NEPTUNES TRACKS POLL - RESULTS NOW!

damn

yeah I should have voted in this

i remember the first time i saw the video on Rap City, i was in a hotel room the only time i traveled for spring break -- i was like 'wow the Neptunes are really pushing their luck with willfully weird beats, these guys are not going to get on the radio with this shit.' by the time summer rolled around it was already starting to feel like a classic.

ha, first time I saw the video I went "OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST FUCKING THING EVER MORE MORE MORE OF THIS"

sooo many kids in school would hammer this beat out on desks or tables just trying to pass the time. it was omnipresent.

great song, amazing raps

the remixes are awesome too

it's impossible not to sound amazing on this beat

lol yes crooked i had a great freestyle over this on the wake up show one time

the 89 Ford Taurus i was driving in 2002 had these really loud automatic locks that i would click up and down in time to the drums when "Grindin'" came on the radio and i was, like, bored at a red light or something. JUD-JUD, JUD-JUD.

OK, one more for today, and then we'll be back in the morning to finish out the top 10...

#11. Nelly – “Hot In Herre” (2002)
(357 points, 10 votes, one #1 vote)

Wow. It's a mark of how strong their catalogue is that it is even possible for these amazing songs to place so low.

First time I heard this was at a Foot Locker by the Santa Monica pier. Was about to walk out when the song kicked in. I remember one of the employees walking over and turning it way up. Listened to the whole thing standing by the the exit then asked what it was then promptly walked across the street to a random music shop and bought Lord Willin.

"Hot in herre" remains the song that has delivered me more dancefloor joy than just about any other. It was a staple at my house parties well into 2003.

Kinda wanted to hate Hot In Here when it got big cos I was entering a short-stinted REAL HIP-HOP phase, but I could never throw salt at it.

xp Yes it was def a dancefloor staple for a long time, well into 2004 ime

for some reason i was never a huge "hot in herre" person

really good groove though, and it doesn't sound as rinky-dink as some of their other stuff

Aged well for sure.

i have fond memories of the time i saw Ray Lewis rap the entirety of "Hot In Herre" at a Ravens event at a local club

ha cool

"Hot in herre" remains the song that has delivered me more dancefloor joy than just about any other. It was a staple at my house parties well into 2003.

― Tim F, Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:03 PM (Yesterday)

word. i didn't even vote for this. to this day it's a great peak of the night club record, when you're drunk enough to be into anything but hearing that slightly ominous intro gives you a good euphoric rush and being able to move into the girl you think might be feeling you, sing along with why you are the bar if you ain't poppin the bottles / what good is all the fame if you ain't fuckin the models.

Not so much a particular phrase, but I've had a problem with it in particular since one day...
I was at my friend Stephen's house. He was flipping through channels and the song came on. His daughter started singing along; she's 4. She ran out of the room, and we were like "what?". She came running back in the room totally buck-naked.

Actually, I can't quite put my finger on why I dislike the lyrics so much; it's a mix of not-liking-the-women-as-objects-ness of it and the amazement-at-how-juvenile it is. But that's just my opinion, and my opinions are 99% of the time totally retarded wrong.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, March 4, 2003 6:56 PM (10 years ago)

sums up why i love it

good morning!

#10. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell – “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” (2000)
(359 points, 12 votes)

tiga's cover of 'hot in herre' too, esp w/ the video. tho this is prob not the place to post it.

expected 'i just wanna love u' to be top 5.

yeah that's the song i was the most worried for the whole time, but by the end i was just happy it was in the top 10 :/

#9. Noreaga – “Superthug (What What)” (1998)
(362 points, 10 votes)

^^ yessss

the fact that they added a female R&B singer sensually crooning "what what, what what" in the background will never not be hilarious

#8. Mystikal – “Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against The Wall)” (2002)
(366 points, 10 votes, one #1 vote)

gonna be working and posting the rest of the top 10 for most of the day, so i won't update the Spotify playlist anymore until tonight.

i kinda go back and forth on how i feel about "i just wanna luv u" (another kinda weird hook) but some of jay's best rapping is on that

"superthug" is just wild, i can't believe a song like that was even conceived

on "bouncin back" there are points where mystikal is barely even rapping, i don't know how they ever played that on the radio let alone let it become a smash

"I Just Wanna Love U" chorus is the BEST

kinda regret not voting in this, stunned 'grindin' (which would've probably been my #1) and 'hot in herre' and to a lesser extent 'when the last time' didn't make top ten though i guess when the peaks are this high some ridiculously great stuff will miss out. strong ditto to 'hot in herre's club context being necessary to fully getting it, i was actually kinda underwhelmed by it initially and then i heard it in a club and all was revealed (grandmaster flash was djing weirdly enough). when ppl debated neptunes vs timbaland at the time i leaned strongly timbaland but the neptunes stuff actually sounds fresher to me now, maybe it's nostalgia for what was a really good time for pop and hip-hop radio (and the time when there was a ton of crossover between the two) and maybe it's colored by post-peak sub-par neptunes and pharell stuff being so much easier to ignore and write off than w/ timbaland (though 'blurred lines' being so much better than anything on 20/20 experience - and i like 20/20 experience - feels like one hell of a late goal).

and i love love love 'rock yr body' but rmde if it's #1

#7. Kelis – “Milkshake” (2003)
(367 points, 10 votes)

love it but TOO HIGH

actually might've voted 'caught out there' #1 and strongly rooting for it to win now

"milkshake" is pretty dope... i would put in the same group as "hollaback girl" but it's much better than that

#6. Kelis – “Caught Out There” (1999)
(373 points, 11 votes, one #1 vote)

Let balls down

such a dope song

[b]#5. Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell – “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)[/ b]
(391 points, 13 votes)

i thought 'i just wanna love you' might've been #1 surprised to see it so low. i had it a little lower on my ballot for that reason, obv its undeniable

haha speaking of undeniable

oops lemme fix that

#5. Snoop Dogg – “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)
(391 points, 13 votes)

I imagine y'all have any idea of what's left now, feel free to make predictions about the order for my amusement.

#4. Ludacris – “Southern Hospitality” (2000)
(419 points, 12 votes, two #1 votes)

I don't have a clue. I think I've only had a couple show, these are foreign waters to me.

Pharrell's current two hits and the other Daft Punk track