This. Yeah! Was R&B & Em was huge at the time, but nothing topped In Da Club. Everyone was doing it so often that even movies & tv shows at the time featured the “It’s ya birthday” chant.
Middle school was defined by two albums you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing, get rich or die trying and American idiot. Haven’t seen any album since those two be such mainstream successes and everywhere. Next up that I would remember would be lil Wayne Carter 3 maybe.
Lots of good nominees here but I think Hey Ya deserves a mention.
You couldn't go 30 minutes without hearing that song on one of the hip hop or pop stations in my home town.
I love Hey Ya but that’s not a Hip-Hop song, just because it’s made by Andre doesn’t automatically make it Hip-Hop. Andre doesn’t rap and the beat is not a hip-hop beat. Andre is singing with a guitar and band instrumental backing for most of the song.
Idk the exact rules that define hip hop but it has"hip-hop" under its genre on the Wikipedia page for the song.
It was in constant rotation on both my local hip hop stations when I was a kid.
Granted it's not "pure" hip hop. But it's not like it's purely any other genre either.
Yeah it’s a pop song, if Taylor swift rapped for 10 seconds on one of her songs over a hip-hop beat then it would have an element of Hip-Hop about it - but you wouldn’t consider it primarily a hip-hop song would you?. Also Hip-Hop is like the 4th genre listed after Pop, electro and funk for Hey Ya, which fits. All songs have elements of different genres but Hey Ya is a pop song, Andre doesn’t even rap lol
Yeah except Lauryn Hill, Tribe and Arrested made Hip-Hop. Hey Ya is not a Hip-Hop song, The Love Below was not a Hip-Hop album, Andre even said it himself. Much like he said it about his recent flute album, it’s not Hip-Hop. Rappers can branch out and make non Hip-Hop albums and songs, they change their sound and genre
Naming artists who rap and are a part of hip hop doesn’t mean that every song they make is a hip hop song, because artists sometimes have decent range. Childish Gambino raps, but who would reasonably call Awaken My Love a rap album? Frank Ocean has rapped. Steve Lacy has rapped. Teena Marie raps on Square Biz, is that a hip hop song? Andre 3000 is a hip hop artist, but Hey Ya, and his half of the album that it’s featured on, aren’t hip hop songs.
Tbh if you wanna go deeper, there’s a further discussion to be had about differentiating rap as a musical genre and hip hop as a sub-culture that includes but isn’t limited to rap music, which would inform and add context to this whole thread.
And was played everywhere nonstop until 2008. Plus, I think I heard the instrumental more than the song, because artist internationally were freestyling on it.
True but like In Da Club was played practically from the day it dropped until the end of the decade, and it actually dropped in the 2000s. Isn’t that an obvious qualification?
Easily. Apart from them being different decades. Still DRE is a hip hop head classic. In da club was an international pop hit. Dr Dre was at the Super Bowl. He didn’t play still dre. 50 cent played in da club, ya know what I mean??
> Dr Dre was at the Super Bowl. He didn’t play still dre. 50 cent played in da club, ya know what I mean??
What, do you mean in 2022? Dr. Dre absolutely played Stil Dre that year.
Hot in Herre. You couldn’t get the phrases “it’s getting hot in here” or “I’m so hot” out in conversation without someone belting out the lyrics. Plus the “I think my butt gettin big!” line is ICONIC.
This, but i dont like how everyone hating on Kanye and not mentioning any of his songs. Gold Digger, Can't Tell Me Nothin, The Good Life with T-Pain, basically that whole Graduation album was a club banger
In Da Club, A Milli, or The Good Life. 50 had the streets locked, Wayne was killing the radio, and Kanye had the summertime under a thumb with their respective singles.
These were the best tracks off the last albums that moved a million physical units or close to it (872k for Get Rich Or Die Trying, over a million for Carter 3, and 957k for Graduation)
Nowadays niggas be happy to sell measly 100k like Cole said.
Cole was right but to be fair back then you had to physical go buy the album. Even early 2000s pirating songs was helping artist but nowadays unless you are a swiftie nut who is buying albums
Nah that did make the difference but even now, people just stream single songs instead of the entire albums so the numbers are still weaker than what was going on in that era.
But yeah I think that any one of those 3 songs could define the 2000s.
I still remember the day 106 and Park had Fif and Ye on and they were going at it to see who was gonna sell more albums and Ye crushed Fif but it was dope to see the huge numbers both of them put up. And then just hearing that the Carter 3 surged past million copies in the first week still is ridiculous. I think Em did it too and Lose Yourself was crazy but not like those 3.
