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Sade – The Big Unknown
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh / Hmm, mmm / [Verse 1] / Only love could bring us / Bring us to this bitter plane / Only one of us / Who's gonna walk away / Here in the deep below / That only
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Sade – The Big Unknown Samples
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See all of “The Big Unknown” by Sade’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Lil Baby – Real Spill Samples
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See all of “Real Spill” by Lil Baby’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Spotify – New Music Friday 11/16/18
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Every Friday, Spotify compiles the hottest and most notable recent releases. If you want to discover new music and keep up with the freshest songs, listen to the playlist below and
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Sade – Smooth Operator
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“Smooth Operator” was the third single from Sade’s blockbuster debut album Diamond Life, which takes its title from the first line of this song. The single reached #5 on the US
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Big Sean (Ft. Offset & Quavo) – Sacrifices
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On “Sacrifices,” Big Sean and Migos reflect on the sacrifices they had to make to become successful artists. Sean drops references to old tracks like “Marvin and Chardonnay,” while
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Sade – Jezebel
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[Verse] / Jezebel, wasn't born / With a silver spoon in her mouth / She prob'ly had / Less than every one of us / But when she knew how to walk, she knew / How to bring the house
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Just Playing (Dreams)
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Biggie Smalls runs through a list of his favorite R&B singers, detailing what sexual acts he’d like to engage in with them, including: Patti LaBelle; Regina Belle; Jasmine Guy
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Sade – No Ordinary Love
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“No Ordinary Love” was featured in the 1993 Robert Redford film “Indecent Proposal.”
The song peaked at #14 on the U.K. Singles chart, #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on
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Drake (Ft. Yeat) – IDGAF
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On “IDGAF,” Yeat speaks about his nonchalant-like personality—playing on the song’s title, an acronym for “I Don’t Give A Fuck.” Believed to be a diss track on an unnamed former
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Sade – Paradise
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“Paradise” is considered one of Sade’s signature songs.
It became a number-one R&B hit for the band, topping Billboard’s R&B chart for a week in July of 1988, making it their only
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Rittz (Ft. B.o.B & Mike Posner) – In My Zone
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This song is the 8th track on Rittz' 2nd studio album Next to Nothing which was released on September 9, 2014. It features a verse from from fellow Atlanta rapper B.o.B and a hook
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MF DOOM (Ft. Pebbles the Invisible Girl) – Doomsday
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Samples “Kiss of Life” by Sade and “Poetry” by Boogie Down Productions.
DOOM explains in XXL Magazine:
[This song was] a while ago, so I’m trying to remember what inspired it. It
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Sade – Soldier of Love
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“Soldier of Love” was the lead single from Sade’s 2010 album Soldier of Love, the group’s first since Lovers Rock in 2000.
Released in December 2009, the military-themed rhythmic
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DJ Khaled (Ft. Big Sean, Chris Brown & Lil Wayne) – Jealous
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“Jealous” is a star-studded collaboration between Lil Wayne, Big Sean & Chris Brown. On the track, the artists discuss their relationship with a girl and the reaction of other
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Sade – Pearls
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[Verse 1] / There is a woman in Somalia / Scraping for pearls on the roadside / There's a force stronger than nature / Keeps her will alive / This is how she's dying / She's dying
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Lil Baby – Real Spill
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[Intro] / Only love could bring us / Bring us to this bitter plane / [Verse 1] / I know that I'm beneficial, I can't show no feelings, Bentley windows tinted / Nowadays ain't no
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Lil B) – Grove St. Party
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[Intro: Lil Wayne] / Woo! / Hahahaha / [Verse 1: Lil Wayne] / I got a whole lotta money, pop that pussy for me / My homie got that yopper, he a-bang it at a copper / Ayy, gangsta
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Dido – Thank You
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Released on Dido’s 1999 debut studio album, No Angel, “Thank You” made its first appearance in 1998, on the soundtrack of Sliding Doors, although it was not released as a single
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J. Cole – No Role Modelz
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J. Cole believes that shallow, materialistic “L.A. hoes” got that way because their only role models were talentless reality TV stars. But Cole also had no role models growing up
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Drake – BBL Love (Interlude)
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[Intro] / Ooh, yeah / [Verse 1: Drake] / Bust that pussy open for a real one / She call me her baby like I'm still one / They say love's like a BBL, you won't know if it's real
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Drake (Ft. Rick Ross) – Free Spirit
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4th of four songs that Drake dropped in anticipation for his upcoming album, Take Care. It samples Sade’s “I Will Be Your Friend”
October’s Very Own and the world’s most dangerous
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Sade – Love Is Stronger Than Pride
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“Love Is Stronger Than Pride” peaked at #44 on the U.K. Singles chart and #18 in the Netherlands in 1988.
