Back in the Day A Summertime Hip-Hop Mix by Starbucks Entertainment

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Hip-Hop hit a sweet spot in the late 80’s and early 90’s, when a wave of innovative artists emerged with eclectic yet accessible hits that expanded the base of the genre without diluting its enduring appeal. Here are some of the great tracks of the time, selected with summertime in mind.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
14. No Diggity – BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre 12
4. Passin’ Me By – The Pharcyde 10
5. Eye Know – De La Soul 7
7. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo – A Tribe Called Quest 5
1. Summertime – D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince 4
2. Egg Man – Beastie Boys 3
6. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets 2
8. Mistadobalina – Del tha Funkee Homosapien 2
11. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New) – Coolio 1
12. It’s a Shame (My Sister) – Monie Love featuring True Image 1
3. Words I Manifest (Remix) – Gang Starr 0
9. Wrath of My Madness – Queen Latifah 0
10. Wash Your Face in My Sink – Dream Warriors 0
13. Supersonic – J.J. Fad 0


Aerosol, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

Passin Me By of course.

rhythm fixated member (chap), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

pretty good tracklisting tbh

tempted to vote NO DIGGITY

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:30 (fifteen years ago)

Wash Your Face in My Sink – Dream Warriors
^^ trying to remember this but it's escaping me

Aerosol, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:38 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, not a bad tracklisting at all.

Trip Maker, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)

Wash Your Face in My Sink – Dream Warriors
^^ trying to remember this but it's escaping me

not the best cut on their first album, but it's pretty good

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

only song I straight-up hate on this is the first one

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

great tracklist but when i saw the description i was :/

PLIES N THIGHS (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:43 (fifteen years ago)

Wash Your Face in My Sink – Dream Warriors
^^ trying to remember this but it's escaping me

not the best cut on their first album, but it's pretty good

Yeah, why not "My Definition?"

Man, even I (way-less-than-huge hiphop fan,) own and love half of these.

All 10 songs permeate the organs (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)

Kinda can't help but love "Summertime" by the Fresh Prince.
What can I say, it takes me to a simpler time.

Trip Maker, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)

Eggman is the sore thumb here. Voted "Passin' Me By".

Bobbi Peru, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:56 (fifteen years ago)

should have been Hey Ladies

Aerosol, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:58 (fifteen years ago)

any poll (in July August!) with "Summertime" in it is a no-brainer.

― the horribly overhyped frapfest known as Whiney (some dude), Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:04 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dark twisted fanta girl (some dude), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:44 (fifteen years ago)

should have been Hey Ladies

^^this

Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:35 (fifteen years ago)

this will ALWAYS be my Dream Warriors jam:

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

HI DERE, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:38 (fifteen years ago)

The list is like glancing at a buddy's iPod's playlist.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

Wrath of My Madness – Queen Latifah

can I just say btw that this track is fucking great

HI DERE, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

12. It’s a Shame (My Sister) – Monie Love featuring True Image
13. Supersonic – J.J. Fad
14. No Diggity – BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre

Fantastic way to end.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:40 (fifteen years ago)

should have polled the blurb

eclectic yet accessible

buzza, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:41 (fifteen years ago)

am starting to think I really should own No Diggity

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

Yes and also the Aphrodite remix.

'ray Clamence (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

Torn between "No Diggity" and Mista Bob Dobalina

'ray Clamence (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

went for Bob Dobalina, cause I thought it would get as much love as the other choices.

my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 23:07 (fifteen years ago)

I can't hear (or even read) "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" without thinking of the old woman in The Ladykillers ranting about hippity-hop music. and then laughing a little bit.

think I'll vote for "Eye Know" tho, great sample and great song

stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

Egg Man is really like the weirdest choice to pull from Paul's Boutique with the possible exception of "5-piece chicken dinner"

A solo Beatle--Paul, George, John, Yoko, etc. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

oh hell this is really kind of hard dobalina probably but el segundo and supersonic and and

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE CGI (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:05 (fifteen years ago)

voted 'summertime,' here are a few songs that have been wedding party'd into the ground IMO:

6. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets
7. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo – A Tribe Called Quest
13. Supersonic – J.J. Fad
14. No Diggity – BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:18 (fifteen years ago)

all good to a degree or another but cmon how many times can u really hear them

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:19 (fifteen years ago)

actually that digable planets song was never good

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:19 (fifteen years ago)

rong

curmudgeon, Saturday, 14 August 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

that's just all kinds of crazy talk, for sure

her lover who appeared to come from her behind on a car (KMS), Sunday, 15 August 2010 03:48 (fifteen years ago)

Would've switched out "Summertime" and "Supersonic" for "Talkin' All That Jazz" and "They Reminisce Over You" to keep that jazzy feel going.

her lover who appeared to come from her behind on a car (KMS), Sunday, 15 August 2010 04:17 (fifteen years ago)

I guess "Egg Man" isn't too jazzy either. Maybe would've switched that one for something from Ill Communication like "Sure Shot" or Flute Loop"

her lover who appeared to come from her behind on a car (KMS), Sunday, 15 August 2010 04:32 (fifteen years ago)

I wonder if there's any jazzy stuff from that era Deej likes?

curmudgeon, Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:09 (fifteen years ago)

im with deej on this one, that digable planets song suuuucks

gg eileen (jjjusten), Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:24 (fifteen years ago)

i think that i'm going for "no diggity," but overall this is a pretty good selection.

