As I mentioned the other day, I've been working on a Spotify playlist for this very time we're living in. I've literally found dozens and dozens of tunes from all genres and all time periods to fit the situation we're in. Since we're all cooped up at home for who knows how long, at least there's music to fill some of the time. Stay tuned for the playlist, but in the meantime here's a very apropo jam from MC Hammer...
Wow, what a throwback to 90's dance rap! Sure the sample of Snap's The Power doesn't hurt, but this funky, catchy and oh so dancey track by "bounce" artist Freedia has shades of Montell Jordan, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Tag Team, and all the rest thrown together in one smashingly fun track. And Icona Pop lends their stuff too. Cool! Here's Louder...
Continuing on with dance/rap songs (mixed in with Pride), we've got Pitbull and Calle 8. Sing it with me now, one two three four, uno dos tres cuatro...
Good morning and Happy Friday! Here's an iconic flashback classic all the way from 2003 and Kelis. Oh, she's been bringing boys to the yard for sixteen years! Here's Milkshake...
I'd like to preface today's post by saying I am not a fan of Mr. West. However, I guiltily admit that I get great pleasure from this particular song. Here's Gold Digger...
It's a beautiful Memorial Day Sunday and all the more reason for some music that makes you move. Salt-N-Pepa's Shoop isn't exactly a quick hip shaker, but it is very...um...yeah!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Summer is unofficially here and it's time to start with some summer jams. We'll be celebrating summer over the next month or so with a genre of music that I absolutely love, dance rap. We get it started with more of a reggae-tinged dance rap tune, and a classic one at that. Since this song put the bug in my ear to feature the genre for the month (I'm actually looking for a beema!), well, here's Beenie Man...
One of the biggest, and one of my favorite, genres to come out of the 90's was what I like to call rap/dance, a blending of, you guessed it, rap and dance music. The genre produced a lot of great tunes in the earlier part of that decade and beyond, and here's one of the biggest. It's Snap and The Power...
For any of you wondering whatever happened to Latin rap sensation Pitbull, well he's still around and he's still sounding like he always did. With a thumping back beat, catchy lyrics and Pit's signature voice, I totally jam out whenever I hear this one. I think the only reason this song wasn't a big hit is because people were just over the sound of Pitbull, but hey, he's still got it! Check out Muevelo Loca Boom Boom...
I am by no means a soccer fan, but here's a song made especially for the upcoming FIFSA World Cup tournament. The tune is by Nigerian-born Tutmose, together with German producer NoMBE and it is some fast and furious dance/rap! Check out Run Wild...
Here's a hot dance/rap jam I posted on New Music Fridays a couple of weeks ago. Tres' voice reminds me a little of Faithless' Maxi Jazz. Come to think of it, the song reminds me of them Aw, Insomnia! Anyway, check out Channel Tres and Controller...
The other day I was making an 80's playlist with my pal Kyle, and of course I had to throw some freestyle into the mix. Once I'd looked at the some of the songs, I found myself in a freestyle frenzy, reliving all of the great tunes from TKA, Sweet Sensation, Stevie B, Safire, and so many more. I just knew I had to post a freestyle jam for today. Unfortunately, back in those days there weren't too many videos made. I had wanted to post a TKA song...One Way Love, Maria...but I couldn't find any vids for their stuff other than live performances of tunes in recent years. Not what I wanted. Then I came across K7's Come Baby Come. For those of you who don't know, K7 was one of the members of TKA and he made one solo album, Swing Batta, Swing back in 1993 that spawned a couple of hits, including this rap/dance jam. Check out Come Baby Come...
