Ha-ha it's the WILL SMITH SINGLES POLL yeah-yeah

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including the fresh prince/jazzy jeff era

Poll Results

OptionVotes
"Summertime" 18
"Gettin' Jiggy wit It" 10
"Parents Just Don't Understand" 6
"Wild Wild West" 5
"Miami" 5
"Boom! Shake the Room" 4
"Will 2K" 4
"Brand New Funk" 2
"Switch" 1
"Just the Two of Us" 1
"I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" 1
"Nightmare on My Street" 1
"Freakin' It" 1
"Boy You Knock Me Out" 0
"1000 Kisses" 0
"Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" 0
"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble" 0
"Just Cruisin'" 0
"The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff" 0
"A Touch of Jazz" 0
"Jazzy's Groove" 0
"Ring My Bell" 0
"The Things That U Do" 0
"You Saw My Blinker" 0
"I'm Looking for the One (to Be with Me)" 0
"I Wanna Rock" 0
"Men in Black" 0
"Party Starter" 0


frap your hands say yeah yeah yeah (history mayne), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:54 (fifteen years ago)

Boom!

Born too beguiled (DavidM), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:56 (fifteen years ago)

"summertime". drums, please!

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:58 (fifteen years ago)

guys out hunting and girls doing likewise
honkin at the honey in front of you with the light eyes
she turn around to see what you beepin at
it's like the summer's a natural aphrodisiac
and with a pen and pad i compose this rhyme
to hit you and get you equipped for the summertime

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:00 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, this coulda been an interesting poll w/ just the solo years, but any poll (in July!) with "Summertime" in it is a no-brainer.

the horribly overhyped frapfest known as Whiney (some dude), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:04 (fifteen years ago)

Summertime is probably the best song but I voted for Parents Just Don't Understand because I still know all the words by heart.

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

"All you rappers braggin' about who you put in a hearse do me a favor: write one verse without a curse."

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

memorized 22 years ago
xpost to myself

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:06 (fifteen years ago)

top 10:
Summertime
Brand New Funk
Nightmare On My Street
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
Switch
Parents Just Don't Understand
Just The Two Of Us
Will 2K
Boom! Shake The Room
Wild Wild West

the horribly overhyped frapfest known as Whiney (some dude), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:07 (fifteen years ago)

oh man, "Brand New Funk" no question

beiber, benz or bentley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:08 (fifteen years ago)

"Parents"

Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:08 (fifteen years ago)

read last one as "party sharter"

peacocks, Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:09 (fifteen years ago)

is there a classicraptshirt website where I can get a GO SPEED RACER GO? voted miami as my #2 because having summertime here is cheating

fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:17 (fifteen years ago)

there are some clunkers in here but the good singles are fucking amazing IMO

my top ten (unranked) is similar to some dude's only with "Miami" instead of "Just the Two of Us" (and MAYBE "Jazzy's Groove" instead of "Boom! Shake the Room")

emo WINNER! (HI DERE), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:18 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERV8vEbAQG8

Phil D., Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:27 (fifteen years ago)

Boom over Jiggy.

rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 8 July 2010 13:43 (fifteen years ago)

2nd verse & dj breakdown of brand new funk is classic 4eva

parents just don't understand & nightmare on my street are jams from childhood to grave tbrr

i love the little dialogue btwn "touch of jazz" -> "dj premier in deep concentration" -> "summertime"

think getting jiggy with it is the only solo one i like a lot

iSleighBellsTellem (zvookster), Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:18 (fifteen years ago)

"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" is one of my favorite songs ever, no shame in my game.

The Reverend, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

Similarly without shame, my fav is "Miami"

peacocks, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:33 (fifteen years ago)

Uh. And.

lexicons of loaf (corey), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:35 (fifteen years ago)

na na na na na na na

peacocks, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:36 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA9-AJtUyXU

the most horrifying moment in shallow grave (abanana), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:45 (fifteen years ago)

"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" is one of my favorite songs ever, no shame in my game.

― The Reverend, Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:31 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

altered scones (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

GOTTA
PRADA
BAG
WITH A LOTTA
STUFF IN IT

altered scones (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

that's sort of the proto-"remote...........................control" in a way

altered scones (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

i remember liking ring my bell but haven't heard it in years.

mizzell, Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:55 (fifteen years ago)

smith ruins ring my bell tbrr but if u like rap interpolations of anita ward u should love z-ro account of doing his recent time standing on his head while instructing the guards to "bring my mail"

iSleighBellsTellem (zvookster), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:15 (fifteen years ago)

everytime I see a cigar I think

like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)

one of the great lines in pop music -- 2-0-0-0, the Will 2 K / The new millennium, yo excuse me Willennium

skip, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

This thread needs more discussion of WIKI-WIKI-WILD-WILD WEST

otmato (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)

top 10:
Summertime
Brand New Funk
Nightmare On My Street
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
Switch
Parents Just Don't Understand
Just The Two Of Us
Will 2K
Boom! Shake The Room
Wild Wild West

― the horribly overhyped frapfest known as Whiney (some dude), Thursday, July 8, 2010 8:07 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

switch is terrible!!! where is miami?

blap...tremendo (deej), Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

think it's in florida

BOOM

D, dilly, dillies, dill, d-bombs (history mayne), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:26 (fifteen years ago)

"Summertime," but those early singles are a hoot. My sis and I used to perform all the parts of "Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble."

Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:29 (fifteen years ago)

Shit this is hard. Gotta be chosen from "Girls ain't Nothing But Trouble", "Parents", "Summertime", "Miami" or "Gettin' Jiggy".

