Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was an American hip-hop group formed in 1991 by Mark Wahlberg, Scott Gee, Hector "the Booty Inspector" Barros, DJ-T and Ashey Ace. The group's best known song is "Good Vibrations", which made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, while their follow-up song "Wildside" peaked at number 10.
Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats. Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album, with Epperson and City Spud also contributing. The album introduced a unique St. Louis, Midwestern sound, and introduces Nelly's vocal style of pop-rap singalongs and Midwestern, Missouri twang. It was supported four successful singles: "Country Grammar ", "E.I.", "Ride wit Me" and "Batter Up". Its lead single, "Country Grammar ", peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. "E.I." charted at number 16, number 12 and number 11 on the Hot 100, UK Singles Chart and ARIA Singles Chart, respectively. "Ride wit Me" peaked within the top five on the Hot 100, ARIA Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart. The album's fourth and final single, "Batter Up" featuring Murphy Lee and Ali, achieved moderate chart success.
Lloyd Polite Jr., better known by his mononym Lloyd, is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Lloyd began his career in music as a member of the preteen-boy band N-Toon. The group disbanded in 2001 and Lloyd embarked on a solo career in 2003. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Murder Inc. Records and Def Jam Recordings. In 2004, Lloyd released his solo debut single "Southside", the title track of his debut album, Southside. The single features Ashanti, and it quickly charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became a Top 40 hit. His second album Street Love, was released on March 13, 2007. It featured the top-twenty hits "You" and "Get It Shawty".
Fu-Schnickens were an American hip-hop trio from 1988 to 1995, based in Brooklyn, New York.
Dorothy Smith, better known by her stage name Patra, is a Jamaican reggae/dancehall singer.
"U.N.I.T.Y." is a song by American hip-hop artist Queen Latifah from her 1993 studio album, Black Reign. The single was released on November 9, 1993, in the United States, and on January 6, 1994, in the United Kingdom. "U.N.I.T.Y." focused on the confronting disrespect of women in society, addressing issues of street harassment, domestic violence, and slurs against women in hip-hop culture.
Windel Beneto Edwards, better known by his stage name Gyptian, is a Jamaican reggae singer. He often appears with roots reggae songs within the reggae subgenre dancehall.
"Back at One" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Brian McKnight, taken from his fifth studio album of the same name. The single was released on August 17, 1999. An English-Brazilian Portuguese version was released in South America on September 12, 2000 featured Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo.
"Play That Song" is a song by Puerto Rican-American rapper and record producer Tony Touch from his debut Spanish-language reggaetón album and fourth overall studio album The ReggaeTony Album (2005). It features guest vocals from Puerto Rican-American female duo Nina Sky and American rapper B-Real. The track was written by Natalie Albino, Nicole Albino, Vladimir Felix, Louis Freeze, Stephen Hague, Joseph Hernandez, Malcolm McLaren, Ronald Larkins, Robert Andrews and Tyrone Price. It was released digitally on September 25, 2005 as the lead single from the album, preceding "Saca La Semilla" with Ivy Queen and Gran Omar.
"Unpredictable" is a song by American entertainer Jamie Foxx. It was written by Derrick "Bigg D" Baker, Christopher Bridges, Harold Lilly, and Jim Jonsin for his same-titled second studio album (2005), while production was helmed by Baker, Lilly, and Jonsin. It was released as the album's second single in 2005. It features additional vocals by rapper Ludacris. "Unpredictable" samples "Wildflower" and "Wild Flower (Suite)" by American funk and R&B group New Birth. A commercial success, it peaked number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100.
I'm Bout It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was released on May 20, 1997 through No Limit Records and featured production from Beats By the Pound, Brotha Lynch Hung and E-A-Ski.
"This Is Why I'm Hot" is the debut single by American rapper Mims. The song was co-written by Mims and produced by Blackout Movement for his first album Music Is My Savior (2007).
"Party to Damascus" is a reggae fusion and hip hop song by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean featuring guest vocals from Missy Elliott. It was written by Jean, Elliott, and Jerry Duplessis for his fourth studio album, The Preacher's Son (2003). Released as the album's lead single, it peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, #34 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, #49 on the Swedish Singles Chart and #20 on the Norwegian Singles Chart. In Europe, the song was released as a double A-side with "Industry", a song which charted at #73 on the U.S. R&B chart due to strong downloads.
American singer and songwriter Chris Brown has released 9 studio albums, 9 mixtapes, 58 singles and 13 promotional singles.
Hot, Cool, & Vicious is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa. Released by Next Plateau Records on December 1, 1986, it was one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group. Hot, Cool, & Vicious also became the first album by a female rap group act to attain gold and platinum status in the United States.
The discography of Estelle consists of five studio albums, five extended plays, twenty-three singles, and six promotional singles.
Street Fighter is the soundtrack to Steven E. de Souza 1994 action film Street Fighter. It was released on December 6, 1994 by Priority Records and consists primarily of hip hop music, featuring several notable artists from the genre, such as Ice Cube, MC Hammer, Nas, etc. The soundtrack found some success on the Billboard charts, peaking at #135 on the Billboard 200 and #34 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and featured one charting single "Something Kinda Funky" by Rally Ral, which made it to #39 on the Hot Rap Singles. "Straight to My Feet" was the only single to see a release in the United Kingdom, where it charted #57, despite the soundtrack being only available in that country via a purchase of the VHS tape at branches of Tesco for a limited period.
Victory is the fourth studio album by DJ Khaled. It was released on March 2, 2010, under his We the Best Music Group and Terror Squad Entertainment imprint of E1 Records.
"Dat Sexy Body" is a song recorded by Jamaican deejay Sasha. It was released in 1998, however didn't gain chart success until five years after its release. The song was composed by Sasha and Anthony Kelly who also handled production of the song under his stage name Tony "CD" Kelly. The song itself is recorded over a variation of the bookshelf riddim. A music video for the song was also filmed. Two officials remixes, one with reggaeton performer Ivy Queen and another with Fatman Scoop was also recorded and released in 2004. In 2016, the song was sampled in Zara Larsson's song "I Would Like" and in 2017, the song was sampled in Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez's song "Sexy Body".
Nathan John Feuerstein, known by his initials NF, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He has released two EPs, I'm Free (2012), and a self-titled EP in 2014 with Capitol CMG. NF has released five studio albums: Moments (2010), Mansion (2015), Therapy Session (2016), Perception (2017), and The Search (2019), and has released a mixtape: Clouds (2021). His albums have earned several accolades, some of which include: the Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year ; two No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200 charts ; and a triple-platinum certified single in the United States which also charted internationally.