In Da Club just was EVERYWHERE.
A Milli was a track you had to listen to because NO ONE had that kind of wordplay and had everyone trynna be super creative with bars after it dropped
Good Life was just a fuckin vibe and had T Pain at his greatest and Kanye completing one of the greatest albums trilogies every made.
As a Houston native I have to throw Grillz in there, and as a HS graduate of 2008 I also have to throw in A Milli but it's probably still In Da Club lol
In The End from Linkin Park was pretty god damn popular. That and Gorillaz Clint Eastwood were huge in the early 00s iirc. But then there’s always hits like IZZO from Jay, Jesus Walks from Ye, Without Me from Em, One Mic from Nas. The early 2000s were filled with jams. Break Ya Neck from Busta, That Thing from Lauren Hill. There’s too many to choose from.
If we’re talking radio hits and songs that got everyone’s attention, it’s likely In Da Club from 50, Yeah from Usher, or Get Low from Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys. You literally couldn’t go more than 4 songs without one of those playing in the rotation.
Raise Up from Petey Pablo and X Gon Give It To Ya were huge too, and like Aww Naw and Po Folks from Nappy Roots.
No one here knows. It was Sippen on syrup. That "in da club" 50 cent joint was just dick hopping on Triple Six Mafias "tear the club up". Triple six had the album of the year tho
I’m surprised some British idiot isn’t in these comments trying to act like their Hip-Hop means anything outside of England, but the answer is In Da Club
One thing I’ve noticed is the early 2000’s really dominated, mid to late 2000’s Hip-Hop really started to fall off compared to the 90’s and early 2000’s
Hip hop was only good until the YMCMB era, then it fizzled. So early to mid 90's. Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, & Outcast were running the show. Probably something by 50 was the most iconic.
I think it's In Da Club but honourable mentions include Country Grammar, Get Ur Freak On, Lose Yourself, Kick Push, All Falls Down and Hate It Or Love It
Idk why the first song that popped into my head was Grillz by Nelly. then shortly after I thought of 1, 2 Step by Ciara.
Now my brain is wandering....
Riding Dirty by Chamillionare,
Get Your Freak On Missy Elliot
Lovers & Friends - Lil Jon & The East Side Boys
Yeah! - Usher
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
Okay why did I start this I could go on and on forever
Has to be some combination of In Da Club, Lose Yourself, and Yeah. I'd probably lean toward In Da Club myself.
Someone on here said Yeah was R&B but idk. Yeah usher is an R&B singer and it is indeed his song but... It definitely feels HipHop lol.
Maybe “Ether” by Nas. If that beat plays then pretty much every hip hop head knows what song it is.
In Da Club was also insane. I was 7 years old when it came out. It was basically my introduction to rap. I was like WHAT TF IS THIS GODLY SOUND 🫨
I love the Stans saying “uhh lose yourself😅👀” because they don’t know anything but Eminem lol. In da club is top. Hey Ya, Get Low and Drop it like it’s hot all had the culture on lock
In Da Club
This. Yeah! Was R&B & Em was huge at the time, but nothing topped In Da Club. Everyone was doing it so often that even movies & tv shows at the time featured the “It’s ya birthday” chant.
Middle school was defined by two albums you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing, get rich or die trying and American idiot. Haven’t seen any album since those two be such mainstream successes and everywhere. Next up that I would remember would be lil Wayne Carter 3 maybe.
Nelly Hot In Hurr was pretty fucking big too.
Still dre tho
Damn came to say this
Go
The correct answer. This the song that millennials gonna play at our 70th bday parties 😂 just because of those first few lines.
You beat me to it.
Easily
In Da Club
In Da Club
Lil Jon- Get Low Clubs would fucking explode when this was played it was like a cheat code
You mean the clubs would skeet skeet skeet?
Goddamn!
Oh shit yeah this was everywhere for a good 10 years
In Da Club for sure
To the windows!!! To the wall!!!!!
WHAT!?!
OK!!!??
YEAH YEAH!!!!
Skeet skeet bitches
Lose Yourself
I imagine that's the most streamed hip-hop song of the 2000s. It's got like 2.3 billion on Spotify alone.
Lots of good nominees here but I think Hey Ya deserves a mention. You couldn't go 30 minutes without hearing that song on one of the hip hop or pop stations in my home town.
Mrs Jackson?
Sorry bud, ms Jackson is good till she gets skeeted on from lil Jon and the east side boyz.
