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Hooks

ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts
edited June 2005 in Strut Central
Remember when J-Ro used to cap on r-n-b singers for stealing hip-hop beats? Well that was before the r-n-b hook really took hold of rap songs. Back then my backpacker self pretty much agreed that r-n-b hooks on rap songs were the scourge of the earth...that is until songs such as Big Mike's Playa Playa, E-40's Rapper's Ball, UGK's One Day, and Scarface/2Pac's Smile turned me towards the dark side. Call me over the hill, but nowadays I'm into all sorts of sappy chorus. I'm bad with names but last year it was all about "so fly, so cool, tell me girl can I talk to you" as well as that Puffy-related track talking about "because my heart can't take it anymore". This year beyond "Some Cut" I can't seem to get past "grind with me". Who's with me? Who's against me? Besides Shaq...

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  • emyndemynd 830 Posts

    Who's with me? Who's against me? Besides Shaq...

    It sucks that I got that Shaq reference.

    -e
  • ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts
    Nate Dogg and Devin...kings of the practice.



    Big Moe and Z-Ro...prone to make entire songs approximating r-n-b hooks.



    And of course my current favorite...Chamillionaire.



  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts




    "It's such an incredible feelin'...."


    See also Outkast and Snoop.
  • ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts
    *cough*...DK Toon.

    That would be daddy to you Bone-lovers out there.
  • ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts
    Plaese to finsh these lines:

    "It's going down tonight..."

    "Why you wanna..."

    "I'm going home..."

    OK, and for one not Bay-related:

    "Do you wanna ride..."

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts

    And of course my current favorite...Chamillionaire.

    That is the first dude I thoght of when I saw the title of this thread.

    Cham is the complete package:

    Rappin'...

    Comin' up with the hooks...

    Hummin'...
  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
    Personally, I've always advocated for *good* sung choruses, but J-Ro was on point about how terribly it was being done at that time. It was like the singing was worse than ever and more common than ever at the same time.
  • saulgravysaulgravy 112 Posts


    "It's going down tonight..."
    "tonight it goes doooown"
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    From my recent Top 5:


    P.S. One more:

    ***BONUS***

    The chorus of "Back Up Plan:"

    Oooh ooh ooh, I'm really feeling you
    If you can keep a secret then I'll keep a secret, too and
    This is what we'll do I'll... be your number two
    I can let you feel on me if you just let me feel on...

    Yoooooooooouuuuuu ooh ooh, I know you got a man
    Your undercover lover, I can be your back-up plan and
    We can just pretend we're...nothing more than friends the...
    sex will never end that way everybody wins

    I'm really excited for Chamillionaire's album.
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