Is "Pump It Up" by Joe Budden a classic hip hop record?

[mag357]

I still don’t understand how these numbers working. Same with Freeway “What We Do” just going gold. These songs were everywhere all these years and also came out during a time when you could physically buy it but never hit gold. Meanwhile YKPRQ Lil Coli Breh is going diamond in his first year.

Word..
I was just on Twitter with this...
This makes literally NO sense at all.

This song was everywhere. A legit hit song.
To this day you can't go to a sporting event And not hear this song once...

Somebody doing Joe dirty as hell.

 

[Harry B]

I still don’t understand how these numbers working. Same with Freeway “What We Do” just going gold. These songs were everywhere all these years and also came out during a time when you could physically buy it but never hit gold. Meanwhile YKPRQ Lil Coli Breh is going diamond in his first year.

1. #38 on billboard says it wasn’t everywhere, everywhere is bigger than Hot 97. But the machine also pushed it in venues like movies (u got served?) and games, making it seem like it was everywhere.

2. Can’t compare singles today to back then. Today you have YouTube and Spotify, back then you had to buy singles. Radio and tv only mattered for billboards not your sales.

 

[Yehuda]

 

[Harry B]

Let Joe tell it it’s just between Thriller and Billie Jean

 

[Dipsey Doo]

Rap City: Tha Bassment sentimental favorite


I believe I bought Budden’s album off the strength of Pump it Up.

 

[Ol’Otis]

No

 

[mag357]

1. #38 on billboard says it wasn’t everywhere, everywhere is bigger than Hot 97. But the machine also pushed it in venues like movies (u got served?) and games, making it seem like it was everywhere.

2. Can’t compare singles today to back then. Today you have YouTube and Spotify, back then you had to buy singles. Radio and tv only mattered for billboards not your sales.

So that means it WAS everywhere bro

 

[DontEemTry]

"What kinda grown ass man be sayin aawwwwwnnn"

 

[Bugzbunny129]

when people can hum the melody of the beat better than ya lyrics, nope

Noone knows the words , some lyricist

 

[AAKing23]

Yes whether you like it or not

 

[904]

I'd lean towards yeah it's a classic

And I think this went gold years ago, he just now got the plaque

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

It’s a classic early 2000s joint

 

[TheAlbionist]

Of the era, arguably yes - but Focus was the real classic single off that album.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

hard to re-listen to

Just feels memesh.

Budden was so goofy during that time

 

[Playaz Eyez]