Genius Meanings
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Whodini – Five Minutes of Funk
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Five Minutes of Funk peaked at #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard’s R&B chart (along with the song Friends).
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Ezale – 5 Minutes of Funktown
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[Instrumental: "Five Minutes of Funk" by Whodini"] / Fresh outta jail Ezale's getting money / Cause there's too much money / So I gotta stay hungry / But my bills never lonely cuz
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Whodini – Friends
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“Friends”, by Whodini, became the group’s signature song. It peaked at #87 at the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Billboard Hot Hip-Hop & R&B Songs.
The instrumental of “Friends
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Whodini – Featuring Grandmaster Dee
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A slightly extended instrumental version of Five Minutes of Funk, though the robotic voice counting down the time was left in.
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Erykah Badu – Trill Friends (Whodini's Friends Remix) Samples
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See all of “Trill Friends (Whodini's Friends Remix)” by Erykah Badu’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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O.C. & PF Cuttin' – 88
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O.C. & PF Cuttin - “88” / [Emcee(s): O.C.] / [Producer(s): PF Cuttin] / [Scratches: PF Cuttin] / [Intro: O.C.] / Whoo! Some déjà vu shit. ’88. Time to set it straight. Haha
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Jayo Felony – Nitty Gritty
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[Intro] / Aaaaaaaw, yeah, y'all know what's up with this right here / No playa haters allowed so everybody's not invited / So y'all got to keep y'all distance / Mind your own, you'
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MoneyatMidnight (Ft. Whodini) – Friends
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[Intro: Whodini] / Friends, how many of us have them? / Friends, before we go any further, let's be... / [Verse 1: MoneyatMidnight + Whodini] / Just found out I gotta whole buncha
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Whodini – Do It Again
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On “Do It Again,” Whodini takes the listener on a tour of hip hop history over the arc of their career. From the humble roots that spawned a movement to its arrival on the global
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Kanye West (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) – Real Friends
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“Real Friends” is an introspective look at Kanye’s relationship struggles with his friends and family. As a father, husband and artist, his hectic lifestyle has caught up to him
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MF DOOM – Deep Fried Frenz
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DOOM raps about friendship. It sounds like he suffers from the hedgehog’s dilemma…
On the song, DOOM samples “Friends” by Whodini and “Friends and Strangers” by Ronnie Laws.
The
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Whodini – Big Mouth
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A big mouth, a big mouth! / [Verse 1: Ecstasy] / There's a rumor bein' spread about me and the crew / About somethin' we did or supposed to do / You might not have heard it or
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Kesha – TiK ToK
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“TiK ToK” was Kesha’s debut single, written by Ke$ha, Benny Blanco, and Dr. Luke, the latter two doubling as the song’s producers. Kesha had previously found success as the hook
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Erykah Badu – Trill Friends (Whodini's Friends Remix)
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[Intro] / Uh, friends, uh / [Chorus] / Home boys and some of them we we wish we never knew at all / Home girls said, some of them we wish we never knew at all / Home boys and some
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Phase 2 – The Roxy
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[Intro] / Ahh, here I am, back again / Rockin' at the Roxy, yeah (Yeah) / Hot damn, here I am / Jammin' at the, jammin' at the jammin' at the jam / The Roxy (The Roxy) / [Verse 1
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The Firm – Five Minutes to Flush
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[Intro] / Five minutes to flush / [Verse 1: Nature] / They said they just wanna question me, the interruption / 4 in the mornin', they knocked and caught me fuckin' / Throw on
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Whodini – Freaks Come Out At Night
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“Freaks Come Out At Night” peaked at #104 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and #43 on Billboard’s R&B chart.The song also peaked at #25 on Billboard’s dance
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Whodini – One Love
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“One Love” is a love and lost song. It was produced in 1986 by Larry Smith, was a hit anthem and has been sampled by 20+ rap songs to date.
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Whodini – One Love
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“One Love” is a love and lost song. It was produced in 1986 by Larry Smith, was a hit anthem and has been sampled by 20+ rap songs to date.