The Beatles are not pizza!!! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:29 (fifteen years ago)

The Pharcyde.

I have never heard JJ Fad at a wedding party, sadly.

Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:33 (fifteen years ago)

I wonder if there's any jazzy stuff from that era Deej likes?

― curmudgeon, Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

are u kidding?? im a huge tribe fan & love digable's second record. early gang starr. etc

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:15 (fifteen years ago)

I never ever get sick of "Summertime" but seriously how can you say that song is any less overplayed than "El Segundo" or "Supersonic"

honorary falser (some dude), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)

i never get sick of summertime, and i do get sick of those

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:22 (fifteen years ago)

pretty straightforward

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:22 (fifteen years ago)

& actually, its not like anyone plays summertime for 8 months of the year in chicago so

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:23 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno man, i just can't picture hearing any of those songs except "Summertime" and "No Diggity" outside of an 'old school' mix, let alone at a wedding, so it seemed like an odd way to frame the complaint. not gonna defend Digable Planets or anything though.

honorary falser (some dude), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:26 (fifteen years ago)

clubs & bars around here play this stuff all the time idk

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:27 (fifteen years ago)

places that don't play primarily 80s/90s rap?

honorary falser (some dude), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:29 (fifteen years ago)

supersonic, for sure. they also play 'meeting in the ladies room' by klymaxx & other shit. lots of clubs cover this kinda post-holleurtronix broad 80s-90s pop catalog stuff

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

el segundo is less common i think it hurts in my memory bcuz of how much better the next too records were.

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

*two

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

i don't think i've ever heard "el segundo" other than of my own volition

The Reverend, Monday, 16 August 2010 05:28 (fifteen years ago)

danced to "supersonic" at a bar last night

The Reverend, Monday, 16 August 2010 05:29 (fifteen years ago)

Somewhere at home I have a video of Dream Warriors doing My Definition on Dance Energy. Can't find it on YouTube, so I ought to dig it out. This is Dance Energy, for those of you not familiar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfHZZaiU7E

Madchen, Monday, 16 August 2010 12:26 (fifteen years ago)

voted 'summertime,' here are a few songs that have been wedding party'd into the ground IMO:

6. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets
7. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo – A Tribe Called Quest
13. Supersonic – J.J. Fad
14. No Diggity – BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre

― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:18 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

I actually played "Supersonic" at a wedding and people cleared the floor because they didn't recognize it, fyi

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 12:55 (fifteen years ago)

i had the same assumption as you at the time!

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 12:55 (fifteen years ago)

I'd like to know what weddings deej has attended where this stuff is played into the ground and not "Celebration," "Electric Slide," and "Dancing Queen."

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 August 2010 12:59 (fifteen years ago)

Hahaha, yeah, I was thinking the same thing. deej isn't a "hipster" but he's apparatnly attending multiple weddings where dudes r getting down to like the fifth most popular Tribe Called Quest single instead of Kool And The Gang

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

start your week off right: a cup of coffee, some danish, and a little deej-whiney beef

gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:06 (fifteen years ago)

i mean i really liked "Hellhole Ratrace" by Girls too, but it's really getting wedding-partied to death, know what I mean?

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:06 (fifteen years ago)

aw, i don't mean for this to be deej/whiney beef. just some wedding lols.

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:07 (fifteen years ago)

tbf every wedding I've attended in which the groom yields to the bride's decidedly shittier taste in music (or stronger interest in "traditional" marriage protocol) has ended in divorce.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:08 (fifteen years ago)

and that's why we're walking down the aisle to Stockhausen

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:10 (fifteen years ago)

we walked down the aisle to Mahler's 9th

it was so goddamn awesome

gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 16 August 2010 13:19 (fifteen years ago)

man ON THE CORNER will be playing throughout my wedding it will be so killer

AND THEN GUITAR (zorn_bond.mp3), Monday, 16 August 2010 14:35 (fifteen years ago)

we had a strictly Number of the Beast-sdtked wedding

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 August 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

through in Aces High as a concession to the older WWII vets in attendance

glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 August 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

passing me by just ahead of supersonic, for me

hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 16 August 2010 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

I'd like both my wedding and reception to be soundtracked by "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" on endless loop

I.C.P. Freely (bernard snowy), Monday, 16 August 2010 21:04 (fifteen years ago)

yes because weddings ive been to played those four songs, obviously there was no room for kool & the gang .... wtf??

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Monday, 16 August 2010 23:39 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ whiney comparing the popularity of supersonic with Girls

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Monday, 16 August 2010 23:39 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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

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

System, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)


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