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Ja Rule's "Uh-Ohhh!" featuring Lil Wayne is the most slept-on comeback single of 2007. it was the lead single from "The Mirror" and only peaked at no. 69 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
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"Hardball" with Sammie, Lil Bow Wow, Lil Zane and Lil Wayne might be the most stacked young lineup on one rap record. Jermaine Dupri produced it for the 2001 movie "Hardball," with Sammie singing the hook.
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Lil Wayne's verse aged best.
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R. Kellyโ€™s โ€œTo the Homies That We Lost (I Wish Remix)โ€ featuring Boo & Gotti is the realest tribute record in R&B history. the original โ€œI Wishโ€ peaked at no. 14 on the Hot 100 and started as a planned 2Pac collab.
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the remix is where the song became a real memorial for the people everyone was missing.
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Monica needed one song to bounce back and "So Gone" was it. it hit #10 on the Hot 100 and #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop, her first chart topper since "Angel of Mine" in 1999.
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"After the Storm" debuted at #1 on the billboard 200 and sold over a million copies in the us.
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"One Wish" carried Ray J's whole Raydiation era. it peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 in January 2006, while the album only reached #48 on the Billboard 200.
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Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins produced it, which is why the beat still sounds so clean.
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Minnesota produced "Uh-Ohhh!" and it's a quiet reminder of how good Ja Rule sounded over a hard beat.
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ginuwine and mario winans made "i need a girl (part two)" the sequel that almost matched the original. it peaked at #4 on the hot 100, two spots behind part one's #2.
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a sequel single landing at #4 on the hot 100 is rare, and it came out the same year as the original.
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diddy turned one idea into two top 5 hits with "i need a girl." part one with usher and loon peaked at #2 on the hot 100 and #1 on hot rap tracks, then part two hit #4.
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part two swapped usher for ginuwine and mario winans, added tammy ruggieri and loon, and still landed at #4.
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"crunk muzik" is the most underrated dipset posse cut of 2004. jim jones, juelz santana and cam'ron on a blackout movement beat, and it made diplomatic immunity 2.
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remy ma has a cameo in the video and nobody brings it up.
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"body" was ja rule's 2007 comeback attempt and it never got the airplay it deserved. irv gotti and 7 aurelius produced it, ashley joi featured, and the album it was for got pushed back then canceled.
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the video premiered on bet's access granted on september 20, 2007.
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"1 thing" is the best use of a drum break in 2000s r&b. rich harrison flipped a ten-second meters breakdown from "oh, calcutta!" and it hit no. 8 on the hot 100.
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the same producer made "crazy in love." that's the bounce you're hearing.
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