Summer Series: Best Song Of The Summer of '97

[5th Letter]

Notorious B.I.G- Hypnotize


Notorious B.I.G- Mo Money, Mo Problems


Puff Daddy- I'll Be Missing You


Puff Daddy- It's All About The Benjamin's


Lil Kim and Lil Cease- Crush On You

 

[5th Letter]

Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See


Missy Elliott- The Rain


Scarface and Tupac- Smile


Wu Tang Clan- Triumph


Wyclef Jean- We Tryin To Stay Alive

 

[5th Letter]

Other notable summer songs

Timbaland and Magoo- Up Jumps Da Boogie

Bone Thugs N Harmony- Look Into My Eyes

Master P- I Miss My Homies

Coolio- C U When U Get There

KRS One- Step Into A World

Will Smith- Men In Black

Capone N Noreaga- T.O.N.Y

Lost Boyz- Me And My Crazy World

Jay Z- Who U Wit

Heavy D- Big Daddy

Redman- Pick It Up

Cru- Just Another Case

 

[jono]

This and that Busta were EVERYWHERE and the videos were in rotation damn near every few minutes on MTV. Benjamins is still a monster too.

 

[_Goldie_]

The biggest hit was prolly mo money mo problems tho

 

[tharealest561]

I was in 2nd grade when that dropped...some of my first memories of hip hop.

 

[Built 4 cuban linx]

That was easy

 

[5th Letter]

Bad Boy ran 1997

 

[jvlioo]

97. The year I first showed up in this world. Doctor called me out talm bout "Baaaaaaddddd Booooyyyyy. Come out and plaaaayyy."

 

[its....JOHN B]

I was more hype for WU tang forever than any other album ever besides maybe Stillmatic

 

[Kellmill]

I don't know what

They want from me

It's like the mo money we come across

The mo problems we see

 

[5 Grand]

I was living in NYC during the summer of 97. Puffy and Bad Boy had the radio on lock but "Put Ya Hands Where My Eyes Could See" was devastating to the ear.

Another song that deserves a mention was "De Ja Vu" - Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz. You have no idea what that song was like unless you've been in a party in New York when that song drops.

 

[5th Letter]

I'm sure De Ja Vu was the following year.

 

[5 Grand]

I'm sure De Ja Vu was the following year.

Not in New York.

But I think your right, the video came out in 98

 

[kingblaze84]

Mo Money Mo Problems, you couldn't walk 10 minutes without hearing that song back then....classic, beautiful days of hip-hop, 1997 was one of the greatest years in rap history. I miss those days....

Close second is Wu-Tang's Triumph and probably All About The Benjamins

 

[kingblaze84]

Bad Boy ran 1997

DEFINITELY!!!!!!!!! Wu-Tang dropped some serious heat with Wu-Tang 4ever though, Busta too

 

[5th Letter]

I'm sure De Ja Vu was the following year.

Not in New York.

But I think your right, the video came out in 98

You could be right but I don't remember hearing it until '98.

 

[dwade206]

Though there were bigger songs and Puff had the number one spot, I gotta go with Triumph. For me, it aged really well.

 

[Stomp Johnson]

Cru- Just Another Case

Word up

 

[onetoughmiracle]

Made him jump like Rod Strickland