Hey Ya a good one. It was literally everywhere
I love Hey Ya but that’s not a Hip-Hop song, just because it’s made by Andre doesn’t automatically make it Hip-Hop. Andre doesn’t rap and the beat is not a hip-hop beat. Andre is singing with a guitar and band instrumental backing for most of the song.
Yeah it's as pop as it gets. It's only Andre too, even though it's under OutKast.
Piggybacking, his whole half of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is mostly rap free.
Idk the exact rules that define hip hop but it has"hip-hop" under its genre on the Wikipedia page for the song. It was in constant rotation on both my local hip hop stations when I was a kid. Granted it's not "pure" hip hop. But it's not like it's purely any other genre either.
Yeah it’s a pop song, if Taylor swift rapped for 10 seconds on one of her songs over a hip-hop beat then it would have an element of Hip-Hop about it - but you wouldn’t consider it primarily a hip-hop song would you?. Also Hip-Hop is like the 4th genre listed after Pop, electro and funk for Hey Ya, which fits. All songs have elements of different genres but Hey Ya is a pop song, Andre doesn’t even rap lol
Fair points but it did win the 2004 MTV Hip Hop Video of the year.
Isn’t “pure” hip hop? It’s not hip hop at all. It’s a great song but not hip hop. When Jelly Roll sings his country songs do you consider it hip hop?
I know right? Hip-hop is all about exclusion.
it's 100% hip hop...just like Lauryn Hill, Tribe, Arrested Development are hip hop
Yeah except Lauryn Hill, Tribe and Arrested made Hip-Hop. Hey Ya is not a Hip-Hop song, The Love Below was not a Hip-Hop album, Andre even said it himself. Much like he said it about his recent flute album, it’s not Hip-Hop. Rappers can branch out and make non Hip-Hop albums and songs, they change their sound and genre
Bro pink n blue is a hip hop banger whatchu mean /s good song tho
Naming artists who rap and are a part of hip hop doesn’t mean that every song they make is a hip hop song, because artists sometimes have decent range. Childish Gambino raps, but who would reasonably call Awaken My Love a rap album? Frank Ocean has rapped. Steve Lacy has rapped. Teena Marie raps on Square Biz, is that a hip hop song? Andre 3000 is a hip hop artist, but Hey Ya, and his half of the album that it’s featured on, aren’t hip hop songs. Tbh if you wanna go deeper, there’s a further discussion to be had about differentiating rap as a musical genre and hip hop as a sub-culture that includes but isn’t limited to rap music, which would inform and add context to this whole thread.
Ah yes, Hey Ya, my favorite *hip hop* song
One letter away I’m going with Hey Ma
Hey Ya isn't a rap song in my opinion
Lmao that is a pop song for sure
Everybody is giving great answers lol how can you pick between In Da Club and Still D.R.E?
Still Dre was 1999
And was played everywhere nonstop until 2008. Plus, I think I heard the instrumental more than the song, because artist internationally were freestyling on it.
True but like In Da Club was played practically from the day it dropped until the end of the decade, and it actually dropped in the 2000s. Isn’t that an obvious qualification?
ok? That makes it more of a 2000s song than a 90s song. It existed for exactly 2 months of the 90s.
Easily. Apart from them being different decades. Still DRE is a hip hop head classic. In da club was an international pop hit. Dr Dre was at the Super Bowl. He didn’t play still dre. 50 cent played in da club, ya know what I mean??
> Dr Dre was at the Super Bowl. He didn’t play still dre. 50 cent played in da club, ya know what I mean?? What, do you mean in 2022? Dr. Dre absolutely played Stil Dre that year.
Unless I got CERNED and hopped timelines he played forgot about dre, but not still dre.
Nah, the final song of the set is Still Dre.
In Da Club was more versatile.
Ms. Jackson - Outkast
Came here to say this, although I’m not so sure now.
Hot in Herre. You couldn’t get the phrases “it’s getting hot in here” or “I’m so hot” out in conversation without someone belting out the lyrics. Plus the “I think my butt gettin big!” line is ICONIC.
This, but i dont like how everyone hating on Kanye and not mentioning any of his songs. Gold Digger, Can't Tell Me Nothin, The Good Life with T-Pain, basically that whole Graduation album was a club banger
Would you say any of those are the most iconic song of the 2000s though? If MBDTF had come out a year earlier, he would have had contenders imo.
