Hip Hop Hooray
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| + | "'''Hip Hop Hooray'''" is a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] single released by [[hip hop group]], [[Naughty By Nature]], in [[1993]]. The song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart, and reached number eight on the US Pop chart. The song contains lyrics boasting the group's love of hip hop and their fascination with good-looking women. The chorus of "hey...ho...hey...ho" lyric is among the most popular choruses in the genre. | ||
| - | "'''Sound of da Police'''" is the second and final single from rapper [[KRS-One]]'s first solo album, ''[[Return of the Boom Bap]]''. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a [[siren (noisemaker)|police siren]] (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]]. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a [[b-side]], "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from [[DITC]]. | + | The music video was directed by [[Spike Lee]], who also appears in it. [[Queen Latifah]], [[Eazy-E]], [[Monie Love]], and [[Run-DMC]] also make appearances in the video. |
| - | The lyrics refer to police, in places like [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]]. The lyrics are a protest against institutionalized racism, oppression and violence against the black community. This is all purveyed with lines like "''Are you really for peace and equality?''", comparing police officers to [[plantation]] [[overseer]]s, from the slave trade. This song is very similar to a song released by [[N.W.A]] called [[Fuck tha Police]], released 5 years earlier. | + | ==Track listing== |
| - | + | # "Hip Hop Hooray" (LP Version) | |
| - | =="Hip-Hop vs. Rap"== | + | # "Hip Hop Hooray" (Extended Mix) |
| - | The b-side of "Sound of da Police" was the song "Hip Hop vs. Rap". The song contains samples of "[[The Bird]]" by [[Jimmy McGriff]] and "[[Ain't No Sunshine]]" by the [[Gregory James Edition]]. However, the song is known for KRS-One's various interpolations of songs starting halfway through the song and continuing until the end of the song. These songs, in order of appearance, are: | + | # "The Hood Comes First" (LP Version) |
| - | *"Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" by [[Jimmy Spicer]] (2:37 - 2:42) | + | # "Hip Hop Hooray" (Instrumental) |
| - | *"[[I Get Around (2Pac song)|I Get Around]]" by [[Tupac Shakur]] (2:42 - 2:44) | + | # "The Hood Comes First" (Instrumental) |
| - | *"[[Sucker M.C.'s]]" by [[Run-D.M.C.]] (2:44 - 2:46) | + | |
| - | *"Freedom" by [[Grandmaster Flash]] and [[Furious Five|the Furious Five]] (2:47 - 2:49) | + | |
| - | *"Welcome to the Terrordome" by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] (2:49 - 2:51) | + | |
| - | *"[[I Wonder If I Take You Home]]" by [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]] and [[Full Force]] (2:51 - 2:54) | + | |
| - | *"[[Microphone Fiend]]" by [[Eric B. & Rakim]] (2:54 - 2:59) | + | |
| - | *"Outta Here" by KRS-One (3:00 - 3:01) | + | |
| - | *"Too Late" by [[Junior (singer)|Junior]] (3:02 - 3:04) | + | |
| - | *"Boom Bye Bye" by [[Buju Banton]] (3:04 - 3:07) | + | |
| - | *"[[Insane in the Brain]]" by [[Cypress Hill]]" (3:07 - 3:09) | + | |
| - | *"[[Superappin']]" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (3:09 - 3:11) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:11 - 3:14) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Bridge Is Over]]" by [[Boogie Down Productions]] (3:14 - 3:16) | + | |
| - | *"More and More Hits" by [[Nice & Smooth]] (3:16 - 3:19) | + | |
| - | *"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" by [[Afrika Bambaataa]] & and the [[Soulsonic Force]] (3:19 - 3:21) | + | |
| - | *"[[Eric B. Is President]]" by Eric B. & Rakim (3:21 - 3:24) | + | |
| - | *"Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions (3:25 - 3:26) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]" by [[Black Sheep (hip-hop group)|Black Sheep]] (3:26 - 3:30) | + | |
| - | *"Back to the Grill" by [[MC Serch]] featuring [[Red Hot Lover Tone]], [[Nas]] and [[Chubb Rock]] (3:31 - 3:33) | + | |
| - | *"Friends" by [[Whodini]] (3:34 - 3:35) | + | |
| - | *"My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions (3:36 - 3:41) | + | |
| - | *"[[Hip Hop Hooray]]" by [[Naughty by Nature]] (3:41-3:43) | + | |
| - | *"[[Keep on Movin' (Soul II Soul song)|Keep on Movin']]" by [[Soul II Soul]] (3:43 - 3:46) | + | |
| - | *"Nobody Beats the Biz" by [[Biz Markie]] (3:47 - 3:48) | + | |
| - | *"Pee-Wee's Dance" by Joeski Love (3:48 - 3:50) | + | |
| - | *"Watch Yo Nuggets" by [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] featuring [[Erick Sermon]] & Charlie Marotta (3:50 - 3:55) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:55 - 3:57) | + | |
| - | *"The Godz" by [[Brand Nubian]] (4:01 - 4:02) | + | |
| - | *"You Ain't Fresh" by [[The Boogie Boys]] (4:03 - 4:07) | + | |
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| - | ==In other music and culture== | + | |
| - | *[[Neg Dupree]] from [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Balls of Steel]]'' show uses the song as his entrance music, and hollers "Woop-Woop!" during the stunts although he claims that he started howling "Woop-Woop!" before the "Sound of da Police" was released to the public in 1993. | + | |
| - | *"Sound of da Police" was later sampled by [[Fatboy Slim]] in his song "Mad Flava" and [[Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk]] in his song "Too Deep". | + | |
| - | *The b-side "Hip Hop vs. Rap" was later sampled for KRS-One's "MC's Act Like They Don't Know", [[The Black Eyed Peas]] in their song "Bend Your Back", [[O.C. (rapper)|O.C.]] in his song "Constables", [[The Alkaholiks]] in their song "2041", [[Will Smith]] in his song "Pump Me Up" and [[Kanye West]] in his song "[[Better Than I've Ever Been|Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (DJ Premier Remix)]]". | + | |
| - | *Used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]] | + | |
| - | *Remixed by a DJ in a scene in the French Film [[La Haine]] | + | |
| - | *[[Skindred]] used the first few lines in their song [[Babylon (Skindred album)|Babylon]] | + | |
| - | *British comedy panel game show [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]] occasionally features a round entitled "Whoop Whoop! Dat's Da Sound Of Da Police" in which each team will be shown a clip of a band or singer and must guess how the artist got in trouble with the police. | + | |
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"Hip Hop Hooray" is a hip hop single released by hip hop group, Naughty By Nature, in 1993. The song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart, and reached number eight on the US Pop chart. The song contains lyrics boasting the group's love of hip hop and their fascination with good-looking women. The chorus of "hey...ho...hey...ho" lyric is among the most popular choruses in the genre.
The music video was directed by Spike Lee, who also appears in it. Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Monie Love, and Run-DMC also make appearances in the video.
Track listing
- "Hip Hop Hooray" (LP Version)
- "Hip Hop Hooray" (Extended Mix)
- "The Hood Comes First" (LP Version)
- "Hip Hop Hooray" (Instrumental)
- "The Hood Comes First" (Instrumental)
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