump'
Coolio--'I Remember'

Totally amazed "Lucas with the Lid Off" made the rap charts, because the only place I ever heard it was at Sunday Night Dance Party at First Avenue, sandwiched with the likes of Soul Coughing.

Great list--Rodney, did you just happen upon this or are you planning a series of these?

Just saying: KEITH MURRAY GOD DAMN IT.

yeah "Lucas" seem liked so much more an MTV/alt rock audience thing than a rap hit, although i guess i shouldn't be surprised to see it here

Matos: This is already the second of these polls: Billboard Hot Rap Singles for the week ending Jan. 13, 1996

They have random issues of Billboard (about 1 a month maybe) on Google Books.

holy hell, this list

Rappin 4-Tay

(altho Digable Planets single is a close second)

my top 10

7. Notorious B.I.G., "Juicy"
2. 69 Boyz, "Tootsie Roll"
8. Method Man, "Bring the Pain"
14. Outkast, "Git Up, Git Out"
31. Nas, "One Love"
4. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone"
39. Lady of Rage, "Afro Puffs"
50. Coolio, "Fantastic Voyage"
17. Digable Planets, "9th Wonder (Slicker This Year)"
1. Craig Mack, "Flava in Ya Ear"

that Coolio song took a looooooong slide down the charts didn't it...? that was released in the summer iirc

WORD IIIIIS BOOOOORN, WOOORD ISSS AAAAAAAAAAAY

xp: that sounds about right.

During the mid-90s, Coolio was my favorite rapper. "Fantastic Voyage" was the perfect school bus jam.

top 10:
juicy
buck em down
i seen a man die
afro puffs
one love
flava in ya ear
I used to love HER
the most beautifullest thing in the world
heaven and hell
thuggish ruggish bone

super classic:

flava in ya ear
juicy
thuggish ruggish bone
afro puffs
one love
never seen a man cry

classic:

i just to love h.e.r
rockafella
buck em down
most beautifullest thing in this world
heaven & hell
bring the pain

dope shit i haven't heard in a while:

black superman
guerilla funk

Going to vote for the Craig Mack, but I used to really love "This DJ".

disappointed at the lack of love for "none of your business"

One of my favorite college stories involves a friend who was volunteering for an afterschool program in Dorchester; she was driving the kids (ages 8-12) home and a bunch of them were in the back of the van shouting a really terrible, dirty song. My friend was all, "What are you SINGING back there???" and one of the kinds answered "'None Of Your Business'!", to which my friend responded "GET OUT OF MY VAN! YOU WILL NOT TALK TO ME THAT WAY!"

Later she heard the Salt 'n Pepa song in question and was massively embarrassed.

btw "None of Your Business" rules

looool

oh shit 'this dj' was on that tape i had too

I still pull out Warren G's "Regulate" now and then. There's filler on it to be sure but "This DJ" and "Can You See?", as well as a few of the non-single tracks are fairly solid.

i liked 'this dj' more than 'regulate' at the time tbh. always found it funny that dude hops on a schwinn when that was the kind of bike mom had -- lol warren g uses an old ppl bike

i will also wear dickies shirts, but ones that fit snugly not baggy

lol oops rong thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etx8zdXfBqs

I ride a schwinn. a 78 schwinn.

with no handlebars

it has handlebars

flobots segue ded R.I.P. APRIL 24 2010 :(((((((((((

I like how Ice Cube is like "man I don't know, your parties can get pretty wild.." but then the party in the video just looks like every other rap video ever made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjsvqQUcqCs

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

7. Notorious B.I.G., "Juicy" 4
2. 69 Boyz, "Tootsie Roll" 4

^^this is like the best possible top result

feel bad i've never heard tootsie roll until today this is fun as hell

ban the uk, land without jock jams compilations