But only Blige could sell this exuberant chart-topper's lovably slangy lyric about needing "no hateration, holleration in this dancery."īlige's breakout single didn't just launch her career it also heralded the plush but streetwise hip-hop-soul sound that changed R&B in ways still echoing decades later.Ī witty, bluesy highlight from the singer's underappreciated "The London Sessions" LP, for which she teamed with a crew of young British record-makers with interesting ideas about blending new and old. The funky, shoulder-rocking beat lets you know right away that Dr. This tortured account of addiction charts a middle path thanks in part to the use of Ozzy Osbourne's bleary wail. Much of Eminem's mid- to late-career work has veered between unbearably maudlin and unbearably petulant. As a storyteller, though, Em has never surpassed the verses he laid down here over a haunting Dido sample. This vivid tale of a dangerously obsessed Eminem fan is somewhat less suited to the emotional demands of the Super Bowl. But it's also a canny bit of self-mythologizing that has long outlasted its appearance in the rapper's biopic-ish "8 Mile": Last year, Eminem opened a restaurant in his native Detroit named after his indelible line from "Lose Yourself" about Mom's spaghetti. "California Roll," featuring Stevie Wonder (2015)Īnother quirky Pharrell-produced joint, this one from the duo's overlooked "Bush" album, that emphasizes Snoop's sing-song flow (not to mention his expansive Rolodex).Įminem's Oscar-winning give-it-your-all jam sounds like it was made to be played at high-stakes sporting events. This slinky slide-whistle tune earned him his first No. Snoop's creative collaboration with Pharrell has been almost as fruitful as his partnership with Dre. "Drop It Like It's Hot," featuring Pharrell (2004) But the one he offered, amid a bouncy interpolation of George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," cemented his place as a signature voice of '90s hip-hop. Given his star-making turn on "The Chronic," Snoop hardly required an introduction for his debut solo single. Produced by DJ Premier, one of the architects of New York hip-hop, this East Coast/West Coast match-up showcases a surprisingly fiery Dre verse that looks back to N.W.A's epochal "F- Tha Police." He chose well: "Haters say Dre fell off/ How, n-? My last album was 'The Chronic,'" Dre asks, chewing into Jay's words with cool precision.
2 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 - in an era when the only rap songs topping the chart included Kris Kross' "Jump" and Snow's "Informer" - G-funk's defining track set unflinching lyrics about sex and gang violence against a gorgeously laidback groove few pop fans could resist.ĭre famously hired Jay-Z to ghost-write his comeback single after a few years in which he did more producing than rapping. In anticipation of the show, here's a playlist compiling three essential songs by each act: a huge hit anyone is sure to know, a second track beloved by fans and a deep cut for further study. Blige, the R&B singer and Oscar-nominated actress and Kendrick Lamar, whose rise to voice-of-a-generation status involved an early Dre co-sign.
13 at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium, not far from where he grew up in Compton, the performance will put the producer, rapper and former N.W.A member together with four artists who span much of the length of his long career: Snoop Dogg, who helped Dre create the Southern California sound known as G-funk Eminem, whom Dre signed to his Aftermath label Mary J. Dre will lead a hip-hop dream team in the halftime show at Super Bowl LVI. Snoop Dogg didn’t want to the next victim and slightly shifted his accents, he was seen in a number of (very bad) films.įrom the mid-’00s, Snoop can often be heard in songs by popular pop stars like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry.Thirty years after his smash 1992 album "The Chronic" made him a superstar - and established Los Angeles as a rap-music capital to rival New York - Dr. In 1996 Snoop released his second album “Doggfather” but at that time the gangsta rap entered a war between the Westcoast and Eastcoast rappers, ultimately resulting in the deaths of 2Pac and The Notorious BIG. The same goes for the singles from the album: What’s my name and Gin and Juice (with Dr. AFter that they worked on a solo album entitled “Doggystyle”. Dre (stepbrother of Warren G.).ĭre was impressed by Snoop and let him rap on his success album “The Chronic”. Through his friend Warren G he came into contact with Dr. better known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Lion or Snoopzilla broke through in 1993.
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