It was also moderately successful in France, Ireland, South Africa and
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Eminem (Ft. Juice WRLD) – Godzilla
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Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD team up for the first time on “Godzilla,” where they compare themselves to monsters. In particular, they become Godzilla, a fictional sea monster
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Rich Homie Quan – Type Of Way
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Released on August 22, 2013, “Type Of Way” is the second single from Rich Homie Quan’s Still Goin In: Reloaded mixtape. While addressing the boyfriend of the girl he’s creeping
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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Eurythmics’ bold musical experimentation culminated in “Sweet Dreams”—the fourth single from duo’s second album, and their biggest hit.
When they wrote “Sweet Dreams,” Annie
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Enigma – Sadeness (Part I)
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This song, which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, uses gregorian chants used without permission, recorded in 1976 by the German choir Capella Antiqua München. A lawsuit was
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J. Cole – Work Out
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After “Who Dat” failed to become a chart topper, J. Cole released “Work Out” as the second single off his debut album three months prior to its release, on June 5th, 2011, the
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Mike WiLL Made-It (Ft. Big Sean) – On the Come Up
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Over ferocious production by Mike WiLL. This is the first track off of Ransom 2; Sean reminisces about the obstacles he faced trying to “come up” in the rap game
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Sade – Still in Love with You
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From Sade’s forthcoming greatest hits album – her voice is still sexy and breathy, but this song is nowhere near the sexual anthem that was “The Sweetest Taboo”
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Sidhu Moose Wala – Legend
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Semi Hip Hop song by Sidhu Moosewala after taking a nearly six month hiatus after releasing his hit album, PBX 1. He is single handedly heralding Hip Hop era in Punjabi music scene
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Kanye West (Ft. Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney & Theophilus London) – All Day (Kendrick Lamar Reference)
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This demo for Kanye’s “All Day” features many unfinished lines from Kanye himself, an extra sample as the intro, a different outro from Sir Paul McCartney, and Kendrick saying some
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Sade – I Never Thought I'd See the Day
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[Verse 1] / You shed a shadow on my life / Shed a shadow on a love / Took the shelter out of my life / Took the shelter of a lie / I could see it in your restless eyes / The truth
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Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
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“Fast Car” is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released in April 1988 as the lead single from her self-titled debut album. Her appearance on the Nelson
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Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj – Princess Diana
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On this unanticipated trap sequel to Ice Spice’s original January 2023 track, she recruits Nicki Minaj to flaunt their recognition in the music scene and sends shots to unspecified
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The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
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“Fools Gold” is a one-of-a-kind song that became the Stone Roses' biggest commercial hit at the time. It was their first single to reach the UK Top Ten.
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Fat Joe (Ft. Dre) – So Excited
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[Intro: Money Kicks] / Salam Aleikum Joe / Whenever you're in Dubai / We have a zoo in the house / We got tigers called Tyga and Kylie / We living life! / [Verse 1: Fat Joe] / Yeah
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Sidhu Moose Wala – Devil
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[Intro: Yograj Singh & Byg Byrd] / Byg Byrd on the beat (Byg Byrd on the beat) / Hairat ae! / Chirhi baaz nu akhan vakhaun aa gayi ae?! / Imma Imma brown boy! / [Verse 1: Sidhu
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Das EFX – East Coast
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[Hook] / (Now I'm gonna show you how the East Coast rocks) / (Make em make em make em clap to this) / (It's like that y'all, you don't stop) / (Now I'm gonna show you how the East
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Cali Life Style – Lost
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[Verse 1: T-Dre] / I'm just coasting, drop the top and roll straight / S.M.V.C.C. 805, it's the gold state / Ain't no place that I'd rather be / Than the B.I.G B.A.D 1 3 C / I got
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