Genius Meanings
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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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Nas (Ft. Q-Tip) – One Love
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“One Love” was the final single released from Illmatic. Fellow Queens native Q-Tip provided the vibes from the Heath Brothers' “Smilin' Billy Suite Part II” as the backdrop for Nas
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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 – Be My Lady
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This song is about that one girl who catches your eye.
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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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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 – I'm a Ho
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From Whodini’s 1986 album, Back in Black, “I’m a Ho” was produced by Larry Smith and sampled a year later on Eazy-E’s “Boyz N the Hood” with minor adjustments.
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Whodini – Last Night (I Had A Long Talk With Myself)
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[Hook] / Last night, I had a long talk with myself / Last night, I had a long talk with myself / Last night, I had a long talk with myself / Last night, I had a long talk with
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Whodini – Keep Running Back
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[Intro] / (I keep running...) / Huh, you know why? / She know how to love me / She know how to make me feel real good inside / So I can't help it / I just keep running back / [
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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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Whodini – Fugitive
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To the highest degree, in quality! / In our rap technology ladies and gentlemen I am the rapper Ecstasy! / And standing to my side, this is my partner, the master rapper Jalil
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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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Black Eyed Peas (Ft. Justin Timberlake) – Where Is the Love?
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“Where Is the Love?” is a song by The Black Eyed Peas about police brutality, racism and terrorism. The song was released as the lead single from their third album, Elephunk. It
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Public Enemy – Can't Truss It
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In a 1991 interview with Melody Maker, Chuck D of Public Enemy explained:
‘Can’t Truss It’ is about how the corporate world of today is just a different kind of slavery. We don’t
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Sauce Heist & K Sluggah (Ft. Ty da Dale) – Whoodini
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[Intro: Whodini & Ty Da Dale] / From the L to the O to the V to the E / Where the guys are strong and the girls are free / Love see / The nice life / [Verse 1: Ty Da Dale] / Fuckin
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Whodini – Magic's Wand
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“Magic’s Wand” was one of the earliest rap songs to have a featured music video. The video was about John “Mr. Magic” Rivas, who was the first radio personality to put out a major-
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Whodini – How Dare You
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How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you! / How-how / How-how / How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you! / How dare you
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Whodini – Funky Beat
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“Funky Beat” is the lead single of Whodini’s third album. It reached #19 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart in the summer of 1986. Its music video features actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who
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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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Whodini – Nasty Lady
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[Intro] / Who's that knocking at my door? / [Verse 1] / Excuse me? Excuse me? / Can I tell you a story? / About this lady that I once met / In an underground discotheque / You see
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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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Whodini – Be Yourself
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This song states how no one wants to be hanging around phonies. Don’t front.
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De La Soul (Ft. 2 Chainz) – Whoodeeni
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This song title is a reference to the old school hip hop group Whodini and their hit song ‘The Freaks Come Out At Night’ to which this beat is inspired by.
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Whodini – Yours For A Night
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[Verse 1] / Why does it seem (that we) / Just don't see each other / Time passes by (and we) / Still can't compromise / I'm not asking much (from you) / All I'm sayin' is that
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E-40 (Ft. Geraldine Michaels & Levitti) – 1-Luv
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“1-Luv” was released as the lead single to E-40’s 1995 album In A Major Way. The single peaked at #71 on the Billboard Hot 100, #51 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #4 on
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Womack & Womack – Baby I'm Scared of You
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Come, if you got real love for me / Stay away, if you got games and tricks for me / I wanna man that means everything he say / And not a boy full of play / Pulling rabbits out of
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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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KRS-One – Outta Here
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From KRS-One’s first solo album: “Return of the Boom Bap”
The song is about how KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions refuses to fall off like other rap groups through out the years
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Whodini – Rap Machine
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Jalil unveils a potentially earth-shattering technology, earth’s first-ever robotic MC. Many are delighted, but Ecstasy has doubts….
Coming out in 1983, this was eerily
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Whodini – The Haunted House Of Rock (Vocoder Version)
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[Intro] / It's just what you wanted / Something funky and haunted / It's just what you wanted / Something funky and haunted / It's just what you wanted / Something funky and
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Whodini – The Haunted House Of Rock
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[Verse 1] / Welcome to the place where all the creatures meet / The last building to your left on a dead-end street / You'll find skeleton bones outside on the pavement / And
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Dua Lipa – Houdini
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“Houdini” is the first single from Dua Lipa’s yet untitled upcoming third studio album. The track kickstarted Dua’s new era and was first alluded to on 27 October 2023 — after
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Whodini – The Good Part
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When we gonna get to the good part? (Good part) / Get down, to the good part (good part) / When we gonna get to the good part? (Good part) / When we gonna get to it? / When we
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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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Whodini – Echo Scratch
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Serve you your way / From the people's republic of turntable town / Where instead of having battles we have showdowns / Where everybody's put into the spotlight / Where they can
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Tommie Shelby (Ft. Hiphop Archive and Research Institute) – Liner Notes: Nas, Illmatic (1994)
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Born September 14, 1973, a black youth named Nasir (which means “helper and protector” in Arabic) grows up in the notorious Queensbridge Housing Projects in Queens, NY. He is
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R.A. The Rugged Man – Shoot Me In The Head
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[Intro: R.A. the Rugged Man] / Self-destruction, I'm headed for self-destruction / I'm self-hating, deprecating, I need help or something / [Verse 1: R.A. the Rugged Man] / I'm
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Whodini – Growing Up
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Chorus (1) / It’s all just a part of growing up / Things are gonna be hard, but don’t give up / It’s all just a part of growing up / And we like to wish you all the best of luck
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2Pac – Old School
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2Pac pays homage to past hip-hop pioneers and reminisces over the times he and his homies were getting into rap, which was thanks to these very artists.
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Snoop Dogg (Ft. DJ Battlecat) – One Blood, One Cuzz
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[Intro] / Top of the morning, there's just something I wanted to address real quick. You know, there's a lot of people that didn't, like, really appreciate the Unity Walk yesterday
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