What are some awesome hip-hop or rap songs I can cover at my high school's last rally?
1) The song is recent: Ideally only a year or 2 old. Try to keep it within the last 4 years. But if you have an AMAZING song that is older than that, it's okay to share that as a bonus.
2) Popular song. Partially because I want (hopefully) for the audience to recognize it and sing along, and also because it's really hard to find the instrumentals to songs that aren't well known.
3) Somewhat upbeat. It's almost summer so people are really excited, the energy is palpable. It's not the venue for a slow song (even if it's great).
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One of My Favorites ! Great pick
Good point @mrnemo
A great choice but also I could not sing the chorus so it would just be the cd playing
I've seen Kanye perform this live, and the energy was incredible. Plus, it does have a great chorus that people can sing along to!
Now that that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
Cause I can't wait much longer
I know I got to be right now
Cause I can't get much wronger
Man I've been waitin' all night now
That's how long I've been on ya
I play this song professionally in a band, and it rarely, rarely gets any feedback from the audience. We stopped playing it recently because it was just dead weight. We were playing it in many types of situations, from clubs to weddings. It may be OK for this situation, but the only thing they can really sing along with is "I need you right now." It doesn't really have a strong chorus. Just my opinion. There is nothing exciting about the song. The minor walk down is kind of a downer. I will say that if you are going for a "message" it could work at this angle.
There are some songs that work, and some songs that don't work, regardless of the age of the audience.
We play primarily to younger people (25 and under). Here are some songs that get good responses (regardless of the age of the song - instrumentals are available for all of them, we integrate instrumentals into our performances):
California Love - Tupac
Gin and Juice - Snoop Dogg
Gold Digger - Kanye West
Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature
Jump Around - House of Pain
Next Episode - Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre
Yung LA - Ain't I
Remember, the goal is to get everyone involved. Do whatever you can to connect with the people out there. It is paramount that they know the song and know the lyrics. Get people up on stage and let them rap along. If you make it about them instead of about you, they'll never forget it.
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A song that excludes any explicit lyrics (appropriate for school event)...
The song that started the rap phenomenon...
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvalo
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This is the extended music video, you can find a recording that just has the song at your local music store.
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I wish I could cover that lol
The vocals are out of my league tho
That's a good one I agree. Only thing is that it is a little old.
Unhelpful because the video embedding is disabled for this entry
@mattb4rd I'm pretty sure dotcomboy's intentions were good, before voting someone unhelpful you should try and get ahold of them and ask them to change the status quo of their answer.
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M$http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtGlHPFCH8A
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I guess that song in not for everyone. Thanks for changing your vote to positive. I appreciate it.
Well @mattb4rd voted everyone who had a video that didn't work as unhelpful. I guess I voted it as unhelpful because I really don't like the song lol, but that was not fair so I changed my vote.
Why did I get voted unhelpful answers? I thought that was a good suggestion. I realize now that the video embedding doesn't work, but still, I think people, know the song.
Also try kiss me thru the phone by soulja boy
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by Ini Kamozi. But that's how I roll. An almost totally obscure reference to Bo Jackson. Cha cha chang chang.
If you want something recent perhaps "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp. Even My mom was rocking that one two years ago so I'm sure the high school kids will be familiar with it.
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M$Disturbia by: rihanna boom boom pow by:black eyed peas
no one by: alicia keys touch my body by: mariah carey
lollipop by: lil wayne got money by: lil wayne
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vum3qgoh0x4
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ALSO FAINT (METEORA) BY LINKIN PARK SO FKEN AWESOME
NO DUDE REALLY USE THE SONG FREESTYLER BY BONFUNK MC'S ITS REALLY UPBEAT, POPULAR AND COOL, LISTEN TO IT THEN DECIDE BUT ITS SO COOL THAT U WANNA PICK IT =D
also try eupora by globus, more like a dancing song but got some cool lryis too, use this its awesome :D
Awesome song! I'm putting this into consideration, thank you!