2012 Nominees' Hottest Hooks

The catchiest choruses on the year's biggest songs.

2012 Nominees' Hottest Hooks - The biggest, banging-est songs from this year's BET Awards nominees featured bouncing beats, great verses and melodies and a heaping side helping of swag. But the main thing they had in common? Catchy, anthemic choruses that reeled the listener in and kept them there. Here, in the run-up to the big day, Sunday, July 1, we take a look at the hottest hooks from the 2012 BET Awards nominees. Click on and sing along.(Photos from left: Courtesy Cash Money Records, Vallery Jean/WireImage, Sony Records)

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2012 Nominees' Hottest Hooks - The biggest, banging-est songs from this year's BET Awards nominees featured bouncing beats, great verses and melodies and a heaping side helping of swag. But the main thing they had in common? Catchy, anthemic choruses that reeled the listener in and kept them there. Here, in the run-up to the big day, Sunday, July 1, we take a look at the hottest hooks from the 2012 BET Awards nominees. Click on and sing along.(Photos from left: Courtesy Cash Money Records, Vallery Jean/WireImage, Sony Records)

Tyga, "Rack City" - The understated, repetitive hook on Tyga's strip-club anthem even had suburban grandmas rapping along on YouTube.  (Photo: Vallery Jean/WireImage)

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Tyga, "Rack City" - The understated, repetitive hook on Tyga's strip-club anthem even had suburban grandmas rapping along on YouTube.  (Photo: Vallery Jean/WireImage)

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Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "The Motto" - YOLO! The hook from Drizzy's bouncy tribute to hyphy, Mac Dre and the Yay Area introduced some brand-new slang to the rap lexicon. (Photo: Courtesy Cash Money Records)

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Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "The Motto" - YOLO! The hook from Drizzy's bouncy tribute to hyphy, Mac Dre and the Yay Area introduced some brand-new slang to the rap lexicon. (Photo: Courtesy Cash Money Records)

A$AP Rocky, "Peso" - Owing a distinct debt to Bone Thugs N Harmony's trademark sing-songy delivery, the woozy hook from Rocky's breakthrough hit had listeners from Harlem to Houston getting trill. (Photo: Courtesy Sony Records)

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A$AP Rocky, "Peso" - Owing a distinct debt to Bone Thugs N Harmony's trademark sing-songy delivery, the woozy hook from Rocky's breakthrough hit had listeners from Harlem to Houston getting trill. (Photo: Courtesy Sony Records)

Jay-Z & Kanye West (The Throne), " N----s in Paris" - Featuring dueling vocal snippets from 'Ye and Jay, the anthemic "N----s in Paris" had the whole world balling so hard and going cray. (Photo: ROC Nation)

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Jay-Z & Kanye West (The Throne), " N----s in Paris" - Featuring dueling vocal snippets from 'Ye and Jay, the anthemic "N----s in Paris" had the whole world balling so hard and going cray. (Photo: ROC Nation)

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DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Drake, "I'm on One" - Drake capped off his massive 2011 with the dreamy hook of one of the hottest songs of the year, bouncing back and forth from rapping to singing and sadness to triumph. (Photo: Courtesy Cash Money Records)

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DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Drake, "I'm on One" - Drake capped off his massive 2011 with the dreamy hook of one of the hottest songs of the year, bouncing back and forth from rapping to singing and sadness to triumph. (Photo: Courtesy Cash Money Records)

Big Sean feat. Roscoe Dash and Kanye West, "Marvin & Chardonnay" - ATL rapper-singer Roscoe Dash broke through by celebrating good music and good drink on the hook to this Big Sean hit. (Photo: Courtesy Island Def Jam Records)

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Big Sean feat. Roscoe Dash and Kanye West, "Marvin & Chardonnay" - ATL rapper-singer Roscoe Dash broke through by celebrating good music and good drink on the hook to this Big Sean hit. (Photo: Courtesy Island Def Jam Records)

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Beyoncé, "Party" - Who knew that a famous Slick Rick line would sound so good sung by Beyoncé more than 20 years later? (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)

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Beyoncé, "Party" - Who knew that a famous Slick Rick line would sound so good sung by Beyoncé more than 20 years later? (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)