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Meshell Ndegéocello – Friends
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[Hook] / Friends / How many of us have them / Friends / Ones we can depend on / Friends / How many of us have them / Friends / Before we go any further, let's be / Friends / [Verse
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Brownside (Ft. Nino Brown [O.G. Enius]) – Life on the Streets
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The seventh song from the album “Eastside Drama”.
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Ego Trip Magazine – Hip-Hop's Greatest Singles By Year
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ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists (buy a copy here) is a highly-entertaining reference book about hip-hop history by the creators of ego trip Magazine.
It includes a list of the
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Whodini – Out of Control
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[spoken: Ecstasy, Jalil, Grandmaster Dee] / Jalil, where you goin’? / Be quiet, man! Can’t you see I’m trying to sneak outta here? / Word man, let’s break out, this place is crazy
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Da Looie Crew (Ft. Mac Dre) – Uninvited
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The release of this song ultimately resulted in Mac Dre and several members of the Romper Room Gang being incarcerated. The lines referring to the robbery of credit unions
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Tela – Let's Be Friends
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[Tela] / Uhh, haha yeah, shit bangs, bang out the frame / My man Wayne, this shit right heah, this is somethin / I put it straight to ya so everybody can fuck with it / Niggas
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Afroman – Play Me Some Music
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[Chorus] / Play me some music (Play me some music) / When my money's low (When my money's low) / And I don't have (And I don't have) / Nowhere to go (Nowhere to go) / Play me some
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415 – 41Fivin
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This is the title track from 415’s album, 41fivin'.
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Whodini – Escape (I Need a Break)
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[Intro] / Escape, gotta get away / I need a break, gotta get away / [Verse 1] / I left my house this morning on my way to work / Some lady on the train spilled coffee on my shirt
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Nate Dogg (Ft. Snoop Dogg & Warren G) – Friends
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[Intro: Snoop Dogg and (Nate Dogg)] / Yo yo yo, what's up Nate Dogg? / Niggas just chillin' here with the homie Warren G / (Friends, how many of us have them?) / Reminiscin' on
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Whodini – We Are Whodini
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Rap back in the day was about letting the listeners know 1) who you are and 2) how awesome you are.
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Alana Davis – How Many of Us Have Them (Friends)
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Friends is a word we use every day but most of the time we use it in the wrong way / Some people say that they got your back but you can tell a true friend by the way they act
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Grandmaster Melle Mel – White Lines (Don’t Do It)
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“White Lines (Don’t Do It)” is a classic song by Melle Mel that is credited to Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five.
While the song plays like a party anthem, it’s actually an
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Gucci Mane – Fake Friends
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[Intro] / You know it's family first off top, and blood is thicker than water / And there's no friend indeed like a friend in need (Why?) / But there's one thing you gotta watch
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De La Soul – Friends
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Yo, this this that Jaylib shit right here / Shit is crazy yo / Let me rhyme over this / Talk about my so-called friends / Aiyyo God bless the child who hold his own / And never
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Ft. Duke Bootee & Grandmaster Melle Mel) – The Message
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had
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Hopsin – It's All Good Now
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This song is featured on Hopsin & SwizZz’s collaborative mixtape Haywire, which can be found and/or downloaded here
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2Pac – Friendz
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Friends
Recorded on July 08, 1996
Originally recorded for The 7 Day Theory
Produced by QD3
Samples: Whodini – Friends
Eventually appeared on the Death Row compilation album Too
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2Pac – Troublesome (Live 1996) Samples
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See all of “Troublesome (Live 1996)” by 2Pac’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Eazy-E – Boyz-N-The Hood (Remix)
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Eazy-E steps up with his usual gangster persona in the classic gangsta rap track “Boyz N The Hood”, dropping references to street life in Compton at the time – cars, violence and
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Jimmy Fallon (Ft. Justin Timberlake) – History of Rap 6
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As the title suggests, this is the sixth installment of Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake’s History of Rap series featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Like all of
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Mike Jones (Ft. Paul Wall & Slim Thug) – Still Tippin'
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The original version of this song was recorded around 2002, three years prior to it’s mainstream release. This fact becomes evident with the line “First Round Draft Picks, coming
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