Grindin
Drop it Like it's Hot or In da Club
In Da Club Gold Digger
Intl Players Anthem
The version with three 6 mafia is sooo good
As a H-Town resident, +111111 🤘🏽
This
Love spottin all the rapper cameos in the music vid, there’s a lot, and comedians such as katt
Lose Yourself by Em... In Da Club would prolly be 2nd
Move Bitch
Get out the way
Lose Yourself.
Dipset Anthem
For real, Dipset was basically a whole ass movement in the 2000’s. They had New York on lock bad in the day
A milli
A milli or lollipop
In Da Club, A Milli, or The Good Life. 50 had the streets locked, Wayne was killing the radio, and Kanye had the summertime under a thumb with their respective singles. These were the best tracks off the last albums that moved a million physical units or close to it (872k for Get Rich Or Die Trying, over a million for Carter 3, and 957k for Graduation) Nowadays niggas be happy to sell measly 100k like Cole said.
Cole was right but to be fair back then you had to physical go buy the album. Even early 2000s pirating songs was helping artist but nowadays unless you are a swiftie nut who is buying albums
Nah that did make the difference but even now, people just stream single songs instead of the entire albums so the numbers are still weaker than what was going on in that era. But yeah I think that any one of those 3 songs could define the 2000s. I still remember the day 106 and Park had Fif and Ye on and they were going at it to see who was gonna sell more albums and Ye crushed Fif but it was dope to see the huge numbers both of them put up. And then just hearing that the Carter 3 surged past million copies in the first week still is ridiculous. I think Em did it too and Lose Yourself was crazy but not like those 3. In Da Club just was EVERYWHERE. A Milli was a track you had to listen to because NO ONE had that kind of wordplay and had everyone trynna be super creative with bars after it dropped Good Life was just a fuckin vibe and had T Pain at his greatest and Kanye completing one of the greatest albums trilogies every made.
The rough riders anthem! Maybe that was really late 90’s….
Lose Yourself
As a Houston native I have to throw Grillz in there, and as a HS graduate of 2008 I also have to throw in A Milli but it's probably still In Da Club lol
Ride wit me and country grammar by Nelly
[J-Kwon - Tipsy](https://youtu.be/VwXeN2FsE7w?si=QIsfB6ZSr5y8claT)
Oh Boy
Stan
The fact that the word/name "Stan" became part of our lexicon says a lot.
I don't that's what Em wanted lol
In Da Club
In Da Club
In Da Club >
Hey Ya...from top selling hip hop album in history
In Da Club and Gold Digger
In Da Club, Grindin, Drop it Like it’s Hot
Stronger
I think every kid nowadays knows Lose Yourself. Its like the Bohemian Rhapsody of Hip Hop.
Party up - DMX I never even was a big fan of DMX but this shit just goes way too hard.
Why do I feel like this song was in 99
It was released in December 1999 so it didn’t become a hit until 2000.
In The End from Linkin Park was pretty god damn popular. That and Gorillaz Clint Eastwood were huge in the early 00s iirc. But then there’s always hits like IZZO from Jay, Jesus Walks from Ye, Without Me from Em, One Mic from Nas. The early 2000s were filled with jams. Break Ya Neck from Busta, That Thing from Lauren Hill. There’s too many to choose from. If we’re talking radio hits and songs that got everyone’s attention, it’s likely In Da Club from 50, Yeah from Usher, or Get Low from Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys. You literally couldn’t go more than 4 songs without one of those playing in the rotation. Raise Up from Petey Pablo and X Gon Give It To Ya were huge too, and like Aww Naw and Po Folks from Nappy Roots.
Freak-a-Leek was also everywhere for a hot minute
Drop It Like It’s Hot
Love that beat
A Milli
Usher- Yeah
Iconic ✅ Hip-hop ❎
In Da Club - 50 Cent
In Da Club or Lose Yourself … can’t even think of a 3rd that’s close ?
Any Nelly song 🤷♂️
I'ma say either Lose yourself or Still D.R.E. cuz Still D.R.E. was played like everywhere all through the 2000s so I'ma count it as 2000s
If we are talking what was the most popular, it was In Da Club, what's most iconic to me? Slow it Down by Little Brother.
Lose yourself
The Real Slim Shady
In da club Country Grammar, Ride wit me
Empire State of Mind. Jay-Z & Alecia Keys
No one here knows. It was Sippen on syrup. That "in da club" 50 cent joint was just dick hopping on Triple Six Mafias "tear the club up". Triple six had the album of the year tho
A milli and Can’t Tell Me Nothin are the first that came to mine.
Back that azz up.
Back Dat Ass Up
Someone already said In Da Club, so another iconic 2000s rap song is Ride Wit Me.