Puyol Live in a Yellow Submarine (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

Tbf the hook from "Gettin' Jiggy" started looping in my head the minute I saw this thread title.

Puyol Live in a Yellow Submarine (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

girls ain't nothing but trouble is weird - he tries intensively to mack a chick, then "all of a sudden" she tries to kiss him, which repulses him. he shoves her away and she cries rape. the police come and he's arrested for assault. "so next time a girl gives you the play/ just remember my rhyme and get the hell away"

iSleighBellsTellem (zvookster), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:42 (fifteen years ago)

Think the point is he was 13.

Puyol Live in a Yellow Submarine (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 July 2010 19:02 (fifteen years ago)

I gotta study just to keep with the changing times
101 Dalmatians on your CD-ROM
See me – I'm
Trying to pretend I know
On my PC where that CD go

Mr & Mrs The Devil (Abbott), Friday, 9 July 2010 04:23 (fifteen years ago)

What is the video where he travels in time?

Mr & Mrs The Devil (Abbott), Friday, 9 July 2010 04:23 (fifteen years ago)

girls ain't nothing but trouble is weird - he tries intensively to mack a chick, then "all of a sudden" she tries to kiss him, which repulses him. he shoves her away and she cries rape. the police come and he's arrested for assault. "so next time a girl gives you the play/ just remember my rhyme and get the hell away"

― iSleighBellsTellem (zvookster), Thursday, 8 July 2010 19:42 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

She also robs him iirc.

fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Friday, 9 July 2010 09:42 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OODuEYaDt8

Well I'm abadass Cowboy livin' in the cowboy days
Wiggy wiggy scratch yo yo bang bang
Me and Artemis Clyde frog go save Salma Hayek from the big metal spider
A wiggy wiggy wig wiggy wiggy wig
Fresh cowboy from the west side
Wiggy wiggy scratch yo yo bang bang
Me and Artemis Clyde frog go save Salma frog polly prissy pants
Go down to, well... rumpletumpskin

smn, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:09 (fifteen years ago)

This is one of the greatest runs of singles in the history of pop music.

Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:21 (fifteen years ago)

Whoever was DJing before Kelis at Glastonbury made the inspired decision to play the theme to the Fresh Prince and literally the entire tent with 1000-odd people in it rapped along.

Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:23 (fifteen years ago)

But yeah, Summertime, narrowly pushing out Boom Shake The Room.

Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:23 (fifteen years ago)

I'm tempted toward Will 2K after hearing it so many times on that P2K thread.

President Keyes, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:35 (fifteen years ago)

iirc tom ewing said 'the millennium prayer' is the original mashup record

but 'wild wild west' from earlier that year has to be a contender

D, dilly, dillies, dill, d-bombs (history mayne), Friday, 9 July 2010 12:06 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 19 July 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Wild Wild West narrowly over Jiggy. Great stuff in here though. Did we do this one once before?

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 17:57 (fifteen years ago)

amazingly not so far as i can tell

I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 19:29 (fifteen years ago)

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

System, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

"Wild Wild West" 5
"Miami" 5
"Boom! Shake the Room" 4
"Will 2K" 4

do not get the love for these

no will but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA36PT8OyfU shld not languish at 0 btw

zvookster, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 23:16 (fifteen years ago)

"Boom! Shake The Room" is entertaining in a lol they tried to switch they style up way but yeah what kind of contrarian would actually vote for it

some dude, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

What no love for 'men in black'? The interpolation of George Michael's Fastlove was genius imho.

Moka, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 04:12 (fifteen years ago)

? thats 'forget me nots' by patrice rushen

blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 04:13 (fifteen years ago)

I would have voted for "Then She Bit Me" if it was an option (not a single obv).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3DffFBkgLg

BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 05:47 (fifteen years ago)

I keep hearing "Summertime" as "Fresh Prince does his best Rakim impression," which is clearly what he should aspire to more often...

billstevejim, Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:19 (fifteen years ago)

Boom! Shake the Room was lolworthy in that it tried to be more gruff than his usual stuff. came across as phony, liked him better when he did stuff like "The One to Be with Me".

San Te, Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

which is to say not much at all. though Miami and Summertime=awesome.

San Te, Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

that wiki wiki wild west song

mittens, Monday, 26 July 2010 20:15 (fifteen years ago)

"Miami" is fucking great

"There's no way a Filipino can hold a championship trophy." (HI DERE), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:16 (fifteen years ago)

haha this reminds me that the vintage sampler i bought recently came with a load of old floppies, one of which contained chopped up samples from "boom! shake the room"

不合作的方式 (r1o natsume), Monday, 26 July 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

what is it about 'the beat goes on' & 'hes the greatest dancer' samples that dont make ppl mad?? im including myself in here, for some reason this is way more forgiveable to me than the forget me nots & stevie wonder rips

blap...tremendo (deej), Thursday, 5 August 2010 02:31 (fifteen years ago)

"Yo Home To Bel Air" is missing here, that was a single too.

Siegbran, Friday, 6 August 2010 19:21 (fifteen years ago)

xp they aren't more forgivable bc of the samples inherently, but bc he used them for fun party songs instead of wack crosspromo movie theme songs

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 13:16 (fifteen years ago)

also, there might be an important distinction that he just used the beats and not the hooks, too

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 13:17 (fifteen years ago)

also this is secretly the best sample in "gettin jiggy wit it" (word to de la)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4fVN9NcM7M

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 13:19 (fifteen years ago)


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