Treacherous Three never get their deserved credit as hip-hop innovators. Their version of “Santa Baby” became a massive hit, thanks to a bi-coastal effort from rap vets like Snoop Dogg, Onyx, Diddy, and Salt-N-Pepa. It’s hard to get more star power than Rev Run recruited as his Christmas All Stars. Diddy & Keith Murray & Mase) – Santa Baby Rev Run & The Christmas All Stars (Salt-N-Pepa & Onyx & Snoop Dogg & P. The track finds Tyler rushing to get home to meet his love before Christmas is over, a decidedly PG version of Tyler many families were happy to play at their Christmas festivities. Seuss’ The Grinch and features pop icon Santigold and Brockhampton collaborator Ryan Betty. “Lights On” comes from Tyler’s soundtrack for Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. The Ying Yang Twins said it better than anyone else: “Deck the halls with piles of money/Falalalala, lala, la, la.” Christmas is all about spending the bread you so carefully stacked throughout the year, to shower your loved ones with gifts and meals and merriment. Their contribution? “Player’s Ball,” a song only about Christmas if you really squinted, but then again, Andre and Big Boi were beamed in from a planet in which Christmas carols probably never existed. Long before OutKast were, you know, Outkast, they were the face of a LaFace Records winter compilation set to emerge around Christmas. Though Snoop and the late Nate Dogg are best known for summertime smashes, on “Santa Claus,” they conjure up the first white Christmas Long Beach has ever seen.Ĭlick to load video Outkast – Player’s Ball (Christmas Version) Interpolating the title from James Brown’s seminal “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto,” Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee, and Bad Azz bring a little bit of West Coast gangsta rap to the Christmas staple.
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dat N-a Daz, Tray Deee, Bad Azz and Nate Dogg – Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto
But with a shout out to fallen friends and an overall message of love and the importance of family, “A Christmas F_ing Miracle” is the gift that keeps on giving. Run The Jewels – A Christmas F_king MiracleĪs glacial as the winter freeze, RTJ’s seasonal offering unapologetically questions religion and calls out racism in the US. Its thumping beat flips “Here Comes Santa Claus” to devastating effect.
#LET IT SNOW LYRICS BOYZ MOVIE#
The Southern rapper / actor appeared as DJ Donnie in the 2007 movie Fred Claus in 2007 and, of course, provided a tune for the soundtrack. Twenty-eight years later, “Let It Snow” still sounds fresh and is part of my annual Christmas playlist.Ĭhristmas Interpretations is available on all streaming platforms.Click to load video Ludacris – Ludacrismas The song’s appeal is that the lyrics from Wanya and McKnight showcase the writing ability of both men. Boyz II Men then come back to finish the song for the remaining running time.
Let it snow, let it snow, outside it’s coldīut the fire’s blazin’ so, baby, let it snowīrian McKnight comes in on the second verse with a simple line, “Come over here and help me trim the tree “which sounds heavenly. Wanya opens the song with his signature lush vocals crooning: “Let It Snow” found the group working with Brian McKnight, who produced the song with BIIM and co-wrote it with group member Wanya Morris. The first single from the album was “Let It Snow,” and while the group could have gone the pop route and just covered the Vaughn Monroe standard, the four gents from Philly delivered a holiday slow jam classic. R&B quartet Boyz II Men were still basking in their massively successful single “End of the Road” when their first-holiday album, Christmas Interpretations, hit stores in the fall of 1993.
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