One Hit Wonders Revisited
One-time hits get a second wind with these songs.
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One Hit Wonders Revisited - This one time, this one group called "Hotstylz" from Chicago had this one hit called "Lookin' Boy" featuring Yung Joc, who had signed them to his label. That was the year 2007. This year, Eminem borrowed the song's flow for his "Rap God," and that didn't sit to well with Hotstylz. They dropped "Rap Fraud." But certainly they know that sampling and referencing in rap is the hip hop way. It's not even unusual to borrow from an artist's only shining moment. Check out these other revivals of songs from one hit wonders.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for MTV)
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50 Cent's "I Get Money" and Audio Two's "Top Billin'" - There is not a hip hop head who has not heard Audio Two's 1987 breakout hit, or at least some portion of it. One of the most recognizable reworks is from 50 Cent, who got a hold of those drums and flow for the third single of his third album, Curtis. "I Get Money" was a Top 20 smash 20 years later.(Photos from left: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz, Atlantic Records)
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T.I. featuring Lil Wayne's "Ball" and the Showboys' "Drag Rap (Trigga Man)." - The distinctive intro and 808 patterns from this Queens duo's 1986 12-inch hit was chopped up and preserved on the bounce beat for T.I.'s certified Gold lead single off his eighth studio album, Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (2012).(Photos from left: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images, Profile Records)
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Diddy and R. Kelly's "Satisfy You" and the Luniz' "I Got 5 on It." - Diddy and Kellz went halfsies on a track with The Luniz. The duo got their hands on the group's big hit from 1995 and flipped that unmistakable beat in into a No. 1 single in 1999.(Photos from left: STARPICZ / Splash News, EMI Records)
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Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" - Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" became the first single by a female artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 when it released in 1995 with its heavy-handed sample of the beat, lyrics and melody from the Tom Tom Club's 1981 jam.(Photos from left: CF Publicity via Getty Images, Sire Records)
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