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Summer Jams of Years Past

faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
edited August 2005 in Strut Central
Prompted by an exhange in this thread:

http://soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=400506&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1

Holiday was relatively certain that a single supreme summer jam could be identified for each of the past five years. I'm not so sure. I'd like to try it, though, for each of the past ten years:

2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995

Start your memories, poptarts...
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  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    Here's a few of recent years while I keep thinking-

    2004- Lean Back
    2003- Get Low
    2002- Drawing a blank right now
    2001- Hot in Herre

    To be continued...
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Here's a few of recent years while I keep thinking-

    2004- Lean Back
    2003- Get Low
    2002- Drawing a blank right now
    2001- Hot in Herre

    To be continued...

    Wasn't 2003 "Crazy In Love"? And Sean Paul had big records...

    I think "Hot in Herre" was actually 2002.

    For 2001, I remember Missy's "Get Your Freak On" being huge.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Wasn't 2003 the year of "Crazy in Love" and "In Da Club" too???
  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    Yep, I thought about that, but both of those really came out before the summer and just became massive hits.

    I think Get Low blew peoples heads off
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts

    I think "Hot in Herre" was actually 2002.

    You Dont Have To Call was also banging in 02...
  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    Here's a few of recent years while I keep thinking-

    2004- Lean Back
    2003- Get Low
    2002- Drawing a blank right now
    2001- Hot in Herre

    To be continued...

    I think "Hot in Herre" was actually 2002.

    Really? I must be slipping
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Wasn't 2003 the year of "Crazy in Love" and "In Da Club" too???

    "In Da Club" had come out around December of '02, and had largely fizzled in favor of other Fifty records by summer of '03 (at least in NY).
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?
  • TREWTREW 2,037 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    blew up over here.
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    "your really jus gunna put your feet next to my cereal? are you serious?"

    dame kills shit.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    I lived in the Bay then and it was HUGE.


    Let us not forget "Izzo" in 2001...
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?
    I was in South Korea when it dropped and was big over there.
  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    Before this gets out of hand I think we need to ground this a little:

    We are talking about SUMMER JAMS, songs that broke in the summer and owned it, not the biggest hit songs from the year, although that might be an interesting thread as well.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)

    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though

    What year was "Frontin"???
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?



    Was it that big outside of NY?



    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)



    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though



    What year was "Frontin"???

    same, that and "excuse me miss" remix were killing at the clubs but not necessarily "the summer jawns"
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    blew up over here.

    and here - not sick of it yet.

    close to the edit by art of noise was a huge summer hit in grade six.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)

    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though

    What year was "Frontin"???

    same, that and "excuse me miss" remix were killing at the clubs but not necessarily "the summer jawns"

    Nah--"Frontin'" was '03, but it is automatically disqualified on account of being softbatch. I hate that record.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Nah--"Frontin'" was '03, but it is automatically disqualified on account of being softbatch. I hate that record.

    LOL

    regardless- it looks like 2003 was a BIG year for 'summer jams'
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)

    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though

    What year was "Frontin"???

    same, that and "excuse me miss" remix were killing at the clubs but not necessarily "the summer jawns"

    Nah--"Frontin'" was '03, but it is automatically disqualified on account of being softbatch. I hate that record.


    That might have been THE summer jam though.


    All day on radio? Check
    Non-hip-hop stations? Check
    Video play? Check
    Remixes, reggae and otherwise? MURDERRROIIIIII!
    In the clurb? Check

    (although, I never saw a club jump off to this record... it was always the "catch a breather"/"hit the bar" track)
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?



    Was it that big outside of NY?



    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)



    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though



    What year was "Frontin"???



    same, that and "excuse me miss" remix were killing at the clubs but not necessarily "the summer jawns"



    Nah--"Frontin'" was '03, but it is automatically disqualified on account of being softbatch. I hate that record.





    That might have been THE summer jam though.





    All day on radio? Check

    Non-hip-hop stations? Check

    Video play? Check

    Remixes, reggae and otherwise? MURDERRROIIIIII!

    In the clurb? Check



    (although, I never saw a club jump off to this record... it was always the "catch a breather"/"hit the bar" track)



    What, are you playing on the Mariah team now, son?



    You bring up an important signifier of summer jamness, though: reggae, reggaeton and merengue remixes. Also unofficial remixes featuring The Lox/Fifty/Cam.
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    What year was that Lumdi track?
    That shit was so bad. That girl can not sing.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    What year was that Lumdi track?
    That shit was so bad. That girl can not sing.

    2003

    And no.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    What year was that Lumdi track?
    That shit was so bad. That girl can not sing.

    2003

    And no.


    WAIT! But it had Busta Rhymes on the remix... isn't that a prerequisite?
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    What year was that Lumdi track?
    That shit was so bad. That girl can not sing.

    2003

    And no.

    It doesnt have to be good to be a summer jam. I think picking one song as the Jam of a whole summer is impossible. As much as that track sucked it was everywhere that summer.
  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    What about 'Oh Boy' by Cam'Ron in 2002?

    Was it that big outside of NY?

    It was large here - my fondest memory being seeing that video at Alfie's Carribean Soul Food (RIP)

    Don't know that it qualified as a singular Summer Jam though

    What year was "Frontin"???

    same, that and "excuse me miss" remix were killing at the clubs but not necessarily "the summer jawns"

    Nah--"Frontin'" was '03, but it is automatically disqualified on account of being softbatch. I hate that record.


    That might have been THE summer jam though.


    All day on radio? Check
    Non-hip-hop stations? Check
    Video play? Check
    Remixes, reggae and otherwise? MURDERRROIIIIII!
    In the clurb? Check

    (although, I never saw a club jump off to this record... it was always the "catch a breather"/"hit the bar" track)

    What, are you playing on the Mariah team now, son?

    You bring up an important signifier of summer jamness, though: reggae, reggaeton and merengue remixes. Also unofficial remixes featuring The Lox/Fifty/Cam.

    I don't think the number of remixes has anything to do with the song being a summer jam.

    Frontin got tons of remixes for a lot of reasons:

    1. Tempo (Frontin was a little faster than most hip hop of 2003, and lent itself well to a variety of genres as a result)
    2. Key (the more monotone the vocal, the more remixes, and Pharrel cannot sing)
    3. Popularity (of course is part of it)
    4. The fact that the single had an a capella
    5. Crossover Capability (simple singing + rap always makes for a lot of dance styled remixes)
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    Summer camp in 1979 I remember two artists with THEE REAL SUMMER JAMS, both of whom also had similarly titled relief pitcher tracks:

    The Knack: My Sharona (relief pitcher track: Good Girls Don't)

    Donna Summer: Hot Stuff (relief pitcher track: Bad Girls)

  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    Also unofficial remixes featuring The Lox/Fifty/Cam.

    CRITICAL
  • Mr. CasualMr. Casual 953 Posts
    come on ya'll lets take it back

    2000
    1999
    1998
    1997
  • threetwosixthreetwosix 270 Posts
    "Ghostbusters" -- 1984
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