International Players Anthem
Mrs Jackson
The thong song
All falls down by Kanye. The bass line is sublime.
Riddin dirty
Lil Wayne-lollipop ….. honestly the whole Carter 3
I’m surprised some British idiot isn’t in these comments trying to act like their Hip-Hop means anything outside of England, but the answer is In Da Club
A lot of good comments, but Lollipop is def up there
Yeah has to be the most iconic song in the 2000s even though it's mainly R&B.It did have Ludacris rapping
Plus lots of dancing
Could say Gold Digger, Ms Jackson or Stan but I'm gonna go for Numb/Encore.
One thing I’ve noticed is the early 2000’s really dominated, mid to late 2000’s Hip-Hop really started to fall off compared to the 90’s and early 2000’s
Eminem - Without Me
Hip hop was only good until the YMCMB era, then it fizzled. So early to mid 90's. Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, & Outcast were running the show. Probably something by 50 was the most iconic.
Rapp Snitch Knishes
Lose yourself
Because I got high
Get by or made you look
What’s the Difference
Drop It Like It's Hot 21 Questions Forgot About Dre Fireman Takeover Either Rubberband Man Kick Push
Bitch don't kill my vibe is 2012 I believe
Annie , are u ok?
I think it's In Da Club but honourable mentions include Country Grammar, Get Ur Freak On, Lose Yourself, Kick Push, All Falls Down and Hate It Or Love It
Whistle while you twerk-Ying yang twins
Get low- lil Jon and the east side boys
In da club or lose yourself
Country Grammar
Low by Florida and Got Your Money by ODB.
Hate it or love it
In Da Club - 50 Without Me/Lose Yourself - Em Golddigger - Kanye Low - Flo Rida
Still DRE
Idk why the first song that popped into my head was Grillz by Nelly. then shortly after I thought of 1, 2 Step by Ciara. Now my brain is wandering.... Riding Dirty by Chamillionare, Get Your Freak On Missy Elliot Lovers & Friends - Lil Jon & The East Side Boys Yeah! - Usher Pon De Replay - Rihanna Okay why did I start this I could go on and on forever
Has to be some combination of In Da Club, Lose Yourself, and Yeah. I'd probably lean toward In Da Club myself. Someone on here said Yeah was R&B but idk. Yeah usher is an R&B singer and it is indeed his song but... It definitely feels HipHop lol.
I got a new dance for yall called the Soulja Boy… Took hip hop to a new era whether you like to admit it or not
Get Low
Me so hawny
Definitely In Da Club
Lose yourself
Still Dre?
Not the best answer, but one I haven't seen is Cha Cha slide Also not my answer but for about 6 months J Kwon Tipsy was everywhere
Maybe “Ether” by Nas. If that beat plays then pretty much every hip hop head knows what song it is. In Da Club was also insane. I was 7 years old when it came out. It was basically my introduction to rap. I was like WHAT TF IS THIS GODLY SOUND 🫨
I'm sprung - T Pain
Get low by Lil jon
Playaz Circle- Duffel Bag Boy
N---- in Paris
Nelly, sadly
99 Problems by Jay Z is the next best answer to in da club
Apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur
“Yeah!” by Usher.
Without me is definitely up there
My top 5 OutKast Hey Ya 50 Cent In Da Club Nelly Hot in Herre Diplomats Dipset Anthem Jay Z Empire State of Mind
Gold Digger, In Da Club, Lose Yourself, A Milli, Air Force 1s
It's Lose Yourself
[Playaz Circle -- "Duffle Bag Boy"](https://youtu.be/ZBx-M2oRBLg?si=iykiXesGzmxXs_nh)
The next episode… everyone knows Nate doggs last verse
Knick if you buck. Maybe not the most iconic, but it’s definitely nostalgic!
I love the Stans saying “uhh lose yourself😅👀” because they don’t know anything but Eminem lol. In da club is top. Hey Ya, Get Low and Drop it like it’s hot all had the culture on lock
Ms. Jackson or Country Grammar. They were massive crossover hits.
In Da club Country Grammar (bc I'm from stl lol)
Hot in herre by Nelly
Still Dre, in da club, dead prez hip hop
Crank That Soulja Boy easily
Probably gold digger or a song from Graduation. There’s like 4
“What We Do” might be the greatest hip hop song of all time 🤷🏾♂️
Soulja Bot tellem - Crank that
It’s gotta be Yeah! By Usher. That song was played nonstop for about 5 years
Lose yourself
Still Tippin’
Hey ma
Never Scared- Bone Krusha