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Featured Song of the Week: Sporty Theivz / No Pigeons Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outkast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporty_Thievz https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/OutKast.html https://www.songfacts.com/facts/outkast/ms-jackson https://www.whosampled.com/sample/441/OutKast-So-Fresh,-So-Clean-Joe-Simon-Before-the-Night-Is-Over/  

Featured Song: Age Aint Nothing But a Number / Chi Ali   Show Notes/Oops: The song "The Many Ways" was incorrectly read as debuting at #67. Shoulda been #167. Oops! At around 39:53, I incorrectly said the single was called "Here I Come". Should been "Here I Stand". Oops! Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(musician) https://www.biography.com/musician/usher https://www.allmusic.com/artist/usher-mn0000303506/biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Ali http://www.mtv.com/news/1441669/ex-rapper-chi-ali-arrested-a-year-after-fleeing-murder-charge/ https://www.mtv.com/news/1695303/chi-ali-daughter-post-incarceration-rapfix-live/

  Featured song Swing My Way by K.P. and Envyi   Show Notes/Corrections I incorrectly called Foxy Brown's 3rd album Broken Silences, the correct title is Broken Silence. The song Hot Spots peaked at #91 on the charts, not #1.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper) https://www.hiphopscriptures.com/foxy-brown https://www.allmusic.com/artist/foxy-brown-mn0000800212/biography https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1996.htm https://www.ranker.com/list/foxy-brown-vs-lil-kim/anncasano https://www.mtv.com/news/1535227/foxy-brown-returns-deafness-cured-shes-back-to-work/#:~:text=She%20announced%20she%20was%20suffering,%22    

Featured Songs: Ice Ice Baby / Vanilla Ice They Call Me D-Nice / D-Nice Whoot There It Is / 95 South Whoomp, There It Is / Tag Team My Boo / Ghost Town DJ's Dazzey Duks / Duice   Show Notes: For the D-Nice song, I mentioned that the Buzzsaw sample was a tiny one but that is clearly a research error as the sample is a large one and clearly a big part of the song.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/10/6/21494291/vanilla-ice-to-the-extreme-ice-ice-baby-history-30th-anniversary https://www.5280.com/2013/05/whoomp-there-it-was/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Nice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoot,_There_It_Is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_South https://www.songfacts.com/facts/95-south/whoot-there-it-is#:~:text=Carlos%20Spencer%20of%2095%20South,play%20it%20in%20the%20club. https://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Duke

Featured Song of the Week: Daddy's Little Girl by Nikki D.   Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa https://www.biography.com/news/salt-n-pepa-story-origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy%27s_Little_Girl_(album)  

Featured Song: Ownlee Eue / Kwame     Show Notes: Ownlee Eue Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsJwanW7W7o     Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z https://www.albumoftheyear.org/1996/releases/june-06.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwam%C3%A9 https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19836/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Syl-Johnson-Different-Strokes/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/99779/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bobby-Byrd-I-Know-You-Got-Soul/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19837/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bob-James-Take-Me-to-the-Mardi-Gras/ ] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-jayz/jay-z-defeats-copyright-claims-over-big-pimpin-idUSKCN1IW2QZ https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/izzo-hova

Featured Song of the Week: Blu Cantrell  / "Hit Em Up Style - Oops!"   Show Notes: The sample used on the Window Seat single was actually called "Turn Me Away".   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Cantrell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music#February https://www.biography.com/musician/erykah-badu https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/erykah-badu-the-godmother-of-soul

  Featured Song of the Week: Positive K  / I Got A Man       Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur https://www.biography.com/musician/tupac-shakur https://2pac.com/us/biography https://www.whosampled.com/Positive-K/I-Got-a-Man/ https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25-years-later-tupac-shakurs-las-vegas-murder-is-still-unsolved/article_c5710dda-1033-11ec-a3bc-5b39fe0cd403.html    

Featured Song Gangsta Bitch / Apache     Sources https://theboombox.com/apache-dead/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/108392/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Chicago-Gangsters-Gangster-Boogie/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19924/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Little-Feat-Fool-Yourself/ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/4996/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Monty-Alexander-Love-and-Happiness/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott

  Featured Song: Special Ed / I'm the Magnificent               Sources: https://www.liveabout.com/dru-hill-profile-2851228 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Ed_(rapper) https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-fudgery-close-advance-20180908-story.html

Featured Song: '93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill https://uproxx.com/music/fugees-breakup-unforgettable-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souls_of_Mischief https://mag.citizensofhumanity.com/blog/2015/12/10/souls-of-mischief/ https://variety.com/2021/music/news/fugees-reunion-concert-new-york-lauryn-hill-1235072311/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX_tAkqRzQ

"How does it feel..." Featured song: Knockin' Boots by Candyman   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Angelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockin%27_Boots_(Candyman_song) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dangelo-mn0000134600/biography https://www.songfacts.com/facts/dangelo/untitled-how-does-it-feel