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The Magic Number
The Magic Number (1989) opens De La Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and Rising; it samples Bob Dorough's Schoolhouse Rock! song "Three Is a Magic Number", Johnny Cash's "Five Feet High and Rising", and James Brown's "Funky Drummer", announcing the D.A.I.S.Y. Age.
The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)
"The Message" is a 1982 rap song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five on Sugar Hill Records, widely credited as the start of socially conscious rap.
Whatta Man
"Whatta Man" is a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa single featuring En Vogue, sampling Linda Lyndell's 1968 Stax/Volt song "What a Man" by Dave Crawford; it peaked at #7 in the UK and revived Lyndell's career.
Who Shot Ya?
"Who Shot Ya?" is a 1995 song by the Notorious B.I.G. Many listeners, including Tupac Shakur, heard it as a taunt about the 1994 Quad Studios shooting, which Wallace denied.